Sedjwick

The Marauders (2018)

Valanx grabbed one of the wheeled carts in the corner of the cargo bay to transport the cryo-pod to the lab. He carefully lifted the crate and slid it onto the cart, then wheeled the cart down the hall toward the lab.

Once he reached the lab, he slid the crate with cryo-pod off the cart and grabbed his tools. There was a half-gutted computer terminal on one of the desks that should hopefully be able to compensate for the damaged hardware in the cryo-pod and allow them to access the information that it was carrying. He set to work removing the paneling of the pod to get into the computer system. When he finally got through all the insulation and protective materials he saw how bad the damage truly was. The hard drive seemed to be intact, but the motherboard had a huge crack through it. Getting it transferred to the terminal without accidentally snapping it in two would be a difficult task. He carefully set to work disconnecting all the chips from the circuitry, using a pair of surgical forceps to remove the damaged boards. Everything seemed compatible with the computer on the desk, which made things easier. While he worked, he took note of the serial number of each component. Maybe if he looked these up he'd be able to find out where this machine came from and, in theory, the planet of origin of this girl. He also noticed a strange powder coating everything. He scraped a sample off one of the boards to analyze later. As he got to the damaged motherboard, he noticed that it had been directly connected to the hard drive by means of soldered wire. Clearly, this was not the work of a professional - no professional would use such a flimsy connection. He slowly and carefully removed the motherboard and the hard drive, and noticed a second wire soldered onto the hard drive, this one connected to some sort of canister. It took him nearly ten minutes just to remove this setup to avoid risking damage to the already damaged components, or the macgyver'd modifications

It took an hour and a half of careful work, but he finally got all the cryo-pod's critical components transferred to the half-gutted computer. He powered it on and watched as the machine worked. He still needed the captain's authorization to access anything, but at least the fix worked. "Captain, I've gotten the cryo-pod's components transferred," he announced. "As soon as you're free I'll need your authorization to access the information on the hard drive." He then turned back to the cryo-pod. "What other secrets might you be hiding?" he mused, then set to work taking the entire thing apart to see if it was harboring any other secrets.
@Jones Sparrow

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

Isaac could only stare as the Mist swirled into the dining pavilion and enveloped and possessed Syrus and he spoke a prophecy. Most of it made little sense to Isaac, but a few things stood out as he rushed to help Syrus again. "Okay, so I think we're dealing with Ouranous waking up again, if I understood those first lines correctly," he began as he propped Syrus up. "We just won a war against the Giants and Gaea and closed the doors of death, but with Gaea's defeat, we woke up her husband, Ouranous, who had been chopped into a thousand pieces and thrown into Tartarus by Kronos, but if Kronos can come back from being chopped up, I assume Ouranous can as well, and he was definitely not someone you want to make mad according to the old stories." He contemplated the rest of the prophecy. "I'm not sure what the new moon rising means, possibly something to do with Artemis, and the son of the owl probably refers to a son of Athena," he looked at the flame seared on his palm. "Apparently, me. The rest of it is a mystery to me. Who is the chronicler or the king who will fall or the whisper? Forks in the journey sounds like something Hecate would be interested in, and we have one of her sons here, and if he has control of the Mist, then maybe he can show us the way. I can't make heads or tails of the last two lines, though." He was talking mainly to himself as he tried to sort out the meaning of the mysterious prophecy, but he had spoken clearly enough that his musings on the subject were easily heard by everyone around him and Syrus.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

Present, still waiting for something interesting to happen.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

I is here, waiting for things to happen.

The Marauders (2018)

@Akayaofthemoon Just reposting this bit from the IC so it doesn't get forgotten:

Valanx was in the lab looking at the Ulnar venom again. The newest anti-venom should have worked. All the data suggested that it would neutralize the poison, so why hadn't it worked? He injected the anti-venom into another vial and placed the sample under a microscope. He watched the reaction again. After watching the anti-venom do it's job, he separated the remaining solutions. The reaction had proceeded as normal, but there was something weird about what was left over. There was either an unexpected product, or a reactant that didn't react. He placed the unknown substance under a microscope and began an analysis. He rushed over to the body of their deceased loadmaster and extracted a vial of brain fluid. He put this new sample under another microscope and began an analysis. Somehow, there was a powerful neurotoxin in Anderson's system, identical to the substance he had isolated from the neutralized Ulnar venom. But if the Ulnar venom contained both a hemotoxin and an neurotoxin, why were they unable to isolate the neurotoxin from the venom until they had neutralized the hemotoxin? With a few swipes of a gloved hand across the displays, he logged the data for further analysis. Maybe Rae would be able to make more sense of this. This poison stuff was more her territory anyway. He just worked on this sort of stuff on the side when he had nothing else to do or the matter was of greatest urgency as it was here, or at least it had been, and probably would be again. Those rats were still out there in certain places. The Marauders had just wiped out a large portion of them, but they hadn't annihilated the entire race.
"Also, I found some new information about the Ulnar venom. You'll want to take a look at it ASAP. It's... confusing."

I know there's some other stuff going on, but Rae's going to have to look into this at some point.

The Marauders (2018)

@Scarlet Loup You have my sympathy. My brother took organic chemistry, and I have heard bad things about how difficult it is. Study hard and focus on your real life stuff. We can wait.

Final Fantasy RK: The Lost Pages

Velu nodded in agreement with Astrid's remark as he looked over the weapons. He still had the sword he had been wielding when he had suddenly vanished from his story, but it seemed that there might be some better weapons here that might serve him in this new quest. He finally found a medium length sword with a blade that seemed to be made of mythril. He was familiar with this valuable substance from his own world and knew that it was far superior to the iron blade he currently carried. He took the new sword and slipped it into his belt in the place of his old sword, which he now placed in his pack to sell when he next had the opportunity.

With his new sword equipped, he turned to Dr. Mog. "Do you have any idea of what sort of perils we might be facing where we're going?" he asked the moogle. "And do you happen to have any other miscellaneous items we might need? Potions and the like?"
@soren

Final Fantasy RK: The Lost Pages

I was kind of waiting on other people to move this forward, but I'll see about getting a post up tonight.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

@soren I think I'll just wait until dinner. Isaac isn't exactly the type to just randomly go out of his way to meet new people, but if something important/interesting happens, he'll be there to jump in and do what he can.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

Present. I'm just trying to figure out what to do with Isaac from here, plus school is time-consuming.