Log:Crosstime Apocalypse, Scene 8

Crosstime Apocalypse 2014/02/12 	 Pleiades Crosstime_Apocalypse#Wayne|Wayne

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Champions Mush - Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 3:31 PM

Starguard Security

''This security room has walls of a shiny unusual-looking metal -- it almost looks like pure silver, though it has a slight bluish tinge to it that silver would not have. There are five doors in this area, one leading to the main reception area, and four leading to individual holding cells. The door to the main reception area is made of the same bluish-silver metal, while the doors to the holding cells are made of a clear substance that looks like glass, though it feels like metal to the touch. Each holding cell has a bed, chair, commode, and a sink. These holding cells are not meant for detaining aliens long-term but are just meant to keep them in check temporarily until they can be transported elsewhere.''

Wayne doesn't look scared (yet), but he does look confused. "What do you mean?"

Pleiades hmmms, and smiles a bit sadly, "Do you reappear in the same physical location when you reset, Wayne?"

Wayne says, "No... I mean, when I reset, things are different, so it can't ... I mean, sometimes it is the same."

Pleiades nods, "So what do you think would happen, Wayne, if we took you into deep space and threw you out the air lock?"

Wayne says, "Oh! That's easy! I would reset someplace breathable."

Pleiades nods, "Ah! That's good to know. Having to suffer explosive decompression over and over for the rest of your life would be horrible." She sighs, "But you're not the first person capable of dimensional travel that the SDPA has dealt with. We have ways of anchoring you, or blocking your ability to shift."

Wayne eyes Pleiades speculatively. "Could you separate people, or give me control to decide whether Guy and Frank come with me?"

Pleiades hmmms, "Possibly. We'd have to figure why the come with you. They seem to be the real culprits in the genocide of at least 19 worlds, so we're very intersted in their capture."

Wayne says, "They always come with me because they were the ones that were supposed to be in the initial experiment. I was the accident.""

Pleiades nods, "So you're really the victim here. Are you sure you can't tell me how to find Frank and Guy?"

Wayne says, "Let me make a phone call. Do you have tracking equipment?"

Pleiades nods, "I'm sure we can manage something." She puts her comm into phone mode (and record mode) and hands it to Wayne.

Wayne pulls a slip of paper out of his pocket and dials.

A female voice answers the phone and spits out angrily, "This better be an emergency."

Wayne says, "Hey Guy, I'm going to reset. I thought I would give you a heads up."

"If you are in a healthy enough position to make this phone call, then it isn't that big of an emergency," Guy replies. "Frank is making some real breakthroughs this time and if you mess it up by resetting one second earlier than you have to, I'll kill you slowly myself. I don't care how you have to debase yourself, find another way to stay alive this time."

Wayne says, "Awww, Guy."

"Don't you 'aw Guy' me," Guy interrupts. "If I understand what passes for an explanation from Frank correctly, this version looks like Swiss cheese dimensionally. After all these years, it just might - well, all you need to know is that staying here is important enough that I will make all the other tortures I have visited on you seem like Sunday brunch if you screw this up by dying on me."

Wayne glances at Pleiades, snickers, then says. "Sure, Guy. Whatever you say."

Pleiades grins

Pleiades thinks. o O (Thankfully Commander is monitoring my comms to record any data I gather. I hope she can pinpoint where Guy is.)

There is a long pause at the snicker.

Guy says in an ominous tone, "What have you done?"

Wayne says a bit too innocently, "What do you mean, Guy?"

Guy swears vehemently with a style that would do a space marine proud, then yells, "Frank time to bug o-*" and the line goes dead.

Wayne looks to Pleiades with a worried expression. "You weren't pulling my chain with that 'dimensional police' thing. Right?"

Pleiades shakes her head, "Nope. I'm an actual 'dimensional cop'. Well, more like a dimensional Coast Guard, um, person, but you get the idea."

As Wayne hands the com unit back to Pleiades, a set of coordinates appears on the display.