"You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in
sight, it's a wonder the whole field doesn't know we're here!"
Was something I felt compelled to mention to my soc mate DD as she aided me today on one of my "quests". To explain, a "quest" for me is where I set myself a random task and just do it. This can be anything at all really and given my relatively green status still on Calypso that covers most things.
Todays little task was to reach the so called "abandoned building" SE of Echidna which I had found on my previously mentioned dogeared old map. Along the way I have to admit I got pretty distracted by all the little mobs to be found near by and discovered, much to my amusement, that I can take down young exas and Diaks with just a 101 opala before they get anywhere near me. To be honest even some of the more mature ones don't stick around long if I start by hitting them at max range before deciding that theres an interesting blade of grass they suddenly feel compelled to investigate while I'm busy toasting their bums! (There's AI, it seems, and then there's MAAI
)
Having finally got to the place where x marked the spot I have to admit I found myself somewhat lost in a sea of Feffs and Berrys none of which looking anything like an abandoned building....
Anyhow... upon my revival (cough cough) I ran into DD who offereed to help me find it. We set off in our usual way only vaguely hampered my somewhat absent minded detour into a certain toxic zone...
Upon our eventual arrival, theres me "going SHHHHHHH don't let them know we're here" and DD shouting "WHAT??? BLAM BLAM BLAM - I DIDN'T CATCH THAT!?! BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!" You see she really DID have a VERY large gun today which she revealed in a somewhat Arnie esk, "OK lets blast our way through!" followed by a brief rummage in Hammer space to reveal something that was probably bigger than me!
Still, our success in finding our destined haven was no better for it but DD, never detered, carried on, our searching getting farther and farther away from the place the building should have been found. Eventually we found ourself back in pleasant lands again, the memory, of the ugly feffs left far behind. Here we discovered a pleasant gorge, cut in the cliffs and populated by a small selection of Fugas so decided to undertake a little, "yogic flying" in order to get a better view
For the most part, this was the end of our adventure but I was still purturbed by the fact that I was yet to find this elusive building. At this point I asked the friendly bunch on IRC and somone kindly pointed our a tourist guide which would give me the coordinates I needed.
You know what? 2 TP jumps later and a bit of friendly Feff persuasion and I can now confirm, without a shadow of a doubt, that the bloody building doesn't exist!
Huh! So much for Travel Guides.... Do Lonely Planet do a Calypso edition?