May 25th, 2065 - 21:19 NZDT
A few weeks ago, Alan returned to Tracy Island after 6 months on board Thunderbird 5 and John retook his place monitoring distress calls. Meanwhile, Ridley, was out helping Brains with the development of a new Thunderbird. Since the GDF's finding of Tracy Island back when The Hood invaded, Scott and the rest of International Rescue were getting more and more involved with the world's politics as they try and cooperate more with nations to help their local rescue services develop the technology needed to take some stress of IR. Tracy Enterprises became increasingly in high demand for their R&D Department as a consequence.
The main outcome of this will be a new mega space station called Thunderbird 10, that will a replacement for the many Spacehub transit terminals, such as the one Virgil and Alan were called out to a couple of years ago. With a length of over 15km, Thunderbird 10 will house hundreds of pilots and scientists who will work in shift around the clock in the multiple research centre, laboratories and docking bays. It will become the centre of International Rescue's operations monitoring and sending signals across not only Earth but Mars and the farthest reaches of space.
In the meantime, Kayo had been given a few days to return to Tracy Island and catch up with everyone. There was still some small tension between the pair which could be seen when Alan quickly volunteered to return to Thunderbird 5, to help John repair a malfunction with the Space Elevator a few hours ago leaving only Kayo, Brains and Ridley on Tracy Island.
It is approaching the evening when John gets an alert from EOS that there is an emergency situation.
"International Rescue, what's your situation?" John asks.
"Mr Aezethril, here mortals," the guys starts, "I require your aid to help me free me from the Hall of Heroes and save Cavern Quest from utter ruin."
"Erm..." John trails, not quite sure how to respond to that, "What?"
"Wait!" Alan buts in, "Did he say Cavern Quest?"
5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Thunderbirds are Go!
In the lounge Kayo, stands listening to John as he explains the situation. Like John, Kayo isn't sure what to make of what she is hearing, looking at John's hologram with utter confusion.
"I'm sorry, John," Kayo starts, "Could you repeat that? What sort of help does this guy need?"
"Mr Aezethril would like us to..." John mutters, "'Free him from the Hall of Heroes and save Cavern Quest from utter ruin'. His words, not mine."
"Isn't Cavern Quest that game Alan's always playing?" Kayo asks.
"Er, I don't just play Cavern Quest, okay?" Alan interjects, appearing next to John in holographic form, "My character is a legend on the gamer forums. I'm this close to beathing the whole thing. This close." Alan indicates with his hands the small amount he still needs to do while Kayo smiles warmly and rolls her eyes playfully.
"Maybe virtually," John interrupts, "But this new game park is a real place with a real situation."
"Even better," Alan cries and does a double fist pump to the air, "When do I start?"
"Sorry, Alan," John deadpans, "Until we finish repairing the Space Elevator, you're not leaving Thunderbird 5. And with the others out on mission, Thunderbird Shadow is out fastest response."
"Wait..." Alan trails, "You mean Kayo gets to try the real live game before anyone else?"
"Actions have consequences," Kayo smiles sadly, "This is a rescue, Alan, plain and simple. I won't be playing any games... See you in the sky!"
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Kayo descends and starts to get suited up.
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Kayo gets into her Shadow Bike and drives across to Thunderbird S's hanger.
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Thunderbird S's platform heads up the ramp.
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The platform turns around to show the outside of Tracy Island.
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The platform rotates and Thunderbird's engines start up.
Thunderbirds are Go!
May 25th, 2065 - 06:34 EDT
It doesn't take long for Kayo to arrive in Florida. Thunderbird S in one of the fastest Thunderbird's for a reason. Not only does it have to ability for a quick transfer, but it's stealth is the real assist, which is the reason that the UN Security Council required the use of the Thunderbird to help with trying to track down and capture The Chaos Crew. Kayo does some final checks before heading into land just outside of the game park.
"I'm coming in now, Mr..." Kayo pauses to make sure she gets the pronunciation right, "Erm, Aezethril, is it?"
"Indeed, mortal vanquisher," Aezethril replies, "Aezethril the Wise, or Wise Aezethril for short."
"Right," Kayo sighs, not impressed and slightly annoyed at the guy, "One moment, please." She then cuts the transmission with Aezethril and calls Alan to see if he could supply any help to the situation. "Alan, what's this guy's deal?"
"You mean the whole wizard thing?" Alan questions and the silence gives him his answer, "Aezethril has been like that since he first created Cavern Quest."
"So, he never talks normally?" Kayo asks, upset.
"Nope," Alan responds, "But if I spent all my time running a game, I'd probably act the same way."
Kayo shakes her head, silently thinking that out of everyone at International Rescue, she got the mission with the crazy wizard guy. She hops out of Thunderbird Shadow and runs into the game park. Using a motorbike probably isn't the best thing to do in a game park, even if it isn't open yet. As she runs through the corridors, following the signs that were marked for the Hall of Heroes, she got a weird sense of unease in her stomach and quickened her pace. Her fears are then realised when she enters a large, chamber like room and takes a step back in alarm.
"Kayo to Thunderbird 5," she calls, "The Chaos Crew is here."
"FAB," John replies, "We'll alert the GDF."
"Aezethril?" Kayo shouts and starts to wonder around the rubble looking at the damage that has clearly already been done by Havoc and Fuse, "Aezethril!"
"Over here, brave hero!" a voice calls from under the destruction and Kayo runs over to find Aezethril pinned under a large slab of stone.
"Hang on," Kayo reassures, "I'll get you out." She walks around the slab and reaches for the top, which is resting on one of the walls of the chamber. Grabbing a hold of it, she pulls back with all her strength, straining under the weight of the whole slab. Luckily, she lifts it enough to allow Aezethril to wiggle out and groans as he slowly makes his way to his feet.
"Ugh!" Aezethril cries, and Kayo swiftly makes her way over to him, putting one of his arms around her shoulder. In the distance there is a small explosion and the whole room starts to shake once again. Fearing another cave in, Kayo starts moving towards the exit to make her way back to Thunderbird Shadow and wait for the GDF to arrive to support her in getting the Chaos Crew.
"Come on!" Kayo yells, "Let's move!" However, they are too slow, and rocks come crashing down blocking the way that she entered, resulting in Kayo coming to a stop.
"Kayo, what's going on down there?" Alan asks worriedly.
"We just missed our exit," Kayo seethes through her teeth, knowing that now she'll have to spend more time with the insane wizard.
"I fear my damaged wand is to blame," Aezethril comments, "It controls everything inside these caverns. And now it's tearing them apart."
"Is there another way out?" Kayo questions, eager to get out.
"Yes," Aezethril responds, "At the final chamber. But woe, those rogues activated the quest. They wish to steal the Holotrix, a device of great power."
"You mean the machine that makes all the holograms in the game?" Alan interjects over the coms as Kayo gets increasingly worried over how long the GDF will take to arrive, "The Hood could hide an army if he had one of those."
"The GDF have been alerted," John states, "But according to these readings, the game park may collapse before they arrive."
"Just as I feared," Kayo mutters to herself before responding to John, "FAB. We'll beat Fuse and Havoc to the Holotrix if we can, but, and I can't believe I'm saying this, rescue is our top priority."
"Wow, Scott must really be rubbing on you," John chuckles.
"Actually, it was Marion," Kayo responds and turns to Aezethril, "Aezethril, how quickly can you guide us to the end?"
"Faster than a collax with fritzy dust," Aezethril responds and starts to walk into the quest, where he'd seen Fuse and Havoc disappear down earlier.
"Good..." Kayo deadpans as she watches Aezethril walk way, "I think." They approach a podium and Aezethril presses a button with causes three holographic weapons to appear in front of them.
"Choose a weapon," Aezethril states, "The Mallet of Byneton. The Aze of Huigi. The Sword of Gethowra."
"I suppose this will do," Kayo sighs and walks up to select the sword and grabs a hold of it, slightly surprise that the hologram feels and looks so real. Aezethril then walks up and selects the mallet before joining Kayo on the other side of the podium.
"Three lives each. We must not waste them," Aezethril explains as a hologram of hearts appear of the pairs chest but turning to Kayo, "Oooh, and what shall I call you?"
"Kayo," Kayo firmly states.
"Hmm," Aezethril muses, "Wouldn't you prefer a more regal title? Perhaps Lilifur the Brave?"
"Um," Kayo says shocked, "'Kayo' will do fine." There is then a rumbling sound and the doors that lead to the Hall of Heroes slam shut, trapping Kayo and Aezethril further into the game park than they were previously.
"Then let us hurry, Noble Kayo," Aezethril declares, not worried at all, "Before these caverns destroy us both." A roaring sound is then heard and Aezethril stands back with concern as a large rock, like giant swings his weapon towards the pair and slamming down on Kayo, causing her to lose her balance.
"Ugh!" Kayo groans and hears a beeping coming from her chest. She looks down an sees that one of her hearts had disappeared, leaving her with only two, "Not a good start." She craws backwards on the floor while Aezethril waves his mallet and does some damage to the rock giant creating a distraction for both her and Aezethril to run around it and down the main corridor. They run for some way but Kayo is forced to slow down due to Aezethril still suffering slightly from his injury that he got from being trapped. They stop for a breather around a small enclave and Kayo turns around to face the wizard.
"Did we lose it?" she asks.
"Nay!" Aezethril responds, "The blogwart is at our heels."
"Does it matter?" Kayo suddenly asks, "Holograms can't hurt us."
"But they can lower our heath," Aezethril argues, "And if we lose, the quest returns us to the start."
"This could be a very short rescue," Kayo mutters and raises her sword ready to strike a blow but does tentatively as she becomes very worried about if she is using the sword correctly. The blogwart then raises its weapon but before it could cost Kayo another heart, a battle cry is heard causing the bogwart to turn before being completely obliterated. As the hologram disappears, Alan is shown wearing an odd looking outfit and an axe in his hand.
"Alan?" Kayo questions.
"Yeah, kinda," Alan replies as his own heart hologram appears showing he has all three, "That's my Saga Knight character from the virtual game."
"I found a way to integrate Alan's character into the game through the Holotrix," John explains.
"Aloneus the Saga Knight at your service," Alan declares as he bows down to Aezethril but quickly gets up again as a low rumbling is heard again from a distance.
"We must hurry!" Aezethril shouts and starts to charge off again, "My caverns grow worse."
"Aw, this is gonna be epic," Alan says and starts to follow Aezethril with confidence.
"Easy for you to say," Kayo responds, sounding quiet down from behind Alan. Alan turns around and sees that Kayo is looking very downcast and upset and pauses his walk to turn and face her. "I have no idea what I'm doing," she continues.
"Just think of it like combat training," Alan tries and demonstrates with his axe before approaching Kayo as they slowly go through some of their sparing moves, "The game rewards questers that fight smarter, not harder." He then reaches up with a free hand and cups the side of Kayo's face and the pair smile at each other. "You know this is more your style than mine when it comes to the real word you know," Alan jokes causing Kayo to giggle lightly.
"You know my weapon of choice is a gun these days not a sword," Kayo jokes back. Alan goes to respond but they hear heavy footsteps and the sound of screaming.
"Aarh!" Aezethril cries as he gets chased by several of the blogwarts, "Take heed!" The blogwarts then notice Alan and Kayo and change their attention towards the couple. With more confidence, Kayo blocks several of the blogwart attacks while Aezethril charges through the pair like a scared cat.
"Ugh! More blogwarts?" Alan sighs. He then hears a beep and turns around to see that Aezethril had been hit and reduced to two hearts.
"Aezethril!" Kayo cries and quickly goes from the defensive to the offensive, defeating the two blogwarts that had her and Alan pinned down and immediately going after the one which is about to strike the wizard again. Throwing her holographic sword into the back of the monster causing it to disappear and for her sword to lodge into the wall next to were Aezethril is sitting.
"Whoa!" Alan responds, both impressed and proud of Kayo, "Someone's not playing around."
"Are you hurt?" Kayo asks Aezethril, helping him up and ignoring Alan's clear pun in reference from the conversation they had on Tracy Island.
"'Tis but a quest wound," Aezethril groans.
"Check it out!" Alan cries as there is a light whirring and Kayo turns around to see what was previously a dead end has now become a whole new corridor as the secret door is removed, "Kayo's moves just landed us a shortcut."
"Before we enter," Aezethril interjects, "Let us summon out courage with the Cavern Quest oath."
"I thought you'd never ask," Alan beams, while Kayo is left confused. Kayo then watches as the pair take a knee and start their oath.
"With mystic blades and fiery awe, we pledge our honour best," Alan starts.
"Many shall fall, for only a noble few will pass the test," Aezethril continues.
"So, come out worthy heroes and brave forth the Cavern Quest!" they finish together standing up again, laughing. They then bash their weapons together and start down the secret corridor leaving a confused Kayo left standing by herself, totally gobsmacked at watch she's just witnessed.
"This is awesome!" she hears Alan chuckle and shakes her head in dismay.
"Then again, this could be a very long rescue," Kayo mutters to herself. She then follows the pair at some distance behind them as they seem to both know where they are going. Eventually, they reach another large, chambered room.
"Behold!" Aezethril declares, "Candescent Cavern." The room liked slightly derelict but that is probably due to the chaos that a certain sibling pair were causing. In the centre of the room is a large purple crystal that is surrounded but small purple and blue crystal which are scattered across the room. Just as they are about to take a step further, a pixelated mist forms and a blogwart appears.
"Aw, come on," Alan complains, "Bolgwarts again?"
"I was going to add more creatures next week!" Aezethril defends.
"Shh, keep it down," Alan whispers as he and Kayo dive for cover.
"At present, blogwarts are the only ones..." Aezethril tries to continue but gets dragged down by Alan.
"Shh!" Alan and Kayo whisper.
"Fight smart, not hard remember," Kayo says softly, "See how they're avoiding those torches? We can use that to our advantage."
"What do you have in mind?" Alan asks as the group watch a blogwart shield their eyes from the torch light. Kayo smirks and turns around to Alan who in turn turns to face Aezethril. Aezethril not getting the hint turns around to look behind him only to see that no one is there and looks back at the couple in shock. Alan gives an apologetic smile before Aezethril decides that there is no use sitting around and stands up to create a distraction.
"Hark!" Vile creatures," Aezethril calls, rolling his 'c' and slowly starts to back away into a corner while the blogwarts in the room proceed to trap him there to go for the kill, "I am Aezethril, Conjurer of the Seven Realms! I brought you into this world and I can... er... take you out of it."
As the one of the blogwarts, raises its weapon to strike him, Kayo yells, "Now!" and Aezethril rolls out of the way just in time. Alan and Kayo then appear with torches in hand and throw them to the ground, now pinning the blogwarts in the corner.
"Yes!" Kayo shouts.
"Huzzah!" Aezethril cries.
"Boo-ya, blogwarts!" Alan calls but before the group could celebrate further there is a roaring of an engine. "Huh?" Alan questions, "I know that engine!"
"Aezethril, stay here," Kayo orders and the couple charge towards the source of the noise. They go through the room and out the other side into another maze of corridors. However, they hear the light chatter of talk and decide to follow that. Sure enough, they come across Basher. "Looting through game parks now, Havoc?" Kayo asks mockingly as she sees her familiar figure, "Are you really that desperate?"
Havoc then turns slightly, and they see her mumbling something to Fuse before he hands something to her. She then throws it in the direction of Kayo and Kayo realises that it's one of Fuse's detonators and quickly dives out of the way. However, it lands at the feet of Alan and blows up. The Chaos Crew laugh as they think that they've injured Alan, allowing them to escape as Kayo would be distracted. Unfortunately for them, when the smoke clears, Alan is still standing, completely unharmed.
"What?" Havoc yells. Alan's holographic image flickers as he checks for any damage to himself, such as his heart monitor.
"Oh, yeah," Alan laughs, "I'm a hologram." Fuse laughs at Alan's joke but is slapped by Havoc. When Kayo goes to take a step towards the pair, she pauses as the whole game park shakes and the sound of falling rock intensifies.
"Help!" the sound of Aezethril's voices echo's through the cavern walls as the crumbling of dust and stone increases in magnitude.
"Aezethril!" Kayo mutters.
"Argh!" Alan cries and shakes his head, "Go, I'll handle these two." Kayo darts off back towards where they had left Aezethril while Alan squares up both Fuse and Havoc. The siblings take a couple of steps back before Alan charges towards them. "Hyargh!" he cries but before he could reach them, Havoc pulls out the wand and flings Alan into the air. He goes flying and crashes into the wall where his heart monitor comes up and a life disappears.
"Oh, yeah," Alan groans, "I'm a hologram."
"You were saying?" Havoc mockingly states. Alan then starts to crawl backwards on the floor away from the pair and turns to run in the other direction. Despite gaining some distance, Havoc is still able to use the wand to grab onto Alan and drag him back to them and throw him to the ground once again.
"Ugh!" Alan grunts as he hit the floor and watches as another heart disappear.
"Alan!" Kayo cries in worry from behind him with Aezethril in tow.
"I'm okay," Alan says, as he gets to his feet again.
"No you're not," Kayo replies as she looks at Alan's health bar, "We are down to one health point each."
"Thanks for this," Havoc chuckles as she and Fuse get back into Basher, "It's really coming in handy. With that, she uses the wand again to open another secret tunnel which she and Fuse disappear down and the door closes shut behind them.
"Ah. Fate..." Aezethril trails, "Has dealt us a sordid blow."
"I'll say," Alan mutters, "There's no way we'll beat them to the Holotrix."
"Aezethril," Kayo says, in her commanding voice, "We've got to reach that final chamber."
"There is but one path left," Aezethril responds and leads the pair in the opposite direction to where the Chaos Crew went. They walk down several corridors before coming across an open door which had a sun engraved on the frame above it and Alan immediately scoffs in dismay.
"Ah, not the Chamber of Tilisook!" Alan sighs, "I'd rather fight 100 blogwarts."
"I thought you were this close to beating the game," Kayo smirks and mocks Alan's hand gestures from earlier.
"I am," Alan sighs, "Kind of. This chamber takes you all the way to the end. I-I just never figured it out."
"Fear not," Aezethril interjects and starts to walk through the door, "I will guide us through the Riddle of Fire."
"Oh, yeah," Alan laughs, "For a second I forgot we had a wizard on our side." The couple walk past Aezethril and accidently step on a trap. They look up and see the wall coming down on top of them and they quickly jump through before it could squash them. However, Aezethril isn't prepared and is left trapped behind on the other side leaving Alan and Kayo alone.
"For fucks sake," Alan growls.
"Aezethril?" Kayo asks, banging on the wall with her fist, "Can you hear us?"
"Time's started," Alan points to a holographic hourglass that has appeared on the wall, "We only get a minute to solve this thing. And, oh, yeah, those guys." He points over to be several blogwarts had spawned and were now approaching.
"See?" Kayo scoffs, "This is why I don't play games." She then charges towards the blogwarts while Alan heads up some steps to gain access to the puzzle that he is yet to solve. "Ugh!" Kayo grunts as she defeats the last blogwart before several more spawn, "Clock's ticking! Please tell me you can read that?"
"No problem," Alan responds, "I've been stuck in this cave so many times I can read every language from Argdal to Zilibish."
"I'm suddenly glad you love gaming as much as me," Kayo jokes as she dodges another attack by one of the blogwarts."
"Now, let's see," Alan mumbles to himself before reading out loud, "One for the rising sun, two for the drop. Three for the setting sun, four for the top." He then looks up to see a fist of one of the blogwarts and recoils in surprise, "Argh!" Alan rolls out of the way just in time and strikes it from behind while Kayo deals with one that spawns right next to him.
"Rising and setting sun?" Kayo questions, "That could be east and west. Ugh!" She pauses as Alan deals with another couple of blogwarts, "Which means 'top' and 'drop' are north and south."
"Time's almost up, K," Alan groans as he starts be become tried and lose momentum in his advances, "Whatever you're thinking, do it now!"
Kayo pauses before grabbing onto a torch and starts running towards the one side of the room, "East!" then runs over to another wall, "South!" While she goes over to the other wall, Alan continues to defeat as many blogwarts as possible but their spawn rate increases as the timer gets closer and close to zero. "West!" Kayo calls and starts to run over to the north wall but two blogwarts block her way. With only three seconds on the clock, Kayo throws the torch towards the north wall and by some miracle, she hits her target resulting in all the remaining blogwarts de-spawning. They wait a few more seconds before two doors open, one allowing Aezethril to enter the room they were in.
"Huzzah!" Aezethril declares.
"Aezethril!" Kayo smiles but it quickly vanishes as the whole game park shakes again with more rumbling in the distance.
"It appears you did not need me after all," Aezethril chuckles.
"I can't believe it," Alan states, "We're at the end of the game!"
"The final cavern awaits," Aezethril responds and leads the couple down a narrow corridor and some steps. They then enter the final room only to see that Fuse and Havoc had made it there first.
"They've almost got the Holotrix," Alan growls as they watch Havoc take several steps towards the back wall, where it is located.
"Ha!" Aezethril scoffs, "The Great Guardian will see to them."
"Great Guardian?" Kayo questions just as a rumbling sound is heard. The trio look over and the holographic image of jewels that were previously presented evaporate and is replaced by a blogwart that is three times the size of the ones they've already encountered and this one wheals a sword as a weapon.
"Oh, you've got to be shittin' me!" Alan cries.
They watch as Fuse and Havoc take several steps back before trying to make their way around the Guardian. Having said that, the Guardian did not deter and slams its fist to the ground blocking the path. Before the pair could move again, the ground beneath them caves in and the Chaos Crew pair fall through the floor and vanish from sight. All that is left of them is the wand that Havoc had stolen, one the floor and broken in two.
"My quest controls are breaking apart," Aezethril calls and points over to the Holotrix that had started to spark with blue electricity bolts flickering around it, "An explosion in imminent!"
"It's time we finish this," Kayo states, "Does the Guardian have a weak spot?"
"Up there," Alan points, "The jewel on the back of its neck."
"Strike there and the Guardian shall be defeated," Aezethril confirms.
"Go for the legs," Kayo starts and charges forward with Alan in tow, "Once it's down, we'll attack the weak spot."
"Got it," Alan replies and dodges an attack by the Guardian. Kayo then goes for the right leg and swipes through it with confidence. However, nothing happened.
"Huh?" Kayo asks, "It didn't work."
"Kayo!" Alan yells and comes flying in pushing Kayo to the floor, "Watch out!" In a blink of an eye, the Guardian's fist comes crashing down onto Alan's head, killing him instantly.
"Alan!" Kayo shouts in shock.
"I'm..." Alan trails as his voice comes through on Kayo's coms, "I'm out of the game."
"Can John send you back?" Kayo questions as she manoeuvrers herself around the Guardian's advances.
"Maybe to the beginning," Alan theories', "But you're in the final chamber that is about to explode."
"No more games!" Kayo growls angry at Alan's demise, "This ends now!"
"Fly mighty Kayo!" Aezethril calls from the wings of the chamber, "May your aim be true!"
"With mystic blades and fiery awe, we pledge our honour best," Kayo starts and runs around the opposite side of the Guardian that the Chaos Crew went, "Many shall fall, for only a noble few will pass the test." She flips over one of the Guardian's feet as it tries to stomp her dead. Kayo, undeterred, continues towards the back wall, leaping up several pieces of rubble to gain height. "So, come out worthy heroes and brave forth the Cavern Quest," she finishes and strikes the jewel in the back of the Guardian's neck bringing it to its knees before dissolving in thin air.
The whirring of the Holotrix intensifies and the floor around the exit door, that has now opened, starts to crumble. "Aezethril, hurry!" Kayo yells and reaches out with her hand.
"I'm trying!" Aezethril calls back as he tries to run over to her, stumbling and the floor starts to collapse in front of him. Kayo runs to the base of the stairs that she is standing on and reaches out and grabs onto Aezethril as the floor directly beneath him gives way. She then pulls him up to safety.
"I've got you," Kayo sighs in relief. The sound of a grappling hook is then heard and Kayo watches as Fuse and Havoc appear next to Basher. They take one last look at the Holotrix before retreating into their car and driving away. Kayo and Aezethril also make a run for it as just as they exit the game park and head over to Thunderbird Shadow, there is a massive explosion and half of the park comes crashing down into a pile of dust and rock.
"Thank you, Kayo," Aezethril says in a more regular voice, "Thank you for everything."
"That didn't sound very wizardly," Kayo jokes, "Aezethril?"
"Call me Sylvester," the wizard replies, "I've had enough fantasy for one day. Game... over."
May 26th, 2065 - 01:50 NZDT
It is now the early hours of a Tuesday morning, and Kayo is joined by Alan and John in the lounge who have recently returned from Thunderbird 5, by the now repaired, Space Elevator. Alan lets out a groan as he takes a seat next to Kayo and puts an arm around her shoulders. Kayo responds by placing her head on Alan's right shoulder and lets out a sigh of content with a smile of her face.
"I was this close to beating the game," Alan says, "This close."
"You'll get to try again soon, Alan," John states as he takes a seat at Jeff's desk and brings up a hologram of the game park, "Aezethril's rebuilding the game park."
"Sounds like fun," Kayo states, "We should go there for a date some time."
"Hold on," Alan chuckles and looks down to Kayo who returns his gaze, "Fun? Play? Who are you and what have you done to my Kayo?"
"I can't be the serious one all the time, Aloneus," Kayo scoffs, "Marion should take my role more."
"You're in for it now, Alan," John laughs and Kayo joins in. Alan just shakes his head and leans back in his seat. This is going to be a long day.