The Other Nolan

[20:17]	Mr_Wilt	And then suddenly Nolan is in #Desert_Outpost.
[20:18]	Salmander	Nolan finds himself in the Ska Rabmush's control room
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[20:19]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks about the control room. He is entirely confused.
[20:19]	Mr_Wilt	This shit is bananas.
[20:20]	Salmander	~Departing.~
[20:20]	Mr_Wilt	"Woah woah what?"
[20:20]	Mr_Wilt	"No. Override. Stop departing."
[20:21]	Salmander	Nolan feels a faint... something in the back of his head
[20:21]	Salmander	A message perhaps
[20:21]	Salmander	Of calling
[20:22]	Salmander	It calls to Nolan, asking him to come
[20:22]	Salmander	To come to it
[20:22]	Salmander	And enclosed is an image of a plateau surrounded by mirage
[20:23]	Wombat	As soon as the hatch is above the sand, Katrin is out it like a demon.
[20:23]	Salmander	~Controls overridden.~
[20:23]	Salmander	Katrin gets out
[20:23]	Pemander	Gallus strolls out of the sub. ~It IS good to be back.~
[20:23]	Salmander	Just in time to see a giant metal shell pass by the mouth of the cavern
[20:23]	Wombat	"Fuck!"
[20:23]	Wombat	Katrin books it down to the church.
[20:24]	Sequence	Eva shrieks with rage.
[20:24]	Wombat	Whereupon she fastens the bridle on Shiffle.
[20:24]	Salmander	The church si quite a ways away
[20:24]	Mr_Wilt	"Stop departing."
[20:25]	Salmander	Once Katrin gets on it, Shliffle moves as fast as it can. A whole 10 miles per hour.
[20:25]	Salmander	~Controls overr- BZZRT~
[20:25]	Wombat	Katrin is hell bent on catching Nolan.
[20:25]	Pemander	Gallus just jogs alongside Shliffle. Like it's all that hard to keep up.
[20:25]	Wombat	"Hyah! Faster!"
[20:26]	Salmander	The Ska Rabmush disappears into the distance as the group struggles behind
[20:26]	Mr_Wilt	"God dammit!" It doesn't look like it's going to stop. He heads down to the cargo hold to see if there's anything of use.
[20:26]	Wombat	"God Fucking Damnit! Does anybody know if there are any jeeps or something?"
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[20:27]	Salmander	~Come.~ says a feminine voice from the Ska Rabmush.
[20:27]	Pemander	Gallus is huffing and puffing. "I think...it's a little late...for that...!"
[20:27]	Wombat	"We need a helicopter!"
[20:27]	Wombat	Katrin puts a note in her PDA to requisition a helicopter when they get back to base.
[20:27]	Salmander	The jeeps were all crushed by a little accident involving the ska rabmush and the plateau yesterday
[20:27]	Mr_Wilt	"../what/."
[20:28]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan is completely thrown off by the feminine voice.
[20:28]	Salmander	~Other side.~
[20:28]	Mr_Wilt	"Other side of /what/?" Nolan looks around.
[20:28]	Sequence	Eva buries her face in her hands.
[20:28]	Salmander	~The world.~
[20:29]	Pemander	"Can you...stop...so I can get on...Katrin?!?"
[20:29]	Wombat	"No time. He's already forty miles per hour faster. Grab on!" She reaches down for Gallus and Eva.
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[20:29]	Pemander	Gallus grabs the hand and swings onto Shliffle. Oh god please do not make him roll athletics.
[20:29]	Sequence	Eva grabs her hand and tries to swing on!
[20:30]	Mr_Wilt	"I don't. This is. I don't." Nolan doesn't really even any of this.
[20:30]	Wombat	Katrin pulls Eva up onto the saddle in front of her.
[20:30]	Wombat	Gallus is behind
[20:30]	Pemander	~It's good to be back.~
[20:31]	Mr_Wilt	He just continues on down to the cargo hold to look for anything. /Anything/.
[20:31]	Mr_Wilt	If he's going to be called to the other side of the world he at least wants to make sure he's got /something/ other than his gun and a dream.
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[20:32]	Salmander	The control room dispenses a paddle
[20:32]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan wanders back up to the control room to find.. a paddle.
[20:33]	Salmander	And a straw hat
[20:33]	Mr_Wilt	Of course.
[20:33]	Mr_Wilt	He puts the straw hat on and grabs the paddle. Shit, it's /something/.
[20:34]	Salmander	~Brrrzzzt. Approximate time to destination: Ten minutes.~ The regular voice is back
[20:35]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan just sits tight, rifle and paddle in hand.
[20:35]	Mr_Wilt	Like some desert Tom Sawyer.
[20:35]	Wombat	"I think he lost us..."
[20:35]	Pemander	"You get a good look at his bearing?"
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[20:36]	Wombat	"Not really... I was in a hurry. Speaking of which, where are WE?"
[20:36]	Wombat	Is the village still in sight?
[20:37]	Salmander	The scarab had headed off alongside the plateau. How far away from the village you rode is up to you, but you're still much too far away from the Ska Rabmush.
[20:38]	Wombat	Katrin sighs. "I'm sorry Eva. I failed you."
[20:38]	Sequence	Eva sighs as well. "It's not your fault, Katrin."
[20:38]	Mr_Wilt	"Kinda wish I could have gotten some help, though." Nolan looks out any viewing ports.
[20:39]	Salmander	~Arrival at Destination. Easternmost point on map. "Mirage Outpost."~
[20:39]	Salmander	Outside is desert, the plateau to the right. Endless mirage stretches ahead.
[20:39]	Wombat	"I promised... I wasn't fast enough..."
[20:40]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan braces for whatever's gonna come up ahead.
[20:40]	Salmander	The Ska Rabmush comes to a halt. The door opens. The stairwell comes out.
[20:42]	Daedalize	Those carrying radios hear them crackle to life. <<Poolboys, report. Have you located Agent Patton?>>
[20:42]	Mr_Wilt	Hey! Nolan has his radio.
[20:42]	Salmander	He's too far out of range
[20:42]	Daedalize	Nolan receives no signal.
[20:42]	Mr_Wilt	Damn!
[20:43]	Sequence	<<We have not.>>
[20:43]	Mr_Wilt	Tough luck. Nolan steps on out of the Ska Rabmush.
[20:43]	Salmander	An old wooden sign sticks out of the sand ahead
[20:44]	Daedalize	<<Copy. Report back to the main outpost for now.>>
[20:44]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan cautiously approaches said sign.
[20:45]	Salmander	It's a line with wavy lines under it
[20:46]	Sequence	Eva grumbles something vicious.
[20:46]	Salmander	And a bird is sticking out of the wavy lines
[20:46]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks beyond the sign.
[20:46]	Mr_Wilt	Oh.
[20:46]	Mr_Wilt	Well.
[20:46]	Salmander	It has Xes on its eyes
[20:46]	Mr_Wilt	"...that's, uh, comforting."
[20:47]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan's getting some second doubts about this whole thing. It's not as extravagant as he had thought before.
[20:47]	Salmander	"Come" the wind says to Nolan as it blows across the desetr ahead
[20:48]	Mr_Wilt	And then there's that disembodied voice.
[20:48]	Salmander	Is it a voice? It almost just seemed like an odd distortion of the wind.
[20:49]	Mr_Wilt	Even better. Now he's just hearing words in nature. Insanity is always a better alternative than disembodied voices.
[20:50]	Mr_Wilt	What's beyond the sign? More desert?
[20:50]	Salmander	Sand
[20:50]	Salmander	And beyond that bodies of water. No wait, just mirages.
[20:50]	Salmander	To the right is always the plateau
[20:50]	Salmander	Always tall and never ending
[20:52]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan lets out a long breath and cautiously continues ahead.
[20:53]	Salmander	The wind whips grains of sand around his legs
[20:55]	Salmander	The sun beats down
[20:55]	Salmander	Nolan can hear his own heart beat
[20:55]	Salmander	The desert air fills his lungs. It's hot
[20:56]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pulls the hat down over his face, trying to shield it from the sun's rays.
[20:56]	Mr_Wilt	Goddammit, he should have brought some sunscreen.
[20:57]	Salmander	The wind pushes him forwards
[20:58]	Mr_Wilt	He continues on, rifle slung and paddle in hand. Why a fucking paddle, anyways?
[20:58]	Salmander	He sees a mosquito fly by
[20:59]	Salmander	It's flying away from where he's going
[20:59]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan continues on! Adventure!
[21:00]	Salmander	The sun above seems to move quicker as he walks
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[21:00]	Salmander	He can see his shadow change in length if he stands still
[21:01]	Mr_Wilt	He watches his shadow, occasionally glancing up at the sun.
[21:01]	Salmander	Roll perception Nolan
[21:04]	Mr_Wilt	6df+4 I wish I got those binoculars Kat was given.
[21:04]	Quidmore	Mr_Wilt: I wish I got those binoculars Kat was given.: 5 (6df+4=+, -, -, 0, +, +)
[21:05]	Salmander	Keep going
[21:06]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan does!
[21:07]	Mr_Wilt	He wipes a bit of sweat from his brow. Man, he really wishes that water wasn't a mirage right now.
[21:08]	Salmander	Perhaps it is...
[21:08]	Salmander	You did get a paddle after alll
[21:08]	Salmander	Maybe it is water up ahead
[21:09]	Mr_Wilt	Maybe.
[21:09]	Mr_Wilt	He continues walking.
[21:10]	Salmander	The sand moves around his calves
[21:11]	Salmander	It's oddly cooling
[21:12]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan kicks it away and continues on.
[21:12]	Salmander	More flows in around his shoes
[21:12]	Salmander	Wait, flows?
[21:13]	Mr_Wilt	That can't be right.
[21:13]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks down.
[21:14]	Salmander	He is wading in sand
[21:14]	Mr_Wilt	Like water?
[21:14]	Salmander	It is within a medium of some silvery, blue substance
[21:14]	Salmander	Like water
[21:15]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan quickly runs back to where he was before, trying to find the shore.
[21:15]	Salmander	The wind pushes him back
[21:15]	Salmander	sand flies in his face
[21:16]	Salmander	it scratches his face
[21:16]	Salmander	and his body
[21:17]	Mr_Wilt	"God dammit!" Nolan pulls the hat low enough to at least shield his eyes from the sand.
[21:17]	Salmander	He can't see the Ska Rabmush anymore
[21:19]	Salmander	"Forward" shouts the sand in his ears
[21:19]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks around for a boat or something.
[21:19]	Mr_Wilt	He did get a paddle.
[21:19]	Salmander	He sees something drifting in the sand a little ways away
[21:21]	Mr_Wilt	He wades toward it!
[21:21]	Salmander	It is a paddle boat
[21:22]	Salmander	There is an owl skeleton in it
[21:22]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan hops into it and decides that maybe it's best he keep that owl skeleton in there.
[21:22]	Salmander	The plateau is still to the right
[21:23]	Salmander	The sun is setting now
[21:24]	Mr_Wilt	"Dammit." Nolan sets his rifle down and begins rowing forward.
[21:24]	Salmander	The moon comes up
[21:25]	Salmander	It shines down on teh world below
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[21:25]	Salmander	"So you were called too?"
[21:26]	Mr_Wilt	"What?"
[21:26]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks around.
[21:26]	Salmander	"Sorry. So you were called too? Was that clearer?"
[21:27]	Mr_Wilt	"Who said that?"
[21:27]	Salmander	"Craol."
[21:28]	Mr_Wilt	Oh god, please let him be wrong..
[21:28]	Mr_Wilt	He looks down at the skeleton.
[21:29]	Salmander	It's settling its butt down on the other seat of the boat. "What's your name?"
[21:30]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan covers his face with his hand. "Fuck! Fuck. Uh, Nolan. I'm Nolan."
[21:30]	Salmander	As the moon's rays shine through the clouds of dust, they hit various parts of the skeleton. Where they hit, flesh and feather return momentarily before disappearing again as the boat moves.
[21:30]	Salmander	"That's an odd name. Where are you from?"
[21:31]	Mr_Wilt	"Uh, elsewhere. Let's call it Elsewhere."
[21:31]	Salmander	"Sounds like a funny place. I'm glad to see you brought a paddle. I've been stuck here /forever/."
[21:32]	Mr_Wilt	"Yeah, about that.."
[21:32]	Mr_Wilt	"How did you, uh, die?"
[21:32]	Salmander	"Die?" The owl regards its wings.
[21:32]	Salmander	"Oh, well would you look at that!"
[21:32]	Salmander	"I'm dead. How odd."
[21:34]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan straightfaces so hard.
[21:34]	Mr_Wilt	"That's not very comforting."
[21:34]	Salmander	"Anyways, you were called too, yes?"
[21:35]	Mr_Wilt	"By that crazy voice I keep hearing in the wind?"
[21:35]	Salmander	"Yes, the Other Wind." Nolan can tell that is capitalized.
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[21:37]	Mr_Wilt	"Where exactly is it, uh, calling me to?"
[21:38]	Salmander	"Hmmm, a good question." The owl strokes his beak.
[21:39]	Salmander	"Ah, sorry, I have not formally introduced myself. Professor Craol Softbeak, Aviopologist and Archaeologist."
[21:40]	Salmander	*Aviologist
[21:43]	Mr_Wilt	"No problem. Agent Nolan Patton, I work as security for a big, uh, corporation."
[21:45]	Salmander	"Mythology speaks of a structure of some type at the end of the great plateau that was erected. Left there to monitor the world in case the plateau ever needed to be passed. Whatever entity resides there has the Other Wind as its voice."
[21:47]	Salmander	"It's there we should be headed, as heeders of the call."
[21:48]	Mr_Wilt	"Alright, then. Mind pointing me in the direction?"
[21:48]	Salmander	"Just keep along the plateau, Agent Patton, and we should be there in no time.
[21:49]	Salmander	The sea of sand below begins to become less sand and more of the silvery, blue liquid
[21:49]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan continues to paddle along the plateau.
[21:50]	Salmander	"So, what manner of bird are you? As an expert on the matter it bothers me that I have never seen a bone structure resembling yours before."
[21:51]	Mr_Wilt	"There's your problem. I'm not a bird."
[21:51]	Salmander	"What. So you are a worm, then?"
[21:52]	Salmander	The professor move sto cover hsi head
[21:52]	Mr_Wilt	"No, I'm not a worm, either."
[21:53]	Salmander	"Hmmm, how queer." He moves a skeletal talon at the end of his wing forward to prod Nolan's face. "You are mammalian?"
[21:54]	Mr_Wilt	"That I am."
[21:54]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan backs away a bit.
[21:55]	Salmander	Too late! He opens Nolan's lips and examines his teeth, then his nose. "You are clearly very different from any other form of mammal. I suppose I'll call you /Elsewheris Miragus/ for now."
[21:57]	Mr_Wilt	"We're known as /Homosapiens/ back where I'm from, but if you'd prefer /Elsewheris Miragus/, feel free to use it."
[21:57]	Salmander	"Homo sapiens? What a silly name." The professor scoffs and watches ahead.
[21:59]	Mr_Wilt	"Yeah, I guess I agree. /Elsewheris Miragus/ does sound cooler." Nolan grins and continues on.
[22:01]	Salmander	The sea below is almost completely the silvery substance now
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[22:02]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan reaches out and dips a finger in it.
[22:02]	===	You have invited Glacon to #Desert_Outpost.
[22:02]	/@	Salmander invited Glacon into the channel.
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[22:02]	Salmander	It begins wrapping around his finger
[22:02]	Glacon	Faminepulse said 15 hours, 17 minutes ago: next event should have magic brooms and dustpans (+1 more, .showtells to view)
[22:03]	Salmander	"Oh dear, why did you do that?"
[22:04]	Mr_Wilt	"Oh god, I don't know!"
[22:04]	Mr_Wilt	He pulls his hand away.
[22:06]	Salmander	The silvery substance falls off his hand and back into the sea
[22:07]	Salmander	Ripples emanate from where it dropped
[22:07]	Salmander	"Well, Miragus, I do hope you are a prepared security man."
[22:08]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pulls up his rifle. "You have no idea."
[22:09]	Salmander	The sun flies up into the sky
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[22:09]	Salmander	The sea turns to sand
[22:10]	Salmander	The boat stops
[22:10]	Salmander	Out from the sand comes a blob made of the silver subtsance
[22:10]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan blinks a few times.
[22:11]	Mr_Wilt	"Uh."
[22:11]	Salmander	It begins shifting
[22:11]	Salmander	And expanding
[22:11]	Salmander	Until it becomes a humanoid shape
[22:11]	Salmander	And then it becomes Nolan's size
[22:11]	Salmander	And then it becomes, unmistakably, Nolan
[22:12]	Salmander	ShinyBlue!Nolan sneers
[22:12]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan gapes.
[22:14]	Salmander	ShinyBlue!Nolan assumes a battle stance, standing sideways
[22:15]	Salmander	For a microsecond Nolan thinks he sees its head as that of a velociraptor with a giant fin on its head. Then the head is Nolan's again.
[22:16]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pulls up his rifle.
[22:17]	Salmander	It takes a step towards him
[22:18]	Mr_Wilt	"Hey, uh, me. Back the fuck off."
[22:19]	Salmander	It opens its mouth to speak, but all that comes out is sand
[22:19]	Salmander	It closes its mouth and wipes it with the back of its forearm, then continues towards Nolan
[22:20]	Mr_Wilt	"Hey man, I warned you."
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[22:20]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan fires on himself.
[22:20]	Mr_Wilt	6df+8
[22:20]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: 9 (6df+8=-, +, 0, -, +, +)
[22:21]	Salmander	The bullets pass right through it. It continues on, unhindered.
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[22:25]	Mr_Wilt	"Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit."
[22:25]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan drops the rifle and picks up the paddle.
[22:25]	Salmander	It comes before him
[22:25]	Salmander	6df+7 and punches him in the jaw
[22:25]	Glacon	Salmander: and punches him in the jaw: 11 (6df+7=0, +, +, +, +, 0)
[22:26]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 Holy shit /what/
[22:26]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Holy shit /what/: 6 (6df+6=+, -, -, +, 0, 0)
[22:26]	Salmander	Nolan is sent sprawling back as it connects a well done right hook with his jaw. Just like Nolan would have done. -1 body.
[22:27]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan groans, rubbing his face. "Holy /shit/ that hurt like a fucking /cunt/."
[22:27]	Salmander	His crosses its arms and looks at him.
[22:27]	Mr_Wilt	He pushes himself up off the ground, gripping the paddle tight.
[22:28]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan swings for that motherfucker's head.
[22:28]	Mr_Wilt	6df+10 Tagging Bad Habits
[22:28]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Tagging Bad Habits: 10 (6df+10=-, 0, 0, -, +, +)
[22:28]	Salmander	6df+6
[22:28]	Glacon	Salmander: 6 (6df+6=-, 0, +, 0, 0, 0)
[22:28]	Salmander	The paddle crashes down onto its head and makes a loud THUD as ShinyBlue!Nolan collapses onto its knees.
[22:29]	Salmander	6df+7 and then it performs a sweep kick
[22:29]	Glacon	Salmander: and then it performs a sweep kick: 9 (6df+7=+, 0, +, 0, 0, 0)
[22:29]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 FFF GODDAMMIT FUCK OFF
[22:29]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: FFF GODDAMMIT FUCK OFF: 7 (6df+6=-, +, 0, +, +, -)
[22:30]	Salmander	It hits Nolan's feet out from beneath him, and he falls on his back. Oof. -1 body.
[22:31]	Salmander	Your turn
[22:31]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan kicks at his doppelganger from the ground.
[22:31]	Mr_Wilt	6df+10 Tagging Bad Habits some MOOOORE.
[22:31]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Tagging Bad Habits some MOOOORE.: 12 (6df+10=+, -, 0, +, 0, +)
[22:31]	Salmander	6df+7
[22:31]	Glacon	Salmander: 7 (6df+7=+, 0, 0, -, +, -)
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[22:32]	Salmander	The thing is whapped in the face by Nolan's foot and remains stunned for a moment
[22:32]	Salmander	6df+7 It grabs Nolan's leg and twists it
[22:32]	Glacon	Salmander: It grabs Nolan's leg and twists it: 7 (6df+7=0, 0, 0, 0, -, +)
[22:32]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 FFFF
[22:32]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: FFFF: 6 (6df+6=0, 0, -, 0, +, 0)
[22:33]	Salmander	Nolan barely avoids having his knee dislocated as the thing's grip wrenches his leg. -1 body.
[22:34]	Mr_Wilt	"Fffff- god dammit! Fuck! Get off of me!"
[22:34]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan swings for a ball kick with his free leg.
[22:34]	Mr_Wilt	6df+10 Aaaand last AP, Bad Habits, et cetera
[22:34]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Aaaand last AP, Bad Habits, et cetera: 13 (6df+10=+, +, -, 0, +, +)
[22:34]	Salmander	6df+7 STrike three
[22:34]	Glacon	Salmander: STrike three: 6 (6df+7=0, -, 0, -, +, 0)
[22:35]	Salmander	the things is knocked right in the silver jewels and grabs them, stumbling back. He's stunned. You get a free move.
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[22:36]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pushes himself up off the ground, shaking some sand off of him.
[22:36]	Mr_Wilt	He winds up and goes in for a chin punch.
[22:36]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 DON'T FAIL ME NOW, KNUCKLES!
[22:36]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: DON'T FAIL ME NOW, KNUCKLES!: 5 (6df+6=+, -, -, +, -, 0)
[22:36]	Salmander	6df+7
[22:36]	Glacon	Salmander: 11 (6df+7=+, +, 0, +, +, 0)
[22:36]	Salmander	Nolan, distracted by the pain in his leg, completely misses
[22:37]	Salmander	6df+7 it grabs onto his arm and judo flips him to the ground
[22:37]	Glacon	Salmander: it grabs onto his arm and judo flips him to the ground: 5 (6df+7=+, +, -, -, -, -)
[22:39]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 I'm a black belt in not giving a fuck. You can't explain that.
[22:39]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: I'm a black belt in not giving a fuck. You can't explain that.: 3 (6df+6=-, -, 0, 0, 0, -)
[22:39]	Salmander	Nolan is judo flipped to the ground
[22:40]	Salmander	-1 body
[22:40]	Mr_Wilt	"God dammit, that's not even fair! I don't even know how to do that!"
[22:41]	Salmander	Your turn
[22:41]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pushes himself back up, /again/. He goes in for another groin punch.
[22:41]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 COME AT ME BRO
[22:41]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: COME AT ME BRO: 7 (6df+6=0, +, 0, -, 0, +)
[22:42]	Salmander	6df+7
[22:42]	Glacon	Salmander: 7 (6df+7=+, -, 0, 0, +, -)
[22:42]	Salmander	It sidesteps the punch and moves in to kick Nolan in the head
[22:43]	Salmander	6df+7 punt
[22:43]	Glacon	Salmander: punt: 7 (6df+7=-, +, -, 0, 0, +)
[22:43]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6
[22:43]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: 8 (6df+6=0, +, 0, +, +, -)
[22:43]	Salmander	Nolan manages to duck under the kick
[22:44]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan straightens back up and goes in for a throat punch.
[22:44]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6
[22:44]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: 5 (6df+6=+, -, -, 0, -, +)
[22:44]	Salmander	6df+7
[22:44]	Glacon	Salmander: 7 (6df+7=+, -, 0, 0, 0, 0)
[22:45]	Salmander	The thing is able to move back in time, the fist just a hair's breadth away from its throat
[22:45]	Salmander	6df+7 it lunges forward and punches Nolan in the gut
[22:45]	Glacon	Salmander: it lunges forward and punches Nolan in the gut: 7 (6df+7=+, +, +, -, -, -)
[22:45]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 Yeah he's probably successful.
[22:45]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: Yeah he's probably successful.: 7 (6df+6=0, +, 0, +, 0, -)
[22:46]	Salmander	Nope, Nolan manages to back himself up as well
[22:46]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan goes in for /another/ throat punch!
[22:46]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 DON'T FAIL ME NOW, SECURITY.
[22:46]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: DON'T FAIL ME NOW, SECURITY.: 7 (6df+6=-, +, -, +, 0, +)
[22:46]	Salmander	6df+7 herp
[22:46]	Glacon	Salmander: herp: 8 (6df+7=-, +, +, 0, -, +)
[22:47]	Salmander	It dodges sideways
[22:47]	Salmander	6df+7 Then crashes an elbow down onto Nolan's exposed back
[22:47]	Glacon	Salmander: Then crashes an elbow down onto Nolan's exposed back: 8 (6df+7=+, +, 0, -, 0, 0)
[22:47]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 FFF
[22:47]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: FFF: 6 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 0, +, -)
[22:48]	Salmander	Nolan is hit hard and falls to the ground, pain pulsing through the center of his back. -1 body.
[22:48]	Mr_Wilt	"You know the fuck what? This is fucking stupid. I'm fucking done."
[22:49]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan pushes himself off the ground, pulling out his sidearm.
[22:49]	Salmander	Pdef, Nolan
[22:49]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6 NO, FUCK YOUR, ERR, MY? MOTHER.
[22:49]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: NO, FUCK YOUR, ERR, MY? MOTHER.: 4 (6df+6=-, -, -, 0, 0, +)
[22:50]	Salmander	6df+7 It kicks the sidearm out of Nolan's hand and chokeslams him to the ground
[22:50]	Glacon	Salmander: It kicks the sidearm out of Nolan's hand and chokeslams him to the ground: 2 (6df+7=-, -, 0, -, -, -)
[22:50]	Salmander	But misses!
[22:50]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan tries his best to put the gun to his clone's head for a point blank headshot.
[22:51]	Salmander	And?
[22:52]	Mr_Wilt	And then he pulls the trigger?
[22:52]	Salmander	The bullet passes through its head
[22:53]	Salmander	It opens and closes its mouth as if laughing, bits of sand flying out
[22:53]	Mr_Wilt	"Fuck you, asshole."
[22:53]	Salmander	6df+7 then it chokeslams Nolan to the ground
[22:53]	Glacon	Salmander: then it chokeslams Nolan to the ground: 8 (6df+7=0, +, +, -, 0, 0)
[22:53]	Mr_Wilt	6df+6
[22:53]	Glacon	Mr_Wilt: 1 (6df+6=0, -, -, -, -, -)
[22:53]	Salmander	Nolan is no incapacitated, and too weak to act
[22:53]	Salmander	He feels the grip of the sand clone around his throat
[22:54]	Salmander	Sand flows from its body and down the arm, moving up and around his chin
[22:54]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan spits at it.
[22:54]	Salmander	It enters his mouth, and he feels a hot, burning sensation as it enters his throat
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[22:54]	Salmander	It begins laughing at Nolan's spit, this time actual laughter comes out
[22:54]	Salmander	Nolan can't breath
[22:55]	Salmander	He blacks out
[22:55]	Salmander	And wakes back up in the boat
[22:55]	Salmander	The moon is rising
[22:55]	Salmander	They're in the sea again
[22:55]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan looks down at his hands. Oh god he's not a skeleton is he?
[22:55]	Salmander	His hands are a shiny blue
[22:56]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan blinks.
[22:56]	Mr_Wilt	Hard.
[22:57]	Mr_Wilt	He looks down at the rest of himself.
[22:57]	Salmander	the professor begins moving as the moonlight hits him. "I say, Miragus, you look different. Does your species do this when threatened or the like?'
[22:57]	Mr_Wilt	"..uh, no. No we don't."
[22:58]	Mr_Wilt	Can he speak? Is it just sand?
[22:58]	Salmander	He's naked. His legs are blue. His chest is blue. His privates do not exist.
[22:58]	Salmander	Sand comes out as he tries to speak.
[22:58]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan's eyes grow wide.
[22:58]	Salmander	"Oh dear, what an odd habit. Where does that sand come from?"
[22:59]	Mr_Wilt	Oh god, he's fucking Doctor Manhattan, and he doesn't even have the penis that comes with it.
[23:00]	Salmander	"Hello? Miragus? can you not speak?"
[23:00]	Mr_Wilt	"No! I can't speak!"
[23:01]	Salmander	Once again sand comes out.
[23:01]	Salmander	"You'll have to stop doing that, or the boat will sink if you let out too much. Now, then I suppose you cannot speak."
[23:01]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods.
[23:02]	Salmander	"Hmmm.... how strange. An dyou are not doing this of your own volition?"
[23:03]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan nods again.
[23:04]	Salmander	The professor taps his skull and tilts it. "Hmm, what a conundrum. What to do, what to do..."
[23:05]	Mr_Wilt	He waves his arms about in the air, trying to express some sort of /urgency/.
[23:06]	Salmander	"I'm thinking alright." The professor drums his talons.
[23:06]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan waves his arms some more! Oh man, please think faster!
[23:07]	Salmander	"Well, perhaps the Other Wind can aid us. Paddle forth, companion."
[23:08]	Mr_Wilt	He grumbles, sand occasionally leaking out into the boat.
[23:08]	Mr_Wilt	He grabs the paddle and continues.
[23:15]	Salmander	"It should not be too far away. I'd say another day of paddling or so."
[23:16]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan stops.
[23:16]	Mr_Wilt	*Another day*
[23:21]	Mr_Wilt	No no no no no.
[23:21]	Mr_Wilt	He's not having this. He's going to make them go faster.
[23:22]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan turns around, bending over the side of the boat.
[23:22]	Mr_Wilt	He starts talking, hoping the sand will make them go a /little/ faster.
[23:22]	Salmander	The sea is still beneath them
[23:23]	Salmander	The sand erupts from his mouth and plops into the sea
[23:23]	Salmander	Nolan feels erpy
[23:23]	Mr_Wilt	Nolan sighs. Man, Eva was always his smarter half.
[23:24]	Mr_Wilt	He just continues paddling forward, then.