Watch your feet

[jla-futures.livejournal.com]

When the white light clears away this time, the abductees find themselves standing in an environment that is, if possible, even blander than the soul-destroying corporate cube farm. The horizon and sky--or is it a ceiling?--overhead are smooth and white, though with a slight curve to it suggesting that they are looking up at the inside of an enormous eggshell.

The floor, however, is not quite so featureless, though still quite bland. It seems to be made up of oval tiles, a pale cream in color, fit together quite closely. Each of the abductees can feel a slight thrumming vibration beneath their feet, suggestive of an orchestra tuning up.

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[anaturalgreen.livejournal.com]

Waiting back at the portal, Jade's busily stringing thin strands of green energy between herself and , creating a across the few feet between them. Anything to keep focused, and to help keep the construct solid.

She's got an eye on the others, though, and at the sight of the pirate ship drawing closer, the spiderweb disappears with a snap of her fingers.

[guy-lantern.livejournal.com]

Brandishing an , Guy adds an to the ensemble.

"Arrrrrr!!!!" he says eloquently, and the fill up. It lurches into a sudden bout of speed and the caper about screeching and chittering as they make sure nobody goes over the side. In short order the Pirate Ship Gardner makes it's way through the portal and back into newtonian reality.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

"Jade, do you see anything?"

The readings indicate something is happening, probably coming back out but she can't really see it yet.

[anaturalgreen.livejournal.com]

Waiting until the ship was through, Jade slips through the portal herself, flying after in a wave of green.

"They're on their way, Flamebird. You ought to see them here pretty quickly."

[jla-futures.livejournal.com]

And soon enough, the pirate ship emerges, her colors--all green--flying high. There is an odd twinkling behind them, bronze and silver in color, as if a few metric tons of glitter are suspended in the sky, and then the artifact becomes visible again.

It rotates slowly, its facets winking and blinking at the observers, then whirls about the pirate ship before heading out on a trajectory away from Earth.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bird_of_flame_/]

Flamebird relaxes visibly as the ship appears and then the shiny thing vanishes, "Good to see you all!"

Grinning, she looks over at Beetle, "This working together thing seems to work well for us."

[anaturalgreen.livejournal.com]

With a curse heard clearly over the collected comms, Jade breaks off from the group to follow the shining artifact, flying fast to try and catch up with it. A springs into view around her as she flies.

[azure-avenger.livejournal.com]

"I've certainly got no complaints - I'm just glad that crazy plan worked. Who came up with that, anyway?"