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TEAM STAY-AT-HOME: PART 1: GLIDER PARTY
May. 31st, 2018 11:21 pmThe day after the main body of the expedition leaves, those who have elected to stay behind will find a message over the network -
Okay, guys, now that the expedition team's gone, we've got a surprise for everyone that we've been working on for a while, and we're ready to test some prototypes. If you're not scared of heights, come down to the hangar cavern under the Annex.
Prototypes of what? Well, better head down to the hangar and find out!
Inside, there's actually something set up within the previously empty cavern - a series of what look to be hang-gliders, six in total, each with different-colored sails and what seems to be an engine in the middle of the "back." They're fairly small for what they are, probably designed to carry only a single person, but what's most interesting about them is that they do not rest on the ground - instead, they hover about a foot off it, resting on a cushion of magically generated breeze.
Careful further inspection will reveal that the wide arms have a mechanism that collapses them down - in fact, the whole glider collapses down, to what would be the size of a very large backpack or so. At the far end of the line, Charm is repeatedly doing so with the final glider, a red one with a pattern of orange "gashes" in the wings and tail. Even at that size, they hover about a foot off the ground unless moved - and they weigh very little at all and are no difficulty to carry, in spite of all the metal that goes into them.
The secret is in the magitek engine on the back - glowing faintly green in the dim light of the cavern, they're heavy with wind energy for those who can sense that sort of thing. In addition to the basic levitation function, the steering bars of the gliders have an accelerator and brake hooked to the engine. There's also a sling for a person's torso (or... a less person-shaped person's whatever) and a set of foot supports.
When characters arrive, they'll find Top greeting them at the nearest glider to the door, a bit covered in grease but looking enthused.
[[OOC: This part of the Stay-At-Home event is a mingle for Glider Shenananigans! Fly 'em, fold 'em,stick 'em in a stew, whatever you want. Just, you know, try to avoid crashing them, and don't ruin the surprise by flying out over the reef, hmm?
And yes, it counts for points!]]
Okay, guys, now that the expedition team's gone, we've got a surprise for everyone that we've been working on for a while, and we're ready to test some prototypes. If you're not scared of heights, come down to the hangar cavern under the Annex.
Prototypes of what? Well, better head down to the hangar and find out!
Inside, there's actually something set up within the previously empty cavern - a series of what look to be hang-gliders, six in total, each with different-colored sails and what seems to be an engine in the middle of the "back." They're fairly small for what they are, probably designed to carry only a single person, but what's most interesting about them is that they do not rest on the ground - instead, they hover about a foot off it, resting on a cushion of magically generated breeze.
Careful further inspection will reveal that the wide arms have a mechanism that collapses them down - in fact, the whole glider collapses down, to what would be the size of a very large backpack or so. At the far end of the line, Charm is repeatedly doing so with the final glider, a red one with a pattern of orange "gashes" in the wings and tail. Even at that size, they hover about a foot off the ground unless moved - and they weigh very little at all and are no difficulty to carry, in spite of all the metal that goes into them.
The secret is in the magitek engine on the back - glowing faintly green in the dim light of the cavern, they're heavy with wind energy for those who can sense that sort of thing. In addition to the basic levitation function, the steering bars of the gliders have an accelerator and brake hooked to the engine. There's also a sling for a person's torso (or... a less person-shaped person's whatever) and a set of foot supports.
When characters arrive, they'll find Top greeting them at the nearest glider to the door, a bit covered in grease but looking enthused.
[[OOC: This part of the Stay-At-Home event is a mingle for Glider Shenananigans! Fly 'em, fold 'em,
And yes, it counts for points!]]
