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  1. [2012-01-03 23:35:44] <Salmander> The sun finally passes below the horizon
  2. [2012-01-03 23:37:06] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan blinks to life, rubbing his face.
  3. [2012-01-03 23:37:40] <Salmander> His back's a bit sore from sleeping in that awkward position on the control room floor
  4. [2012-01-03 23:40:32] <Salmander> "Hmm? What's all this?"
  5. [2012-01-03 23:45:28] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan looks up at the professor, looking rather sullen.
  6. [2012-01-03 23:45:56] <Salmander> "What intriguing machinery!"
  7. [2012-01-03 23:46:29] <Mr_Wilt> Of course he's more interested in the Ska Rabmush.
  8. [2012-01-03 23:46:52] <Mr_Wilt> He pushes himself up off the floor and tries to crack his back.
  9. [2012-01-03 23:47:10] <Salmander> No crack is audible
  10. [2012-01-03 23:47:48] <Salmander> "Hmm... This should..." A flash of blue light. "Ah, lovely!"
  11. [2012-01-03 23:49:46] <Salmander> "Miragus did you operate this yourself?"
  12. [2012-01-03 23:52:43] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods.
  13. [2012-01-03 23:54:08] <Salmander> "Ah good work." The professor suddenly double take at Nolan. "Wait, weren't you supposed to have departed?"
  14. [2012-01-03 23:54:46] <Mr_Wilt> He looks down and nods again.
  15. [2012-01-03 23:55:54] <Salmander> "What is wrong?"
  16. [2012-01-03 23:56:16] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan motions for him to follow, heading out of the metal scarab.
  17. [2012-01-03 23:57:56] <Salmander> The professor follows, pausing every so often to momentarily admire some aspect of engineering
  18. [2012-01-03 23:59:11] <Mr_Wilt> He leads him to the cave and motions toward the frozen pool of water.
  19. [2012-01-04 00:00:55] <Salmander> The professor knocks on the ice with his knuckles. "Ice! How rare!"
  20. [2012-01-04 00:02:25] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan sighs.
  21. [2012-01-04 00:02:39] <Salmander> Sand comes out
  22. [2012-01-04 00:03:28] <Salmander> "You cannot travel with this pool frozen?"
  23. [2012-01-04 00:03:36] <Mr_Wilt> He nods. Bingo.
  24. [2012-01-04 00:04:26] <Salmander> "Hmm... That's quite the predicament."
  25. [2012-01-04 00:04:32] <--| Feierzeit has left #Desert_Outpost
  26. [2012-01-04 00:04:39] <Mr_Wilt> Damn straight it fucking is.
  27. [2012-01-04 00:05:09] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan imagines a sledgehammer in place of his gloves and hits the ice to demonstrate how thick it is.
  28. [2012-01-04 00:07:01] <Salmander> "I've never seen such a large amount of ice before."
  29. [2012-01-04 00:07:26] <Salmander> "The astronomist in the tower told me they have ice in this amount in the south."
  30. [2012-01-04 00:07:32] <Mr_Wilt> He makes his gloves again. He'd tell him it's something with the pool, if he could talk.
  31. [2012-01-04 00:07:38] <Salmander> "The peacocks melt it for water."
  32. [2012-01-04 00:07:58] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan perks up.
  33. [2012-01-04 00:08:02] <Mr_Wilt> Melting?
  34. [2012-01-04 00:08:30] <Salmander> "Hmm... what is it?"
  35. [2012-01-04 00:10:28] -->| SoulSoul (~chatzilla@synIRC-B5D21AEE.dyn.optonline.net) has joined #Desert_Outpost
  36. [2012-01-04 00:11:50] <Mr_Wilt> Oh man, oh man. How does he tell him?
  37. [2012-01-04 00:12:08] |<-- Soulless has left irc.synirc.net (Ping timeout)
  38. [2012-01-04 00:12:09] =-= SoulSoul is now known as Soulless
  39. [2012-01-04 00:12:16] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan shakes, as if he's shivering, and then tries to blow sand out of his mouth, like a flamethrower.
  40. [2012-01-04 00:12:37] <Salmander> This just seems to confuse the professor. "What are you trying to say?"
  41. [2012-01-04 00:13:30] <Mr_Wilt> Goddamn. Nolan thinks up a paper and pencil, draws some fire, and then draws a melting ice cube.
  42. [2012-01-04 00:13:35] <Mr_Wilt> He shows the picture to the professor.
  43. [2012-01-04 00:13:51] <Salmander> "Oh, melting?"
  44. [2012-01-04 00:14:12] <Salmander> "Oh, yes, the peacocks used some kind of melting machine."
  45. [2012-01-04 00:14:49] <Salmander> The professor scratches his beak in thought. "Perhaps some kind of attachment for your fancy machine out there."
  46. [2012-01-04 00:16:40] =-= Soulless is now known as Soulless|Dreamin
  47. [2012-01-04 00:16:59] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan wonders if the Ska Rabmush already has something like that installed!
  48. [2012-01-04 00:17:18] <Mr_Wilt> He runs out of the cave and boards the metal scarab. Shit, wait, he has to talk. Fuck.
  49. [2012-01-04 00:17:37] <Salmander> The professor follows him, rather excited
  50. [2012-01-04 00:18:11] <Salmander> "Excuse me, machine, do you perhaps have a module for melting?"
  51. [2012-01-04 00:18:18] <Salmander> ~Negative.~
  52. [2012-01-04 00:18:25] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan throws his arms up.
  53. [2012-01-04 00:18:26] <Mr_Wilt> Fuck!
  54. [2012-01-04 00:18:57] <Salmander> "Do you know where we can get one?"
  55. [2012-01-04 00:20:08] <Salmander> ~All modules are available at updating stations.~
  56. [2012-01-04 00:22:31] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan throws his hands up even higher.
  57. [2012-01-04 00:22:35] <Mr_Wilt> *Fuck!*
  58. [2012-01-04 00:23:05] <Salmander> "Closest station?"
  59. [2012-01-04 00:23:37] <Salmander> ~Displaying...~ A light blips up on the map below where the plateau presumably is.
  60. [2012-01-04 00:24:27] <Mr_Wilt> Great. Fuck.
  61. [2012-01-04 00:25:08] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan gives the professor a worried look. He's not sure just the two of them can handle this.
  62. [2012-01-04 00:25:43] <Salmander> The professor thinks for a moment. "Approximate size of module?"
  63. [2012-01-04 00:25:55] <Salmander> ~7 feet.~
  64. [2012-01-04 00:27:48] <Salmander> "Hmm, I'd think that giant bird would be able to carry it, but I don't know how to contact it."
  65. [2012-01-04 00:28:07] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan doesn't, either.
  66. [2012-01-04 00:28:11] <Salmander> "Would you happen to know any other giant avians?" The professor jokes.
  67. [2012-01-04 00:28:19] <Mr_Wilt> Oh!
  68. [2012-01-04 00:28:20] <Mr_Wilt> Hey!
  69. [2012-01-04 00:28:23] <Mr_Wilt> He does! Nolan nods!
  70. [2012-01-04 00:28:46] <Salmander> "Huh? You do?"
  71. [2012-01-04 00:31:31] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods some more! He points to the edge of the plateau, near the Void.
  72. [2012-01-04 00:32:23] <Salmander> "I don't recall anything being down that way. Unless you're referring to the void?"
  73. [2012-01-04 00:32:58] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods! They can ask Cleet!
  74. [2012-01-04 00:33:39] <Salmander> "Void's Roc is a fairy tale Miragus!"
  75. [2012-01-04 00:34:27] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan shakes his head!
  76. [2012-01-04 00:34:29] <Mr_Wilt> No he's not!
  77. [2012-01-04 00:34:46] <Salmander> "Then again, I suppose the other wind was all but a fairy tale..."
  78. [2012-01-04 00:35:55] <Salmander> "Very well then. Depart to the Great Void."
  79. [2012-01-04 00:35:59] <Salmander> ~Departing~
  80. [2012-01-04 00:37:33] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan gets comfortable.
  81. [2012-01-04 00:38:29] <Salmander> "The void is not a place I wish to go, but if the roc does exist, we can risk it."
  82. [2012-01-04 00:43:15] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods. Yeah, he's not too sure he'd want to go in there, either.
  83. [2012-01-04 00:43:30] <Salmander> The professor watches out the window as the desert passes by. "Have you ever wondered what lies at the bottom?"
  84. [2012-01-04 00:44:47] <Mr_Wilt> He shrugs, but also nods. Nolan got /some/ description from Cleet.
  85. [2012-01-04 00:45:37] <Salmander> "They say it's where dead souls go. But then, what about my soul?"
  86. [2012-01-04 00:49:23] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan shrugs. Maybe his soul /is/ there.
  87. [2012-01-04 00:50:21] <Salmander> The void comes into view through the window
  88. [2012-01-04 00:50:30] <Salmander> The professor is standing stock still
  89. [2012-01-04 00:51:03] <Salmander> "I... I can feel it pulling on me Miragus."
  90. [2012-01-04 00:51:09] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan wonders if he can manually enter in commands. He looks at the console.
  91. [2012-01-04 00:51:20] <Mr_Wilt> He then turns to the professor as he speaks. What?
  92. [2012-01-04 00:51:24] <Salmander> The keys are indecipherable
  93. [2012-01-04 00:51:44] <Salmander> "The void knows I'm dead. It wants me."
  94. [2012-01-04 00:52:31] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan motions at the console, and then puts his hand up flat, to signal a halt.
  95. [2012-01-04 00:53:20] <Salmander> "Stop, machine."
  96. [2012-01-04 00:53:24] <Salmander> It grinds to a halt.
  97. [2012-01-04 00:56:34] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan motions for the door, and then downward, at the floor of the control room.
  98. [2012-01-04 00:56:44] <Mr_Wilt> He's asking if he wants to do this, but he's not sure if that's really going through.
  99. [2012-01-04 00:58:02] <Salmander> "Listen... Nolan. You and I are both... unfortunate freaks, so to say. I have no other friend. I am obligated to come with you."
  100. [2012-01-04 01:01:06] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan looks at him for a while, moved. He finally nods. Okay, Craol. If that's what you want.
  101. [2012-01-04 01:01:49] <Salmander> "Aside from which, these old bones yearn for adventure. Machine, continue."
  102. [2012-01-04 01:01:58] <Salmander> The Ska Rabmush begins moving again
  103. [2012-01-04 01:07:51] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan waits, worried.
  104. [2012-01-04 01:08:21] <Salmander> "Have you ever felt anything ominous from the void?"
  105. [2012-01-04 01:08:34] <Mr_Wilt> He shakes his head. Not really.
  106. [2012-01-04 01:09:49] <Salmander> "Perhaps the people of Elsewhere do not go to the void when they die."
  107. [2012-01-04 01:10:12] <Salmander> The Ska Rabmush finally comes to teh edge and stops. ~Arrival at destination.~
  108. [2012-01-04 01:10:26] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan shakes his head. They probably don't.
  109. [2012-01-04 01:11:04] <Mr_Wilt> He thinks up a paper and pencil and draws a speaker, followed by some lines to express noise.
  110. [2012-01-04 01:11:50] <Salmander> A speaker like a bullhorn?
  111. [2012-01-04 01:13:09] <Mr_Wilt> Yes.
  112. [2012-01-04 01:13:32] <Salmander> "Noise? You want the machine to make noise?"
  113. [2012-01-04 01:13:40] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods.
  114. [2012-01-04 01:14:05] <Salmander> "Machine, could you, er, make some noise?"
  115. [2012-01-04 01:14:18] <Salmander> ~Soundproofing cabin...~
  116. [2012-01-04 01:14:28] <Salmander> Ca-chunk
  117. [2012-01-04 01:14:49] <Salmander> "..."
  118. [2012-01-04 01:14:57] <Salmander> "I guess it's making noise."
  119. [2012-01-04 01:15:37] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods again. Yes it is.
  120. [2012-01-04 01:16:07] <Salmander> There's a flash of black and something flies into the Ska Rabmush, flapping its wings
  121. [2012-01-04 01:16:23] <Salmander> "My god..."
  122. [2012-01-04 01:16:29] <Salmander> "Oh, machine, stop."
  123. [2012-01-04 01:16:39] <Salmander> ~Removing sound barriers.~
  124. [2012-01-04 01:16:44] <Salmander> Ca-chunk
  125. [2012-01-04 01:16:58] <Salmander> Cleet's voice can suddenly be heard
  126. [2012-01-04 01:17:06] <Salmander> "-op doin' that!"
  127. [2012-01-04 01:19:21] |<-- Tox|Laptop has left irc.synirc.net (Ping timeout)
  128. [2012-01-04 01:20:19] -->| Tox|Laptop (~Omicron@C622CDCE.4D6D17BB.5C47D14C.IP) has joined #Desert_Outpost
  129. [2012-01-04 01:20:20] =-= Mode #Desert_Outpost +o Tox|Laptop by ChanServ
  130. [2012-01-04 01:20:25] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan hops out of the Ska Rabmush and waves at Cleet!
  131. [2012-01-04 01:20:57] <Salmander> "Well ain't you a funny fella. Why so blue, chum?"
  132. [2012-01-04 01:21:11] <Salmander> The professor follows Nolan out
  133. [2012-01-04 01:21:25] <Salmander> "Hmm, it lacks a beak. How odd."
  134. [2012-01-04 01:21:55] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan frowns. Does he not recognize him?
  135. [2012-01-04 01:22:32] <Salmander> "And a walkin' skeleton. Well I'll be!"
  136. [2012-01-04 01:22:37] <Salmander> Doesn't seem like it
  137. [2012-01-04 01:23:34] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan imagines he's holding a large banner with a picture of how he normally looks, along with an arrow pointing right at him.
  138. [2012-01-04 01:24:12] -->| Tox1 (~Omega@synIRC-1104A2B4.washdc.fios.verizon.net) has joined #Desert_Outpost
  139. [2012-01-04 01:24:31] |<-- Tox has left irc.synirc.net (Ping timeout)
  140. [2012-01-04 01:24:31] <Salmander> The bat stumbles back a bit. "Oh, ya scared me there little fella."
  141. [2012-01-04 01:24:38] <Salmander> "Hmm, I recognize that face..."
  142. [2012-01-04 01:25:17] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods!
  143. [2012-01-04 01:25:45] <Salmander> "Oh, geez, what happened to ya?"
  144. [2012-01-04 01:26:29] <Salmander> "He was a victim to the other side of the world," the professor says.
  145. [2012-01-04 01:26:45] <Salmander> "Well I told ya not to go there!" Cleet tuts.
  146. [2012-01-04 01:28:09] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan sighs, turning the banner back into gloves.
  147. [2012-01-04 01:28:13] <Mr_Wilt> Yeah, he knows now.
  148. [2012-01-04 01:28:42] <Salmander> "We need you to carry something for us from the other side of the plateau."
  149. [2012-01-04 01:29:31] <Salmander> Cleet scratches his belly with the claws at the end of his right wing. "Now why should I do that?"
  150. [2012-01-04 01:30:01] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan imagines a banner of Eva and holds /that/ up.
  151. [2012-01-04 01:30:08] <Mr_Wilt> Sure he never showed Cleet, but he did mention her.
  152. [2012-01-04 01:30:25] <Salmander> "Ah, right, he wishes to get back to the female of his species."
  153. [2012-01-04 01:30:51] <Salmander> Cleet scratches his chin. "Aw shucks, he knows I'm a sucker for a good love story."
  154. [2012-01-04 01:30:55] <Mr_Wilt> He nods, imagining gloves, /again/.
  155. [2012-01-04 01:31:43] <Salmander> "Well, I'll do it for ya, but ya gotta promise me you'll come back some time when you can talk again and tell me all about it, hear?"
  156. [2012-01-04 01:33:09] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan nods again. That's a fair deal.
  157. [2012-01-04 01:33:36] <Salmander> "Now I suppose I'll have to carry you across first."
  158. [2012-01-04 01:34:11] <Mr_Wilt> Stepping forward, he nods.
  159. [2012-01-04 01:34:48] <Salmander> "You comin' too, bony?"
  160. [2012-01-04 01:34:58] <Salmander> "Yes, Roc."
  161. [2012-01-04 01:35:08] <Salmander> The bat begins flying then scoops them up
  162. [2012-01-04 01:36:00] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan lets Cleet scoop him up and then prepares for the journey.
  163. [2012-01-04 01:36:34] <Salmander> The bat begins flying across the void
  164. [2012-01-04 01:36:52] <Salmander> "You hold on tight, hear? If you drop I ain't goin' down to catch ya."
  165. [2012-01-04 01:37:28] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan's grip becomes dead tight on his claws. Shit, that's a scary fucking warning.
  166. [2012-01-04 01:38:28] <Salmander> There's an audible clacking noise as the professor shakes in Cleet's grip
  167. [2012-01-04 01:39:33] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan looks over at the professor.
  168. [2012-01-04 01:40:20] <Salmander> Cleet is clutching onto the owl's spine. The owl seems to have curled up into a ball.
  169. [2012-01-04 01:40:57] <Mr_Wilt> He frowns. Poor guy.
  170. [2012-01-04 01:41:52] <Salmander> The void passes below. Complete darkness
  171. [2012-01-04 01:42:27] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan makes sure not to peer down into it, lest he get any /more/ discouraged.
  172. [2012-01-04 01:43:15] <Salmander> "Don't look don't look don't look," the professor whispers to himself.
  173. [2012-01-04 01:43:32] <Mr_Wilt> Don't look, indeed.
  174. [2012-01-04 01:44:43] <Salmander> "Alright, y'all can look again."
  175. [2012-01-04 01:45:46] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan does so.
  176. [2012-01-04 01:46:05] <Salmander> They're above ground again. It's a bit more like sahara than desert
  177. [2012-01-04 01:46:22] <Salmander> And then Cleet suddenly drops them
  178. [2012-01-04 01:46:41] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan braces for impact!
  179. [2012-01-04 01:47:10] <Salmander> It's only a 6 foot drop.
  180. [2012-01-04 01:47:34] <Salmander> "Alright, now, if ya need me again, just holler!"
  181. [2012-01-04 01:47:48] <Salmander> "And don't be makin' none of that shrill noise like with the scarab."
  182. [2012-01-04 01:48:02] <Mr_Wilt> Oh, alright. Nolan dusts himself off, nodding to Cleet.
  183. [2012-01-04 01:48:04] <Salmander> Cleet turns around and begins flapping off again
  184. [2012-01-04 01:49:28] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan looks at the professor. How's he hanging up?
  185. [2012-01-04 01:49:53] <Salmander> The professor is curled up in a ball and shuddering.
  186. [2012-01-04 01:50:54] <Mr_Wilt> He walks on over to him, patting him on his bony back.
  187. [2012-01-04 01:51:39] <Salmander> "It was shouting at me. Telling me I don;t belong up here."
  188. [2012-01-04 01:52:33] <Mr_Wilt> He continues to pat him. He'd offer words, but he can't fucking talk.
  189. [2012-01-04 01:53:16] <Salmander> "It is scarring to see your own death grab and tug on you like that."
  190. [2012-01-04 01:54:12] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan can't even imagine.
  191. [2012-01-04 01:55:11] <Salmander> "I... I will just lie here for a while."
  192. [2012-01-04 01:56:01] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan plops down beside him, then.
  193. [2012-01-04 01:57:12] <Salmander> The professor shudders for a while. "I don't want to go down there, Nolan. It's so dark."
  194. [2012-01-04 01:59:11] <Mr_Wilt> He pats the professor on the back and gives him a thumbs up, offering reassurance that he won't let him.
  195. [2012-01-04 02:04:21] <Salmander> The professor remains shaking.
  196. [2012-01-04 02:05:16] <Mr_Wilt> Nolan just pulls the guy into a hug. He needs it.
  197. [2012-01-04 02:13:27] <Salmander> The professor says nothing, collapsing into Nolan's arms as the sun rises
  198. [2012-01-04 02:15:16] <Mr_Wilt> He sighs. Well, shit. He imagines up a bag and fills it up with the bones of the professor.
  199. [2012-01-04 02:16:06] <Salmander> What he sees before him, oddly enough, is a dirt road, stretching off to the west.
  200. [2012-01-04 02:16:49] -->| Tox|Laptop1 (~Omicron@E661EA7B.2D6273B.786F64FB.IP) has joined #Desert_Outpost
  201. [2012-01-04 02:16:50] =-= Mode #Desert_Outpost +o Tox|Laptop1 by ChanServ
  202. [2012-01-04 02:17:23] <Mr_Wilt> Well, better get started. Nolan thinks up a bike, using his free glove.
  203. [2012-01-04 02:17:59] <Salmander> It stops halfway. His imagination isn't powerful enough to imagine all the gears and spokes and chains, and he probably doesn't have enough water anyways
  204. [2012-01-04 02:18:36] <Mr_Wilt> Dammit. Looks like he's walking.
  205. [2012-01-04 02:18:52] <Mr_Wilt> He turns it back to glove form and starts off down the road.
  206. [2012-01-04 02:18:57] |<-- Tox|Laptop has left irc.synirc.net (Ping timeout)
  207. [2012-01-04 02:19:29] <Salmander> The sun beats down as he walks, heat waves stirring up all around. The road is long. It's going to be a long walk.
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