Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
So Grigori... *Jani asks* ...how long have you been uh, traveling? *she says with an obvious wink and a nod, especially mindful after her own blunder in the library yesterday*
*approaching the 500ft mark, it is still quite pitch black...or it would be were it not for Nina. No sounds of activity, aside from the party's own, reverberate in the vicinity. The Agarthan relics mix more evenly with human relics now, the latter of which are becoming larger. Most of these are hollowed out not unlike the CNC grinder or decayed beyond recognizability, but the party may find a few diamonds in the rough*
*in fact, Jani happens to find a plastic mouse — its digital components have long since crumbled to dust, and most of its cord is missing, but the shell is surprisingly intact. Even in her foreign form, she can tell its state of decay due to its remarkably low weight, and she can only remark* ...first time I've seen anything even tangentially related to a computer...if there's one thing I could ever wish for from... *she eyes Dinah briefly, then says* ...the old country, it's that... *after eyeing it for awhile, she decides to keep it in her underground hammerspace*
edited 29th Sep '17 9:02:38 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.(Vel… Vol…) I'm too wrapped up in coming up with a last name to remember to keep shooting out Sunny Days. The cave goes dark for a second. (Oh, shit.) I quickly charge up and release another ball of light into the air. "Sorry 'bout that…"
If I don't clash, I don't change. The world ends at my borders, and the best moments slip away.I'll say. (I remark.) It just looks like a bunch of broken down wires and circuits to me. I probably never would have had the time to figure that out before all of this happened...
(Dinah continues to look spooked out by all of this long forgotten technology.) I'm down here to help Benji and everyone else... (she reminds herself in her mind.)
edited 29th Sep '17 9:43:41 AM by kablammin45
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
*the party arrives at the southeastern excavation site. One could surmise based on many the objects present, this was once a custom manufacturing plant — equipped with numerous unusable CNC grinders. Some are upright, some are overturned, but all have been stripped of what little survived their hundreds, if not thousands of years of underground slumber. A number of smaller, but heavily decayed bits of plastic and metal stand as decayed reminders of the grinders' newer sibling, the 3D printer — industrial grade, one might surmise*
*there are a number of computers here as well — at least, shells of computers and their components. Even the most recognizable tower PCs are decayed on the inside. They're reduced to primitive, unsafe toys that lack any meaning to the natives. Rare Agarthan artifacts also remain, as this site is still technically beneath the city limits.*
*notably, it appears to have been disturbed within the last 12 months, as relatively fresh evidence of an Onix's movements (the large tracks they leave, for instance) can be found all over this place. However, there is no sign of a criminal operation having ever been run here*
*Jani wistfully heads over to the remnant of what once was an LED monitor. Moving one of the few relatively intact (but distinctively hollow) keyboards over to it, she pulls the hollowed mouse out of her hammerspace and pretends like she's back at home — occasionally disillusioned when she hits one of the missing keys*
*Tilly watches Jani intently, not really sure what to say*
edited 29th Sep '17 10:00:38 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.(I reply to the Diglet.) Hard to say exactly, but I would guess around a month. (Then, I see the ruins of the town and how oddly familiar it is. Computer parts strewn about as I look at the mechanical decay around me. I thought out loud.) Have we been sent to the future?
edited 29th Sep '17 8:23:13 PM by Ore-O
"I treasure every day with you, darling." "No need to be so sappy, love." "You know that's how she is, Nia." - AU!Pyra, Nia, MythraHoly crap... (Marsha breathes as we go in. I simply take in the huge mess and broken computers in silence. Something tells me that it's been years since anyone has been down here...)
(Dinah seems confused by Grigori's question, but is too distracted by the huge mess to notice anything else.) This has been below us all this time...?
( I give a quick nod to Grigori.)
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."
Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
*knocked out of her funk by Grigori's question, Jani remarks* ...I don't think so, but no one knows for certain. *turning to him, she adds* Probably another world.
*Tilly briefly mimes Jani's actions on the decayed PC components, then starts studying it intently — their internals in particular, though she's not really going to find any boards or anything — these have all decayed completely, save a few bits of metal and plastic*
edited 29th Sep '17 10:20:05 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.What Jani said... ( I add.)
Huh... (Marsha comments.) Interestin'...don't quite get what these things did for yas, but I'll take your word for it, Marly.
I don't see anyone we're looking for here... (Delilah comments.) It looks like the Onix has been through here though.
Guess we have to keep going... (I say.)
(Dinah nods quickly. She seems visibly ready to get out of this place.)
edited 29th Sep '17 10:32:21 AM by kablammin45
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."Thanks, Marsh.
(I say, smiling at her while I do. I then focus back on the task at hand:)
Yeah, these tracks don't do much for us besides tell us that the Onix was here recently.
(I keep close to Marsha as I ask this next question to Tilly:)
How do we get to the next site?
edited 29th Sep '17 10:36:06 AM by Team42Larson
June 27thFinley looks to Dave.
She just wants to leave.
She wants to save her. She can save her... right?
Finley feels something in her brewing.
I'm Huney B now. Okay?
Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
*Tilly's still studying the remnants of the PC, while offhandedly remarking* Back the way we came... *to which Jani then nudges her, and Tilly then snaps to attention*
Err...sorry. Gadgets are just fascinating to me... Definitely might check this place out again. *composing herself, she gets out of the map, then states* The northwest site is about 6000 feet from here, and the northeast is maybe 10000 feet. It might be prudent to report our findings to the police and mother, before heading to the next site.
edited 29th Sep '17 10:50:46 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.
Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
Well, if Nina needs a break, seems there's no other choice. *Jani remarks* Though to be honest a break would've sounded great either way.
*Tilly adds* Back to the tunnel entrance, then?
*Jani nods, though she decides to keep the "hollowed mouse" relic*
*and with that, the party seems to be heading back to the tunnel entrance* will post "they got there" in one hour
edited 29th Sep '17 11:04:30 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.

Oh, gotcha... (I say. Luckily, she didn't seem to hear me, as she is currently distracted by the things down here in the tunnels.)
edited 29th Sep '17 8:36:44 AM by kablammin45
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."