Let's play: SCRAMming up!

[Force Lord]

HISTORIAN CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY. Sees something SHINY inside the SKELETON.

[Zixinus]

Consider that HISTORIAN is an ADULT, so he should be able to take care of him.

ATTEMPT TO BRAINSTORM IDEA about FINDING a JOB for the RAVENSTAR.

[PeZook]

You are now: REPAIR GUY

REPAIR GUY is performing TUBENETWEB RESEARCH to gain some IDEA on the COSTS of REPAIRING the HYDRAULICS.

Based on some BASIC CALCULATIONS done on the BACK of an ENVELOPE, the necessary PARTS would cost somewhere between 170 and 295 THOUSAND DOLLARS AMERICAN.

It is a VERY COMPLICATED repair job.

REPAIR GUY is SATISFIED, though his BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATING SKILLS are pretty BASIC compared to OTHER members of the TEAM.

The FOOD arrives at the HANGAR. It is LATE AFTERNOON and REPAIR GUY is already VERY TIRED. His MOTHER does not IMMEDIATELY RESPOND to the EMAIL.

What do you do? _

***

HISTORIAN CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY. Sees something SHINY inside the SKELETON.

You are now: QUIET HISTORIAN

You LOOK CLOSER into the SKELETON. The SHINY ITEM is a NICE KNIFE. It is CLUTCHED by the SKELETON'S HAND.

Suddenly, there is SCRAPING and SCRATCHING somewhere in the DARKNESS.

What do you do? _

[FaxModem1]

REPAIR GUY gives envelop to PHYSICIST to check math. Then grab share of food from away team for EATING, followed by nap.

[Force Lord]

HISTORIAN takes KNIFE. Decides that he does NOT want to see SOURCE OF SOUND and LEAVES.

[PeZook]

You are now: QUIET HISTORIAN.

You have LEFT the SCARY BASEMENT. You now have a SHINY new KNIFE.

Suddenly there is VICIOUS HOWLING from the BASEMENT. Everyone LOOKS away from their FOOD straight towards YOU.

What do you do? _

[Force Lord]

Looks back TOWARDS the BASEMENT. SEES an ANGRY PACK OF WOLVES RUNNING UP.

"WOLVES!"

RUNS and PREPARES THE KNIFE.

[PeZook]

You re now: QUIET HISTORIAN

The QUIET HISTORIAN cries WOLF.

OOC:

[Force Lord]

You re now: QUIET HISTORIAN

The QUIET HISTORIAN cries WOLF.

OOC:

OOC:

[FaxModem1]

Stops eating food for a moment.

"What did you do this time?"

REPAIR GUY brings out TWIN SILVER PLATED PISTOLS.

[Force Lord]

LOOKS BACK. IS CONFUSED.

"I could swear I heard some wolves!"

[Simon_Jester]

REPAIR GUY gives envelop to PHYSICIST to check math. Then grab share of food from away team for EATING, followed by nap.

"Ooooh! Math!"

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST checks the MATH.

Consider that HISTORIAN is an ADULT, so he should be able to take care of him.

ATTEMPT TO BRAINSTORM IDEA about FINDING a JOB for the RAVENSTAR.

We may need an investor more than we need a job- will anyone give us half a million* dollars to fix up the plane cash up front otherwise?

*This is just a rough figure, between the hydraulics, the cost of doing god knows what for the heat shield, plus fuel plus... you get the idea. It's probably conservative. And at some point we'll have to pay off the Amex card too.
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After HISTORIAN leads the FEROCIOUS CREATURES to us and we start hearing TERRIBLE NOISES, MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST prepares for battle using his ASSAULT SLIDE RULE and HIGH VOLTAGE LOGIC PROBE.

[PeZook]

You are now: MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST

You CHECK the MATH. The MATH is very SOFT to the TOUCH and PLEASANT in SMELL. Its ENGINE is WORKING fine.

It is also only SLIGHTLY WRONG which is a BONUS.

MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST calculates a ROUGH amount you will NEED up to the TWELFTH SIGNIFICANT FIGURE.

The WOLVES, or WHATEVER was CAUSE of the HOWLING have not FOLLOWED the QUIET HISTORIAN out of the BASEMENT. They/it MIGHT be SCARED of LIGHT.

Might.

[FaxModem1]

"Guys, just an idea, how about we sleep in the Ravenstar tonight?"

[Simon_Jester]

Advocates LEAVING SOMEONE ON GUARD with the BRAND NEW AK to keep the WOLVES AT BAY- literally and metaphorically.

Volunteers to DO THIS, as long as NO ONE CARES about his inability to HIT ANYTHING using BRAND NEW AK... yeah. That should probably be SOMEONE ELSE'S job.

[Zixinus]

SEAL BASEMENT ENTRANCE.

[Scottish Ninja]

CALL IVAN PYOTREVICH. ASK very SWEETLY to KNOW why "THERE ARE THINGS HOWLING IN BASEMENT OF PREMIUM HANGAR AND NOT IN BASEMENT OF CHEAP HANGAR FOR CHEAPSKATE AMERICANS INSTEAD!?"

THIS is UNACCEPTABLE for such a QUALITY ESTABLISHMENT.

OFFER to TAKE KALASHNIKOV and DEFEND HANGAR from NOSALISES. Or WHATEVER.

[Eternal_Freedom]

EAT RUSSIAN TAKEAWAY FOOD. STRENGTH has been RECOVERED.

VOLUNTEER to STAND GUARD with AK using BADASSERY.

ASK whoever is USING the TUBENETWEB ACCESS to check the EXACT MASSIVENESS of my AMEX BILL.

[FaxModem1]

REPAIR GUY uses computer and finds out exact number for AMEX. He then checks his email to see if FAT DRAGON has responded.

[Darkevilme]

SUAVE PLAYBOY is hit with a CONCEPT outside of his MENTAL LEXICON. The idea of FIDELITY confuses him. SUAVE PLAYBOY attempts DESPERATE GAMBIT of persuading TROPICAL BEAUTY that she's first even IF he may sleep with other girls in the process of persuading them to part with their money, attempts to use TONGUE (WOMANIZER/CHARM) to reinforce persuasion. IF it doesnt work hopefully PLAYBOY's PANTS will prove somewhat resistant to blunt KNIVES.

[Simon_Jester]

Spoiler

SUAVE PLAYBOY is DOOMED, isn't he?

[Eternal_Freedom]

Spoiler

Even if he survives, he won't be SUAVE PLAYBOY. He will MORPH into SOPRANO-SINGING FORMER PLAYBOY.

[Zixinus]

Spoiler

Unless he does something that either completely distracts the women in question. Maybe a seizure?
More to the point, how can we avoid getting deeper into depth?

[FaxModem1]

Spoiler

By becoming shallow? If you mean debt, by making money REAL damn quick.

[Simon_Jester]

Spoiler

Clearly we need MONEY, someone willing to INVEST in MAGNIFICENT SPACEPLANE to fund the EXTENSIVE REPAIRS so we can actually go looking for serious CUSTOMERS. At the moment, no CUSTOMER would TAKE US SERIOUSLY because our PLANE is BROKEN. If we signed a CONTRACT to DO SOMETHING, it would be kind of a FRAUD, and we'd like to avoid being chased by the ANGRY MAFIYA for CHEATING THEM.

The RUSSIAN COUGAR might actually be useful here as an INVESTOR, but SUAVE PLAYBOY is clearly the WRONG MAN for the job, since he is INCAPABLE of interacting with women except to SEDUCE THEM. And depending on how his attempt to SWEET-TALK TROPICAL BEAUTY ends up, he may wind up INCAPABLE of SEDUCING THEM, too.

Hmm. Maybe ETERNAL FREEDOM could talk to her. She would probably LIKE HIM, and it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that KAMIKAZE SPACE PILOT will suffer same WEAKNESS as PLAYBOY.

BADASS and ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION are pretty much mutually exclusive.