Scene 3: General Forum
Scene 3: General Forum
Nothing has changed in the General Forum. The dead ur-noob dominates the forum. All the noob, 1337 h4x0r, GIFTS, and Spiderwebber bodies remain where they fell. Thuryl and the others enter and look around.
Dolphin: What happened here?
Zorro: Hello? Is anyone still alive in here?
There is no response. The baby fluffy turtle scuttles towards the exit to the Tech Support Forum. Thuryl looks badly shaken.
Thuryl: I was afraid of this. The four of you stay here and look around. I'm going to check out the other forums.
Thuryl exits. The other four look around. Zorro picks up the stats that are lying next to Arancaytar. WKS and Erika Maroonmark walk to the other end of the forum, away from the carnage. Dolphin pauses to look at a large chart hanging on the wall. It looks like it got hit by a fireball, because it is badly charred. Still, she is able to make out what it says: The Periodic Table of Spiderweb. Thuryl enters the forum again.
Thuryl: All the other Spiderwebbers are dead and all the other forums are destroyed as well. The Moderator Board doesn't even exist any more. Did you find anything?
Zorro: I have the stats. It looks like it lists everyone who died, except for the few who died after Arancaytar did.
Thuryl takes the stats.
Thuryl: Thank you.
Dolphin: I found this.
Dolphin shows Thuryl the chart.
Thuryl: It looks like every Spiderwebber is on here. Now, if we only had their elements and an old, powerful artifact previously unrecognized as such, we could bring them back to life.
Zorro: Hang on. I have an old, powerful artifact that hasn't been recognized as such. I'll go get it.
Zorro exits. In the far corner of the forum, WKS and Erika Maroonmark stumble across a chest labeled "Thralni."
Erika Maroonmark: What do you think is in here?
WKS: Open it and find out.
Erika Maroonmark: I can't. It's locked. Do you suppose there is a key somewhere?
WKS: Go ask Thuryl.
Erika Maroonmark runs over to Thuryl.
Erika Maroonmark: Is there a Thralni on the stat list?
Thuryl: Yes. He died in the Avernum Trilogy Forum.
Erika Maroonmark: Okay, thanks.
Erika Maroonmark runs off. Thuryl is about to ask Erika what she wanted the information for but he is distracted by Zorro's entrance.
Thuryl: Do you have it?
Zorro: Yes. It's right here.
Zorro pulls out a copy of Galactic Core.
Thuryl: That's the old, powerful artifact? Well, no one would have recognized it as such, that's for sure. I suppose we can try it. But first, we need an element.
Erika Maroonmark finds WKS in a corner inhaling the helium out of a balloon and giggling at an extremely high pitch. Erika Maroonmark grabs a balloon as well. Dolphin hears their laughter and comes over to investigate.
Dolphin: What are you two doing? Hey... that's helium! Thuryl, does anyone have helium as an element?
Thuryl: Yes. But the chart is too burnt to make out who it is.
Dolphin grabs a balloon out of WKS's hand and runs it over to Thuryl and Zorro. Zorro unties the knot in the balloon and combines the helium and Galactic Core in a way that doesn't make any sense at all.
Thuryl: Ready?
Zorro: Sure. Let's see if this works.
There is a flash of light. When it fades, Alorael is standing there.
Alorael: What just happened? I'm alive again. But where's my sniper rifle?
Dolphin: It did work!
Alorael: Hmm. Good thing I always keep a spare sniper rifle in the Tech Support Forum.
Alorael exits.
Thuryl: Erika Maroonmark, WKS, will you go to the Avernum Trilogy Forum and find bars of iron, silver, gold, and uranium?
Erika Maroonmark: Will do!
Erika Maroonmark and WKS exit.
Dolphin: What happened here?
Zorro: Hello? Is anyone still alive in here?
There is no response. The baby fluffy turtle scuttles towards the exit to the Tech Support Forum. Thuryl looks badly shaken.
Thuryl: I was afraid of this. The four of you stay here and look around. I'm going to check out the other forums.
Thuryl exits. The other four look around. Zorro picks up the stats that are lying next to Arancaytar. WKS and Erika Maroonmark walk to the other end of the forum, away from the carnage. Dolphin pauses to look at a large chart hanging on the wall. It looks like it got hit by a fireball, because it is badly charred. Still, she is able to make out what it says: The Periodic Table of Spiderweb. Thuryl enters the forum again.
Thuryl: All the other Spiderwebbers are dead and all the other forums are destroyed as well. The Moderator Board doesn't even exist any more. Did you find anything?
Zorro: I have the stats. It looks like it lists everyone who died, except for the few who died after Arancaytar did.
Thuryl takes the stats.
Thuryl: Thank you.
Dolphin: I found this.
Dolphin shows Thuryl the chart.
Thuryl: It looks like every Spiderwebber is on here. Now, if we only had their elements and an old, powerful artifact previously unrecognized as such, we could bring them back to life.
Zorro: Hang on. I have an old, powerful artifact that hasn't been recognized as such. I'll go get it.
Zorro exits. In the far corner of the forum, WKS and Erika Maroonmark stumble across a chest labeled "Thralni."
Erika Maroonmark: What do you think is in here?
WKS: Open it and find out.
Erika Maroonmark: I can't. It's locked. Do you suppose there is a key somewhere?
WKS: Go ask Thuryl.
Erika Maroonmark runs over to Thuryl.
Erika Maroonmark: Is there a Thralni on the stat list?
Thuryl: Yes. He died in the Avernum Trilogy Forum.
Erika Maroonmark: Okay, thanks.
Erika Maroonmark runs off. Thuryl is about to ask Erika what she wanted the information for but he is distracted by Zorro's entrance.
Thuryl: Do you have it?
Zorro: Yes. It's right here.
Zorro pulls out a copy of Galactic Core.
Thuryl: That's the old, powerful artifact? Well, no one would have recognized it as such, that's for sure. I suppose we can try it. But first, we need an element.
Erika Maroonmark finds WKS in a corner inhaling the helium out of a balloon and giggling at an extremely high pitch. Erika Maroonmark grabs a balloon as well. Dolphin hears their laughter and comes over to investigate.
Dolphin: What are you two doing? Hey... that's helium! Thuryl, does anyone have helium as an element?
Thuryl: Yes. But the chart is too burnt to make out who it is.
Dolphin grabs a balloon out of WKS's hand and runs it over to Thuryl and Zorro. Zorro unties the knot in the balloon and combines the helium and Galactic Core in a way that doesn't make any sense at all.
Thuryl: Ready?
Zorro: Sure. Let's see if this works.
There is a flash of light. When it fades, Alorael is standing there.
Alorael: What just happened? I'm alive again. But where's my sniper rifle?
Dolphin: It did work!
Alorael: Hmm. Good thing I always keep a spare sniper rifle in the Tech Support Forum.
Alorael exits.
Thuryl: Erika Maroonmark, WKS, will you go to the Avernum Trilogy Forum and find bars of iron, silver, gold, and uranium?
Erika Maroonmark: Will do!
Erika Maroonmark and WKS exit.