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Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0739 hours, June 3, 2003
"Odd." He said simply. "I've not heard anything quite like that before. I guess it could be the lava cooling, although it just doesn't sound right. That said, I'm by no means an expert on the behaviour of lava. From a survival standpoint, staying as far away from superheated rock as possible is all you really need to know."
She gave Lucas a flat look as he said what seemed to be obvious to her. This guy's a survival expert, huh? She eyed the largest lava pool warily as it changed color. Well, she was no survival expert, but that definitely did not look good. She started toward the DVD, but paused, noticing Greyson was still trying to communicate with the snakes. She moved closer to him, and grabbed his arm. "Come on. It is time to go."
Letting her fingers roam over the DHD for a brief moment, Lorelai begain to push in the buttons to the address they were given. Her stomach turned slightly at the thought of what they were doing, mixed with fear of the lava, fascination with the technology, and desire for adventure licking within her belly.
And only yesterday she was a just another university professor.
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
Lorelai looked over the various symbols on the DHD, matching each to the picture of the symbol she was given. It was surprisingly difficult to match them, and would have been almost impossible if not for her and Andreev’s previously attempts at cleaning the blackened bits off of the various keys. Her environment didn’t help matters . . . everyone was rushing around, the heat was becoming unbearable, she was having trouble taking a full breath of this heated air, and something seemed to be happening to her left and behind her(letter A).
As she depressed each symbol in sequence, the symbol alit from the crystals beneath. Correspondingly, on the Stargate each of the chevrons lit from the crystals within as they were depressed on the DHD.
Andreev looked over her shoulder, double checking each of the symbols agreed with what he remembered as well. So far, three of the symbols had been depressed and the corresponding chevrons had lighted(letter A). Then Andreev heard a splashing noise from behind his position.
While Rylee was beside Jeremiah and Jeremiah was trying to communicate with the creatures again (letter B), everyone else was gathering gear, stray cats, and personal belongings and moving to position that should be outside the blast cone of the Stargate when it opened(letter C).
Jeremiah spoke in the guttural tones as loud as he could, and he appeared to be making some success in being recognized. The lava was churning and becoming lighter in color. Jeremiah had taken a step back from the increase in heat when Rylee put her hand on his shoulder and spoke to him.
Just then, the largest salamander erupted from the lava pool beside Rylee and Jeremiah. It looked like something of legend as pool erupted from its fury – a glowing creature wreathed in flames, liquid fire dripping and sizzling on the warehouse floor.
The salamander threw back its head and snarled, “Looris natarr Scarr !!! Trrreeyy kinserrrass serres sollusss!!”**
OOC: All, we’re in rounds. . . See OOC Thread for map.
**: Jeremiah eyes only:
“I've waited too long!!! Pay for our lives with your very souls!!!”
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
Andreev looked over her shoulder, double checking each of the symbols agreed with what he remembered as well. So far, three of the symbols had been depressed and the corresponding chevrons had lighted(letter A). Then Andreev heard a splashing noise from behind his position.
The heat was becoming unbearable, and his feet were blistering from the floor. Andreev wished dearly to take off his boots and apply whatever type of medical ointments or creams were available in order to ease the burning sensation. In truth, it was becoming hard for him to concentrate, between his aching feet, and the intensity of the heat in the warehouse.
Still, he maintained his concentration as best he could, checking and double-checking Lorelai's progress. She seemed to have a handle on it just fine, which suited him for now. He was very interested in the workings of the Stargate, but he would reserve further study for later, in an attempt to keep things moving at a quickened pace. Besides, most of his work in any kind of space travel involved vehicular mechanics and aerospace engineering, as opposed to the theoretics of this "wormhole" method of space travel. It definitely intrigued him, but he feared that now was not the porper time for instruction.
All of a sudden, from behind, he heard a splash. Almost immediately suspecting what he would find, he grabbed his weapon and turned to face the origination of the sound.
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
Just then, the largest salamander erupted from the lava pool beside Rylee and Jeremiah. It looked like something of legend as pool erupted from its fury – a glowing creature wreathed in flames, liquid fire dripping and sizzling on the warehouse floor.
"Awww s***!" Rylee gasped as the snake surged forth from the lava, looking very, very angry. With her hand still on Greyson's shoulder, she tried to pull him back toward the Stargate, having decided that the snake creature was not here to talk. She would be more than happy to open fire on it, after she had gotten a little further away from it, and the snake infested lava pools.
At the sound of the roaring hiss, Stewart went for his pistol while he spun to confront the creature he had heard everyone talk about. At the sight of the large humanoid snake, he panned up the height of the creature and quickly disregarded that action as futile. He compared the idea of using his pistol against the thing to trying to run thru a 350 pound defensive lineman-better to go another way. Timing is everything...how much time?....Then he found himself talking out loud.
Stewart yelled, "Anyone know how long it takes for that GATE to OPEN!?"
He was prepared to either pick up as much equipment as he could and make for the GATE, if it opens, or try and distract the thing if it started heading toward the GATE before Lorelai could get it open.
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
At the sound of the alien creature's voice, Lucas snatched up all of his gear (including Krizzel, now again securely tucked into his backpack). He stood ready to run through the gate, not wanting to remain in the warehouse any longer than absolutely necessary...
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
The noise of erupting lava was enough to scare the dead. As Durant turned to face the noise he saw everyone reacting by bringing their guns up. Normally, this is exactly what he would want and expect to see. But, this was not a normal situation, and these were not his highly trained shooters. Most of them weren't even military.
After a quick look to make sure everyone was all right, Durant made eye contact with the creature and held it. "Grayson! What the hell did that thing say!" He moved towards Grayson as he spoke.
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
While Rylee was beside Jeremiah and Jeremiah was trying to communicate with the creatures again (letter B), everyone else was gathering gear, stray cats, and personal belongings and moving to position that should be outside the blast cone of the Stargate when it opened(letter C).
Donovan grabbed some gear, and hurried toward the DHD platform. When the creature came out of the lava, he closed the distance and dropped the gear, getting his rifle ready for a shot.
Inside Warehouse 37
Las Vegas, Nevada
0740.06 hours, June 3, 2003
"I have waited to long, pay for our lives with your souls." Jeremiah says succinctly to Durant. "Sir I think it is time to go."
Jeremiah starts instinctually backing away from the creature. Taking in the scene he starts manuervering himself as he goes backwards towards the gate.
