Pokemon Roleplay Club of Awesomeness

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(OOC: How resistant are the suits to scratches? Should we have our characters' hands pretty well protected, or do we RP suits getting punctured by the metal as they climb? Oh, and if this scene doesn't work for some reason, let me know. )

Guinan's climb was going well enough. She was tired and hungry but not slowing down yet. One moment, she was climbing with a smile on her face. The next, her left leg was sliding downward. "Ooh, this step is broken here!" she warned as she pulled herself up to stand.

Jian swiftly boosted Guinan up so the latter could reach the next step. "Shall I tell a story so that things aren't so boring?" Jian suggested, and Aelkai seemed to like that idea very much.
"Tell a good story! A kitty story!" The young girl exclaimed in excitement.
"What do you say, again?" Jian insisted.
"Oh, right. A kitty story, please." Aelkai replied, just as persistently.
"Any other requests?" Jian asked everyone in general.

(OOC: Maybe we're on different wavelengths here. Mike started out at a run. Even if they're mostly not running, they're alternating between climbing and walking catwalks right? So if they do tell a story, well, except for Enye or Aelkai, wouldn't the rest of the characters have a bit of a tougher time with that? Even Laura at some point? I'm hearing more of a stop-and-start sort of story. Oxygen is at a premium also. They've got, maybe 15 minutes left right?)

Guinan thanked Jian for moving the rest of the ladder back into place and continued her ascent.

[Oops. I forgot about that. Never mind, then.]

(OOC: It'd just be a story that starts and stops as the character catches their breath or hits a rough spot. Maybe better off with one-liners LOL.)

"Enjoying the ride, Aelkai?" Guinan quipped, since Aelkai was on Jian's shoulders. "I think I'll... switch places with you next time," she joked, catching her breath on a catwalk for a moment.

"If only I could fly in space. I could probably carry everyone." Jian muttered. Her wings were feeling a bit squished in her spacesuit.

(OOC: Wonder who's going to traverse that nasty pillar Mikeman mentioned first.)
"What? Flying? That'd be fun. If we were inside... Jian could, Laura's pokemon could, and Sam. But, too much, in the way, right?" Guinan wondered aloud, slowing down again so that she was at the back of the group but not actually falling behind them.

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I was thinking that it is one continuous ladder that passes through holes in catwalks.

The suits are fairly strong but they can be punctured by sharp things. If they do then no air would escape unless it were right next to the helmet because it uses elasticity instead of air pressure, it would just expose a but of your skin to space which would be rather painful and leave a mark but it's not life threatening unless the hole is quite large. The gloves would be punctured in a scenario where someone's hard would get a nasty cut of the gloves weren't there, so it's not too likely but definitely possible if someone wants to do that.
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The group arrives to a part where the ladder is destroyed and there is a lot of damage on the pillar that they are scaling. There are many twisted structural beams around the place and the huge structural beams running down the center are exposed. At this point the gravity is noticeably weaker at just over 0.6g.

Mike stops and takes a moment to breathe. When he checks his oxygen levels he sees that just over half of it is gone, but figures that they will make it because they would be able to go faster and use less energy and by extension less oxygen when the gravity gets lower. Once he catches his breath he says "Well, here comes the 'fun' part. Who here has ever been rock climbing? Don't worry, this should be easier because the gravity is lower and there are more things to grab. It also should be noted that if you fall then you will not just go until you hit the bottom, you will travel in a strait line while the station continues to rotate and... It's complicated and it takes a while to get used to, but the point is the Coriolis effect will make you fall a bit to one side such that you will hit the side of the pillar and if you are careful and/or lucky you should be able to land on a catwalk without breaking anything. Hopefully nobody will have to try."

Mike folds out the plier hand tool on his robotic arm and uses it to help him climb because it can more effectively grab onto the twisted metal, and then he begins the treacherous accent.

When Mike gets past the broken bit in the ladder, Laura quickly grabbed onto a twisted rail, and waved her other hand around to get another part of the rail. She was standing on the last rung of the ladder before it broke, and tried to use both legs to jump onto the next rung. It was a long shot, but to her surprise, it actually worked, probably thanks to the low gravity. "That actually was fun!" Laura chirped.

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I'm just going to skip past the climbing part and get to the interesting stuff.
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When they make it past the damaged part they all continue up the ladder. It's significantly easier at this point because of the low gravity so they can go faster and take breaks less often. By the time they pass the 800 meter mark they are able to hop up and skip a dozen or so rungs before they need to grab on again. Once they reach the top their oxygen supply is running low but they are next to an airlock so they go inside. At this point the local gravity is about 0.05g and that portion of the station has hand rails to help people move around in the very low gravity. According to maps on the wall this section of the station was primarily used for it's hangar bays and docking ports, and the main carrier-sized docking ports are in the center directly above everyone.

"We're right under where we're supposed to be, right?" Laura whispered, hoping that none of the soldiers would hear them.

Mike replies "Yep! Getting in the carrier will definitely be quite tricky though. Unless..." He brings up the hologram of the station again and four of the hangar bays surrounding the hub light up on the virtual model. "These hangar bays have wormhole management systems in them, they are designed to send ships to other universes like the ship we used." He turns off the hologram and looks at to Jian. "Let's get that sea serpent over here." he says with renewed confidence.

Jian grinned impishly, and her eyes glowed oddly white as a haunting melody seemed to shimmer around her. The sea serpent swiftly came into view, and Aelkai smiled as she imagined what the soldiers might be thinking if they looked outside.

Meanwhile, Ia poked her head out of the station wall and stared in amazement, waving happily to the sea serpent.

Mike looks out the window at the sea serpent in surprise. "Wow. Uhhh.. OK. I was planning on portaling it in but I guess that works too. Well, we better get going while everyone is distracted." he says, starting towards an elevator.

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"Hold your fire!" says Captain Plank to the crew of the USS Hercules. "Recon, do you have any idea what that thing is?" The recon officer replies "It seems to be a life form of some kind, I've never seen anything like it." The ship's AI comments: "I've determined that the most likely explenation is instrumentation sabotage. I recommend opening the blast shields and confirming readings visually." The captain replies, "Do it."

At the front of the bridge the large metal blast shields fold up revealing the enemy fleet, Nexus station, and the sea serpent. Everyone stares at it in confusion. "What is that?" asks the captain. "Error: could not identify entity" replies the AI.

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I hope I'm making this fun and engaging. If anyone thinks that it's getting boring then by all means say so because that way we could change that. I have a few possible outcomes planed some of which could allow us to return to the Pokémon universe very soon, so by all means tell me if you want me to do that.
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^[What sort of outcomes did you have in mind? Going back to the Pokemon universe might be fun. What does everyone else think?]

(I actually had a thing planned, which would be taking place at the station. It may have to take place in the past, though, considering they're already past the walkways and such. Would that be alright?

Just a warning though, it may be kind of grim.)