"...I might have left it there when I couldn't get it myself," John admitted, taking a sip from his beer. "See, I was running this innocent little scam, just for a bit of fun, when I got this signal- It was like something was trying to contact me. I ran a quick scan for tech and it led me to a Cayvalgh Code Stone. That's like a translator," he explained to Jack's companions, his whole attitude changing as he seemed to become more open and friendly. Too focused on his story to be a real threat.
"Except, as Jack here already knows, it's not just any old translator. Anyone within 500 feet of it will suddenly find themselves fluent in over ten thousand languages. In the future they're completely common, fantastic at airports and hotels- but if you introduce something like that to Earth too soon..."
He trailed off and let out a sigh. "I couldn't tell you how it got there, and I couldn't retrieve it on my own. It's turned into a huge tourist attraction. I need someone to help me get it out of there, and set it up so it all looks like a hoax. ...Oh, and, uh, there's one tiny complication. ...Two, actually. The first is that I might have murdered three of the guards the first time I tried to get it, and am now a wanted man. And the second is- well, there are actually two stones. I just can't work out where the other is exactly. I've got a signal, but it leads nowhere."
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Date: 2009-09-10 01:53 am (UTC)"Except, as Jack here already knows, it's not just any old translator. Anyone within 500 feet of it will suddenly find themselves fluent in over ten thousand languages. In the future they're completely common, fantastic at airports and hotels- but if you introduce something like that to Earth too soon..."
He trailed off and let out a sigh. "I couldn't tell you how it got there, and I couldn't retrieve it on my own. It's turned into a huge tourist attraction. I need someone to help me get it out of there, and set it up so it all looks like a hoax. ...Oh, and, uh, there's one tiny complication. ...Two, actually. The first is that I might have murdered three of the guards the first time I tried to get it, and am now a wanted man. And the second is- well, there are actually two stones. I just can't work out where the other is exactly. I've got a signal, but it leads nowhere."