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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #60 on: July 23, 2014, 02:21:04 pm »

Open the frozen treasure chest and retrieve a bottle of spirits. Smash it open on the ship.
"I christen ye the Red Barnacle of Atlantis."
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Highmax…dead, flesh torn from him, though his skill with the sword was unmatched…military…Nearly destroyed .. Rhunorah... dead... Mastahcheese returns...dead. Gaul...alive, still locked in combat. NAV...Alive, drinking booze....
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #61 on: July 23, 2014, 06:28:06 pm »

Squirrel becomes very still, and his voice becomes very calm.  "I would like to answer your question, but perhaps you could put down your weapon first?  Also, I wouldn't shoot anyone if I were you: the voracious giant flying mantis-dragon of the desert is attracted to loud noises.  Who knows if a murder of them is closeby?"

Was that right?  Feels like some of my outdoorsman's knowledge is absurd.  And do people even need rest anymore?  Guess I'll have to think this through...
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #62 on: July 23, 2014, 06:38:32 pm »

((Well the problem I have is that I will probably get kicked off into the waitlist as soon as I need to make another sheet looking at the waitlist,))
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((With my luck in your RtD's I sense that there's a 70% chance that I'll be booted off.))

Starn removes his scabbard and holds it out,his vocal cords then begin creaking like they might snap.

Would this be enough?
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #63 on: July 24, 2014, 03:35:14 am »

Clone keep looking around while the other two talk to the figure
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #64 on: July 27, 2014, 09:30:51 am »

Salty Pete opens the treasure chest before him, and finds it full of chilled bottles of liquid - perfect. Fetching one, he walks toward the floating ship, only to find it high up in the sky, almost out of sight.

"You have a bottle!" one sailor shrieks like one imagines a bagful of animate sand would.

"Give it to us!" another says.

"And bring the ship down!" the third concludes peevishly.

* * * * *

Squirrel Grills becomes stiller and calmer than ever before, the survival of a hand cannon shot to a face being quite possibly the toughest challenge he has encountered yet.

"I would like to answer your question, but perhaps you could put down your weapon first?  Also, I wouldn't shoot anyone if I were you: the voracious giant flying mantis-dragon of the desert is attracted to loud noises.  Who knows if a murder of them is close by?" he says, and the man in front of him immediately lowers his gun.

"A murder of the forces of darkness is always close by," he says ominously. "The Holy Book of Questions is needed to keep us all alive, for otherwise we will surely die."

CLONE, meanwhile, looks around for things of interest - it is fascinating to him how the dead figure up top appears to be emitting light. And though it is a subtle detail, he also is vaguely aware of several artifacts strewn about on the sandy floor - mostly refuse and bones, but there does appear to be a whole lot of both down there.

* * * * *

Starn, eager to make a deal, offers up his scabbard to the trader, knowing that he does not need it.

"Would this be enough?" he croaks weakly.

"Indeed," the merchant says, and hands him one of the shining helmets after taking it. "I appreciate your business," he adds in the end, then begins to walk off.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #65 on: July 27, 2014, 09:37:28 am »

Clone conclude that the only logical thing to do in this situation is to blast the figure up top that is emitting cursed energy with the heavy plasma.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #66 on: July 27, 2014, 11:32:49 am »

"Hmm, tell me more of this tome of surv--"

Squirrel stops mid-word as his futuristic companion raises his weapon.  As soon as Clone fires, Squirrel sighs as best as he is able, goes to one knee, aims his crossbow, and pulls the trigger on any newly hostile enemies in the tower.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #67 on: July 27, 2014, 01:02:34 pm »

Bring the ship down slowly, then christen it the Red Barnacle of Atlantis.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #68 on: July 27, 2014, 09:25:16 pm »

Thomas looks shocked by CLONEs aggression, and tries to avoid being shot.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #69 on: July 27, 2014, 10:36:42 pm »

Examine the helmet.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #70 on: July 28, 2014, 06:00:28 am »

CLONE doesn't know, but he's been told that you can't bow to things of gold. He raises the plasma cannon upward, pointing it at the figure up top, and fires a barrage of hot plasma that somehow misses with every shot - he supposes a plasma machinegun cannot really be all that precise after all. The plasma burns holes in the upper parts of the wall and the ceiling, melting right through and shooting off out of sight. The figure fails to react in any way. The worshiper merely begins to stare expressionlessly at the futuristic man. CLONE is vaguely aware that his ammo is about two-thirds gone.

Squirrel Grills, under the impression that this is about to turn ugly, takes out his crossbow, wondering who to point it at - the worshiper does not appear to be entirely hostile, merely disappointed, while the figure up top is unreactive. Thomas ducks to the ground, suspecting that this is about to turn into a firefight, and one he is ill-equipped for, it seems.

* * * * *

Salty Pete, knowing he's gone a little too far, begins to lower the ship to the ground.

"Y'arr, I say this ship not be that airworthy!" he declares, and immediately the ship responds, beginning to plummet to the ground. "I say it be airworthy 'nuff to be within arms' reach, this I say with confidence!" he adds, but the ship does not slow down. "Just watch it float! It'll float, this I say! They all float when and where I say they float!"

It briefly occurs to Salty Pete that his word lacks a certain precision that is normally appreciated in the nautical world.

The ship, reaching terminal velocity, continues its path downward, and begins to slow down eventually - some five meters above ground, in fact. But by then it matters not, as the sloop slams right into the ground, sand and sailors flying everywhere, Salty Pete himself knocked back a good ten meters, though his bottle's still intact. The ship, from the looks of it, has caved inward from the impact, though it is far from destroyed. Wandering up to it, he notices that it still seems to be floating a little above ground. Guessing that's good enough (not like he needs to worry about air getting in), he smashes the bottle on its side, thus christening it the Red Barnacle of Atlantis.

"He's done it!" one sailor shrieks.

"The Red Barnacle of Atlantis!" another adds.

"Now we shall sail!" the third enthusiastically declares, and the ship cracks, lifts up from the ground, and seemingly mends itself, a rope ladder rolling out from it down to ground lever. The sailors immediately begin to clamber in.

* * * * *

Starn Gundar, watching the trader walk off, begins to examine the silver helmet. It looks very much like a morion, though without any sort of plume. Engraved on it are elaborate geometric patterns with a focus on Fibonacci spirals, and it is polished to an incredible shine. In addition, the dust of the desert seems to roll right off it, and it appears to reflect light like a mirror.

He feels the urge to put it on.
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #71 on: July 28, 2014, 06:03:32 am »

Clone have a feeling that people doesnt like him shooting so he come down and reload his gun
Look around

Well look like i only have three shot :P
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #72 on: July 28, 2014, 06:07:03 am »

Well look like i only have three shot :P

Not three shots, exactly, but three barrages. I recall it being that way in XCOM, though I might be remembering wrong.

Also, why do you think you actually have extra ammo with you?
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #73 on: July 28, 2014, 06:08:56 am »

well ...... Xcom soldier seem to never run out of ammo .....
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Re: Death Rattle: Chapter 1
« Reply #74 on: July 28, 2014, 06:16:04 am »

well ...... Xcom soldier seem to never run out of ammo .....

Never running out of ammo is, unfortunately for you, a supernatural power. Elerium doesn't grow on trees, you know. Or even on anything else in this solar system.
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