Mortimer: I'm with Sir Rageington, we should look at what's available to us, kupo! And then I would like to see the Lemon Collider too, kupo, I've heard about that...although I would also like to look at the classified zone, whatever's there must surely be of importance! Kupo!
small MSN update, Alex/Anjushree asked me if some of the incidents seemed magic related... Gunter said that the Large Lemon Collider, due to lack of physical traces, smells of magic, and where the other incidents are concerned, magic can't be ruled out either
upon hearing this, Anjushree travels to the Large Lemon Collider
as it stands, Ragington and Mortimer travel to the Storage Hall
the other 3 characters will be black boxes at this point that will pop up at either of these locations, unless they post their plans before today's update :P
Natsume likes lemons, specially magic ones, so she will go to the Collider as well.
€œOk everyone, I will lead you to the Space Center now.€ G¼nter raised his fishing rod, and swung it in the direction of the city. €œThere, no if you will please take my hand, I will take you there.€ 6 Hands reached out for the gnome€™s left arm, his right arm firmly holding the rod. As soon as all 6 characters had a good hold on G¼nter, he started reeling in his rod, effectively launching the lot towards the city.
€œWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE!!!!!€ G¼nter screams€¦
And then the team finds itself in front of the Houst€™a Space Center. It is an industrial metropolis, that€™s what it is. Lots of wood and copper and concrete, plumes coming out of big, big chimneys. A place of science, and magic. Several things give away the space pedigree of it all, be it the use of Saturn-shaped logo€™s, or the big launch site a bit further ahead. The gnome gives the map they have to Dave, Natsume and Anjushree so they can find their way to their goal, the Large Lemon Collider. G¼nter then leads the remaining team member, Sir Shirley Ragington the Third, Arcifer and Mortimer, to the storage hall [note; if Andy posts that he would rather have gone to the Lemon Collider, I can retroactively have him go there]. G¼nter grabbed a set of keys from his pocket, and opened the hall€™s doors. The trio entered a big empty hallway, with one large door in front of them leading to one massive hall, according to G¼nter. Instead of this door, however, G¼nter opens a smaller door at the team€™s right hand, which gives access to a smaller storage room. €œThis is where I am allowed to let you pick 1 item each, investigate them thoroughly if you wish.€Â
The items were separated in 3 categories:
Abandoned experiments
- A number of fruits, magical or otherwise remarkable
- An enlarged helium atom
- An odd looking flashlight
- A space ladder
- A number of flags, magical or otherwise remarkable
Outdated models
- A number of loose items of spacesuit clothing, be it boots, gloves, helmets or backpacks, magical or otherwise remarkable
- A whole 1-piece space onesie with hood, 1-size-fits-all
- A number of firearms, magical or otherwise remarkable
- A crossbow
Historical space relics
- A number of possessions from the late Yuri Vampirin, a blood sample, a cape and an enchanted toothbrush
- A number of possessions from the late Neil Wolfstrong, enchanted swimming trunks, a werewolf€™s tooth and an enchanted dog leash
- An enchanted piece of moonstone
- A stave labelled €œMars€Â
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Elsewhere in the city, Anjushree, Dave and Natsume walked up to the building where the Large Lemon Collider is located. The door was opened by what seemed to be a strange cross between a nutty professor and Frankenstein€™s monster. Or rather, he was a bloke with a scar across his forehead. €œWelcome, my name is Flank, I€™ve been expecting you, you must be the special ops squad selected by the chief. Come on in.€ The building was chockfull of tubes, tubes in straight lines, tubes making loops, and even some tubes in knots. The air was filled with a smell of lemons, in the corner was a juicer. €œCome with me, these are all smaller colliders, although some of them are connected to the actual Large Lemon Collider. Downstairs we will find the real deal€¦ don€™t be overwhelmed by it, it has a quarter mile diameter and runs from here to the north coast of the island.€ And so it did. Natsume and Dave arrived first, while Anjushree was having problems walking down the human-made stairs, the Large Lemon Collider was truly overwhelming. €œAs I€™m sure you have noticed, the door behind you has been forcibly opened at one point. What happened afterwards is still a mystery to us, but the Lemon Collider won€™t collide lemons anymore€¦€Â
Via the medium of MSN, I quizzed Martijn a bit and discovered the following:
Being an expert in counter-magic, Anjushree examined the broken in door and discovered several things. Firstly, it would have required being stronger that a Gryphon to open, and that it had been forced at specific points, Anjushree then tested it for magic and referenced it against my book of detailed magical notes and deduced the following.
Probable cause: An artifact imbued with vibrational magic (not a wizard using vibrational magic) had used this artifact on the hinges and handle to loosen the door. The artifact had apparently been enchanted for a long time, but it was a fairly common spell.
I've now requested all records of items matching that description to be sent to us, although whether such records exist is unclear so far.
Update II:
After finding vibrational magic in the lemon collider, I went to an expert in physical magics who told be about this being caused by a vibrating object of person. Hes going to look into the collider to try and undo le damage, and put a spell to protect me from vibrations to some degree.
I then went back to the crime scene and discovered surveillance was switched off during the vandalism and access to this would require keys that only certain people have. Unfortunatly, the people who do have keys are important types who I dont get to stick in a parlour reveal with whoever has a missing key. As such Im going to set up an isolated surveillance crystal ball separate from the others to watch who goes in and out of that room while being immune to being switched off itself. Im also going to modify and shield it personally to stop interference.
Lastly, when enquiring about other gryphons I ended up at the Nepalese embassy where I purchased some gryphonic gauntlets.
The following post gives details of those items that Mortimer, Acrifer and Ragington have asked questions about, on MSN. If there are more items you wanna know about, please ask :P
G¼nter:You have a lot of questions, let me run to the items you are interested in individually...
The fruits I have include...
A bananarang, that will always come back to you, and will make people slip in its path
A pair of cherries that cause mild explosions when they collide
A lemon that can be thrown at bullet-like speeds, it has however got a mind of its own and will go to more interesting targets whenever it fancies so, be it interesting for your quest, or just for the lemon himself
The enlarged helium atom... you can breathe it in and you will float just like a man on the Moon does, and your voice will be high-pitched and able to break brittle targets... after a while you will fart it out and can reuse it
The flashlight has got photons that will have a density of their own for roughly 1 meter after leaving the flashlight, effectively making it a lightsword of sorts
The space ladder is an old and simple model, that can get you into the lowest regions of what is officially space, where you can still (barely) survive without any specialised equipment
The flags consist of...
An American flag, which has a pole that is basically an excellent spear, only made more aerodynamic and easier to aim thanks to the flag
A Soviet flag, with, if you look real close, a real flat yet effective hammer and sickle on it
A European Union flag of which the stars can cause dizzyness
A Chinese flag that can make people more likeminded
Among the spacesuit clothing are two backpacks, both containing an oxygen mask
One is the gas backpack, which stores more gasses than just oxygen, like laughing gas and sleeping gas, which can be used offensively (wind blasts are also possible)
Then there's an arms backpack, which basically has an extra set of upper extremities coming out of it, giving a normally 2-handed person 4 hands
The space onesie really is just a 1-piece space suit
The enchanted swimming trunks will make its wearer excell at all kinds of watersports (no double entendre intended), be it swimming, diving, waterpolo, surfing, you name it
The werewolf's tooth is essentially a small dagger... it may still have some werewolf properties left
The moonstone... nobody has yet discovered the full extent of its properties... it has been seen glowing, and dust has been seen orbitting it, it certainly has powers, but we arent sure what those powers exactly are...
The stave labelled Mars, much like the moonstone, this is found during a space mission, God only knows what beings made this stave, but it seems to be quite destructive and incredibly well made
Mortimer: I'll have the werewolf tooth, kupo! *surreptitiously begins to sharpen it*
And then...could you tell us more about the classified area? I'd like to go there, I think! Kupo!
Ragington takes the flashlight. This will do nicely, I think. And, if this... he looks at Mortimer, ehm... Mortimer wants to head for that area, I think I'll tag along. One doesn't break the party too much, now does he? Besides, if he encounters trouble, he might need me, and as a point of fact I always go where I'm needed!
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