We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Kirke]

You say it reminds you of when you just started out as a starship captain, when you had to hurry from system to system and land as fast as you could. With a sigh you say that you'd rather not relive those days, but you do not know how to find or fight the knights on good terms.
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The man writes down a short message, detailing who he represents and what they want. He then adds the details about arranging a meeting, and signs with Central Officer Bradford of the UNCETREM. "Thank you for your cooperation. We will send a representative around soon to recieve any answer. Good bye." He bows his head and then walks out of the store, followed by the body guards.

 

[Chungus]

"No." Caius answered curtly, stopping a few paces infront of the man. "These people and myself are from other worlds, and I wish to know if there has been other otherworldly activity in this area." He explained, then in a moment of pause, thought that giving more clarification wouldn't hurt. "Speciffically, a hub for bounty hunters from other worlds. This establishment would be otherworldly, also."

"That is alright." Yeul stated, looking to Winona. "There is much to say, so you would need to be a little more speciffic. What would you wish to know?"

Sam rolled his eyes at the exchange between Caius and the Texan, and moved over the rooftops when Caius moved. When Caius approached the second pedestrian, Sam moved to the rooftop of the building just next to the two, looking down on the. [color=edc393]Considdering how these people react, the answer is probably no.[/color] He thought upon hearing Caius' question.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"We do not know enough about these knights to stand our ground or hunt them down. For now, we will have to hope we are not followed."

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"Well, I was wondering about your mountain ranges. You mentioned ravines. Are there any people that study the rock layers there?"

 

[Zepherus14]

[color=Some regular guy that isn't from Texas]"Whatever you say..."[/color] The man answered still seemingly not believing Caius all that much. [color=Some regular guy that isn't from Texas]"There was a shop like that I remember down passed the Walmart I think?"[/color] He said turning a little as he pointed down the road. [color=Some regular guy that isn't from Texas]"Honestly thought it was some sort of gimmick store but it seems like the real deal, pretty strange if you ask me."[/color]

 

[Kirke]

You agree, but tell Samus that you now know they can be killed, though not easily. They probably wont send so few next time, however.

 

[Chungus]

"If there are, I do not know of it." Yeul answered, shaking her head slightly. "The majority afformentioned ravines, however, are vast. So deep that the bottom could not be seen with the naked eye when standing at the edge. Given the scale, my people generally believe that these ravines did not form naturally, but rather were formed. Although there is no proof to confirm or deny this."

Caius looked to the direction the man indicated, then looked back to him, and gave a small nod. "Very well. I have no further questions." He stated, then turned around and walked back to the sisters and Yeul. "There is a bounty store down that road, so I was told." He informed them, then began heading towards the direction the pedestrian indicated.

Hearing the exchange, Sam wondered why the pedestrian acted like extradimensionals were an uncommin sight if something from an other dimension was just down the road. [color=edc393]Eh. If they're going there, though, I can follow them to it and see what the deal is for myself. Two birds, one stone.[/color]

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus nodded.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The message from the government guy would be passed on to the knights, writing itself on the bounty sheets they were carrying as soon as it was written in the bounty store.

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"Maybe they are. But maybe they aren't. On Mars, another planet like the one we're on, has a ravine carved by once flowing water. It's name is the Valles Marineris."

She summoned her W- hammer, and out of the head of the hammer showed a 3D image of Mars. <color=green>"It's that big scar you see right there. It's 7000 meters deep, far deeper than the deepest canyon on this planet, Earth. And it's 4 million meters long; about as long as the continental United States that we're on right now. They say it must've been formed by ancient water that has frozen up by now. Who knows what you might reveal from looking above the ravines you see on your world."

 

[Chungus]

"This place you are showing me, it is a world?" Yeul questioned, looking to the projection Winona brought up while following after Caius. "If there is a ravine that size, it has to be, yes?"

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"Yes, it is a world. Our planet, Earth, orbits around the Sun. Mars is another planet. It too orbits around the Sun, as well as 6 or 7 other planets (depending on how you count.)" She zoomed out from Mars, showing a hologram of the orbits of the planets, with their names labeled above them. <color=green>"Gwen loves astronomy. She'd be the person to talk on more about the planets. Are there astronomers on your world?"

 

[Chungus]

"It is a good thing, then, that Caius and I arived on this world, rather then that one. It looks so... desolate." Yeul commented as she looked to the hologram more closely, looking over the various planets. She also briefly looked to the names above them, but being unable to read them, soon went back to looking to the planets themselves.

"There are not, no." She answered Winona, looking away from the hologram. "This is the first time I had heard of other worlds circling around the sun."

 

[Zepherus14]

There wouldn't be too much eventful on their way down to the bounty shop, at least until they got to the Walmart that was before the bounty shop. Sitting on a chair behind a desk in the alleyway was an old woman. It was almost flush with the building so that she was basically a step from being on the sidewalk herself. She didn't say anything as the group approached, only sitting patiently as she watched them pass by.

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When the news reached the knights, they had been starting to collect themselves, realizing that it would be foolish to try and attack with only a few at a time. Moreover, it was getting a bit later, and they had been searching for Sophia for some time. With her location having been moved such a great distance, and not wanting to be fatigued upon finally confronting her, the knights had decided to rest for the time being, discuss what had been discovered about the group Sophia had corrupted, and think of a better strategy to defeat them.

Having read the new information however, they were unsure what to make of it. On the one hand, they had Sophia's location pinpointed, but if there was a way to convince this other organization the horrors that awaited this world if Sophia wasn't swiftly they may have a better chance to prevail. The Order eventually answered back saying that they would still move to stop Sophia, but one of the closest knights to the meeting place would see what the organization had to offer.

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"Well, it's the only planet out of the 9 that orbit the Sun that houses life. That's why to many people it's a precious place. And why it's imperative that people must stop squandering the resources on this world. If you ever get back there, you should have many people look at the stars above you. Gwen loves astronomy because it gives her a sense of where we are in the cosmos. Many ancient cultures did so, and from that, they developed calendars, telescopes, mathematics, and navigation techniques. When we find other worlds outside of our own, we may uncover hidden histories about the formation of our own world."

 

[Kirke]

You are taken out of your thoughts by a beeping from the communicator on your belt. You grab it, and as you listen to the transmission being sent to you from XCOM your face pales. After a couple of minutes, you confirm that you will do as they say as soon as possible. Placing the communicator back on your belt, you grimly tell Samus that you at least know what to do next.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus watched as Shara talked over her faceplate, waiting for her to finish. She really didn't like being locked out of the loop like this, but if Shara insisted, she wouldn't intrude. "What now?" She asked.

 

[Chungus]

Reaching the Walmart, and not seeing the bounty store, Caius looked around for a sign of it. He looked to the Walmart itself, but unable to read the kingsize letters spelling out the name, he was unable to tell this was the place the pedestrian indicated. Am I on the correct path? I had best ask.

"Excuse me." He called out to the woman sitting behind her desk, approaching it. He wondered why the woman was sitting where she was, but decided not to ask, it having no revelence to what he wanted to know first and foremost.

"I don't understand, however." Yeul said to Winona, stopping when Caius stopped to look around, and remaining where she was when he went to talk to the woman. "Out of all the other worlds, none of these look even remotely to the ones Caius and myself come from. Except for this one, possibly." She stated, pointing to Earth. "But if this world is the only one that is not completely barren, that must mean that it is the world we are on, currently. But if that is there case, where is ours?"

Sam continued following Caius, Yeul and the sisters at a leisurely pace. Reaching the corner of the street, he could no longer progress on the rooftops, and so, he moved to the edge of it, and lowered himself off it, before droppig himself. He choose doing this over simply jumping off to reduce the noise the landing would make.

[color=edc393]Things would be a lot easier if I had both arms to use.[/color]
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Elm was still watching those outside the docked ships, watching for movement. Paticularly, it focused on Samus and Shara, figuring the two must be having a conversation from the time they were spending standing close to one another, although it couldn't pick up what at the distance it was it.

Eventually, it decided it could do with moving closer to check it out. Moving the jet-bike to behind a hill, Elm landed, and turned off the engine, then disengaged the magnetic locks. Floating out, Elm began approaching the docking site until it was roughly twenty meters away. It stayed low to the ground, and behind what rocks and trees could provide cover.

 

[Slenn]

Winona shrugged
<color=green>"I'm afraid I cannot say. Without a star chart or anything of the sort. The number of habitable worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy is severely small. It takes a lot of luck for life to last 3.7 billion years. Although I will say that the chances of finding alien life on another planet that looks exactly like a human is next to impossible."

 

[Chungus]

"I had also thought being transported to another vissible world could not be, and yet here I stand." Yeul responded, then hummed softly. "I will ask Gwen about this next I see her. If she if more knowledgeable on the subject, perhaps she may shed some more light on the matter."

Having said this, Yeul paused for a moment, to indicate a change in subject. "To go back to the topic of the ravines on my world; Would you wish to know the general consensus on the front of them being formed by design?"