Coral Restoration Log [closed to those in the teams]

[thalassino]

Monday morning, bright and early, Station Master gathers those that signed on to help out, bringing them down via the elevator, before sealing it off, making it impossible for anyone to go up or down.

This is it. This is the day. We are going to fix the coral or... not fix it, really.


[ooc: please check each individual thread for more information. Also, as for the attack/defence part of the log, we are willing to play out the fights for you (apart from the NPC fight which will for sure be played out by us) however, we have given you the skills/attack patterns of the monsters, so if you'd rather, for the sake of speediness, play out the monster yourself, that is also fine, just let us know.]

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[aim_exorable]

He's old fashioned, so sue him. Unless it's on a spaceship, he doesn't see the reason for lasers everywhere, gosh! You're looking for Dualscar in that department.

The drillingbot looks as annoyed as a robot possibly can with Washu's poking, politely trying to swat her away just slightly before it began to get to work. It wasn't... elegant, by any means, but it was fast, drilling through the concrete. To make matters go through quicker for the others, Darkleer began to assist as well, moving entire chunks of rock out of the way. They had enough engineers on hand, clearly, so he would focus on using his more physical talents for now.

[dwightandclean]

Someone had their wheaties for breakfast. Dwight just nods and backs out of the way of the bigger pieces of debris. He adjusts his bag and looks at Washu and Tech. "Any idea just what we're...drilling and clobbering our way into?" The question is towards DArkleer too but the big guy looks a might busy at the moment.

[dotthedisconnect]

Still circling, Tech watched the robot and the troll do their work. Unless they came across a layer of metal, he had very little to offer here.

"The so-called heart of the coral, no doubt. I imagine it's going to offer some fascinating insights as to the nature of its construction--perhaps even answer some of our lingering questions." Naturally, that meant that he didn't really know, but such trivialities weren't going to tamper his enthusiasm for discovery.

[crabbygenius]

The bot can just deal with her poking and prodding for the moment. Once it started working, she backed off and let Darkleer and his creation do the work. It was always nice to have someone else to the heavy lifting for once~.

In the mean time, she focused her attention to the other two lucky enough to be on a team with the greatest scientific genius in her known universe. "I'm pretty sure it will answer questions. And raise some more." She shrugged a little and glanced towards the growing hole. "But, from what I gathered we will see some sort of attempt at combining nature and technology."

[aim_exorable]

"Correct," Darkleer called out from the hole right before he launched another rock up onto the surface. Away from his team, of course. As he made his way up to clear something of a path for the group while his robot worked, he added in his own two cents. "There are coral roots, I believe, and that is where the technology is attached."

As he got up to the top again, he glanced down into the hole. "They certainly did put some rather strong material beneath the street, but I'll have it broken through in a short while. What items did the rest of you bring?" Washu, he doesn't doubt has a vast majority of things hidden up her sleeve. Tech and Dwight were a little more unknown.

[dwightandclean]

Dwight only smirked a little at Tech and turned towards Washu, "So we'll see when we get there. Got it." He folded his arms and watched the debris continue on, cautiously peering in when the hole became big enough. Oh, okay Darkleer's answer at least gave him a mental image to work with.

"I brought anything I could get my hands on....just nothing as fancy as a robot." He wasn't exactly used to sharing whatever he had with people he knew- people he'd just met or barely knew? Yeah not going to get much out of him beyond 'stuff'.

[dotthedisconnect]

Tech, on the other hand, had few qualms about showing off. He grinned, producing a handheld , gun-shaped device. "This beauty is a micro fusion-powered boring laser. Not effective at clearing in volume or quantity, but highly efficient at spot-specific penetration. It will suffice for creating handholds, or weakening the overall structure."

He clicked the safety back and forth between stable and fir--er, boring modes. "Just, uh, don't aim it at the coral."

[crabbygenius]

Darkleer was right, Washu did have a vast majority of things hidden up her sleeve. Maybe literally depending on her mood. However, it didn't seem like she had much of anything save for a little bag slung over her shoulder. It looked to small to hold much, but that was the beauty of it~.

The genius just smiles as Dwight and Tech mentioned tools and just gave Tech's device a quick glance. "A cute little device~. You might even get to use it."

Meanwhile, she's just.. waiting for Darkleer to finish his work so they can get started~.

[aim_exorable]

It doesn't take much longer. Soon, the sound of the massive drill stops and there's a moment as Darkleer adjusts some rocks before he calls over to the others.

"The hole is ready. Go in first, and we'll make sure there isn't a cave in." The robot is already shuffling things aside, making it harder for any rocks to even accidentally roll back down to clog up the hole into the tunnels where the roots of the coral are. With everything that could happen, Darkleer doesn't think there's such a thing as 'too careful'.

[dwightandclean]

When Tech pulled out the gun, Dwight had paled...but he relaxed when the coyote said it only fired lasers. "Are you sure that thing only fires lasers?" he didn't have his vest....please let it only be laser. As weird as that sounded in his head...
He hitched up his bag, casting another quick, weary glance at the gun before ducking and starting into the hole. "Really considerate of you." He murmured, looking around at the weird...whatevers that were now around them.

[dotthedisconnect]

"Of course. You couldn't very well drill with bullets or some other projectile, could you?" ....could you? It was only then that he realized that this was going to be an opportunity wasted.

It seemed that Darkleer managed to clear the hole without his help. Unsurprisingly, the roots of the coral resembled, well, a root structure. More interestingly, there appeared to be synthetic wiring woven in, looking almost like natural root hairs.

"My Coral Metering Device is still attached to the main body," Luckily he'd had the foresight to make it waterproof. "I can measure any energy signatures remotely. That should give us an indication as to whether our repairs are succeeding or not."

[crabbygenius]

Washu simply rolled her eyes at Tech before heading down to see what they had to deal with herself.

"Interesting structure. I'd love to study it after we're done." The way the wires were woven in and integrated with the coral's natural systems was definitely something worth studying and perhaps reverse engineering later. If she ever got the chance to.

"Hopefully."

Washu took one more look around before pretty much making her way to the nearest accessible point of the root system and activating her holo computer to begin typing away. A few moments later she begins to point.

"The best possible point to start the repairs on are here, here and here." She even pops up a screen with a diagram for them to see. "Have fun and don't electrocute yourself~."

[aim_exorable]

"And just what do you plan on doing while the rest of us are working, Washu?"

Darkleer pokes his head down into the opening, partially to make conversation easier and partially so he can get a better look at this whole fascinating system himself. He'll have to take pictures for himself. If what the Station Master said was correct, then it's highly unlikely they'll get a chance to inspect this area again anytime soon.

[dwightandclean]

Dwight let out a small sign, rubbing his hair and moving out of the way of the others. He was used to working alone, and from he could see everything was set up like a basic wiring network. He just had to remember high school biology a little and he'd be fine.

He reaches over and points to a spot on the diagram, "I'll take that spot." He hefted his bag a little, "I don't have anything fancy so...sorry if I curse a few times." He took another look around then glanced at Washu, "What if there's a wire that's...rhetorically too damaged to repair. Should I just...get rid of it and not worry where it ends up?"

[dotthedisconnect]

Tech, meanwhile, had something else on his mind.

Already examining the tangles on his own, he said, "If I may. Our repairs should be a fairly mechanical process--barring unforeseen circumstances of course," He moves to a wall, idly tracing a glowing root. "Replacing and repairing the wires should be a simple process, but hardly an informative one. Yet, here we are, underneath the coral, with a research opportunity that may not present itself again. Perhaps it would behoove us to take advantage of it, yes?"

Their situation was dire, sure, but certainly not so immediate as to force them to pass up a chance for science.

Right?

[crabbygenius]

"I plan on doing the same thing you are~. Just my own way." Don't you just love that little smile of hers~?

"If there is wire too damaged to repair, let me know and I'll replace it. The Same goes for if you need any tools. I can provide what you lack." Even if it doesn't look like it.

Washu takes another glance at the diagram and contemplates something before glancing at Tech. "Of course we're going to do a little research, but the repairs come first. The faster we get them done, the quicker we can get to the fun part."