THE LEWIS AND CLARK - DAY THREE

[inferis]

[As you've heard over the journals, your friends on the Even Horizon are facing a lot of trouble right now, and need to get the heck to safety. Of course, you're still running on a smattering of half-solved answers.

Have you got the power on yet? You might want to be sure you get right on that]

[[OOC: AROUND THE SHIP | THE CONTROL ROOM | A MESSAGE | DAY THREE OOC POST | PLOT CHAT | PLOT HUB]]

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AROUND THE SHIP

[inferis]

[If you haven't got the power working, the manuals are still floating around, to help you out. Use this space to plan out your next moves, or digest the rather distressing news coming from the other ship.

You're their only hope guys. Their. Only. Hope]

THE CONTROL ROOM

[inferis]

[When the power is finally restored, screens in the control room spring back to life, lights are back on, and it looks like you just might be able to fly this thing again. Life is good!

One screen in particular seems to have rebooted something sent from the Event Horizon. They are the captains logs of the original crew. They start off as soon as the ship takes off, a full crew of smiling, exited people ready to revolutionize space travel. Nothing off at all seems about it.

There are a lot of entries to comb through. Best get to it]

[wizard_redfive]

[FINALLY.

Once the ship's power is restored, Dairine heads straight for the computer screens. There must be something she can use or reprogram to get that door open. But then she notices the video log.]

Huh. That's new.

[Well, since it's Event Horizon files, she starts skimming through it. Maybe it'll drop something useful.]

Spaaaaaaaaaaaace buddies...

[the_effect_she_has]

What's new?

[Katniss looks up from where she was leaning - thank god leaning was an option again - against the wall. She was going to go start working on the door ... but something in Dairine's tone caught her attention.]

Re: AROUND THE SHIP

[the_effect_she_has]

((ooc: edited because the manuals have already been found!))

[Katniss got there as quickly as possible after Dairine's message, and as soon as someone pointed her in a direction, she had a tool and started to work on the ship. She didn't have much but muscle and wit at this point to offer, but she'd do what she could.]

[unvarnished]

[August honestly doesn't know if the power being on is anything to do with all the tinkering they've been doing, but he has the hope he did some good here. He gets up to examine the screens. He taps a file at random, wondering what he's going to see]

Hm. Too bad we can't make copies and divide them. It would go faster.

[cyan_maid]

[It's good for Jane to stand on something solid again, but it's even better to have something new to read. The journals are...not very fun. At all.

She'll be reading the reports on the screens as thoroughly as she can, a bit pale of face, but looking fine otherwise.]

[hardenedimmortal]

[Adam is desperate for something to find something to help the ones on the other ship. Between worrying for Peter and dying to know what they were going through over there and his worry for Phoebe, he could feel his own mind cracking again.

He enters the control room, glad that the gravity was back on. There's still blood from the cut he'd gotten the day before caked on his face, but he doesn't seem to notice]

Anything new? Any clues as to how in the hell to help them?

[ofhope]

[ Joshua has decided to abandon his supply closet since yesterday (getting needles jammed into you while being thrown around is not fun), and is carrying a torch while hovering around the halls. The control room has enough people and screw all of them. He would rather find a different away, whatever that entails. Looking for secret panels and doors all the way!

When he's not lingering near the exit that connects to the other ship, staring at it like that will solve all their problems. ]

[banshee_rider]

[Kelly stands to read the screens over Jane's shoulder. The Spartan, cruelly deprived of her armor, stands nearly 7' without it, her skin mottled pink from old burns.]

There's got to be a twist. There's always a twist ...

[She half mutters it to herself, rememering the tests that Mendez put them through in training. If something was too easy, it meant they missed something, hadn't found the challenge ending, and could pretty much expect anything to try and trip them up.]

Beeeest buddies...

[wizard_redfive]

This.

[She gestures to the video as it plays. The audio says "Captains Log: Day 2" just as she does, briefly mentioning their excitement aboard the Event Horizon.]

[inferis]

[The video flickers to the crew joking around. A blonde haired woman laughs as a man with a shaved head tries to balance spoons on his nose and ears. The man who started off the log, sitting in the captain's chair, his uniform neat and his medals gleaming, rolls his eyes in amusement

"You're never going to get them all on."

"I will, seriously. I did this in college all the time, just watch."

"Serious scientific work here, people. The best of the best."

"Come on, Cap. Don't you want to take a bet?"]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine rolls her eyes.]

Oh, come on. Looking for something useful here, not Youtube material.

[She's very tempted to fast-foward but would rather not risk missing a vital clue.]

Re: AROUND THE SHIP

[toobravehearted]

[He has some tools, a scant handful and he's stalking through the ship towards the doors that connect them to the Event Horizon. Here is a man with a purpose. To get them out. Enough is enough.]

Anyone not in the control room and able bodied, help me, please. I want these doors open and now would be good. Control room, any information that can help us in this, if you'd be so kind to relay it down.


[[ooc: moved to correct section, apologies! loooong day.]]

[inferis]

[The ship's log shows up at Day 5.

The blonde haired woman is in the background, tapping away on her screens, as the captain adjusts the screen.

"Well! Everyone's got over their sleep from stasis and things are settling in fine. We should be at the site in less than three hours now. The Core is running smoothly and no problems have occurred."

"Harris melted a burrito in the microwave."

The captain turns his head to a voice offscreen.

"Harris needs to stop messing around. He better bring back all those spoons." ]

[courageous_wit]

Doctor? [she hurries over to him] Doctor, there you are!

Dictated via journal

[wizard_redfive]

Doctor, this is Dairine reporting in. [...What? She's got to have some fun otherwise she might break down completely.]

I'm going through their computers files for any command or key to opening the doors. Nothing found so far, but I'll keep you posted.

[wizard_redfive]

Maybe.

[Dairine is watching a video with total concentration.]

I found a video log of the Event Horizon's previous crew. Maybe there's a clue in here.

[hardenedimmortal]

[He moves over to stand behind her, watching the video and frowning slightly]

I hope so. The sooner that we figure out what happened to the previous crew, the sooner that we can save them. The sooner that we can save all of us.

[kindnessing]

[ Hey, dude that saved him from running headlong into the whirly blade thing, he'll walk over and peer at the screen. ]

Given enough time, I think I could figure that out... But I don't know if we have any. [ You know, considering how fast the situation seems to be deteriorating in the other ship :( ]

Dictated via journal

[toobravehearted]

[His voice is terse, little room for humour, but he's glad to hear her.] Good girl. Anything, no matter how trivial it sounds or appears, there is no bad information. Not today.

[inferis]

[A new log appears, the captain beaming proudly, a few members of his crew standing behind him.

"We have reached safe distance and are preparing to engage the gravity drive and open the gateway."

One of his crew members gives a thumbs up from his station. The captain looks a mixture of excited and nervous, trying to contain it all.

"When you get this message, God willing, we will reach the solar system of Proxima Centauri. I... uh, I had something historic to say, and I wrote it down but I... I can't find it."

He raises a fake glass to the camera in cheers.

"Ave, atque, vale. Hail and farewell."]

[inferis]

[A new video plays, it's one of the crew members. He stares at the screen for a moment, before leaning closer, as he's trying to see the audience themselves.

"It happened again. The whispers. They think I'm crazy. But I know what I saw. Maybe...maybe I can make it all better for them. All I have to do is make them see."

He reaches out and the video cuts to the next log]

[unvarnished]

[he focuses intently on the screen so he can memorize every word, every picture. Whatever they're watching, it must be important]

Ave, atque, vale. That's more Latin. They... they actually activated the gravity drive.

[toobravehearted]

Hermione. [There's a measure of relief in his voice to see her.] I'm here. Are you doing all right? Walk with me? [He's going to be walking fast, not a minute more to lose.]