Stargate Platform and Courtyard
P7X - 912
20 minutes since arriving, June 3, 2003
Jarval said:
"Um, it looks like we might be it. Should some of us head back through the Gate, see if we can give Durant hand?" He dumped the various bags and backpacks he was carrying beside the DHD as he spoke, before taking his rife from its case and loading the weapon.
Lorelai helped herself up and looked back through the Stargate, curious to see if the exit horizon was similar or different than the entrance.
No visibility through the Gate, though the exit seems stable, Lorelai thought. She gathered her things and moved over to the DHD and examined it.
When she shook the chills from her body finally, she spoke up to Lucas, “I don’t think that’s a good idea. The matter transference for this type of wormhole isn’t bi-directional. If you were to try and re-enter the matter stream, you would most likely be vaporized. Of course there are several different theories on the subject . . . but I guess that isn’t important right now.”
Lorelai’s explanation rang true in Andreev’s ears . . . in fact he remembered something about the vaporization on the information he briefly reviewed. His aching feet felt the rough cobblestones beneath them, through the destroyed boots that were actually only really covering the tops of his feet.
When Andreev opened his mike on the tactical radio to speak with Jeremiah, the familiar click and static wasn’t there. Andreev asked for Jeremiah’s location, but even Lucas, Rylee, and Lorelai didn’t hear the question over their radios . . . they didn’t hear anything over them.
Looking back over the cobblestone buildings and the sheer cliff that rose up on the one side of the courtyard, Lucas found a place to climb one of the cobblestone building to get a better look around. An easy (for him) climb to the flat roof gave him a decent vantage point. Lucas noted that the group was in a large town. Roads could be barely made out that left the town in the three directions of the lanes that left the courtyard. The roads wove up and around the mountains which continued in several directions beyond his sight.
Rylee spent several minutes tending to Ilianov’s damaged feet. His boots were destroyed . . . his feet were burned and blistered (probably more painful that actually damaged). With some rest and ointment (as well as some boots), his feet should be fine.
OOC: Fallon, Fisher, Ilianov, Nguyen