new-ness!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

This is getting extremely tiresome… to Ana

I know, we need Hal. His computer might be able to find a way to track him. How frustrating.

:: Sunspace suddenly realises he’s talking to thin air. ::

Crap.

:: looks around at the others, especially Anaamika ::

Well, we should be able to get someone on the conveyor belt…

:: mysterious unlocalized voice ::

Muhahahahahaha! I am everywhere, and nowhere. Abandon your holo dreams of tracking me down! :smiley:
not only am i mysteriously unlocalized, i also do puns! and if you act now, we’ll throw in a miniature Travel Spatial Rift 47 absolutely free

Not a problem, folks…I’ll handle this.

:: Walks over to the Briston9000 Supercomputer, starts hitting numerous buttons ::

Ok folks…this’ll get a bead on SR47’s true location any minute…

:: whistles to self for a minute…kills some time by grabbing one of Kythereia leaden arrows and sticking Anaamika in the tush ::

BEEP!

Ahh…here we go… :: checks readout :: …ok folks, according to this, he’s…awww, crap…

He’s in the Vale. :eek:

:smiley:

I’ll just reiterate my mysteriously unlocalized maniacal laughter (which would be a great name for a band).

Muhahahahahahahaha … :: evil grin ::
It’s quite simple really. The secret of the Vale is beholden only to those who joined before the end of the year 2000. (It was the end of the first age of Dopers … etc etc). So Sunspace, if you want to come after me, you just have to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?

Well, do ya? Punk?

What do I feel? I feel like I want to go back downstairs, open that door, make sure it opens to the Vale, and then nail the bloody thing open so that no bloody interloper can close it again! That’s what I feel.

Hal, can you maintain a link?

:: Sunspace heads for the stairs to the lower room. He glances towards the circular opening to the Squid Storage Room, noting with some dismay that the water in the pool has been completely replaced by a brownish mass that bears something resembling very large seed pods. ::

I guess Monster Bread and squids do mix after all, especially when the Monster Bread is hungry…

:: He shakes his head and pushes open the damaged doors to the stairwell. The doors, bent where the giant duck had tried to force its way through, do not open fully.

He goes down the stairs and enters the lower room. The chute from the trapdoor above is dark. There is no glow coming from under any of the doors, and the roots that grew under the first door appear to have withered. ::

Well, here goes. Vale or no vale…

:: He opens the second door. ::

:: detonates the 5 kg C4 explosive on the other side of the door ::
:: watches as Sunspace is blown all the way back upstairs and into the brownish mass occupying the Squid Storage Room pool ::

oh dear … I didn’t think that had claws … :eek:

Yeah, I’ve fixed the bead on him…we’ll be able to track him within a one meter margin of error.

Ok…he’s on the move…heading eastbound at a good clip…must be in a vehicle…hmmm, looks he’s heading towards the complex! Is he nuts? He knows what’s waiting for him here…ok, he’s stopped just outside the Vale door. He’s in video surveillance range…lemme check the cameras…

:: sees SR47 loading up the C4 ::

Sunspace! Abort! Repeat, abort! Do not open the Vale door! It’s a trap! Repeat, do not open the Va…

:: feels complex shake with a low rumble, sees Sunspace come flying back into the main room ::

…errr…never mind.

gets up and scratches head

Gee, thanks for that, I’ve been stuck behind that door for quite a while. Oh, he’s gone. I hope he’s ok :frowning: I cant beleive that SR47 guy put me in here, and all over a damn hologram…

stretches and looks around

Well, I can hear voices upstairs, wonder if its just the tv. Nope, defiantely people…

I deny all knowledge of imprisoning such a lovely young lass as Atheist Princess, especially since she only just now showed up in here.

Ow my head hurts…

Now, I swear that Spatia…wait a minute…I vaguely remember pulling an arrow out of my butt…

But then there was some sort of remote controlled creature…

And I woke up in a drak room…

My poor little head :frowning:

It seems that your initiation has left you a wee bit unsettled. Don’t worry, it happens to everyone, and the sensation should pass soon. Here, have some tylenol.

:: hands AP two tylenol for her headache ::

mmm…sweeeet pain relief.

Initiation? What initiation? I didnt have any initiation, I just…urm…yes… :eek:

Waitaminute…

Fact #1: AP is in the basement.
Fact #2: SR47 just handed her some Tylenol.
Fact #3: Holograms can’t hand someone anything.

:eek:

:: checks computer ::

He’s in the basement! He must’ve snuck in after the explosion! After him!!!

:: drops portcullis over hole where the Vale door used to be ::

hears the resounding clank He’s trapped! We’ve got him!

But Atheist Princess… and the RoboSquck… :eek:

We’ve got to get them out!

goes over to help Sunspace to his feet

Pardon me … just passing through the thread …

Damn, that is one helluva mess. You all really oughta clean it up before a mod comes by. And … ooooh, what did I just step in? Yech!

Well, I’m outta here …

Hey, are you guys doing an initiation?? I’ve never seen one, can I watch? I won’t be any trouble, I promise. I’ll just sit over here in the corner and get edgimacated, 'K?

:: Sunspace comes to and realises he’s embracing a round vegetal object, not the plump woman of his dreams. ::

Aaahh!

:: He recoils, falls off the surface of whatever it is that occupies the former pool in the Squid Storage Room. ::

:: He lands on the floor next to the former pool. ::

What the &*$##! is that?

Oh, Kythereia, are you ever a sight for sore eyes! I was on top of that… that…

shudder

What happened? I don’t remember anything after arriving.