The Other Bird

[22:11]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan is still rowing and shit.
[22:12]	Salmander	The professor watches the sea gloomily
[22:13]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan drops one of the artificial paddles he made and sticks his hand back in the water, thinking of a pair of binoculars.
[22:13]	Salmander	The moon shines down on the sea. The sun still has yet to come up.
[22:13]	Salmander	He gets a pair of binoculars
[22:14]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks through the binoculars. Any sign of the end of the plateau?
[22:15]	Salmander	The sand is beginning to settle now.
[22:15]	Salmander	Through it, he can see the plateau begin to curve away
[22:16]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan offers the binoculars to the professor, still holding onto it.
[22:16]	Mr_Wilt	He's grabbed enough shit to understand how this probably works.
[22:17]	Salmander	The professor looks. "My word, Miragus, I think that may be the end of the plateau!"
[22:19]	Mr_Wilt	Ah! Excellent! Nolan lets go of the binoculars, thinking up another paddle with his hand in the water.
[22:19]	Salmander	"Hmmm, there should be a way to get up somehow."
[22:19]	Salmander	"Have you heard the voice of the Other Wind recently?"
[22:20]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan brings the boat over closer to the plateau. He sort of has something in mind.
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[22:21]	Salmander	"Nod or shake your head."
[22:22]	Mr_Wilt	He shakes his head.
[22:22]	Salmander	"That's odd. Oh well."
[22:23]	Mr_Wilt	He continues to row over. He wants to get up alongside it.
[22:23]	Salmander	"Hmm, what is that noise?"
[22:23]	Salmander	They both can hear a faint rumbling noise
[22:23]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan shrugs.
[22:24]	Salmander	He comes to the side of the plateau
[22:24]	Salmander	"I dare say, I think the current is quickening."
[22:24]	Mr_Wilt	Oh dear, that can't be good.
[22:24]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan lets go of a paddle and sticks his hand back in the water.
[22:24]	Mr_Wilt	He simply thinks 'Something to help us climb the plateau'.
[22:25]	Salmander	A pickaxe and rope should suffice
[22:25]	Mr_Wilt	Then he thinks of that!
[22:26]	Salmander	The professor is looking ahead. "Miragus, I think we may have found the end of the world."
[22:26]	Salmander	A pickaxe with a rope attached to the end appears in his hands
[22:26]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks up where the professor is.
[22:28]	Salmander	The water seems to simply drop off into a void
[22:28]	Salmander	"I suggest you find a way up."
[22:28]	Mr_Wilt	Oh. Oh dear. That's certainly not good.
[22:28]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan ties some of the rope around himself and offers some length to the professor.
[22:29]	Salmander	The professor grabs on. "Quickly now!"
[22:29]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan dips his hand into the water and thinks of another pickaxe!
[22:30]	Salmander	Another pickaxe it is
[22:30]	Salmander	"I hope you are as strong as you look, Miragus."
[22:31]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan does, too.
[22:31]	Mr_Wilt	He swings a pickaxe at the stone wall.
[22:31]	Salmander	The boat goes off the edge
[22:31]	Salmander	The pickaxe sticks
[22:32]	Salmander	Nolan finds himself hanging off a pickaxe on a wall, with a humanoid bird skeleton hanging from a rope below him
[22:32]	Salmander	"Oh dear, please keep a tight grip!"
[22:33]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan swings the other picaxe at the wall!
[22:33]	Salmander	It sticks as well
[22:34]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan plucks out the first pickaxe, swinging it a little higher.
[22:35]	Salmander	"Yes, yes, very good!" The professor sounds perturbed. Understandable, he is swinging like a pendulum over an endless void.
[22:36]	Mr_Wilt	He continues this process of climbing.
[22:36]	Salmander	The end of the plateau just out over the falls, like a fat person's big toe in flip flops
[22:37]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan makes sure not to look down.
[22:38]	Salmander	As he climbs higher the professor scrambles forward and begins climbing along the rocky wall himself, hsi talons managing to keep a reasonable grip
[22:41]	Mr_Wilt	This makes Nolan's job a little easier. He continues his ascension.
[22:43]	Salmander	They come close to the top. Almost there now
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[22:43]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan keeps going! Come on, come on!
[22:44]	Salmander	Nolan feels something breathing on him
[22:45]	Mr_Wilt	He tries his best to turn around and see what it is.
[22:45]	Salmander	It's not behind him. It's to his right.
[22:45]	Mr_Wilt	He looks to his right, then!
[22:45]	Salmander	"How rare! Burrowis Giganticus!"
[22:46]	Salmander	Nolan sees something slimey and white, with a mouth and two eye stalks.
[22:46]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan flatface so hard. Oh god oh god oh god what is that.
[22:47]	Salmander	"It burrows through rough rock, creating tunnels dozens of miles long."
[22:47]	Salmander	"Very predatory..."
[22:47]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan begins to climb /so much faster/.
[22:47]	Salmander	The professor gasps. "CLIMB MIRAGUS!"
[22:47]	Salmander	Scrabble scrabble sctabble
[22:48]	Salmander	Right before Nolan reaches the top, he sees the professor climb ahead of him, moving his talons at lightning speed
[22:48]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan huffs and puffs as he cliiimbs!
[22:48]	Salmander	Nolan makes it to the top
[22:49]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pulls himself up, scrambling away from the edge.
[22:49]	Salmander	He sees a grans, sandstone tower before him, with a dome on top.
[22:49]	Salmander	And right in front of it, the ground is moving
[22:49]	Salmander	FFFFF roll athletics
[22:49]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 FFFF
[22:50]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: FFFF: 8 (6df+6=+, 0, -, 0, +, +)
[22:50]	Salmander	Nolan manages to avoid the mound as it charges at him
[22:50]	Salmander	It bursts open and out bursts a naked, slimey, gigantic sand worm
[22:50]	Salmander	"This will be a problem," the professor says sagely
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[22:56]	Mr_Wilt	Yeah it's definitely going to be a problem. God dammit, Nolan doesn't even have any blue water to make something with.
[22:56]	Mr_Wilt	He has an idea! He looks at the pickaxe in his right hand and imagines a fully-loaded handgun!
[22:57]	Salmander	A fully loaded handgun there is
[22:57]	Mr_Wilt	Excellent! He fires at the gigantic sand worm!
[22:57]	Mr_Wilt	6df+8 Pchoo pchoo pchoo!
[22:57]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Pchoo pchoo pchoo!: 8 (6df+8=-, +, 0, 0, -, +)
[22:57]	Salmander	The bullets come out! And immediately melt as they leave his influence!
[22:58]	Salmander	They make a small puddle on the ground
[22:58]	Mr_Wilt	Oh dammit.
[22:58]	Salmander	6df+8 It sweeps along the ground at him
[22:58]	Glacon	Salmander: It sweeps along the ground at him: 5 (6df+8=-, 0, +, -, -, -)
[23:01]	Mr_Wilt	6df+7 NOT TODAY
[23:01]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: NOT TODAY: 9 (6df+7=0, 0, -, +, +, +)
[23:02]	Salmander	Nolan manage sto jump over it as it sweeps across the ground
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[23:02]	Mr_Wilt	Excellent!
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[23:03]	Mr_Wilt	Okay, gun didn't work, he's got that much. Nolan imagines a sledgehammer, then.
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[23:03]	Salmander	And a sledgehammer there was
[23:04]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan grabs it with both hands and charges at the giant worm!
[23:04]	Mr_Wilt	6df+7 And then he swings at that goddamn motherfucker.
[23:04]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: And then he swings at that goddamn motherfucker.: 8 (6df+7=+, 0, 0, 0, -, +)
[23:05]	Salmander	6df+6 Worm skin
[23:05]	Glacon	Salmander: Worm skin: 8 (6df+6=+, +, 0, +, -, 0)
[23:05]	Salmander	Nolan misses
[23:05]	Salmander	6df+7 It decides to just body slam him
[23:05]	Glacon	Salmander: It decides to just body slam him: 7 (6df+7=+, 0, -, +, 0, -)
[23:05]	Mr_Wilt	6df+7 NUUU
[23:05]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: NUUU: 9 (6df+7=-, 0, +, +, +, 0)
[23:06]	Salmander	But Nolan rolls out of the way
[23:06]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan gets back up and goes for another swing!
[23:07]	Mr_Wilt	6df+7 This one's gonna be a homerun, boys.
[23:07]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: This one's gonna be a homerun, boys.: 6 (6df+7=-, +, 0, +, -, -)
[23:08]	Salmander	6df+6
[23:08]	Glacon	Salmander: 5 (6df+6=-, 0, -, -, +, +)
[23:08]	Salmander	FORE! The thing's head is hit clean off by the strike. Worm goo flies everywhere.
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[23:10]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan lets out a huff, imagining the sledgehammer is now a pair of gloves wrapped securely around his hands.
[23:10]	Salmander	And indeed they are
[23:11]	Salmander	"W-well down Miragus. I suppose we should check the tower."
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[23:13]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods, heading off toward the tower.
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[23:16]	Salmander	The door has a small stone propped up against it, with several pictographs displayed
[23:16]	Salmander	"It says 'Do Not Disturb'."
[23:17]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan scratches his head. What do they do now?
[23:18]	Salmander	"We could disturb anyways, I suppose."
[23:19]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan cautiously knocks on the door.
[23:19]	Salmander	No answer
[23:20]	Mr_Wilt	He knocks again.
[23:21]	Salmander	No answer still. "Is it locked?" The professor taps the doorknob.
[23:22]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan checks the knob. Is it?
[23:22]	Salmander	Nope
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[23:24]	Salmander	The door opens
[23:25]	Salmander	Inside is a circular room, with a cot, a table, and a few shelves with food and silverware. A winding staircase moves along the wall all the way to the top of the tower.
[23:27]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan begins to climb up the staircase.
[23:27]	Mr_Wilt	No time to fuck around.
[23:27]	Salmander	The professor follows behind Nolan. "How frightfully exciting," he whispers.
[23:28]	Salmander	As they walk they occasionally come across a window. Both sides overlook the mirage sea, the void, or the plateau.
[23:30]	Salmander	The stars are now visible through the sand. They're high enough that it no longer clouds the atmosphere.
[23:30]	Salmander	And then they finally come to the top
[23:31]	Salmander	There's a bookshelf with several books, a desk, and a gigantic telescope looking at the stars. A small figure is looking through it, engrossed in his work.
[23:34]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan taps on the wall to get the small figure's attention.
[23:35]	Salmander	"Hmmm? What? Who?" It says as it turns around
[23:35]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan waves a little.
[23:35]	Salmander	It is a hunched over vulture, wearing a cape. One eye is a glass eye, and drifts lazily back and forth.
[23:35]	Salmander	"Huh? Did you not see the busy sign?"
[23:36]	Mr_Wilt	He shrugs!
[23:37]	Salmander	The professor takes a step forward. "Are you the Other Wind?" He sounds excited.
[23:37]	Salmander	"The what?" The vulture looks at the professor.
[23:38]	Salmander	"The Other Wind."
[23:38]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan sighs. He imagines his hand is some sort of PDA with text-to-voice ability.
[23:38]	Mr_Wilt	-hand +glove
[23:38]	Salmander	The mirage water shifts back and forth. It seems the PDA is too complex.
[23:39]	Salmander	"Oh, that old thing?"
[23:39]	Salmander	The vulture scoffs.
[23:39]	Salmander	"That's just a fairy tale. I'll have you know whatever voice you may be hearing is a predator of the sea. It attacks you then takes your identity." The vulture scoffs.
[23:40]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan's eyes go wide.
[23:40]	Mr_Wilt	He imagines his hand is a glove once more and begins to flail around.
[23:41]	Salmander	"Hmmm... Why is your friend going mad?"
[23:41]	Mr_Wilt	He points to himself.
[23:42]	Salmander	The professor looks at Nolan. "Oh yes, that must have been what attacked my friend here."
[23:44]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods furiously!
[23:45]	Salmander	The vulture walks up to Nolan and knocks on his chest. "Hmm, yes, such a shame."
[23:46]	Mr_Wilt	Yeah it's a fucking shame!
[23:46]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan frowns.
[23:46]	Salmander	"I'm afraid the only way to recover would be for his doppleganger to die."
[23:51]	Salmander	"Do you know where this clone would be?"
[23:54]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan shrugs.
[23:55]	Salmander	"Hmm, knowing you were on the other side of the plateau, perhaps he has fled to the land of the peacocks."
[23:57]	Salmander	"It also sometimes retains the same motivation. Have you ever wanted to get something from the land of peacocks?"
[23:59]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan taps his chin... same motivation...
[00:00]	Mr_Wilt	He shrugs. The updating station might have been in the Land of the Peacocks, but if he doesn't know that, would his clone?
[00:00]	Salmander	The professor looks at Nolan. "I, personally, would love to see the untold mysteries of what happened to the peacocks."
[00:02]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan shrugs again. Sure it'd be cool, but he wasn't exactly motivated to do that.
[00:02]	Mr_Wilt	He thinks some more.. hmm..
[00:03]	Mr_Wilt	Well, he did say something about the Void. Nolan recalls Cleet.
[00:05]	Salmander	The professor looks at Nolan, then at the vulture. "Do you happen to have a map of some kind. Perhaps the lad can point out where he thinks the thing'd go."
[00:07]	Salmander	"I do." The vulture stretches up and brings down a scroll from his bookshelf. He spreads out a map of the world on his desk, complete with the plateau, void, and the other wide of the world, which seems to simply consist of the plateau running through a sea of shining blue.
[00:09]	Mr_Wilt	He thinks. Let's see. He wanted to go to the updating station, but he'd need to get the Ska Rabmush for it to work. Nolan points to where he roughly departed from it. He also figures he might want to head home, so he points roughly to where the outpost is.
[00:11]	Salmander	The professor looks over Nolan's shoulder. "I suppose that first spot is along the way to the second, although I do not see what is significant about either."
[00:11]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan taps his head, as if to say that /he/ knows.
[00:12]	Salmander	"If you insist. I suppose I'll go with you, if only because this is a bit of a let down. No offense."
[00:12]	Salmander	The vulture just glares back.
[00:13]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan thinks of one glove turning into a piece of paper, and another turning into a pencil.
[00:14]	Mr_Wilt	-another +the other
[00:14]	Salmander	A paper and pencil appear
[00:16]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan writes down on the paper with his pencil. He tries to draw something like a hot air balloon, and then draws a helicopter. He imagines it's useless, but under the pictures, he writes "Do you have anything that can fly us there?"
[00:16]	Salmander	The vulture looks at the paper and frowns. "What is this strange scrawl below this odd drawing?" "I do not know."
[00:17]	Salmander	The vulture looks at it for a moment, then places a talon on the helicopter. "This looks like something I have seen peacocks use before."
[00:18]	Salmander	"How intriguing! What does it do?"
[00:18]	Salmander	"It flies."
[00:22]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods, but then frowns.
[00:22]	Mr_Wilt	He imagines the paper and pencil are gloves once more.
[00:22]	Salmander	it works
[00:23]	Salmander	blue paper and pencil, note, with the pencil making a darker shade of blue
[00:24]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan puts the gloves back on and then continues to frown. Looks like they're gonna have to walk.
[00:25]	Salmander	"As I recall the peacocks have a small island in this sea that they get to by boat and by that machine."
[00:26]	Mr_Wilt	Oh! Nolan starts nodding, his frown going away.
[00:26]	Mr_Wilt	They should go visit that!
[00:27]	Salmander	"Hmmm, yes, it's located somewhere... here." The vulture places a claw over a small speck in the middle of the sea, on the southern side of the plateau
[00:29]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods, poking the island spot a few times, and then going back to the other two areas he poked.
[00:30]	Salmander	The professor cracks his talons. "Then I suppose we will be commandeering this contraption."
[00:30]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods.
[00:31]	Salmander	"If you walk along the plateau, after a while you should see the island off in the distance."
[00:32]	Salmander	The professor smashes a fist into an open talon. "Then we will set forth! It is rather puzzling, though. Why have they not used this contraption to pass over the plateau?"
[00:33]	Salmander	The vulture shrugs. "That I do not know."
[00:34]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan slices his finger across his neck and rolls his eyes up in his head, as if to say maybe they're dead.
[00:34]	Salmander	"But beware, walking bonebird," the vulture says to the professor, "I have seen your type before. When the sun comes up, you will become inanimate. The moon does not remain up forever on the Right Side of the world."
[00:35]	Salmander	The professor nods to teh vulture then pats Nolan on the back. "That is a possibility."
[00:35]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods.
[00:38]	Salmander	"Thank you, old chap." The professor nods to the vulture. "Shall we set forth, Miragus?"
[00:38]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan flashes a thumbs up.
[00:38]	Salmander	"Hmmm?" The professor imitates him. "What does this mean?"
[00:39]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan points at the thumb, and then nods.
[00:39]	Mr_Wilt	He makes a thumbs down, points at it, and shakes his head.
[00:39]	Salmander	"Ah, I see. Claws up, then!"
[00:42]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan flashes another thumbs up and then begins to descend the stairwell.
[00:42]	Salmander	The professor follows. "This will be a long walk. Would you care to rest first, Miragus?"
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[00:45]	Mr_Wilt	Is Nolan tired?
[00:46]	Salmander	He is, actually
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[00:46]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods. Okay, might as well rest.
[00:48]	Salmander	"Good. I want to learn everything I can about this place. It is intriguing."
[00:50]	Mr_Wilt	He looks around for a suitable place to take a loud off.
[00:51]	Salmander	The cot perhaps
[00:52]	Mr_Wilt	Ah! That'll do. He plops down on the cot