methods and tools

[onwhatwingswedareaspire]

The gate opens in an small space. Through a doorway ahead is a mid-sized room, scattered with chairs. One wall, directly across from the doorway to the incoming gates area, is made of some clear material. On the other side of it is another room, with a metallic floor raised slightly above the first one's, with a half-dozen complex diagrams and space for many more.

The way into there appears to be through a decontamination room to the left. There is a door on the right into the rest of the base. Embedded in the wall to the left is the door to the outgoing gate area.

Both rooms are windowless and otherwise minimally decorated.

(Observant guests may note that the gravity is about a third of what they are used to.)

Comments

Re: Warding

[onthewind]

"Not really. Try not to get the sand wet or let anything like trash or something get in it. You can put the sand in another container if you don't like the vial. You can even actually lose little grains of sand and it won't leave him with little eyes everywhere. With a tiny grain of sand the space he could see with it is about," she holds her fingers half a centimeter apart, "that far. And nearly no sound pickup, even if you are directly addressing him, you practically have to shout from less than a foot away. And then he will renounce his claim on the sand or move it to another part of him, because part of him being a tiny grain of sand, blind and deaf and alone, is kind of annoying."

Re: Dotted Lines, Thorn, Anda, and Linsa

[dotted_lines]

"Well, they don't prevent it, usually, they just fix it afterwards. Uh, Anda, Linsa, I'm supposed to tell you your world sounds like a problematic place.

"When I get back to Nexus I will look and let you know what I find. Maybe I'll at least be able to get you some warning ahead of time."

Re: Incoming Gate

[vvvvvvibrant]

"I'm Viridian, and these are Verdigris, Vermillion, Victoria, Violet, and Vitellary."

Viridian gestures to each of the crew in turn, though who corresponds to what name should be fairly obvious from their uniforms.

Re: Dotted Lines, Thorn, Anda, and Linsa

[ambrovimvor]

"It is somewhat problematic, yes, we are working on it. We appreciate that people want to help. Thank you."

Re: Warding

[antiprojectionist]

A few minutes later, a purple-haired man joins her.

"Hello again."

Re: Incoming Gate

[scatteredstars]

"Martian gravity," Amadi says. "You alright?"

Re: Warding

[poll_the_stars]

Good, good. They are likely both happy with this arrangement.

She departs when waved out.

Re: Warding

[vvvvvvibrant]

Viridian is idly flipping up and down in the waiting area, enjoying the low gravity.

Eventually the flashing names reach Viridian, and the crew starts toward the circle, single file.

Re: Warding

[kelardry]

Lantern sees their name flash and walks up the ramp.

Re: Warding

[calledtoventure]

"Hi. Ready to go?"

Re: Warding

[scatteredstars]

Lena nods. "We will endeavour not to lose any grains regardless.

"Now, I believe there was some discussion of you getting backed up?" Lena asks, leading them back toward the decontamination shower. (At some point, without much attention being paid, she has bandaged her cut).

Re: Warding

[ambrovimvor]

Anda and Linsa head over to the warding area.

Linsa smiles, "We decided that I should go first, if that's OK with you guys?"

Anda nods.

Re: Warding

[antiprojectionist]

"Indeed I am. I'm quite excited to see your world, in fact."

Re: Warding

[scatteredstars]

The gruff man looks at the line, sighs, and irritably directs them and wards the two he gets. The others are likewise warded by the other two people doing wards.

Re: Warding

[calledtoventure]

"I think you'll like it." She unhooks a slim book from where it was hanging at her hip, and holds it out, open. The page shows a moving illustration of a small island.

Re: Warding

[scatteredstars]

Tyche indicates to Lantern where to stand, and performs the warding

Re: Warding

[antiprojectionist]

The man with purple hair surveys the book with mild distaste, then presses his palm to the illustration and vanishes.

Re: Warding

[calledtoventure]

And Ahrotahn follows.

Re: Warding

[hide_and_seek]

She yawns and goes to do that.

Re: Warding

[scatteredstars]

This results in a rather grumpy glance from the man; the intense woman puts a hand on his shoulder, and he sighs and gestures Linsa over to his circle. The woman takes Anda.

In close succession they are both warded.

Re: Warding

[onthewind]

"Yes! I - am fantastically curious about how it all works, and kind of want to steal your textbooks, but I suspect it would take me years to figure out. The way you make it sound it sounds easy, but I understand life doesn't work that way? And - I don't know, how willing are you to back people up? What resources do you want in exchange? Are there any shocking twists to be had, here?"

Re: Warding

[ambrovimvor]

They both stand still co-cooperatively during the process, thank the warders politely after the spell is done, and then scoot.

Then they go see if Tyche is free.

Re: Warding

[scatteredstars]

Tyche is, in fact, between wards at the moment.

"Hey," ze says, producing the medical nanofabricator. "I haven't found programming for dealing with appendicitis in your situation that I'm entirely satisfied with yet, but there's a decent one on there in case you need it urgently. I will keep looking. If you need anything that is not on here, let me know, and I will try to find it." There is a pause, and then ze also retrieves a cord. "This is my best guess at something that can interface with your computer; it should adapt to most kinds of data-transfer ports, so if there are any it should work."

Re: Incoming Gate

[botanical_engineer]

She reels a little at the sudden information in her mind (this is gravity, and this is why spherical planets have varying amounts, and this one has less gravity, for those reasons), most of which is consistent with what she vaguely remembers from the booklet explaining other worlds' physics. She can think about it, and process the information, and ask questions later.


She smiles a little at the person in front of her. "I am fine, I was just startled. This is interesting."

Re: Warding

[ambrovimvor]

"So, how does it work, exactly?"

She pauses, "Also that reminds me, if I gave you some letters could you produce a keyboard that uses that script, and..um...teach the computer to use it? I am not using my native language to write on the forum because the computer can't write in my native language properly. I would have to transliterate everything into different letters and it would take forever."