Adney scratches his head and looks at the strange thing with a bit of awe.
Deyemi growls and tisks and runs and cmimbs up a tree to get away from the thing.
Maeve has a lot of fun playing this wacky game watching the metal ball go up and down as she gather points for doing random things.
The next day, you wake up and eat and start moving in the direction you feel you need to go.
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After about 4 hours of crossing the grasslands, you come across an old dirt path leading in the direction you are heading. You find a dilapedated sign lying face down on the path.
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Ba-a-a-arnabas looks at the sign.
"I think thi-i-i-i-is is it. Someha-a-a-ow your dreams led you here."
"Fact or he? What could that mean? That something is either true or 'he?' Who is 'he?' Perhaps this is a warning that 'he' is some kind of liar, whoever 'he' is."
"Shall we continue?"
Adney nods loading two of the crossbows at this point just in case
You follow the the dirt path for about two hour until it no longer is made of dirt but paved 20 meter wide road made of
special synthetic chemicals mixed with minerals and tar, this
road has fared quite well over the years which is marked by pot holes and broken pavement, but is still in much better condition than even the Oad.
You continue on that road for another 2 hours and to the west the forest starts to open up and in front of you to the north is a pond. To the front is a building surrounded by an ancient metal fence, just before that you see the road splits into a T-intersection to south you can see another fenced in enclosure with two towers.
Let's get into cover and scout this out.
Adney will move into the brush and start to take a stealthy look at the facility keeping to the cover as he moves slowly around the compound.
Adney takes two hours to wander around the lands surrounding the building but at the same time you try to not be seen. You get an idea of the complex but no real details.
You are able to see the farm is about 500 meters squared filled with corn and oats, surrounded by a 1 meter high fence.
"Hmmm... I see no signs of robot chickens. A-a-a-a-are we sure this is the place? Perha-a-aps the robots prefer to remain in hiding."
"I can le-e-e-evitate over the fence, but I would assuredly be seen if there is a-a-a-anyone watching. Perhaps we should wait until dark, then try to sneak in?"
"Or ma-a-a-aybe we can just walk up to the door and o-o-o-offer to buy a robot chicken? Perha-a-a-aps the people here would be willing to talk."
Is the gate locked?
Maeve considers the place, seems like a lot of security.
Maeve pulls her travois into the tree line and drops it behind a tree, preferably in/behind a bush.
Maeve walks 10' out in the center of the road and looks around to see if anything happens.
She's ready to bolt for the tree line if anything attacks her.
Kalina watches with interest. She has seen the plant from afar, but has never been this close.
Maeve walks 10' out into the middle of the road and nothing happens. the plant looks deserted from the outside.
"Why-y-y-y-y would you make a barrier out of ha-a-a-a-ay? People could just e-e-e-eat their way out."
Ba-a-a-arnabas walks out and stands beside Maeve.
"No-o-o-o-o signs of life. Do we kno-o-o-o-ock? Or sne-e-eak in?"
Knock a stack of hay bales into the fence.
Adney walks out as well and will move to a bale of hay and knock it into the fence.
Ba-a-a-arnabas draws his shotgun and accompanies Adney out towards the bales of hay. He eyes them warily.
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Adney strength Adney tries to move the hay but is unsuccessful in moving very much but is able to see within it much better.
A 2 meter tall by 15 meter wide metal gate acts as the entrance from the service road to the site. The gate is bolt-locked. There are no
security devices located here. There is a tower standing 30 meters tall and situated in the northwest corner of the landing area. A large machine of the ancients is sitting on the landing strip not very far from the
entrance gate to this area. The machine is painted a dark blue with brilliant yellow lettering visible on both sides of the body. The three
letters "LPI" stand out prominantly on the helicopter frame.
Deyemi sees the group floundering and will run up and give the hay a push.
A large machine of the ancients is sitting on the landing strip ...
Ba-a-a-arnabas' eyes light up. "OoooOOOooh!" he says. "Wha-a-a-a-at could tha-a-at be, I wonder? Shall we ha-a-a-ave a look?"
how do you propose we enter? The gate is locked so we must open that or climb the fence...
"I-i-i-i-i can get over the fence. I could take a rope with me that the rest of you could climb. Do we have a rope?"
"Or pe-e-e-erhaps I could fashion some sort of cu-u-u-u-utter out of these parts, and we could use it to cut the li-i-i-i-inks of the fence."
Adney will walk in at the hay so we might keep the lock if we ever find the key and will enter the compound and look around and wait a bit before motioning the rest of the group in.
Adney walks in and sees a large tower and a set of wooden double doors at its base and a vehicle of the ancients. Upon closer inspection of the wonder of the ancients you see that it is ovular with four antlers atop. With a large tail and four smaller antlers at the rear. It has glass on the front.
No movement occurs.
On getting the signal, Kalina trepidly approaches the place. This place was forbidden by her people, but her curiosity drives her on.
Maeve stands next to the hay bales covering Adney.
Ba-a-a-arnabas hops over the hay bales and follows Adney. He looks longingly at the ancient device.
"Want to look at the tower first? Or should we look at this contraption?"
go ahead and look at the item of the ancients maybe it has something on it or inside you can use?
Kalina keeps her distance from the machine, clearly afraid that it might roar to life any moment and slay them all. She instead focuses her attention on the tower, watching for any movement that might indicate signs of life.
Ba-a-a-arnabas goes over to the ancient device. He looks in the window to see if anything (or anyone) is visible inside. It if looks safe, he tries to find a way in.
You search the exterior of the machine and you will discover that it is locked. On the left-hand door there is a credit card sized slot and beneath this slot are a green colored strip and a red colored strip. Inside you no cargo, however a dizzying display of very interesting looking things to play and experiment with.
Negative. Kalina is just watching the tower for now. At any signs of life, she will alert the others.