Author Topic: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure  (Read 220735 times)

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #870 on: February 06, 2018, 10:26:25 PM »
> Pull in and tell Archer she can relax for a bit.
> Do some google-fu on our phone and see if we can find the current residences of Buzz Aldrin or Michael Collins. Try to look them up in their respective local phone listings.

>Archer nods, and leaves the car to stretch her legs. She seems to be doing better already.
>Looking around online, you quickly realize that in a world full of paparazzi, star-obsessed maniacs, and flat earthers, they are not just going to leave this information for just anyone to find easily.

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #871 on: February 06, 2018, 11:04:51 PM »
> Groan. Of course it wouldn't be that easy.
> See if we can find any organizations (preferably smaller, more local ones) they're involved with.

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« Reply #872 on: February 07, 2018, 12:19:02 AM »
> Groan. Of course it wouldn't be that easy.
> See if we can find any organizations (preferably smaller, more local ones) they're involved with.

>You set to looking for organizations they're involved with, and quickly find there's no easy, handy lists of this sort of thing. At least not at a quick brush. You'll have to devote some time to this.

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« Reply #873 on: February 07, 2018, 12:34:21 AM »
> We'll save that for tonight, then.
> Move around and stretch our legs. How are we feeling?

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #874 on: February 07, 2018, 12:52:08 AM »
> We'll save that for tonight, then.
> Move around and stretch our legs. How are we feeling?

>You set it aside and take time to stretch your legs. You're still sore, but it's an old, fading kind of soreness now. You think you're going have a bruise on your face, though.

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #875 on: February 07, 2018, 02:04:46 AM »
> Take the opportunity to wash up a bit, then go get Archer.
> "Those astronauts aren't as easy to track down as I was hoping. Ready to go?"

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #876 on: February 07, 2018, 02:24:07 AM »
> Take the opportunity to wash up a bit, then go get Archer.
> "Those astronauts aren't as easy to track down as I was hoping. Ready to go?"

>You get cleaned up, and feel a little better for it. An ibuprofen salvaged from Eileen's gear helps with that, too.
>You find Archer lingering near the car. She nods. "Yeah. And I guess I'm not surprised by that."

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #877 on: February 07, 2018, 02:41:51 AM »
> "I'll do some more digging tonight."
> Hop in and hit the road.

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #878 on: February 07, 2018, 03:37:05 AM »
> "I'll do some more digging tonight."
> Hop in and hit the road.

>Archer nods.
>You head back onto the highway. Time passes, and the battle you experiences slips away into memory. Some parts of it, you're certain, are going to haunt your nightmares, but you manage to dial your nerves back as you add in more distance from the battlefield. Archer is fairly quiet now, partially because she is more accustomed to the era now. Still, you think she's probably still irate about the previous conversation. Still, the day proceeds on more or less peacefully, save for a few people who don't use their turn signals here and there. The mountains flatten out, the trees thin out, and eventually you leave the Appalachians behind entirely. From here on, it feels almost like you're going downhill the entire way, even with the highway is perfectly flat. The buildings start taking on an older, more english kind of profile. The roads get a little more spaghetti-like and progress slows as they become more and more crowded. But still, as the sun sinks to the west, you see a sign along the highway welcoming you to Delaware, and other directing you toward Newark.

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #879 on: February 07, 2018, 04:03:32 AM »
> What's our general sense of direction towards the Grail telling us?

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« Reply #880 on: February 07, 2018, 05:15:42 AM »
> What's our general sense of direction towards the Grail telling us?

>Southeast, you think.

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« Reply #881 on: February 07, 2018, 03:07:56 PM »
> "Hmm."
> Pull over and get out the map.
> "We need to go southeast from here, but going the wrong direction will put us on the wrong side of the Delaware Bay."

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« Reply #882 on: February 07, 2018, 06:09:30 PM »
> "Hmm."
> Pull over and get out the map.
> "We need to go southeast from here, but going the wrong direction will put us on the wrong side of the Delaware Bay."

>You find a nice bit or roadside to pull over onto.
>"Well, it can't be that hard to fix," says Archer, "Compared to how long it took us to actually get here."
>Glancing over a map, you were correct to stop and have a look. This place is a tangle of highways and interstates, and a lot of them aim toward New Jersey. It doesn't help there's Newark in both states, either... You spend a couple minutes zooming in and out, trying to get routes and interstates to take and avoid properly memorized. But in the end, you think you have it.

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« Reply #883 on: February 07, 2018, 06:31:40 PM »
> Off we go!
> "Well, it hasn't been a luxurious trip, sure..."
> "Did you ever get a chance to travel back then?"

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« Reply #884 on: February 07, 2018, 06:39:23 PM »
> Off we go!
> "Well, it hasn't been a luxurious trip, sure..."
> "Did you ever get a chance to travel back then?"

>"You mean like roam all over the country?" says Archer. "Not really. No one did. But we were definitely roaming all over Nottingham."

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« Reply #885 on: February 07, 2018, 07:58:44 PM »
> "Oh. In that case, I regret not being able to bring you anywhere impressive. This part of the country is notoriously dull."

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« Reply #886 on: February 07, 2018, 08:22:36 PM »
> "Oh. In that case, I regret not being able to bring you anywhere impressive. This part of the country is notoriously dull."

>"From what I could look up, it's where all the architecture and history are," says Archer.

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« Reply #887 on: February 07, 2018, 08:49:15 PM »
> "Well, by 'architecture' they just mean anything that's been around longer than a hundred years, and our history is a little more glorified than it deserves."
> "It'd be nice to visit somewhere more fun, or at least a really big city like New York."

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« Reply #888 on: February 07, 2018, 10:48:16 PM »
> "Well, by 'architecture' they just mean anything that's been around longer than a hundred years, and our history is a little more glorified than it deserves."
> "It'd be nice to visit somewhere more fun, or at least a really big city like New York."

>"I guess that wouldn't be so bad, either," she says. "But, what's the plan for tonight?"

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« Reply #889 on: February 07, 2018, 11:00:45 PM »
> "Miss Yggdmillenia happened to be carrying just enough cash for a nice hotel room and a decent dinner. I'm taking that as a sign."
> Drive for another half hour or so, then look for one of those highway offramp hotel/chain restaurant clusters. Pick out a Best Western (or something comparable) to pull into.

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« Reply #890 on: February 07, 2018, 11:44:32 PM »
> "Miss Yggdmillenia happened to be carrying just enough cash for a nice hotel room and a decent dinner. I'm taking that as a sign."
> Drive for another half hour or so, then look for one of those highway offramp hotel/chain restaurant clusters. Pick out a Best Western (or something comparable) to pull into.

>You follow the highway, cutting through seemingly endless indistinguishable city sprawl. It feels almost like home, extend the buildings look a bit different. Eventually you find some hotel that appears to be a subsidiary of Best Western. You imagine you can at least get a room for under a hundred dollars, at least. While it's not exactly a hotel/restaurant cluster, there's places you notice nearby that work well enough for food. Better than yesterday, at least.

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« Reply #891 on: February 08, 2018, 12:03:42 AM »
> "Alright Archer, what are you in the mood for?"

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« Reply #892 on: February 08, 2018, 01:43:53 AM »
> "Alright Archer, what are you in the mood for?"

>"Frankly, I'm just following you along," she says. "I barely understand what you all eat."

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« Reply #893 on: February 08, 2018, 01:51:02 AM »
> "Right..."
> Take Archer to Hooters What's our selection?

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« Reply #894 on: February 08, 2018, 03:33:18 AM »
> "Right..."
> Take Archer to Hooters What's our selection?

>You saw an IHOP down the road, a five guys a couple blocks past that. There's a Wawa to the east.

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #895 on: February 08, 2018, 03:35:38 AM »
> U-TURN
> FIVE GUYS

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« Reply #896 on: February 08, 2018, 04:05:01 AM »
> U-TURN
> FIVE GUYS

>You make a turn toward burgers.
>"So, now that we're here," says Archer, "What's our next step?"

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« Reply #897 on: February 08, 2018, 04:29:05 AM »
> "Five Guys, Archer."
> "Five Guys Burgers and Fries."

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« Reply #898 on: February 08, 2018, 04:55:03 AM »
> "Five Guys, Archer."
> "Five Guys Burgers and Fries."

>"...Is that a plan for winning the Grail War?" says Archer. "Because that's what I meant. If it is, none of that meant a thing to me. And if it isn't, none of it meant a thing to me."

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Re: JoJo's Bizarre Grail War Part 2 - A Fate/Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #899 on: February 08, 2018, 05:14:22 AM »
> "FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES, it's a restaurant, we're gonna have our victory dinner there! I've been waiting for you to try a burger 'cause it's kind of the specialty food of this country, but they can be pretty different depending on where you get them, so I wanted to pick a high end burger joint, and Five Guys is one of the best, I mean, that's why I skipped the Burger King earlier, I mean Burger King's okay, it's got kind of a unique flame-cooked taste, but Five Guys blows it away, but I was wondering if we were gonna be lucky enough to run into one because I'd settle for a Checker's otherwise, or a Rally's - they're the same thing they just have different names for some reason - but right out of the blue, we pull off the highway and there it is!, Five Guys Burgers and Fries!!"