Editing LotS/The Story/Number of the Beast/Falls the Shadow
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
"[Player's name]? Come on..." | "[Player's name]? Come on..." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Talia gazed through the flight cabin's window and sighed. Those were far from the first sub-vocal words she'd cast into the void since leaving Jerusalem Maior. All had gone unanswered. She pressed a button on the communications console, but found no luck there either. | Talia gazed through the flight cabin's window and sighed. Those were far from the first sub-vocal words she'd cast into the void since leaving Jerusalem Maior. All had gone unanswered. She pressed a button on the communications console, but found no luck there either. Screaming Barracuda was unreachable too. Wu Tenchu had told her not to worry, but hadn't offered any explanation. Now the mandarin wasn't responding to her transmissions. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Glass shattered behind her. | Glass shattered behind her. | ||
Line 86: | Line 86: | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
<font size="3"> | <font size="3">''Apocalypse in a Box'''</font> | ||
"Get back!" Eddie Dang's voice erupted from his helmet's vocal amplifier and rebounded along the street. "All of you, clear the area immediately!" | "Get back!" Eddie Dang's voice erupted from his helmet's vocal amplifier and rebounded along the street. "All of you, clear the area immediately!" | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Line 179: | Line 177: | ||
<font size="3">'''Machinations of the Mandarin'''</font> | <font size="3">'''Machinations of the Mandarin'''</font> | ||
There are people in the galaxy who understand Sian military vessels better than you do. The empire's elite aerospace engineers know them as well as devoted lovers know each other's bodies, and if pressed could probably reconstruct them cabin by cabin on a datapad. Even among rank and file crew members, there are some who spend hours examining schematics because they yearn to prove themselves superior to their fellows; others wallow in them out of passion, staring at plans and diagrams, or glorious three-dimensional projections, with the same bright eyes as a comicbook collector gazing upon his favorite issues. | There are people in the galaxy who understand Sian military vessels better than you do. The empire's elite aerospace engineers know them as well as devoted lovers know each other's bodies, and if pressed could probably reconstruct them cabin by cabin on a datapad. Even among rank and file crew members, there are some who spend hours examining schematics because they yearn to prove themselves superior to their fellows; others wallow in them out of passion, staring at plans and diagrams, or glorious three-dimensional projections, with the same bright eyes as a comicbook collector gazing upon his favorite issues. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Line 213: | Line 210: | ||
You sigh. | You sigh. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"You're aboard the | "You're aboard the Sima Yi, and will by now have realized that there are no crew members on the ship. This was a necessary precaution. The entire galaxy believes you're on the Zhuge Liang, en route to Sian, and I can't risk the truth escaping. Your enemy cannot learn the truth." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Noir..." | "Noir..." | ||
Line 227: | Line 224: | ||
"Your ship is here." | "Your ship is here." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Two pictures appear on other monitors. There's the | Two pictures appear on other monitors. There's the Silver Shadow, resting near a sealed launch door, and a cutaway diagram showing the hangar's location. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Miss Haelia and Miss Crethnerith-" | "Miss Haelia and Miss Crethnerith-" | ||
Line 237: | Line 234: | ||
The communication screen goes black. | The communication screen goes black. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
*** | *** | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Line 253: | Line 248: | ||
"Like hell I will..." | "Like hell I will..." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
" | "Ham is aboard a different vessel. Its location has been transmitted to your navigation systems. No one beyond you and your companions may learn of this, but I cannot permit you to reach the Zhuge Liang and interfere with what I've planned." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"But why-" | "But why-" | ||
Line 266: | Line 261: | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
She looked at the nav screen and adjusted their course. | She looked at the nav screen and adjusted their course. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
<font size="3">'''Family Reunion'''</font> | <font size="3">'''Family Reunion'''</font> | ||
"It's about time! I was starting to regret fishing you out of that water." | "It's about time! I was starting to regret fishing you out of that water." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Screaming Barracuda stands in the middle of the Silver Shadow's mess room with her arms crossed. Her cranial fin twitches, and the studs on her leather jacket seem to grow even spikier. | |||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Your prime minister's had us locked in here like a couple of crims!" | "Your prime minister's had us locked in here like a couple of crims!" | ||
Line 402: | Line 283: | ||
You cough, and refrain from stating the obvious. | You cough, and refrain from stating the obvious. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Where's | "Where's Ali?" you ask. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"In her cabin. Look, can we get out of here now?" | "In her cabin. Look, can we get out of here now?" | ||
Line 446: | Line 327: | ||
"Keep your bloody fire off my guitar!" | "Keep your bloody fire off my guitar!" | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"What about it, | "What about it, Ham?" | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"No, we might need that guitar." | "No, we might need that guitar." | ||
Line 482: | Line 363: | ||
Everyone's hugging. We don't like hugging. | Everyone's hugging. We don't like hugging. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"I know that," | "I know that," Ali murmured. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
If they try to hug us, we'll burn them. | If they try to hug us, we'll burn them. | ||
Line 490: | Line 371: | ||
She leaned against the wall. The mess room was far more crowded than it had been a few minutes ago, and it never hurt to have your back against something solid when you found yourself up close with a bunch of armed strangers. | She leaned against the wall. The mess room was far more crowded than it had been a few minutes ago, and it never hurt to have your back against something solid when you found yourself up close with a bunch of armed strangers. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"I leave you alone for five minutes and you become a thugby player," | "I leave you alone for five minutes and you become a thugby player," Ham said. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Hey, look who's talking," said the woman with the pistols. "I turn my back and you get kicked through a window." | "Hey, look who's talking," said the woman with the pistols. "I turn my back and you get kicked through a window." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
That's | That's Talia Ryx. She's captain of the Sian Dragons. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Wait..." Ali's brow furrowed. "How do you know that but I don't?" | "Wait..." Ali's brow furrowed. "How do you know that but I don't?" | ||
Line 532: | Line 413: | ||
We don't like robots. They don't burn well. | We don't like robots. They don't burn well. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Ragnar," | "Ragnar," Ham said, "I heard someone wrote a saga about you." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Yeah. | "Yeah. Sigurd Spinebreaker's girl." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Is it any good?" | "Is it any good?" | ||
Line 548: | Line 429: | ||
"Books are for losers." | "Books are for losers." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Lu Bu looked at her again. He said nothing, but she was almost certain he sighed. | |||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
He's making fun of us! | He's making fun of us! | ||
Line 560: | Line 441: | ||
She was funny when we set her hair on fire. | She was funny when we set her hair on fire. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
" | "Natasha Cybersmash asked me to pass on her regards next time we met," Lu Bu said. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Does she still want to kill me?" | "Does she still want to kill me?" | ||
Line 574: | Line 455: | ||
"I tried to call you at Christmas," the boy said. | "I tried to call you at Christmas," the boy said. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Sorry, Tel," | "Sorry, Tel," Ham said. "I was... tied up with something. Something strange." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"We killed a giant mutant turkey." | "We killed a giant mutant turkey." | ||
Line 582: | Line 463: | ||
Everything's bleeping. Why is everything bleeping? Is something going to blow up? Because that would be cool... | Everything's bleeping. Why is everything bleeping? Is something going to blow up? Because that would be cool... | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
Ham's human friends all pulled out their communicators. Lu Bu's eyes flickered. Ham went to the mess hall's main terminal. | |||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
"Hey," Ali said, "if coms are back up, call Tenchu and..." | "Hey," Ali said, "if coms are back up, call Tenchu and..." | ||
Line 604: | Line 485: | ||
"My name is Wu Tenchu, and when this game of weiqi is over I will die..." | "My name is Wu Tenchu, and when this game of weiqi is over I will die..." | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> | ||
<font size="3">'''Sian Dragonfly'''</font> | <font size="3">'''Sian Dragonfly'''</font> | ||
Stop!" Sergeant Ying said. | Stop!" Sergeant Ying said. | ||
<br><br> | <br><br> |