Dusk
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Parts 1 & 2 of this story can be found here. Parts 3 & 4 here.
Parts 5 & 6 here.
We arrived at East Scylla Mountains through the teleporter equipped with weapons, faps, armour and a set of approximate co-ordinates plotting a route to Fort Ithaca that had been supplied by Callum.
When Sandra had given the three of us license to grab almost what we'd wanted in the shop at Port Atlantis, I'd possibly not got the best tools that were available. I was now carrying an Omegatron M2890 handgun, an A-3 Justifier rifle and a FAP-80. I'd also got hold of a full set of Vigilante armour. This was not selected for its protective qualities but instead because I liked the white with blue trim colour scheme! I thought it would offset my skin colour nicely, while conveniently forgetting that the gloves and helmet would hide all my features.
We all made a short trip to the trade terminal to get ammo before setting off, heading north towards Jason Centre. On the way there I observed several mob types; Snablesnots, Turps, Exarosaurs and Combibos were along the route but gave us no problems. We also passed burned out wreckage of military vehicles. Having seen similar on the outskirts of Zychion I wondered whether this was a regular feature of Calypso.
Within twenty minutes of leaving the trade terminals we arrived at Jason Centre.
"Well that was easy enough", commented Liam.
"Yeah", answered Michelle. "This'll be easy at this rate."
I was anxious though. I had a goal to achieve and another five locations to get to before I might be reunited with my brother. After what felt like an age of "seeing and feeling" the location we set off for Limnadian District.
We ran in a north-west direction, again seeing Snablesnots and now Diakibas. A short distance out of Jason, the skies became dark. "Is it night now?", I asked the others. "I thought it never got dark here." The others were unable to answer the question.
The light hadn't faded completely, which was just as well as we had no torches or other devices to illuminate our path. There was just enough light to be able to continue moving, but not really enough to be fully aware of our surroundings. After around ten minutes the darkness started to lift. There was now enough light to be able to see distant Snargs.
"Maybe it was just thick cloud", puzzled Liam. As I turned to agree with him, I saw an awful sight.
"Watch out!", I yelled at Liam as a cluster of between fifteen to twenty mobs were baring down on him. Realising that these mobs must have sneaked up on us in the dark, Michelle and I stopped and started to fire on the cluster. The cluster consisted mostly of Foul and Tripudions. Liam was engulfed in mobs. Then they turned their attention to me and Michelle...
All three of us revived at the same revival terminal. A quick check of my data pad confirmed that we'd arrived at Limnadian. Liam cursed about the fact that every creature on this planet seemed to want to attack us.
"Where to next?", asked Michelle.
"Fort Fury", I replied. "It's only a short distance to the north-west from here. I reckon we can run it in about fifteen minutes."
We passed Molisks, Estophyl and got bitten by some flying insects that I think were Igni on the way to Fury. The only downside to this leg of our journey was that we had to cross a river.
"Oh, great!", I moaned. "We're gonna get wet again."
"I hope there's nothing in this water", Michelle asked while looking to me and Liam for some sort of re-assurance that we couldn't possibly give her. We waded, then swam across this river until we got to the embankment on the opposite side. There were some Allophyl nearby, as Liam informed us. He had found a mini-encyclopaedia feature on his data pad that was allowing him to identify every mob we'd encountered. I almost got the feeling that he'd be very at home in a foliage-covered bunker with a big pair of binoculars, sat along side the likes of Bill Oddie.
Anyway, we climbed the embankment. At the top we were greeted with the site of the walls of Fort Fury in the distance, across a clear plateau. The walls gave a metallic shimmer in the bright but slightly hazy sunlight. It was a spectacular, welcoming view as we ran the last bit of the route to the town.
As we got to the teleporter we all felt ready to continue onwards. We headed north to Atlas Island South, then on to Tethys Creek - both runs that were short and unremarkable other than yet more river crossings.
At Tethys Creek, we were now within striking distance of Hadesheim - the capital city of Eudoria - and hopefully the last stop before Ithaca. We decided to wait at Tethys for a few hours to rest. We were all tired by now and starting to suffer from minor ailments. Liam's feet were sore, as were Michelle's. Meanwhile, my Vigilante armour was starting to rub slightly in a few places. The design of the armour was excellent, however it was by no means a tailored fit.
My urgency to find my brother had taken a back seat for now. I realised that we had made excellent progress, but now this rest was essential.
The rest break turned out to last seven hours. We'd all underestimated the mental tiredness aspect of gathering all these teleporters in one go. We began to wake ourselves up and then took up the run westwards to Hadesheim.
We were about twenty minutes out of Tethys when we started to encounter occasional Faucervix and Snargs. Any that gave us trouble were easily dealt with thanks to the weapons we'd taken from the shop back in Port Atlantis. As we travelled further though we started to see Feffoids and Atrox.
"This doesn't look so good", Liam told us. "They appear to be all around us."
"There's gotta be a way through", I demanded. But Liam just shook his head in disagreement.
It amazing how we'd become used to being able to die and revive in such a short time. With no way around the cluster of mobs, it made the decision to just go for it all the more easier. We had to head west and we'd possibly get torn limb-from-limb by these powerful mobs, but hopefully we would revive somewhere close to Hades if we were able to make enough progress.
"Cccchhhaaarrrggggge!", yelled Liam as we went for it. Like that was going to scare off the mobs! To be fair, our charge turned out to be a good effort. The three of us ran and ran and ran, forcing ourselves forwards. All the time we attracted more and more angry mobs. We could feel their presence behind us. I'd feel the occasional sharp claw in the back or on the leg, but I kept going. I was struggling for air. My lungs were burning and my chest was tightening as I fought to take in enough air to keep going.
Then just as I'd run over some slightly hilly land and onto a plateau, something hit me with a massive force, taking me off my feet. As I crashed to the ground I was aware of a severed lower leg lying a few metres behind me, and a trail of blood leading from it to my knee. I felt nothing, but then it all went black. At the mercy of the mobs I must've passed out...
I woke up at a revival terminal. To be followed a short time later by Liam, then Michelle. We waited a while to get our strength back. We were at an outpost just south-east of the co-ordinates that Callum had given us for Hadesheim. There was a blue dot on my data pad radar so we went to investigate, walking through a dense forest that was alive with the sound of bird song.
The teleporter identified by the blue dot turned out to be isolated, placed next to a small hill. We all recorded the location before heading north over the hill. At the crest of this hill we were greeted with the site of tall, dark buildings. We had arrived at Eudoria's capital city...
part 8 to follow...
Parts 5 & 6 here.
We arrived at East Scylla Mountains through the teleporter equipped with weapons, faps, armour and a set of approximate co-ordinates plotting a route to Fort Ithaca that had been supplied by Callum.
When Sandra had given the three of us license to grab almost what we'd wanted in the shop at Port Atlantis, I'd possibly not got the best tools that were available. I was now carrying an Omegatron M2890 handgun, an A-3 Justifier rifle and a FAP-80. I'd also got hold of a full set of Vigilante armour. This was not selected for its protective qualities but instead because I liked the white with blue trim colour scheme! I thought it would offset my skin colour nicely, while conveniently forgetting that the gloves and helmet would hide all my features.
We all made a short trip to the trade terminal to get ammo before setting off, heading north towards Jason Centre. On the way there I observed several mob types; Snablesnots, Turps, Exarosaurs and Combibos were along the route but gave us no problems. We also passed burned out wreckage of military vehicles. Having seen similar on the outskirts of Zychion I wondered whether this was a regular feature of Calypso.
Within twenty minutes of leaving the trade terminals we arrived at Jason Centre.
"Well that was easy enough", commented Liam.
"Yeah", answered Michelle. "This'll be easy at this rate."
I was anxious though. I had a goal to achieve and another five locations to get to before I might be reunited with my brother. After what felt like an age of "seeing and feeling" the location we set off for Limnadian District.
We ran in a north-west direction, again seeing Snablesnots and now Diakibas. A short distance out of Jason, the skies became dark. "Is it night now?", I asked the others. "I thought it never got dark here." The others were unable to answer the question.
The light hadn't faded completely, which was just as well as we had no torches or other devices to illuminate our path. There was just enough light to be able to continue moving, but not really enough to be fully aware of our surroundings. After around ten minutes the darkness started to lift. There was now enough light to be able to see distant Snargs.
"Maybe it was just thick cloud", puzzled Liam. As I turned to agree with him, I saw an awful sight.
"Watch out!", I yelled at Liam as a cluster of between fifteen to twenty mobs were baring down on him. Realising that these mobs must have sneaked up on us in the dark, Michelle and I stopped and started to fire on the cluster. The cluster consisted mostly of Foul and Tripudions. Liam was engulfed in mobs. Then they turned their attention to me and Michelle...
All three of us revived at the same revival terminal. A quick check of my data pad confirmed that we'd arrived at Limnadian. Liam cursed about the fact that every creature on this planet seemed to want to attack us.
"Where to next?", asked Michelle.
"Fort Fury", I replied. "It's only a short distance to the north-west from here. I reckon we can run it in about fifteen minutes."
We passed Molisks, Estophyl and got bitten by some flying insects that I think were Igni on the way to Fury. The only downside to this leg of our journey was that we had to cross a river.
"Oh, great!", I moaned. "We're gonna get wet again."
"I hope there's nothing in this water", Michelle asked while looking to me and Liam for some sort of re-assurance that we couldn't possibly give her. We waded, then swam across this river until we got to the embankment on the opposite side. There were some Allophyl nearby, as Liam informed us. He had found a mini-encyclopaedia feature on his data pad that was allowing him to identify every mob we'd encountered. I almost got the feeling that he'd be very at home in a foliage-covered bunker with a big pair of binoculars, sat along side the likes of Bill Oddie.
Anyway, we climbed the embankment. At the top we were greeted with the site of the walls of Fort Fury in the distance, across a clear plateau. The walls gave a metallic shimmer in the bright but slightly hazy sunlight. It was a spectacular, welcoming view as we ran the last bit of the route to the town.
As we got to the teleporter we all felt ready to continue onwards. We headed north to Atlas Island South, then on to Tethys Creek - both runs that were short and unremarkable other than yet more river crossings.
At Tethys Creek, we were now within striking distance of Hadesheim - the capital city of Eudoria - and hopefully the last stop before Ithaca. We decided to wait at Tethys for a few hours to rest. We were all tired by now and starting to suffer from minor ailments. Liam's feet were sore, as were Michelle's. Meanwhile, my Vigilante armour was starting to rub slightly in a few places. The design of the armour was excellent, however it was by no means a tailored fit.
My urgency to find my brother had taken a back seat for now. I realised that we had made excellent progress, but now this rest was essential.
The rest break turned out to last seven hours. We'd all underestimated the mental tiredness aspect of gathering all these teleporters in one go. We began to wake ourselves up and then took up the run westwards to Hadesheim.
We were about twenty minutes out of Tethys when we started to encounter occasional Faucervix and Snargs. Any that gave us trouble were easily dealt with thanks to the weapons we'd taken from the shop back in Port Atlantis. As we travelled further though we started to see Feffoids and Atrox.
"This doesn't look so good", Liam told us. "They appear to be all around us."
"There's gotta be a way through", I demanded. But Liam just shook his head in disagreement.
It amazing how we'd become used to being able to die and revive in such a short time. With no way around the cluster of mobs, it made the decision to just go for it all the more easier. We had to head west and we'd possibly get torn limb-from-limb by these powerful mobs, but hopefully we would revive somewhere close to Hades if we were able to make enough progress.
"Cccchhhaaarrrggggge!", yelled Liam as we went for it. Like that was going to scare off the mobs! To be fair, our charge turned out to be a good effort. The three of us ran and ran and ran, forcing ourselves forwards. All the time we attracted more and more angry mobs. We could feel their presence behind us. I'd feel the occasional sharp claw in the back or on the leg, but I kept going. I was struggling for air. My lungs were burning and my chest was tightening as I fought to take in enough air to keep going.
Then just as I'd run over some slightly hilly land and onto a plateau, something hit me with a massive force, taking me off my feet. As I crashed to the ground I was aware of a severed lower leg lying a few metres behind me, and a trail of blood leading from it to my knee. I felt nothing, but then it all went black. At the mercy of the mobs I must've passed out...
I woke up at a revival terminal. To be followed a short time later by Liam, then Michelle. We waited a while to get our strength back. We were at an outpost just south-east of the co-ordinates that Callum had given us for Hadesheim. There was a blue dot on my data pad radar so we went to investigate, walking through a dense forest that was alive with the sound of bird song.
The teleporter identified by the blue dot turned out to be isolated, placed next to a small hill. We all recorded the location before heading north over the hill. At the crest of this hill we were greeted with the site of tall, dark buildings. We had arrived at Eudoria's capital city...
part 8 to follow...