Back at Triskelli's workshop the other half of the Transmorpher remained.
"Hrmph, a temporary anomaly."
Suddenly the machine snapped out of reality with a ~crack~
"There we go. Now to more pertinant matters."
Triskelli gave a flourish of his coat and dissapeared, leaving Concord the messenger alone. He gave a quick clatter.
"Ugh, it always creeps me out when he does that. Now to get these blueprints back home." Concord set off to the portal chambers deep within the fort.
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Nikolai was searching for Click. "That irrepressible scamp! Making off with the Transmorpher like it's a joke... Well, it IS kinda funny. Heh heh..."
A loud ~crack~ startled the inventor. "Sweet Frankenstien!!" Nikolai turned around to see that the other half of his transmorpher had returned as mysteriously as it had left, with a few dissapating arcs of electrcity remaining. "Well that's weird... Ah well! It's time to drill, baby drill!!"
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Triskelli reappeared with a flourish on one of his steamskiffs. These were light water craft, meant more for reconnaisance than for war, with only a small bore cannon for armament.
"Hey boss! Ya made it!"
Sargent Cole beckoned from the skiff to starboard. The vessels had drawn together while awaiting orders. The volcanic island that Xenathos was hiding on was behind them, as they had retreated from sight.
"Save the pleasantries for later, Sargent. What are we dealing with here?"
One of the crewmen handed Triskelli a spyglass as Cole explained.
"Now, ya probably heard that we tracked that Xena fella to this island, right? Well as soon as we get out here there's a full bleeding base on the sorry rock! We don't know when or where he got all his blokes together, but they're here now. And they all look like 'im, too. There's a buch of short ones doing grunt work, and six big guys, all color coded like Care bears or sumthin'. It looked dangerous so we held back. Any ideas?"
Triskelli closed the spyglass and thought. The defenses on that island certainly were impressive. They weren't dealing with some lone warrior wandering the plains anymore.
"Pity"
"Whazzat boss?"
Triskelli shouted over, "Let's take this easy; I don't want to get into any fights I don't need to. We're going to sail up to their harbor or docks or whatever, and wait for an invitation onto the island. I'll go ashore but you keep the engines primed in case the talks go sour. Understood?"
"Crystal, boss!"
The three skiffs catiously made their way towards the island. When they were closer, Triskelli fired a flare. "To let our hosts prepare for our arrival, of course."
"Hrmph, a temporary anomaly."
Suddenly the machine snapped out of reality with a ~crack~
"There we go. Now to more pertinant matters."
Triskelli gave a flourish of his coat and dissapeared, leaving Concord the messenger alone. He gave a quick clatter.
"Ugh, it always creeps me out when he does that. Now to get these blueprints back home." Concord set off to the portal chambers deep within the fort.
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Nikolai was searching for Click. "That irrepressible scamp! Making off with the Transmorpher like it's a joke... Well, it IS kinda funny. Heh heh..."
A loud ~crack~ startled the inventor. "Sweet Frankenstien!!" Nikolai turned around to see that the other half of his transmorpher had returned as mysteriously as it had left, with a few dissapating arcs of electrcity remaining. "Well that's weird... Ah well! It's time to drill, baby drill!!"
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Triskelli reappeared with a flourish on one of his steamskiffs. These were light water craft, meant more for reconnaisance than for war, with only a small bore cannon for armament.
"Hey boss! Ya made it!"
Sargent Cole beckoned from the skiff to starboard. The vessels had drawn together while awaiting orders. The volcanic island that Xenathos was hiding on was behind them, as they had retreated from sight.
"Save the pleasantries for later, Sargent. What are we dealing with here?"
One of the crewmen handed Triskelli a spyglass as Cole explained.
"Now, ya probably heard that we tracked that Xena fella to this island, right? Well as soon as we get out here there's a full bleeding base on the sorry rock! We don't know when or where he got all his blokes together, but they're here now. And they all look like 'im, too. There's a buch of short ones doing grunt work, and six big guys, all color coded like Care bears or sumthin'. It looked dangerous so we held back. Any ideas?"
Triskelli closed the spyglass and thought. The defenses on that island certainly were impressive. They weren't dealing with some lone warrior wandering the plains anymore.
"Pity"
"Whazzat boss?"
Triskelli shouted over, "Let's take this easy; I don't want to get into any fights I don't need to. We're going to sail up to their harbor or docks or whatever, and wait for an invitation onto the island. I'll go ashore but you keep the engines primed in case the talks go sour. Understood?"
"Crystal, boss!"
The three skiffs catiously made their way towards the island. When they were closer, Triskelli fired a flare. "To let our hosts prepare for our arrival, of course."