when you build your house, I'll come by (part I)

Desert Bus for Hope 2020 is ongoing! In whatever form it's going to take, the pandemic being endemic now, at least in the US. Thankfully, Loading Ready Run is in Canada, where things are fairly under control.

At any rate, several months ago, the Duke and I decided to see how 'flyable' Caledon was, still.

[21:54] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): caledon
[21:54] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): let's rez the airship over caledon
[21:55] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay
[21:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) laughs
[21:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): The rez box is still in front of the house.
[21:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): obvious where our attention's been :D
[21:56] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): smiles
[21:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) clicks something by accident and falls into the basement
[21:57] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay. Make a note. Living room trapped.

This, actually, is not uncommon, even in houses I don't build? Half of everything we own seems to have built-in secret chambers.

Later...


(Preparing to depart from Caledon II.)

[22:09] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): let's fly around cal want to?
[22:09] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): and look before we buy
[22:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Sure.
[22:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Port me?
[22:09] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): ok
[22:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) looks waaaaaaaay up
[22:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): The Black Moth?
[22:12] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): yeah
[22:13] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): i can take it down
[22:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, no, just there's only one seat :D
[22:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That's a fun ship, though

The Moth still has only one seat, but I did put out another on the viewing deck.


(Sitting in the Viator.)

[22:13] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): this has two
[22:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It does? I found the one up top....
[22:14] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): hope in front
[22:14] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): you
[22:14] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): you sit where we have absinthe
[22:14] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): i drive
[22:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) blinks
[22:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm on the wrong ship

Oops.

[22:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Where'd you go?
[22:15] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): TP me

So there was a bit of merry ship-changing, trying to find one that steered effectively and sat two...


(The confusing where-do-we-sit-in-this airship.)

[22:22] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): try this one?
[22:22] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): if not manual fly?
[22:22] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): (if you cant fly an airship accross caledon, Caledon is dead..
[22:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay. Let's see how it goes
[22:23] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): uh
[22:24] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): i am in a tree
[22:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh dear
[22:25] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Running into a bit of lag, interesting
[22:25] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): yeah
[22:25] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): so which direction are we looking?

(The Caledon air trolley frozen in midair.)

[22:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Also, if you notice, the Ophelia's frozen, and I'm not sure that's intentional
[22:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): West
[22:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Tamrannoch is behind us
[22:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Next crossing is Cal proper
[22:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ooh, time shift

We ran into a lot of those. Time shift, environment shift, fog, no fog...


(Facing Port Caledon, I think.)

[22:28] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Over the main port for Cal's shuttle
[22:28] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Port Caledon is straight ahead
[22:29] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): and former gearhaven...firth and middle sea
[22:30] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): the black moth
[22:30] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods
[22:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Something used to be between Port Caledon and Caledon on Sea, and I've forgotten
[22:31] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner) smiles...
[22:31] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): really?
[22:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Really
[22:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'd have to dig up an old map
[22:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Unless that WAS Gearhaven
[22:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh dear
[22:31] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): it was gearhaven
[22:31] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): lover
[22:32] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I thought Mayapuri/Gearhaven was farther from Cal II
[22:32] Hiro Shatner-Orr (hiro.shatner): no
[22:32] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Honestly, I remember it as being close to the Downs, so kind of confused

Go me, forgetting where the original Duchy actually was.


(Moving towards the Moors.)

And we were well on our way.

(Continued in part II.)