Hobbs Island Transcript

This is the transcript of what was seen to occur on Hobbs Island, in the Lancewood Archipelago.

http://events.perplexcity.com/gateway/scarlettkiteway/labs/map.html

This transcription is posted in reverse order, as it was given to us, with newer comments at top. Rightfully, you should read the whole thing from bottom to top.

THURSDAY, 21-SEP-06

[17:39] Violet: Fine, fine

[17:39] Kurt: At 10am

[17:38] Kurt: Don't call me that. I'm heading off as well. Talk to you tomorrow.

[17:38] Violet: Come on Scarlett - we'll be back tomorrow morning K-meister, maybe 10.30am?

[17:38] Violet: Right, we're off.

[17:38] Scarlett: Or Von.

[17:38] Violet: Or *Brede*.

[17:37] Scarlett: Grump.

[17:37] Violet: OK then. Scarlett, if I can take a picture of you hurling and send it to Iona, then you're welcome.

[17:37] Kurt: And the squid?

[17:36] Violet: I don't know, maybe 10am, 10:30am?

[17:36] Kurt: When will you be back at the lab tomorrow?

[17:35] Kurt: I have to get back to work here, I've got a meeting with Garnet about the data link in a few minutes and I need to read up on the agenda

[17:35] Scarlett: Bah. I wanted to hurl a squid of my very own.

[17:34] Violet: We are not going to the squid-hurling

[17:34] Scarlett: Squiiiiiiiiiiid!

[17:34] Violet: You know, I think it's the annual squid-hurling festival this evening.

[17:33] Violet: I think it'll be too dark to head back once we've got it, so we'll probably wait until tomorrow morning before coming back and trying the lift

[17:32] Kurt: Fair enough

[17:31] Violet: Unless there's a shop selling crowbars here, we're going to have to head back to the port town

[17:30] Kurt: So, what's the plan?

[17:30] Violet: Right, we're outside now

[17:29] Kurt: Yeah, it's a bit odd, but they must've wanted to keep this place safe

[17:28] Scarlett: What, out here?

[17:28] Kurt: I think it's a surface-to-air missile battery, in case any planes tried to bomb the labs

[17:28] Kurt: Don't call me that.

[17:28] Violet: How am I supposed to know. Maybe it explodes on contact with air? K-man?

[17:27] Scarlett: What's anti-air?

[17:27] Violet: From October 1733. Electrical hookups for new anti-air battery have been delivered safely.

[17:27] Violet: It's a docket pinned to the wall.

[17:27] Kurt: Another toilet, perhaps?

[17:26] Violet: Actually, yes, maybe that is useful.

[17:26] Scarlett: No, really, I think I found something useful.

[17:25] Violet: What?

[17:25] Scarlett: What's this Vi?

[17:25] Violet: Let's *go*.

[17:25] Violet: If you want something high-fat and very bad for you I think we have some motor oil on board the boat.

[17:25] Scarlett: /me hears her tummy rumbling.

[17:25] Scarlett: Or, oooh, cheese in a can! Now 20% more fat content!

[17:24] Violet: Come away from that

[17:23] Scarlett: Look at the packet, it's now got extra crunch!

[17:23] Scarlett: Aw, are you sure we can't try some of this delicious dried suet?

[17:23] Violet: Just heading back now

[17:22] Violet: I can look through the hand-written stuff with my reference materials.

[17:22] Violet: OK, so we'll head out.

[17:22] Kurt: I can't open it from here, so it's up to you. Crowbar is as good an idea as any.

[17:21] Violet: any thoughts about getting into the lift Kurt?

[17:20] Scarlett: Yeah, can we leave now?

[17:20] Violet: I'm heading out to get some fresh air

[17:18] Violet: Bloody Granier, dragging us out here

[17:18] Violet: Well, that's about it, unless there's something in the lift

[17:17] Scarlett: Yours isn't. I've seen your shopping lists. "Buy two firglenoogles."

[17:16] Kurt: Hand what?

[17:16] Violet: Hand-writing now is not what it used to be

[17:16] Violet: I'll need to take them back to the camp to check them out.

[17:16] Violet: There are a few hand-written papers as well

[17:15] Violet: /me rolls eyes

[17:15] Scarlett: Bo-ring

[17:15] Violet: If we were in the city, this thing'd be under glass

[17:15] Violet: Man. Half a 300-odd year-old newspaper

[17:14] Violet: There are a few papers on the floor here

[17:14] Scarlett: All sorts of interesting old menus in the dining room, but not much apart from that

[17:13] Violet: Spotted something in the waste room

[17:12] Violet: Okay, there's a manual override here, but it's pretty stiff. I'm going to find a crowbar or something and look over this place again

[17:11] Violet: I'm pressing the 'open' button and it's not working

[17:11] Kurt: It should be receiving power

[17:10] Violet: Can't open it, it's locked shut

[17:09] Kurt: Yeah, I was wondering what that was

[17:09] Violet: There's a lift here, in the northwest of the floor

[17:08] Scarlett: I'm going to have a look back in the dining room again

[17:08] Violet: Not much in the next room, it's just a waste storage area

[17:07] Kurt: Heh

[17:07] Scarlett: Stop that

[17:06] Violet: /me finally gives in to temptation and smacks Scarlett

[17:06] Violet: Stop that

[17:05] Scarlett: Wooooooh

[17:05] Violet: The place does have an atmosphere though. It's quite cold, and the sound of our feet seems to be - I don't know - deadened somehow? Maybe I'm imagining it.

[17:04] Violet: For all we know they died happily in their homes surrounded by grandchildren. No need to be morbid.

[17:03] Scarlett: For all we know someone died in these beds...

[17:03] Violet: We could sleep right here. But that'd be weird.

[17:03] Violet: All very neat, military style. Bunk beds, lockers. Some of the beds are made.

[17:02] Violet: Dormitories through here.

[17:02] Kurt: I wouldn't try any of that stuff in the kitchen, by the way, even if it is canned or dehydrated

[17:02] Scarlett: Mmmmm. I am getting hungry.

[17:01] Scarlett: This week's specials: Artichoke soup, Trout a la Grecque, Tansy pudding

[17:01] Scarlett: Menu on the wall!

[17:00] Scarlett: Hahahah!

[17:00] Violet: Could be

[17:00] Kurt: Good point. Safety maybe?

[17:00] Violet: Wonder what they used for light. It's pretty gloomy in here. And why did they have to be below ground?

[16:59] Scarlett: This place has a lot of seats! I think at least 100 people would be able to fit in here.

[16:58] Violet: Kitchens lead into dining room. Makes sense.

[16:58] Violet: All a bit drab though. I suppose it was wartime.

[16:57] Violet: My old history prof would kill to get a look at this.

[16:57] Violet: Very funny. But the stuff here... canned foods with paper labels, dehydrated foods to mix with boiling water.

[16:57] Kurt: I hate to tell you this, but you can see one in your apartment as well. I know you don't use it, but...

[16:56] Violet: Wow. Know you won't appreciate this, Kurt, but the kitchen is amazing. Don't see this stuff outside the history books.

[16:56] Violet: Kitchens are next

[16:54] Violet: It doesn't say. Doesn't seem to have an inlet, either - it's hooked up to some big cables to the side

[16:54] Kurt: What sort of fuel does it take?

[16:53] Scarlett: There's a generator in the next room

[16:53] Violet: Okay, okay, I'm done

[16:52] Kurt: Sigh

[16:50] Violet: I'm just going to be a minute

[16:50] Violet: It is! You're just a savage, Kurt, you don't appreciate good facilities

[16:49] Kurt: Honestly guys, this is supposed to be serious

[16:49] Scarlett: Toilets!

[16:49] Kurt: What?

[16:48] Violet: It's amazing... incredible!

[16:48] Kurt: What is it?

[16:48] Violet: Next room now

[16:47] Kurt: I guess they removed the solar panels or whatever, the lighthouse is gone, after all

[16:46] Violet: There's a bit of paper with a transmission from the Academy, December 1736, about Viehattle ending the cease-fire and declaring war on Perplex City

[16:46] Violet: There's something else here about Viehattle

[16:44] Scarlett: Nothing like that

[16:44] Kurt: Odd. Did you see any signs of solar panels or turbines on the island?

[16:43] Violet: There's a memo dated June 1735 saying that power restrictions on the radio equipment are over, since Lancewood is 'now self-sufficient in power'

[16:42] Kurt: What's interesting?

[16:42] Violet: Interesting...

[16:42] Scarlett: There's some stuff on the walls. Lab notices, memos, rotas, photos of old Perplex City

[16:41] Violet: Yeah, the people here were obviously careful

[16:41] Scarlett: All of the paper here has been shredded!

[16:40] Kurt: Thanks

[16:40] Violet: I'll turn the equipment on anyway, in case you figure out a way to interface with it

[16:40] Violet: I don't think so, I've never seen equipment like this before

[16:38] Kurt: I wonder if we can use it to boost the key signal or something

[16:38] Scarlett: No, I only just turned the power on

[16:38] Kurt: Is any of it on?

[16:37] Violet: That's not really surprising when it said 'Radio Transmissions' on the door, is it?

[16:37] Scarlett: Found the power switch. This place is full of electrical equipment, that sort of stuff

[16:36] Violet: We're heading into the room south of the unloading bay

[16:34] Kurt: 1732... that's 5BC then

[16:34] Violet: It's commemorating the opening of the lab in February 1732. According to this, the Master of the Academy, Vianne Adamek, was present

[16:33] Violet: There's a plaque on the corridor wall

[16:32] Scarlett: We're going into the corridor, the unloading bay is boring

[16:30] Violet: Says 'First mass material shipment - Viendenbourg September 1736'

[16:29] Violet: Some heavy duty empty boxes here, checking the labels

[16:27] Violet: Nothing terribly interesting here, it's all mostly empty

[16:25] Kurt: Tagged first room as Unloading bay

[16:23] Scarlett: Looks like an unloading bay or something, I guess

[16:22] Scarlett: I found a power switch for the first room, just turned it on!

[16:21] Kurt: I got the plans from the lab's computer systems, which, by the way, are very odd. Hundreds of years old, but still very sophisticated in some ways

[16:21] Kurt: I've set up a display so you can see which areas have been explored and which have power

[16:20] Kurt: By the way, for everyone watching on Earth, you can see the plan of the lab by clicking on 'Level 1'

[16:19] Violet: It's pretty dark inside, we're using our torches. Scarlett's going to look for some power switch or something. The place must have power if the control panel's still working, and the wall mechanism

[16:19] Kurt: So what's happening now?