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After Chaos (Read 186725 times)
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Re: After Chaos
Reply #570 - Mar 28th, 2016, 2:45am
 
Technical Notes:
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When Hitler proposed for the "Volkswagen" or The People's Car, knowing that he was going to take Germany to war, he wanted the VW to be able to run almost any light fuel from gasoline to benzene to alcohol as as little to no modification to the engine as possible. Because of Fuel Viscosity issues, the problem lies with the carburator jets vaporizing the fuel. In changing the jets, one can run anything on the VW Engine. Bue as is, the VW Engine can burn 65 octane gasoline, which is a poor quality gasoline or a gasoline/alcohol mix, which is used heavily in Central and South America.
 
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Hitler proposed both the VW car and the VW Van for cargo and people transportation like buses and ambulances. Unfortunately the VW Bus did not come out until after WWII, not during WWII like the VW Beetle. But after the war, plans for it were found and it was found out tha the Bus and Beetle use the same chassis, suspension, engine and transmission. Only the outer shell was different between the two. The sell made the Bus longer and taller than the Bug, and the seating arrangements changed to take advantage of it. In the Bug the driver's seat is behind the front wheels, in the bus the driver's seat is above the front wheels. This extended the bus 4ft compared to bug though the wheelbase is the same between the two. This is true until 1968 when they redesigned the bus, though keeping much of the internal mechanisms the same as much as possible.
 
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But improvements to the bus engine and transmission made the bus more powerful though the same idea on being able to use various fuels still remained in the engine design. The campers in this RPG are circa 1973 and can burn gasoline and propane/butane from the camper stoves. With carb jet replacements, they can burn pure alcohol. As I remember, the gas camper has an extra fuel tank for double their range when needed. Actually it was two removeable/carryable 5 gallon tanks in case one has to walk if they run out of gasoline. it's an old design from the 60s by Ford, which was dangerous to use at the time, a rear end accident can set the tanks to explode. In the RPG it is safe to use. There is a cut-off valve by the steering wheel where Jeanette can switch tanks as needed. for simplicity, the valve is marked: Main Tank, Aux Tank 1, Aux Tank 2, Stove Gas. Though Fernando's camper is electric, he has two spare tanks which are full for Jeanette when she needs them. under optimal conditions using all tanks, the gas camper has a range of about 1100 miles; 300 for the main takes, 300 for the 2 aux tanks, 300 for the spare tanks in Fernando's camper and 200 miles on the gas stove tanks.
 
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"Dad..." Macey calls to Fernando.
 
"What is it, Macey?" Fernando replies.
 
"There is a lot I do not understand which I need you to explain. Like what is going on, who are you - really, and who are the others." Macey explains.
 
"All in due time, all your questions will be answered." Fernando replies.
 
"When?" Macey asks.
 
"All in due time." Fernando repeats himself, throwing in, "Before you get to Texas."
 
"OK... I think." Macey says to herself.
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Reply #571 - Mar 28th, 2016, 11:35am
 
Note: This is written in collaboration with Arik.
 
"That's encouraging." Jeanette says as Fernando drives off. "Fernando will only kill the suspect if she escapes. See us in the next town? That's encouraging." This time Jeanette does not sound all that encouraged. "We had to leave two towns for our safety. That makes us oh for two. The sheriff said the next town is more mutant friendly."
 
"In this area the people who are friendly to mutants are either Native American or mutants themselves." Hikaru does not want to rush to make a blanket statement. "The sheriff lives in the area so he will know things I don't."
 
"I have a question for the sheriff or one of his deputies." Jeanette goes to find someone to talk to. "Sheriff, I have a question. Why are hands and face checked when entering into a fort or settlement?"
 
"We don't want mutants coming in our fort to eat us."
 
"Fortunately we haven't run into any cannibalistic mutants." Jeanette returns to the hotel to turn in the keys and pick up their sheets and towels which are now folded.
 
Jeanette returns to the Camper with the sheets and towels and puts them in a cabinet. "Danielle, as the only one with a fire arm, I need you to ride shotgun." Jeanette hands the map to Hikaru. "Until we catch up with Fernando, I need for you to make sure we stay on the right road."
 
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Reply #572 - Mar 28th, 2016, 2:22pm
 
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http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/propane-car-conversion-zmaz7 2mjztak.aspx
 
Proof of a dual fuel system the Gas Camper has working in real life. The only issue is that the set up in the website has the propane tank externally on the roof; in the camper the propane tank is in a chamber cut out of the floor under the stove. The refill nozzle and tank are external and under to the bus but hoses go inside and the tank is removable to make refilling at a propane station easy. At RV centers, one can connect the hose the camper and refill it that way too. In current time, many places like Home Depot refills propane tanks.
 
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"Dad..." Macey calls to Fernando again, "Why we left others behind?"
 
Checking his mirrors to make sure they were not being followed by biker gangs or other riff raff, Fernando slows down the electric camper to about half the speed.
 
"Why?" He begins to say.
 
"Yes." Macey interrupts him.
 
"Because I do not want to hear their misguided lips flapping words they do not understand though they think they know it all." He tells her.
 
"Then, why were you going to kill that wolf lady?" Macey asks.
 
"She over extended her authority and took a child without permission. That taking of a child is called kidnapping, and somebody, anybody who has the power and authority to stop it can do so by any means necessary including killing them. You can only do that for the crimes of murder, arson, rape and kidnapping. You can not do that if they stole a loaf of bread. Moro left me no option but to use such force to stop her when I found out by her words and actions that she had no intension of returning Elsa back to her home. That is kidnapping." Fernando explains.
 
"But, children are kidnapped and sold everywhere all the time. I was almost kidnapped to be sold not too long ago but mom's friends got me back." Macey says.
 
"Just because it is done everywhere and everyone accepts it does not make it right." Fernando tells her, adding, "What if you were sold, what would you be doing now? Having sex with who ever bought you? Being a slave to someone else's wishes and desires? Being beaten with a belt or whip for not doing what they tell you to do? Would you do that for your 'owner?'"
 
Macey takes her time to think before coming up with, "Did mom sold me to you?"
 
"No. She signed parental rights over to me to care for you to give those things she could not give you." Fernando begins, "Let be honest here, if you stayed, would you want to be turning tricks or having sex with a dog so you can have a place to sleep and food to eat? From what she told me, that is all 'mom' has to offer you. I'm sending you to school so you can learn and get an education to become somebody of power and ability; not somebody who has to pull down her panties, bend over to let a dog mount her from behind and pound her most intimate of places with his sex organ so she can have a place to sleep. With me, you will get what you need, and those things you want, you need to earn. With me I'll give you food, clothing, and all those things a girl needs for free and without asking. If you want something more like a fancy dress, you need to show me that you are an excellent student, have good grades, and respect everyone around you at school and then I will give you that fancy dress and some fancy shoes to go with it. So, where do you want to be - with me to go to a school and earn those things a girl would want or back with your mother so you can bend over for a dog can pound your ass and pussy?"
 
"Do I have to turn tricks for you?" Macey asks.
 
"No, unless you want too." He tells her, throwing in, "And don't get that wrong. I know a girl has needs, wants and desires, and she will do what she can to fulfill them. I'm saying, don't sell yourself for that. A person's body is a thing of wonder and beauty, it should not be abused or tormented for a cheap thrill. And it should never be sold like one does a bottle of soda. Now I know in your head you want me to lay you down and take your cherry, but that may never happen. You for all intents and purposes are my daughter, and though a father is to love his daughter as far as that relationship can go and is allowed to go as far as the two of them allow, he should never have to use his girl as a sex toy because she is not a sex toy and she should never treat her father like a sex toy either. A daughter is a person with thoughts and feelings. I as your father will only give you happy thoughts and good feelings along with a lot of trust and respect as you will of me. We can have our time of private love and intimacy to express our love for each other but there are certain lines that we will never cross. You understand what I am telling you?"
 
"I think so." Macey answers.
 
"Good." Fernando answers.
 
"But, can I ask a question?" Macey asks.
 
"What is it?" He replies a bit annoyed.
 
"If you won't take my cherry, then who will?" Macey asks.
 
"Can I ask why is that so important to you?" He asks.
 
"Back home, most girls have their daddies take their cherries. If they do not have a dad, then it somebody else, like an older brother or cousin or uncle or mother's boyfriend. I did not have any of those except for mom's boyfriends and many of them are scarey and ugly and I would not want them to take my cherry. But now I have you as a daddy, and you are nice and good looking and..." Macey explains.
 
"You willing to lay down for me and let me have sex with you?" He asks interrupting her.
 
"Yes." She answers.
 
"Macey, do you know what Love is?" He asks.
 
"Yeah." she answers.
 
"Then what is it?" He throws at her.
 
"Well, it is you liking somebody a lot, so much that you would lay down and have sex with them." She answers.
 
"Would you have sex with your mom?" He asks.
 
"Uhm..." Macey's train of thought derails.
 
"Don't you love your mom?" He asks.
 
"Yeah, but that is different. She is my mom." She answers.
 
"What's the difference?" He asks.
 
"I don't know." She finally answers.
 
"Let me put it to you this way. What we are going through, from now to until you are grown up, you will learn what Love is. And until then you will ask me if you still want me to take your cherry. And what happens there, will depend on what you will allow." He tells her.
 
"All this is getting confusing." Macey lets out.
 
"Welcome to the real world, girl. Welcome to the real world." He tells her.
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Reply #573 - Mar 28th, 2016, 4:21pm
 
Jeanette is driving the gas Camper to the next town. She doesn't see the electric Camper yet. "Moro, in the hotel lobby you said, for Elsa, the Texas Spirits always had a cloaked ship defend Arendelle. Hikaru, the only person in this party I trust, said the History Chanel had programs about the mysteriously failed attacks against Arendelle. Hikaru's statement seems to verify that a cloaked ship did defend Arendelle. If you did adopt Elsa, Texas is now her home. As a Texas Spirit, Texas is your home and the home of anyone you adopt. If Texas is indeed Elsa's new home, how can the Texas Spirits defend Arendelle for Elsa if Elsa no longer has legal connections to Arendelle? I don't mean to put you on trail right now; I tend to pay attention to discrepancies I find."
 
"In 1803 the king of Arendelle forged an alliance with the Texas Spirits."
 
"Moro," Jeanette continues, "that doesn't answer my question."
 
"Jeanette, we can discuss this later."
 
Jeanette drives the Camper in silence as she tries to understand what Moro said. "Holy Political Pawns, Batman! Why?"
 
"We can discuss this later, Jeanette."
 
"Why didn't you say anything?"
 
Moro is firm with Jeanette. "We will discuss this later."
 
"Spirit," Elsa asks, "what's a Batman?"
 
"Batman is a character in American literature." Moro answers.
 
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Reply #574 - Mar 28th, 2016, 9:53pm
 
Jeanette pulls the Camper over and turns off the engine. She gets out of the drivers' side, closes the door walks around and opens the side door. "Later happens to be now."
 
"Jeanette, we don't have time for this."
 
"Then I suggest you start talking fast."
 
Still in cuffs, Moro steps out and closes the door. "In Elsa's time princesses were political pawns, married off to forge alliances with other kingdoms."
 
"I already know that. Let me guess, instead of being married off Elsa was adopted out to forge an alliance with the Texas Spirits. That alliance certainly paid off well for Arendelle. There's one little flaw in that. How many of you are there, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, a few million? This nation of yours, for a lack of a better term, forges an alliance with Arendelle so that one of its citizens can adopt a child. Do you see a problem?"
 
"The Texas Spirits are interested in Elsa."
 
"It takes a village of Spirits to raise a child. Why are the Texas Spirits interested in Elsa?"
 
"How is that surprising? The Texas Spirits are also interested Gabrielle."
 
"Why not tell Fernando what you're telling me? We could have avoided this mess."
 
"If Fernando does not believe documents signed by the king, he's certainly not going to believe a word I say."
 
"Are there more than just documents to verify what you're saying?"
 
"Yes; if we go to the king he will think the nation he made an alliance with is incompetent."
 
"I meant besides going to the king. If Fernando brings your dead body to Elsa's father, you will really look incompetent. Speaking of which, you have cloaked space ships defending Arendelle for hundreds of years, you're capable of teleporting and time travel, you're helping to rebuild Texas and yet you need Fernando and me to bring Gabrielle to an orphanage and you need Chihiro to find Baroness Louise."
 
"I will answer all of your questions about Gabrielle and Baroness Louise in the Camper."
 
Jeanette opens the door for Moro, Moro steps in and Jeanette closes the door. Jeanette walks around the Camper, gets in and gets back on the road.
 
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Reply #575 - Mar 28th, 2016, 11:38pm
 
Not that he cared, Fernando continues to slower as before in thinking. But rolling abut at 20mph, he can see the strange sites of burned out farm houses and barns, rusted old equipment, wrecked vehicles along the road, and the occasional human scurrying about the wreckage and buildings like some feral animal in little more than just rags looking for food.. The strangest was the well dressed man walking a rooster as big as he is. The feral humans do not bother him so he must be armed, or known to be armed.
 

 
"What the...?" Fernando says to himself.
 
Macey looks about and sees the man with the rooster, "Oh, Mutant Chicken..."
 
"Interesting, they want to kill mutant humans but keep mutant livestock." He says to himself.
 
"One Mutant Chicken egg can feed 10 people, and that same Mutant Chicken can feed a town if you cook it right." Macey says.
 
"You know how to cook?" Fernando asks.
 
"No... Girls who turn tricks never get a chance to learn those things." Macey answers.
 
"Be honest with me, you ever turned tricks?" Fernando almost demands.
 
"Uhm... no." Macey hesitated.
 
"Had to think about it?" He asks.
 
Macey looks down at her lap, thinking, "I never turned tricks, yet. I was told to watch the other girls to be taught how to do those things I had to do and enjoy it."  
 
"What about with dogs?" Fernando asks.
 
Macey does not answer.
 
"Macey... what about with dogs?" He asks.
 
Macey does not answer.
 
"I would not get angry with you if you tell me the truth. But I would get angry if you lied to me." He tells her.
 
"No I haven't, not with dogs. But I wanted too." She finally lets out.
 
"Why would you want too with a dog?" He asks.
 
"Because, I did not want any of mom's friends to take my cherry. They're mean, ugly, stink, ugh... I feel sick thinking about doing it with any of mom's friends." She lets out.
 
"But a dog..." He begins to answer for her.
 
"A dog is loyal, and are not demanding or mean and they do not smell like mom's friends do." Macey explains.
 
"I think your friend Lisa would say the same thing." He says.
 
"Lisa was going to set me up with her dog tonight if I didn't leave with you." She answers.
 
"Is it something you wanted to do?" He asks.
 
"Yes. Either a dog or mom's friends, so I chose the dog." She answers.
 
"As long as you are with me, you are never to make a decision like that ever again. And as for you wanting to give me your cherry, only after you learn what True Love is and even then it may never happen. Like I said, you are now my daughter, and if I can help it, there is nothing out there that is going to hurt you ever again. Now is the time for you to learn what being a girl is about, and have fun being a girl so one day you can grow up into the woman you will one day be. My other daughters, your sisters, will be there to help you along that path - they are all grown up now but things can be arranged. All I ask is that you are to be the best daughter you can be to me. And in that, never lie to me. Because I will find out about you lying if you do, and then I'll get angry. My girls will explain it to you one day." He explains to her.
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Reply #576 - Mar 28th, 2016, 11:56pm
 
Macey sighs for the moment, thinking that the worse of it is over. But it is not.
 
"What about the boys on the street." Fernando asks.
 
"I could not do that." Macey answers.
 
"Why not?" He asks.
 
"I have to be able to fight the girls to get a good boyfriend, if not they will stick me with who ever they got. And if I lose I might get stabbed or worse." She answers.
 
"I see." He says.
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Reply #577 - Mar 29th, 2016, 12:18pm
 
Jeanette is back on the road. She takes the Camper past 40 to catch up with Fernando. "Moro, why do you need us to deliver Gabrielle to the orphanage? Does she need to be rescued first?"
 
"You will find Gabrielle on the streets. She needs to be fed, cleaned up and dressed. As for medical care, all she needs is what Hikaru or Chihiro knows to do with what's available in this world."
 
"All she needs is to be fed, clothed and for someone to take care of a few cuts? You don't need us for that."
 
"Gabrielle will be kicked out of her home because of her black wings. Imagine what that does to a child."
 
"There has to be someone in Texas who can help her with her self esteem issues."
 
"We have been observing Fernando since the two of you met online. We know what he's capable of. Others like Mrs. Brown who sewed her dresses, Dr. Brown who made her shoes, the man who will trim Gabrielle's hair and members of this party can all help in their respective ways."
 
"Sounds like a long process."
 
"She will need the right people. Nevertheless, you're right. She will continue to need help even after she reaches her new home."
 
Jeanette wonders what question to ask about Baroness Louise she hasn't asked already. "Chihiro, I hear you are quite the hacker."
 
Chihiro looks up from her laptop. "I don't know a thing about hacking."
 
"You must have some unique computer skills."
 
"Everything I know I learned at school. I spend most of my time with books."
 
There goes Fernando's theory. How then is Chihiro to find Baroness Louise with a laptop?
 
"Moro, did Shizuku Tsukishima disappear because of Spirit involvement?"
 
"Yes. She's alive and doing well."
 
"Oh, so you are monitoring her."
 
"Yes. She's living in Texas where she feels the most comfortable."
 
"If you know where Shizuku Tsukishima is then she and Baroness Louise can't be one in the same person."
 
"That's correct."
 
Jeanette has a question she believes Fernando can answer. From her point of view, Fernando attempted to murder a suspect. She knows that he believes that she is the one who is in the wrong. She decides against it but concedes that it does not hurt to ask. She picks up the radio and presses the button. "Fernando, is there a way to verify that in 1803 the king of Arendelle forged an alliance with the Texas Spirits? All I have are facts that can be used to support the claim that cloaked ships were used to defend Arendelle. An alliance does explain why the Texas Spirits would defend Arendelle." Jeanette releases the button.
 
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Reply #578 - Mar 29th, 2016, 3:08pm
 
Fernando hears the Yeasu radio being turned on and Jeanette's voice coming out of the speaker.
 
Quote from Jeanette on Mar 29th, 2016, 12:18pm:
Fernando, is there a way to verify that in 1803 the king of Arendelle forged an alliance with the Texas Spirits? All I have are facts that can be used to support the claim that cloaked ships were used to defend Arendelle. An alliance does explain why the Texas Spirits would defend Arendelle."

 
Fernando thinks for a moment, "What are you getting at? Such an alliance would be one-sided for Texas' benefit. And it would leave a lot of questions open and unanswered - like, it being in 1803, why did Texas not become and remained it's own republic back then? If the Spirits were helping then, the Alamo would never had happened, and the US-Mexican war would never had happened. And how does a girl from then ends up to being Queen now? And Arendelle defended itself against Napoleon's army because they could not handle the cold that some little girl who becomes queen created. Unless they are trying to manipulate and undermine Earth's history, none of it makes sense. And the biggest question of them all is, to paraphrase Kirk stated in Star Trek 6, what do Spirits need with Cloaked Spaceships?"
 
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Reply #579 - Mar 29th, 2016, 5:17pm
 
Jeanette attempts to answer the questions in the order in which Fernando asked them. "As for what I'm getting at, it may be best to pull over and get out of the Camper before I answer. To the best of my knowledge, you and I share the same point of view in all aspects related to history. In that point of view something happens in Arendelle that does not happen in Hikaru's point of view. If Texas remained a republic all this time, history would have been altered in ways I can't imagine. I don't believe Texas remained a republic. If it did, Texas would not need rebuilding. Therefore, I don't see how such an alliance would be one-sided in Texas' favor. Do you remember the conversation in the hotel lobby? Elsa does not become queen. Arendelle did defend its self against Napoleon in my point of view as well. Remember what happened after that? It does make sense to a point. I pulled over because Moro did not want to answer questions inside the Camper. When I asked why are the Texas Spirits interested in Elsa, Moro said, 'How is that surprising? The Texas Spirits are also interested in Gabrielle.' As for the space ships, I asked myself a similar question. What kind and how many weapons do these tree huggers have? As for why they need space ships, if you think about it the answer is obvious. This group is not originally from Earth, they have time travel and transporter technology and they have the means to monitor activity though, for some reason, they can't find Baroness Louise."
 
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