The map displays many things you've discovered during your travels. Boulder City can be seen in the bottom left - mostly shaded grey. In the center of the map was the three cooling reactors of the Nevada Loop, like three titanic guardians looking over the grand area of the Nevada desert. Tracing your finger northeast, You brushed by the Loop, where the birds might be making their home around, but due to radiation and security, highly unlikely. Your finger continued, and ended up around Big Boulder Island and Sentinel Island in Lake Mead. Maybe, more likely. But would the birds fly that far? How would you get there? It wasn't exactly walking distance away, and there was no way in hell the government would let you pass by the Loop and the cooling towers.
Putting the guitar down for a moment to look at the map, Jason stroked his not existent beard as he thought. "Hmmm.....from the looks of it, we'll have to find someway to get into the military area. Think we could break in?"
He scratches the back of his head, "Then the only other option would be to go around." He points and curves his finger around the military perimeter, "That'll mean we'll have to cross a desert, some mountains, the Colorado river, some more mountains, a highway, then find a boat somewhere to get to an island....okay, I'll admit, both options sound cool as hell."
"Look at thees."Misha said, pointing to the large circle in the center. "Thet ees the diameter of parteecle acceleator, not a boundary. We could take freeway, or walk along eet to dam. Only immediate area around cooling towers where eet say Main Reactor ees under meeleetary protecction."
"The parent's bit is easy, everyone has just got to tell them that they're having a sleepover at one of our places, then we can spend 2-3 days doing this." Listening to what Misha is pointing out, Jason piques in, "Oouuu, nice~ That actually sounds more sensible....still, we'd need a way in....I vote we sneak into an employee's car and let them drive us in~" He gives a toothy grin.
"Let's talk resources. We're going to need water for this trip, as well as a raft or some other means of crossing the lake so that we can get to the island."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
Misha keeps looking at the map. "The cooling towers are the only things of the Loop on ground, everything else is underneath including parteecle accelerator. Eet's really about being able to walk the distance, and rafting to one of the islands. And, of course, assuming all of that - we don't get caught, ah? Might be good idea to go at night when not so hot, ya?"
My idea bouncing off your ideas: Tell the adults we're having a sleepover - they won't care, they're out of reach, and out of touch. Take our bikes along the highway and bike the six or seven miles to the dam, then cut northwest to the islands and see if there's birds there. Bike at night so it's not deathly hot during the day. As long as we stay on major routes no one should mind us. Hopefully.
Jason gives Misha a confident smile and thumbs up, "Sounds fine by me. Oh! We might need some other things too. I can steal a crowbar from my place, might come in handy."
"You done this before, Meesh?" Bell questions with an amused grin, impressed at the plan the Russian girl constructed. "Sounds good to me! And try to get yourselves some flashlights too since we're going in the cover of night."
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"Before came here to study, Grandfather and I would take time to do research on area. We were not able to find much, but saw peectures of dam and lake, looked pretty."Misha admitted. "I weel go home and get theengs, ya? So exciting! I love the thrill of a mystery, ah?"She climbed out of the tree house and jogged home. She came later that day with her bike that had a large plastic crate make shifted in the back to hold gear. She was dressed in something a little warmer, which was crazy because even in the setting sun of dusk, it was still awful hot. But, nevertheless, there she was, black long sleeved turtleneck, black jeans, black shoes.
When the stars started coming out, it was time to ride. Describe what you're bringing.
Joan is bringing a jacket, because it can actually get cold in the desert at night. She also packs water, as well as some beef jerky to snack on when the gang gets hungry. She packs flashlights so that we can see in the dark, as well as her book. She puts all of her supplies into her backpack.
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
Adventure was Bell's middle name and it didn't take long for her to gather what she wanted to take; a swiss army knife, a flashlight, some rope, water and a snack, her map (along with some writing utensils to continue mapping the place), a small med kit (for any accidental owies), and of course, William, all packed in her backpack.
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Aeydof the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Jason went back to the trailer park that was his neighborhood and entered his house. Digging out his school bag, he rummaged around for some extra wires for his guitar (they had other uses though), a flashlight, some flares, and a set water bottle. Moving out of the trailer, he reached under it and grabbed the crowbar his Dad hid there. He then grabbed an extra chain and some rope and duck tape, making an extra strap for his case before throwing the leftovers in his bag.
he makes sure to wear something with a hood and brings one of his dad's bandanas to hid his face. Though he'll simply let it act as a scarf otherwise.
You biked along Highway 93. It was just about sunset, not too many cars, and no one asked questions. Looking up into the sky, you could see massive flocks of pigeons heading northwest. You made a left on Lakeshore Drive and it was darkening fast. Then, you rode into Hemingway Harbor. No one was around. Not at this hour. The bike ride took about an hour going at a semi-relaxed pace. You guys stopped at the pier and had snacks and drank water while Misha pumped air into the raft. When she was done, she wasn't even breathing hard. Chalking it off to Russian athletic stamina, you watched her leave the raft by the water while everyone packed up the things they wanted to take to the island. You were sure to chain up the bikes so no one would steal them.
The pigeons were flying to Big Boulder Island, the larger and closer of the two islands. Misha paddled the raft while the rest of you made sure no one was watching what you were doing. As you approached the island, even from this distance, you could see a massive rough animal made structure on the south east side. Hundreds and hundreds of pigeons were flocked here, and it smelled like seawater and bird droppings.
TROUBLE:Its going to be hard to climb up to the nests to get a closer look and maybe find some clues. There's sharp rocks and tall cliffs that need to be scaled, and it's dark. ROLL:Each of you will have to pass either a Body + Move or a Body + Sneak to get close to the nest without being seen to observe the birds and not possibly scare them away or something worse. FAILURE:If any of you fail, you are spotted and there will be a Complication or Consequence. REMEMBER: You can push your roll and roll again, but you will suffer a Condition of your choice if you fail again. If you want to help someone, the person you're helping gets +1 die to roll, but if the person you're helping fails, you both fail. Only one person from the group can help one person from the group for this part - no multiple helpings. You can make your roll in discord, and post your results. Once you do so, I will continue based on the results.
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The map displays many things you've discovered during your travels. Boulder City can be seen in the bottom left - mostly shaded grey. In the center of the map was the three cooling reactors of the Nevada Loop, like three titanic guardians looking over the grand area of the Nevada desert. Tracing your finger northeast, You brushed by the Loop, where the birds might be making their home around, but due to radiation and security, highly unlikely. Your finger continued, and ended up around Big Boulder Island and Sentinel Island in Lake Mead. Maybe, more likely. But would the birds fly that far? How would you get there? It wasn't exactly walking distance away, and there was no way in hell the government would let you pass by the Loop and the cooling towers.
Putting the guitar down for a moment to look at the map, Jason stroked his not existent beard as he thought. "Hmmm.....from the looks of it, we'll have to find someway to get into the military area. Think we could break in?"
"No we can't break in a military area, we'll get arrested. And they'd probably think that Misha is a spy or something and take her away."
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He scratches the back of his head, "Then the only other option would be to go around." He points and curves his finger around the military perimeter, "That'll mean we'll have to cross a desert, some mountains, the Colorado river, some more mountains, a highway, then find a boat somewhere to get to an island....okay, I'll admit, both options sound cool as hell."
"What about our parents? We can't just go march all the way out there."
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"Look at thees." Misha said, pointing to the large circle in the center. "Thet ees the diameter of parteecle acceleator, not a boundary. We could take freeway, or walk along eet to dam. Only immediate area around cooling towers where eet say Main Reactor ees under meeleetary protecction."
"The parent's bit is easy, everyone has just got to tell them that they're having a sleepover at one of our places, then we can spend 2-3 days doing this." Listening to what Misha is pointing out, Jason piques in, "Oouuu, nice~ That actually sounds more sensible....still, we'd need a way in....I vote we sneak into an employee's car and let them drive us in~" He gives a toothy grin.
"Let's talk resources. We're going to need water for this trip, as well as a raft or some other means of crossing the lake so that we can get to the island."
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Misha keeps looking at the map. "The cooling towers are the only things of the Loop on ground, everything else is underneath including parteecle accelerator. Eet's really about being able to walk the distance, and rafting to one of the islands. And, of course, assuming all of that - we don't get caught, ah? Might be good idea to go at night when not so hot, ya?"
My idea bouncing off your ideas: Tell the adults we're having a sleepover - they won't care, they're out of reach, and out of touch. Take our bikes along the highway and bike the six or seven miles to the dam, then cut northwest to the islands and see if there's birds there. Bike at night so it's not deathly hot during the day. As long as we stay on major routes no one should mind us. Hopefully.
"That sounds like a good plan."
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Misha looked towards Bell an Jason.
Jason gives Misha a confident smile and thumbs up, "Sounds fine by me. Oh! We might need some other things too. I can steal a crowbar from my place, might come in handy."
"Sounds good." Misha agreed. She then looked at Bell.
"You done this before, Meesh?" Bell questions with an amused grin, impressed at the plan the Russian girl constructed. "Sounds good to me! And try to get yourselves some flashlights too since we're going in the cover of night."
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
"Before came here to study, Grandfather and I would take time to do research on area. We were not able to find much, but saw peectures of dam and lake, looked pretty." Misha admitted. "I weel go home and get theengs, ya? So exciting! I love the thrill of a mystery, ah?" She climbed out of the tree house and jogged home. She came later that day with her bike that had a large plastic crate make shifted in the back to hold gear. She was dressed in something a little warmer, which was crazy because even in the setting sun of dusk, it was still awful hot. But, nevertheless, there she was, black long sleeved turtleneck, black jeans, black shoes.
When the stars started coming out, it was time to ride. Describe what you're bringing.
Joan is bringing a jacket, because it can actually get cold in the desert at night. She also packs water, as well as some beef jerky to snack on when the gang gets hungry. She packs flashlights so that we can see in the dark, as well as her book. She puts all of her supplies into her backpack.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Adventure was Bell's middle name and it didn't take long for her to gather what she wanted to take; a swiss army knife, a flashlight, some rope, water and a snack, her map (along with some writing utensils to continue mapping the place), a small med kit (for any accidental owies), and of course, William, all packed in her backpack.
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Jason went back to the trailer park that was his neighborhood and entered his house. Digging out his school bag, he rummaged around for some extra wires for his guitar (they had other uses though), a flashlight, some flares, and a set water bottle. Moving out of the trailer, he reached under it and grabbed the crowbar his Dad hid there. He then grabbed an extra chain and some rope and duck tape, making an extra strap for his case before throwing the leftovers in his bag.
he makes sure to wear something with a hood and brings one of his dad's bandanas to hid his face. Though he'll simply let it act as a scarf otherwise.
THE PIGEONS NEST - LOCATION ONE
At dusk, you rode.
You biked along Highway 93. It was just about sunset, not too many cars, and no one asked questions. Looking up into the sky, you could see massive flocks of pigeons heading northwest. You made a left on Lakeshore Drive and it was darkening fast. Then, you rode into Hemingway Harbor. No one was around. Not at this hour. The bike ride took about an hour going at a semi-relaxed pace. You guys stopped at the pier and had snacks and drank water while Misha pumped air into the raft. When she was done, she wasn't even breathing hard. Chalking it off to Russian athletic stamina, you watched her leave the raft by the water while everyone packed up the things they wanted to take to the island. You were sure to chain up the bikes so no one would steal them.
The pigeons were flying to Big Boulder Island, the larger and closer of the two islands. Misha paddled the raft while the rest of you made sure no one was watching what you were doing. As you approached the island, even from this distance, you could see a massive rough animal made structure on the south east side. Hundreds and hundreds of pigeons were flocked here, and it smelled like seawater and bird droppings.
TROUBLE: Its going to be hard to climb up to the nests to get a closer look and maybe find some clues. There's sharp rocks and tall cliffs that need to be scaled, and it's dark.
ROLL: Each of you will have to pass either a Body + Move or a Body + Sneak to get close to the nest without being seen to observe the birds and not possibly scare them away or something worse.
FAILURE: If any of you fail, you are spotted and there will be a Complication or Consequence.
REMEMBER: You can push your roll and roll again, but you will suffer a Condition of your choice if you fail again. If you want to help someone, the person you're helping gets +1 die to roll, but if the person you're helping fails, you both fail. Only one person from the group can help one person from the group for this part - no multiple helpings. You can make your roll in discord, and post your results. Once you do so, I will continue based on the results.