Night at the Museum (OTA)

[kyley_b]

WHO: Kyle Broflovski and YOU!
WHERE: The Underground of Coruscant (Level 4)
WHAT: A very wholesome field trip to the lost Galactic Museum.
WHEN: During the event. (Mid-ish?)
WARNINGS: The foulest of language. Injury extremely likely. More as needed.



Kyle's seen aliens before.

A group of them from the Jannex Galaxy, a spaceship full of greys, the Marklar, and Jeff Bezos. This is the first time he's seen quite so many different kinds in one place, but even so it doesn't take him long to feel comfortable enough to talk to a few of them at the Senate Tour that Obi-Wan had suggested he take. One of these friendly aliens had mentioned in passing that it was a pity that the Galactic Museum could no longer be toured, due to it having been lost and forgotten somewhere down on Level 4.

A lost museum seems to Kyle like exactly the sort of thing the Agrii would want them to find. And even if not, well. Kyle really likes museums.

Is it difficult to get to Level 4? Oh, yes. And extremely dangerous. This doesn't deter Kyle one bit, and so he puts out a call on the Network to let people know that hey, he's putting together a museum field trip and anybody is welcome to come! Provided, that is, that you don't mind finding your way down through huge portals/ventilation shafts into a world where sunlight is less than a memory and dangerous people and creatures lurk around every corner.

But hey, if you decide to come down, you'll find a too-tall ginger waiting for you with some flashlights and a notepad.

You bet your ass he's going to force you to use the Buddy System.

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[OOC: Feel free to skip straight to the Museum proper of course! Mingle away, create your own TLs, whatever!]

Comments

[doubled_speed]

At least this guy approves of the buddy system. Tommy approves. He also looks bored when he takes the flashlight and notepad.

"What's the notes for, dude?" he asks, tucking it into a pocket. "Please tell me there's not a quiz later. That's only cool if I'm getting prizes for acing them."

[kyley_b]

"If you must know, I bought one for myself and thought you might like one, too. You're welcome." Still, Kyle's pretty excited to see Tommy. The guy is one of the first people he met on Agra-10, after all.

"I figured this way I could take notes, or sketch things out, or whatever. I have no idea what the fuck is down here, dude, we might discover like... knowledge that's been lost for centuries." He looks way too excited by this prospect.

"So. We just need to find it. Oh, uh, and I guess there's a lot of giant rats or some shit down here, so, uh. Don't get bit by anything, okay?"

[doubled_speed]

Also clearly the coolest guy Kyle has met on Agra 10 too. Notepad is his now, sorry. No nerding until they get there.

"I don't think it was lost, just misplaced. "Dude, giant rats aren't as bad as giant spiders. Promise."

Still, this is pretty interesting for now.

[kyley_b]

"Yeah, misplaced! Much better word. It won't scare anybody off if we say it's a misplaced Galactic Museum. Dude, if we find something cool we should bring it back for Mr. Kenobi, he'd shit himself I bet."

He puts a hand on Tommy's arm and looks at him very seriously. "Dude. You're my buddy, okay? So I won't leave this place without you. We stick together.

"I don't actually know if it's giant rats, exactly. The guy with a tube for a face just said there was a lot of 'vermin' down here."

[doubled_speed]

Wait, what? Tommy looks at the hand on his arm. Really? That was a thing that was happening.

"You don't have to be that serious. I'm not letting anyone get left behind here. I'll get you all out if it's a mess."

He promised to make this all turn out nice and exciting but safe.

"Tube for a face?"

[kyley_b]

Kyle takes his hand back and rolls his eyes. "Somebody has to be serious," he points out. "I'm just SAYING. Jeez."

He shrugs and shines his flashlight around a little, checking the place out. It really is extremely dark, with none of the artificial lights of the higher levels. It smells like wet rot. "Yeah. Some dude I was on a tour with at the Senate building. Hey, you run faster that jets, right?"

[doubled_speed]

"Way faster," Tommy confirms, looking down the mess of the pipe. "You about to suggest that I violate the buddy system?"

He smirks at Kyle, unable to help his amusement.

[kyley_b]

Kyle gnaws at his lower lip. "Well," he says slowly. "I mean. I'M the one who implemented it, right? So if I choose to alter the rules for the ultimate benefit of the group... That seems perfectly reasonable."

He tries to hide a grin and fails. "But, okay, it's just scouting, okay? Like if you're gone longer than, say... a minute, then we come after you. This is just so we don't wind up looking for the fucking thing for three days."

[doubled_speed]

Well, he's not wrong, and it's something Tommy would have suggested if Kyle hadn't been all 'let's be buddies' or whatever. As for scouting, Tommy smiles.

"Make it two minutes. Give me something to write on. I'll mark what tunnels or whatever are passable. If I go missing, message Billy, tell him to fetch me."

Because his brother could do it with a thought.

[kyley_b]

The buddy system WORKS, Tommy.

"Two minutes. And you took a notebook, you jackass." He does, however, hand over a pen. "Okay. Ready? Set?"

[doubled_speed]

Does it, though? Tommy isn't certain, but he supposes he's allow Kyle to push for it.

"Yeah, I know," Tommy says as he takes the pen. He takes a moment to stretch, and then he's gone. It takes a while to gather up some information, rushing through the twists and turns for a distance before coming back, panting a bit.

"Damn, man, this place is a fucking twist and turn to such levels. Fucking hell," he says, sitting down and passing over the paper before taking a long drink from a bottle of water. "I found something I think will lead there. Just didn't want you calling B up."

[kyley_b]

Life is so unfair - Tommy looks like he's been vaguely spritzed with water after running god knows how far. Kyle's pretty sure he'd be a wet, red mess after two kilometers.

"Yeah," Kyle says happily as he takes the paper and studies it. "I was five seconds away from doing it, too. Dude, this is awesome. You're amazing."

[doubled_speed]

Kyle needed to be less jealous and more accepting that he's got the hots for Tommy. Life would get simpler. He rolls his neck and drinks a bit more water.

"I'll need to do another delve, deeper. I'll need three minutes I think. You cool with that?"

[kyley_b]

That would require actual self reflection, and no way no how is THAT about to happen. It's much, much easier to settle into 'I hate that guy' to mask any troubling urges. He's very good at that.

Kyle considers this, torn between wanting to know more and his general anxiety over Tommy getting injured. Curiosity, as usual, wins out.

"Three," he agrees. "But then that's it until we all move further together."

[doubled_speed]

See, troubling urges are what the fun of life is, more than anything else.

"I don't want to move you all forward if I'm moving you in a bad direction," Tommy counters, mindful of the possibility that he could lead them somewhere that they could get hurt. But for now he sighs and finishes his drink.

"Be right back."

And then he's off again to explore. Good news, he'll be back in less than three minutes this time, only two and a half. And he's grinning triumphantly.

[kyley_b]

"Yeah, okay. That's logical."

And then Tommy is gone again, leaving only a rush of wind in his wake. There's another as he returns, and Kyle steels himself against it as best as he can from the grit it kicks up. He sees Tommy's grin and he finds himself grinning back in response before he can even say anything.

"You found it!"

[doubled_speed]

"I did," Tommy agrees. "Do I get a reward?"

He moves to the wall and starts sketching the directions to their destination on it. Then takes a picture of it with his communicator and pins that in the group chat for the 'field trip'

[kyley_b]

"Hell yeah dude, anything you want that I can actually give." Kyle beams as Tommy uploads the map he's made. "Sweet! Okay, great! This means we can actually move forward. Are you stoked? Dude, we might find like... ancient alien artifacts! Real ones! Not lame ones made by fucking stupid-ass space pilgrims."

[doubled_speed]

"I don't find museums captivating like you do," Tommy answered, shrugging. "And anything we find in Temba is alien artifacts. You've really got weird bars set."

Kyle just seemed to put value in this, so he guessed it was valuable? Was that how it worked? Sure, why not.

"You get to lead on when you're ready.

[kyley_b]

"Well. Yeah. But I barely just got to Temba, I haven't had time to find cool stuff yet." He frowns a little, because Tommy does in fact have a point. "But mostly, based on what this dude was saying on the tour? This museum is HUGE! 'Galactic Museum.' It's like, from all over the galaxy!"

He sighs a little. "Okay. Well. So long as everyone has a buddy..."

[doubled_speed]

"Well, you're the Buddy-Bear, so go ahead and make sure that's all done," Tommy answered, moving to lean against a wall to get some, you know, rest.

"So you like things big. Ouch, short guys are just doomed."

[kyley_b]

Kyle studies the map, half listening. "You're not that short," he says before actually realising what he's just said. He immediately flushes bright red.

"I. Wait. Did you just call me a size queen?! Jesus, Tommy!" He huffs and stomps off to corral everyone into a group, explaining that nobody goes off alone, always have a buddy. Only then does he declare, "Okay! Let's roll out!" in a voice that seems to imply that he might have spent a summer or two as a camp counselor or something.

He does wind up walking by Tommy as they move along the tunnels. "And I am not. For the record."

[doubled_speed]

Oh no, Tommy's got to tease him on this. And, getting a zing in on his brother when Billy isn't around to defend himself is absolutely worth it. But he's going to let Teacher-Wanna-Be do his thing before they start walking.

It's the second time that Kyle brings it up that Tommy launches his shot.

"Nah, my brother's the size queen. Have you seen his guy? But yeah, maybe you are a little."

[kyley_b]

"No, I have not seen his guy," Kyle replies dryly. "I haven't even seen your brother yet. I assume he's just you but with dark hair and hopefully more of a brain-to-mouth filter."

He has, however, met Lauri-Ell. She's huge. It would stand to reason the royalty she protects would be equally massive. Billy has to be the same size as Tommy and no he is not going to consider this further, thank you.

"I am not! How the fuck would you even get that idea? If I like anything huge, it's brains."

[doubled_speed]

Oh, well, that's awesome.

"It's okay, once you've seen me, you've seen the hot twin. And I have a brain-to-mouth future. But really, I have to wait SO MANY nanoseconds between when I'm thinking things and when someone will hear it so it seems so silly to waste the time with the filter when I can say what I really want."

He continues walking, clearly working SO HARD to keep at a human pace. Boring shit here, going slow when he's properly fed for a change.

"Well then, you're unlucky. There aren't a lot of big brains on Agra 10."