open Storm Chasers RP

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

Red nodded understanding everything, he had met a couple of storm chasers in Canterlot before, most of them were pegasi. Red was a unicorn, "Why do you need my help though," he asked Puff, "I can't fly, and I can only teleport to places I've been to before........what use would I be?"

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

" Support, help, organization.... And FUN! The more the merrier! You don't have to chase if you don't want to, but we love having lots of ponies with us!" Cloud said happily. She felt like she was winning this small argument, but she couldn't be too sure. "So, what do you say? Wanna chase?"

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

Red looked around nervously, everypony in the room was staring at him, a couple were staring at his lack of cutie mark. He looked back at Puff and nodded nervously, "yeah," he whispered, "yeah I'll...........give it a shot I guess......." He really hoped that nopony would ask about his flank while he was here.......but it was probably inevitable.......

[Copper Loosebrain 31]

"Wonderful! As Cloud Puff says, the more the merrier! It's not like I can fly."

 

He had tested that last theory rather thoroughly, rockets and aerodynamics weren't really his forte, so the best he'd ever managed was getting blasted through the air temporarily, followed by an improvised, and rather painful event which while technically being a landing, would be more accurately described as a crash.

[rosestar130 15]

"So, are we leaving soon?" N asked, as he trotted over to Red. "Hello! My name is N, welcome to the Storm Chaser team!" he said, with a flutter of his wings. Excitement filled him, but with excitement, comes fear. "I'll go prepare for the flight. Does anypony want some food before we tahe flight?" he asked, as he opened a window. A cool breeze filled the room.

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

"Welcome to the team, Red! Glad you decided to tag along. And, N, we are actually going to pack in SAMPHAMLAD and my TIV, unless you can keep up with us in the air. You can decide!" Cloud knew they needed to leave as soon as possible. "Guys, get your stuff into the vehicle you have decided to ride in. I can take two or three ponies in my TIV, and everyone else will have to cram in SAMPHAMLAD or fly. Lets move out!" She addressed to everypony.

[rosestar130 15]

"I'll be right back." N said, as he darted home, grabbed a bag of cookies, and darted back. "I'll fly. Cloud, take some. Everypony can also have some." N said, as he gave the bag to Cloud. "Let's roll!" he said, as he flew to the top of Cloud's home, wating for the others to get going. He had everything he needed: a camera, a headset (he modified his walkie to fit on his head), a tracking system linked to the TIV and SAMPHAMLAD, and a full stomach.

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

"Okay. Everypony, grab a cookie or two if you want some, and grab a walkie or a camera and head to the vehicle you are planning to ride in. Any rock-paper-scissors for seats happens NOW" Cloud announced as she grabbed a walkie for the TIV and got her special professional AND portable filming camera, and headed out the door.

[Descant 1,897]

Rag and Tag yelled, "Shotgun!" simultaneously, and they both ran to the TIV. Rag beat her brother there, and sat in the seat all politely and adorably as Tag kicked at the ground. "Ha, ha. Looks like somepony has to sit in the baaaaack," Rag sang in a singsong voice.

 

Tag went back inside for a cookie before he scrambled into the back seat of the TIV.

Edited December 1, 2012 by Descant

[rosestar130 15]

As N saw Rag, Tag, and Cloud Puff head in the TIV, N got his wings ready. "Ok, Cloudpuff. I'm ready to take off." N said, as he prepped his wings for flight. As the small, cold breeze grew stronger, N flipped his headset on. "Check... check..." N said, as he waited the smallest hint to start flying.

 

(OOC: I will use light green when N isn't talking in his headset, and green when he is.)

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

Red sat in the TIV, he wasn't so sure what to expect for this whole thing. "So, how does this work?" He asked Cloud Puff, "Do we just go watch them from a distance or.......what?" He looked around the TIV, it wasn't exactly comfortable. Red wondered what exactly he was supposed to do n the team.....

[Descant 1,897]

Tag, who was sitting next to Red in the back seat, said, "Don't worry, Red, I have no idea what my sister and I are doing here either. We're just gonna wing it." Laughing and thumping him on the back, he looked and saw his sister staring back at him, only to glance at Cloud Puff, then back at him, winking. *Seriously, Rag?*

Edited December 1, 2012 by Descant

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

Red sat in the TIV, he wasn't so sure what to expect for this whole thing. "So, how does this work?" He asked Cloud Puff, "Do we just go watch them from a distance or.......what?" He looked around the TIV, it wasn't exactly comfortable. Red wondered what exactly he was supposed to do n the team.....

"Well, it depends. The TIV is complicated, so I'll explain that later. Basically, you can choose if you want to hang back or get up close to the storm. Since I drive it, I tend to bring TIV closer, but I can always park further away and fly up if I wanted to, " Cloud noticed Rag and Tag were in the TIV, too. " Rag, Tag, are you paying attention? You should be. Anyways, when we spot the tornado or large storm, I take my camera," she gestured toward her camera," that has a few sensors and and anemometer on it, and I get as close to the storm as I can get, and get the best photos and video footage I can."

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

Red nodded, he sort of understood, "so we're basically committing suicide?!" He felt himself starting to panic, he knew full well how powerful tornados were! Intentionally driving in to one was just stupid! "Why are we doing this?!" He screamed to Rag and Tag.

[Descant 1,897]

"Because it's an adventure!" "Because it's going to be fun!" "Because all our friends are doing it with us!" "Because I've never done it before!" 

 

In hindsight, Red probably could have picked someone better to ask than the Twins.

 

"Don't worry, Red. Do you really think we'd be driving straight into a tornado if we weren't prepared for any eventuality?" Tag asked kindly.

 

(OOC: the slightly darker shade of red will be Tag, the lighter Rag.)

Edited December 2, 2012 by Descant

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

"Don't worry so much! I've gotten two meters away from an EF3 tornado, and I'm fine! Chances are, you'll be fine, too. And, Tag is right." Cloud explained ((is that the right word?)). She remembered that season, she was fourteen and chasing with her best friend, Esme. The pod they had put out was thrown somewhere, they never found it, yet Cloud still got as close as she could. It was that day she realized exactly what her cutiemark meant.

[Copper Loosebrain 31]

The Doc reared up, his horn glowing brightly and sending small thunderbolts to his mane.

 

"To the Solar And Magic Powered Hovering Accommodation Mobile Lab And Doppler 6000 ! ! ! "

 

He took a deep breath, and put the cookie he'd magic-grabbed into his mouth before rushing out the door to get its' superconductor hyperefrigerators' cooled down, and its' advanced computers booted up, grabbing up a walkie talkie/ camera kit on the way.

 

Once he got in the vehicle he left the door opened, and started turning things on, the devices starting singing to him, in their whirrs and hums and creaks he knew so well from when they were just early prototypes, in the infancy of their development.

 

It was potentially deafening, so he put on one of his headsets, which to allow for all the noise, had a number of interesting features.

 

Their microphones would only pick up vibrations from the surface of the wearers neck, instead of just outside the mouth.

 

They insulated the ears from any noise other than their speakers.

 

They would always transmit to other devices inside the SAMPHAMLAD 6000, but could also transmit to the normal walkie talkies at the press of a button.

 

"Testing, testing, 1 2 3, This is Doc T Spark, crew and passengers of the Rag Run Over be advised, remember to pick up one the headsets as you enter the vehicle, as failure to comply may result in deafness, over."

 

He stood by the door, holding up an extra pair of his headsets.

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

Red calmed down a bit but was still on edge since he had never done this before, "Alright," he muttered to Cloud, "I'll trust you.......but I don't think this is safe at all......"  He fastened his seat belt and sat quietly, waiting for the "chase" to begin.  This was going to be either really cool, or disastrous....

[Copper Loosebrain 31]

Noticing that everyone else seemed to fit in the TIV, the Doc went back inside the SAMPHAMLAD 6000, put the extra headsets away and went into the cockpit.

 

There was a socket hanging down from a cable, which fit snugly over his horn.

Previously it had only been for powering the vehicle, but now it also acted as a mental-transmission user interface, essentially letting him sense the vehicles condition and control it with his magic and mind.

 

A strange phenomenon which had occurred more strongly and often as he used it more, was that sometimes, he could almost sense, well, whispers, too faint and garbled to actually make out as words.

 

He somehow wondered if the large amount of calculation crystals were somehow gaining... a...

 

A soul.

 

But that was ridiculous, after all it wasn't alive in any biological sense, and a few little evolutionary algorithms to optimise the code for maximum processing efficiency, and some mental interface software...

 

No, no, NO! That is just, that is just, far too...  FAR TOO FAR FETCHED!

There are surely better things to think about.

 

The Doc shook his head and refocused, steered the vehicle behind the TIV, then sent a comms transmission by radio.

"Rapid Tortoise this is Rag Run Over! I am ready to move and follow! Over."

There was a somewhat terse quality to his voice, as he felt slightly disturbed about the earlier... silliness.