[ For now, Our Heroes have settled in to the habitable and heavily-fortified bunker under the deathtrap Patrick calls home. Midday is approaching, and all are hungry. And clueless. But hungry is more important. ] [ Patrick's basement has three large refridgerators full of food and drinks, and a well-stocked pantry. It also has a pantry full entirely of foods with very long shelf-lives like canned beans and something called 'twinkies'. ] [ And so, it is the eating time. And maybe the figuring-out time. There aren't many books around, but you've got to be able to get info somewhere. ] [ Session Start! ] * Tia 's tummy rumbles. Oooh. It's been a long time since those...were they called doughnuts? [ Yes. And the others were 'kolaches'. ] [ Kenji, Pat, and Will are suddenly aware they haven't eaten at all, today. ] I should check out my own residence. I may have left myself important information. I may also have some... proper food. [ There's cup ramen here. ] ( I said proper food. ) [ And sandwiches, chicken, and lots of delicious stuff! ] ( Cup ramen is neither proper nor food. ) ( It does, however, contain TIME ITSELF. ) * Patrick checks the pantry and takes out what 'food' looks to be interesting. By the way, the cup contains time itself. So, uh, bacon? We gotta have some bacon. * Seylin pulls a book out of her pack. "This might help some." It's entitled "Beginning History of Nova Vaasa." * Tia wanders over to look over Patrick's shoulder. * Patrick calls from the pantry. "What do you guys want to eat?" Potentially useful. Seylin, will you come to my residence? * WillS goes over and takes a look at the food. He is starving. Um...anything, really! Can we get out of here without being killed? If you got food, I'll eat it! I'm sure we'll manage. I'll take one of those sandwiches. Got anything to drink? * Seylin nods. "Okay, then." [ There are fixings for sandwich, but they may be in quantum superstate. ] * Seylin calls over to the group. "Guys, Kenji and I are going to check his place." * Tia nods. "Okay!" Ah, um... *checks* Maybe you should take a look. Can I come? I wanna see Kenji's place too! You should probably stay here and eat. I'm sure we can show you later. Promise? * Seylin looks over at Kenji. Sure. * Patrick comes out with some pizza-stuffs, a chicken, and some roast beef with bread. "Sure you don't want to eat before ya go? I think it'd be best if we stuck together until we figured things out." Once we've figured out what's going on here, we'll take you over for a visit. * Tia grins. "Okay!" * WillS checks out the fridge for something to drink. Anything liquidy? We're going in, searching the place, and coming back, Patrick. Sure, be quick. Remember how to get back here? One of us will. * Seylin nods. * Patrick grins. "Good, 'cuz if you get lost with Sey you won't hear the end of it." Good. Does anybody know how to get out of here without dodging traps? Hold on a sec. * Tia starts piling up random goodies into a Tia-style sandwich. * Patrick wheels a rolling chair over to one of the keypads near one of the !TVs and hits a few keystrokes. "You're good to evac." Fantastic. Thank you! [ Tia has a mighty foot-long, two-foot tall dagwood sandwich piled up soon. ] * Seylin gives Patrick a hug and a quick peck on the cheek. * WillS takes out a can which seems to contain liquids with the words "Cola" on the side and brings it back to the table. * Patrick gives Sey a big hug back and returns the peck. "Be careful out there." I will. I'll start a chicken cooking for you guys. You'll eat chicken, right Kenji? * Tia admires the huge sandwich briefly before chomping into it with voracious violence. I have no objection to chicken. I'll take that as a yes. Get going before the place re-arms itself. * Tia waves and swallows a mouthful of sandwich. "Come back safely!" * Seylin waves back to Tia and heads out! * WillS manages to find a ring on top of the can, and after much pushing and pulling, creates an opening to the can. * WillS waves bye to Kenji and Seylin. * Robin invites you to join #SpringtimeInArbora * Patrick starts cooking in the chicken. Err, kitchen, yeah, kitchen. * WillS pours the content of the can into a glass and watches the bubbles float up. This thing isn't poisonous is it? Would the other me keep something poisonous in the icebox? [ Depends on which hypochondriac public interest group you ask. ] ... Don't answer that. Uh... I think I'll look for something else to drink then. [ Doesn't SMELL like poison. To Will. ] There's a lot of these in your icebox by the way. * Patrick smells it really quick and checks the can. "Well, I don't think it's poison." You know, being an alchemist and all. Hrmm. I'll give it a try then. Doesn't smell like poison to me either, just looks very dangerous. * WillS nods and carefully takes a small sip of the bubbly liquid to test it out. Dangerous like... * Patrick takes another can, shakes it up, and pulls the tab at Will. * Tia works her way steadily through the two-foot tall, foot-long sandwich and doesn't look like she's slowing down at all. [ It's sweet and flavorful. ] [ Pat covers Will with carbonated soda. ] [ The jerk. ] * Patrick laughs. * Tia giggles and tries not to spit any sandwich on anyone while she does so. Or choke. * WillS looks sourly at Pat. I guess you were right, it is dangerous. * Patrick whistles as he goes about marinating the chicken with coke. * WillS has a dangerous glint in his eyes as he summons a large ball of water flings it directly onto Pat. * Patrick is soaked. "Ya know... I deserved that. Although you shoulda gotten yourself wet too. I mean, you're going to get all sticky or slippery if that stuff has anything other than water in it." * WillS takes a look at the suit he's wearing and sighs. "Where's the changing room. Think I got some spare clothes in that suitcase of mine." * Patrick thumbs to one of the guest rooms. "You can change in there. I don't think that room's being recorded." Any traps that I should know about? Uh... Nope. Great! * Holmes has joined #CanyonHome * WillS lugs his suitcase into the room to change out of his now semi- sticky suit. * Patrick watches the TVs while waiting for food to cook. [ The TVs show nothing. Odd. ] * Patrick looks around for the command word to turn the TVs on. Or at least some instructions. * Tia finishes the remaining butt-end of her sandwich and looks much, much happier. Like your sandwich, Tia? * Tia beams. "Yup!" Um, Pat? They're not showing anything 'cause they're computer monitors. * Tia blinks and covers her mouth as if she can't believe what she just said. * WillS comes out changed into shirt and slack. His suit is hanging in the closet, having been thoroughly doused by a second summoned ball of water. * Tia waves at Will when he returns. Hey, Will. I dunno how, but I know how to use those machines over there that wash your clothes. * WillS blinks. "Really?" * Tia nods. "I remember somehow!" And check this out! Ah? Show me? * Tia fiddles with stuff at the bank of computers. * Patrick looks at what Tia's fiddling with. * WillS looks over Tia's shoulder at the screen. * Tia turns on the screens. [ Tia turns on screens and boots up computers! Whatever those are. ] [ The computers load up Doors 2010. Whatever that is. ] * Tia claps gleefully. "It worked!" Hrm... So what does this do? Uh... stuff? I'm not sure. I know one of them is hooked up to the security system. * Tia waits for a bit. * Tia sits down at a keyboard when everything's loaded up and starts clicking on things and typing. See, like here's where we are, and here's where Kenji lives! * Tia loads up a map on the screen. [ Tia brings up maps, brocures for the building, and even a few pictures of the magnifficent tower. ] [ It's like there's a bunch of little gnomes with pictures and books in there. But not. ] Huh. That's pretty cool. Coolness. Can we see what Kenji's doing right now? * Tia shakes her head. I mean, we might be able to, but I'd hafta break into Kenji's security system, and I don't think he'd like that. * Tia smiles sheepishly. Awww. Yeah. Kenji will probably go into a fit. You bet he would. I could find out a buncha other stuff, though, like the weather or the news or things like that. Oh really? I'd like to know how these things work myself. * WillS nods. "Yeah. It's like a giant depository of books and maps." Here, I'll show ya! I can show you how to wash your clothes, too, if you want. * Tia waves Pat and Will over. Yes please. I'm kinda fond of that suit. * WillS goes and takes his suit over to Tia. * Tia gets up, walks over to the washer and dryer, and shows Will how to use the machines. I wonder why I don't know any of this stuff. My other self must be pretty useless. Either that or he knows more about other things. Heh. I sure hope so. We'll find out what he knows as we find out more about this world. * Tia gets the washing machine going and returns to the computers. Anything you guys wanna find? * Tia clicks around idly for anything interesting. * Patrick thinks. "Uh... news?" Weather party cloudy for the next two days, then a sunny weekend...Terror alert? News would be good. Or a guide to this city. Terror alert? Oh, yeah, a guide could be useful. Stocks at an all time high, home sales seem good (though some experts seem to think they're bad)...man bites dog in Portsmouth... * Tia giggles. That's... what goes for news around here? Hm. People dressed in animal skins pretending to be lycanthropes, now in jail and probably facing execution... Mmmm, that's pretty harsh for dressing up in some animal skins. Did they hurt anyone? Wait. Unknown vampire or vampires remain at large in Arbora City, despite authorities' best efforts to stop them. Police are negotiating to get some clerics to help track 'em down and and put an end to it. * Tia scratches her head. Sounds like they have those evil undeads here in this world too. * Tia reads from the article. "The clerics, who are unionized and forbidden by law from seeking office, are stonewalling. They claim they still remember the days of persecution under the 'last regime,' although clarification on what that was is scarce." Know anything about that, Will? * WillS searches his other self's brain. ( Just go to Wikipedia, it'll have all the answers. ) * Tia digs around for answers. Hrmm.. The last regime seems to be run by a dictator known as The Red Skull. As per his name, he has a Red Skull for a head and persecuted all religions. He was spreading his idealogy, "World Socialism and Unification under Vaasa" using his armies, and was finally stopped by man named Steve Rogers who fought with just a shield. The guy in the picture Sey saluted to enter here. Steve Rogers was then elected president of the new government, even though he didn't run. Yeah. That's him. He seems to be doing a great job thus far, according to my memory. That's good to hear. So what happened to the skull guy? He's still alive and has gone into hiding. Appearantly adventurers go after him and are often found dead days later. Hmm. Well, if he's a bad man, shouldn't we do something about it? * WillS rubs his temples. "We... Seem to have gone after him before. And I barely got out of it alive." * Tia blinks. "Huh." Yeah. Wierd huh? I'd be disappointed if we didn't go after him. What went wrong? * WillS nods at Pat's statement. "That's true. It does make me feel better that we went after Red Skull." * WillS groans as he recalls the memories of his other self. * Tia searches for any articles on their attempt on The Red Skull. Kenji and Pat were immediately killed. Sey was barely alive then he killed off Alci. Tia and I hauled us out and I Miracled us away... but but... * Tia gulps. "But...?" * WillS says with tears coming out his eyes. "I wasn't able to raise Alcinoe." [ Session End! ]