Continue waiting.
((Gee, it would be neat if my snail shell shot moonshine.))
Stare at the star with a slightly smug slightly curious look
Redshirt settles in, but does not sit down. 95% of his kind are killed sitting or lying down.
A tense period of waiting ensues, with John pointing his snail shell squarely away from his own face the entire time. And then, rather expectedly, a *plop* occurs, followed by a *plonk*, but nothing seems to happen. Then a clicking sound starts to emanate from somewhere. A minute passes. And then, almost from nowhere at all, something lands on the platform from behind the group. Looking to see what it is, they notice a tall, distinctly male figure wearing a dress made seemingly of tin, its skin gray, its head shaven and its eyes glowing orange within a face sculpted to appear like a skull. It walks over to the star and takes up a combat stance, its hip splitting in half to produce some sort of block that it takes in its hands, then unfolds into a glowing sword. The body of the Guardian then begins to shimmer, eyes flashing bright orange as it looks at, who else, Redshirt.
"Hey... is there anybody IN there?" She looks a little disappointed.
Then she sees the note. "Well, perhaps this paper sheds some light on how we can best communicate." She very slowly reaches over and takes the note from the head's slit-nostril.
" NO! BAD IDEA! DON'T TOUCH IT!
Attempt to stop her from grabbing the note. If she does, prepare to fight.
[Initiative! Stargazer: 5, Knuser: 5]
[Stargazer vs. Knuser: 6-->1 vs. 1-->6]
Knuser almost immediately gets his hands on Stargazer, but she is simply way too determined to get the note, and also far too enraged by people putting hands on her to do anything other than easily swat him aside and pull the note out of the nostril. Knuser, after dusting himself off, takes up a combat stance. Stargazer, meanwhile, takes a look at the note.
It says:
READ THE WORDS OF RADIX THE OMNISCIENT
IN THE FORBIDDEN HERMITAGE THE HEAD OF LISTENING SITS
IT SEEKS VOICES TO FILL THE HOLES IN ITS KNOWLEDGE
IT SHALL REWARD THOSE WHO HELP IT IN THIS TASK
TELL IT A STORY OF YOUR LIFE AT A CERTAIN POINT
NAME THE DATE AND USE THE KEY PHRASES
A REWARD AWAITS IF YOU DO IT RIGHT
ONE REWARD FOR EACH DATE
SPEAK INTO THE EAR FIRST OF ALL
THE DATE IS 1511567.113.119033
THE FIRST KEY PHRASE IS "KITTEN SWINGING"
THE SECOND KEY PHRASE IS "COFFEE MACHINE"
THE THIRD KEY PHRASE IS "MILLER-PIKLO DEVICE"
THE DATE IS 1511567.114.117209
THE FIRST KEY PHRASE IS "FIFTH STARBOARD SOLAR PANEL"
THE SECOND KEY PHRASE IS "AS THE CROW FLIES"
THE THIRD KEY PHRASE IS "ACCORDING TO COMMON WISDOM"
THE FOURTH KEY PHRASE IS "DEEP INTO THE DARKNESS PEERING"
THE DATE IS 1??1668.116.117223
THE FIRST KEY PHRASE IS "FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING"
THE SECOND KEY PHRASE IS "SHADOW ON THE WALL"
THE THIRD KEY PHRASE IS "FIFTY DEGREES"
THE FOURTH KEY PHRASE IS "CONQUER THE WAVES"
THE FIFTH KEY PHRASE IS "COMPLETELY ALONE"
THE ORDER OF KEY PHRASES IS UNIMPORTANT
REWARDS MAY VARY