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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 17, 2007 23:21:57 GMT -5
Eet and Adorna go through the cave system and come to an opening on the other side. As they stand there, in the shadows, Eet cloaks - and sees Adorna make herself invisible. Before them stretches a vast forest. Eet and Adorna cautiously venture into the forest, keeping a sharp lookout for other lifeforms all the while.
(Remember - the Tanu space-traveled here and colonised this world but the dangerous lifeforms are indigenous (naturally existing).)
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Post by ExoticHunter on Dec 18, 2007 9:16:46 GMT -5
Adorna recollects that the Firvulag are great hunters, and they are a genetic variant of the Tanu, with whom they have a yearly HUGE battle-contest.
Adorna looks around very carefully as they walk.
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Post by Kei-Lin on Dec 18, 2007 18:52:47 GMT -5
Terminator enters the cave, using a Predator cloaking system and carrying an iron dagger for immediate defense, hidden in an ankle sheath. He also carried his regular sword for non-immediate defense.
He notices the wall having two engravings on it: ὕδωρ and αὐλιός. There's a keypad beneath the ancient alien lettering on the wall. Terminator recognizes this code; Kei-Lin taught it to him on a prior mission. Terminator immediately enters the password: ὑδραυλικός.
Part of the wall slides open, revealing a tunnel, which Terminator begins to walk down. Eventually he comes to a door and waits for his shipmates to catch up before he breaks it down...
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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 19, 2007 12:35:06 GMT -5
Eet, who is in telepathic contact with Terminator, suggests to him that there might be Firvulag waiting behind the door, a stash of weapons (THEIRS), some type of mined items, prisoners, who-knows-what-else.
Eet can telekinetically unlock the door if Term wants. Eet will continue into the forest; Term can catch up before or after he raids the locked room.
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Post by Optimus Prime on Dec 19, 2007 18:42:39 GMT -5
Optimus gets off the ship and rips the door off! Tha room is full of money and there are some winged bipeds standing around, they hold up swords.
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Post by Kei-Lin on Dec 21, 2007 12:58:20 GMT -5
Terminator walks into the room. The winged bipeds chatter amongst themselves and keep the swords raised, but don't attack.
Terminator sees a mechanical device in the center of the room. He grabs it and runs, dropping a grenade on the floor as he does so. As soon as he and Optimus are out of range, the grenade goes off, blowing up the winged bipeds.
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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 21, 2007 20:00:22 GMT -5
Eet telepathically calls to Terminator to catch up with them outside, moving quietly so as to not alert the Firvulag and indigenous hunters to their presence.
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Post by ExoticHunter on Dec 22, 2007 0:33:49 GMT -5
Slowly venturing into the forest, Adorna "hears" the voices of many aliens - some of whose thoughts are on a low level and not "thinking" about anything. Rooting around for food and trying to escape predators. "Eet!" thinks Adorna to Eet, "I think I saw motion, in the brush, up ahead and to the right!"
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Post by Kei-Lin on Dec 22, 2007 11:59:01 GMT -5
Terminator catches up to Eet. "You have a new plan?", he asks.
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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 22, 2007 22:50:50 GMT -5
"I was intending to locate some Firvulag and use them to lead us to the Tanu", thought Eet to the group. "They have a war with each other that has lasted almost one million years - but they will not harm us unless we start trouble. They fight the Tanu who enslave people."
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Post by ExoticHunter on Dec 24, 2007 13:07:21 GMT -5
Looking around carefully, Adorna is sure she sees a slight movement in the brush just ahead. It might be some primitive animal and it might be a Firvulag person shielding his thoughts... "Eet and Terminator!" Adorna whispers telepathically, "something is just ahead; I want to investigate, are you coming?"
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Post by Kei-Lin on Dec 24, 2007 18:16:48 GMT -5
Kei-Lin creeps toward the bush, moving along the wall. His thermograph visor detects lifeforms. Their heat signatures read as biological, not electrical, so Kei-Lin knows not to expect any machines. He makes sure the knife that he coated in iron is within easy reach.
His hand on the handle of the knife, Kei-Lin pulls the pinkish branches of the tall, alien bush away and pounces - He is very surprised to land on - and in - nothing more than a puddle of water.
Kei-Lin makes a quick scan of the area - The life-form moved approximately twenty feet to the left.
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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 25, 2007 14:11:15 GMT -5
"I warned you, they can project illusions; they can appear to be where they are not and they can appear to be what they are not. I suggest that we follow them - the technology is held by the Tanu who are enemies of the Firvulag", thinks Eet.
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Post by ExoticHunter on Dec 26, 2007 0:49:47 GMT -5
Turning herself invisible first, Adorna starts after the elusive prey, on full alert. "Are you coming Kei-Lin"?
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Post by Sweet Eet on Dec 26, 2007 20:51:47 GMT -5
Eet cloaks and closely follows Adorna. Ahead she sees the weeds moving ever-so-slightly. Sure they are following one or a group of Firvulag Eet mentally calls to them. "Hello, we are friendly, we want to locate Tanu, will you help us please?" she projects.
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