Rapiers and Rocketships

[Tars Tarkus]

Willy anounces over the P.A. "Attention please, we are experiencing some strong air turblance and everyone needs to take their seat and buckle up."

The stewardess' try and keep their balance as they walk down the isle and check to see if everyone is in their seats and buckled up.

Ben is fighting to keep control of the plane as the stong winds buffet the plane.

Suddenly there is a loud explosive boom which rocks the plane and a bright flash of purple lightning that blinds everyone for a few seconds. As your sight returns a purplish glow clings to the plane inside and out. It dances about as if something alive. There is a sudden realization that the sound of the airplane's engines can no longer be heard.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Willy anounces over the P.A. "Attention please, we are experiencing some strong air turblance and everyone needs to take their seat and buckle up."

The stewardess' try and keep their balance as they walk down the isle and check to see if everyone is in their seats and buckled up.

Ben is fighting to keep control of the plane as the stong winds buffet the plane.

Suddenly there is a loud explosive boom which rocks the plane and a bright flash of purple lightning that blinds everyone for a few seconds. As your sight returns a purplish glow clings to the plane inside and out. It dances about as if something alive. There is a sudden realization that the sound of the airplane's engines can no longer be heard.

Roland, buckled in as soon as the stewardess asked, barely holds himself from cursing as he notices the quiet. He had been certain he'd only been teasing the Yank . . .

 

[Radiant]

Willy anounces over the P.A. "Attention please, we are experiencing some strong air turblance and everyone needs to take their seat and buckle up."

The stewardess' try and keep their balance as they walk down the isle and check to see if everyone is in their seats and buckled up.

Ben is fighting to keep control of the plane as the stong winds buffet the plane.

Suddenly there is a loud explosive boom which rocks the plane and a bright flash of purple lightning that blinds everyone for a few seconds. As your sight returns a purplish glow clings to the plane inside and out. It dances about as if something alive. There is a sudden realization that the sound of the airplane's engines can no longer be heard.

Sinead jumps up surprised then the light appears, stumbling over another box, crashing two more to the ground and landing right back there she was.
"Ouch"
Damn what's this light?...
Oh my god did somebody hear that?
...
...
...
Why is the sound of the engines gone?...

 

[ajanders]

More Tom Hogan

Willy anounces over the P.A. "Attention please, we are experiencing some strong air turblance and everyone needs to take their seat and buckle up."

The stewardess' try and keep their balance as they walk down the isle and check to see if everyone is in their seats and buckled up.

Ben is fighting to keep control of the plane as the stong winds buffet the plane.

Suddenly there is a loud explosive boom which rocks the plane and a bright flash of purple lightning that blinds everyone for a few seconds. As your sight returns a purplish glow clings to the plane inside and out. It dances about as if something alive. There is a sudden realization that the sound of the airplane's engines can no longer be heard.

Tom buckles himself in hard and grips the arms of the chair until his knuckles turn white.
"Hail Mary fulla grace, help us not t'be drowned, set and fire, an get eaten by sharks all at the same time..."

 

[Jarval]

"Oh, this isn't good!" Ben reaches over and flicks the engine controls a few times, hoping to restart the engines before they hit the water.

"Ted, get on the radio. I want to know just where this storm's come from, and why we weren't told. And let the coastguard know we might need picking up."

 

[Tars Tarkus]

Ted tries the radio. "Sorry Ben, But I am only getting static. But I will keep trying........ Mayday! Mayday! This is the Pan American Bermuda Clipper! Mayday! Mayday!"

Ben and Willy try to restart the engines. But no dice. The controls start to become sluggish and the nose of the plane starts to pull downward.

The purplish faerie fire clings to the inside and out of the plane. It flickers and jumps about.

A heavy set man jumps up from a chair. Purple fire dances on his head like a crown. "Oh Lord were all going to die!!" he screams. He runs to the door on the side of the plane and begins to pull at the handle.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Ted tries the radio. "Sorry Ben, But I am only getting static. But I will keep trying........ Mayday! Mayday! This is the Pan American Bermuda Clipper! Mayday! Mayday!"

Ben and Willy try to restart the engines. But no dice. The controls start to become sluggish and the nose of the plane starts to pull downward.

The purplish faerie fire clings to the inside and out of the plane. It flickers and jumps about.

A heavy set man jumps up from a chair. Purple fire dances on his head like a crown. "Oh Lord were all going to die!!" he screams. He runs to the door on the side of the plane and begins to pull at the handle.

Roland swiftly unlatches his belt, leaping towards the man. Pushing him back from the door, he belts in his best commander's voice "Control yourself, man! We're over the ocean! If you jump out, you'll drown! GET BACK IN YOUR SEAT!!"

 

[dream66_]

LeeAnn sits huddled in her seat, buckled in, holding Betty's hand as tightly as she can before it occurs to her to sit up and look out the window to see why the engines arn't making noise.

 

[Tars Tarkus]

The commanding presense of Roland causes the man to stop dead in his tracks. He stairs at Roland for a second before he drops to his knees and begins to cry.


As Leeann looks out, she cannot see the engines from her window but the sky and ocean has acquired a purplish tint and the horizon seems to bend and twist. Just the sight of it causes her stomach to rebel.

In the dark cargo bay, the large crate in which Sinead was resting against begins to shift as the plane's nose begins to drop. Loose items begin to slide forward and one of the straps holding the large wooden crate snaps. The small space where Sinead is sitting becomes just alittle bit smaller as the crate shifts.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

The commanding presense of Roland causes the man to stop dead in his tracks. He stairs at Roland for a second before he drops to his knees and begins to cry.

"Come, now, man. Get ahold of yourself. You'll be fine, just get back in your seat." As he speaks, now more cajoling than commanding, he attempts to lift the man, and bodily move him back to his seat.