After spending some time getting the Raptors settled in the newly built Lair., Ray, Socket, Butch and Florida Man took Mary-Lynn in the APC to head south toward the ruins of Atlanta where they expected to find a large pond that had the particular fungus they needed to cure the 'red death tree' infection.
The wind had picked up and heavy cloud cover had rolled in. A steady rain began and the temperature got strangely warmer. They began the trip anyway because none of them seemed to think a little rough weather should stop them.
With Mary-Lynn in the back of the APC, Ray needed a way to stay out of sight, and so using a winch and a long cable, he was put up in the air and towed behind the APC as it drove like a kite. Florida Man decided to work out a means of communicating with Ray while he was up in the air and began to compose a complicated vocabulary with a set of flags he crated. As could be anticipated, no one paid him any attention but he thought it was very important work.
After a day on the road they encountered a group of CS people on the 'road'. The group seemed friendly and explained how they were marauded by dinosaurs and needed desperately to recharge their E-Clips. After some careful conversation, Butch agreed to let them and then Florida Man spent an hour or so giving them a presentation on the new system of flag communication he had just earlier devised.
In appreciation for the aide, the CS troops and the scientists with them, shared information about CS trying to place a mole in Dinotours and handed off some spare gear that they were tired of carrying. The groups parted on good terms and the trip continued.
The following day as they drovem, the weather got a bit worse and thunder a lightning began. Ray got hit by lightning once and this traveled down the cable to the APC causing some minor damage to the environmental controls. Not realizing this they drove on and the APC got warmer and warmer until they finally had to open all the hatches to get some relief.
That evening the wind died down a little along with the rain. The temperature grew a bit higher and everyone was either too hot to sleep or simply did not want to be in the APC. Socket was busy fixing the environmental controls when a Florida Man ran over to the laser turret to try and shoot something, oblivious to the fact that socket had the subsystems turned off so he could maintenance them.
Florida Man hollered about Mosquitos and then hopped up on top of the APC with Butch to try and fight off some giant bugs. The bugs were vicious but otherwise ineffective as Butch and Florida Man shot them with bullets and fire. Socket was not able to hurt the creatures with his shotgun and instead turned on his self defense armor and then charged the remaining bug while flailing managing to smack it delivering a shock that dropped it to the floor sizzling. All the while, Ray was sleeping under the APC and after the third time he was woken with the hollers of the men above, he stole Butches pillow to stick over his head and then went back to sleep.
The following day they encountered a Cyber Knight and a group of adventurers. They told the man about the 'red fungus death' and Socket repaired a computer for him earning him a thanks and some reputation. Sir Anton the Cyber Knight shared that he frequently traded with Ft. Hawkins to the south and that they should go there and speak to the proprietors about the 'red fungus death'. Everyone parted on good terms and they continued to head south. That evening they arrived at the pond and spent the night.
The following day they began to investigate the pond only to find it full of 3 foot long leeches. Mary-Lynn produced some kind of wicker crystal bug repellent and they waded back into the shallows to try and find the fungus. After a bit of time, they were warned by Socket that something was headed their way and so Butch grabbed Ray who had been attached to the winch, and smacked the retraction button. They were pulled to safety very quickly leaving Florida Man and Mary-Lynn standing in the water wondering what was going on.
Socket continued to watch vigilantly and when he saw the car tire sized head of a giant snake emerge from the weeds he gleefully slaughtered it with the laser turret. Everyone headed back into the water to recover the tree they had found and then with a bit of group ingenuity, they created a terrarium to house it in.
Mary-Lynn said she wanted to go to Ft. Hawkins because she had a feeling it was important, and so they decided they would head down that direction.
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