The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

[pcbore]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Frank agrees to go out and find the fish seeing as his electric can drive back the shadow thingies. As he leaves, he mutters something about having to do everything around here.

[alex_holt]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

The Baron goes out to the shed and finds it not as expected. The shed is rather hi-tech and brightly lit and from waist height to the top of the wall is lined with tiny polycarbonate vials, thousands of them.

There are a number of different labels on the different vials (and there are five of each) but the most notable of the thousands present ones are

Five person ice-vehicle
Hot air balloon (three persons)
Emergency rations
Defensive items
Yaught
Scout drone

There are also numerous ones labelled with names similar to the different trees mentioned in the ledgers.

At the other side of the room there are three small satchels which all contain two bottles of liquid (one labelled reducer, one labelled restorer) and a tiny durable plastic storage system which could hold 30 pea sized items each.

The bags are have the words Hank Ps Ultimate storage stitched onto the lid. A small piece of paper in the bag states will not work on animals, do not use in enclosed spaces, do not mix solutions

_________________________

Frank flies over the woods, the fact it is still dark makes it difficult to see in general, but he simply follows the trail in the snow back through the night, wary to remain above ground level - the whispering keeping its distance from the glowing electricity form.

After tracing it back a while he finds the point where the Sucker vanished - all the other jumped over one of the ledges but somehow the Sucker never came down. The ledge seems to extend right round this side of the mountain, and looks like it represents the river level in the distant past. However, there is no sign of a struggle, and the only thing strange is that above a small part of the ground he suddenly feels violently sick, nothing physical but just everything seems more claustrophobic with an intense feeling of wrongness. There is no sign as to the fate of the fish.

_________________________________________
Tip
If I drop in a pop culture reference it generally will potentially have some significance, although you dont have to follow it up.

[steven_mcg]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

First things first, the Prof will investigate the stuffed echidna head and gloat over it a little.

Im still a little overwhelmed by everything, so I guess Ill just take the binoclulars, the biros, the nuts and bolts and washers etc and check out the tools left behind. Maybe the Prof can aid Baron Oxide with some tinkering in the shed. Those vials sound most interesting.

[kodster]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Tarein will peek into the shed and see whats going on.

Interested in the defensive items, rather. Ask the Prof. (nicely) for advice.

[knightrous]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Baron Update:

- Im guessing the reducer and restorer are effectively a shrinking chemical and a un-shrinking chemical, which would make it rather handy to carry around a 5 person ice vehicle in ones pocket. Id like to collect these chemicals, possibly study them to see if it is possible to synthesis them, could be a handy item to have, and know how to make. Ill also collect the 6 stated vials.
-Would like to request the Prof joins me in this tech shed, he might find it as enticing as I do.

[alex_holt]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Full update coming in an hour or so, just busy with the double XP weekend in City of Heroes at the minute....

Anyway just a few extra things

a) I forgot to mention a 7th vial - wilderness accomodation

and

b) Upon inspection of the plaque of the echidna, it seems to read The left eye is an unidentified jewel found upon the creature. This jewel is very familar to the professor...

[steven_mcg]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Yoink! Come to daddy, my beauty!

[alex_holt]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Chapter 3

Dawn arrives far quicker than expected, giving the strangers a chance to inspect the mysterious contents of the shed further. Analysis of the chemical is inconclusive, there are large amounts of unidentified substances in the liquids that would make it impossible to replicate either without further guidance in the matter. Fortunately though, each bottle contains over half a pint of its respective liquid and requires only a drop for each use (in fact it seems to be engineered so adding more has no additional effect)

The Baron€™s hypothesis is proved correct, taking a random vial from an obscure corner of the room (labelled €˜alligator wrestling equipment€™), he tips a tiny object onto the snow and puts a single drop of €˜restorer€™ onto it. Instantly a bizarre pile of body armour, reinforced gloves and a long spiked rope, which the use of is not worth considering expand out from the tiny object. A few seconds later, a drop of reducer restores it to its original pea-size.

An inspection of €˜defensive items€™ seems to be less interesting that expected - 100m of razorwire, a lot of sandbags, a number of chunky wrong iron blockades and single ancient gun turret that would require setting up, plus a few hundred rounds of ammunition.

One of the ice vehicles is also inspected - it is an eight legged robotic contraption with cruel hooks for feet for gripping onto the ice and an insulated clear dome over the top that you sit in, it is remarkably comfy. You suspect you could easily make it onto the village on the map by the evening.

* * * *

You could potentially head North, although you don€™t know what is there beyond cabins like this every few miles along the river. As far as you can tell, if you head North but don€™t follow the river you€™ll be going into barely known territory.

East back over the ridge would lead you to the source of the smoke, of which is still there in a continuous plume.

South along the river leads to that oddly marked village.

Heading west across the hills eventually seems to lead to a major trade road, and there is an inn relatively near where youd join it.

You have the ice veichles which would work equally well across the snow, and also the hot air balloons.

I€™ll answer any further details requested tomorrow.

[kodster]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Where does everybody else think we should go?

[steven_mcg]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Im tempted to say we go to the village or follow the trade road, so we can meet some people and find out where the bally heck we are.

Wherever we go, I want to drive one of the ice vehicles. I have experience with large mechanical arachnids. :wink:

[shadowflare]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

(Geh. I know Im late.
Not my fault this started before I was approved. Anyway...

Name: Goes by Ferrienna, Ferri for short.
Gender: Female.
Species: Elf.
Physical description: About 5 8, fairly lean, but slightly musclular build and fair skinned. Light blue eyes, sholder lengeth light brown hair. Regular Elfy features, what with the pointed ears and such.
Clothing: A long dark green cape pinned onto and over a fairly average looking brown-y grey long sleeved shirt and slightly darker pants. Also wears 2 leather belts crossed over each other to hold the scabbards for her swords, though they not really there to hold up her pants.

Equipment: Dual Rapiers, a smallish pouch with a small amount of food inside, and a fairly large courious looking bottle with about 10 Xs on it.

Abilities: Great dual swordplay, fantastic speed, great long distance eyesight, fairly standard fire magic stuff to go along with the fact shes a pyro, extreme sarcasm, and the inate ability to drink pretty well everyone under the table. XD

There. Done and done. I will fix it later if I have to. )

(Message edited by Shadowflare on July 21, 200

[leorcc]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Dirge votes to go to the village, did I find that star fish yet?

[leorcc]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Hi Tracy, welcome to the forum. Perhaps you would like to introduce yourself (in a different topic)?

[pcbore]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

Im guessing Im still hovering around in the woods. Ill pump a bit of electricity into the ground that makes me feel uneasy to melt the snow. If I find anything other than a dead giant catfish, Im heading back to the hut either for reinforcements or just to rejoin the group.

[majinb]

The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

I wanna fly back to the stone circles and pick up the Porche 911 I left there.
Drop a bit of reducer on it and stick it in my pocket