Scene 1: Tech Support Forum
Scene 1: Tech Support Forum
While *i directs the creation of an antimatter machine, Nikki sulks in a corner.
Nikki: This isn't fair! Nicothodes got to go out and hunt for the thing, but I didn't. Hey, I know! I'll lead my own group and go look for the thing!
*i: That piece goes over there, Croikle.
Zeviz summons some cobalt, allowing Zorro to revive Stew Boy.
Nikki: Aran, I'm starting my own group to go hunt for the thing. Will you join me?
Arancaytar looks up from a drawing that he is working on.
Arancaytar: No, I'm busy.
Nikki: What are you doing?
Arancaytar: I'm sketching a blueprint for the new Moderator Board.
Nikki looks at it.
Nikki: What! Moderators get cushy armchairs? That's not fair.
Arancaytar: Life isn't fair.
*i: Lift that end higher! Even higher! Okay, a little lower. There! It's in place.
The noob enters the forum and promptly bumps into Ben4808. Ben4808 drops what he was carrying.
Noob: wat r u doing
Ben4808: Picking all this back up, since you made me drop it.
*i: Screw that in and... what are you doing? Stay out of the way! Who are you, anyway?
Noob: ur mom!!!!1111!!!!!!!! lol pwnage!!!111!!!!!!11!
Wise Man rolls his eyes.
Wise Man: That was the stupidest insult I've heard in a long time.
*i: Good-bye, noob.
The noob is banned in a puff of smoke. Randomizer summons some barium. Zorro revives Sir David.
Nikki: Mysterious Man, want to go hunt the thing with me?
Mysterious Man: Only if you bring me a beer. No, scratch that. Bring me an entire six-pack.
Nikki walks off and returns a moment later with the beer. He hands it to Mysterious Man. Mysterious Man starts to get up. Then sits back down and opens the first beer.
Mysterious Man: Ha! I can't believe you fell for that! I'm not going anywhere. Now run along.
Nikki: But you... oh, never mind. Alorael, will you help me hunt down the thing?
Alorael: No. I'm busy writing a letter.
Nikki: A letter? What for?
Alorael: It has come to my attention that countless pedestrians are injured every year after tripping on uneven sidewalks. I'm trying to allocate funds to fix that.
Zephyr Tempest summons some meitnerium. Zorro revives the Almighty Do-er of Stuff.
Zephyr Tempest: Energy potion, please.
Dikiyoba hands Zephyr Tempest an energy potion. Zephyr Tempest drinks it.
Nikki: TM, would you...
Terror's Martyr: Shut the [censored] up and go away, you [censored] little [censored]!
Nikki: Guess not.
Spring makes an adjustment to a piece of exposed machinery. Sproing! A spring shoots out of the machinery and rolls across the floor.
Spring: Oops.
Spring starts searching for the spring. Randomizer summons some antimony. Zorro revives Jewels.
Nikki: Hey, Spring. Do you want to come hunt for the thing with me?
Spring: I'm trying to find a spring at the moment.
Nikki: Isn't there anyone who will volunteer to help me?
Stew Boy: I'll volunteer. What do you need help with?
Nikki: Well, there's this thing. And it's... well, it's... it's hard to describe, beyond the fact that it’s a thing that attacks people. I'm trying to hunt it down.
Stew Boy: Doesn't that make it dangerous?
Nikki: Only if you're alone.
Sir David: A hunt? I would like to join you as well. Give me a moment to find my sword.
Sir David walks off. Zeviz summons some mercury. He gives it to Zorro. Zorro revives Dareva. Sir David comes back with a flaming longsword.
Sir David: I'm ready.
Nikki, Stew Boy, and Sir David exit. Spring finally finds the spring and attaches it again. *i finishes some wiring. He looks over the antimatter machine. At best, it is extremely crude. At worst, it violates all known laws of physics and probably several unknown ones as well.
*i: It'll have to do. Hydrogen, please.
Zephyr Tempest summons some hydrogen and hands a bottle of it to *i. *i dumps it into the machine and turns it on. After several anxious moments, the end result is a few atoms of antihydrogen. But Zorro is so skilled by now that he can combine the atoms with Galactic Core with no problem. Student of Trinity is revived.
Nikki: This isn't fair! Nicothodes got to go out and hunt for the thing, but I didn't. Hey, I know! I'll lead my own group and go look for the thing!
*i: That piece goes over there, Croikle.
Zeviz summons some cobalt, allowing Zorro to revive Stew Boy.
Nikki: Aran, I'm starting my own group to go hunt for the thing. Will you join me?
Arancaytar looks up from a drawing that he is working on.
Arancaytar: No, I'm busy.
Nikki: What are you doing?
Arancaytar: I'm sketching a blueprint for the new Moderator Board.
Nikki looks at it.
Nikki: What! Moderators get cushy armchairs? That's not fair.
Arancaytar: Life isn't fair.
*i: Lift that end higher! Even higher! Okay, a little lower. There! It's in place.
The noob enters the forum and promptly bumps into Ben4808. Ben4808 drops what he was carrying.
Noob: wat r u doing
Ben4808: Picking all this back up, since you made me drop it.
*i: Screw that in and... what are you doing? Stay out of the way! Who are you, anyway?
Noob: ur mom!!!!1111!!!!!!!! lol pwnage!!!111!!!!!!11!
Wise Man rolls his eyes.
Wise Man: That was the stupidest insult I've heard in a long time.
*i: Good-bye, noob.
The noob is banned in a puff of smoke. Randomizer summons some barium. Zorro revives Sir David.
Nikki: Mysterious Man, want to go hunt the thing with me?
Mysterious Man: Only if you bring me a beer. No, scratch that. Bring me an entire six-pack.
Nikki walks off and returns a moment later with the beer. He hands it to Mysterious Man. Mysterious Man starts to get up. Then sits back down and opens the first beer.
Mysterious Man: Ha! I can't believe you fell for that! I'm not going anywhere. Now run along.
Nikki: But you... oh, never mind. Alorael, will you help me hunt down the thing?
Alorael: No. I'm busy writing a letter.
Nikki: A letter? What for?
Alorael: It has come to my attention that countless pedestrians are injured every year after tripping on uneven sidewalks. I'm trying to allocate funds to fix that.
Zephyr Tempest summons some meitnerium. Zorro revives the Almighty Do-er of Stuff.
Zephyr Tempest: Energy potion, please.
Dikiyoba hands Zephyr Tempest an energy potion. Zephyr Tempest drinks it.
Nikki: TM, would you...
Terror's Martyr: Shut the [censored] up and go away, you [censored] little [censored]!
Nikki: Guess not.
Spring makes an adjustment to a piece of exposed machinery. Sproing! A spring shoots out of the machinery and rolls across the floor.
Spring: Oops.
Spring starts searching for the spring. Randomizer summons some antimony. Zorro revives Jewels.
Nikki: Hey, Spring. Do you want to come hunt for the thing with me?
Spring: I'm trying to find a spring at the moment.
Nikki: Isn't there anyone who will volunteer to help me?
Stew Boy: I'll volunteer. What do you need help with?
Nikki: Well, there's this thing. And it's... well, it's... it's hard to describe, beyond the fact that it’s a thing that attacks people. I'm trying to hunt it down.
Stew Boy: Doesn't that make it dangerous?
Nikki: Only if you're alone.
Sir David: A hunt? I would like to join you as well. Give me a moment to find my sword.
Sir David walks off. Zeviz summons some mercury. He gives it to Zorro. Zorro revives Dareva. Sir David comes back with a flaming longsword.
Sir David: I'm ready.
Nikki, Stew Boy, and Sir David exit. Spring finally finds the spring and attaches it again. *i finishes some wiring. He looks over the antimatter machine. At best, it is extremely crude. At worst, it violates all known laws of physics and probably several unknown ones as well.
*i: It'll have to do. Hydrogen, please.
Zephyr Tempest summons some hydrogen and hands a bottle of it to *i. *i dumps it into the machine and turns it on. After several anxious moments, the end result is a few atoms of antihydrogen. But Zorro is so skilled by now that he can combine the atoms with Galactic Core with no problem. Student of Trinity is revived.