Session Start: Sat Aug 31 21:33:57 2002

Session Ident: #MysticJourneys

* Logging #MysticJourneys to 'logs\SlidersAceCombat.Global'

[21:34] <Wraith> AC4

[21:34] <Charlie> *START*

[21:34] * Charlie holds the timer up as he watches the pirate ship sink,

[21:34] <Michael> we did good

[21:34] <Michael> how long?

[21:34] <Charlie> now..

[21:35] <Charlie> *Wormhole tears open, the blue Crystilic wormhole, it forms and tears a hole between dimensions

[21:35] * Michael walks up to the crystilic wormhole, he steps through, and passes through the tunnel, he watches as the stars and space seems to pass by him in great speed, after a time the colors seem to dissapear and the stars seem to get brighter, finally the colors come back

[21:35] <Wraith> ::the surroundings are a semi-tropical jungle. The various plants decorate the scenery in a riot of color. The only thing breaking up the paradise is the rumble of jet engines and the ominous crack of small-arms fire

[21:36] * Michael drops to the grass

[21:36] * Charlie drops out after Michael

[21:36] * Charlie picks him self up

[21:37] <Charlie> *Wormhole explodes, and spirals to a close

[21:37] <Michael> I think thats getting worse

[21:37] <Wraith> ::they are greeted by a deafening roar - a F-14 tomcat screams overhead, chased by two faster and more manuverable migs

[21:37] <Charlie> what do you mean?

[21:38] <Michael> it looks really dangerous.. you know?

[21:38] * Charlie hears the jets over head

[21:38] <Michael> What is that noise?

[21:39] <Wraith> ::the three play cat-and-mouse into the blue skies where even more jet contrails are drawn. The tomcat is already trailing smoke as tracers leap from the migs to pepper the 'cat's fuselage

[21:39] * Charlie looks up and watches the show

[21:40] <Wraith> ::pulling an insane manuver, the cat cuts its engines and falls back towards the migs. one veers away, the other falters and overshoots to be greeted with a sidewinder - it explodes

[21:40] <Michael> how long do we have here?

[21:41] * Charlie checks the timer, we have a few hours

[21:41] <Wraith> ::the other mig, however, has looped around and as the cat attempts to pull out of its stall, a spark of light shoots from the mig towards the cat. the missle hits the tail and the cat spins sickeningly towards the jungle

[21:42] <Wraith> ::another explosion; pilot and RIO eject and tumble until gray parachutes open; they fall silently though there is movement below both chutes

[21:43] * Charlie sees the jet explode

[21:44] <Michael> there is a shute

[21:45] * Michael heads for it

[21:45] <Charlie> wait

[21:45] <Charlie> we dont know if they're friendly or not

[21:45] <Wraith> ::both figures decend towards the jungle, apparently unharmed. but not 30 feet from the cover of the canopy, a blast of rifle fire; closer to the sliders; errupts from the jungle with accuracy. with audible yells, the chuted figures fall as the torn chutes no longer hold their weight

[21:46] * Michael ignores Charlie and heads towards the fallen people

[21:47] <Wraith> ::the trees are densly packed. one is before you; on the ground and not moving. the other is barely visible; caught in the trees and struggling with the heavy nylon chute

[21:48] * Michael goes up to the one on the ground and roles him over to check him out

[21:50] * Michael checks him out, not breathing

[21:50] * Michael gives Cpr

[21:50] <Michael> he's dead

[21:50] <Wraith> ::he's dead; the armor-peircing rounds of the rifleman's gun had gone through his kevlar survival vest like butter; a surprised, horrified expression is still frozen on his face

[21:51] * Charlie hears the struggling of the man in the tre

[21:51] <Charlie> e

[21:51] * Michael spits out the dead guy breath off his lips

[21:52] <Charlie> hey up there

[21:53] * Wraith draws a survival side-arm and swings from the cables; trying to get a bead on the voice

[21:53] <Michael> what is it?

[21:54] <Charlie> i hear moving

[21:54] * Wraith uses the other hand to try and disengage the harness which held her suspended

[21:55] * Wraith 's seeking hand finds the final clasp and, with a yelp, falls15 feet to the ground *thump*

[21:58] * Charlie slowly walks up to the pilot

[21:58] <Charlie> who are you?

[21:58] * Wraith gets to her knees, rubbing gloved hand against gray helemt and groaning "sonfoa...."

[22:00] * Michael goes to check her out

[22:01] * Wraith *At the sound of the voice, she looks up, tinted faceplate gleaming alongside crash-weapon "ISAF or Erusia?!' she demands, the pistol clicking as the bullet chambers

[22:01] * Michael backs up

[22:01] <Michael> which are you?

[22:02] * Wraith snorts "yeah, and give you the answer? dont fragging think so." *sees the dead flyer out of the corner of her eye and pretty much forgets Michael, scra,bling to her feet and bolting over there "shit! Hawk!"

[22:03] <Michael> yeah that guy didn't make it

[22:04] <Charlie> what was that battle all about?

[22:05] * Wraith skids to a stop, hands flying over the bulletwounds "shit. Shit Shit!" she says with growing urgency as she fumbles for a pulse before sagging back on her heels, shoudlers slumping "Hawk?" she asks patheticaly

[22:05] <Charlie> should we be taking cover or something?

[22:08] * Wraith growls wordlessly and removes a couple of dogtags from the body. also taking the radio, she looks about once and stomps off towards a fallen log, angrily jerking her helmet and oxygen mask off. she's young, with short blonde hair and gray eyes

[22:09] * Michael goes back to Charlie and whispers, "lets leave her a moment with her friend

* Charlie nods

<Charlie> i dont know if we can hang around we should probibly seperate from her

<Michael> how long do you think we have

<Charlie> probibly comming up on 30 minutes

* Wraith sits on the log, death in her glare as she thumbs it on "Archangle 06 calling Erusian snipers. Just thought id inform you sadists that we were non-com. yeah. thats right. feet wet and unarmed. you just killed a family man. three kinds and a wife. hows that taste?" *with another gorowl she shouts into it "We were non-combatants, you psychos! But I'm feet dry now so if its an ass-kicking you want, line em up! I'll splash you as easily as i do your pilots!"

* Wraith throws the thing away as if it disgusts her and checks the ammo on her gun. its large for a pistol but its no automatic rifle...

* Charlie and Michael start to walk away from Wraith

* Wraith shoves it back into its ankle-holster and looks up at the sliders "who in void are you two, anyway?" she demands, suspicious and angry

<Michael> us we're .. tourists checking out this joungle

* Wraith stands, the gun comming back out "bull. from where? nearest settlments about three klciks thataway" *jerks a thumb north "and its an Erusian base." here her voice turned dangrous

* Charlie rolls his eyesat the tone

<Charlie> oh please

<Charlie> it figures we'd rescue the invaders

<Michael> shut up dont make this worse

* Wraith narrows her eyes. "im still waiting for an answer over here."

<Michael> well we still dont want to answer

* Michael turns around

* Wraith *CRACK* the tree besides Michael's head suddenly aquiers a new decoration "And _I_ am just the slightest bit annoyed at the moment. turning your back would not be a smrt thing."

<Michael> but it wont matter in like 10 minutes

* Michael turned around towards Wraith

* Charlie turns around too

* Wraith meets their gaze not-too-cooly, anger smouldering in cold eyes

<Michael> so yeah

<Michael> what did you want again?

<Wraith> "who are you." she demands again

<Michael> i'm Mike

<Charlie> yeah i'm Charlie

<Wraith> "what side are you on? and what is Hades you doin in a battlefeild with no weapon?" *another fighter soars overhead. small-arms fire crackles around them again

<Charlie> we're on the right side

<Wraith> "...a comedian. perfect. how bout i just shoot you both and let forensics sort if out?" -_-*

<Charlie> Can you wait 6 minutes?

* Wraith smiles nastily "Why? whats gonna happen in 6 minutes? im pretty sure you guys are loosing this little engagement. Epsilon Base will be ours again and Stonehenge will have yet another knife at its throat."

* Charlie and Michael slowly back up turn behind big trees and run

* Wraith shouts and bolts after them

* Charlie runs and skids down a hill

* Michael follows

* Charlie takes the timer out of his pocket

<Charlie> over a minute

* Wraith is fast behind them. the first shot is fired

<Michael> damn this girls close

* Charlie stays on the ground thinking maybe she'll pass over them

* Michael gets up and sees Wraith

* Charlie gets up too

* Charlie holds out the timer

<Charlie> *Wormhole tears open

* Wraith isstill bolting towarsd them; the colorful plants hiding the swirling vortex from her immediate veiw

* Michael leaps in, the sparks from the vortex pass throught the wormhole and past Wraith

* Charlie leaps in

* Wraith , seeing the warped space too late to stop her head-long run, attempts to stop but skids in anyways, her momentum downhill too great to stop

<Charlie> *Wormhole cycles

* Charlie walks up to the crystilic wormhole, he steps through, and passes through the tunnel, he watches as the stars and space seems to pass by him in great speed, after a time the colors seem to dissapear and the stars seem to get brighter, finally the colors come back

* Michael falls out his end

* Michael rolls accross the ground

<Michael> great another joungle

* Wraith is thrown out next, hitting and rolling. she hoists herself up onto her elbows "What in the name of......" The greif-and-anger madness in her eyes is gone, replaced by utter confusion

* Charlie looks back at Wraith

<Charlie> *Wormhole spirals shut

<Charlie> oh great

<Charlie> *A monsterous roar is heard from the distance

* Wraith looks around and sits up, breathing hard from the run. She looks back at them "wha....?"

<Charlie> *A giant thud is heard from the distanse

* Wraith looks around for that and taps the slim head-set radio still on her head from her helmet "Wraith to Bomber Wing, please tell me thats you.....Mad Dog?.......Archangle 06 to ISAF Forces, come in?" *blinks and looks back agian, eyes demanding an answer

<Michael> your not going to find them..

* Wraith simply blinks, hand still against the radio

<Wraith> "what do you mean by that? what just happened?"

<Michael> this is going to be hard to explain

<Michael> that was a wormhole.. it takes us from one dimension to another..

<Michael> and you accidently followed us

<Charlie> but dont worry we can take you back

<Charlie> we have about 3 hours

<Charlie> after 3 hours we can take you back to your world

<Wraith> "yeah, thatd be nice. Did i just fall into the fragging Twilight Zone?" cynicysm fits her voice; its apparently her prefered attitude

<Charlie> *Dinosaur t-rex tramples behind Charlie and Michael .. in the distanse

<Charlie> *It holds a smaller dinsaur in its mouth as it ravages it

* Wraith 's jaw drops and she blinks several times; mouth working as if to say something but nothing comming out

<Michael> what

* Charlie looks behind him and sees the dinasaur eat

* Wraith points with the gun "I dont think you wanna know, mac"

<Charlie> dont shoot it

<Charlie> if you scare it it might come and get us..

<Wraith> "Haddnt planned on it." she assures

<Michael> how about getting out of its plane of view?

* Wraith nods mutely and looks for cover

* Michael and the others happen to find a cave

<Michael> this will work for the time being

<Michael> it looks empty

* Charlie sits on a rock

<Charlie> so want to tell us about your world?

* Wraith crawls in silently, leaning aginst the wall of rock. with shaking hands she removes a cigarette from her survival vest and lights it with a lgihter. a nervous chuckle "I dont smoke, ya know..." she says, talking for the sake of establishing something familiar "But Spectre Squadron pilots gotta have a smoke when the get shot down; good luck, ya know...."

* Wraith shivers "This is just too weird..." *snuffs the cigarette out

<Michael> you get used to the weirdness after awhile

* Wraith grips the useless radio in her hands, staring at it as if she expects her friends voices to materialize again "My world, huh? well, what do you already know...?"

<Charlie> nothing.. we were there at random

<Michael> we got there just before you crashed

<Wraith> "oh." *thinks* "Well, I am...was... and ISAF pilot. we're fighitng the Erusians. The Erusians control the Mainland because of a big gun called stonehenge. it was meant to shoot down asteroids and save the Earth. We're fighting to free it, now..."

* Wraith nervously runs the dead man's dogtags through her fingers

* Charlie looks out for any dinosaurs

* Wraith looks out the entrance too, and laughs a bit more heartily "How the hell am i going to put this into my report? I aint bucking for a Section 8."

<Michael> just tell them you were delerious..

<Michael> how soon do you think search parties will be out for you?

* Wraith snorts and grimaces "Yeah. after that blow-up over the wide-band radio; they'd beleive it, too."

* Wraith thinks dunno. my beeper cut out before i hit the ground; didnt want to draw the enemy... My seat is in the middle of an Erusian platoon right now, and the only thing they have to triangulate my position is a torn chute, a downed plane, and a dead Rio." *voice cracked at that "Helluva legacy to leave behind."

<Charlie> who's rio?

<Charlie> did you know the guy

<Charlie> if you dont mind talking

<Wraith> "RIO. Radar Intercept Officer. My backseater." *jerks a thumb over her shoulder "His callsign was Hawk....my friend..."

<Michael> we're real sorry about him

* Wraith grins sadly "wadnt your falt. guy coulda walked through a mine feild covered by artilery and been ok. dunno why he bought it now...if my flying had been better.."

Session Close: Sat Aug 31 23:10:21 2002