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>You enter a room. There is nothing t see except a ladder leading downward through a hole in the floor.

>DOWN

>You climb down the ladder. You are in an empty room. To the east there is a door. There is a sign above the door: "Welcome to the Great Underground Empire"

>EAST

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Even the Great Underground Empire would be an improvement on the current situation!

I'm worried about Kat's brain going critical!

The blurry rumble effect is making me feel like I'm watching a 3D movie without the special glasses.

Is Katherine having problems with her leg?

Fairportfan wrote:Is Katherine having problems with her leg?

It's hard to see with the blur and superimposed words but I don't think Kat is holding her leg. Looks to me like the shaking has her putting her hands out to get her balance.

I think Katherine sees something in the room besides Atsali and the ladder, something important that she doesn't want to have to leave behind. Also has anyone noticed that Atsali is no longer bleeding, but Kat still is?

There is a door in the adjacent room. It just happens to be in the floor and not a wall.

Opus the Poet wrote:I think Katherine sees something in the room besides Atsali and the ladder, something important that she doesn't want to have to leave behind. Also has anyone noticed that Atsali is no longer bleeding, but Kat still is?

Could be she sees a picture of herself hanging on the wall.

Fairportfan wrote:Is Katherine having problems with her leg?

Don't think so but she is dizzy and disoriented. See the stars (uh, asteroids), circling her head?
Her head cuts and bleeding indicate she must have taken a pretty good blow to her head.
Let's hope she doesn't have a concussion or worse, internal bleeding.

Opus the Poet wrote:Also has anyone noticed that Atsali is no longer bleeding, but Kat still is?

The bleeding has stopped but she is still holding her arm (per instructions), next to her body.

Opus the Poet wrote:I think Katherine sees something in the room besides Atsali and the ladder, something important that she doesn't want to have to leave behind. Also has anyone noticed that Atsali is no longer bleeding, but Kat still is?

I think Kath is stunned that Atsali thinks a ladder leading down is just another door, not an escape route. Going down is risky but it might get them out of the unstable part of the building. Their entrance compromised the building but maybe not the whole building. This is also a sign of panic on Atsali's part as well. At this point Kath is realizing if anyone is going to save them it is her, and her alone.

zachariah wrote:I think Kath is stunned that Atsali thinks a ladder leading down is just another door, not an escape route.

Actually, she apparently doesn't even think it's a door.

Fairportfan wrote:

zachariah wrote:I think Kath is stunned that Atsali thinks a ladder leading down is just another door, not an escape route.

Actually, she apparently doesn't even think it's a door.

Reminds me of when I was at Atsali's age.
Picture a group of rowdy teenagers in a large station wagon with someone's mom driving.
The mom is backing out of a blind driveway.
The mom inches out the car.
Mom (to son): Are there any cars coming?
Son: No.
Mom pushes on the gas and lurches out into the street. HONK! SCREECH!
Mom (to son): I thought you said there were no cars coming!
Son: It was a truck.

Katherine, wounded and shaken or not, is realizing that she's going to have to do all the heavy thinking in this adventure.

Today's exchange is completely plausible to anyone who's ever worked tech support.

wwf wrote:

Fairportfan wrote:

zachariah wrote:I think Kath is stunned that Atsali thinks a ladder leading down is just another door, not an escape route.

Actually, she apparently doesn't even think it's a door.

Reminds me of when I was at Atsali's age.
Picture a group of rowdy teenagers in a large station wagon with someone's mom driving.
The mom is backing out of a blind driveway.
The mom inches out the car.
Mom (to son): Are there any cars coming?
Son: No.
Mom pushes on the gas and lurches out into the street. HONK! SCREECH!
Mom (to son): I thought you said there were no cars coming!
Son: It was a truck.

Heh-Heh Thats Funny, Johny. But T'aint the way I hear'd it. One feller says to another as hes backin' out arethere cars comin'? the other feller says "Nope just a dog" after the crash the first feller says "I thought you said a dog/" and the second feller said "Yup, a GREYHOUND!"

TheDOCTOR wrote:Heh-Heh Thats Funny, Johny. But T'aint the way I hear'd it. One feller says to another as hes backin' out arethere cars comin'? the other feller says "Nope just a dog" after the crash the first feller says "I thought you said a dog/" and the second feller said "Yup, a GREYHOUND!"

Ha-Haa!
[voice="Little Girl"]Hey mister. Hey mister. You been keepin' that one in the hall closet, I betcha.[/voice]

Edit: Ooh, look what I found...
The infamous hall closet.

KnightDelight wrote:There is a door in the adjacent room. It just happens to be in the floor and not a wall.

Opus the Poet wrote:I think Katherine sees something in the room besides Atsali and the ladder, something important that she doesn't want to have to leave behind. Also has anyone noticed that Atsali is no longer bleeding, but Kat still is?

Could be she sees a picture of herself hanging on the wall.

Or yesterday's spider and kachina vase.

Jabberwonky wrote:

TheDOCTOR wrote:Heh-Heh Thats Funny, Johny. But T'aint the way I hear'd it. One feller says to another as hes backin' out arethere cars comin'? the other feller says "Nope just a dog" after the crash the first feller says "I thought you said a dog/" and the second feller said "Yup, a GREYHOUND!"

Ha-Haa!
[voice="Little Girl"]Hey mister. Hey mister. You been keepin' that one in the hall closet?[/voice]

Edit: Ooh, look what I found...
The infamous hall closet.

Said closet was later appropriated under mysterious circumstances by Phineas J. Whoopee, Man with All the Answers.

Wyvern wrote:Katherine, wounded and shaken or not, is realizing that she's going to have to do all the heavy thinking in this adventure.

Today's exchange is completely plausible to anyone who's ever worked tech support.

You're saying that Atsali couldn't find the "any" key?

Jaberwonky said


Said closet was later appropriated under mysterious circumstances by Phineas J. Whoopee, Man with All the Answers.

It would be better if it was Phineas and Ferb - on one of their "Excellent Adventures" . Cause the Girl Scout troop is always in the wings - ready to rescue them. And they could provide a sling for the injured arm immediately - as well as a bandage for Kat's head. Girl Power par excellence !!

I must say, I prefer a good old fashioned Wardrobe.

Now, combine an old wardrobe with the TARDIS, and you might get something near to interesting. Oh, and add Baker's Doctor, because scarves are sexy.

Eesh, poor Kath. Her face is really jacked up. That nose must hurt.