hearrrtofgold: (gandalf! no!)
[personal profile] hearrrtofgold
[Public to the (Waking) Barge]
[Duke stands on Level 8, looking uncharacteristically frustrated. In his right hand is a crowbar lifted from his own cabin, which also showed no signs of waking life, and behind him is the door to the engine room, firmly closed.]

So, what do we do when the engine room door is sealed? Not locked. It's sealed, I can't pry it open. Does anyone have a blowtorch or a Sawzall? Or is Na- [No, that's a stupid idea.]

Look, are there any other ways to get into the engine room? A utility shaft or something? The more I look at it the more this seems like a malfunction, and I think if we don't get in there the rest of the Barge might not wake up.

Date: 2014-03-13 05:57 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (unbelievable)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
That's...


That could be a problem.


We're not stuck on anything. We're just out in space. Floating.

Also there may be a slightly smaller problem than what we're facing now.

Date: 2014-03-13 06:02 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (i wanna use my coupon now)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
None of the pets fell asleep. They were left to fend for themselves.

Some of these rooms smell...really, really bad.

I may or may not be leading a pack of formally trained dogs around.

Date: 2014-03-13 06:06 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (peering in from up above)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
Auhm.


Possibly.


No. Yes. Yes, I see her.

Her or him?

Date: 2014-03-13 06:17 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (profile anxious)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
I can feed them. I think that's why they started following me. I look like the sort of person who feeds people.

Maybe there's something in the lab.

Date: 2014-03-13 06:27 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (working and quiet)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
Shaking? Loud noises? Shock therapy?

I'm usually not the sort of person who wakes other people up.

Date: 2014-03-13 06:50 pm (UTC)
deadly_ned: (i wanna use my coupon now)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
Do you think I should go make bacon and waffles?

Date: 2014-03-14 11:53 am (UTC)
deadly_ned: (step out of the alley)
From: [personal profile] deadly_ned
I don't know either. I don't even know where to start fixing this. I'm not much of a ship....person.

Date: 2014-03-13 06:55 pm (UTC)
wedonot: (Telepathy is clearly the best power.)
From: [personal profile] wedonot
Conventional methods generally don't work. I can't get a good read on if there's anyone inside either.

Date: 2014-03-13 10:21 pm (UTC)
wedonot: (Knocking on doors is lame.)
From: [personal profile] wedonot
That depends entirely on how deeply dug in to the Barge's main systems what or whoever is, and it's not really my area of expertise. The last time something like this happened, I was more focused on trying to help those that got caught in the crossfire. This time, I'm not sure I'll even be able to do that much.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:30 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (devil)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
Fuck piss bugger arseholes, this is Tosh over again. Without the torture, which is a nice change.

There's shafts but none of 'em went near the engine room last time. They shift, anyway. We might 'ave to blow the door off. Anyone seen Babs?

Date: 2014-03-13 07:37 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (o rly)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
Before your time. Babs' cabin or the lab'd be a good start. Bet you anything the lab's sealed, though. I've only got me staser and corkscrew on 'and.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:40 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: A few guards showing off their uniforms. (the chancellory guard)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
I can blow things up with a staser.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:44 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (monochrome)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
What, overload it? Let's see if we can't find some placky first, I'm rather attached to it.

Ta though.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:46 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: A profile picture, with Gallifrey scene behind it. (Default)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
I have my own. I'm sure the Admiral can replace it, if we get things back to normal.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:39 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: A profile picture, with Gallifrey scene behind it. (Default)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
It looks less like a malfunction than a deliberate act.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:43 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: As a policeman, complete with high viz, giving an expression like he hasn't an earthly clue what's happening (essentially a policeman)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
Doors don't usually seal themselves. Particularly vital systems.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:46 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: A profile picture, with Gallifrey scene behind it. (Default)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
It's certainly the first place I'd look.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:52 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: Leaning forward conspiratorial. (on the ball)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
I could. Iris. I've not been here long enough to know too many. All you really need is a powerful will.

Date: 2014-03-13 07:58 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (Default)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
Engine room's shielded, same like the cabins, we couldn't anyway. I'd've materialised in there last time this 'appened otherwise.

I think it might 'ave to be explosives.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:07 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: As a policeman, complete with high viz, giving an expression like he hasn't an earthly clue what's happening (investigating this one)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
It occurred to me that that might be the case, but I know so little of the technology of this place. And I haven't really tested the cabins. [Which is possibly a testament of the damage Pandora's done to him. Most Time Lords would have at least sensed that much.]

The only other alternative I can think of is find out who's in there and use their communicator to contact them. But that depends on them be a) sensible and conscious and b) having their communicator.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:15 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (black hat)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
There's filters for the cabins; you 'ave to whitelist anyone you don't want blocked out. You'll 'ave noticed you can't 'ear me with me door shut and vice versa? Engine room, labs and library are shielded fulltime.

Considering where we've just been, I've got a good guess who's in there. But 'e might not be in any state 'e can talk to us in, never mind willing to listen.

I should've known.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:17 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: As a policeman, complete with high viz, giving an expression like he hasn't an earthly clue what's happening (essentially a policeman)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
The library? [Huh.]

Who are you thinking of?

Date: 2014-03-13 08:21 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (profile 2)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
The Emperor. That's 'is homeworld we crashed on. And I... I didn't know, exactly. But we're close, 'im and me. I knew 'e was hiding summat.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:32 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: Leaning forward conspiratorial. (on the ball)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
Hm. 'Summat' could have been anything. I doubt I would have leapt to the 'kidnapping of everyone, including psychopaths, to my home world' conclusion myself.

Recriminations can come later, if at all. This was clearly an act of desperation and you would have stopped him.

Right now we need to get to him.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:36 pm (UTC)
routemistress: (monochrome)
From: [personal profile] routemistress
It could 'ave. But I know my Emperor. No one spends that long as a god without picking up some bad 'abits.

[She sighs.]

Of course I would, that's why 'e didn't let me find out. This could get nasty, Wynter love.

Date: 2014-03-13 08:43 pm (UTC)
givessweetness: As a policeman, complete with high viz, giving an expression like he hasn't an earthly clue what's happening (essentially a policeman)
From: [personal profile] givessweetness
That does seem to be how godhood works. [Yet he still uses Rassilon as a curse.]

It probably will, yes. Let's hope the grim spectre of spending his life, however long, with the likes of us is worse than his fear of graduating.
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