[HG-PBEM] Re: Who's who - Terry challenges the gear pilots

 >>>> http://www.bluething.org/overdrive/gears.html


[Dennis: Cheat! Cheat! ^_^ David, I'm guessing that what you'd like is for
me to just drop the tables into the episode text, simulating them
scrolling on your PDA. That's what I figured that I'd do, at least.]

I'd thought of that, but I was hesitant because it might make the turn too
long/bloated.  The hyperlink was a compromize until we could iron out
how we want to approach this.  If you want to drop the whole page in
to the turn summary, that's fine by me.

 >> [Dennis, as you can see, I decided on 'Ragtime' for the name of my gear.
 >> Hope that's alright.]


[Dennis: Got it, Alex. I'll put it in when I update the site this weekend.]

Alex Altman said:


 >> Sebastian watched the gears in fascination as they tore through the
 >> obstacles on the course. "Man, they're really moving," he said, taking a
 >> slug of his drink. "Is that... is that a corkscrew on the track? Holy
 >> shit! Terry, we've got to get me out there at some point." There was a
 >> tremendous excitement in the handsome man's expression. "Listen -- the
 >> studio shipped up a shiny new gear for me to play around in. It's a
 >> Black Mamba I've started calling 'Ragtime'." His eyes were still fixed
 >> on the screens showing the Redliners on their practice laps. "How well
 >> do you know the pilots? Do you know any of 'em well enough yet to ask if
 >> they'd give me some pointers out on the track?"


"That depends on who you are," a sultry, woman's voice answered out of
turn. Terry recognized the voice as Jezebel's. The tall, middle-aged woman
with straight black hair approached from behind the two men. "Terry?" she
continued. "I didn't expect to see you here. I thought that you'd be over
assisting Clara and Chico with the Sebastian contract." She then caught a
better sight of Mr. Chance. "Oh my, you brought him here."

[I'd always assumed Sebastian was going to be a regular duelist as well
as working on the reality show.  It wasn't until the turn that didn't happen
with Chico at Sebastians place that I learned that might not have been
the case.  I'm going on the first impression because that's what Terry
really believes.
Also, calling Jezebel 'Colonel' is intentional.]

"'Afternoon Colonel." Terry smiled and nodded, "We're both eager to see
the team in action and I figure the sooner we can get Mr. Chance and
Ragtime into the formation the better.  He was asking who the best
people to ask for advice are.  I was thinking that Shamus's extensive
gear racing experience, Juliette's familiarity with urban maneuvering and
Keavy's speed training would all be valuable." He points out the window
in what he hopes are in the direction of the pits, "But, the person you
should start with is the team trainer, Mr. Finn.  He'll work you inside out
and backwards and teach you the skill set you'll need."

"How about after everyone's done and scrubbed down I introduce you to
all the pilots, say over dinner?"

[I'm not sure if this is appropriate for this game day's time trials, or the
next, but here goes...]

Terry pulls the microphone back into place so he can address the rest
of the team:  "Ok everyone, I've done some looking and have found that
a good unopposed lap time is seven and a half minutes.  If you all can
do better than that - and I'm not talking seven minutes and twenty-nine
seconds either - Mr. Chance and I'll barbecue all the 'dogs and 'burgs
you can eat tonight.  Oh, and grill veggies for the vegans as well.  Whadda
ya say? Can we work this in to the schedule Silias?"

[...]

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