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Lolix Diabolical

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:35 am


Alright m'dears, This will be set in an airship (Surprise, surprise) the plot being that on a trip to South America and explorer has found an object of fascination, a crystal skull, slightly bigger than that of an adult male skull it is made entirely of clear crystal however the most surprising thing being that there are no marks what so ever to tell of how it was made, it is completely smooth which makes it's very creation a mystery as it was found in an ancient, forgotten pyramid. The other items found having been shipped back up to the United States, the explorer find this skull needs extra protection.
However on the ride back home, the ship is attacked, the message sent to the museum administrators that the explorer has found this skull is intercepted and apparently someone wants it bad enough to take down the entire crew for it....

OoC: Yeah, kind of sloppy but I'm, so bored I can taste it. We need crew members of the ship the explorer is hitching a ride of, including a captain. I'll play 'the bad guys' just PM me your requests for a position and a brief character skeleton and I'll add you in. Thanks.
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:37 am


Character Listing---

Explorer- Helena Halvorsen- Played by Cheshire-Cat-Complex
Captain- Horatio Crane
Body guard- Dash
Pilot- Vanghar
Engineer- Linfac
Cook- Christopher
Gunner 1- Galapagos James
Gunner 2- Spencer Spinster
Doctor- Professor Lazar Von Janus

((I'll add more positions upon request))

Lolix Diabolical


Lolix Diabolical

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:38 am


“By all standards my dear, you shouldn’t exist.”

Helena gazed into the little treasure in her hands, fascinated by the network of colors trapped within the crystal skulls; almost lovingly she ran gloved fingers over what should’ve been the crown if the skull had really belonged to a person.

Helena Halvorsen, the explorer for the Smithsonian Museum, should’ve known better than to take such a prized object out. The woman might’ve been in an air-ship provided by the museum to take back to her home country, that didn’t mean that the crew were necessarily museum lapdogs for this singular favor. She sighed softly, gently putting the skull back into it’s velvet bag, then again back into a well padded and protected chest, and then once more into the leather backpack to be place neatly beneath the bed. No one knew about the skull yet, no one but her, and it would stay that way until her prize was safely back in the United States and in the hands of Smithsonian curators.

The explorer stretched out slightly before moving to leave her room to take a look about the ship. Not the most comfortable of things, as it wasn’t meant to carry passengers. Helena wrinkled her nose slightly, probably just privateers with the best price. For their explorers, the museum preferred to spare every expense.

Helena crossed her arms loosely, moving with a slightly lilting stride down the passageways. She, by standards of the day, was not beautiful. Helena was slim, without the hour-glass figure ideal; her hair was brilliant red, wild, and witchy, just barely held back by a black scarf, a pair of brass goggles sitting atop her head. Her gray eyes too large in a heart shaped face, nose thin and sharp above small, full lips. Helena stood at 5’2, decked in a dark gray cotton skirt, hitched up to her knees to make jungle travel easier, her loose, plain white shirt cinched around the middle with a wide black leather belt, her sleeves loose and wide, gathered at the wrists, the only bits or real decoration being the subtle little bits of jewelry she’d traded the natives simple tools and utensils for.

The explorer glanced around as she came upon the door leading to the main control, silently contemplating entering the room to see how much closer they were.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:39 pm


OOC: That ways I sees it, you'll need some sort of helsman or pilot. I figure I'll put myself in for that, if you don't mind. If, instead, pilot-type-duties are covered by the captains job, methinks I'll have that instead (as long as you don't mind).

CapnAlex
Captain


Dash Rendar

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:44 am


((
Cheshire-Cat-Complex
...the explorer find this skull needs extra protection...


I'm assuming some kinda body gaurd? I'd like to fill that bill, if it's allright with you. If not then put me down for engineer, whichever suits your RP the best.))
PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:11 am


I would definitly be interested in the capitains position if there is a sepearate one for Pilot, if not, I will let anghar take it, as he got here first.

Horatio Crane


CapnAlex
Captain

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:54 pm


Horatio Crane
I would definitly be interested in the capitains position if there is a sepearate one for Pilot, if not, I will let Vanghar take it, as he got here first.

Upon contact with the mysterious Cheshire, there is indeed a seperate Pilot option, so I defer the roll of Captain to you.
PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:05 pm


Ooc: Post away please =3

Lolix Diabolical


Dash Rendar

PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:54 pm


Dash sat in the shade of the airship's massive baloon enjoying a stubby, foul smelling cigar as he watched the slowly swaying head ropes that dangled from it's round bulk like the trailing streamers of a willow tree. He was stretched out full length on the port side deck, his feet proped up on a small wire table and his lanky length slumped into a reclining deck chair as he puffed away, the grey clouds of smoke blowing away in the slight head wind to join the fluffy sea through wich they were traveling.
Seated as he was it was clear that he was a tall man, perhaps six feet, and anyone who had seen him shirtless in the South American heat could attest to the breadth of his shoulders and the muscled cut of his frame. He wasn't thick or bulky, but had the whip thin strenght of a man raised on action. His face was thin and clever, with thick eyebrows over piercing eyes and high cheek bones. An unkempt mop of straight, black hair stuck out from under his tilted forward bowler hat that flowed into long sideburns and a cleanshaven countenance.
An excelent job. He thought, taking a sip of his glass of gin. A vacation to the Americas, a nice, relaxing airship ride. He tilted up the brim of his hat to glance appreciatively at a passing stewardess. And some excelent company. For what? Just to babysit the explorer and safe gaurd that odd skull. A nice easy job. Perfect.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:05 am


Helena quietly decided against entering the contol center jsut yet, no need to pester really. she continued down through the ship, aimlessly. The explorer never really liked such boring forms of travel, she preferred to be down on the ground running about with some of her friends to the museums and science labs, or perhaps trekking trough the deep jungles of the South Americas or the Harsh deserts of the Republic of Texas, dealing with indians and cowboys.

The explorer pushed back a strand of rebelling hair and came upon one of the decks, knowing she probably shouldn't have, looking out from ships like this always made her a bit queasy after a while. Oh well, she was sure she had a bottle of Doctor Hallowell's miriacle tonic in her bag somewhere.

Lolix Diabolical


Galapagos James

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:07 pm


OOC: Could I join in one of the Gunner positions?
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:24 pm


OoC: Of course you may

Lolix Diabolical


Galapagos James

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:55 am


Franz sat on the railling of the deck, his legs weaving in the railling itself to keep him from falling if the ship should pitch. It was a precarious perch, but Franz didn't have his job because he was sane. He wore a pair of heavy boots and some fine black trousers over which he hade a belt of bullets with a revolver at each thigh in the American style. He had on an open bush jacket ov a white, rough cotton shirt.

He reached up with a hand, idly tugging at his bowler hat. It was wore back, resting on the back of his head. The hatband was tooled leather, which connected to a pair of goggles that passed through holes in the brim to attach to a pair of goggles that rested on his forehead. His features were hawkish, with a long, sharp nose and dark, piercing eyes.

He turned his attention as the explorer walked on deck. "Hallo there," he called out, giving a small wave.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:48 am


Helena gazed at him for a moment in surprise at his precarious position, it made her own balance toss just thinking about it. The explorer shook her head, one hand rubbing her eye the other returning the wave.
"Erm, Hullo."
She spoke, watching him for another moment as he sat there, slowly moving forward to sit in one of the chairs set around there, not exactly an easy chair in the Smithsonian waiting room but it would work.
"What exactly are you doing, hanging of the rails like that?" she asked finally, slightly worried for this man's sanity at the moment in time.

Lolix Diabolical


CapnAlex
Captain

PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:53 pm


Mark busied himself with the controls of the Airship for a moment, checking everything was sure, and nothing was awry. They had come to far with this explorer to crash now becuase of some misapplied steering.
Sure that everything was sound, you took a momentary break; as long as they hit no turbulence, there was little need to remain at the controls forever!
He grabbed his goggles from a peg on the side, placing them over his eyes to protect from the wind. They were not the type one would expect a pilot to wear, more like an Engineers, but they seemed to compliment the rest of his outfit well. He wore a plain white shirt, along with a similarly plain pair of trousers. On top of that was a leather jacket - which seemed to have entirely too many pockets, all filled with some variety of trinket or tool. Oddly, it all seemed very smart when he wore it.
Noticed others seemed to be lingering on the outside deck, he vertured out to join them - immediately thankful of his goggles as the wind whipped is brown hair across his face.
"Ah, Miss Halvorsen, I hope this trip is to your satisfaction. Please, do not pay much heed to Franz - his sanity is.. questionable, but you get used to him."

OOC: I would jsut like to point out, for the sake only of avoiding any possible confusion, that this character is not me in any other capacity.
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