Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier

Nick22 · **Reply #1600 on:** November 16, 2013, 07:21:02 PM

i am lord Stripetail. i hired you to guide this ship to skylands. you will still receive the 10 million I promised " stripetail said ' For now you will be members of the Spire of Winters crew.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1601 on:** November 17, 2013, 01:44:06 AM

"Excellent!" smiled the Medic. He immediately hurried to the infirmary's medical computers and began digesting the capabilities of the ship. The Nurse followed him.

Soldier saluted. "Sir, Private Jane Doe volunteering for immediate security detail, sir!"

Heavy nodded. "Soldier and I will guard together! We make good team!"

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Sniper headed to the turrets. "Ah, I've experience with this model," he smiled, patting the targeting computer.

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Engineer was already in Engineering, writing up plans to increase efficiency and reduce power output. "Welp, this'll do..." was all he had to say.

"Mrr-mmph!" agreed Pyro, who'd followed him.

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Scout raced to the bridge and immediately began hitting on the lithe young woman currently on helm duty. "What's up good lookin'? It looks like you're makin' a interplanal proton sweep, ya know I can finish those faster than you can say 'Bonk!' "

"'Bonk,'" she responded acidly, otherwise ignoring him.

Dissuaded, Scout walked up to Captain Carson. "Hey, you wanna get to Skylands? I can fly you there no problem. As long as Ms. Good-Looking over there is my co-pilot."

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Demoman and Spy, meanwhile, had followed proper protocol by visiting the personnel officer and asking what positions were available.

"Um, well...we have two slots open in on-call boarding duty," the officer noted. "Hard to fill because boarding parties don't tend to live very long..."

"We'll take it, lass!" Demoman interjected.

"My skillset condones itself quite nicely to recon," nodded Spy.

"Um, excellent then," shrugged the officer. "We've put the ten of you in two adjacent 5-person bunkers. Let me show you, and you can inform the others when you meet them next."

Serris · **Reply #1602 on:** November 17, 2013, 02:45:39 AM

Captain Carson scowled. "No one touches the ship's controls but myself and the co-pilots. I do however have a position for navigator."

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Deimos turned to the Heavy and the Soldier. "We're currently not in combat right now but you are free to use the shooting range and training facilities in Winterville."

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Mr. Bigmouth was also in Engineering. He turned to see the Engineer and the Pyro already there.

"Ah yes, you must have received your assignments," the Saurolophus said pleasantly. "I am co-head of Engineering, Mr. Bigmouth. Our other head engineer, Ashton Gibel, is examining your ship ó or its remains."

He took the PDA out from his messenger bag. He sighed as he saw what had happened. "Great, it looks like Captain Fairchild accidentally shot out the power coupling in Winterville quadrant 3, sector AH19, again.

He turned to the duo. "Well, here's your first assignment, help me fix the power coupling."

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Meanwhile, in that sector, all the lights and everything electrical had failed. Even the artificial gravity had weakened slightly. As a result, several of the inhabitants were busy bounding around in the low-g environment.

"Again?" Ms. Swimmer said as she sat down on a bench.

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Profanities and shouting could be heard from the hangar as Captain Fairchild was given a major reaming by Rainbow.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1603 on:** November 17, 2013, 08:59:50 PM

"Not a problem partner," grinned the Engineer. "I'll have it fit as a fiddle in no time."

He left and headed over to Winterville quadrant 3, toolbox in hand. "I love lowgrav," he smiled, feeling the weightlessness of the sector affect his walk. "Demomen cannot aim their grenades."

Pyro stayed in Engineering, observing the fuel reactors.

"Murr hurr mphuphurrur, hurr mph phrr ?" he asked Mr. Bigmouth curiously.

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"Navigatin'? Aw I'm great at navigatin'!" Scout sat down in the empty seat next to the pilot. "Hey ma'am, can't you fly this junk any faster? I feel like I've equipped the Baby Face's Blaster over here!"

The pilot sighed. "Captain, permission to use a sick day for the rest of this shift..." she muttered.

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"Yes sir!" said the soldier excitedly. He and heavy raced very slowly to Winterville. "I can't wait to show those sorry sacks of shooting targets who they're messing with--Heavy I am floating!"

"Heavy hate lowrav,' sighed the Russian sadly. "Cannot jump-rev around corners without windin up on opposite side of map..."

Kor · **Reply #1604 on:** November 17, 2013, 10:57:58 PM

"I wonder how well those survivors are doing." Joe said to Gomamon, having heard there were some from some ship that crashed. He was sitting and resting on a bench.

"I'm sure they're doing fine. maybe surprised at the size of this place." Gomamon said on the ground next to where Joe was.

tempestwheel · **Reply #1605 on:** November 18, 2013, 04:17:24 AM

"What now?" Kiara asked her fellow lions as they ate their burgers

Serris · **Reply #1606 on:** November 20, 2013, 03:25:30 AM

"This is a long range colony and exploration ship. It is not designed for high speeds," Captain Carson said as she double checked the coordinates.

She turned to her copilot. "Permission granted."

Captain Carson then began preparations for the jump. She activated the intercom. "Attention all personnel, we will be jumping into hyperspace in ten minutes."

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Mr. Bigmouth picked up his tools. "Sorry, I have to go fix the power coupling," he said as he entered the nearby service elevator that whisked him to quadrant 3.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he tripped thanks to the low g. "Great," he muttered, picking himself up.

Nick22 · **Reply #1607 on:** November 20, 2013, 04:47:19 AM

Well We eat, then i guess we can rest in our rooms ' Kovu said as he took a big bite of his burger.
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spyro and cynder and joined the others at the restaurant table, and took seatrs across the table from each other. tigeress and dixie ordered the fish special, and scooby ordered the pot pie. tiger stitch and angel ordered chicken strips and fries..

tempestwheel · **Reply #1608 on:** November 22, 2013, 06:00:37 AM

"We need a rest after all this," Kiara yawned, giving Kovu a nuzzle as she bit into her meal.

Serris · **Reply #1609 on:** November 23, 2013, 11:23:19 PM

(Skylands)

A rumble sounded through the cave unnoticed by all except Drobot -- thanks to his advanced sensor suite.

"Kerzach, Nick. I am detecting unusual seismic activity. This activity s inconsistent with earthquakes or volcanic eruption. A close match would be tunneling activity," Drobot said, swiveling his searchlight around. Flecks of dust and rock rained down from the walls."

Dr. Kerzach gasped. "Oh no, Chong must have tracked us here!" He looked at the still active magic transponder they cobbled up from the gems and supplies with them.

The Cassowary looked at device. He weighed his options -- shutting it off might throw Chong off the trail but at the same time, the RICMS Spire of Winter's crew would have a much harder time tracking them. "Should we shut off the transponder?"

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Some magical minions and some hired toughs were using drilling equipment to bore through the rock.

"This 'Chong' better be paying us good!" a local tough growled as he hefted his magic staff.

Nick22 · **Reply #1610 on:** November 23, 2013, 11:33:29 PM

leave it on ' we need to get out of here' Nick said ' how long until we can make contact? bring it with us ' Kerzack'
cynder spread her wings and turned to Nick" Hop On1 she said ' we'll fly out of here . Spyro Get the other human out!" she said to the purple dragon. " if i didnt know from the way you were talking , i'd say you thought i was your boyfriend on something ' spyro teased ' in your dreams pal ' cynder rolled her eyes 'friens.. we're friends nothing more' she said quickly to Nick

Kor · **Reply #1611 on:** November 24, 2013, 12:45:11 AM

(Skylands)

"Folks coming, maybe we can make their arrival not very fun, like a cave in happens as they emerge." Terafin said, thinking of ways to greet the perhaps not very nice soon to arrive.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1612 on:** November 24, 2013, 08:57:25 AM

Engineer radioed Bigmouth. "Alrighty, that should do it."

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Scout looked up at the screen. "Kay, this not look good um..."

The new pilot looked over. "What?"

"So, we gotta pass through this sector, but looks like the sun went nova, and now there's a black hole taking most of the space." Scout brought up a map of the sector; 2/3rds of it was marked by a huge black circle. The remaining was tinted yellow. "We could fly through the remaining space, but its almost completely taken up by an electric thermal. If we get too close, it'll tear our ship apart. From the inside."

The pilot glanced at the captain. "Looks we have a Scylla/Charybdis situation here."

"A rock anna hard place," agreed Scout. "Which one do we risk?"

Serris · **Reply #1613 on:** November 25, 2013, 02:11:36 AM

(RICMS Spire of Winter)

"Roger that," Mr. Bigmouth said into his radio. Almost immediately, the gravity returned to normal.

His PDA buzzed and he retrieved it from his messenger bag. He sighed. "Engineer!" he said into his radio. "There's been a serious leak in the aquaponic fish farm."

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Captain Carson templed her fingers. "Remember your training, space is 3d. We'll go over them. However, we need to have ample space so we don't fall into orbit around the black hole -- and then end up running through some weird anomaly."

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(Skylands)

"Cassowary!" Dr. Kerzach shouted over the noise of drilling. He was busy working on the repulsorsled's drive train.

After a few minutes, he shut the hatch. "All right, I modified the repulsorsled's drive train so it can fly. It won't go faster that sixty miles per hour but we can now reach maybe half a mile up." He wiped his hands on a rag.

Nick22 · **Reply #1614 on:** November 25, 2013, 02:23:23 AM

cynder let nick climb onto her and then took off gill grint readied his harpoon for a fight
- you'd better hope that thing works" spyro said to kerzach as the drilling grew louder.
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hes paying us well enough ' all we wants is those prisoners of him brought back alive. said another tough.

Serris · **Reply #1615 on:** November 25, 2013, 02:26:25 AM

A crack was heard as the laborers broke through the cave.

"S---! Go! Go! Go!" Dr. Kerzach shouted. He started the repulsorsled and it began to rise into the air -- albeit at a distressingly slow pace. "Nick! Drobot! Hold them off!"

Drobot let loose a few short blasts from his laser cannon, killing a few of the toughs. Unfortunately, they began to retaliate with bolts of elemental magic.

Dr. Kerzach swore as a fire bolt narrowly missed his head. He screamed profanities at the sled, exhorting it to rise faster.

Nick22 · **Reply #1616 on:** November 25, 2013, 02:35:06 AM

spyro threw fireballs back at them, and cynder used a kind of purple lightning. Nick realized that this was a different Cynder than the one he knew and hopefully they would help them escape ' grunt harpooned one of magic users to the side of the wal then jumped onto the sled. nick pulled out his gun and fired only to see the bullet deflect into the wall. ' ah crap, guns are doing us much good here' he murttered as cynder flew aroound the ytop of the cave spyro close behind them..'pity the portal master isnt around to send help' spyro muttered.

Kor · **Reply #1617 on:** November 25, 2013, 03:07:28 AM

(skylands)

Sunburn did a phoenix dash at the enemies, turning into a ball of fire as he dashed to and among the enemies. Then he teleported away, in a burst of flame around the area where he was surrounded by 4 small flames. This was repeated on the spot he had teleported to, a safe distance from the enemies.

"Feeding Frenzy." Terafin said, sending out tiny earth sharks at the bad guys to attack them. He then dove into the earth & once he was close he jumped into the air to do a bellyflop attack on the enemies then proceeded to start punching them.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #1618 on:** November 28, 2013, 12:16:05 PM

I'm on it!" Engineer radioed back.

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The ship navigated the hazard without further mention.

"All right, here we are at Skylands!" whooped the Scout. "No need to thank me."

Nick22 · **Reply #1619 on:** December 01, 2013, 06:57:31 PM

the skylands hungs in the air around a small core there were dozens of pieces floating in the air, some had forests, others deserts, still others looked they had cities.
- now we just have to figure out which area Nick and Kerzach are on " stripetail said as the area came into view.
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tigeress and dixie finished thier meals. ' going shopping? scooby asked ' Yes' Dixie said ' alright Tiger said ' you want us to get you anything Tiger' Tigeress smirked ' no, i'm fine. you girls have fun ' tiger shrugged ' i'll be in our room, getting some rest.