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Post by elizar on Feb 2, 2008 19:16:34 GMT -5
"The natives are like cars." Maxwell said. "Cars, helicopters and boats. I know it is scary, especially with the loss of your sight. My name is Maxwell Eightses, what's yours?" Maxwell was thinking things over. Gina had to be accominated at the local airport and probably get lessons pronto, but the Geo had to get a place pronto, and be filled in as soon as possible but without much disturbance.
And then there was the straggler from two days ago. He had to find her as soon as possible before she would get into any trouble. He had until the Geo and the car Sam was now going to were convinced that they were here to help.
There are so many... The thought of defeat entered his mind. I can't let them down.
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Post by darkelf3769 on Feb 2, 2008 22:36:26 GMT -5
Morgan continued to lie on her side, absorbing this new realization. Death. So far, it didn't seem that bad. Not quite what she had imagined, but alright. But how in the world was she to get up? She struggled, and felt her engine revving, and could feel against her underside the grains of sand churned by her tires hitting her belly. Suddenly she stopped. There was someone else coming. Uncertainty gripped her, and she squirmed again. She didn't want to be in such a vulnerable postion if something dangerous should come. But when the origin of the noises came into view, she stopped slowly, confused. It was another Land Rover, but not like any she had seen before. "Um...." her voice sounded small, and somehow incongruous with this big, powerful body. "Hello..."
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Feb 3, 2008 1:31:43 GMT -5
Destiny tried to will her heart- engine- whatever- to calm as she absorbed his words. Maxwell. Maxwell Eightses. Okay. She could handle that. But dimension hopping? Being turned into a car?
No, no. She couldn't think about that right now. Maybe later, when she had some free time. Right now she needed to decide if she was going to trust Maxwell.
"I'm Destiny. Destiny Johnston. I've been blind since middle school."
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Post by elizar on Feb 3, 2008 12:22:11 GMT -5
"All the more reason we should stick together." Maxwell said. "We will help you adapt to this. We are trying to figure out a way to get back home, but it has been just two weeks since only two humans-turned-cars have been here together." He looked at Theo, then took out his apartment key out of his compartment. "I can sleep outside, the weather says there is no rain coming in the next week so I can handle it." He threw the key to him. "Gina, you should get few free nights at the airport. We need to look into what kind of arrangement we can do for you. Theo, you should be able to figure out what can plague the Mack - sorry, I'm Maxwell and didn't get your name - figure out what can plague him so he can get few nights at the truckstop for free.
"That leaves two others, one who came here without us noticing, and another Sam's now helping. Sam should be able to get us some motel arrangements until we find more long-term apartments." He sighed. A lot of work.
Sam came over to the stranded Land Rover. "My name is Samuel Wallace. You just got transported to an another world and got your body changed to fit it. You are not the only human here, and as soon as I get you upright, we can go meet them." He wondered about pushing her to her tires, but the stress on the suspension from the fall could be dangerous.
"This is going to feel a bit funny." He said as preparing a spell. It was a spell to lighten a person's or thing's mass. He focused it until he knew she weighted very little, then pushed her so she landed on her tires without much pain or tremor. He withdrew his spell so she would return to her normal weight.
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 3, 2008 16:21:17 GMT -5
((Sorry, but I don't understand what you exactly mean by 'plague' him.))
Theo caught the key and nodded to Maxwell. "Right...I'll get right on it. But first we'll have to get Destiny here to town quickly and safely. I'll tow her."
He then turned to Isaac and Gina, wondering how he could explain what was about to happen. "Okay...I'm just going to warn you, I'm going to use my ability now, so try not to get an engine attack or something."
Theo turned back to Destiny, and his body suddenly began to change. The rear half of his cab disappeared into his body, and the entire area behind his cab sank down into a depression, while what used to be his trunk lid became a tailgate. He now looked like a cross between a BMW and a small truck.
Out of the truck's bred sprouted a long metal appendage, which quickly took the shape of a towing winch, and unloaded a long steel cable with a hook.
He backed up against the Geo, and said, "I'm going to lift your front end and tow you back to an apartment. Don't be scared."
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"I'm less scared than I was when I first got her...but I'm still very confused. Although it's almost scary how easily I got used to this body." Gina replied to Isaac, before turning to Maxwell. "I don't know how airports work around here, but I'll see what I can do. A few free days will help me settle down a bit..."
She then looked in wonder at Theo's transformation. "...Now I've seen everything."
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Post by elizar on Feb 3, 2008 16:32:00 GMT -5
((Should have been more clear when I read over it, I was in a hurry. Sorry. What I meant by plague was some false sickness which would get him enough sympathy to rest for free for few days at a truckstop.))
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 3, 2008 16:37:55 GMT -5
((Got that...I think I'll wait until my next post to work that in, this one's already cluttered enough.))
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Post by darkelf3769 on Feb 3, 2008 18:00:35 GMT -5
"Oh." Morgan could say no more at the moment; her mind was whirring. Not dead? Another world? Not the only one? Questions bubbled in the human-turned-Disco's mind, but she was still attentive enough to watch the male Rover as he performed his spell, gasping slightly when he pushed her, and like a leaf, she fell lightly to her tires. "Wow.... Samuel, thanks! I don't know how you did that, but thanks! I had no idea how to get up. Thanks. I'm Morgan Llewelyn, and up until a few moments ago thought I'd died in a car accident. You've really made my day." She smiled. "So.... there are others like us?" she asked, preparing to follow him. The new sensations she was feeling were thrilling and new, and she was too engrossed in them and her new companion to notice the grasses and sedums springing to life about her tires.
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Post by bc on Feb 3, 2008 18:22:54 GMT -5
Isaac paused a moment in thought before faking a cough. "*cough* I'm dying." He laughed a little, then continued, "Nah, I can fake sick better than that. The name's Isaac."
The semi looked back to Gina when she spoke to him, "It is strange. I've been a truck driver for 17 years, and little did I know I could so easily function -as- a truck." He paused for a long moment, looking at the sedan-gone-tow truck, and had this confused expression about his front. "Yep, definitely seen everything," he said to Gina, looking back to her for a moment.
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Feb 3, 2008 21:25:59 GMT -5
"Uh... Okay..." She had seen cars get towed before she had gone blind, and so she had a pretty good idea of what to expect. She didn't know what had quite happened with his "ability", so she didn't know what had the other cars so surprised. Then again, with her current position and situation, she was probably better off not knowing...
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Post by elizar on Feb 3, 2008 22:12:04 GMT -5
"It is safe to assume that most of us has some sort of abilities. Theo can change his body, though he still resembles a BMW, now with two cable and hook." Maxwell explained. "I can for instance do a minor jedi mind trick, 'these are not the droids you are looking for' kind of thing. Another one of us, now working, can sense where we humans are, and if there are any new arrivals. This is how we got here so quickly."
"Call me Sam. I'm not human, but I am in your team." Sam explained. "And I am a user, or what you humans call a mage or a wizard. That is how I found Maxwell and Liana, the first ones to come here." He looked at the ground around Morgan and smirked. "We believe that most if not all of you have some sort of power, and it is not hard to figure out what your's is."
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Post by darkelf3769 on Feb 4, 2008 1:10:31 GMT -5
"Ah. So others like me. A wizard, alright, I know those. Read a lot of Tolkien, Salvatore, those types in high school. So, Sam, if I may ask, why are you helping us? Does this world have humans, and do you have any clue how we might turn back into our original forms? I like this body, don't get me wrong, but now that I know I'm not dead I'd like to find out how to get back into the one I left behind...... if there's anything left of it...." As she had been speaking Morgan had moved forward slowly, more out of thought than any conscious desire. A faint trail of fresh green growth marked her path. When he smirked she looked down, but couldn't see much for her broad, blunt nose. "What are you smirking at like that? What am I doing?"
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Feb 4, 2008 9:45:59 GMT -5
She paused. "I don't really feel any different... besides the 'turned into a car' thing."
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 4, 2008 12:23:38 GMT -5
"Oh, so you turned into a semi because you drove one backin our world? Interesting. My change looks like it was random...I've never flown a helicopter before nor have I spent much time around them." Gina said. A few seconds later, a bright idea sprang into her mind. "...But just think of all the angles I could get with the ability to fly...oh, did I mention that I am a photographer?"
Theo reeled in the winch until the cable tightened and lifted Destiny's front end off the ground. "Is this alright? It might be uncomfortable, but I just don't want to accidentally damage you or something." He said. He drove forward a small distance, stopping in front of Isaac. "I can change your wiring so that your headlights and tail-lights go a bit crazy...with a bit of acting you can pretend that you're having problems with your electrical system. It's painless and completely reversible."
Gina turned to Maxwell. She said, "I know I'm supposed to find free shelter...but do you happen to have any spare money? Just in case I might need it..."
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Post by elizar on Feb 4, 2008 16:15:12 GMT -5
"I'm helping you because I think I am the best one fitted to. I have had experience of being experimented upon, and I will avoid doing that to you, while others would not be so considerate." Sam explained. "As for why I was looking at you like that, is that I got to know what ability you have. If anything, you will have to work at botany store or farming. You should notice the grass growing around you in the middle of a barren place."
"Sure." Maxwell said as handing him a fifty. "Enough for few days. You aught to talk with Sam to know how to get some sort of photo ID, which would then help you get a credit card. As for the rest of you, you can get an interstate license at the local DMW office. It will be your photo ID and help you get things easier."
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