#002 - Cosmic Adventures

[kryptonian]

[Kara Zor-El is in Insolitus.

She's not quite lost -- no, she's not about to admit that yet -- but she's starting to think maybe she's become too reliant on her abilities. Here, in a maze that doesn't let her see through walls, it's a little tricky to stay "unlost", so to speak. But wasn't that adventure with Kal all those months ago supposed to teach her to not be too reliant on her abilities?

But hey, she's not lost yet.

She's just a little bit turned around in a maze of tunnels and ladders and all those things.

Hmm, what to do? She's sitting mid-way up a ladder with her journal to collect her thoughts.]


You know, what kind of castle keeps a giant evil jungle gym in its underbelly?

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Dictated

[whistles_the_blues]

A giant evil jungle gym?

You have my attention.

Dictated

[kryptonian]

You haven't seen this Insolitus place yet?

Dictated

[whistles_the_blues]

I can't say that I have.

Just where exactly is it? I'll come check it out.

[He's already on the move and out his door.]

Dictated

[kryptonian]

Sixth floor, door called "Insolitus."

Dictated

[whistles_the_blues]

Got it.

[It doesn't take him long to get from the third floor to the sixth. He slowly peeks his head in through the door and glances curiously at the three tunnels.]

This doesn't look ominous at all. Well here goes nothing.

[He closes the journal and crouches down low to get into the middle tunnel.]

dictated;

[kryptonian]

Now the trick will be finding me.

[whistles_the_blues]

[How hard could that possibly be?

He crawls along through the tunnel until he finds himself face to face with a rather large number of options he could take. He's not even going to bother trying to figure out just how many ways he could go through this place. He's gonna shout out.]

Do I at least get a hint!?

[kryptonian]

I'm pretty sure I went left at the first tunnel, climb up the ladder at the end, turn right, up the spiral stairs, tunnel to the right, down the fourth slide from the left... uh, I think from there it was between all those creepy silver pillars, tunnel to the right, then up another set of ladders to a platform... I think.

Normally I remember I lot better.

[whistles_the_blues]

Don't sweat it. I'm sure I can figure it out from there.

[He hangs a left like she had suggested and continues on. He can't help but grin at how cool this room is at the same time it looks like it would be a crappy place to end up losing power.

He manages to get about half way through the directions she had given him, to the tunnel after the silver pillars when he stops for a moment. He stomps his foot against the ground a few times to make a few loud thuds.]

If you can hear that let me know. Just checking to make sure I'm going the right way.

[luthored]

Insolitus, huh? See you in a week.

[ LOL she's just kidding.

Maybe not, though. ]

Dictated

[tapshoetomove]

Giant evil jungle gym?

[He's trying to put together a mental image of that. It's...interesting.]

[kryptonian]

[She pauses to listen.] Actually, I can hear where you are... I just can't think of how to get there from here. I'm not a dolphin.

[kryptonian]

Wow, see how funny that is when I don't come home for dinner, and you all need to launch an expedition to save my butt.

[whistles_the_blues]

I just wanted to see if I was getting closer. Figured if you could hear me that was a good sign.

[No idea about the whole super hearing thing yet.

So heads up the ladder toward the platform she had mentioned to take and as he gets to the top he starts to look around to see if she's there.]

Dictated

[kryptonian]

Yep. Never seen Insolitus, Luke?

[luthored]

If you don't come home for dinner, it's all going to the dogs.

[ Maybe that will encourage a speedy return! ]

But honestly, be careful. That place is worse than a House of Mirrors.

Dictated

[tapshoetomove]

I haven't. Heck, I haven't even seen most of the castle yet let alone what's around it.

What's it like? Other then being an evil jungle gym.

[kryptonian]

Working on it. I'm not fighting that dumb dog for my dinner.

Have you been in it much?

Dictated

[kryptonian]

I would totally not explore this place if I didn't have powers, it'd be way too easy to get lost. It's basically pitch black, except for the stars. Fake stars.

[kryptonian]

Yup.

[She knows she forgot to mention something.]

I'm sitting on a ladder, if that helps. It's super dark in here.

[luthored]

[ Now there is a cartoony mental image dancing around in her head of Krypto and Kara fighting in a ring over a steak... ]

Only once, and it was a long time ago. It creeped me out beyond belief. There's a room belonging to an old resident hidden in there.

[whistles_the_blues]

You don't say.

[He glances around the platform and see's a ramp up toward another ladder. Maybe that's the one she's on? He couldn't tell from where he was, so with a quick dash he made his way up the ramp and started up the latter. Keeping a closer eye out for her now.]

[kryptonian]

Whaaaaat? Why is there a room in here?

[kryptonian]

[Whoa, vision kicking in better.]

Hey! Right here.

[luthored]

Another one of Paradisa's grand mysteries! But since I think the rooms have been shifted around before, so it might have happened other times. That could just be one of the remains of the oldest re-arrangement.

If I'd known you were going exploring, I would have sent my video camera with you. I never actually saw the room myself.

[ But she also didn't have super speed at the time to pick up the pace. ]