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"Judging by my map" Taint said, "this was probably the absolute coolest place to crash."

"How do you figure?" Myen asked, packing loose dynamite back into their crates.

"If you take a look to our starboard side, you'll find one of my dad's old planes." Taint said, pointing out the window to the left. "Thats starboard isn't it? Hold on." he shuffled the map sideways, thought for a minute, and spoke up again. "Oh."

"What?" Myen asked again, who began sweeping some of the sand outside the door.

"Port. I meant port."

"Are you sure?"

"What? No. Damnit. VALK!"

Valk stuck his head through the plane's door. "Uh, yeah?" he asked, still shaken from the crash.

"Did you see any other wreckage out there? Specifically, a wreck named 'Eagle Humper'". Taint smirked. "Heh, Eagle Humper".

"No, but i did notice some knocked over trees heading east down a hill."

"FUCK YES!" Taint yelled as he stood straight up. "We'll go down there, tear some shit off my dad's old plane, slap it on this rig and we'll be swingin' breezy!"

"What? How are we supposed to take off!? We're in the middle of a forest!" Topaz yelled, coming back out of the sleeping quarters for the first time since she was sandblasted.

"Easy! Myen, I believe you can shut her up with something you had just packed into a crate." Taint said, pointing towards one of the three dynamite crates.

Myen opened it and dug around, before pulling out a white stick marked GRAVITY. Taint pulled a small handbook from the pocket inside his jacket and tossed it to Topaz. "Gavier Bros Dynamite Guide, latest edition. I snagged that and a few sticks of the shit he's holding there the other night after I got Charlie Gavier drunk."

"You know the Gavier Brothers?" Topaz asked, flipping through the book.

"Do I know the g-YES damnit, I drink with them don't I?" Taint yelled before sitting back in the pilots seat. "Damn."

Gravity Dynamite

Manufactured from spherical stone with black diamond in center

White wrapper, marked "GRAVITY". One grade.

Detonation has two effects, gravitational pull increasing towards point of detonation, or reduction of gravity in area of 20 feet.

Research on this type is incomplete.

First Detonation: David Gavier.

Gavier Bros Dynamite Co. will offer exchange for clear spherical gemstones with black diamond in center.

Detonation is not recommended.

"And your plan is to set a stick of this off after we get the plane running." Topaz said as she tossed the book back to Taint. She didn't wait for his reply before going back into the sleeping quarters.

"Don't get too comfortable in there, you're helping clean the engines out while Myen and I check out whats left of my family history." Taint half-yelled towards the back of the plane. He turned to Myen. "Get my pickaxes and all of our jerky. I gotta go take a shit". Taint stood up and jumped out the door.

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- Dudley <- 11:22:46 am, monday, october 16th, 2006 pdt