[23:04] * Chako shakes her head violently. "Fucks. Can't they make something normal? Dimensions and crap." [23:05] 'Course not. [23:05] * Tim sits up and waves to the sleythin. If he's there [23:05] * Vernon looks around. [23:07] <> [Oh! Hello. Again, or ... before? Blast, this is so deucedly difficult to figure out.] <> [23:08] No, it's again. For us, anyway. [23:08] * Tim stands. "So, how's it been? You keepin' out of trouble?" [23:09] <> [Of course. I've almost finished my crossword. Of course, I'm always almost finished with it.] <> [23:10] [But you've returned. I assume you have the key... ah, my manners. Would any of you like tea?] [23:10] Must get frustrating after a while. Sorry to interrupt you, again, but we have some problems we're deperately hoping you can help with. And yeah, tea would be keen. ^_^ [23:10] Eh, sure. Didn't kill me last time. [23:10] * Vernon bows. "Pleased to meet you...I'm Vernon. And yes, please." [23:11] [Ah, you're a new one.] << The Sleythin draws himself up to his full height.>> [I am Shanaa'na, the Last Living Sleythin. Last Bastion of the vast knowledge of the Sleythin race. Oh, and please do help yourselves to tea, it's on the counter over there.] [23:12] * Tim nods and heads over to get tea for everyone. [23:12] * Vernon 's expression does not, to his credit, change. He does tilt slightly, though. [23:13] * Chako pops her helmet and shakes her head again. [23:13] * Tim comes back with tea for Vernon and Chako, and some for himself. He sits down and has a sip. [23:13] Ah, thank you. [23:14] * Vernon removes his helmet and sips. [23:14] * Tim naturally takes his helmet off before doing so. [23:14] [Now that we're all settled. Have you the Key?] [23:14] * Chako takes the GIANT tea cup and drinks some GIANT tea. [23:14] <> [23:14] Yes. I have it right here. [23:15] * Tim takes it out of a random pocket and holds it up. "This is it, right?" [23:15] <> [Yes, yes, that's exactly it.] [23:16] * Tim grins. "Good. I was worried someone'd slipped us a ringer or something." [23:19] [Hm. Now, here's the trick. You've got to find the pedestal along the base of the Gate, and place the Key on top. Then, you've got to go through. And after that, I have no idea what will happen.] <> [23:19] Oh. Well, that's good. [23:20] * Chako mutters. [23:20] [They put me in here and closed the Gate before they had a plan for what to do after that. We were very hurried.] [23:20] * Tim nods and frowns. [23:21] By the way. Are you able to keep tabs on what's happening outside of the globe? [23:21] I assume not, but hey. [23:21] [Not in the slightest.] [23:22] [I live a thousand trillion different fifteen minutes simultaneously. My mind is very taxed as it is.] [23:22] True. [23:22] Anyway. We've had more problems with those silicate fellows. Is there any advice you have reguarding that, or should we just head to the Gate as scheduled? [23:23] [Get to the Gate as soon as possible. You'll probably want to speak with the Egg.] [23:24] * Chako speaks up. "Uh... shot in the dark here, but what happens when we open the gate? Will other things be able to get in? If they tore up the city and all..." [23:24] * Tim nods. "Egg, right. Okay." He has some more tea. Damned if he's not gonna finish this before he leaves. [23:25] <> [23:26] [The gate only opens a little bit. At least, it did when I designed it. And you can exit at any point, even though you only can enter at one.] [23:26] Does the key work more than once? [23:26] * Tim nods. "Sounds useful." [23:26] [Certainly.] [23:27] * Chako hrms. "Right..." [23:28] * Tim looks at the Key curiously. "One of these days I'm gonna come back to ask you how these things work. If I haven't figured it out myself." [23:29] [The Crystal is very odd stuffs, it is.] [23:29] * Tim chuckles. "I'd already figured that part out. Been spending a lot of spare time on this thing." [23:31] <> [23:33] * Tim takes a sip, too. "Hm. Anything else before we leave? Guys?" [23:33] [Perhaps when we've succeeded in the... in ridding the Universe of the Enemy, I could even be free. But right now, there's much to be done.] [23:33] * Vernon shrugs. [23:34] * Tim frowns and nods. [23:34] * Chako frowns as well. [23:34] Well, once we get that ridding buisness done, we'll give you a hollar and we can compare notes or something. [23:35] * Chako puts down her cup. "Or somethin'." [23:35] [I'll of course look forward to it.] <> [23:35] * Vernon nods. [23:35] * Tim swigs the rest of his tea and stands up. He goes over and sets the empty glass down wherever he guesses empty glasses are supposed to go. [23:35] * Vernon sets his mostly empty glass next to it. [23:36] * Chako pops her helmet back on. "Hope this ride'll be easier." [23:37] * Tim nods and puts his helmet on. "Just in case, I'm leaving my eyes closed." [23:37] * Vernon does likewise. [23:38] * Chako touches the wall. Zoom! [23:38] <>