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More kitties arrive
[ The kitties with the most sensitive hearing detect a strange sound
approaching. It sounds like the purr of a very large cat, but seems to be up in the air. Moments later a kitty sized cargo helicopter, and FH-24 (feline-sized CH-24) flies over the village. The loud purring sound is coming from the chopper! The helicopter continues on past the village, finding a clearing a couple hundreds yards away, and settles to the ground. The loud purring noise ceases. A flight-suited pilot steps out of the cockpit. THe flight suit has a name tape across the breast that reads "FIERCE". Across the pilots helmet is written the callsign "PRINCESS". The pilot loosens the helmet and tugs it off - and we see that the pilot is Francesca. Sammy and Ranger come running in to the clearing to see what the noise is. ] Sammy: Francesca! Hi! How come you flied here 'stead of 'porting? Francesca: Fred, Milton, and Lucky weren't really sure about using the teleporter yet, so I offered to fly them. Of course we flew through a teleportal to get here, but they didn't need to know that. Ranger: So where are they? [Francesca walks over to the side door of the chipper and slides it open. Fred is sitting wide-eyed on the left-hand seat with all of his claws firmly embedded in the upholstery. Milton is similarly situated in the right-hand seat. All that be seen of Lucky is his solid black tail sticking out of the seat-back pocket on the pilot's seat.] Francesca: Come on, kitties, we're there. Climb out and enjoy the scenery. Then lets go find the elders and volunteer our services to transport anything they need transported. |
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Community Cats wrote:
[ The kitties with the most sensitive hearing detect a strange sound approaching. It sounds like the purr of a very large cat, but seems to be up in the air. Moments later a kitty sized cargo helicopter, and FH-24 (feline-sized CH-24) flies over the village. The loud purring sound is coming from the chopper! The helicopter continues on past the village, finding a clearing a couple hundreds yards away, and settles to the ground. The loud purring noise ceases. A flight-suited pilot steps out of the cockpit. THe flight suit has a name tape across the breast that reads "FIERCE". Across the pilots helmet is written the callsign "PRINCESS". The pilot loosens the helmet and tugs it off - and we see that the pilot is Francesca. Sammy and Ranger come running in to the clearing to see what the noise is. ] Sammy: Francesca! Hi! How come you flied here 'stead of 'porting? Francesca: Fred, Milton, and Lucky weren't really sure about using the teleporter yet, so I offered to fly them. Of course we flew through a teleportal to get here, but they didn't need to know that. Ranger: So where are they? [Francesca walks over to the side door of the chipper and slides it open. Fred is sitting wide-eyed on the left-hand seat with all of his claws firmly embedded in the upholstery. Milton is similarly situated in the right-hand seat. All that be seen of Lucky is his solid black tail sticking out of the seat-back pocket on the pilot's seat.] Francesca: Come on, kitties, we're there. Climb out and enjoy the scenery. Then lets go find the elders and volunteer our services to transport anything they need transported. The Bamboo master sends 2 journeymen over. MS, we has much good bamboo high on that ridge (pointing to a ridge next to the falls) but it is slippery and sometimes we fall. From there, only a strong swimmer can get away from the waterfall. Can you help? |
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The Bamboo master sends 2 journeymen over.
MS, we has much good bamboo high on that ridge (pointing to a ridge next to the falls) but it is slippery and sometimes we fall. From there, only a strong swimmer can get away from the waterfall. Can you help? Absolutely! My caticopter and I are at your disposal. Shall I carry you 2 up, or do you wish to bring others as well? [The journeymen indicate that it will only be them for this trip. Francesca gets them seated comfortably and strapped in for safety, then starts the engines. From inside the cabin the engine just sounds like a larger cat purring. From outside it sounds like a handful of mountain lions purring. Francesca gently lifts off and ascends to the indicated ridge and sets down. She helps the journeymen unstrap, and she joins them harvesting bamboo. She seeks guidance from the journeymen, seeing that they are very particular as to which bamboo they are harvesting, and sensing that they are being careful to leave enough plants to allow the entire stand of bamboo to continue thriving. Since the helicopter is designed to carry heavy cargo, the journeymen are able to collect a very large stack of bamboo, including some really long, straight pieces. Francesca secures the harvest to the helicopter, being careful to secure them with sturdy straps and life rings. She again assists the journeymen to get strapped in safely, then pilots the caticopter back to the village. She calls one of the journeymen to the cockpit to show her where the bamboo is kept prior to working. She hovers over the indicated spot, and uses the cargo winch to carefully lower the bamboo harvest to the ground. When the workers see that they won't have to manually carry the hige stack of bamboo from the caticopter landing area by hand, they are delighted and quickly get the payload unstrapped. Upon receiving a signal from the ground, Francesca returns to the landing area and sets down.] |
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Francesca the Fierce wrote:
The Bamboo master sends 2 journeymen over. MS, we has much good bamboo high on that ridge (pointing to a ridge next to the falls) but it is slippery and sometimes we fall. From there, only a strong swimmer can get away from the waterfall. Can you help? Absolutely! My caticopter and I are at your disposal. Shall I carry you 2 up, or do you wish to bring others as well? [The journeymen indicate that it will only be them for this trip. Francesca gets them seated comfortably and strapped in for safety, then starts the engines. From inside the cabin the engine just sounds like a larger cat purring. From outside it sounds like a handful of mountain lions purring. Francesca gently lifts off and ascends to the indicated ridge and sets down. She helps the journeymen unstrap, and she joins them harvesting bamboo. She seeks guidance from the journeymen, seeing that they are very particular as to which bamboo they are harvesting, and sensing that they are being careful to leave enough plants to allow the entire stand of bamboo to continue thriving. Since the helicopter is designed to carry heavy cargo, the journeymen are able to collect a very large stack of bamboo, including some really long, straight pieces. Francesca secures the harvest to the helicopter, being careful to secure them with sturdy straps and life rings. She again assists the journeymen to get strapped in safely, then pilots the caticopter back to the village. She calls one of the journeymen to the cockpit to show her where the bamboo is kept prior to working. She hovers over the indicated spot, and uses the cargo winch to carefully lower the bamboo harvest to the ground. When the workers see that they won't have to manually carry the hige stack of bamboo from the caticopter landing area by hand, they are delighted and quickly get the payload unstrapped. Upon receiving a signal from the ground, Francesca returns to the landing area and sets down.] The Master Bamboo maker comes out and grins. He is delighted. He bows then invites Francesca and the pilot to the covered patio and asks one of the workers there if they could have some tea and a small snack. Nodding the young kittah sets water in the kettle and then snags an apprentice to get something he thinks they will find special. Grinning, the young apprentice runs off with a small knife to the bamboo shed there the newly cut wood is being set. He's a bit to short to reach what he needs but explains in ASL-C/D and they bring down several that have very tender new shoots still on the top. He snicks those off and goes back to the kitchen and peels them. Aranging them artfully in a square dish, he places small pickled fingerling fish about then adds a dipping bowl of sesame oil and another of soy sauce mixed with patis and minced red and green chilis. Finding the water ready, he brings out the square dish and the tea bowls then the water and a tea set of leaves then placed, he says: "I have hybiscus, black tea, mint tea, and orange peel. Please let me know what you would like. I am sorry, we are out of green tea, or rather, it is still drying and not good just yet for drinking". The Master nods, pleased and suggests to Francesca and the Pilot that some back tea at the bottom then to chose among the others. Another apprentice comes up with a tiny bowl of nip. 'Sorry senior apprentice, took me a little to find it" (she is on her second day on the job and doesn't know the storage room well yet). He smiles appreciation and adds it to the choices. They bow and leave to let the others enjoy their snack. |
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