Last time, on Planeteers! You met the new girl. Isn't she cute? ^_^ (I guess so.) (Get to the important part: the food) Ziegfried demonstrated some truly disgusting eating habits, Cybele revealed that she's dying, and Jose was passed out the entire time. (Oh btw: the Cure3 was great Cybele! The Regen helped too! Thx ^^;) (/me smacks Jose. It's your own fault for getting shot in the first place.) (Yeah Yeah. Learn from your mistakes.) Now it's... about an hour later. Or such. You're all happy and fed and possibly rested, depending on what you've been doing. ( Hurray! Arwen's bullets have slain the giant... turtle... poisoning... yeah. ) Session Start. Do... whatever it is you Planet people do. ^^ (I'm still hungry, albiet not as much so) * Tyler pokes her head up from a mass of circuitry. * Jose wakes up. * Ziegfried is still in the dining hall, searching for any morsels he may have overlooked on the first couple passes. * Fatima is eating an apple. She's never had an apple before now. She really seems to be *enjoying* the apple. * Eui-Tae looks out of his little compartment. He's covered mostly in greese and is holding what appears to be a cross between a wrench and a screwdriver. Hey Eui, how much of this stuff can we swap out for modern parts, and how much are we gonna have to jury-rig? * Jose yawns like he's been sleeping forever, cracks his neck and knuckles, and observes his new setting. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets 1. ( Eui, you lamer. You're supposed to technobabble what it is to us! ) * Jose gets out of his bed and takes a big breath as he walks outside and greets the world. Ah! (Yeah, I'm lame. ;) ) * Ziegfried decends like a starving vulture upon an overlooked slice of turkey. Yar, mine! * Tyler resumes fixing all the damage done over the years, particuarly the last week, to the piloting system. (Where is everyone?) (Like setting wise?) (Geo-cruiser.) (Food area) (rgr) * Jose walks over to the feeding area and spots Ziegfried. (BRB, food.) Yo Zig! What's up! Hrmm... pretty much everything is going to need to be replaced. * Ziegfried nods. "Sup" (Oh, Jose. You're completely healed.) * Jose shakes his left leg around and jumps. "Doing great!" (I figured :p) I can make the bird fly with a few more adjustments, but I don't know how long. Oh, hey guys, how ya doin' Jose? (Yeah, you lasted the 10 sec cast for CH =) * Fatima lays on her back, holding a half-eaten apple in one hand and staring at the sky distractedly. Well, I am walking again. Doing great. How's things? * Spanky waddles up to Fatima and peers down at her. "Wak?" * Eui-Tae reaches out, feeling for some kind of tool. Ja, good. You hungry? * Jose hears the familiar wak. "Spanky!!!" * Jose runs over to Spanky and spots the new girl. * Spanky looks up at Jose's yell and blinks at him. * Ziegfried walks over and hands Eui a hammer, whether that's what he wanted or not. * Eui-Tae pokes his head out. Hello there. Who are you? * Eui-Tae grabs it. "No, the other one." Oh my manners... I'm Jose. * Eui-Tae throws it on a pile of other tools and junk. * Fatima blinks as if waking up from a dream. "Hello, little penguin." She sits up and is immediately faced with Jose, and scrambles back a little, holding the apple out like a talisman. "Er. Hello, Jose. My name is Fatima." * Ziegfried switches the hammer for a... I'm not rightly sure what you call that tool This? * Eui-Tae pokes his head out again. "... That'll work" * Ziegfried tosses the whatchamacallit to Eui (Fatima wearing her ring?) (Sorry, session lag.) (Sure is.) * Tyler closes up a panel. It'll be twitchy, but it'll fly. "Hey Eui, need any help? I'm done up here for now." ( Yep. She tried to take it off and it bit her and said she had ugly hair. ) * Eui-Tae fumbles it as he catches it. * Eui-Tae picks it up off the ground. "Thanks. * Eui-Tae goes back to working. Ja, any time. * Jose looks at the familiar ring. "Isn't that Akinyi's ring?" * Fatima blinks, and looks seriously shocked. "Is it?" She glances to Tyler for guidance. "Should I give it back?" Hrm? What's going on? * Jose scratches his head. * Tyler blinks. "Huh?" She wipes away some of the sweat that popped up while her head was buried in wires and bolts. "Um. No? What's going on?" * Ziegfried contemplates explaining it, but that's too much work. Let's see... we attach this to that, but that needs to be adjusted later on to compensate... Now if we can do that, it should make the panels hold out a little longer, and... Hey, Zieg, can ya hand me a welding torch? * Spanky waddles up to Tyler. "Wak wak waaaaak." It points at Fatima. What? Timmy's trapped in the well? * Spanky shakeshakes its head and points at Fatima again. "Wak!" * Ziegfried hauls a welding torch from the bottom of Eui's pile. Why do people never ask for what's on top? Ja, here. * Fatima looks confused. "We have a well? Who is Timmy?" * Eui-Tae grabs it, puts on a mask that's conviently located near his feet, and starts working. * Tyler pffs her bangs out of her face. "Never mind. What's the deal about giving something back? I'm lost. I was fixing the Schoolbus." (Planeteers: With all the convenience of... THE FUTURE!) (THE FUTURE!) (THE FUTURE!) ( THE FUTURE! ) (TH3 FUTUR3!) (THE PIZZA! Oh wait... FUTURE!) Well, welcome to the team Fatima. Hey, guys, I'm sure it's probably not high on our priorities, but what color should we paint this thing? (It's T3h |=u7u|23, get it right n00b =) ( ...I will destroy you. ) Blue on bottom, green and brown on top. Might as well camo it. Uhh... red. Red's a nice color =) * Fatima coughs. "Ah... this person... Jose? Mentioned the ring belongs to someone else." She holds up her hand for clarification. And the faster it goes, the redder it should be... I'm good for whatever you guys decide, as long as it's not pastel, puke green, or yellow. We need a spoiler too then... Yeah, red's great if you want to be seen from five miles away. That's a bad thing? If you're trying to sneak up on an international conglomerate of ecovillain types and their hired goons? * Tyler blinks. "Hey, Eui, can we get radar-absorbing plating for this thing?" * Eui-Tae removes a few panels from the bottom. * Ziegfried shrugs. "Fine. But if it's not red, it should be black. And then it's stealthy too." Stealth? Hrmm, it'd be pricey, but you should be able to find it in the US. Eh, money's not too big a deal. Ja, we're trying to make a Geo-cruiser here, not a stealth bomber... although... * Fatima looks as if you're discussing particle physics for all she knows. We'd also have to modify the body-work to cut-down on all the round edges... adjust it's radar cross-section, ya know. * Ziegfried thinks about the possibilities of having a stealth bomber.... Oh. The ring! No, Akinyi took off for parts unknown. Looks like the ring's yours, now. * Spanky nods. "Wak." * Tyler pats Fatima on the shoulder. "Welcome to the jungle. We've got fun and games." (*snerk*) (But no hotdogs. Some jungle this is) * Fatima tilts her head. "Er?" She pauses, then tries to give Jose a smile next. "And there's the story, I suppose." Speaking of stealth, I see possibilities for weaponry here. I doubt we could do that and still be considered a civilian aircraft, though. ( Hot dogs are an offense against nature. ) * Cybele walks in, picking up Spanky as she approaches. "Hi! Oh, Jose, you're awake. How's the leg feeling?" A net would be good. Net? I recall having a net launcher at my place... Oh, you mean internet? That'd be perfect. Water tanks could be good, too. However big we can manage. Yeah, that'd be easy enough too. ( ...Brief, terrible image of Planeteer Sunshine. I need to go lie down. ) One problem with that though. Water's heavy. (Cough, rockets, cough) Its great! Thanks Cybele again. Yeah, we won't be able to handle that much. But if we run across fires, then I can go one direction and the plane can go the other. Um, you're welcome. I was gonna ask you, actually. Do you wanna keep doing this? (Please say no, she doesn't add. ;P) (Rockets = too expensive even for you.) Why wouldn't I? (Rockets = getting our asses shot down by any government who happens to scan the thing crossing their civilian airspace.) * Cybele shrugs. "You got shot and stuff. And Tyler was right, 'cause I *was* kinda forcing you guys into it in the beginning." (That too) (Buahaha... Zig's rich. But getting them would be more legal work than cash problems) (Getting them would be legal and cash problems. The black market isn't cheap.) Well, the start wasn't so easy Cybele, but now I really know how important this is. (Dude, smart missiles start at 500k each) * Cybele smiles, and it might just be a trick of the light, but the sun seems to shine a little more brightly for a second. "Thanks." (I didn't want a smart missile, I wanted a rocket launcher. UT2k3 style. And if all else fails, we can load it with spinnach or something.) * Fatima glances at Cybele curiously. "Who is Akinyi?" The targetting systems'll be a cinch to program, for just nets and water. Should be fun, actually. Akinyi? * Tyler grins. * Cybele turns to Fatima. * Eui-Tae makes a few more adjustments. Oh, she was Heart before you. She went with the others to stop the clear cutting in Nigeria. Yeah, what about scanners? * Spanky waks somewhat sadly. Easy. * Fatima looks blank. "I... was not the first." More statement than question. Just need to get the hardware. * Ziegfried glances over to the bushes for edible berries, but finds none. Nope. Really, I'm not sure on this, but I think there were Planeteers before I even tried using the rings. * Cybele frowns a little. * Tyler hops back into the pilot's seat and pops another panel off. A handheld scanner is picked off the nearby pile and she goes to work on verifying a new section of circuitry. I might have a few old ones, but if ya want new it could be pricey. We can try the old, see how they work. I... see. * Cybele shrugs. "I dunno. Anyway, Akinyi's helping, just not as a Planeteer. She's still important." * Jose watches the technical modifications to the Planeteer Delivery Vehicle. He then scratches his head: he wouldn't know what they were doing even if he tried to understand. * Ziegfried wanders back over to Jose. "Hey, you have a deck of cards on you or anything?" * Tyler wrinkles her nose. "Gross. It's covered in dust in here and shooting sparks. It's a surprise nothing's caught fire yet." She carefully suctions out the dirt and goes to work on pulling the bad wires. Let me check. * Fatima looks at Cybele with a faint twitch in her left eye, which she realizes and tries to quell. "I'm sure she is." * Cybele blinks. * Jose goes through his pocket. He feels through the duct tape, switchblade, and pocket lint. "Nope." Did I do something wrong? * Eui-Tae wrenches and anyone paying attention would notice a gusher of water pouring out from beneath one of the engines. "That's not right." * Ziegfried sighs. "Well, I'm out of ideas then..." * Ziegfried glances back, laughs a bit, and turns back to Jose. Eui, we need to take this girl on a test run after we've got the big stuff fixed. You can help me pick out problems as we go. Hey, do we have any spare wood around here? Yeah, I agree... let me get that leak fixed first though. * Tyler glances over and laughs. "Good plan." * Ziegfried blinks at the word 'leak'. "Uhhh... Cybele, where is the restroom here?" * Eui-Tae gets out and takes his blowtorch to it. "Man, I feel like I'm on Junkyard wars." I'll find some myself. * Fatima sighs and shakes her head. "No, you haven't. I am just easily confused, lately, it seems." She frowns. It's roll time. Tyler, I want Electronics for each of the following: Communications and Sensors. Eui-Tae, I want a Mechanics: Aeronautical roll. * Jose searches for a medium sized block of wood for a bow target. 2d-3 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets -1. * Cybele scratches the back of her head, somehow holding Spanky with one arm. The penguin doesn't seem to mind. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-3) and gets 3. (Oops.) ( *rolls her "Eat Dinner (Pizza)" roll and succeeds!* ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-2) and gets 3. I mean, it wouldn't be the first time. I've been a really sucky spirit or something, and... (Zoof, Dice is on our side today) (Nah, our modifiers are just that good.) The plane doesn't blow up. ;P *And* things are going fairly smoothly. (/me looks up... And Dicey is on our side.) * Jose uses his knife to create a crude but effective target for shooting practice arrows. (Yeah, too late, you already screwed us =) * Cybele blinks at Ziegfried. "Um, you mean plumbing? There's bathrooms, but they're kinda old. Check the village." * Tyler hops out of the pilot's chair and leans over Eui. "Hey, mind if we invite Princess Jasmine along when we do the test run? Girl looks sorta freaked. A nice quiet ride with question time might do some good." * Jose places the target against one of the many trees strewed amoung the Geo Cruiser, takes some steps back, and takes a practice shot with his trusty bow. * Eui-Tae looks back to her. "Yeah, it'd do her some good." * Fatima eyes Tyler like she'd just sprouted horns. "Princess... Jasmine?" Uh, remind me. What's your name, again? * Tyler smiles at Fatima. (Must resist putting Princess Jasmine down as Fatima's description.) * Fatima smiles faintly. If she didn't have such a good-natured face, it might even look a little wry. "My name is Fatima... Tyler." Well, Eui and I are gonna do a test run on the girl when we get her up and running. Was wondering if you wanted to come with, see what's up with the whole Hope Island mess. * Ziegfried heads for the village, not in a hurry. Yet. Thanks =) * Cybele waves. * Tyler smacks her hand against the engine, open-faced. Something rattles. (For my bow attack, I roll 2d6-3 for Lvl 3 Archery right?) ( -4. ) ( 3 for the skill, 1 for the specialty. ) (It's -4, yes.) * Eui-Tae looks back from his seat. "What is it now?" * Fatima stands up and dusts off her jeans. "I will presume by 'the girl' you mean the plane." Yup. (Aww crikey! I just made a 90+ songlist on Kazaa and I FORGOT TO SAVE IT...) * Tyler frowns. "Uh, lemmee check, Eui." She pops the panel open and pokes her head in. (/me smakes himself.) Just a loose bolt. Catch! (Nice work Joe. You truely are a king among kings.) * Tyler throws it back over her shoulder. * Cybele has a seat at the edge of the clearing with Spanky on her lap. She watches with a good deal of curiosity. * Eui-Tae watches as it lands about half the distance between him and her. "Got it." * Jose readies his first shot. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 1. * Tyler slams the panel shut, not looking back. "Hey, good catch." * Eui-Tae gets out of his seat and picks it up. He examines the bolt, then puts it in the glove compartment. * Jose smiles. So, we ready to fly? * Fatima nods. "Alright. I will come along." (Doh, I see a problem here...) * Eui-Tae looks over a few panels. "Yeah, we should be good." * Tyler grins at Fatima. Aight. (I went to town... guess what I have in my pocket, lol...) * Jose grabs his setup and brings it into the Geo. Okay. Quick run around the block, kick the tires, bring her back in. Hey, Jose, we're just testing this out, we really don't think you should bring that in. Sure thing! * Tyler hops into the pilot's seat and turns off the stereo. "Stay quiet unless you're Fatima and have a question. We're listening for problems." * Jose complies and takes his stuff out of the Geo. (Cough, keys, cough) (Ziggy has the keys, yes. o/~) (But in the show, they flipped a switch.) * Eui-Tae pulls out a radio link and says over the newly installed loudspeaker. "Please, step away from the cruiser unless you want to be disembodied or incarcerated." (Too bad. ^^) (In the first episode, we found keys =) (hah, nice one Eui) * Jose steps away. He decides to go back practicing and sets up his target. Oh, forget the keys? * Cybele is, again, at the edge of the clearing. Spanky jumps out of her arms and waddles off, probably out of blast radius, but she doesn't seem overly worried. * Tyler goes to where the keys are kept and lets out a string of creative invectives. "Who lost the keys? Great, now I'm going to have to hotwire the damn things until we get spares made." * Fatima is in the cruiser, presumably. In a seat. Hey, I think Jose has them. Or was it Zieg... It's Zieg. Jose wouldn't be caught dead in the driver's seat. * Ziegfried is still in or near town, searching for a restroom, or plumbing, or something. * Jose readies another shot. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying about me." ( ...Oh dear. ) (lol, someone just got hurt) (What the hell?) * Tyler clenches and unclenches her fists. "And did Captain Deuschlander have a REASON for taking the keys out of where they're supposed to be kept, or did he just do it to be an ass?" (He's shooting targets. I can see an arrow in the Geo already...) (If this musses our ride, it's commin' out of your allowance.) * Eui-Tae shrugs. "I think the second one." Hey, Fatima, think you can contact Zieg with your ring? * Jose was smart enough to put the target so shots would go AWAY from ppl. * Fatima hmmms, then eyes the ring. "I suppose... it is worth a try." (So we hope, lol. And the GM didn't seem to notice =) Jose manages to cut his arm and fingers with the feathers from his arrow. He also manages to completely miss. Poor guy. (Sucks to be a Joe.) Ouchies! (or I could be wrong) (My luck eh?) (Your luck. ^_^) (quick, a distraction, Move it Zig, move!) * Jose sighs and gets another arrow ready. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 6. Oh, that's another thing, we might want to install a new kind of ignition system. * Fatima closes her right hand over her left and closes her eyes. "Heart." Damn straight. Fingerprint activated. I was thinking more of a retina scan, but fingerprint works. * Fatima thinks at Zieg: << Ziegfried. Can you hear my voice? >> Fingerprint's dirt cheap and easy to get. Tougher, too. If we happen to hit rough weather or something. (Alright, so a 6 would barely be a sucess right?) ... Yeah, you're right. (Yup.) (You can handle everything but critfails, really. Just put them in your emotes. ^^) Although a portable DNA scan could be fun! Prick your thumb, see if it recognizes the blood! (Probably. But odds are the only thing on my mind right now are piss and pies) Maybe all that sleep... Is he responding, or is it time to hotwire? * Jose goes for another shot. (You hear her voice in your head, Zieg. So there.( 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 4. Ja, what's up? 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 2. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-4) and gets 4. * Jose smiles. (Joe, save some good rolls for the bad guys!) Alright, lets call it a day. I think we'd better get ready to hotwire. * Fatima blinks, and actually says aloud without thinking, "He even thinks in dialect." << We need the keys to the plane, Ziegfried. Fairly soon, if that's alright. >> * Jose collects his 5 of 6 arrows he shot. The last arrow is nowhere to be found cause it was a critical miss. * Tyler laughs and gives Fatima a broad smile. Ja, sure. I'll be back in 15 or so... uhh... how far is it from here to town, anyway? Errr... ask Cybelle if you could... * Eui-Tae chuckles. "I dunno if he'd be willing to come here though. He's pretty lazy." Yeah. Ziggy's motivated like my hair's a color found in nature. * Fatima blinks again, looking genuinely shocked. "He... expects a 15 minute wait. And he is asking me for directions." * Cybele hops to her feet and walks over to the plane. "What's wrong?" * Tyler groans and lightly hits her forehead against the steering wheel. * Eui-Tae looks up. "15 minutes? That'll probably turn into a half hour." I'm hotwiring. Actually, uhh... make that an hour or so. I'm not sure how far it is there and back Any objections? * Fatima says, without even thinking about, "He needs directions. And has the keys. Cybele, can I really ask the animals for favors, with this ring?" Not really, I can patch it up if we need to. Excellent! Um. Yeah, you can. But I'm just gonna do it for you. Zieg should've gotten back by now, anyway. (Dispatch agent Spanky!) * Tyler yells outside, "Jose! We're leaving. Get in or step out of blast radius." * Fatima mms. "If you wish." * Eui-Tae speaks over the loud-speaker again. Get away from the plane! ( I have missed my chance to reenact "The Birds" with Zieg. Damn! ) (Ha!) (See, this is why Ma-Ti was a lame Heart.) (See what you get for trying to speed things up =) (Oh, that would be good, that would be REALLY good.) * Cybele closes her eyes for a moment, then turns her head towards the trees. She breaks off into a run that might be about Olympic level. ... (You'll get your chance later, I'm sure. Too bad Cybele's here now. :P) * Tyler opens a panel in the dash and starts fiddling with wires. (What should I roll for?) * Ziegfried finds town. Duh, it was right there the whole time... * Eui-Tae watches Cybele dash off. "I think Cybele has it." She is most impressive. Although... somewhat ungainly, for a spiritual being. If you're hotwiring, I'll let you do either burglary (hot wiring), or a base electronics roll. 2d6-2 * Fatima ponders curiously, putting a hand to her chin. "I'd have expected... flying, or teleportation>" * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-2) and gets 9. (BOOOOOM!) Ziegfried, into #planet2 (Damn. DR.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Much better.) (There we go.) * Eui-Tae looks over her shoulder. "Hrmm..." Tyler successfully hotwires the plane. * Tyler grins as the engines and readouts flare to life. * Eui-Tae walks to another part of the plane and pulls off another panel. "Hey, did you notice the extreme redundancy in this plane? It begs to be moded." Okay. Anyone mind... say... a quick jaunt to San Francisco? I never actually got a chance to pack... * Fatima blinks. "San Francisco is a... quick jaunt?" (Not yet it isn't. ;P) * Eui-Tae slaps the pannel back on as the engines roar. "I was hoping to go back to my place, but if ya really want to." Well, it's closer than... say... London. Or Moscow! It's closer than Moscow! Not closer than Korea though. ;) Yeah, we'll pick up everyone's stuff! (Do I need a piloting roll, Ard?) * Cybele appears on one of the seats. "Hi!" Good, I need to play OrCraft in Space 3 soon. You sure do. ^^ Aah! Ugh. Hi. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-4) and gets 3. * Fatima ahs thoughtfully. "You could visit my home." She suddenly does not look thrilled at the prospect. * Jose heads into the plane. You didn't need to do that. Eui-Tae, catch. * Cybele tosses Eui the keys. * Eui-Tae almost falls over as he catches the keys. Man, for an sort of omnipotent spirit of the earth, your timing could use some work. * Tyler eases the Schoolbus off the ground, listening for any problems as she does. Thanks Cybele. * Cybele beams. "No problem. And if you're going somewhere, you might wanna wait for Zieg. He probably has stuff he needs to take care of, too." * Fatima coughs politely. "I thought he was going into town for that." Mr. 15 minutes, no, wait, half an hour, no, wait, an hour? Yeah, really... If we need too, we could probably just call him. Should we drag Jose along too? (Jose hopped in. ^_^) * Jose stares at Eui-Tae. * Jose ... in the plane. * Eui-Tae looks back at J-man. "Okay, that's fine." * Tyler snickers and continues taking the plane up in a smooth and easy ascent. The plane runs (dun dun dun!) smoothly. Not perfectly, but considerably better than when you first got it. * Tyler "whoo!"s at Eui. Oh yeah, we rock. * Fatima puts her hands on the glass (bad girl! No cookie!) and looks at the rapidly disappearing ground below. * Cybele looks fascinated for a time, then uneasy. "Um, if you're going any farther, I've gotta get back to the island." 'Kay! If it makes Ziggy feel better, let him pick out his hut first. * Cybele looks down at the ground and bites her lip. "Yeah. Bye." She vanishes. Yeah. And get him to work on running water and electricity while we're away, kay'? * Jose stares at Cy... nothing. Wow, that was quick. (You say that like I'm going to actually be productive...) * Jose smiles. (I know better, but Eui doesn't.) So, we head west, catch all the places along the way? We can see your place first, Eui. (That's what I thought = Alright, sounds good. * Fatima smiles placidly. "Where are you from, Eui-Tae?" One problem though. How the hell am I gonna explain this to my parents? South Korea, the gamming mecha of the world You fell in love with a beautiful American girl and ran off to be with her. * Tyler flutters her eyelashes. * Eui-Tae blinks at that. "Mom would never buy that." Should I be insulted? * Fatima hums a snatch of a very old and likely unrecognizable song. No, I mean she wouldn't buy that an American girl would like me that much. Hey, Fatima. Come sit up here in the co-pilot's chair. The view's great. I mean, it's all ocean, but it's a better view. Well, if all goes well, she'll be in the middle of a match. * Eui-Tae is currently sitting in the co-pilot's chair. "Well, if ya want to, I'll move." * Fatima chuckles. "If you insist. I..." She pauses, closing her eyes. "Cybele is saying that Ziegfried would like to accompany us." Should we pick the big lug up? * Fatima sighs faintly. "I feel a bit like a cellular phone." * Tyler mutters under her breath. "Okay. Sit in the co-pilot's chair. Don't get up. If he manages to get up here, he'll put on his music and we won't be able to hear any problems." Yeah, you want to sit up here Fatima? * Fatima grins faintly. "Alright." She slips into the co-pilot's chair and smiles at Eui. "I have only flown in my home country... there isn't much to look at but desert, there." Heh, you're not a cell-phone, you're a cell-phone with heart. ;) * Jose hums a Yekuana folk song in the back seat. * Tyler does a 180 and heads back to the Island. * Eui-Tae gets out and sits where Fatima was. Coincidentally, it's also where Zieg's Warhammer books are. Tyler gets there! And, where you took off, is Ziegfried and Cybele. * Tyler hovers a foot above the ground and pops the door. * Jose waves at Zig from the plane. (Well, hovers the plane. Though that'd be a neat trick.) (I wondered where that went...) * Ziegfried nods and troops over to the plane. (I'm the only one allowed to hover a foot above ground! And Eui-Tae, maybe.) ( Eui needs a giant green hat! And hair dyed pink! ) Hey Zieg, you might want this. * Ziegfried looks at the seating arrangement, and climbs in back someplace. * Eui-Tae gives Zieg his books. * Ziegfried glances over, and nods. "Ja, thanks." * Tyler waves cheerfully to Cybele and closes the door again. Then, a repeat of takeoff. So, are we going to need to make a stop in... whatever town you're from on our Magical Mystery Tour? (I'm not Peter Pan.) * Cybele waves as they leave. ^^ Yeah. Okay, Eui. Ziggy, Fatima, Jose? * Ziegfried goes over a list in his head. Eat? Check. Crap? Check. Sleep? hrm... sounds good! Ya? Ja? ...do we need to stop in your hometown? * Fatima sighs and glances out the window. "I should stop home... but, you must promise that you'll keep an open mind when you see where I am from." Ja, that'd be a good plan... It would be nice. Hey, no prob, it can't be stranger that where I'm from. Just... which hemisphere is it in? Sure thing. Off to Korea, then! * Ziegfried leans back, yawns, and passes out almost instantly. Do you have an atlas? Illyria is a small nation southeast of Turkey. (Snerk.) ( It is exceptionally greedy and exports leather and pornographic playing cards. ) (Ha!) * Ziegfried begins snoring. (/me laughs) (My kinda place!) You head towards South Korea! Okay. Eui, Fatima, Ziggy, Jose, Me, Hope Island. Sounds easy enough. You can do it! Well, of course I can do it. Hope Island... is where we just were? Where is it, geographically? Who lives there, besides mythical teenagers? Yeah, oh, Fatima, the GPS is located in front of ya. It shouldn't be too hard, works just like a compass. ( WELCOME TO HOPE ISLAND. POPULATION: 6 + 1 PENGUIN ) Cybele and Spanky live on the island too. South Pacific, where the horrible oppressive sun beats down every day of the year. Blech. Yup. I also think we can get this thing to run faster... MUCH faster. * Fatima ahs at Eui, glancing at the GPS as if reading the Rosetta Stone. "Fascinating. And I have no trouble with sun." (Technically 5 ppl, 1 spirit, and 1 penguin, plus billions of insects that make the biomass... but that's another story...) zzzzzzz... mm... ham...burger...zzzzz Well, lucky for you. That'd be nice. (Sliptime okay with you people?) (God, yes.) ( HYPEEEEEEEEEEERSPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! ) (How much Ziggy snoring can you take? =) (Unless you *want* to roleplay eight hours of flying... :P) ( I'm fine with it if we get the fun star streak effect! ) (Yeah, sliptime, move zig, do what ya gotta.) * Eui-Tae steadily gets out of his seat and walks up to the co-piliot seat. "Let's see... this button makes it see more, this one see less. The ones on the right toggle what you see. The system's outdated a bit, but it's still good for most landmasses." (Think Dragon radar, only without little numbers on it =) Okay! After a long, boring flight where your plane thankfully doesn't crash and burn, you near Eui-Tae's city in South Korea. It's night, but that doesn't mean you can't see, since the place is *bright*. Oh, and this button here plants a beacon. * Jose takes a spare block of wood he smuggled onboard and begins to carve a figure using his switchblade. (Exactly Amad!) * Fatima ahs thoughtfully. "Eight hours of instruction is difficult. I feel very learned, however." Now THIS looks like a fun place. * Eui-Tae looks outside. "Ah, no place like home." So, where'm I going so you can pick up all your stuff? uhhhhh... wha, huh? Oh, yeah. I'm awake. So, uhh.. where are we going first? ( Define 'bright'. Like, light pollution bright, or sunlight bright? ) Alright, we're over Seoul now, and I live on the south-side. (Bright as in light pollution and *tons* of lights.) Actually, southwestern' suburbs. ( Alrighty. ) * Ziegfried looks around, sees God knows how long has passed, and decides to just go with it. * Tyler heads off where Eui directs her. * Eui-Tae points in a direction. * Ziegfried stretches, and yawns. "So, uhh.. where are we then? * Tyler finds Eui's house in shortish order? Yes? Seoul right now. * Jose puts down his unfinished figure and looks out the windo. Yes. ^_^ Eui-Tae directs Tyler to an empty lot supposedly a few blocks from his place. (Master Windo, we must fight Count Dooku!) * Fatima blinks, surprised. "How convenient." * Tyler kicks back. She's not giving up the pilot seat. "Okay, go have fun." * Eui-Tae looks around. "Looks like it's game night tonight... * Ziegfried stretches again. "Arright. Hey, Eui, how long will you be?" * Eui-Tae gets out. "Not too long, maybe an hour at most." * Ziegfried nods. "Where's the nearest arcade? * Fatima smiles. "Will it be easier for you if we stay here? I do not want things to be difficult." * Tyler pulls out her laptop from where it was stashed and starts working on more lyrics. The nearest Cyber-cafe is in that direction. There aren't any real arcades in a traditional sense around here. * Eui-Tae points in a direction. Ja, I think that'll work. Come 'n' get me when you're done. I'll stick around the Geo. Oh, there ARE arcades in Seoul, but you guys don't speak Korean, so I don't know how well that will do. * Ziegfried hops out an open window, door, crack in the wall, whatever. To the arcade..! or whatever. ( *snort* Sorry, I can't play in AMERICAN arcades becuase I don't speak Korean, why should this be any different? ;) (haha, really.) I hear they have Korean Suicide Special mix number two now. * Tyler hmms. "Hey, mind checking out these lines, seeing if they work?" She shoves her laptop over at Fatima, showing a file full of lyrics chockablock with GRRRRL! rage and rather explicit imagery. * Ziegfried is already gone, in said direction. "Ja, later!" Zieg! It's downtown! (Zieg, into #cybercafe) (Too late, I'm already there =) * Fatima blinks and takes the laptop lest it slice her in two. "Uh? Oh, Tyler. You are a songwriter?" She skims the lyrics. Alright, I gotta get home, see ya guys later, or do any of you guys wanna meet my folks? Yeah, I do the songs for my band. Heh. Normally I'd say yes, but that could mean Ziggy getting into the pilot's chair. And we don't want that. ( I already asked if you wanted us to come. :P ) (Oh, didn't see it. :\) * Fatima blinks a few times. She plasters the most sincere smile on her face she can possibly manage. "They are... very expressive. It is nice to know that you clearly get such fulfillment from producing your art." Clearly the child of a politician. Well, if none of you guys are comming, I'll be heading out now. Alright man. See ya in an hour. * Eui-Tae turns around and heads home. * Tyler beams at her. "Okay, then listen to this." She leans over and fires up a track, then cranks the volume. "We recorded this last year. Live in Castro." * Jose grabs his figure and begins carving again. He takes a seat outside of the Geo Cruiser. * Spanky is now known as Jae-Eun (So that's his real name.) (The band is, for the record, quite good. In an angry girlpunk way.) * Fatima listens. And smiles. And listens and smiles. "Such vibrant performances. I am slightly envious!" All said in the loud, clear tones of someone trying to scream over bass that is rattling her diaphragm. * Jose jerks when the first loud notes blare out of the speakers. * Tyler bops her head along to the beat, then takes back the laptop when it finishes. "Cool. I'll go with this, then." * Tyler keeps working on the lyrics, looking to be in quite a good mood. * Jae-Eun has left #planet * Fatima sits back in her chair and looks at the sky through the cockpit. "So difficult to believe..." she mutters to herself. * Jose continues to carve at the wood. One could notice the minute traces of a dragon's head being formed. We need a mini-bar. * Fatima blinks, cupping a hand to her ear. "What?" (Put everything on the planning table ;) ) Mini! Bar! Not for me, I'm flying. But it'd be a nice way to stay mellow while you're passing the time. * Fatima ahs faintly and continues stargazing. Well, light pollution-gazing. "I do not drink much. Wine, on occasion." Okay, we'll throw some wine in there. * Fatima chuckles. "I wonder how Eui-Tae is doing. I do not expect this will be easy to explain to my father." (SUNKIST!) See, that's the problem with nosy parents. Same here. My parent's will really miss me. * Fatima sighs. "My father is a great man. It is not that he is nosy, but..." She shakes her head and resumes staring at the sky. "It is complicated. You will see soon enough." * Tyler shrugs. "Suppose we will. It can't be that tough. I mean, sure, sorta a bitch to deal with, but not impossible." * Fatima shakes her head. "Not impossible, no." Hmm. Wonder how Eui's doing. Can you contact him? Fatima shouldn't be a PHS. Why don't we visit his house ourselves? * Fatima chuckles. "I prefer using foot power to a mysterious ring anyday. But how will we identify his home?" Do you even know where his house is? Well, not really. There's a lot of them within a radius of a few blocks. Even so. Why don't we just go for a quick stroll around the neighborhood. We will be sitting down in the Geo again for a long time, and I need my legs to move around a bit. Maybe we will spot Eui-Tae. * Fatima gets up. "I have never been to Seoul. I would like to see it..." She looks for something to put in her chair. You know the direction he walked in. But that's it. ;P Shall we ladies? You two have fun. I'll watch the plane, make sure no one strips anything from it. * Jose gets up and begins his stroll. Sure thing Tyler. ( It was Stephanie, Illy. ) (Stephanie?) (Oh! Survivor. Right.) * Fatima follows along behind Jose, secretly wishing she spoke Korean. "Perhaps I can 'find' him with the ring... that doesn't seem so unacceptable." ( Yeah. AIM's being a bitch. ) Well, if you want to its great. It's just that I don't like people asking you to do things constantly with your ring. "Do this,","Tell him that." You know what I mean? * Fatima chuckles. "No, I understand. I just think relying on the rings for trivial things... makes the rings trivial." Good way to put things. Well, you could "remind" him to hurry himself up a bit. (Yeah, we've got a world to save here, your laundry can wait until we come back next week! =) * Fatima nods and closes her eyes, concentrating. And saying "Heart!" because otherwise the Magical Girl and Teen Hero Guild will sue her. << Eui-Tae, can you hear me? We've been worried and are trying to find you... >> (Heh, I doubt he's reading what's going down here. Then again, maybe he is. send him an IM or something =) << What? Oh, your help would actually be appreciated in trying to explain my situation... >> (Or I could be wrong =) * Fatima blinks, then purses her lips. << Which home is yours? >> * Ziegfried rounds the corner from down the road, grinning. << To get here? I'm house number 1397. >> * Ziegfried walks back up to the cruiser. "Hope you've all had a nice sit." * Fatima simply says, "1397", scopes out the house numbers, and heads in the appropriate direction. * Tyler glances over her shoulder. "We?" (Didn't think they'd actually left already, heh) Ja? Well, I don't know where they went, so I'll just wait here with you then. Fatima and Jose reach the place! Suburbia is Suburbia, no matter where in the world you are. There's a doorbell. ^^ (And guys, get into #home ) (Fatima and Jose, I mean.) So, how's life? * Cybele has quit IRC (Quit: Too many windows! ) Fabulous. Your books are in the back. I'll just keep working on this. * Tyler taps the side of her laptop. * Jose goes for the doorbell. * Ziegfried climbs into the back seat, takes his shoes off, and puts his feet up on Eui's seat (Jose, into channel #home!) Ja, arright. Well, I'm going to just sit here and think... * Tyler goes through the lyrics, hums a melody line, then brings up the laptop's mic to her mouth and hums it again. * Ziegfried nods. "Not half bad." * Tyler glances over. "Hmm?" * Ziegfried stretches out, and lays back on the seat next to him. Total seats occupied: 3 and climbing. That was pretty good. I never noticed, but you have a good voice. * Ziegfried closes his eyes and puts his hands behind his head. There, comfy. But not sleeping, yet. * Tyler blinks a few times. "Uh, thanks." Ja, no problem. ( *DIES at Will and Grace* ) * Ziegfried opens his eyes again, and stares up at the top of the cruiser. "Y'know, once you get over all the travelling, and risks, and fact that we're not even paid, this whole thing isn't so bad" (Whaaa?) It's psychotic, but after that thing in Africa, I'm seeing that it's also pretty damn serious. * Ziegfried nods. "Ja. Scary, but kind of sad, too." Hope we find them soon so we can get some payback. * Ziegfried nods. "Ja. Maybe bring them to justice too..." Or have one of their guns convienently misfire. ( Turtle Sundae or Cookies and Cream? ) (C&C) * Ziegfried blinks, and quickly sits back up. "But, I've never been one to dwell on the past. Want to see if we can figure out what the word for "Burger" is in Korean?" (Cookies, all the way) Beef. Ech. Way too heavy. * Ziegfried shrugs. "Fine, noodles then. I've heard their better here anyway. Either way, I'm hungry" (They're, not their) When are you ever not hungry? I have to sleep some times, ja? Besides, there's nothing like an eight hour plane ride to pass the time. And then there was the time fixing the plane... I'm starved! Your metabolism could fuel a humpback whale. * Ziegfried shrugs. "That doesn't make me less hungry. Let's go see if we can find a restaurant or three." You go on. I'm not hungry. * Ziegfried pauses, and then sighs. Uhh... I doubt they'll accept marks... * Tyler digs into her pocket and shoves some dollars at him. "Here. Everyone takes dollars." Go eat. * Ziegfried blinks, and takes a handfull of green. Thanks. Sure. (Suuure they do. ;P) * Ziegfried looks at the wad of cash blankly, fidgets with it a bit, and sits up. "Sure you don't want anything?" I don't know, some veggies or something. * Ziegfried nods. "If you want to stay with the plane, I'll bring some back for you." Yeah, I'm watching it. Thanks. Arright, now to see if... wait, they call it a cyberCAFE... * Ziegfried smiles. "I'll be back in a bit." * Tyler waves to him, then turns back around with a faint expression of surprise. * Ziegfried climbs out of the geocruiser, stretches, rights his shades, and heads back to the cybercafe. (I can see impending disaster already... all I need is a GM to meet me in #cybercafe so havoc can be wreaked =) (Not now. My brain is breaking.) (Hah, arright. Can we just assume some kind of multi-lingual monstrousity occurs, and I get a food-like object at said cafe? =) ( *raises her hand* "Hail, Cyl Palazzo!" ) ( "This environment... is rotten!" ) (Snort.) (... woosh, over my head.) (ja.) (Thanks Jose =) ( Ha. ) (*scrolls up* Yes, Zieg. A multi-lingual monstrosity occurs, you get severely ripped off, but you *finally* manage to get food from the fourth restaurant you try.) (l33t. I take my takeout, and Tyler's, which is of course the wrong thing, and head back semi-triumphantly.) ( Boy, I'm sure getting a lot of use this game. You want a lamp for me to live in, maybe? ) (Ha!) (Yeah Tink. ;) ) Ziggy's phone rings! * Ziegfried returns from the shopping trip, carrying multiple takeout cases, and looks at his pocket) Crap * Tyler glances up. Hold this, ok? Uh, okay? * Ziegfried hands half a dozen takeout boxes to Tyler, as well as piling a couple on the hood, and grabs his cell from his pocket. * Tyler eeps and balances them. * Ziegfried opens his cell, "Ja?" (We should have Eui send everything to me through IM, and I'll say everything here... so Tyler gets half the conversation =) (What do you think Ard's doing?) Uhh... Ja, sort of, can I help you? * Ziegfried covers the reciever. "Hah, it's a prank call, I'll play allong..." ( *slaps a hand to her face* ) Uh, okay. * Tyler starts digging through the boxes for something decent. Uhhh, ja they did indeed recieve a scholarship for enrollment over the next four years. Congratulations =) Meat, fried, fried meat... Ja, to be paid after they're done with their enrollment. Is there nothing healthy here? Until then though, they'll have to keep in toutch with the company. In most cases, they'll be unavailable for civilian calls. * Ziegfried covers the reciever. "There's some rice and something that looks like tofu in some of the cases in one of those on the hood" * Tyler grumbles and hops out of the cruiser, snags the box in question, and returns to her seat to snack. I'm sorry ma'am, but that information is confidential at this point. Well, I assure you, there are no known risks with this enrollment. They'll be under the best care, and will be able to make outgoing calls at any time. They just might not be able to take calls. * Tyler quirks an eyebrow at Ziggy. * Ziegfried covers the reciever, laughs to himself for a few seconds, and then calms back down. ...Uh. * Ziegfried covers the reciever. "Shit. Tyler, where are they located?" Just name a place! What? Where are who located? Where have we been lately... uhhh... uhhhh.... New York. There's a place. Who's located there, now? * Ziegfried uncovers the reciever, "Our base of opperations is in New York City, in the States" * Ziegfried covers the reciever, "I haven't a clue, it's just a prank call, best one I've heard yet too!" Huh. * Tyler keeps eating. Yup, it's rice and tofu. And it appears to be all she's having. Eh? Ja, it's a world-wide organization, after all. * Ziegfried blinks. Uhhh, ja, he did. And in the event of an emergency, you'd be able to leave a message on his voicemail, if he's not available. * Ziegfried covers the reciever, "Shit, it's Eui's mom or something." Oh. Boy, is this proving to be a pain in the ass. Ja, but so far so good, I think. * Ziegfried uncovers the reciever Uhh... ja. But it won't be accessable until he completes the entire program. We need, like, a Brainwash ring. ( ... ) * Ziegfried covers the cell, "Or at least forewarning before Eui sicks his parents on me." How do you get rid of someone in a businesslike manner, without offending them? Tell them that you have another call, and you're sorry, but you have to take it. * Ziegfried nods. "Good call" * Ziegfried uncovers the reciever, "Are you willing to accept Eui's enrollment in the program, under the terms he has agreed to, or do you have any other questions?" * Jose comes running back toward the Geo. * Ziegfried covers the cell. Ja, and where were you?! I have this sudden urge to sleep guys. I think the Cure3 has worn out. At Eui's house. His mom is mad. You are talking to her right now! Who just called me? Ja, I figured that out, a bit late. Thanks for warning me. * Jose yawns and takes a seat in back. "So... sle-" * Tyler points him to the back seat. "Go lie down. You don't wanna crash at the beginning of the trip." (Yeah, there.) (Sorry about that but I need to get off now.) * Ziegfried flips the phone in his hands, and clicks it off. (It's all good, later Joe) ( See ya! ) * Jose has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Ziegfried pockets his phone. "Well, we may have done more damage than we wanted to here..." Does it matter so long as Eui and Fatima get back here? Ja, I guess not. Oh, yeah... Hmm? * Ziegfried pulls out a wad of crumpled up change Thanks a lot, I'll show you a good time when we get to Germany. Uh, sure... Now, on to the main event! * Tyler straightens out the bills and refolds them. * Ziegfried grabs several boxes of takeout, and dives into meaty goodness with his bare hands. (Session end when you guys are ready.) * Fatima shows back up in the plane! Says "That was... amusing.", then slumps into the co-pilot chair and fallas sleep. * Tyler blinks. * Ziegfried continues eating, although he moves himself back into the plane in his temporary location in the back. Uh, hi. * Ziegfried holds up a half-empty box of ?-meat. "Hungry?" * Fatima shakes her head and sighs, running her hand across her braid. "So uncomfortable. Poor Eui-Tae." Is he coming back, or did he succumb to the wrath of mom? Ja, what happened there, anyway? * Fatima shakes her head. "He is coming. His little sister is as well." * Tyler blinks again. O...kay. ( I hate to be short, but other people are demanding my attention now... ) Uh. Just keep her away from the instruments, I guess. * Ziegfried blinks. "Oh, heh... ja, I may have led her to that conclusion... * Fatima sighs and glances at the ring. "Perhaps I need practice. I tried to warn you, Ziegfried... it is all my fault." Ja, uhh... it's ok. I figured it out after the third time she said "Eui-tae Kim." * Fatima mmms and leans back. "I'm quite tired... I'm sorry. I programmed the coordinates for my homeland into the GPS. There is a helipad there." Heh, alright. Once Eui gets back, we'll take off. Have a nice nap, and we'll wake you up when we get there End Session.