Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

[Caulder]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The fat man tried to think of which side of the equation he was on as a response to the raven-haired man. "I honestly can't remember which side I was on." he states, then notices the movement in the distance, his right hand shielding his brow as he looked to the horizon. "I see something moving over there! There might be someone else!" he says, and breaks into a strange form of trot forward, his stout legs carrying him in a surprisingly momentous run towards the source of the movement he had spotted.

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

Watching the fatman's odd, almost hypnotic run towards whatever it was coming towards them for a moment the raven haired man quickly breaks into a jog behind him, curious as to what this place has thrown at them now.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

Letting out a sigh, the blonde followed the fat man. He wondered how someone with a comical build like that can be so fast. He tried to find the strange object that fascinated his companion, scanning the horizon. Well, meeting someone else, preferably a native, wouldn't be a bad thing. As for the world domination business, the blonde didn't really care. He couldn't remember whether his world was in danger of being dominated or not, but this man didn't seem to be bad at all.

 

[Hentaispider]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The vehicle far away seems to move at slow and, simultaneously, unreasonably fast speed, as it's suddenly only a few dozen meters away, grinding to halt. It seems to be a tank of some sort, it's armour made from some kind of transparent material and filled with gears and such, looking like some gigantic clockwork. The only visible weaponry is the main cannon and a large machine gun, probably meant to be used against aircraft.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Huh..." The blonde stopped some distance away, rather wary of the tank. It seemed to be a quite peculiar machine, made of something he couldn't recognize at first glance. On top of that, it seemed to be a clockwork construction... His curiosity increased at this unusual sight. The blonde was wondering how this thing worked. What made it move? Especially in such an unusual way? Or perhaps the latter was the result of whatever weird law of physics that controlled this dimension? This certainly merited an investigation. The blonde slowly approached the tank, raising his arm to touch the armor. He wanted to find out what it was made of... Afterwards, he could start trying to figure out how the insides worked.

 

[Caulder]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The fat man stared at the tank, his eyes widening into a strange form of stare for several seconds before he then breaks out into an accelerated waddle towards the machine, trying to clamber onto it, and failing horribly, landing on his rumpus maximus with a thud and a groan. "Curse this body for being so overweight!"

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The raven haired man stops in his tracks as the vehicle that they had been making steady progress towards quite suddenly catches up to them and stops. He looks at it for several moments as the other two do their thing, staring at the odd-looking contraption in equal parts awe and suspicion. As the larger of the three men falls onto his equally as large buttocks the man snaps out of his reverie and cautiously walks up to the machine to get a better look at it.

The contraption was nothing like anything the raven haired man had seen in his life, or rather like nothing he thinks he had seen in his life, memories still a bit hazy after all. Ignoring whatever the other two are currently doing the man places a hand against the transparent surface of the vehicle seemingly trying to gauge what it was made from though only a moment later he removes his hand, a slight frown shadowing his features.

"Well this is all a bit odd," The man says aloud to the group, his hands on his hips though still facing the odd machine. "Anyone have any idea what this thing actually is?" He asks, this time turning to face the two men while resting his back against the vehicle.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The blonde frowned, his stare locked onto the tank as he focused hard, trying to gather his thoughts and search for a name for this contraption. "A... Clockwork tank?" He ventured, shaking his head. "Personally, I didn't believe that making such a big machine using this kind of technology was possible. I wonder what makes it tick." He tried to look for a hatch of any sort. He wasn't sure if the machine was meant to be piloted from the inside, but reasoned that such a complex mode of transportation would require a suitably complex control system, which had to be placed somewhere.

 

[Hentaispider]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

Looking closer, a hatch can be seen between the turret and the machine gun in the left side of the tank. Your general knowledge tells you that there's likely to be another on top of the turret. The tank feels cool and metallic to touch.

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Clockwork tank..?" The raven haired man repeats, his head cocked slightly as he begins to think as he crosses his arms against his chest. "That sounds a bit plain really... How about 'Clockwerk Battle Fortress'?" the man then replies, emphasising the 'e' in clockwerk. "...Yeah, I like that name actually."

"And who's to say it doesn't run like this in wherever we are now? Not like we're in Kansas anymore," The scruffy haired man turns to face the blonde man, watching him as he goes about checking the newly named tank. Or at least newly named to him anyway.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Hmm... Calling it a fortress is a bit too much, if you ask me." The blonde checked the hatch on the left side. "Now, if it was bigger and had, say... A few more cannons, I wouldn't object. Still, I suppose this isn't a bad name." He stroked his chin. "Though I wish I knew what is was made of. Doesn't remind me of any metals I know. But..." He looked at the raven-haired one. "You have a point here. It's likely that reality here is governed by laws we don't know." A small smile appeared on his face. "And there's one way to find out if that's true. We need to experiment for a bit." He moved to the hatch, attempting to open it and get inside. Clockwork or not, it was still a tank. This could be fun...

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Well if we can get it upgraded it'll get to live up to its name," The raven haired man comments as he too climbs onto their newly acquired battle machine. Noticing the hatch on the turret the man tries to open it, and if successful he'll climb into it and sit down, his upper half outside of the hatch. If he's unsuccessful he'll join the blonde man in what he assumes to be the cockpit of their tank.

"I like the sounds of experimenting," The man replies, a small smile spreading on his face as a thought comes to him. "What if this place is completely barren like where we are? We could claim this 'universe' for ourselves."

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The blonde pondered the idea for a moment. "It's not a bad idea... But there's just one problem." He shook his head. "This place is barren. We'll need to find something worth claiming first. Plus... I wonder if there's any ammo in here. No point in a tank that doesn't shoot, unless you really like roadkill."

 

[Hentaispider]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

Both hatches open easily, the lower one showing a seat under it as well as room to get further inside it and the upper one showing a short ladder to be used for getting inside. The inside of the tank seems lit and though the walls are transparent, only clockwork can be seen through them. Looking down from the turret two seats can be seen as well as several small hatches, one of them showing ammunition behind it, other two rather large boxes and a third some personnel equipment.

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"I don't think we have to worry about ammo," The raven haired man calls out as he climbs into the turret and ventures deeper, spotting the ammunition as well as some other stuff. "There's a few other things in here too, not sure what they are except for some personnel equipment. And I can't imagine this place being completely barren, there has to be a town or settlement worth claiming somewhere." Good lord, now I'm thinking about world domination... the man thinks to himself suddenly.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The blonde smiled wider. "Nifty. Altough..." He frowned. There are only two seats... Someone will have to hitch a ride on the top of this thing. Or man the machinegun, I suppose. Which kinda reminds me... Does anybody here know how to drive this thing? Just asking." He gave his companions a sheepish stare.

 

[SirOni]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Uh... The only times I've been behind the wheel of a tank is in video games... Maybe the fatman knows how to?" The man pauses for a moment as he continues his search in the turret area before realisation hits him. "Just realised, we haven't actually introduced ourselves, and I can't go around calling him fatman all the time."

 

[Hentaispider]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

Looking closer, you can see that the driver's controls are fairly close to those of a car with manual transmission. Operating the turret looks like it might be more complicated, but not by much.

 

[Caulder]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

The fat man, after hearing the conversation for quite long enough, decides to try his luck again, scrambling on top of the turret, and then standing there. "I am much too large to fit inside this contraption. I think I will sit right here." he says, sitting on the turret, most likely making a resounding thud inside the tank as he sits.

 

[cross_grave]

Re: Game 1: In the middle of nowhere(SirOni, cross_grave, Occam's Razor)

"Allllllright..." The blonde raised an eyebrow as he glanced at the fat man. This guy packed some serious body mass. He glanced at the controls. He was sure he could operate this. Altough he couldn't recall any details, he was familiar with this kind of controls. "And yes, I guess we should introduce ourselves. I'm..." He frowned. His eyebrows met each other as he furiously searched his memories (or whatever remained of them) for a name. Any name. He slowly shook his head. "I... I don't remember." He said slowly. It was a weird feeling, not knowing your name. It was as if he couldn't explain his own identity to himself. It was a chilling though. Very unpleasant. "I don't know how to call myself... What about you?"