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Cargo Bay and Experiment Storage
Here's the hatch.... I'll go first, you can follow me down.
During the balloon portion of the tour, I told you about the elevator that runs from the bottom of the counterweight spire to the rest of the ship. This is the top end of that elevator!
This is probably ill-advised, but I'm going to open the door so that you can see how far down the elevator shaft goes. From here, you can-- Ted!! What the hell, are you crazy??
Fresia! When did you get here? I've been standing behind you two goof-offs this whole time! I was getting some work done on the detainment cell, but I'm taking a bit of a break now. If you fall down there, don't expect me to jump in after you, by the way. You're right, leaning down the elevator shaft probably isn't too great of an idea. Falling from really high up sucks, Ted. Take my word for it. You certainly have a point. Hey, Fresia, would you like to finish showing our guest around? I need to go prepare the hot air balloon for our descent back to the ground. Uhhhh, I guess I could... what else is there to see? Just finish up the room, if you could. Oh by the way, I got some new frozen burritos we should totally try out tonight. Burritos? Ah Ted, you know me so well. All right all right, I'll finish showing our guest around, you prep the balloon or whatever. Thanks a bunch! I'll see you in a few minutes, tour buddy.
So, Ted showed you the whole ship? Nice. I hope he didn't drive you too crazy... he loves this ship with all his heart, and he jumps at the chance to show her off. I think he even carries a picture of the thing in his wallet. Truly a mad scientist at heart, Ted is. Anyway, I guess you'll be wanting to see the rest of the ship. Don't worry about it, I've got time. Like I said a second ago, I was just working on this here detainment cell. It's not done yet, but it's getting there. That thing next to it, by the way, is the drinking water tank. That thing supplies fresh, drinkable water to the kitchen and bathroom faucets. The blue donut-looking thing hovering above the main tank is some sort of super advanced water filtration thing-a-ma-jig. A purifier, I think it's called. Anyway, water feeds into that sucker from the big fish tank upstairs. I'm sure Ted told you more about it than you'd ever want to know, yeah? The filter gets out all of the gross stuff, and the end result is 100% drinkable. I haven't grown any third eyes yet, so I can tentatively speak for its effectiveness. Oh, and I bet Ted didn't tell you this, but all waste water is jettisoned off the ship. We use biodegradable washing liquids and stuff, so I'm told that doing this is environmentally safe. We're just not supposed to do it over cities, which sucks.
So yeah, about this cell. Ted doesn't think we'll need to use it, but I'd rather be prepared for anything. I've kind of been Ted's apprentice in woodworking for the past year or so, and he's letting me work on this little corner of the ship by myself. It's not done yet, but it's really starting to come together. It's not magic-proof yet, either, but I'm trying to get Cyborg Necromancer himself to come out and throw some barrier-type spells on it one of these days. He's a busy man, you know. After he does, I doubt there's any villain in Arcadia who could bust their way out of this cell.
If you come over here, you can get a little better view of the interior. There's a bunk and a ladder. Nothing too fancy, but that's what our future criminals get for messing with a Helios ship. Hey, stand over there by the water tank for a second.
Isn't this cargo bay huge? It won't look so huge pretty soon, though. Ted's moving a bunch more of his science crap onto the ship this weekend, so all of these open areas will be stacked high with crates and equipment. What? You can't hear me? Come over here, then!
Okay now this, this is something pretty special. We can access any of this ship's internal functions from this touchpad computer terminal right here. We usually fly with the "cookbot," our robotic assistant who, ironically, does not much care for cooking when he has computers to play with. He will carry out remote orders from Ted in the lab and generally monitors the ship's performance. The screens and touchpad aren't turned on right now, and I'm terrible with that kind of stuff so I'm just going to leave them be. That yellow thing there is the internal chamber of our magical testing apparatus. Ted's a skeptic about magic in general, but it's pretty common knowledge that magical energies are prevalent in many different items, beings, and locations all across Arcadia. Hokey sounding, I know, but it's true! I've seen it! Anyway, CGN Labs is apparently testing out some prototype magic-based projectiles and explosives that we'll be trying here soon. The thing's never been used before, and it's a little terrifying, to be honest. Well, this was pretty fun, eh? You're a lot better than some of the morons we've had come through here. At least you didn't go snooping around anywhere you weren't supposed to be... ...I'd better get you back up to Ted, now. Don't be a stranger, stranger. |
