1st Quarter Alert [Action/Video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[When Calhoun awakes, she finds herself facedown on a table in what must be Tapper's. The wood is slightly sticky under her cheek and smells of root beer, although when she moves a hand around stiffly, there's no mug anywhere to go with it. Which is strange.

What's also strange is that she's in Tapper's when she's supposed to be leaving Sugar Rush. That was the last thing that happened, right? Wreck-It had finally gotten his butt moving and they were going back to where they belonged before...

Stiffly, Calhoun sits up and looks around. And her eyes narrow. This isn't Tapper's. Wherever this is, it isn't the familiar watering hole filled with other arcade citizens. There isn't a single familiar face anywhere. And her gun is nowhere to be found.

For that matter, her armor isn't anywhere to be found. This is a plain white dress. What in the seven levels is this dress.

Calhoun is not amused. With a low growl, she gets to her feet - hits her head on the low-hanging light over the table - and takes another glaring look around the bar. Definitely not in Sugar Rush anymore. This isn't saccharine pink enough. There is, however, a thick journal with her name on it. She knows better than to leave a key item like that behind. After flipping through it quickly and deciding it's infinitely TL;DR, she takes the impatient route and just pokes at the transmission options a few times before she finds the video function.]

Anybody care to share what the flying fairydust is going on around here? Short version. I don't have the time to go through this whole cheat guide here.

[Aaand end transmission.

Alright. Now. First things first. She has to find her scanner, then her gun, then her armor. Then she can figure out what happened.

And somebody is going to get smacked for this.

Calhoun can be spotted slowly making her way through the main part of the village, looking almost like a lioness on the hunt at first as she tries to sniff out any kind of threat. Once she's made her stops into all the stores and found what she's looking for, she'll be a little more at ease, but no less irritated-looking. She's still got this place to scope out and figure out.]

Comments

[video]

[not_a_troll]

[Yes, he's got this.]

You should contact Major Sharpe, he is also in the army. He is fond of frills yet he refuses to acknowledge he does.

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[There's a second or two before she answers.]

Frills as in fancy things or frills as in dresses?

[video]

[not_a_troll]

[Loki thinks about this.]

Both.

Major Sharpe deserves to be honored with all the frills in the Nine Realms and beyond.

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[A major with a thing for dresses and frills. Why not.]

I'll, uh. Keep that in mind.

[video]

[not_a_troll]

Excellent. It is important to remember upon meeting him, yes.

[He leans closer to the screen and whispers.]

They do not appreciate him enough, you see? Therefore he needs to be rewarded.

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[Flat tone is flat.]

Who doesn't appreciate him enough?

[video]

[not_a_troll]

[Flat tone noticed and ignored.]

The army of Great Britain, of course.

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

I think I can forgive an army for not indulging someone in their love of frilly doilies.

[This coming from the woman who is particularly hard on her troops.]

[video]

[not_a_troll]

But this entire thing is quite contradicting, you see? The higher ranked soldiers and such all wear frills and are deemed most important. So they bestow more frills upon them, so their costumes would look more impressive and extremely fancy.

But no frills for major Sharpe. And that truly saddens me. I think frills would make him look extremely dashing.

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[She opens her mouth to insist that the stars, bars, stripes, and what-have-you for higher ranks are vastly different from frills, but then thinks better of it. This kid's either joking or has no clue, and there's not much helping either one in a pinch. She shakes her head.]

Right. Guess I'll see for myself whenever I meet this major of yours.

[video]

[not_a_troll]

[Trolling is the right word for this, Calhoun.]

He says 'buggery' a lot. And when I ask him what it means he refuses to enlighten me about its meaning. Major Sharpe is very British.

[But he is digressing from the actual subject...]

Alas, I believe this conversation was about finding your way in the land of Luceti, yes?

[video]

[gonna_shoot_it]

[Something like that. Calhoun quirks an eyebrow.]

That'd help. There's a map around here somewhere, right?

[video]

[not_a_troll]

Absolutely not.

[Loki shakes his head.]

But I can try to determine your location. For instance, if you are close to a river, you need to follow that river and walk away from the mountain.