[IC] The Echo Game! Something Different! Always Recruiting! Exclamation Marks!

[SpookySquid]

Nana-

@Aphelion @Willow Breeze So sorry about the delay!

"I have an idea. We're heading back to Chili soon. Why don't you come with us? We'll work out a place for you to stay on the way. Plus, I'm sure everyone in Chili would be happy to meet the girl who just won us the tournament!" he said as a few of the other players and the coach joined them, smiling, talking and laughing excitedly.

Jac-

A few men threw rocks, nails, broken bottles, and insults at Jac as she approached the pirate ship, however, since she was several feet below them, they couldn't touch her. Clearly the person steering the pirate ship either didn't know Jac was there, or had chosen to ignore her. Jac rifled to her backpack and found... NOTHING? What? Surely this must be some kind of joke! What kind of backpack doesn't have anything inside of it! But, as Jac closely examined the bag, she would realize that there was no bottom to the backpack. When she reached around inside of it, there was nothing there... Nothing at all- she couldn't even feel the bottom of the bag! But there was no hole in the bottom of the backpack... hmm.....

CC-

BB (good job on the nickname) looked very nervous now, and she was obviously blushing. She shakily backed up and headed towards the door.

Jack-

Jack grabbed a phone that was in the limo (don't ask me how it got there.) After he dialed the number, it rang a few times before he heard the answering machine. "You have reached the voice mail box of-" suddenly a booming voice erupted from the phone, "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHMAAAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!!!" The calm voice returned. "Please leave a message after the tone... Beep..."

Chuck-

"Aaahhhh... yes I have spoken to my brother, of course, but he won't listen to me. You have some good plans Antar... Aaahhhh..." the elf seemed to be struggling with the word, as if he couldn't remember it. Eventually, as though he had given up he said, "Iageseeatian. So, I'll tell you what I know about these other countries. Let me know what you think, Detattler."

(One plate of fresh country cards coming up!)

[Eklispe]

Jack winced at the blaring noise that emitted from the telephone (trust me I saw this movie once and there was a telephone in the limo.). Okay then dead end for now. "Uh this is Jack; please call me as soon as you are available." Jack made sure to memorize the route they were taking and hurriedly set to dialing the next two numbers hoping for more reasonable responses. They would hopefully arrive at their destination by the time he was done.@SpookySquid

[Genni]

CC blew some bubblegum, trying to think what to do next...

[Genni]

@SpookySquid

For a moment CC wondered whether she should follow the fleeing woman, and the temptation to sneak a peek around the door was almost unbearable, but instead CC moved down the corridor to examine the amusing graffiti at the far end of the corridor for a moment. After a reasonable amount of time CC wandered casually up to the control room door and gave it a knock. "I'm coming in, ready or not!" She called out happily, before pushing the door wide and stepping through.

The first thing she noticed was BB, standing in the middle of the room straightening up her new outfit with her wet discarded clothes stacked in a neat pile beside her, but soon CC's attention was drawn to the room around her as she gazed around at the room. Feeling a little disappointed at not getting a return show from the beautiful woman CC sighed dramatically as she began to inspect her surroundings.

[SpookySquid]

Jack-

Jack called the second number on the list, this time, he did not get the answering machine. "Hello, this is Danielle. Do you want to speak to Mrs. Fields?" asked a voice from the other side of the phone. While he called, the little girl that was following Jack had finished her ice cream and she had begun playing with the windows on the limo. Soon, all three of the children were playing with the windows which emitted a humming sound as they went up and down.

CC-

The control room was almost empty except for a wooden chair, a strange table, and an old calendar. The calendar dated all the way back to 1904 and the chair looked like it would snap in half if CC so much as touched it. The table was perhaps the most interesting thing in the room. There was a note taped to it which read, "Please only turn one on at a time. Wait at least one hour before turning the next room on." The table seemed to be the control panel and it displayed a knob which could be turned to any letter of the alphabet. Right now, it was turned to "Z." In addition, there was a power button, a button that read "activate," as well as a button that read, "deactivate." There was a black monitor next to the knob.

BB gasped in surprise as CC entered the room. She staggered backwards and her jeans, which she hadn't quite finished putting on, fell down to her ankles and caused her to trip and fall.

[Genni]

@SpookySquid

For a moment CC's full attention was drawn to the sight of BB's tight panties stretched over her crotch as she lay on her face before the player. Reaching out with her hand CC was tempted to slip it in between the woman's thighs and do nasty things to her until BB squealed, but at the last moment CC managed to get ahold of herself and instead moved her hand to help BB back up onto her feet.

"Here, let me help with that," CC said in a friendly tone, kneeling down in front of BB to pull her jeans up over her thighs for her. For a second CC's face was less than an inch from BB's sacred mound and she couldn't help but breathe in the beautiful woman's scent before quickly climbing back onto her feet with a smile. "There you go, all better now." CC said as she watched BB fastening up her pants before turning her attention to the console.

"Have you any idea how any of this works?" She asked her new friend, pointing at the panel, the monitor and the blinking lights, but not really expecting an answer. I wonder which words it is she does know, CC pondered, hoping 'Oh God Yes!' were amongst the woman's repertoire. As the thought of BB saying those words to her in a certain context filled CC's mind she reached out and tentatively pressed the deactivate before looking up to see what it might've caused happen.

[SpookySquid]

BB didn't say anything, but she shook her head when CC asked her if she knew how to use the contraption. When CC pressed the deactivate button, nothing happened.

[SimplyJohn]

"Aaahhhh... yes I have spoken to my brother, of course, but he won't listen to me. You have some good plans Antar... Aaahhhh... Iageseeatian. So, I'll tell you what I know about these other countries. Let me know what you think, Detattler."

@SpookySquid

"Yes, that's pretty much what our own intelligence suggests, although we hadn't believed Angola's military position to be as strong as you've stated. Perhaps out information is out of date in this regard?" It was also good to make an opponent believe they had the upperhand in sparring sessions such as these, at least for a short while. That way they wouldn't expect the killing blow when it finally came. "You problem you face is that all are either too strong, too volatile or too insignificant to worry about. Framing the wrong one may provoke a reaction which would most likely lead to a bloody, unprofitable, conclusion."

Holding his hands up in his 'scales' pose once more Chuck smiled towards where Mateel sat snugly behind his desk. "It would seem the choice is clear, use the goblins against themselves. You said they possess a strong sense of unity with each other. Are there any specific individuals in particular who lead the throng, and voices which are heard out above all others? And do they agree with one another as to the course they should pursue, the direction their glorious revolution should take?"

[SpookySquid]

"Aaahhhh... they all share a simple, common goal. Regain control of Namibia that was taken from them 'unjustly' long ago. However, we worked hard for this land, and it came at a price," the elf shook his head, "Aaahhhh, but never mind that. Of course, they all listen to Smadablarah, the ogre. Goblins always feel as though they are children of ogres, and treat the brutes as a sort of god, and many orcs tend to support this as well, since all orcs are half ogres, it makes them become demigods. I'm sure all of us have considered killing him... but that would surely result in a war, which, again, concerns me because of my brothers safety."

[SimplyJohn]

@SpookySquid

Chuck considered this carefully, religion was always a difficult adversary to overcome. If you tried to take it away from someone they'd kill you as a heretic, and if you tried reasoning with them they'd kill you as a blasphemer. "And how does Smadablarah stand on the whole issue? Is he someone who could be... negotiated with? Are there any other ogres who could be convinced to see the truth of the situation, your truth I mean?"

[Willow Breeze]

@SpookySquid

As Jac got closer to the ship, the men aboard started throwing rocks at her. "Guess they don't want me on their ship..." She muttered. Jac reaches her hand into her backpack and finds... nothing. Absolutely nothing. Go on, climb in. Those pirates obviously aren't going to appreciate you anyway. Jac looks at the ship one last time, shrugs, and puts her legs inside her backpack. She puts all of her body inside, except for her hand, still holding on to the outside of the bag.

[SpookySquid]

Nana-

Nana looked around and examined the other players. Luke and most of the other players were humans. The coach was an orc and there were two elves on the team. One of the elves was a forest elf who stood at a mere three feet tall and had dark red hair. The other was a star elf, the same type of elf that Mateel was. He had paler skin, and was much taller. There was one player that looked like they were only 11 years old. In addition, there was a single man that loomed over the other players at an astounding 18 feet. He was made completely out of mossy cobblestone. He had soft looking human eyes, and when he laughed at a joke made by one of the elves talking to him, it sounded like any other human laugh.

Chuck-

Mateel thought for a second. "Aaahhhh...I've never thought of seeking out other ogres. However, they are quite difficult to find. The chances of both finding one that agrees with me over the goblins combined with the likelihood of finding an ogre which doesn't immediately try to kill me make that impossible. As for Smadablarah, he seeks only power. He wants to become leader of Namibia, and goblins are merely tools that help him complete this task. He knows he couldn't join the elves though. He would lose all support and be considered a demon by the goblins if he tried to convince them to stop fighting."

Jac-

Jac could see her feet were dangling above a small room. The floor was covered in a thin layer of sand, and there were a few crates and boxes littering the floor and a rusty pitchfork on the side of the wall. The stone walls were cracked with age.

[Genni]

BB didn't say anything, but she shook her head when CC asked her if she knew how to use the contraption. When CC pressed the deactivate button, nothing happened.

@SpookySquid

"Well, at least we made sure the thing wasn't already running. Or at least I think we did." CC said to BB as she reached out towards the activation button before pulling back and waving her hand over it welcomingly.

"Actually, why don't you do the honours?" CC asked her new friend with a smile, trying not to make it too obvious that she was trying to back a safe distance away from the console. "I'm sure you know all about pressing the right buttons," she mumbled to herself.

[Eklispe]

Jack replied, "Yes please." and then the children started making a ruckus. Oy oy oy, the easiest way to deal with them without being a jerk. Hoping to take advantage of the time while he was being transferred he grabbed the book out of his backpack, "Hey kids look at this book I have, you can find out how to avoid spiders!" Jack in an excited voice and waved the book around a bit before setting it down and gesturing at it hoping they would stop with the windows for a bit. The noise wasn't unbearable it just made it annoying to try to listen. Then Jack put the phone back up to his ear and waited for a response while thinking about how he was going to play this out. The only connection he had to these numbers was someone named Ryan who apparently knew him, besides that there wasn't anything he knew about these numbers or the people connected to them.@SpookySquid

[SpookySquid]

CC-

BB pressed the button and... nothing happened. Confused, BB then pressed the power button. Suddenly, the monitor came to life. The word TEMPIRE came onto the screen, and suddenly a an a blinking line appeared on the screen. It looked like a google search bar.

Jack-

One of the boys grabbed the book and started to flip through it. Soon after, the girl began looking at the book as well. The other boy stopped and silently watched Jack as he talked on the phone. "Hello, this is Helen, Nebraska's number one Subdomologist. May I help you?" came a raspy voice from the other line.

[Eklispe]

Jack ignored the child staring at him and continued his conversation, "Yes this is Jack, do you happen to know a friend of mine by the name of Ryan? If so could you tell me a little more about him, I'm afraid we didn't get to know each other very well and I'd certainly like to learn more about him." he said in what he hoped was a convincing fashion. Subdomolgist eh? Well Jack had no clue what that was and he certainly didn't want to feel like an ignoramus for asking so he would just search it on his laptop with they arrived.@SpookySquid

[SpookySquid]

Jack-

"Hm... sorry, I can't say that I know a Ryan. Have you tried to find him before? If so, in what realms?"

[Eklispe]

Realms? Like the nine realms? Gods this was only getting worse, "Hm sorry about that then, I'm afraid I'll have to try elsewhere thank you for your assistance." Jack waited for a while to see if there was a response other than goodbye then planned to hangup if he didn't hear anything. He would wait until they arrived at whereever and try to find out what "realms" were and what Subdomolgy was on his laptop. Assuming he could connect to the internet and the internet was a thing. He reaaaaaally need to figure out what was going in this place.@SpookySquid

[SpookySquid]

Jack-

"Erm... alright, bye. Good luck finding Ryan," the call ended. Suddenly, the limo slowed and stopped next to a large yacht. "Alright," said Al, "He're the boat! Go ahead and hop on while I find a room for you to stay."

The yacht was gigantic and its size rivaled a cruise ship.

[Aphelion]

Nana-

@Aphelion @Willow Breeze So sorry about the delay!

"I have an idea. We're heading back to Chili soon. Why don't you come with us? We'll work out a place for you to stay on the way. Plus, I'm sure everyone in Chili would be happy to meet the girl who just won us the tournament!" he said as a few of the other players and the coach joined them, smiling, talking and laughing excitedly.

@SpookySquid

"Woah woah woah, Chili? Um, wow, how do you pay to fly all the way over there? I mean, you have so many extra people. It has to get expensive, right? I don't have any money. I can't buy a ticket, you see." Nana's mind was reeling, and she had no idea if she was even in Russia anymore. Why had she been placed here, wherever she was, and what was the currency? She took a moment to breathe to calm herself before looking over the players, trying to figure out what races they were. She knew she had requested to be a Fae, but hadn't gotten a good look at her in-game avatar yet. She had glanced over the other races and their looks briefly before deciding definitively on Fae, so she thought she should have a good idea of what Luke and the other players were just based off of visual inspection. "And you're sure that they'd be happy to meet... me?"