[Mayday] What have we here?weirdwebSeptember 4 2006, 16:08:41 UTC
May couldn't help but grin. Poor Daniel. But it was fun to watch. She could just see the look on his face. Fortunately, it didn't sound like he was going to be telling anybody the details of what had just happened. Oh, he had entirely different reasons for that - she had the feeling that if it hadn't been a life-or-death situation, he'd have gotten even crankier - but she was grateful anyway. "Geez, you're worse than DD," she commented, shaking her head. "Didn't think it was possible."
Jon raised an eyebrow. "DD?"
She knelt down beside the consoles, grateful to be looking elsewhere and for convenient acronyms. "Guy I know - goes by his initials. Never misses a chance to push his uncle's buttons, whether or not it's appropriate."
May shone the flashlight over the console banks, computer cases and wiring, hoping to find maybe a manufacturer name, serial number, maybe an indicator of how long it had been since this place had been operational. It would be nice to have something to show for the mad dash.
There seemed to be some writing on one of the computer cases. She reached out and very gently peeled away the cobwebs obscuring the markings, trying not to hit any hidden switches. But she must have struck something, because the disc tray behind the cobwebs popped out at her touch. "What the?"
"What'd you do?" Jon said immediately. May snorted in spite of herself.
She pulled her hand back, but nothing happened. After a moment, May pulled the tray out all the way, surprised to see a CD sitting in the tray. Careful to only touch the edges, she lifted it out, inspecting both sides. No scratches. No dust. "I think I found something." She looked back at the other two, holding the disc up to the light. "Seems really coincidental to find this here and now, though, doesn't it?"
[Jon] No kiddingsophiedbSeptember 5 2006, 16:26:05 UTC
"You've got that right," Jon muttered suspiciously. "But I wish people wouldn't just go around touch-"
He stopped mid-sentence, pushing his way closer to the computer that May had been investigating. The writing was unhappily familiar. Why am I not surprised?
"Found something interesting?"
"Unfortunately. And just as annoyingly coincidental. Why would they leave this stuff lying around?"
"Not gibberish then."
Jon shook his head, now rifling through desk drawers in search of paper and pen. "To us, yes. To Daniel, no. It's the same language as on that pillar. Aha! Hey Ken, you wanna shine that light over here? Yeah, right here."
He copied the Ancient characters down quickly, ignoring the itch to half-translate them in the back of his mind. There wasn't enough time for that, not when they didn't know how far from base they really were.
Too late.
"Observation rooms? Not holding cells?"
"I thought you said that was gibberish.."
Crap, musta said that out loud.
"Yeah, well I'm rusty. It's not like they teach this in high school." ..because downloading it into your brain is easier. "C'mon, let's get back. It's time for lunch and I heard they found pie."
OOC: All EXITING.. unless more ebilness is planned on the way 'home'?
Nah, no ebilness. May will spend the time teasing Jon, making commentary about the availability of pie, and trying to at least learn a few more phrases and how to pronounce them from Kenzaki. (She'll figure it out later, I think I'm going to string her along so that when she DOES figure it out, she'll slap herself for being so dense.)
aliencrabcakes and I were speculating that Dean probably might have gotten the fireman's carry treatment from Mayday when they first met, so if he finds out about it he's got no reason to make fun. (Although his reaction to that would have probably been a little different.) :)
Jon raised an eyebrow. "DD?"
She knelt down beside the consoles, grateful to be looking elsewhere and for convenient acronyms. "Guy I know - goes by his initials. Never misses a chance to push his uncle's buttons, whether or not it's appropriate."
May shone the flashlight over the console banks, computer cases and wiring, hoping to find maybe a manufacturer name, serial number, maybe an indicator of how long it had been since this place had been operational. It would be nice to have something to show for the mad dash.
There seemed to be some writing on one of the computer cases. She reached out and very gently peeled away the cobwebs obscuring the markings, trying not to hit any hidden switches. But she must have struck something, because the disc tray behind the cobwebs popped out at her touch. "What the?"
"What'd you do?" Jon said immediately. May snorted in spite of herself.
She pulled her hand back, but nothing happened. After a moment, May pulled the tray out all the way, surprised to see a CD sitting in the tray. Careful to only touch the edges, she lifted it out, inspecting both sides. No scratches. No dust. "I think I found something." She looked back at the other two, holding the disc up to the light. "Seems really coincidental to find this here and now, though, doesn't it?"
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He stopped mid-sentence, pushing his way closer to the computer that May had been investigating. The writing was unhappily familiar. Why am I not surprised?
"Found something interesting?"
"Unfortunately. And just as annoyingly coincidental. Why would they leave this stuff lying around?"
"Not gibberish then."
Jon shook his head, now rifling through desk drawers in search of paper and pen. "To us, yes. To Daniel, no. It's the same language as on that pillar. Aha! Hey Ken, you wanna shine that light over here? Yeah, right here."
He copied the Ancient characters down quickly, ignoring the itch to half-translate them in the back of his mind. There wasn't enough time for that, not when they didn't know how far from base they really were.
Too late.
"Observation rooms? Not holding cells?"
"I thought you said that was gibberish.."
Crap, musta said that out loud.
"Yeah, well I'm rusty. It's not like they teach this in high school." ..because downloading it into your brain is easier. "C'mon, let's get back. It's time for lunch and I heard they found pie."
OOC: All EXITING.. unless more ebilness is planned on the way 'home'?
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Jon's in denial.
LOL!
Nice one, sophiedb!
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aliencrabcakes and I were speculating that Dean probably might have gotten the fireman's carry treatment from Mayday when they first met, so if he finds out about it he's got no reason to make fun. (Although his reaction to that would have probably been a little different.) :)
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