AGWW Online - Log 2004/05/11

Mage - Etherites Go!

Session 1x05: The Temple in the Amazon

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 Anna - Dingo
 Dr.Lisa Miller - Stayka
 Lady Samantha - Fuzzy
 Nathan Raiser - Asmodai
 Reverend John Jones - qadn
 Rhiannon - FiXXXer667
 Skywarp - Stayka

 La_ST - Stayka

<La_ST> The group is currently in the Amazon, not too far from Macchu Picchu

<Rhiannon_D> (ok, we were in the main sacrifice chamber (the one with the altar and blood on the wall, floors, etc)

<La_ST> Two Etherite archeologist used to fight about who was right where some stuff about aliens on Earth were concerned

<La_ST> Dr.Miller (points to a brunette lady in adventurer clothing in her mid-40es) put together an expredition

<d1ng0> (Meat makes you aggressive, if my friend sees a naked girl, he goes completely over the edge)

<La_ST> So she went to the place where a temple was supposed to be where rumours said alien technology might have been hiddin.

<Rhiannon_D> (Nathan and Anna had rigged me with explosives "to be safe" (go figure how something is safer with explosives) and we were waiting in the chamber for Anna and Nathan to grab some refreshements ^^)

<La_ST> The group of Dr.Miller's ran into the Reverend who formerly belonged to Prof Merak's team (the rival), but Merak was ...convinced to leave. They also ran into Nathan Raiser, a vietnam vet and Anna, a beautiful Asian woman without memory who owns a zeppelin

<Lady_Samantha> (and is a munitions expert ;))

<La_ST> Down in the temple the group found a chamber behind a time gate that housed a "box" where a kibd of robot lay in time stasis

<Rev_Jones> La_ST: how's the character I am playing ?

<Rev_Jones> I only have numbers atm ^_^

<La_ST> The group awakened the android who talks in ancient languages and introduced herself as Rhiannon. And the rest was what Rhi told

<Lady_Samantha> So everyone except Nat, Bill and Anna are in the chanberr

<La_ST> Rev: (Your char hasn't been too much defined yet. He is a preacher who preached to ore miners in Wales. He is down to earth, practical and owns a small plane which he can fly

<La_ST> Rev: (He sort of appeared very reasonable so far, and he might be the voice of reason (and God))

<La_ST> (SAm: Yup)

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi?

<La_ST> (Okay, Anna and Nate are now in the Zepp, IIRC.)

<Rhiannon_D> Yes, Samantha?

<La_ST> (In the chamber we have Dr.Miller, Bob Grant, Sam, Rhiannon. The REverend was outside to grab something to drink and might return any time)

<Rev_Jones> (ok I am reasonably up to date I think :-) )

<Lady_Samantha> what is your current operational status?

<La_ST> (The chamber is made of stone, there is an altar in there, and there are murals with sacrificial and related scenes)

<La_ST> (There is also a shimmering energy curtain at one wall)

<La_ST> (Dingo: WHat kind of explosives did you afix to Rhi and where?)

<Rhiannon_D> Well, I'm ok, I guess, although I think the primium trigger on my det-pack might be interfering with my circuitry.

<Rhiannon_D> I hope that my circuitry doesn't affect it though.

<Dr_Miller> I hope there will nothing go boom...

<Dr_Miller> RTHere are so many things here still to examine!!

<Lady_Samantha> may I scan you for setting a baseline, so if there is problem, I'll noir what "normal" is?

<Rhiannon_D> And speaking of circuitry, I'm working on quite a bit of reroutes to power. But that's mostly because of previous damage.

Dr_Miller is annoyed that Anna and Nathan disappeared - she would have liked to exchange some harsh words with them. Simply putting explosives to this poor alien creature...

<Rhiannon_D> (ROFL)

Lady_Samantha feels

<d1ng0> (Shaped Charge, plastic explosives.. and Nathan attached it to her spine... (or what could be her spine)

Lady_Samantha feels that nate is being overly paranoid

<Rhiannon_D> erm, I don't think I'd scan me If I were you. Not with *that* on.

<Rev_Jones> ( La_ST when would it be good for me to enter ? cinematicly apropriate)

Rhiannon_D taps the pack, very very gently.

<La_ST> (Rev: Any time you like)

<Lady_Samantha> (ST: would using 1st rank sensory "magick" effect that thing?)

<Lady_Samantha> (I did scan her a few times prior)

<Rhiannon_D> (it's primium, so countermagick is sort of automatic, no?)

<La_ST> (Sam: Hm. Depends on the trigger Dingo and Nate set up)

<La_ST> (Primium has innate Countermagick, yes)

<La_ST> (But in the way that itabsorbs magick)

<Rhiannon_D> (remote detonation, and a primium plate, AFAIK)

<Lady_Samantha> (can I limit the scan to her body, (and not include the addition)?)

<La_ST> (If you can calibrate your sensors then yes. It depends on your Paradigm there ^_1)

<Rhiannon_D> Actually, can we try that later, in case we manage to convince them to remove it?

<La_ST> (Rhi: So no tampering magickally, and still a scientific way to make it go boom)

<Rhiannon_D> I'm afraid they left before I told them what would happen if they *did* decide to set it off.

<Rhiannon_D> (I'll talk it out of me ;-) )

<Dr_Miller> Err... What *would* happen then?

<Lady_Samantha> my thought was one i have a usable scan, i can then scan for anomolys that match your body

<d1ng0> (The trigger I added is a mundane remote detonator, but it's hidden inside the explosives..)

<d1ng0> (Nathan added a Prime sensitive trigger)

Lady_Samantha goes over her notes and records concerning the previous scans)

<La_ST> (Okay, so magickalö scanning won't set it off.)

<d1ng0> (The device is mostly mundane thoiugh)

<Rhiannon_D> Dr., are you aware of quantum-quintessential fusion reactors?

<d1ng0> (Just don't scan for Prime)

<d1ng0> (I don't know how sensitive it is *G*)

Dr_Miller stares blankly at the violethaired woman with the golden eyes

<Lady_Samantha> not specifically, but willing to lkearn

<Lady_Samantha> ok

<Dr_Miller> I'm afraid not. My specialty is more in archeologgy

<Rhiannon_D> well, let's just say it'll be a very quiet neighbourhood for the next... few thousand years.

<d1ng0> (I just checked: Since you're such a prime leech... Anna has a very strong Avatar)

Dr_Miller swallows hard

<Lady_Samantha> my current plan then, is to do a deep scan with force/corr/matter

<Dr_Miller> THat ...doesn't sound good

<Rhiannon_D> (same here. 5)

<La_ST> (Sam: You tell this to Rhi, I presume?)

<Rhiannon_D> (to quote an album title by Icon Of Coil, "Soul Is In The Software" ;-) )

<Lady_Samantha> and use that data as a basis for further scans of the area to look for parts of her ship or other off world materials

<d1ng0> (Just a bit of warning.. don't disable the explosives.... it will be the end of this group)

<Lady_Samantha> yes -- we are talking

<Dr_Miller> (I'm no explosives specialist ^_^)

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi comment?

<La_ST> (Lag?)

<Lady_Samantha> guess

<Rhiannon_D> (yep, horrible)

<Rhiannon_D> Ok, I guess.

<Rhiannon_D> Although I'd like to note that I wouldn't do it.

<Lady_Samantha> Ok - I take out my trusting tri-corder and adjust the scan type as previously indicated

<Lady_Samantha> why?

<Rhiannon_D> well, you can say I was programmed to perform tasks with a lesser risk factor.

<Rhiannon_D> Specially when the possible consequences include others.

<Lady_Samantha> ?? and having a scan to identify your normal state is a problem?>

<Rhiannon_D> well, hopefully not.

<Lady_Samantha> you belive the device might be accidently triggered?

<Dr_Miller> I would rather not trigger it

<Lady_Samantha> I can understand that

<Dr_Miller> At least not if it has s uch dramatic effects!

Rhiannon_D nods reluctantly to Dr. Miller.

<Lady_Samantha> ok I'll use the data from my previous scans as a base to search for off world anomolies

<Lady_Samantha> is there anything is the "art" here that might be a message?

Rev_Jones walks in, holding a glass of liquid (whiskey)

<Rev_Jones> anywhone else want a drink ?

<Lady_Samantha> ./me nods to Rev J

<Lady_Samantha> no thank you

<Dr_Miller> Yes, please...

<Rhiannon_D> (ST? any clues present in the artwork, I should be able to recognize)

Dr_Miller looks yearning to the alcohol

Rev_Jones hands Dr_Miller a glass

Rhiannon_D looks around the walls, shaking her head with a smile at the reverend's offer.

<La_ST> (Artwork? You mean murals? There are scenes that depiiced sacrifices. There are also scenes that at a stretch look like some alien astronaut and some kind of ship

<Dr_Miller> Thak you Reverend. I really can need that)

<Lady_Samantha> ok

<Lady_Samantha> (in Egyptian to try to not upset DrM...

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi - I'm a bit concerned about how we're going to be able to "feed" you if Quintessence is going to be a trigger for the device?

<Nathan_Raiser> (ummm what's the plan ?)

Rhiannon_D nods and replies fluently in egyptian:

<La_ST> (Nate: You are still with Anna. The rest is in the temple and chats)

<Rhiannon_D> Gladly, you have covered my requirements for a good amount of time. And since I'm unable to use my modules due to the bomb, Prime drain should be minimal.

Rev_Jones frowns

<Lady_Samantha> ok - well thats alright for the short term then

<Rhiannon_D> I believe I should last for much more time than what would be required for me to convince them to remove the device.

<Rhiannon_D> according to my built-in behavior analysis software at least.

<Lady_Samantha> I hope they will eventually listen to reason

<Rhiannon_D> but you are so unpredictable as a species that I can't be sure.

<Lady_Samantha> *sigh*]

<Lady_Samantha> {english again}

<Lady_Samantha> Rev, problem?

Rhiannon_D smiles at the Reverend.

<Rhiannon_D> I really could use some anxiety inhibitives as alcohol now. If I were actually affected by them, at least.

<Rev_Jones> no no ... (swallows rest of whiskey)

<Lady_Samantha> I being a scan outward (explicitly bypassing the "space" containing Rhi) to seek a match on the readings I got earlier

<Lady_Samantha> (using corr2)

<Anna_Mihakai> (channel #agww2 for the conversation between Nathan and Anna, nobody but them get's verbose though)

<La_ST> (I'll only read here, though, it gets to chaotic otherwise)

<La_ST> (Want the log, though ^_^)

<Anna_Mihakai> (yes okay)

<Lady_Samantha> (let me know if a need any rolls and what if anything I get from the scan)

<La_ST> (No need to rool)

<Rhiannon_D> (*orders some food while watching the plot thicken*)

<La_ST> Sam: You get Rhi's functions like before, and you can also follow exactly where the charge is fixed to her)

<Lady_Samantha> I scan now for the same off world anomilous readings else where in the temple

<Rhiannon_D> (PaF: currently watching the others chat @ #agww2

<La_ST> (Sam, deeper down in the temple there seem to be two further rooms with similar signatures)

<Lady_Samantha> (can i get a image of the rooms, via corr2 and forces1?)

<Lady_Samantha> I adjust the dials on the meter to display its findings on its built in screen

<La_ST> (Sure. They are maybe 4x5x3 meters and you have the impression the signatures are a bit scatteres there. The insides are finely polished stones, and there are kind of shleves where pieces are put

<Lady_Samantha> I ask Rhi to look at the images and see if the parts might be of her craft or equipment

<La_ST> (You'd say it is a lot of debris there, but also some parts that look like ripped out instrument boards and related stuff)

Rhiannon_D nods, looking at the screen with an almost hungry look.

<Lady_Samantha> I thought perhaps with the parts and some help, we could finish your repairs

<Rhiannon_D> yes!

<Dr_Miller> And what about that bomb??

<Lady_Samantha> so the next thing is to find those rooms

Rhiannon_D looks up and smiles in what looks like sheer happiness.

<Dr_Miller> Maybe they are as hidden as the other chamber...

Rhiannon_D notices Dr. Miller's comment and looks a bit more thoughtfull.

<Rhiannon_D> I *have* to convince them to remove this.

<Rhiannon_D> It's more of a liability than a safety measure.

<Dr_Miller> Yes!

<Dr_Miller> I don't feel save with someone carring a bomb around!

<Rev_Jones> I think we should talk to @persons_who_made_bomb

<Lady_Samantha> I again adjust the dials and doo-dads on the meter trying to plot a course from here to there, (again using corr1/corr2, matter1 and force1)

Rev_Jones walks out

<Rev_Jones> (-> #agww2)

<La_ST> Ok)

<La_ST> (Sam: You would say there is another hidden corridor on the other side of the altar room

<Lady_Samantha> going over there -- detailed scan for a way to access the corridor

<Lady_Samantha> using my meter (and forces/matter/corr1+2/prime/life)

<La_ST> (This time you have only a pretty "normal" mechanical device)

<Lady_Samantha> I put away the tricorder

<La_ST> (It is absolutely unlike the sophisticated lock of the other side)

<Lady_Samantha> and take out my lockpicks

<La_ST> (There are no holes)

<Lady_Samantha> (I'm attempting to open to "door")

<La_ST> (It is in the reliefs of the mural - you'd say you have to press them in a certain order)

Rhiannon_D stands next to Sam

<Lady_Samantha> ok -- I attempt 'compute' the pattern using int+invesigation

<Lady_Samantha> aloud it looks like its pressure pattern lock

<La_ST> (It's Int+Enigmas)

<Rhiannon_D> (does it look familiar? As in, is it an RP-able riddle?)

<Lady_Samantha> ok Lady_Samantha rolled 5d6 dice and got: 5, 6, 2, 5, 3

<La_ST> (Rhi: It is about 6 "buttons" that have to be pressed in a certain order)

<Lady_Samantha> sigh Lady_Samantha rolled 6d10 dice and got: 6, 1, 5, 10, 4, 2

<La_ST> (Sam: You have the impression it somehow eludes you so far)

<Lady_Samantha> any sux?

<Rhiannon_D> sAMANTHA, MAY i GIVE IT A SHOT?

<Lady_Samantha> sure

<Rhiannon_D> (sorry...)

<La_ST> (Diff 7 for this, 5 sux)=

Rhiannon_D studies the patterns, then presses some, reluctantly Rhiannon_D rolled 4d10 dice and got: 6, 7, 9, 9

<La_ST> (Better ^_^)

<La_ST> (Rhi you think it makes sense to you. The pattern is based on the Mayan number system that you are very familiar with)

<Rhiannon_D> (is there a diff penalty if I retry?)

<La_ST> (No diff. You roll again. It just takes time)

Rhiannon_D thinks she understands the logic of the sequence lock.

<Lady_Samantha> (its an extended action)

<La_ST> (You had 3 sux,. and you puzzle it a bit longer)

Rhiannon_D notices the clicks that some of the patterns made when pushed, and tries again.

<La_ST> (Sam: Thx, I didn't finbd the word "extended action" -_-) Rhiannon_D rolled 4d10 dice and got: 1, 8, 9, 3

<La_ST> (One more sux needed)

<Rhiannon_D> Hm. I think we're almost there. Rhiannon_D rolled 4d10 dice and got: 6, 7, 2, 3

Rhiannon_D studies the patterns, and pushes just one, watching it lock in position

<La_ST> (You puzzled around for 10 min now)

<La_ST> (And finally there is a klicking sound...)

<Lady_Samantha> (stargate address)

Rhiannon_D smiles.

<Rhiannon_D> Got it.

<La_ST> (But no door opens -_-)

Rhiannon_D pushes the wall in vain, then frowns.

<La_ST> As you push, nothing moves

<Rhiannon_D> Hm. Perhaps this lock wasn't for the wall.

Lady_Samantha studies the wall / door some more

<La_ST> There is a line that shows the outline of the door

Rhiannon_D checks the time portal that led to her chamber.

<Rhiannon_D> (doesn't pass through, just looks at)

<La_ST> (Sam: The door is set into the wall that it can only open towards you)

<Lady_Samantha> you think its kinda of like an air lock setup?

<Lady_Samantha> hmmm

<La_ST> (You saw that in the scan)

<Lady_Samantha> there are no protusion or handholds or a doorknob?

<La_ST> Sam: Unfortunately no

<La_ST> (Sam in the scan you have seen an opening mechanism...)

<La_ST> (Remember, the tempel is several hundred years old)

<Lady_Samantha> do we have tools (like a pick or something to "create" a doorknob)?

<La_ST> (Well, you have what you packed for your adventuring.)

<La_ST> (If you think it is reasonable for your char to charry this, you have it ^_^)

<Rhiannon_D> Maybe the mechanism is blocked?

<Rhiannon_D> Not everything here had the luxury of time-stasis..

<Lady_Samantha> true

<Lady_Samantha> I look at the scan of the mechanism again, to see if I can spot a problem

<La_ST> It looks like some rope that operated the door has rotted away)

<La_ST> (There are rolls, but nothing in between)

<Lady_Samantha> is it possible to replace the rope?

<La_ST> (It is on the other side of the wall)

Rev_Jones walks in

<La_ST> (You have to go through the door to get there -_-)

<Lady_Samantha> hmmmm

<Lady_Samantha> Hey, Rev, you have any ideas

<Rhiannon_D> any luck with the others?

<Rev_Jones> ideas about what ?

<Lady_Samantha> how to open a door that opens in but whos rope driven operating mechanism has rotted away in hundres of years

<Rhiannon_D> Reverend, have you had any chance of persuading the others to remove this... thing?

<Rev_Jones> Sorry Rhiannon, they held firm.

<Rhiannon_D> Most unpleasant. If not somewhat expected.

<Rev_Jones> they did explain to me however tha they used a shaped charge, so that nowhone else would get hurt

Rhiannon_D is annoyed at that.

<Rhiannon_D> actually, noone will get hurt by the charge *they* set.

<Rev_Jones> samantha we could try some sort of suction

<Rhiannon_D> The fact that it will totally destabilize an operating fusion core is another issue.

<Rhiannon_D> I have to talk to them. Now.

<Rev_Jones> let's hope they do not set it off then

<Rev_Jones> (can't you move ?)

<Rhiannon_D> (I can...)

Rhiannon_D heads outside

<Rev_Jones> well you could go talk to them

Lady_Samantha follow Rhi

Rhiannon_D has to get this thing removed before finding any more modules.

Rev_Jones looks at the door more closely

<Rev_Jones> (ST: can I fix something with the materials at hand ?)

<La_ST> (Fix? In what way?)

<Rev_Jones> (create some sort of suction device to pull the door open)

<Rev_Jones> (the rev is supposed to be very handy sience-whise)

<La_ST> (It depends on what you have along)

<La_ST> (If it is reasonable, you have it with you)

<La_ST> (Be creative, Rev)

<Rev_Jones> I'll be right back

<Lady_Samantha> (ST: I decided a small folding pick/shovel doodad is a reasonable device to have)

Rev_Jones leaves

<La_ST> (Sounds okay)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: I'll return with some tubing in a while)

<Lady_Samantha> (/me accompanies Rhi to the find the "explosive team")

<La_ST> (Rev: Fine)

<Rhiannon_D> (don't. channel been muted)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: I'll just need to have something to provide suction)

<Nathan_Raiser> (you tell me when you enter and what part of the ship... then you get voice... the thign is that you'll hav to find us ;))

<Rhiannon_D> (I was about to type that I stand in the base of the ship and ask for permission to come aboard)

<La_ST> (Rev: That's okay with)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: ?)

Rev_Jones enters again

<La_ST> (Rev: Well, go ahead)

Rev_Jones messes a bit with soome tubing

<Rev_Jones> (created a sort of tube with a cone shaped end (more surface -> more force on door)

<La_ST> (Rev: Clever)

<Rev_Jones> mmm I need to aply some suction, anywhone have any ideas ?

<Rev_Jones> (thanks :-) )

Rhiannon_D is back again, after seeing noone to ask permission from, and not daring to surprise the two inside the Zepp.

<Rhiannon_D> What is it that you have there, Reverend?

<Rev_Jones> Rhiannon, do you have any idea how to create some suction ?

<Rev_Jones> suction

<Rev_Jones> (btw: the tubing looks sturdy)

<Lady_Samantha> is there any space between the door and the wall?

<Rhiannon_D> Hm.

<La_ST> (Sam: A tiny bit, yes)

<Lady_Samantha> I take myt doodad and adjust it so its a pick

<Lady_Samantha> I try to get the pick blade where I can use it to lever the door open

Rev_Jones lays the tubing (cone end) on the door

Rev_Jones sucks on the other end

<Rev_Jones> and pulls

<La_ST> (Sam: itdoesn't really move, I'm afraid. )

<Rev_Jones> (real world terms: 20 kg or so of pull)

<Rev_Jones> (unless I get something to really suck)

<Lady_Samantha> lets work together -- while he's trying to open the door I also work on my attempt (so we both have bopth of use working)

<La_ST> ((Rev: That woreks)

<Rev_Jones> (w00t)

<La_ST> (The door moves ca 10cm forward, and then it can swing open

<La_ST> (It canted before, Sam)

<Lady_Samantha> good job :)

Rhiannon_D smiles.

<Lady_Samantha> I put my doodad away and take out my staff-light

<Rhiannon_D> Impressive display of resourcefullness Rev. Jones.

<Lady_Samantha> look down the corridor

<Rev_Jones> thanks

<Rev_Jones> well let's take a look

<La_ST> BEhind the ca 10cm thick stone door, there is another stairway down

<Lady_Samantha> thats correct the rooms were below us

Rhiannon_D follows Samantha

<Lady_Samantha> lookjing down the stairs

Rhiannon_D frowns at the lack of light

<La_ST> (The air is very stale)

Rhiannon_D wonders if she can enable her vision augmentations without provoking a trigger.

<Lady_Samantha> I offer the Rev an oxygen pill

Rev_Jones accepts

Dr_Miller looks at the stairway

<Rev_Jones> I'll lead the way, I am used to mines after all

Dr_Miller watched the ingenious Rev do his jobn and it very fascinated

Rev_Jones decents the stairs, paying attention

Dr_Miller pulls out an oxigen mask she had in her pack and follows

<Rhiannon_D> Actually, perhaps I could lead?

<Lady_Samantha> (I "light up" my eyes so I can see

Dr_Miller holds a torch, too, and is on the stairs, too

<Lady_Samantha> (it a new scene, yes?)

<Rev_Jones> (already on his way)

<Dr_Miller> Do you know your way around here, Ms.Rhiannon?

<La_ST> (Sam: Yes)

<Rhiannon_D> Not precisely, I'm afraid. Either the architecture has changed, or there is damage in my memory banks I hadn't detected.

<Lady_Samantha> I take my emergancy prep pill

<La_ST> (You need to roll for that, though)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: what do I encounter ? )

<Lady_Samantha> I look at my map (on screen) and follow down

<Rhiannon_D> but there is a slight chance of traps existing, and I believe I'd perform better as a scout, being unnafected by a lot of hazards that might prove lethal to you.

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi: look at the map

<La_ST> (Rev: Stones, funghi, moss, darkness, a bit humid walls

<Rev_Jones> (/me walks on)

<Rev_Jones> (I ignored the conversation and simply walked on)

<La_ST> (Sam: Arete for Emergency prep. That stuff is always ricking Paradox after all. )

<Lady_Samantha> (note: my staff light is on a chain, connected to my belt) Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 1, 7, 2

Dr_Miller follows down.

<Rhiannon_D> Reverend, please be careful.

<Lady_Samantha> a dud :(

<La_ST> (You take the pill, but you have the impression the humidity didn't do it good)

<Lady_Samantha> I try another]

<La_ST> (Obviously the package wasn't fully closed) Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 4, 9, 6

<La_ST> (+1diff)

Rhiannon_D walks down, and stands next to him.

<Lady_Samantha> thats better

<La_ST> (Ok. This one was safely sealed away. It enhances you senses etc)

<Lady_Samantha> check her other meds for such problems)

<Lady_Samantha> I also take an oxygen pill

<Rhiannon_D> I really should warn you, ritual blood sacrifice was not the only sinister act the Mayans indulged in.

<Lady_Samantha> (eyes are "lit")

<La_ST> (You think they all look okay so far, but one never knows. The outside temperature is a bit high for some pills)

<Rhiannon_D> It wasn't out of the norm to use lethal traps in sacred locations..

<Rev_Jones> thanks for the warning

Rev_Jones still walks on (still paying attention offcourse)

<Dr_Miller> YEs, I research that quite thoroughly...

<Lady_Samantha> I keep scaning and refering to my map and the results of the scans

<La_ST> (Ok. Who walks where?)

<La_ST> (And with what speed?)

Rhiannon_D tries to stand at least next to the rev, if not in front of him.

<La_ST> (And what exactly do you scan?)

<Rev_Jones> (/me in front walking briskly)

Rhiannon_D moves a bit anxiously behind him, trying to step as lightly as possible.

<Dr_Miller> Reverend, please slow down a bit!!

<Lady_Samantha> I belive its Rev, then Me+Rhi, then Dr miller

<La_ST> (Sam: your scanner shows a step that doesn't read as "stone" right in front of the rev

<Lady_Samantha> I'm scanning the steps ahead to see if there are hollow steps or

<Lady_Samantha> or other "traps"

<Lady_Samantha> Rev watchout

<La_ST> (Sam: See above -_-)

<Rev_Jones> (tick-tock)

<Lady_Samantha> there is a hollow step right there

<La_ST> (Rev: Dex + Athletics)

<La_ST> (The Rev was pretty fast...)

Rev_Jones jumps down 3 steps

<La_ST> (That's why I asked - and he said "briskly...)

<Lady_Samantha> Rev try not to go to far ahead

<Rev_Jones> (how do I roll 2 dice)

<La_ST> (Ok... Now Dex+Athl...) Rev_Jones rolled 2d10 dice and got: 4, 9

<La_ST> (Add the numbersa nd type !roll 6d10

<La_ST> (If the adding up is 6)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: ????)

<La_ST> (Without ?) Rev_Jones rolled 2d10 dice and got: 4, 6

<Rev_Jones> (that correct ?)

<La_ST> (Yup)

<Rev_Jones> (fail?)

<Rhiannon_D> (if you have 2 dex and 0 athletics)

<Lady_Samantha> Ok I show Dr miller where the step is

<Lady_Samantha> Rhiu alkready knows

<Lady_Samantha> (from seeing Rev

<La_ST> (Ok... You manage to not trip the dangerous step, but you stumpble and might fall down now)

<La_ST> (Once more to see if you roll down or catch yourself)

Rev_Jones trips and falls, rolling down the stairs Rev_Jones rolled 2d10 dice and got: 9, 10

<Rhiannon_D> (nice)

<La_ST> (You caould have rolled Dex+Ath again ^_^)

<Lady_Samantha> *smiles*

Rev_Jones manages to come to a stop a few steps down

<La_ST> Rev! Be careful!

<La_ST> (Wrong window)

<Lady_Samantha> Quite so

<Dr_Miller> Rev! Be careful!!!

<Lady_Samantha> I'm next?

<Dr_Miller> I would suggest to walk down more slowly

<Lady_Samantha> that sounds like good advise

<La_ST> (Sam: How close was the next to the Rev)

Rev_Jones stands up slowly (looks painfull)

<La_ST> (That person also needs to roll Dex+Ath)

<Lady_Samantha> a few steps I guess

<La_ST> (The others are warned early enough to avoid it) Lady_Samantha rolled 9d10 dice and got: 5, 1, 3, 8, 2, 9, 5, 1, 6

<Lady_Samantha> (if its bal -2 to diff)

<La_ST> (Sam: Same procedure fore you - you manage to jump over the step, but you have to ckeck whether you stumble or not)

<La_ST> (Ok)

<La_ST> (Then you elegantly master it)

<Lady_Samantha> whats the second roll Dex+Athg again? Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 2, 5, 6

Rev_Jones grumbles Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 5, 6, 6

<La_ST> (Rhi: Uh-oh...)

<La_ST> Rhi jumps and stumbles...

Rev_Jones thries to catch her

<La_ST> (Dingo: How's the chance of the explosive to go off on impact?)

Lady_Samantha tries to inercept her

<Rhiannon_D> (uh-oh indeed)

<La_ST> (Rev: Dex + Brawl to catch her)

<Rev_Jones> (ST: no chance) Rev_Jones rolled 5d10 dice and got: 1, 4, 2, 1, 3

<La_ST> (Rev: Try ^_^)

<La_ST> (Arrgl!)

<Anna_Mihakai> (ST: Unless the belts that connect to it snap that is...)

<Lady_Samantha> I try too

Rev_Jones tries to catch Rhiannon but somehow gets dragged down with her

<La_ST> The Rev is caught by the impact and rolls down together with Rhi

<Rhiannon_D> (can I roll to grab from somewhere solid?)

<Rev_Jones> forming a mess of human and non-human limbs as hey roll down the stairs

<La_ST> Ok... La_ST rolled 4d10 dice and got: 5, 8, 9, 7

<La_ST> (Damn)

<Lady_Samantha> I carefully get to where they ended up and triage the situatuation

<La_ST> (Okay, please Soak )

<Rhiannon_D> (feck)

<La_ST> (There are 3 sux of the stairs versus your Stamina)

<Rev_Jones> (?)

<La_ST> (Well, you rolled down

Rhiannon_D rolled 2d10 dice and got: 4, 7

<La_ST> (You might get bruised, break something etc)

Rev_Jones rolled 3d10 dice and got: 10, 1, 6

<La_ST> (Rhi: That makes 2 levels bashing)

Rhiannon_D tries to get up, without saying a word, but with a killing glare at the stairs.

<La_ST> (Rev: Same for you. as 1s don't substract from damage, they shouldn't from soak either ^_^1)

<Rhiannon_D> Are you okay Reverend?

<Lady_Samantha> when I reach them I look Rhi over to see if there is anything I can do for her

Rev_Jones mumbles something

Rev_Jones stands up

<Rev_Jones> I am .. ok

<La_ST> (Rhi has some dent ^_^)

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi are you ok?

<La_ST> (the REv got some nasty bruises)

Lady_Samantha treats the Rev

<Rhiannon_D> I honestly cannot comprehend the resourcefullness of your species when it comes to hurting it's own members.

<Dr_Miller> Oh dear... I hope you didn#t break anything...

<Lady_Samantha> (the 5th element had the same observation)

<Rev_Jones> I fumbled, sorry

<Nathan_Raiser> (says the blood god! :))

Rhiannon_D snaps her neck and most major junctions, almost abnormally.

<Rev_Jones> I don't think so dr

<Dr_Miller> WEll, better look more carefully to the stairs...

<Rev_Jones> just some bruising

Lady_Samantha uses a firstaid patch

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 4, 6, 3

<Dr_Miller> There might be even worse things there... And we don't know what that strange step might have caused...

<La_ST> (1 sux)

<Lady_Samantha> well i tried

<La_ST> (Rev: 1 HL healed. You have 1 bashing left)

<Rev_Jones> (what does that do?)

Rhiannon_D computes if she can use her nanite reconstruction ability without triggering the damned explosives.

<Rev_Jones> (aah ok)

<La_ST> (Sam: Diff 6, )

<Lady_Samantha> nod

<Rhiannon_D> (Matter 2 effect for healing... shall I?)

<Lady_Samantha> I continue my scans of the steps ahead looking for more hollow steps and other traps

<Rev_Jones> I'm ok

<La_ST> (Rhi: Yes)

<La_ST> (Rhi: Diff 5. But don't botch -_)

Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 8, 3, 10

Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 7, 8, 9

<La_ST> (Sam: About a dozen steps down there is another which seems to contain some mechanism

<Lady_Samantha> Watch out there is another trap

<La_ST> (Rhi: You are completely healed again)

<Anna_Mihakai> (ehrm... primal energy.. when you have a prime energy trigger device on your bomb ?)

Rev_Jones proceeds cauthiously

Rhiannon_D closes her eyes and redirects all energy from sensory and motion to her repair modules.

Lady_Samantha points out the step

<Rev_Jones> carfully stepping ove the step in quesion

<Rhiannon_D> (SHIT!)

<Rhiannon_D> (NO QUINT! NO QUINT!)

<La_ST> (Uh... How exactzly does the trigger work?)

<Rhiannon_D> (*panicks*)

<Anna_Mihakai> (It reacts to primal energy)

<La_ST> (LOL. Ok. You suceeded anyway ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> (it reacts to tampering with magic)

<Anna_Mihakai> (well it might be a bit jumpy and imprecise *G*)

<Rhiannon_D> (*is going to live a year less after that*)

<La_ST> (Nathan: But if she heals herself, does it react too, or does it just react to being removed by magick=?)

<Lady_Samantha> Rev... Are you sure you want to be 1st in line?

<Rev_Jones> yes yes, I am fine

<Dr_Miller> Better let the Doctor lead

Rev_Jones doesn't look to fine when moving though

<Dr_Miller> She's got the scanner...

<Lady_Samantha> *sigh* let me know if you change your mind

<Lady_Samantha> I continue to scann ahead, keeping an eye on the map of where we are headed

Rev_Jones descents slowly

<Dr_Miller> (You get another reading, this time of the wall)

<Lady_Samantha> Watch the wall has a trap

<Lady_Samantha> pointing to the section

<Dr_Miller> (There seems to be a slit in the wall)

<Lady_Samantha> whats it look like does?

<Lady_Samantha> something comes out of the slit

Rev_Jones stops

<Lady_Samantha> looking into wall (scanner matter1/corr2) does it look like something comes out of the slit?

<Rhiannon_D> (*sigh* backup connection @ 28.8k. My normal ISP seems to have totally died. We'll see tomorrow)

<La_ST> (Ist seems that there is a very thin wire comine out, like a tripwires, but a bit higher)

<Rhiannon_D> (I presume I'm in one piece, no?)

<La_ST> (It is at neck height for people of about 1.60m)

<Rev_Jones> what is it ?

<La_ST> (A thin cutting wire)

<Lady_Samantha> there is a fine wire, (like a tripwire but at neck level (presumably to decapitate)

<Rev_Jones> mmm

Rev_Jones ducks and moves on

<La_ST> (If you had proceeded down the speed you had before it might have led to a reduction of your height)

Lady_Samantha ducks gracefully

Rhiannon_D follows (hopefully)

<Dr_Miller> (/me also duck under it.

<La_ST> (Rhi: You do ^_^)

<Rhiannon_D> (you just un-ruined my day ^^)

<Lady_Samantha> (*giggles* oh dear Dr Miller missed the wire

;))

<La_ST> Finally there is a platform from which a corridor of maybe 7m leads to a door

<Rhiannon_D> Wait.

<La_ST> The ground is made of finely chiseled stone plates

<Lady_Samantha> does this look like place the room should be?

<Rhiannon_D> Long straight corridors have a reason.

<Lady_Samantha> sure traps

Rhiannon_D looks for anything to toss to the corridor.

<La_ST> (Sam: It looks like the place of one of the rooms)

<La_ST> (There were two)

<Lady_Samantha> (thnx)

Rev_Jones waits

<La_ST> (Sam: You scann the floor, I presume?)

<La_ST> (There are some of the plates that seem to be connected to some mechanism)

Rhiannon_D tosses a piece of rock she picked up, on the corridor floor.

<Lady_Samantha> yes of course === I expect there are various traps on the floor/cieling and walls

La_ST rolled 1d100 dice and got: 72

<Rhiannon_D> (wow, d100 ^^)

<La_ST> The stome hits one of the plates where a mechanism is attached...

<Lady_Samantha> (hmms -- maybe I need the AD&D thief skill detect/remove traps)

<La_ST> Suddenly a spike goes down from the ceiling towhere the stone lies

Rhiannon_D watches the spike trap warily.

<La_ST> (Rhi: Percentile throw )

<Rhiannon_D> Maybe it'd be safer if we triggered them all before passing through?

<Rev_Jones> (does it hit the stone excactly?)

<Lady_Samantha> I scan the ceiling for other deadfalls and the walls for darts / spikes etc )

<La_ST> (Rev it hit it pretty nicely)

<Rev_Jones> (CRUD)

<La_ST> (Sam: There are more of them, ober the plates with the mechanisms

<Lady_Samantha> we don't want to block the passage tho

<La_ST> (above, not over)

<Lady_Samantha> (I think of the indiana jones movies and those traps)

<Rhiannon_D> well, someone should be able to squeeze between two or more of those spikes..

<Rhiannon_D> certainly safer than trying to dodge unmarked plates.

<Lady_Samantha> (/me wishs she had matter to to mark the plates)

<Lady_Samantha> do i find any other traps in the walls and cieling and floor other then the deadfalls?

Rhiannon_D thinks that it might be more to her benefit if the trap remains active, but certainly not to her companions'.

<La_ST> Well, there is a line of plate "behin" the deadfalls that also seems to be connected to a mechanism

<La_ST> But it is something else, as there are no pikes attached

<Lady_Samantha> great

<Lady_Samantha> i describe what I detect

Rhiannon_D programs a system integrity check after realising what she just considered.

<Dr_Miller> This sounds a bit tricky

<Dr_Miller> I have to admit, I only read about such things before...

Rhiannon_D nods

Dr_Miller wrings her hands again, as always when she gets nervous

<Rhiannon_D> I never had to defeat those myself.

<Lady_Samantha> a double trap on the same "hex">

<Lady_Samantha> ?

<La_ST> (No)

<La_ST> (The spikes are along about 5m. The final two meters ave the other one)

<Lady_Samantha> oh

Rhiannon_D takes another stone, and tosses it further

<La_ST> (Rhi: Dex & Athletics)

<Lady_Samantha> the last two meters have a different kind of trap

Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 9, 8, 7

<Lady_Samantha> good roll

<La_ST> (You hit the other trapping, and suddenly a gas streeam out from the walls

<La_ST> (It collectes in the aarea before the door

<Lady_Samantha> I hold my breath

<La_ST> (Sam: It doesn't reach you where you stand)

<Lady_Samantha> (with the oxygen pill don't need to breath)

<Rhiannon_D> (I don't breathe anyway ^^)

Rev_Jones holds his breath also

Dr_Miller has an oxygen mask on

<Rev_Jones> (thanks for the pill *g*)

<Lady_Samantha> ok - then I anylyse the gas

<La_ST> The gas sinks to the ground...

<La_ST> You see that it eats a bit into the stone where it hits

<Lady_Samantha> (can i tell what it is?

<Rhiannon_D> (naturally? or is it drawn by currents)

<La_ST> (Sam: It is a highly corrosive gas)

<Lady_Samantha> corrosive gas?

<Rev_Jones> (yes)

<Lady_Samantha> great

<La_ST> (It seems to disperse slowly though

<La_ST> (If you would have tripped it while thewre it wqould have been a real problem ^_^)

<Lady_Samantha> does my anylsis tell be what it is (clorine or whatever?)

<Rhiannon_D> Hm. It's corrosive, not poisonous? That would prove dangerous even to myself.

<La_ST> (Say thaks to Rhi's precise throw *g*)

<La_ST> (Sam: It seems to be nothing you have encountered yet

<La_ST> Maybe some stuff concocted by Mayan alchemists

<Lady_Samantha> I make a point to save the scan recordings)

<La_ST> (*hums* "This Corrosion" by Sisters of Mercy)

<Rhiannon_D> We have to manage to avoid both the spike traps and the gas release triggers.

<Lady_Samantha> ok - so we've tripped all the traps then?

<Dr_Miller> Well, if you don't scan more - then probably yes

<Rhiannon_D> well, there is a chance that each stone in that region re-activates the trap.

<Lady_Samantha> I keep scanning ahead to detect what lies there

<La_ST> (Well, you have the pattern of the trigger stones on your scanner)

<La_ST> (It seems the corrosivwe gas dissipates through some slits in the stone

<Rev_Jones> (ooh good song)

<Lady_Samantha> ok scann the door for any traps and for a operating mechanism

<La_ST> (The only thing that still lies ahead is the door)

<La_ST> (The door seems to have bolt with a lock

<Lady_Samantha> a normal pickable lock?

<La_ST> (Yes. )

<Lady_Samantha> too easy -- must be trapped too

<La_ST> (What Spheres do you use to scan the door)

<Rev_Jones> indeed

<Rhiannon_D> well...

<Lady_Samantha> matter/forces/life/prime/corr

<La_ST> The door has lots of etchings on it

<Rhiannon_D> Probably yes.

<La_ST> Mayan glyphs that talk of some curse that hits everybody who enters unbidden

<Rhiannon_D> (unbidden by??)

<Lady_Samantha> if I can get a good image - show it to Rhi, whats this say??

<La_ST> (Sam: Ok. You get traces of organic material, and your medical knowledge tells you it is some very aggressive bacteria)

<Lady_Samantha> *sigh*

<Rhiannon_D> What is it?

<Lady_Samantha> there is a bio trap

<Lady_Samantha> bacteria

Rhiannon_D smiles

<Rhiannon_D> And how that is a problem?

<Dr_Miller> Nasty!

<Rhiannon_D> I'll open the door for you.

<Dr_Miller> Like the Egyptian tombs!

<Lady_Samantha> pardon dear... but I'm alive

<Rev_Jones> don't please

<Rhiannon_D> Of course.

<Dr_Miller> Whatabout disinfecting it first?

<Lady_Samantha> thats senseable

<Rhiannon_D> I am afraid I am incapable of that.

<Dr_Miller> Well, she's the doctor

<Lady_Samantha> (can I tell if mundane disinfectent would work against this strain?)

Dr_Miller points at Sam

<La_ST> (It is an aggressive strain like the one who killed a lot of Egyptologists... )

<La_ST> (You know that you probably just nead to try. It's a bacterium, not a virus

<Lady_Samantha> (ok so Science! is needed then

<Lady_Samantha> ok - mundane first then

<Lady_Samantha> please step back so it doesn't splash

<La_ST> (Uh-oh. JUst noticed that none of you seem to have a certain Sphere that is connected with the final trap, too --_)

<Lady_Samantha> take some mundane antibacterial and pout it a easy break bottle

Dr_Miller frowns.

<Dr_Miller> I have a *very* bad feeling about this nonetheless

Dr_Miller looks at the etchings.

<Dr_Miller> It calls about a curse and the undead lashing out to get trespassers...

<Lady_Samantha> then throw bottle against door to see if if work, while recording the scan for results

<Lady_Samantha> (wait a sec...)

<La_ST> (Arete please)

<La_ST> (It it Life 3)

<Lady_Samantha> the etchings are a message?

<La_ST> (First things first )

<Lady_Samantha> (I thought wee were trying mundane 1st .. but ok)

<Dr_Miller> Yes, it is a warning to people who come here unbidden

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 10, 4, 6

<Lady_Samantha> ok

<Dr_Miller> It says the curse with eat them alive, and then the undead come to take them away

<La_ST> (Ok. The bacteria are history)

<La_ST> (will eat them)

<Lady_Samantha> continue scan

<La_ST> (The door looks clean)

<Lady_Samantha> ok the etchings describe the curse?

<Dr_Miller> I have a bad feeling about the "undead" part...

Dr_Miller frowns.

<Lady_Samantha> (sure the Mummie is a deadie ;))

<Dr_Miller> I think it might be good that I took *this* with me after all...

<Lady_Samantha> which this?

Dr_Miller digs through her backpack and takes out a huge golden medaillon

<Lady_Samantha> scan the medallion

Rhiannon_D tries to distinguish the symbols on the medallion

<Dr_Miller> It pains me to admit it, but it seems those people had some very ...esoterical connections to undead beings indeed

<Lady_Samantha> I also look at the inscriptions on the medalion

<Dr_Miller> This medaillion is a protective amulet that scares away ghosts of the dead

<Rhiannon_D> Truly remarkable.

<Lady_Samantha> (scan show anything? prime? forces?)

<La_ST> (Theinscriptions say that the wearer and those in his circle are protected from the evil breath and the arms of the undead)

<Rhiannon_D> I had not witnessed such behaviour here, but I must admitted that I was not properly equipped to deal with ectoplasmic manifestations.

<La_ST> (No. OOC: It is Spirit)

<Rhiannon_D> ("must admitted" X_x)

<Lady_Samantha> Ok group do we want to open the door?

<La_ST> (Just realized that Spirit isn't the forte of the group -_-)

<Rhiannon_D> May I head first?

<Dr_Miller> Yes, but do take the amulett!

<Dr_Miller> Just in case...

Rhiannon_D has eidetic Mem, so she remembers exactly where *not* to step from Sam's scan.

<Dr_Miller> It might sound a bit superstituous, but one never knows)

<Lady_Samantha> what do the scans say about the door itself

Rhiannon_D takes the amulet and looks at it with a hint of amusement on her face.

<La_ST> (Sam: The door is perfectly clean now)

Dr_Miller grins sheepishly

<Lady_Samantha> scan the lock mechanism

<Lady_Samantha> is it trapped

<Dr_Miller> Well, I think it might help...or not

<Lady_Samantha> couldn't hurt to be insured

<La_ST> (No, now everything looks fine)

<La_ST> (Only the big bad spirit you can't see is the last line of defense)

<Lady_Samantha> ok I take my special picks out and try to unlock the lock

<La_ST> (It would possess you utterly were you not shielded by the amulett...)

Rhiannon_D carefully walks past the trap plates and to the door.

<Rhiannon_D> (even me?

<La_ST> (Rhiannon: It's got the possibility to warp life and matter to twisted patterns)

<Lady_Samantha> (these have a micro sensor to detect the tumbler pattern and sends it result to the meter)

<Rhiannon_D> (has software, not spirit ^^ A good Forces jolt could wipe my memory out X_x)

<Lady_Samantha> (magick aided mundane)

<Rhiannon_D> (*nod)

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 2, 1, 5

<La_ST> (Sam: The lock is disaapointingly easy to open now)

<La_ST> (Uh oh)

<Lady_Samantha> oh so I don't need the help

<Lady_Samantha> great

<Rhiannon_D> (it's a detection effect)

<Lady_Samantha> true

<La_ST> (Correction, you try to open it, butyour pick breaks, jamming the mechanism)

Rhiannon_D sighs.

<La_ST> (Sam: Sometimes it is a bad idea to roll unasked)

<Lady_Samantha> (sigh *nod*)

<La_ST> (You you have managed without problems, but *that* was a botch)

<La_ST> (you would)

<Lady_Samantha> ok in looking at the kick can i bash it off?

<Lady_Samantha> lock?

<Lady_Samantha> or pry it off

<La_ST> (It is a stone door. You would probably break some toes or so)

<Lady_Samantha> the lock is stone?

<La_ST> (The tip of your tool sticks in the mechanism and locks it

<La_ST> The door is stone)

<La_ST> (the bar is metal, the lock too9

<La_ST> (It is pretty sturdy metall -_-)

<Rhiannon_D> Samantha, can I take a look at that pic?

<Rhiannon_D> (pick even)

<Lady_Samantha> sure

<La_ST> (Rhi: It sticks in the lock and it is canted a bit)

<Rhiannon_D> (canted? bent?)

<La_ST> (Rhi: broken and now it is in the lock, difficult to pry out without tools

<Rhiannon_D> ok, Let me try a bit of nano-reforming. Hopefully the pic isn't made from the same metal as the door.

<La_ST> (Door is stone)

<Lady_Samantha> (she means the lock)

<La_ST> (lock is cast iron stuff)

Rhiannon_D puts her end of the pic in the lock and tries to reattach it to the part stuck in the lock using matter reconstruction nanites from her shell.

<Rhiannon_D> (Matter 2?)

<La_ST> (I guess the pick is a more modern alloy)

<La_ST> (Matter 2, yes)

Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 10, 5, 7

<La_ST> (Nice)

<Lady_Samantha> good

<La_ST> The pick reforms an looks as new now

<Lady_Samantha> *sigh*

Rhiannon_D absorbs the nanites again, and hands the pick to Sam with a smile.

<Lady_Samantha> thanks

Rhiannon_D pushes the door.

<Lady_Samantha> ok -- I pick the lock

<La_ST> Okay, now it really goes disappointingly easy.

<Lady_Samantha> puting away my picks

<La_ST> It was just some fault in the material of the pick that made it a mess

<Lady_Samantha> which is now repaired

<Lady_Samantha> :)

<La_ST> The door opens, and the air in the room is stale and smells rather yuck

<Lady_Samantha> I stay close to Rhi

<Lady_Samantha> eyes still lit for a light source

Dr_Miller is happy about her breathing mask

<Lady_Samantha> (and her oxygen pills)

Dr_Miller still holds a torch, BTW

Rev_Jones is happy with that pill

Rev_Jones is not breathing

<Lady_Samantha> a flashlight torch or a stick with tar thats buring torch?

<La_ST> The torch casts a cone of light into the room

<La_ST> The ground is smooth, finely worked stone

<Lady_Samantha> which is what we saw in the original scan

Rhiannon_D activates her matter differentiation and force flux scans to be safe.

<La_ST> There are kind of shelves along the side walls that carries pieces of a foreign alloy.

<Lady_Samantha> I continue to scan as before

<Lady_Samantha> anything that seems anomylus

<Lady_Samantha> ?

<La_ST> It is debris, twistes pieces and some partly okay looking parts

<La_ST> Well, you'd say that alloy is alien

<Rhiannon_D> (sensory effects. spots differences in matter patterns, and Nightvision)

<La_ST> You haven't encountered that before

<Rhiannon_D> (shall I roll for that?)

<La_ST> (Rhi: You'd ssay those are remnant of your ship)

<La_ST> (Rhi: No)

<Lady_Samantha> I scanned Rhi specifically for a pattern for the matter thgat makes up the tech)

Rhiannon_D smiles widely

<La_ST> (Sam: Yup. It is the same stuff)

Rhiannon_D runs from parts pile to parts pile.

<La_ST> (Rhi: It looks pretty much damages, most of it.

Rev_Jones pickes up one of the parts

<La_ST> Although there seem to be two or three hand-held devices that might be in ome piece still

Rhiannon_D looks somewhat dissappointed by their status.

<Lady_Samantha> I scan a peice to see what its made of and how its supposed to work

<Rhiannon_D> Damnation.

<Lady_Samantha> (thats Rev's area of expertise)

<Dr_Miller> What is that?

<Dr_Miller> Is this from your ...vessel?

<Lady_Samantha> I examine a handheld device

Rev_Jones picks up one of the hand-held devices

<Rhiannon_D> I am afraid there isn't much worth salvaging here. Time has got the best of even our materials.

Rev_Jones examines it

<Rhiannon_D> Yes, mostly.

<Lady_Samantha> scan the device

<Lady_Samantha> I scan a peice to see what its made of and how its supposed to work

<La_ST> It looks like a scanner, but it is very smooth, and there are only different colours that mark possible buttons or sensors

<La_ST> Rev: You yould say this is a metal you never encountered either

Rhiannon_D rummages through the piles looking for any operating portable Quint batteries to install to herself.

<Lady_Samantha> (what woulkd be approriate to try to figure it out hypertech+int?)

<La_ST> Rev: You have a piece that looks like part of a console... There is a kind of fine circuitry running over the backside, but it is all smoot as if just printed on

Rev_Jones examines the circuitry

<Lady_Samantha> I ask Rhi.... what is this device? it looks like it might be a scanning device?

<La_ST> (Sam: HyperTech+Int, but at really high Diff. Like 9 +3 sux)

Rhiannon_D also searches for any weapon systems that she could integrate.

Rhiannon_D looks at the device Sam is holding

<Rhiannon_D> (do I roll, or do I know?)

<La_ST> (Rhi: No it is part of a quintcharger)

<La_ST> (Rhi: You know)

<Lady_Samantha> is there anything you can use here?

<Rev_Jones> (ST: can I do anything with it ?)

<Rhiannon_D> That?

<Rhiannon_D> Oh my.

<La_ST> (rev: You'd say this is utterly alien to you. )

<Rhiannon_D> That's a part from the Quintessence recharge and absorption systems

<Lady_Samantha> wopuld be usefull in restoring your function?

<Rhiannon_D> well, yes, in theory.

<Lady_Samantha> put the artifact in bag and put it in pack

Rev_Jones hands sam `his' artifact

Lady_Samantha examines htis peiece

<Lady_Samantha> Rhi? anything?

<Rev_Jones> (*G* that sounded wrong)

<La_ST> (Sam: Well, you'd say this is a technology that would need a lengthy time of study to understand

Lady_Samantha bags it and stores it

Dr_Miller has her camera out and takes lots of pictures

<La_ST> (Lag again?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (naah they're probably playing Peeping Tom ;))

<La_ST> Hm?

<Rhiannon_D> (trying to decide)

<Lady_Samantha> so we've retrieved anything that Rhi feels might be repairable or usable as parts

<Rev_Jones> wasn't there another room somewhere ?

<La_ST> (Yup)

<Lady_Samantha> I try to scan to from here to the other room to get a route map

<La_ST> (It is deeper down)

<La_ST> (From the platform we reached we had the corridor, and the stairs continued down, too

<Lady_Samantha> ok so follow the staoirs down, with corr to look for another room

<La_ST> Well, at the same height (or depth) as the stasis chamber, there is another corridor.

<La_ST> It also sports a similar pattern like the one before

<Lady_Samantha> Ok i record the maping information and ex0plain it to the party

<Rev_Jones> let's move

<Lady_Samantha> ok

<Dr_Miller> The samew traps again?

<Lady_Samantha> keep scanning to look for the smae and differne ttraps

<Lady_Samantha> hollow steps and razor wires and all

<La_ST> (Actually it is similar, only that the pattern is different this time

<La_ST> Learning the pattern of the other corridor wouldn't help you through this. But you cheat with the scanner, of course

<Lady_Samantha> carefully reach the next platform

<Lady_Samantha> *giggles*

<Lady_Samantha> continue to examininethe corridor for all the traps (ceiling, floor, both walls)

<La_ST> You evade the traps now easily as you know what to look for

<Lady_Samantha> scan this door

<La_ST> It is also rigged with bacteria

<Lady_Samantha> look to see if there is a message here also

<La_ST> THe curse is wordes slightly differently, though

Rhiannon_D examines the etchings.

<La_ST> This time it is a firedeamon that will burn the trespassers

<Rhiannon_D> hm.

Lady_Samantha prepares the disinfectant/antibacterial

<Dr_Miller> The amulett should work here, too

<Dr_Miller> I hope...

<Rhiannon_D> I somehow think amulets might not be enoough with this one.

<Lady_Samantha> hmms the amulet is for undead not elementals

<Dr_Miller> Hm. So what do you suiggest then?

<Rhiannon_D> I may have an idea.

<Dr_Miller> It is possible to douse a fire elemental with water?

<Rhiannon_D> But I want you to step away from the traps and back to the corridor.

<Dr_Miller> An idea=?

<Dr_Miller> Okay...

<Rhiannon_D> I'll try to lure this elemental or whatever it is outside to the traps.

<Rhiannon_D> That acid should do wonders to it's integrity.

<Rhiannon_D> May I have the disinfectant?

<Dr_Miller> Sounds like an interesting idea

<Rhiannon_D> I'd like you to try to keep a safe distance. We don't really know how powerful this creature may be.

<Lady_Samantha> hand the bottle to Rhi

<Rev_Jones> let's try it

Dr_Miller moves out of reach

Rhiannon_D waits for everyone to keep a safe distance.

Rev_Jones moves

<Anna_Mihakai> (sending log ST)

Rhiannon_D loads her "Harden Epidermis" routine, adding a fire resistance factor.

<La_ST> (ok)

<Rhiannon_D> (matter 2, forces)

Rhiannon_D rolled 3d10 dice and got: 6, 6, 7

<La_ST> (Didn't work?)

Lady_Samantha offers the others tri-ox compund

<La_ST> (Sending log)

<Lady_Samantha> compund

<La_ST> (Rhi: 3 sux, very good)

Dr_Miller takes it.

Rhiannon_D 's skin can be seen changing slightly, its hue becoming a hint darker, and more matted.

<La_ST> (Sam: That is Arete Diff 6 for the other each - Life 3)

<Lady_Samantha> diff6

<Lady_Samantha> either of you accept?

Rhiannon_D carefully douses the door with the disinfectant, hoping that'll get rid of all the bacteria.

Dr_Miller does

<Lady_Samantha> Ok

<Dr_Miller> (I hope that wasn't a mistake *g*)

<Lady_Samantha> I take my hypospray and inject a dose

<La_ST> (Rhi: Ok, this works nicely)

<La_ST> (Arete vs 6)

<La_ST> (For Sam)

<Rhiannon_D> (do I pick the lock?)

<Lady_Samantha> (its clone of the CoX rote Inner Heat)

<La_ST> (Rhi: You still have the amulet?)

<Rhiannon_D> (yes)

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 2, 5, 10

<Anna_Mihakai> (resending, accept please ST)

<Lady_Samantha> 1 sux

<Lady_Samantha> on self

<La_ST> (Rhi: Ok, you open it as you watched Sam before)

Lady_Samantha rolled 3d10 dice and got: 9, 3, 9

<La_ST> (Ok, SAm)

<Lady_Samantha> 2 sux

<La_ST> (Nice)

<La_ST> (it works nicely this TriOx. Dr.McCoy would have been proud)

Rhiannon_D carefully pushes the door open, switching the IR visualization to display elemental flow instead

Lady_Samantha grins I'm Doctor not shaman :)

<La_ST> (Rhi: In the etchings you see fire running)

<La_ST> (But when it tries to congeal, it dissipates as soon as your get near it again. It seems the amulet protects you indeed)

Rhiannon_D heads warily inside the room.

<Anna_Mihakai> (tell us when it's the next morning (or if we started in the morning, around noon))

<La_ST> This room also has some shelves, but with less parts. In the center there is an altair made of the alien alloy

<La_ST> It is a large rectangular box

Lady_Samantha scans forward to the door to see what happened

<La_ST> (Anna: I will. But I guess you are sort of occupied while the others rip the secrets out of the chanmbers here)

Rhiannon_D heads towards the box, looking around carefully in case there actually is an elemental manifestation around.

<Anna_Mihakai> (Yes, but I doubt we'll be at it more than a few hours *G*)

<La_ST> (Sam: The door was opened and Rhi stepped through)

<Rhiannon_D> (depends on your stamina rolls ^^)

Lady_Samantha scans to the open door, to look inside

<La_ST> (You still might want to sleep afterwards...

<Nathan_Raiser> (who needs stamina when you've go freeform roleplaying ;))

Rhiannon_D touches the box.

<Rhiannon_D> (Nate: unmute agww2 ^^)

<La_ST> (Nate: You need to keep the SoD *g*)

<Anna_Mihakai> (agww2 is over)

Lady_Samantha watches Rhi looking thru the room

<La_ST> (Dingo: could you email the log please - I seem to have difficulties receiving)+

<Anna_Mihakai> (ah okay..)

Rhiannon_D circles the box, looking for any sort of locking mechanism.

<La_ST> (Rhi: There is a field in a somewhat different colour. Other than that it is completely smooth

Rhiannon_D smiles, and puts her hand on the field.

<La_ST> Suddenly the

<Lady_Samantha> (would a audio message be forces2/corr2)

<La_ST> box comes alive

<La_ST> The fiels shimmers in a whirldf colours that lesses, and the walls open up

Rhiannon_D takes a step back, waiting for the unlocking sequence to finish up.

<Nathan_Raiser> (i'm currently compilign some pics of my new place... who's interested ?)

<La_ST> In the middle of it, there is a piece of alien technology

<Rhiannon_D> (shoot)

Lady_Samantha continues to watch the goings on in the room

<La_ST> (me)

Rhiannon_D 's smile is even more triumphant as she checks the piece of hardware that's sitting inside the box

<La_ST> (Describe :-)

Rhiannon_D lets her hand glide on the sleek metallic curves of the vehicle.

Rhiannon_D puts on leg over what resembles a bike seat, made of a black foam-like material.

<Dr_Miller> What is this thing?

Rhiannon_D sits on the cushion, and touches a silver panel that is right in front of her. The panel turns to green, then gradually shifts to blue, along with other smaller buttons that start blinking next to it.

<Rhiannon_D> An array of white lights start glowing from beneath the bike, which whirrs and buzzes with motion.

<Rhiannon_D> The lights start to pulse and finally stabilize to a light blue colour, and the bike starts to slightly shake as it leaves the ground.

<Rhiannon_D> the shaking stops as yet another light on the console turns from green to blue.

<La_ST> (I think we can soon finish today's episode. As soon as we get up again from the chambers. Then we still have the necessity that Fix has to be in the next game, but we will start on 21 CEST next game then)

Rhiannon_D ducks slightly, and touches one of a series of red buttons. As her finger contacts the button, a black tinted glass cover slides over her, covering her completely.

<Dr_Miller> What *is* this, Ms Rhiannon?

<Lady_Samantha> a conveyance of somesort I take it

<Dr_Miller> Hm. Well, kind of futuristic motorbike mayhhap?

<Lady_Samantha> i think so

<Anna_Mihakai> (Prehistoric)

Rhiannon_D pushes another button, displaying a blue hud, where 3 manlike shapes appear in orange.

<La_ST> (or that *g* But it *looks* futuristic)

Rhiannon_D notices there are two more buttons, which are blinking green, along with a bar that is only around 1/3 full.

<Lady_Samantha> appears to be in working order (I guess that was also a stasis chamber

<Dr_Miller> This is so exciting! Some *working* alien technology!!

Rhiannon_D speaks, and her voice sounds booming and distorted and changed from the bike's external come.

<Anna_Mihakai> (disassemble it.. and study it)

<Rhiannon_D> (-and changed)

<Rhiannon_D> This, ladies and gentleman, is a working anti-grav bike.

<Lady_Samantha> thats rather usefull

<Dr_Miller> Great!

<Dr_Miller> We *have* to study this in depth!

<Lady_Samantha> what does it run on? (fuel?)

<Rev_Jones> oooh

Rhiannon_D 's voice sounds almost scary with all the distortion. It's not hard to imagine Mayans being scared from it.

<Rev_Jones> interesting

<Rhiannon_D> It runs, as with all of our equipment, on primal energy.

<Lady_Samantha> I see

<Rev_Jones> let's take it upstairs

<Dr_Miller> YEs.

<Rhiannon_D> It has a built in Siphoning module, and is compatible with all our technology, including me.

<Dr_Miller> I wonder what the others do

<Dr_Miller> I hope they didn't just blow up things or stuff

<Rev_Jones> there we will have some room to study it

<Rhiannon_D> Of course. You might want to leave me some space, since it can only carry one person.

<Dr_Miller> Uhm... You gotta drive up with this?

<Dr_Miller> And what about the traps?

<Lady_Samantha> it gets it own power then, (you don't have to "charge" it?)

<Dr_Miller> We don't know what the stairs would trigger..

<Rhiannon_D> the bike levitates, so I presume none of traps will be triggered..

<Dr_Miller> Antigrav needs to push of from somewhere, shouldn't it? It would trip the triggers for suree

<Rhiannon_D> It can draw power from it's surroundings.

<Rhiannon_D> let me show you.

<Rhiannon_D> Oh.

<Rhiannon_D> On the other hand, I'd rather not.

<Anna_Mihakai> (argl... KILL HER NOW)

<Rhiannon_D> It's prime siphoning is quite a powerfull effect.

Rev_Jones is leaving

<Rhiannon_D> I wouldn't want it to accidentally trigger the explosives your colleagues have set me up with for their... safety.

<Lady_Samantha> ok - we return up to the camp then

Rhiannon_D pushes some buttons and the bike lands smoothly on three legs extending from below.

<Rev_Jones> (me exits the temple)

Rhiannon_D waits for the cover to slide, then gets off the bike, visibly exited.

Lady_Samantha offers a hug of congratulations

<Dr_Miller> I would suggest you let us climb up the stayway and get out of the temple, just to be sure

<Dr_Miller> Then you can still try to drive up the stairs with that thing...

<Rhiannon_D> hm

<Rhiannon_D> Perhaps.

<Rhiannon_D> a mad dash, but still.

<Dr_Miller> A mad dash?

<Rev_Jones> (outside /me tries to go up to the zeppelin)

<Nathan_Raiser> (you guys are really to trustworthy

<Rhiannon_D> well, I wouldn't really want to stay on the trigger plates too long if they are to be activated..

<La_ST> (Hey, I want to get rid of DrMiller so that I can play my real char ^:_^)

<Anna_Mihakai> (The Zeppelin entrance stairway is closed)

<Rhiannon_D> I'll have to make a run for it to get outside...

Rev_Jones returns to the camp and waits there

Dr_Miller looks to Sam.

<Rev_Jones> with a nice glass of whiskey offcourse *g*

<Dr_Miller> You have the scanner, doc - please lead the way

<Lady_Samantha> yes Doc?

<Lady_Samantha> oh ok - we return to the main temple scanning all the way

<Dr_Miller> EXactly

Dr_Miller and sam leave the corridor now

<Lady_Samantha> so we return to the main temple

<La_ST> (yup)

<Rhiannon_D> Samantha, would you please leave *that* and *that* parts?

<La_ST> (And now Rhi)

<Rhiannon_D> I can install them on the bike on the fly.

Lady_Samantha gives the partsw in question to Rhi

<Rev_Jones> (OOC: oh god no)

<Rev_Jones> (BOOM ?)

<La_ST> (After us the Flood...)

<La_ST> (Deluge)

<Lady_Samantha> so now we're all in the main temple

<Rev_Jones> (negative)

<Lady_Samantha> (where are u leaving that ?

<Rev_Jones> (I am in the camp)

<Dr_Miller> I think we should go to the camp, too.

<Lady_Samantha> ok - we go

<Dr_Miller> I want to put away my films...

<Lady_Samantha> that was interesting

<Rev_Jones> you encounter the reverent sitting back in a chair, holding a glass

Dr_Miller walks down the long stairway

Dr_Miller smiles to the reverend

<Dr_Miller> Cheers

<Rev_Jones> (at the camp obviously)

<Rhiannon_D> (ST: private)

Rhiannon_D installs the Forces Converter and the Stealth module to the bike, and she installs a memory upgrade she picked up from the shelves.

<La_ST> (OOC: Rhi has a fun gimmick like the rest, too of course)

Rhiannon_D waits for her body to recognize the extra memory, and then touches the central panel of the bike, waiting for it to transfer the operation instructiuons and interface to her software banks

Rhiannon_D opens her eyes, grins victoriously, and sits again on the bike, this time with the graceful, precise movements of an expert rider.

Rhiannon_D activates the systems in fast motion and activates everything she can get in elemental and kinetic impact shileding.

<Anna_Mihakai> (IT so needs to be blown up into little bits)

<La_ST> (Awwww)

<Nathan_Raiser> (yep, yep)

Rhiannon_D thinks that the bike needs to be recharged, but since it's currently dangerous, she goes on without it.

Rhiannon_D remembers the exact route, and plans so as to trigger as few plates as possible on her way out.

<La_ST> (ponders if she should be nasty or not...)

<La_ST> (Rhi: What kind of shielding does your bike have?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (go nasty, go nasty, go nasty!)

<La_ST> (It will depend on whether Fix remembers one detail...)

<La_ST> (Or did you have Eidetic memory?)

<Rhiannon_D> (I do)

<Rhiannon_D> (Rhi does, I don't ^^)

<La_ST> (Well... One of the traps was a wire in 1.30m height)

<Rev_Jones> (1m60)

<Anna_Mihakai> (1.30)

<Rhiannon_D> (I have a Corr quantum displacement shield.)

<Anna_Mihakai> (necktrap for 1.60 tall people)

<La_ST> (1.60m people would have been decapitated)

<Rev_Jones> (ok)

<La_ST> (Rhi: Ok. THat should do it ^_^)

<Rhiannon_D> (It tries to send everything that enters its field somewhere else. Very useful for not hitting pedestrians too, although with a minor chance of teleporting them to an alternate universe instead of merely another location.)

<La_ST> (lol)

<Rhiannon_D> (should I roll Pilot to get out?)

<La_ST> (Please do so)

<Rhiannon_D> (Pilot+Dex?)

<La_ST> (Riding up trappy stairs is not an everyday ride)

<La_ST> (Yes)

<Nathan_Raiser> (1,2,1,6,10,1,1)

<Anna_Mihakai> (nice roll)

<La_ST> (LOL)

<Rhiannon_D> (if that's what I roll, Nathan dies very very painfully)

Rhiannon_D rolled 7d10 dice and got: 10, 5, 9, 6, 7, 2, 5

<Rhiannon_D> (what diff?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (hardly)

<Dr_Miller> (So you make it out nicely. Even though you do trip the traps, they are directed at the other side (down)

<Anna_Mihakai> Rhiannon_D rolled 7d10 dice and got: 1, 4, 5, 4, 1, 4, 7

<La_ST> (wrong window)

<La_ST> (Rhi: 7)

Rhiannon_D sighs, thinking she still needs to have more than the downloaded experience to fly this properly.

<La_ST> You finally come to a halt in the altar room

<La_ST> (And no, the temple is *not* going to explode. At least not unless Anna puts some bombs there)

<Rev_Jones> (aaaaww spoilsport)

<La_ST> (I wanted to give Anna a chance still *g*)

<La_ST> Okay, I'd say we cut it here

<Nathan_Raiser> (Anna is a bit too busy at the moment :))

-- To Be Continued --

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