Dead End 2015-02-25

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Re: Dead End 2015-02-25

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scantrontb wrote:oh well, there go THOSE Moxana Points's...
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scantrontb wrote:oh well, there go THOSE Moxana Points's... i do hope the A.M. Bomb doesn't do TOO much damage to Mapimi... though I'll say it again: we still DON'T KNOW that they were really, in fact, ACTUALLY there! they could be in the jungles of Peru, or the Gobi Desert for all that it matters, as we have not seen anyone say that THIS place IS the SAME as the place that got BLOWN UP by Thup. we are just ASSUMING it is... granted, Occam's Razor means that we should go with that, until proven otherwise, but still... if it WAS the same place, then how many Rem's did those two absorb in the time they were running around there?
well... the good thing about antimatter, is it does not need radioactivity... just good containment...
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illiad wrote:
scantrontb wrote:oh well, there go THOSE Moxana Points's... i do hope the A.M. Bomb doesn't do TOO much damage to Mapimi... though I'll say it again: we still DON'T KNOW that they were really, in fact, ACTUALLY there! they could be in the jungles of Peru, or the Gobi Desert for all that it matters, as we have not seen anyone say that THIS place IS the SAME as the place that got BLOWN UP by Thup. we are just ASSUMING it is... granted, Occam's Razor means that we should go with that, until proven otherwise, but still... if it WAS the same place, then how many Rem's did those two absorb in the time they were running around there?
well... the good thing about antimatter, is it does not need radioactivity... just good containment...
Electron-positron annihilation produces a crapload of gamma radiation, which is very not-good for the body.
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scantrontb wrote:oh well, there go THOSE Moxana Points's... i do hope the A.M. Bomb doesn't do TOO much damage to Mapimi... though I'll say it again: we still DON'T KNOW that they were really, in fact, ACTUALLY there! they could be in the jungles of Peru, or the Gobi Desert for all that it matters, as we have not seen anyone say that THIS place IS the SAME as the place that got BLOWN UP by Thup. we are just ASSUMING it is... granted, Occam's Razor means that we should go with that, until proven otherwise, but still... if it WAS the same place, then how many Rem's did those two absorb in the time they were running around there?
Look at the surface over which the detonation occurred.
That is definitely _not_ Central Mexico. It's either a lake or a very calm sea with what looks like some land in the distance.
Of course that may mean the bomb was displaced quite some distance prior to detonation and our intrepid pair just ejected into the desert at Mapimi, if indeed that is where they started.
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I get the feeling that once this is over, Atsali will want to have a long talk with Nadette, which will involved, among others, things like personal space, and PDA (Personal Displays of Affection)... :P
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Thor wrote:Electron-positron annihilation produces a crapload of gamma radiation, which is very not-good for the body.
Did you already know that, or have you just been reading Grrl Power?

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illiad wrote:well... the good thing about antimatter, is it does not need radioactivity... just good containment...
PRIOR to the explosion... IF they were at the site of the original crystal storage facility that got destroyed, but just in another portion of the facility, then they picked up a lot of rads.... OR... NONE at all because that detonation was a fake as well. Remember, enough conventional explosives going off at the same time will make a mushroom cloud JUST like the one we saw, and we only have SDO's word that it was a nuke...
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AnotherFairportfan wrote:
Sgt. Howard wrote:I can only assume that Nadette found the Martin-Baker... but how much will be left behind to examine? (of the site, not the two girls)... meanwhile, what severe scolding will these two face after THESE shenanigans? And will Dietzel ever be returned to normal size? And don't forget Bud's got the lonelys (as well as Tina). And will Cricket get her act together?

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Thor wrote:
illiad wrote:
scantrontb wrote:oh well, there go THOSE Moxana Points's... i do hope the A.M. Bomb doesn't do TOO much damage to Mapimi... though I'll say it again: we still DON'T KNOW that they were really, in fact, ACTUALLY there! they could be in the jungles of Peru, or the Gobi Desert for all that it matters, as we have not seen anyone say that THIS place IS the SAME as the place that got BLOWN UP by Thup. we are just ASSUMING it is... granted, Occam's Razor means that we should go with that, until proven otherwise, but still... if it WAS the same place, then how many Rem's did those two absorb in the time they were running around there?
well... the good thing about antimatter, is it does not need radioactivity... just good containment...
Electron-positron annihilation produces a crapload of gamma radiation, which is very not-good for the body.
And certainly doesn't turn that body into a ten foot tall green slab of muscle and rage.
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Wheeee!!!

I suspect Nadette steered them into some sort of ejection capsule and hit the trigger, and the girls were safely a mile up or several miles away when things went "Boom". Three things, though. First, the background of the room looks Unfinished Industrial; not at all like the cushions and flat surfaces you'd want in a capsule where people might be bouncing around a lot. Second, I would have thought, unless the room went sideways, that she'd have instructed Atsali to lie down so gravity and acceleration wouldn't snap her arms and legs under her own weight. And that Nadette'd have laid down beside her and not on top of her so HER weight didn't crush her crush. And third, if they ARE way high up, or hurling sideways through the air, I REALLY hope the room has a good landing system. Much better than that of a flying ore cart. Because otherwise, they may be about to die when they hit the ground and all that velocity comes to a sudden end.

Of course it might be that the room just ejected THEM, not itself. That might make more sense. In which case they're way high up, probably wind-burned and blasted, Atsali's clothes are in tatters or gone from the rush of air, and Nadette is depending on 'Sali to be able to fly them back down for them to live.
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oldmanmickey wrote:swamp gas, that excuse always works.
Of course it does.
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oldmanmickey wrote:swamp gas, that excuse always works.
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Aleister Crow wrote:
Thor wrote:
illiad wrote:
well... the good thing about antimatter, is it does not need radioactivity... just good containment...
Electron-positron annihilation produces a crapload of gamma radiation, which is very not-good for the body.
And certainly doesn't turn that body into a ten foot tall green slab of muscle and rage.
Ten feet tall, no, not really. But rage/anger is normal when exposed to a lethal dose, as well as turning green; and a slab is definitely in your future as well.
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Dr. Otter wrote:
Thor wrote:Electron-positron annihilation produces a crapload of gamma radiation, which is very not-good for the body.
Did you already know that, or have you just been reading Grrl Power?

Meanwhile, Happy Friday, everyone!!! ...Wait just a moment. ... It's not Friday?!? Well, I guess that means two days of glamor shots.
Grrrl Power? Nah... look no farther than the Incredible Hulk!

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JSStryker wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:
Thor wrote:You know, Nadette, it would be a lot easier to hold on, and a lot easier for Atsali to hold on, if you--I don't know--used your bleeding powers for something other than wardrobe changes? :roll:
Tentacles!
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sheik wrote:It's either a lake or a very calm sea with what looks like some land in the distance.
Or the glassy melted surface of where Bud had previously vented her wrath after the first Mapimi explosion.
lake_wrangler wrote:I get the feeling that once this is over, Atsali will want to have a long talk with Nadette, which will involved, among others, things like personal space, and PDA (Personal Displays of Affection)... :P
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Catawampus wrote:" 'Sali's got a squeezebox she wears on her chest; when Nady drops by, her furry ears attest: they pop in and out, and in and out. . ."
Oh, great. Just what I needed... another pet earworm to feed... :lol:
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Dave wrote:
Catawampus wrote:" 'Sali's got a squeezebox she wears on her chest; when Nady drops by, her furry ears attest: they pop in and out, and in and out. . ."
Oh, great. Just what I needed... another pet earworm to feed... :lol:
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eee wrote:Wheeee!!!

I suspect Nadette steered them into some sort of ejection capsule and hit the trigger, and the girls were safely a mile up or several miles away when things went "Boom". Three things, though. First, the background of the room looks Unfinished Industrial; not at all like the cushions and flat surfaces you'd want in a capsule where people might be bouncing around a lot. Second, I would have thought, unless the room went sideways, that she'd have instructed Atsali to lie down so gravity and acceleration wouldn't snap her arms and legs under her own weight. And that Nadette'd have laid down beside her and not on top of her so HER weight didn't crush her crush. And third, if they ARE way high up, or hurling sideways through the air, I REALLY hope the room has a good landing system. Much better than that of a flying ore cart. Because otherwise, they may be about to die when they hit the ground and all that velocity comes to a sudden end.

Of course it might be that the room just ejected THEM, not itself. That might make more sense. In which case they're way high up, probably wind-burned and blasted, Atsali's clothes are in tatters or gone from the rush of air, and Nadette is depending on 'Sali to be able to fly them back down for them to live.
I'm hoping the wall did the trick from the Thunderbirds TV show :geek:
(wall flips up, person(s) end up going down a slide head first to a vehicle bay etc)

I know that is *NOT* going to be what happened, but that doesn't stop me from wanting it to happen :D

I'm going going to guess that part of the wall becomes a one person ejection pod. Where it goes, how it gets there is a mystery to me.

What I do know is that would:

a) leave Atsali & Nadette alive
b) in a location that no-one will be looking for them straight away
c) there is a chance that the ejection pod won't open (not safe, not working etc)
d) eaving them stuck in close proximity to each other
e) I've seen James Bond movies that ended with that kind of scenario :shock:
f) witty remark from Nadette
g) screen fads to black as the theme music starts
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"Thread your arms into these convenient restraints while I shove my face into your chest!! THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!!!"
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