THE KHYBER CRAWLER
SEGMENT 009
05/21/06
“And Away We Go!”
There is a countdown in dwarven and suddenly there is a click and the craft “grumbles” then shakes. There is a sudden surge as the craft picks up speed going down the hillside. I ask who was seat-belted. Wisely each say he / she / it are.
From an observation tower, Kim Elderich watches the craft race down the hill. He is distracted as he pressing business (as do all filthy rich dwarves) to do that involves locating and assembling the CREATION SCHEMA.
The craft streaks into the tunnel and the lighting inside dims as the filtered daylight goes away.
DM NOTE- I mixed the events of The Core with the movie Contact to describe this to the kids. Their eyes were wide and their mouths open. Neat.
The grumbling sound drastically increases and the craft begins to slow down as the phasing effect begins. Soon the entire ship disappears into the ground. Kim Elderich and Ore leave now. They are looking to join Rush Late-A-Lot on their trip to gather Huge Fire Elementals to power their other incredible ship- The Siberys Heir. (See CREATION SCHEMA)
After I ask what each player / character wants to do, Cathy goes to the front pilot’s station. She looks at the green mica, which seems to have light gray images but nothing that stands out. The pilot hands her a spare set of goggles and she sees something entirely different. The images now are in color and give depth of about thirty feet. Different layers of earth can be seen and the few rocks there that they push aside or go around. Cathy is so excited by this she goes back to tell the others. Stab staggers down to the station and motions for the goggles. The pilot looks at him and hesitates before giving them over. If a warforged could smile Stab would be grinning from ear node to ear node.
He watches the layers go by and the rocks. He hands the goggles back to Cathy to tell Fixit about it. The Artificer is annoyed. He wanted to see next. Cathy already has darned it!
Cathy suddenly yells. She sees the bones of a large creature with long and sharp teeth! (a fossil of a T-Rex)
“A Dracolich!” lets out Tim totally amazed I would use that against them without the figure that comes out on his B-Day (Due 7/7/06….B-day 7/8/06 and what does he want…..)
I try to explain the difference between what his character would know and what Timmy the player would know. “But it’s a Dracolich!” he stammers without listens much. Not taking the time to explain further I describe how the craft moves towards it and it is very close then….. nothing.
“Nothing?” asks Timmy now really and completely confused but with his dopey smile he puts on when trying to be a ham.
“I get it!” exclaims Cathy. “It was a fossil! But why didn’t we hit it?” Still doesn’t understand the different between phase and move through. That’s okay.
Twenty minutes go by and the kids sit back at their stations. Three hours go by then the pilots call out- There is something ahead!
FAVORITE QUOTES
Timmy
“You are using THAT against us?!?”
Cathy
“Oh Tim- just drop it!” Gotta love sibling love