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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 17, 2007 19:11:18 GMT -5
(((((OOC: New thread. I'll just copy-paste what I posted in the previous thread to this one.)))))
(((((OOC: I'll just make it so that Ebony had already called Tempest after the events inside Glimmer's mind. And maybe I can get Sapphire a little sick, but not that much because Amber is a nurse as well as her crew chief. Also, I might have Ebony get into one of her moods and go back to her old habits by running away.)))))
She was already on her way to Palm Mile Speedway, where Ebony had told her about her "visit" to Glimmer's mind and what the younger tuner had found there before they were kicked out. This concerned Tempest greatly as she sensed from Ebony's tone of voice that it was serious, as whatever helped Glimmer to build that castle was of some sort of supernatural force. And an evil one at that.
It was almost dawn by the time Tempest arrived at the stadium and she found that barriers had already been put up. She knew it was by another magic-user by the way the barriers shimmer at her "touch" when she tested them for any weaknesses.
Looks like I have been beaten to it, Tempest smiles to herself, but I will help if I am needed, just in case.
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The dawn was an automatic wake-up call for Ebony. She woke up before the morning sun ever rose in the sky and it was still dark so she could slip out of Eddie's trailer unnoticed. Gathering her twins, and being careful not to wake them, the dark Viper drove silently out of the trailer and through the infield looking for Edison Axle to ask him something.
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Post by elizar on Jan 17, 2007 19:32:58 GMT -5
It took a moment for Joltsen to realize he was not waking up by his alarm clock, but the rather annoying ring tone in the trailer's cellphone. He shook his front and activated the cell. The caller ID said it was Jake, his agent.
"-shacking up with a racer! What has gotten into him now? This may get -" There was a slight pause on the line. "Hello Joltsen, how much did you hear of that?" "Beginning with 'Shacking up with a racer', and I am wondering how I did that." "Joltsen, you better give me some good news." There was a frustrated sigh. "I'm not pregant." He said in a deadpan voice. "Now is not time for jokes, the PR department is quite PO, and they are looking for someone to drain oil out of, and since I am your agent, they are glaring at me." Joltsen sighed. "Alright, who's the racer?" "The King's daughter, Ruby, Amethyst, Sapphire or something. Some guy named Eddie Vegas posted an article about you two, and claims to have a reliable source on the track. Do not tell me the source is that reliable." Joltsen sighed. "I did not have sex with that woman, nor do I want to." "Nice choice of words dumbass, be sure to rephrase it for the media." With that, Jake hung up.
Joltsen idled out of the trailer, his alarm had been set ten minutes after the call, so he figured staying awake was better than napping. He went out to his pit, but couldn't see O'Hale anywhere, so he settled for a drive around the infield, and pick up one of the tabloids which had an article featured on the love blooming in the infield of the Piston Cup series.
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 18, 2007 7:32:14 GMT -5
Kamui was also awake. She was looking over an old package that she got a year ago when some mysterious individual from Europe (France? She wasn't sure.) mailed it to her. It was a sandalwood box with a pen, a large scroll, a wax seal and a smaller scroll with a riddle on it. Now that she saw and heard plenty, she now knew what it mostly meant.
Glimmer..... if only you knew that there was someone out there who cares for you very much still...... Kamui thought.
The race was set for the afternoon, but she'd at least like to be up early.
(OOC: This package was actually brought up in the Main Cars RP. ) _________________________________________
El Bandito, bored, decided that it would be rather funny to wake Glimmer up this morning. So he took a deep breath and as loudly as he possibly can, started singing the first verse of the most lewdest drinking song he could think of! Now that would get an interesting reaction!
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Post by fierano on Jan 18, 2007 9:28:22 GMT -5
Glimmer woke up wincing and groaning, especially due to the fact that El Bandito's singing seemed almost synchronized with his alarm.
"Guten Morgen, Jensi. Are you ready to win today?" Jens had a hard time even trying to pick out the words from the phantom Scotsman's singing, but he pretty much knew what to say. "Yes, sir..." "Good. The race starts this afternoon. You can use this opportunity to warm your tires."
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Eddie grumbled as the garage door rolled up, revealing some rather puzzled members of Team htB. The sunlight caused him to squint horribly. "Kuramoto? What the heck are you doing in here?!" asked his crew chief. "I wanted...to get an early start..." Even Eddie thought that was a lame excuse. "Whatever. Just clear out and let us set up in here."
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 18, 2007 9:36:28 GMT -5
El Bandito stopped singing.
<<Heh.... I be wantin' ahn invent'iv whey ta wak' yeh up an' dis waz da bes't whey!>> said El Bandito mischeviously.
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Kamui got up early and went to get some of the gas Nightshade managed to lock away.
"King Midas comes in a season of gold.... I wonder who actually wrote that. Someone who knows Glimmer and is worried about him obviously. But who the hell from France....? Or were they visiting France....?" Kamui muttered.
She took some large sips of gas. She paused a moment.
"Ehh....? This tastes a little weird... Ugh! Urk! A....aw....scrap....." Kamui muttered suddenly feeling quite sick.
She ducked off somewhere quickly where she got extremely sick in a hurry. Shroder popped out of his respective dumpster.
"Ah cas'e ov da tank flu?" Shroder muttered as he saw Kamui being quite sick.
~Kamui.EXE
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Post by fierano on Jan 18, 2007 9:50:36 GMT -5
Could you at least do it without such lyrics? Your mother should have washed your mouth out with extra strength detergent when you were alive.
"Glimmer! Thank heavens you're here. We've gotten reports that other racers' fuel supplies have been tampered with!" was the first thing out of his crew chief's mouth as soon as he arrived at pit lane. Glimmer raised an eyevisor. "That's not good..." "We're running tests now, but it appears nobody's drank from it since yesterday. Do you feel okay?" "I'm fine...."
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"Eddie, your fuel's been spiked." "You're telling me..." If the stains in the back corners of the stadium weren't any indication... "Just make yourself scarce for a bit while we sort this out, okay?" "Sure...sure..." Eddie backed off and headed for his trailer, hoping that Viper had cleared out...
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Post by elizar on Jan 18, 2007 9:58:47 GMT -5
"Thanks again for checking up on him." James, a crewchief who had known O'Hale for some time said as they drove away from the pit. "What do you think what happened? Bad batch from Dinoco?" O'Hale shook his front. "This is not the only racer, there are other racers who also have retched. This is just too wide-spread to be a bad batch." "Well, I have ordered a fresh supply of fuel to use in the race. I don't want Adam to throw up on the track itself." "He should be good enough to race later today. It seems to be just in the fuel, and to replace it should be enough." "Any idea what is causing this?" "No, there are several things that can make a car throw up, and most of them successful when in the gas tank." James nodded and turned around to his pit, leaving O'Hale alone.
O'Hale was about to head to his pit to check if the freezer had been tampered with, but he heard a retching noise coming from the 85, and someone with an english accent trying to figure out what happened. He drove to the pit, but didn't stay too close. "Don't worry, it will go pass quickly, as long as you stay away from the fuel tank."
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 18, 2007 14:39:33 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Back from class. I'll be a little slow because I have Algebra homework to do.)))))
Sapphire woke up to the sunlight streaming into her windows as she had them cracked open just a little bit to let in the warm night air. She yawned and stretched and opened the door to her trailer.
"Sis, do you know what this is?" asked Amber, holding up a newspaper article in front of Sapphire as the racecar rolled down the ramp
"What?" asked Sapphire, looking at the article, "It's about Joltsen and me. But that's just all lies. Who's responsible for this?"
"Some news reporter named Vegas," replied Amber, "I think you'd better set things straight before the big race today."
"Oh, I will," Sapphire said, heading toward the can of breakfast gasoline that was waiting for her at her pit, but as she took a sip, she felt something unpleasant pass through her frame, "Ugh, is this tainted or something?"
Amber took a look at the gas and up at her sister, "I'd say it is, because it sure smells like it. And you're not looking so good right now."
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Ebony had already scented the tainted gasoline and had gone and told Edison about it. He listened to her until she had finished her explanation, but said that he could make no promises. The officials wouldn't believe him if they knew that his source was a tuner.
Feeling slightly ill herself, and for unrelated reasons, Ebony thanks the pace car and went off to wander around the infield before she found herself at the gate. Seeing no one there, she decided to just head outside for a bit, since she had no tolerance for be stuck in one place. She needed her freedom and to heck what the others thought would be best for her.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jan 18, 2007 16:03:19 GMT -5
Phoenix had woken up with a yawn and rolled quietly out of her trailer, after streching she went into some potions of ther automotive yoga Sapphire had shown her the night before to help calm down.
She stopped and went to sip the fuel left out for her breakfast but stopped short.
Phoenix snorted and gave her front a shake at the smell of the fuel. Her scenses may not be as sharp as they were when she was tuned, but they were still sharp enough to give her an edge. And right now the fuel smelled off to her.
She turned to Boost who was rolling out of her trailer. "Someone's been in my pits and tampered around. Whats going on around here?"
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Kitt worked his way over to Sapphire's pits. "Hey, looks like Vegas got to you, he did the same to Nix and Boost..." He stopped short when he noticed Sapphire's condition. "Hey, are you all right? What happened?"
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 18, 2007 17:12:40 GMT -5
As Shroder came over, a report of tainted gas filtered in throught the radio.
"Oi.... dat 'xplain'z it. Ya'v bee'n poizon'd Exan-gurl," said Shroder.
"......Not.... the tank flu....? Oh joy..... poison..... just when it.... can't get.... any worse....." Kamui managed to gasp.
She paused again as another sick feeling came to pass.
"Eazeh, Exan-gurl, eazeh...." said Shroder.
Kamui gasped again and cursed under her breath.
"Ch-check.... any security..... footage.... you can get.... your tires on..... I wanna know.... who did this......" Kamui managed to say.
She caught sight of Joltsen's crew chief.
"Wha-what..... are you..... doing here.....?" said Kamui.
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<<Oi! Yeh kno'w dat no't ev'n da wor'ld'z supplai ov industriahl streng'ht det'rge'nt kin cle'n da mou'th ov ah Scot!>> said El Bandito mischeviously.
He then heard what was said about tainted gas followed by a retching sound in the distance.
<<Dat'z FA'R frum goo'd, lad! Whotev'r mad'e it in ta da ga's izn' doin' aneh goo'd fer da tank. Soun'dz loike da pub on da mornin' aft'r Sain't Paddeh'z Day!>> said El Bandito.
~Kamui.EXE
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Post by elizar on Jan 18, 2007 17:22:59 GMT -5
"I am a doctor, and some of the other crew-chiefs know it. So they call me sometimes when they want their racers checked out." He answered, then looked over to Shroder.
"Do they know what has been put in the tanks?" He asked, with a hint of worry in his voice.
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 18, 2007 17:30:17 GMT -5
"Oh.....? Wish.... I could say.... 'yo'.... on better.... terms.... and that.... I wasn't..... like this..... oh sc-scrap...." said Kamui.
She backed up a little bit and slumped on the ground.
"Dunno whot it iz ye't. But I can say dat dis remin'd'z me ov da tim'e where Noightshade-dude try'd makin' tea ov poisonou's mushroo'mz by mista'k 'cauze 'ee though't dey were ah 'nuth'r type ov mushroo'm an' mix'd dem up. Ee' gav'e it ta Exan-gurl an' it waz juzt terrib'l, man. Ha'd ta uze da ipicac da get it outta 'er syst'm! Dat mad'e 'er si'k fer ah few hou'rz, man. But aneh wheyz, I'm goin' ta hav'e ta run sum tes'tz on da ga's ta figu'r out whot da myst'reh poizon iz," said Shroder.
~Kamui.EXE
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Post by elizar on Jan 18, 2007 17:45:20 GMT -5
"You aught to be good when the race starts." O'Hale nodded slightly and turned to Shroder. "Well, I hope that it isn't Ipacac, then -" He paused, hearing one of the pitties calling his name.
"What is it?" He turned around to face the forklift. "It's Joltsen! He can't breathe! There's something in the fuel." "Scrap! It is Ipacac! Get the paramedics!" O'Hale floored it to reach the Nitroaid pit. I thought he was still asleep!
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 18, 2007 17:56:16 GMT -5
"Bring.... up that.... mushroom tea..... one more.... time, Shroder..... and I'll..... totally cut your..... pay..... same goes..... for anything..... food related.....! Anyways..... I hope..... you're right.... about the.... afternoon..... and me.... being well.... enough by.... then....! Urk! S-sorry...." Kamui managed to say.
She was back to being sick again. Now she completely regretted almost draining that container of gas! It was then Shroder heard about Joltsen going critical.
"Aw scrap! No whey!" said Shroder shocked.
He looked over at Kamui who was just recovering from being extremely sick on the ground.
"Slick's.... here..... I'll be.... alright. Go see..... if they need..... help, Shroder....." Kamui managed to say.
Shroder looked worried as he was torn. But instructions were instructions and reluctantly, he followed them. He went after O'Hale.
"Oi! OI! Aneh thin' I can do ta help? Exan-gurl ask'd me ta!" Shroder shouted after him.
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Kamui watched Shroder dash off. She leaned on the side of her trailer now feeling a little weak in the axils. She was tempted to go back inside and try to sleep this all off again or at least be somewhere else comfortable while she was sick. But two things stopped her. One being that she felt a little too weak for moving and the other was worrying about what happened to Joltsen.....
~Kamui.EXE
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 18, 2007 18:03:30 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Wouldn't it be interesting if the blame was put on Ebony, since she seems to be "missing"?)))))
Boost sniffed the fuel and scrunched up his nose at the bitter smell. Fortunately for him, he still had his sharp senses.
"Yeah, it looks like someone has," he grimaced, "and the scent is vaguely familiar. I just can't recall the name right now."
He looked around, "Hey, where's Ebony?"
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Sapphire was getting hot and dizzy and she tried to shake those feelings away when Kitt came by.
"Ugh... that fuel..." she coughed, "something's wrong with it."
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