10-07-2015, 09:27 AM
"Yeah....yeah, it's Adam...." Adam currently has one hand intently massaging his temples, the other only loosely gripping the rifle that was cleverly disguised as his trusty mobility aid, propping him up. "I got....I got an idea, just....just gimme a second..."
"Everything cool up in that human-think pan?"
"Yeah....fine, fine.... I just....auuugh....this has been a really trying morning." He passes his hand over his eyes, letting out a deep sigh of frustration and reluctant acceptance that, yes Adam, this is ACTUALLY happening. "We are most definitely NOT hoofin' it. That would take hours, at minimum...possibly days, if we have no idea where the fuck to go. Which, by the way....we don't. That's your job. Do a thing. Find out which Nexus gate goes to Camelot."
Gamzee just blinked at him.
"Just ask literally that exact question on the Dataverse. Someone will answer."
Leaving the highblood to ponder how to go about that particular conundrum himself, Adam turned his focus inward. He hadn't yet really summoned anything intentionally, so this was going to be a real exercise... He was contemplating whether he could get away with summoning some kind of rapid, one-person transit to get him the fuck outta there and never worry about looking back. That idea was quickly quashed by the realization that he really had nowhere to haul ass off to. So he was kinda stuck.
Several minutes soon go by, with Adam remaining locked into intense focus, with his eyebrows twitching in ill-suppressed annoyance at Gamzee generally being himself, trying not to let his focus break. And slowly, but surely, the telltale glimmer of the cocoon of Omnilium that marks an object being summoned sparks into view. There is a moment of merciful silence, as the clown is enraptured by the myriad of rapidly-swirling colors, and soon the orb expands to be bigger across than even Gamzee is tall, prompting a most curious expression to pass across his face, before the cocoon slowly solidifies into what looks very much like an actual egg shell.
With a sigh of relief at being finished by Adam, he lets his focus diminish, thankfully warding off a headache that had begun to encroach. Slowly the 'cocoon' cracks and splinters before quite literally falling apart and disintegrating to blow away in the wind, leaving the contraption Adam had summoned being to stand clearly and proudly in the late morning light.
It was....basically what looked like a roller coaster car affixed firmly to a platform mounted to eight legs and sporting an array of engines and thrusters along its underside. Adam turns to look at Gamzee, who is just kind of scratching his head in bewilderment. "Don't even ask. It was...something a friend made for me during my session, alright."
Gamzee just holds up his hands in a dismissive gesture. "Don't worry about it none, man. It ain't even close to bein' the weirdest thing I've seen."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever...just get in. And hold on, it isn't exactly the smoothest take off in the world." With what is clearly a well-practiced and familiar maneuver, Adam hops up and over the railing of the cart, not even bothering to open the shitty little door in the side, and plants his ass down in what is apparently the "driver's" seat, if the amalgam of levers and pedals is anything to go by. It looks more than a little like someone just threw in a bunch of shit to make it look complicated more than anything. The heir of time immediately went to work on messing with this and that, and soon elicited a groan of ignition from the contraption as it reared up, the many legs flexing to attain a relatively even level, even on the somewhat slanted roof it was perched on.
Gamzee hopped up and landed with all the grace of a drunk flamingo in one of the seats, ending up sprawled over both of the back seats. "All set to get goin', I guess."
With a look that had "UUUUUUGH" written all over it, Adam kicked the thing into motion. It took several relatively stable and steady steps forward, prompting Gamzee to look over the side and marvel at the motion of the thing, before it lurched into a surprisingly powerful leap, the myriad of thrusters kicked into activity and propelled it along to well outside of the colorful little town of Ambrosia, settling back onto the ground once it neared the trees.
"Motherfuckin' WHAT." was all Gamzee has to say as he rubbed at his chin, having unceremoniously banged it as the spider-walked leaped into motion.
"Told you it wasn't a smooth takeoff," Adam remarked offhandedly. "Now let's see....the gate back to the Nexus was this way, I think..."
-----
"Hey.....Adam, bro...."
"If you ask me if we're there yet I'm turning this thing over in a ditch."
".......'kay."
-----
Finally, the Nexus gate came into view after what seemed to be much, much longer than it had been, when it had only been about an hour, even with Adam's driving. "Well....let's get on with this, then. Hold on to your butt, these gates are weird."
And then they plowed on through.
"Everything cool up in that human-think pan?"
"Yeah....fine, fine.... I just....auuugh....this has been a really trying morning." He passes his hand over his eyes, letting out a deep sigh of frustration and reluctant acceptance that, yes Adam, this is ACTUALLY happening. "We are most definitely NOT hoofin' it. That would take hours, at minimum...possibly days, if we have no idea where the fuck to go. Which, by the way....we don't. That's your job. Do a thing. Find out which Nexus gate goes to Camelot."
Gamzee just blinked at him.
"Just ask literally that exact question on the Dataverse. Someone will answer."
Leaving the highblood to ponder how to go about that particular conundrum himself, Adam turned his focus inward. He hadn't yet really summoned anything intentionally, so this was going to be a real exercise... He was contemplating whether he could get away with summoning some kind of rapid, one-person transit to get him the fuck outta there and never worry about looking back. That idea was quickly quashed by the realization that he really had nowhere to haul ass off to. So he was kinda stuck.
Several minutes soon go by, with Adam remaining locked into intense focus, with his eyebrows twitching in ill-suppressed annoyance at Gamzee generally being himself, trying not to let his focus break. And slowly, but surely, the telltale glimmer of the cocoon of Omnilium that marks an object being summoned sparks into view. There is a moment of merciful silence, as the clown is enraptured by the myriad of rapidly-swirling colors, and soon the orb expands to be bigger across than even Gamzee is tall, prompting a most curious expression to pass across his face, before the cocoon slowly solidifies into what looks very much like an actual egg shell.
With a sigh of relief at being finished by Adam, he lets his focus diminish, thankfully warding off a headache that had begun to encroach. Slowly the 'cocoon' cracks and splinters before quite literally falling apart and disintegrating to blow away in the wind, leaving the contraption Adam had summoned being to stand clearly and proudly in the late morning light.
It was....basically what looked like a roller coaster car affixed firmly to a platform mounted to eight legs and sporting an array of engines and thrusters along its underside. Adam turns to look at Gamzee, who is just kind of scratching his head in bewilderment. "Don't even ask. It was...something a friend made for me during my session, alright."
Gamzee just holds up his hands in a dismissive gesture. "Don't worry about it none, man. It ain't even close to bein' the weirdest thing I've seen."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever...just get in. And hold on, it isn't exactly the smoothest take off in the world." With what is clearly a well-practiced and familiar maneuver, Adam hops up and over the railing of the cart, not even bothering to open the shitty little door in the side, and plants his ass down in what is apparently the "driver's" seat, if the amalgam of levers and pedals is anything to go by. It looks more than a little like someone just threw in a bunch of shit to make it look complicated more than anything. The heir of time immediately went to work on messing with this and that, and soon elicited a groan of ignition from the contraption as it reared up, the many legs flexing to attain a relatively even level, even on the somewhat slanted roof it was perched on.
Gamzee hopped up and landed with all the grace of a drunk flamingo in one of the seats, ending up sprawled over both of the back seats. "All set to get goin', I guess."
With a look that had "UUUUUUGH" written all over it, Adam kicked the thing into motion. It took several relatively stable and steady steps forward, prompting Gamzee to look over the side and marvel at the motion of the thing, before it lurched into a surprisingly powerful leap, the myriad of thrusters kicked into activity and propelled it along to well outside of the colorful little town of Ambrosia, settling back onto the ground once it neared the trees.
"Motherfuckin' WHAT." was all Gamzee has to say as he rubbed at his chin, having unceremoniously banged it as the spider-walked leaped into motion.
"Told you it wasn't a smooth takeoff," Adam remarked offhandedly. "Now let's see....the gate back to the Nexus was this way, I think..."
-----
"Hey.....Adam, bro...."
"If you ask me if we're there yet I'm turning this thing over in a ditch."
".......'kay."
-----
Finally, the Nexus gate came into view after what seemed to be much, much longer than it had been, when it had only been about an hour, even with Adam's driving. "Well....let's get on with this, then. Hold on to your butt, these gates are weird."
And then they plowed on through.
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