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Austin Powers (yeah_baby_yeah) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-06-13 09:51:00

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ace, austin powers, brigitte fitzgerald, complete, day 3, group activity, legolas greenleaf

Day 3- White Water Rafting
Who: Austin, Legolas, Ace and Brigitte
What: White Water River Rafting
When: Mid-Afternoon
Where: The Boathouse/River
Rating: TBD
Status: Complete

Austin cracked one eye open. He heard the rustle of paper on the other side of his door and his eyes shifted to the door. It was a garish mustard color, and the rest of the colors in the room were just as bad. Sitting up, he crept toward the door in a pair of red briefs with the British flag plastered across his butt. He opened it a crack and peered out from behind his thick glasses. Seeing no one, he stuck his head out and looked down the hall. He saw a golem sticking envelopes on other doors as well and looked to his and saw there was one with his name on it.

Plucking it off the door, he shut it as he slipped back inside and went to his rotating bed. It was currently rotating and as he tried to sit down his butt moved but his feet didn't and that caused him to land on the floor with a thud. Getting up quickly, he looked around, even though there was no one in his room. A fact he quite regretted. Straightening his glasses he hopped on the bed and sat down to read the enclosed message.

Go to the boat house. You will be taking a rafting tour down the river. This is mandatory. If you do not go, a golem will find you and take you there. Don't leave until the class is finished, or a golem will take you back. "Hmm." Austin had yet to see one of these golems. The only person he'd seen had been Tonks. Austin grinned thinking of her.

The activity wasn't until later that afternoon, so he decided to figure out what to wear. That took a good part of the afternoon, but he finally settled on another pair of briefs similar to the ones he wore currently, but in a lycra material and bright blue. His swimming shorts. He pulled them on and then found a green and yellow button down shirt and a pair of brown cords. He brushed his hair, his teeth and cleaned his glasses.

By the time he was finished, his stomach was growling and breakfast was over and lunch hadn't quite begun. He found the restaurant and ordered tea and scones. Settling for some food in between meals. When he was satisfied he went out to wander the grounds until it was time to go to the boat house.

When he arrived at the boathouse, he found himself face to face with one of these golems. His eyebrows shot up and he got into a protective stance. "Hey, man. Something wrong with your face, I think." But he noticed that the man's hands were also afflicted with the same abnormality that made his skin look like a dark brown clay. He shifted his eyes around him and then back to the mute Golem. "Say something, man!" But when the golem still didn't speak Austin relaxed, wondering if maybe it was a statue.

And then it moved and Austin jerked back, jumping a few paces away. "Whoa!" When the golem directed him into the boathouse, Austin looked at him suspiciously. "What, go in there?" The golem nodded and Austin scowled. "You can't kill me, right?" The golem shook his head. The plaque hadn't said anything about not hurting people, though. Reluctantly, Austin proceeded inside and was relieved the Golem didn't follow.

He sat down on a bench and looked toward a rather nice looking television. Better than any he'd ever seen. It was looping a video about life jackets and safety on a raft. There was a pile of life jackets against a wall and Austin went to get one. Watching the video carefully, he put his on and adjusted the straps. Then sat back down to watch the rafting portion.

It looked dangerous, the way those people bounced about in the rubber boat and jerked over the white water. But, they looked to be having fun. And Austin was all about having fun. He rubbed his hands together and laughed. "Yeah, baby."

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timevigilante
2008-06-13 02:31 pm UTC (link)

Ace stood outside the boat house for a few minutes, flipping the letter over in her hands, then glancing back up at the golems waiting there. "Not late am I?" She said to the stone creature, not expecting much of an answer. "Didn't think so." It seemed she'd found the right place. The brunette had only been on this planet for an hour or so now. Generally she would be more upset with being taken someplace against her will, but she'd been brought to a resort planet from the looks of it, and she'd read the tablet -- Honestly, she wasn't all that concerned with the not being able to leave part, believing her motorcycle could get her out of here later. A bit of tinkering with her bike, which was likely still resting in the middle of the resort lobby where she had appeared, find the transmat or whatever was used to bring her here in the first place...How hard could it be? It's not like it was the first time she'd been whisked off to another planet either, and she'd faired well enough the last time.

Stepping inside the boat house, Ace turned her gaze to the three already inside. This was certainly an odd bunch, but she figured if she played nice on this little rafting trip that they could talk, and maybe Ace could get some answers. Getting them the easy way, through friendly chat, was always preferable to the alternative. It looked more likely that she'd have better luck getting it from one of the two men though, as the girl looked rather unfriendly.

She set her rucksack down on a table, as well as her bomber jacket so it and the trinkets in it didn't get wet, leaving her in a simple pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. Well, that and the thin black devices strapped to her wrist and forearm, and the belt at her hip with several small pockets, and the gun held against her back, and the blade in her boot --- heh So she was well prepared, but she lived a life where it was necessary.

"Rafting, eh?" Brown eyes flickered towards the video, snatching up one of the life jackets, and pulling it on. Other then that she paid little mind to the safety tips. Really -- She could fly blindfolded through asteroid fields, a little rafting ought to be easy enough. "I take it this is mandatory trip for you lot too? Are leisure planets nowadays always so demanding?" She'd never heard of required activities before, but who was to say it simply wasn't custom? Hell, she'd been sentenced to death once before because she hadn't realized that blinking in the presence of certain alien nobles was insulting.

She was still suspicious of this whole thing. After all, this 'planet' had taken her while she'd been in the time vortex. Ace hadn't realized that was possible. It warranted at least a little investigation, but she could enjoy the rapids for a little bit, right? And if they, be it the three out of place looking sorts, the stone men, or anything else that was likely hiding around here, try and pull anything funny -- well, she had nitro nine on her belt, that would certainly pack a punch if her other weapons weren't enough. Sure the tablet had said not to kill, but if it was self-defense...It could hardly expect her to just stand by. "I'm Ace, by the way." The spacefleet soldier greeted, friendly enough with people she didn't see as a threat.

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