Thunderforge stumbles in through the window. His clothes are tattered, his hair is singed, and he has burns all over his hands and face.
"If only electricity was discovered in Garendall, then I wouldn't have to create a battery myself," he mutters. "Should have paid more attention in engineering classes..."
Thunderforge sits down at the table that he usually sits at (it's a stamtish (sp?) so if anybody but the regular(s) sit there, they have to buy the drinks). Then, after a glass of Vanilla Coke, he perks up. A brave person in the bar walks up to Thunderforge and asks what happened.
"As you know, I went out to Gidolan Keep to fix up my Escape Pod so that I could prove that a person could reach outer space." A few more people gather around as Thunderforge continues the tale. "Well, it turns out that Gidolan Keep was sealed shut. So I decided to look for alternate ways inside. I ended up going to the west entrance. When I reached the gates, I banged on them for some time, but to no avail. They remained shut for quite some time. Just as I gave up, an old mage appeared in front of me. He promised me that he could get me in. So, in exchange for some gold, he teleported me inside. I instantly noticed that something was wrong. I could only go in a straight line towards the east, and back the way I came towards the west. I kept walking towards a white area. I walked on it and multiple images of me appeared on the ground! I ran back to the gate and yelled to the mage. He finally decided to teleport me to my escape pod.
Then, I found the most skilled blacksmith in the Keep. He was busy creating weapons for the soldiers, but, he let me use his metal. So day and night I worked. I patched up the escape pod, I created weapons and tested them by launching rocks with random sayings on them (which I think landed somewhere near here!). But then, I had the problem with electricity. I tried creating a simple battery. It worked. So I created a battery that could power the escape pod. Unfortunately, I created an explosion instead. Citizens of Gidolan Keep ran around everywhere, believing that the Sea Giants had gotten through the walls. I had to talk to the Queen to get things straightened out. She told me to stop worrying about the escape pod and to just worry about saving Gidolan Keep. So I left, but as I left, I could see a few trolls carrying four bags that were moving about. I chased them, but the trolls got away from me. I decided that I should probably go back to the Blue Mushroom Bar here in Dernath, since a nice Vanilla Coke would help me to relax after those months of labor day and night."
Someone asked, "What is electricity?". Thunderforge looked at the remains of the robot. "It's what powers that."
"What is outer space?" asks another. "I thought that we had this discussion before I left!" exclaims Thunderforge. "Ask Rawzer, he's got a time machine. He must know all about the landing on the moon, and the contact with the Centaurans. What?... Ask Rawzer!!! I want to go to bed!"
And on that note, Thunderforge dashes to his room. He instantly falls asleep.
P.S. If you, like Slav, think that I'm crazy, then ask to borrow Rawzer's time machine and go to 1177 NC and all this should become clearer. Or you can just download (url="http://"http://http;//www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn")Escape Velocity: Nova(/url)
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Clones are people two.
If UPS and Fed-Ex merged, would they be Fed-Up?
A man who's out to save Gidolan Keep, flies an Auroran ship, and hacks into computers to keep the bricks from falling past the line of destiny? Yep, that's me!
(This message has been edited by Thunderforge (edited 09-13-2003).)