The Starship Paladin

Locations/Replays:

• Artix (NPC) - Dread Space (Location)
• Map of Lore - Summer 2015 Adventure Map

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«Scene: Scroll left through space, beginning from one planet and ending on another planet»

Space, the finale fantasy frontier. These are voyages of Starship Paladin. Our mission… to boldly quest, where no adventurer has quested before. Dooooo deeeeeee… . do de doooo deeee do… …

«Starship Paladin flies by. Change scene to the interior of Starship Paladin, where Artix is waiting while Hero phases in»

Artix: Welcome aboard the SS Paladin.

«Hero chooses the answer to 'Do you know who Artix Is?' with the options being 'YES' and 'NO'»

+ NO

Hero: Um, who are you?

Artix: Oh, hiya! I'm Artix, the Paladin… and one of your future friends. Nice to meet you!

Hero: Future friends?

Artix: Oh yes… We go on LOTS of crazy adventures in the future.
Artix: Mostly involving undead. Actually, now that I think of it… 100% of our adventures involve fighting undead.
Artix: I *LOVE* to battle the evil undead…,

Hero: O_O

Artix: In fact this Starship has special equipment for battling undead in space! …and it transforms.

Hero: … a Starship?
Hero: A STARSHIP!?
Hero: Artix, WHY… do you have… A STARSHIP!?

Artix: Wait! You are breaking character. You technically should not know what a Starship is.

Hero: I'M breaking character!? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT A STARSHIP INTO AQWORLDS!

«Artix nods»

Artix: But, this is my Starship.

Hero: And… where did you get a Starship exactly?

Artix: From you of course!

«Hero scratches his head»

Hero: From me!?

Artix: Well… from you in the future.

Computer: STAR CAPTAIN ARTIX, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE DESTINATION. WARNING: FUEL CELLS ALMOST DEPLETED, YOU ARE OUT OF COFFEE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO PLUNGE THE SPACE PALLY-TOILET, AND -

Artix: It is complicated. I promise to explain later.
Artix: Right now, we have an emergency… and everyone in the universe is counting on us.

«Screen fades into Skylab Z flying by, when Skylab Z is scanned»

SPACE STATION: MIR-9001 (AKA SKYLAB Z)
PURPOSE: TOP SECRET
STATUS: CONTACT LOST

«Screen fades. Scene changes to Artix talking with the Hero next to a teleporter»

Artix: We lost contact with this Space Station one week ago.
Artix: The really bad news… this station was our hiding spot for the most dangerous device in the known universe!
Artix: What happened to the crew is a mystery, and no one knows what is on that space station…

Hero: Seriously, Artix?

Artix: What?

Hero: If you're here… 100% chance this mission involves undead.

«Artix's eyes widen»

Artix: O_O What makes you think that?

Hero: The name of the Adventure is "Ebil-Dread Space!!"

Artix: ….

Hero: I'll bet you 10,000 gold that the second I beam aboard that ship I'm going to be swarmed with some sort of evil cyborg space zombies.

Artix: O_O But….

Hero: I'm ready to investigate the Space Station. Beam me over! …and *clears throat* get that gold ready, Space Paladin.

«Scene fades»

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Next: Through the Teleporter!