From: "William Rendfeld" <warendfeld@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PW!] The Not-So-Great Escape Date: Saturday, March 06, 2004 6:01 PM >Few people who were not Team Magma architects knew the details of this >base's heating and power system. In an appropriate bit of irony, the >base's builders had dug a tunnel to tap a nearby lava seam, dragging it >out beneath the base and then back down into the mantle in the style of >underground irrigation. The tunnelling itself had required months of >effort from teams of pokemon, then some explosives to collapse the final >walls and introduce the molten earth - not to mention, cap the tunnel so >the lava would not overflow into the base, despite being close enough to >allow short wells for geothermal power. But the lava pressure was great >enough that, were the cap to be undone, it would rise and fill the base. >The executives ordered explosives placed on the cap to allow for just >such a self destruct capability if necessary. > >All of which became extremely clear when reddish-orange light and much >heat began radiating from the hole in the floor from Aerie's last blast, >and the public address system blared, "SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED! REPEAT, >SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED! MONORAILS INOPERATIVE. PLEASE EVACUATE BY >SURFACE EXITS ONLY. REPEAT, EVACUATE BY SURFACE EXITS ONLY." > >As if to emphasize the point, massive doors began to seal off the >monorail's exit tunnel. > >"Okay," Derek wondered, "so, up or out?" > "Up seems to be our best bet," Alex replied, her Pokémon recalled for obvious reasons. "But we can't go back up to the top floor." "Why not?" Aerie asked. "First off, all that blasting not only blocked the tunnel you used to get it, it also blocked the entrance to the telepad," Alex replied. "Second, we blocked the door on our way down to keep a battalion of Magmas from coming after us." "Makes perfect sense," Cass replied, having already recalled Jolt. "So, what are our other options?" "Teleport, maybe?" Kitsu asked. "There are more than a dozen of us," Alex replied. "Even with assistance from teleport-capable Pokémon, I doubt we could all get out in time. Besides, I have a feeling that clone may be able to pick it up, despite the psionium." "So, what can we do?" Nori asked, having recalled both Set and Magby. "Just stay here and die?" "I never said that," Alex replied. "On the way down, I noticed a sign to a floor a couple flights above us. Something about emergency vehicles." "What sort of vehicles could be in an underground base?" Ben asked. "I'm hoping a drill tank, or something along those lines," Alex replied. "But if anyone has any other ideas, now's the time to suggest them." > >>>[NS: So, we going to continue with the chaos, or wrap up the thread?] >> >> [NS: Just a little more chaos ... then we can wrap it up. On that note, >has that >> monorail that Mason was supposed to take left yet?] > >[NS: Long ago, probably. And yes, just a little more chaos. ^_^] [NS: Well, here's a possible escape route. Adrian, if you want a little more action with 'Dark Mimic', I can see some potential for it. Meanwhile, if anyone can come up with a better escape, now's the time.] William Rendfeld Creator of Echowarrior, the Pokémon Resistance, and Alex Masters 178,000 Excellent Author Points 1 'I knew odd pokefacts that confused a bread crumb' point. 20 Y2Tech Points