Eolthala is pulling on the engineer's arm now and pleading. "Oh please, Sir dwarf, I cannot lift you or your friends to the cart. And a ship is bounded to arrive soon. - Grandfather - -.?"
The old man pulls on his staff to unsteadily rise. "After all these years... I thought if I were here, I could save them. I was young then," he moans to the young lady. "I had but barely married when the mountain fell out of Heaven and the earth call--"
"Yes, Grandfather. " Eolthala softly says." Get in the cart, Grandfather. I shall be there momentarily. "
Finally realizing that he is not on board his beloved ship, and that it sounds like trouble is brewing, L'wisz summons all his dwarf strength (and enduring cussedness) to try to do as Eolthala says. Having stood up, he stoops to attend to the Doktor. Gritting his teeth he tries to get the mechanoid medic on to the cart.
ReplyDeleteUnder his breath he mumbles,"Inferior foreign engineering...."
(("Mechanoid medic"? I like that, and I think we'll keep it. Though there might be this concern: http://rifts.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mechanoid_Invasion_Trilogy
ReplyDelete((L'wisz has little trouble hoisting the unit on the cart, though the old man's eyes grow wide at the sight of it. Gravity seems less here; you might judge it at .76 or so, and the cast on your leg seems to take your weight without any pain. You gotta get some of that liquid - it might be useful for extremely tiny repairs on your ship. Uh - the ship you used to have.
((Each of the others awaken fully when Eolthala shakes them. She is pointing to the sky.))
Emma coughed as she came to and followed the finger up towards the heavens. 'Someone tell me what I missed,' she sighs, 'like where we are, what happened to the ship and if I'm meant to pilot this cart.' She jumps to test the lower gravity. 'Hey! Who needs a ship anyway?'
ReplyDeleteHerr Doktor realizes he is being handled and moved. His first thoughts are concern about his concussion.
ReplyDelete((See next post. I ought to have been stating something like this when a new turn begins. Shame all over me.))
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