Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Professor T has returned to the
Institution after an enjoyable day on the surface. He
walks past the Heek alcove, humming to himself - and
suddenly comes to an abrupt halt. He turns slowly to one
side and stares. His whiskers start twitching. This is
not a good sign. It is one of those "Basil Fawlty
confronts the workmanship of Mr O'Riley"
scenes.
A little later he calls a meeting
in the auditorium.
Ladies, gentlemen,
Mammalia and Aves [the list of required
acknowledgements was growing longer by the day].
Experimental ... Program ... 1. [He turns his head to
the left, to the right, and straight ahead as he utters
each of these significant words, and allows this
revelation to sink in.] XP1, for short. It is high
time that we began our research in earnest. ("What
age is Ernest"? calls some uncouth wit from the back of
the room.) Thank you. So now we begin Project 1.
That's XP1.1. The aim of this Program, as I am sure you
are aware by now, is to investigate the new information
that has been revealed to us since Ae'gura has been
opened up for exploration.
I would like first to
turn my attention to the Palace Rotunda and the history
of the Kings of D'ni that is now available to us. It
contains much of interest: the development of the D'ni
civilization; human relationships; human triumphs; human
disasters; intrigue; murder; war. We need to study this
history, and see how it relates to those parts of the
city we can see today.
With this in mind, I would
like you to choose, amongst yourselves, a small group of
researchers who would be willing to go to the Rotunda
and note down any particular items which you think
particularly fascinating or revealing. Make an early
start - it will be a long day, I think. So take plenty
of acorn mead with you and pore over all those
notebooks. ...
A box suddenly bounces down the cliff
into the Grand Canyon. As it picks up speed a watching
vulture notes that it's heading straight for the Brat of
a Human known as Elkae. At the last moment it hits a
slight outcropping sending it flying and landing only a
foot from where she's standing. Coughing and waving
away the last bits of dust that settle, Elkae picks it
up. Carefully she opens it. Inside, amazingly unharmed,
and wrapped in several layers of bubble wrap, is a
bottle of wine, a box of chocolates and a
note.
To Elkae From Kestryll
Just a
little something from the Cavern! Keep up the good
work and watch for Falling Boxes. FB is my delivery
guy out there. Don't know why they call him that. One of
those native american things...
Kestryll, back to check on the
Eggroom hears a meeting being called and decides to sit
in.
Thietris: Ladies, gentlemen, Mammalia
and Aves. Experimental ... Program ... 1. XP1, for
short. It is high time that we began our research in
earnest.
Kestryll: What age is
Ernest?
Thietris: Thank you. So now we begin
Project 1...
After he's finished Kestryll
turns to his nearest
neighbor
Kestryll: Well, I won't be able
to help with the research, but if you chaps, um and
everybeing else, be needing anything I'll be more than
happy to swing by the rotunda with
refreshments. Kahlo Pub is right down the road as
well if you peopel need a place to sit and tables to
work off of. Jolly good.
He links out
headed off on one of his many errands.
[This
message was edited by Kestryll on Tue April 06 2004 at
01:57 PM.]
Speedy and Dr. Warrell were in the crowd
when Thietris made the announcement of exploration soon
beginning. "Oh yay! I can't wait to begin!" Speedy
exclaimed. "Indeed... I am interested in what this
new world has... after my headache is gone," Dr. Warrell
moaned as he rubbed his head. "It's called a
hangover, and by the looks of things, you have a major
one! I guess no more mead for you for a little while...
oh don't worry, we have water. I think in Grizz' new
store, he might have some Advil or something... come on,
let's go," Speedy said as she grabbed Dr. Warrell's arm
and walked out. They got to the store, seeing a
rather interesting sight. Grizz was nowhere to be seen,
but in his place, was the pretty young woman she helped
out earlier. I wonder if she found those shoes, Speedy
wondered. Grassie was in there as well. "A
ruck-sack... umm... yes... I think it's in this
aisle..." the girl said with some insecurity. "Umm...
that is the clothing aisle..." Grassie pointed
out. "Oh yes! It is indeed...!" the girl said with
some embarassment. Now, for Dr. Warrell, this is his
first time seeing this woman since he was knocked out
the prior time. Upon seeing her, his headache
ceased. "Wow..." he whispered as he jaw fell. What a
sight! Speedy took that wow to be of the
headache. "Excuse me miss, but do you have any
headache medicine?" Speedy asked. "HOLD ON A MOMENT!
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SACKS!" the girl shouted, about
to lose her temper. "Um.. why don't you check the
luggage area?" Speedy asked. "Oh,... ok..." the girl
said, blushing, and she walked down that aisle. Lucky
for her, she found those sacks Grassie was looking
for. Dr. Warrell began to drool. Speedy saw this and
walked over to Grassie. "Um... Grassie, is drooling
another symptom of a hangover?" she asked. "I don't
think so, but it is a sign of love at first sight,"
Grassie replied. "Then poor guy," Speedy replied as
she looked over at the girl as she tried to figure out
the cash register.
Studying gives you
knowledge. Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. I am
learning how to be corrupt.
Note from Dr. Warrell After awakening
from a most pleasant sleep, I awoke with a bit of a hazy
memory of the evening before, probably due to a most
amazing restorative medication, given to me by a
ferre...Well, let's just say by a Mr. Grassie. I
spent the day being shown around by my most cordial and
charming host, a very intelligent bird..errr, scratch
that, a very intelligent young lady......no, that's not
right either, Miss Speedy showed me around. I
understand that Professor Thietris is initiating a most
ambitious project to explore and document some of the
elements of this place, and I am most interested in
participating. Mr. Grassie is off finding a rucksack
that will fit....how shall I put it, his slender frame,
and I enjoyed a delightful lunch with Miss Speedy, who
eats like a.... no, I won't say it! Memo to Dr
Einstein; I will be sending you my reports from time to
time, and I beg of you, please ignore any
little.....well...oddities you may encounter in them.
There is much here that requires personal observation to
be believed, until then you will have to accept my
observations and trust me. I might first note that
of all the sights I've seen so far, the other
researchers are by far the most interesting, more on
that later, when I get a closer look at them in a bright
light!
It took the tongue tied Dr Warrell a few
minutes to tear his eyes away from the girl who was
running the store, and he tried to regain his composure
as he looked around. Far too bashful to speak to her, he
gently nudged Speedy, who had to bend over to hear his
small voice. "I will be needing some equipment, do you
suppose she..." and here his tone turned a little
awestruck, "Do you suppose she might have a gravometric
analyzer, spectral recorder, and an ion activation
molecular generator?"
Perusing the board game section of
TLG's Heek Inc., gaming store, Chuckles58 happens upon
some classic games like Clue and Pit.
Hey,
you've got LIFE B.I. (before inflation).
Then
he dusted off another box. (Who knows why it would
already have dust on it as the store only opened
today.)
Here's what I've been looking for,
D'NOPOLY. It's got all the cool neighborhood names,
Guild of Greeters, Uru Obsession, WebSky, Mad Mushrooms
and Safety First to name a few.
He settles up
at the cash register before hurrying up to Theitris'
meeting to announce the first project of XP1. But alas,
he was too late. But he did hear one young man saying
something about beginning their research on an age named
Ernest. He decided he'd better hurry back to his office
in Takotah Alley to locate this Ernest
Age.
I'd better stay on my toes with all this
activity gearing up here in the
Institution.
---------------------------- "Where
are the donuts?" - Atrus (realMyst) Save URU Live
My dear Veronica, I may have been
somewhat unclear on what I needed. Just a simple
back-pack for me would be just perfect, and maybe an
unbreakable thermosflask for my supply of acorn-mead (or
coffee, depending on the time of day). Good thing
we'll be exploring the Rotunda first, where Kestryll's
Pub is nicely nearby.
What we did in Live, Echoes
in Eternity. Mental sanity is making good use of
insanity. The White Ferret is still here, Just try to get me
away and I'll bite!!
"Ooh! I'll go on the research project!
I'm GOOD at looking at huge amounts of information and
condensing them into a few short paragraphs." He looked
at the stares from the rest of the people, several of
which were directed at the INSANE stamp on his hand, or
what remained of it.
"So anyway, whose with me!?
Last one to the nexus is a rotten fig newton!" When
noone moved and he realised noone else really had his
enthusiasm for reading and summarising hundreds of
journals..."I'll just...go now...then" and he slowly
edged towards the door and exited.
Almech, not wishing to take any chances,
slips quietly over to the eggroom, happy to discover it
already open. He takes all the linking stones and
staggers out of the room with them, managing to reach
the linking library before dropping the stones with a
loud crash.
"I hope somebody appreciates me
retrieving these stones." He thinks to himself as
Sharper comes running.
Grizz comes in from the surface. He sees
the mess on the counter and floor where the coffee
machine was.
"RONNIE!!" he yells, but if you were
to look close, you'd see a twinkle in his eye. He takes
the soaked index book away and puts it in a pile of
things that might later be burned for fuel, if he can
find where he put those patio stoves for the inevitable
cold nights that would come later.
Reaching up
to a high shelf, he gets another, identical index book
(except this one is clean and dry) and carries it to the
stand on the counter. Then he returns to the cleaning
supplies, makes a selection, and carries it to the
counter. He writes a bit on a card, then ties the card
to the item. Then he places the item on a
crate where Ronnie is sure to see it. He chuckles to
himself, and wonders just what she will do.
Trying to find
D'NI thread, trying to find XP1 thread, trying to find
URU threads, Heeeelllpppp! ? Neeeed direction, lost,
faaaaallllllliiiinnnnggggggggg, Yeesha, Zandi, need
heeeelllppppp!!
Experimental Program
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Umbrellas supplied for all occasions.
