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[youngestone]

[Today's video is coming to you live from inside Erebor! Killian is looking pretty dusty, and behind him you can see a sort of blockade. Beyond the blockade looks dark and dangerous, but where Killian is there's a lot of space, it's clean, and there's some lights set up]

So! We can't get in the front door of the mountain just yet, we'd need way too much machinery to break through that mess. But we did find another way in [read: they made their own damn side door] and it's pretty secure in here. If anyone needs a safe place for a while, just let one of us know and we can get you in here. Still trying to figure out how to get wifi and cell service in a mountain, but hey, it's safe here. I'm pretty not even a giant crab could get in here.

[Just saying. Also his cat starts climbing on his shoulders as he speaks. Killian just ignores her]

There's only a few rooms that are safe for people to stay in right now, but we're trying to get more before we head back to Locke for a while. [To himself as he goes to kill the feed:] Hopefully we'll find a kitchen soon, too.

Comments

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[espigeonage]

Is it big enough for me to get in, or is it like an actual air vent?

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[youngestone]

Big enough for you to get in. We had to widen it so we could get in.

[espigeonage]

Without crawling? I want to see. How big is all that? Is the whole mountain hollow?

[youngestone]

It's big enough for the average person to walk more or less upright. If you're taller than five-ten, you might have some issues. And yeah, it's pretty hollow in here.

[espigeonage]

You know I'm like a foot taller than that now. More. I can crouch, though.

How did it not collapse when the mountain was heaving up - I know, I know, the answer is pulses don't make sense. It better not collapse.

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[moreweaponsthanyou]

I can't believe you guy went ahead and used dynamite to widen the vents.

I can see my future Masters and PHD going up in flames with every blast!

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[youngestone]

It was a vent, bro. A vent. There wasn't even anything on the other side of it! Just open space! There is plenty of stuff for you to nerd out over further in.

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[moreweaponsthanyou]

You never know if the shockwaves from the blast aggravated any hidden cracks elsewhere!

This is my academic future we are talking about here!

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[youngestone]

Dude, if a dragon didn't fuck this place up I doubt a few sticks of dynamite is gonna do it.

[ruleorserve]

Both wifi and cell signals should be doable. It would take a certain amount of work, and getting in at last some sort of tower, for the phones. But it's certainly not impossible.

[youngestone]

Yeah, I'm thinking we can probably jury-rig something up for at least the wifi. There's Skype for phone calls if we need it.

[ruleorserve]

The inside of a mountain might prove different than the inside of a house. But depending on where it was set up, it might still work.

[youngestone]

If all else fails, we can run wires and routers down, yeah?

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[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

Do I need to bring you more booze?

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[youngestone]

Won't say no to some food either!

[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

What are you boys in the mood for?

[youngestone]

Anything you can get a lot of that tastes good? We're pretty hungry.

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[arrowpoint]

[Technically the video is on. However, it's pitch black. Liam sounds a touch nervous.]

Um... my flashlight ran out of juice what do I do?

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[youngestone]

[Lineface]

Use your phone's flashlight app?

[arrowpoint]

Oh. Good plan.

[Liam fiddles with some settings, and now you can at least see his face. He squints at the light, then turns the phone to try and see around him. The light doesn't go very far, but far enough to see that Liam is pretty much standing on a bridge with no railing. So much for exploring places he wasn't supposed to yet.]

...Oh shit.

[youngestone]

...Liam. Did you by any chance ignore the do not cross barricade?

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[knights_king]

[It's Kilian! Arthur was smiling, chewing on a hostess cupcake as he typed his number into his disposable cell.]

You guys're working out at that mountain? Is it stable?

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[youngestone]

--hey, you're back!

[He grins]

Yeah. It came from our home, so we kinda feel responsible for it, y'know? The place is stable, but there's a lot of dust and dangerous areas inside right now. We're trying to clean it up.

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[knights_king]

You got a whole mountain from your home? [He didn't know individual echoes could be that big. He thought maybe it was just something someone did to mess with the planet or something. He had Excalibur, so Arthur didn't imagine much was all that impossible, anymore.]

How many people're workin' on it?

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[youngestone]

I didn't, I think the whole family did. There's four of us Dwarves, two Elves, whatever Julien is, and Isabela right now.