Once More (Unto the Breach) [FINAL RESULTS]

Team Rockport

Leo: Sniff Sniff You smell that, man?
Zack: Smell? All I wanna do is watch the road and listen to gearbox whine. You want to add smelling to my list of concerns too?
Leo: Okay fine it’s my job to look at things you might miss and I did, you fuck! Slow the car down and focus, you might notice a sharp sweet smell.
Zack: Huh? Lifts foot off the accelerator and takes a good few sniffs Okay you’re right.
Leo: Ethylene leaking? I mean the center console suggests that the engine heat has gone up by two degrees within the last few hours…
Zack: Possibly… Let me check… Well shit the average engine temp has gone quite up… I think we should…

CB Radio Crackles Up

Fuzz: “Hey guys, looks like the guys in the VHI semi are down. Anyone know what happened?”

Leo: Woah what the hell?
Zack: I think we are well ahead of them, no chance of knowing for us. But I’m gonna assume you were right, the front axle collapsed and who knows how the passengers are now…
Leo: Yeah, I hope they’re fine…

Couple seconds of silence

Zack: Aight anyway, we should make a stop soon. Where’s the closest we can stop to have a look at what’s wrong and… well maybe look at some scenery too?
Leo: What… You wanna look at the view? You have feelings?
Zack: Rolls eyes That’s it! you’re driving after our short break.
Leo: But hesitates Okay fair enough, You’ve driven 200+ miles. Fine! I’ll plan our next stop

Stopping point update: Once More (Unto the Breach) [FINAL RESULTS] - #157 by GetWrekt01

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TEAM COYOTE JIM


Somewhere at the highway

Coyote Jim and Clutch Kick have switched places for the first time, with Jim now behind the wheel. A slight feeling of unease had settled inside the Radster, for a reason neither could quite pinpoint.

Coyote Jim: we did bring supplies…

Clutch Kick: yeah.

Coyote: and spares of all kinds…

CK: uh-huh. Pumps, battery knowing the electric system is a bit sketchy, and other stuff…why?

Coyote: I have a feeling we’ve forgot about something. Not quite sure what.

A few moments of uncomfortable silence.

CK: we just commited a war crime.

Coyote: what do you mean?

CK: what food crosses over cultural barriers, can be tailored to everyone’s taste and could bring peace to a war torn world?

Coyote: pizz- OH FUCK OFF.

Clutch Kick grabbed the radio once again, and tuned in.

CK: hey, teams…Team Coyote Jim here. We forgot about the pizza meeting. Please forgive our war crime. Sigh

Still over the radio, but to Coyote Jim: now I crave some pizza.

Soon after, the news about the semi being out of the race came in.

Clutch Kick quickly grabbed the radio again.

Clutch Kick: Are they okay? What do we know happened?

To be continued.


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Team “Buy Skyrim”

Vincent is watching his phone on the trip. Just as he is browsing Twitter suddenly he saw this tweet.

VINCENT: Hey, Naomi, look at this, I think it’s one of the persons involved on the journey, is it?

Naomi then told Vincent what happened. Immediately, Vincent show her that news tweet on Twitter.

NAOMI: Oh please, don’t try to joke with me…

NEWS: Reports confirmed that a VHI semi is involved in the crash…

NAOMI: Oh no, Looks like Team Stokes is down. I think we would inform anybody about the crash then, shall we?

NAOMI: It’s Naomi from Team “Buy Skyrim” here. I think one of the racers have involved in a car crash. Anybody respond?

NAOMI: What should we do now?

Meanwhile, a Vector coupe and a Guangzhou SUV is on the front of the Hessenburg. It’s actually the vehicles of Team Rockport and Team Wang Lao Ji. The team is assuming that they have received the message from Naomi.

NATHAN: Follow them.

NAOMI: Okay.

@yangx2 @GetWrekt01 You can decide to or not to reply since both of you are on my perimeter.

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cough I-90… cough:slight_smile:

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Team Beer Blokes & BBQs

Fuzz (CB): Hey guys, looks like the guys in the VHI semi are down. Anyone know what happened?
All three: Oh shit
M: I hope they’re alright, bit worrying to see something happen this early in.
S: I think they’ll be alright, they have got 5 tons of semi in between them and whatever they hit.
M: That’s a bit more reassuring then, i wonder how it happened?
Juno (CB): 49 here, Seems like they might’ve missed something, or turned too hard, 'least that’s what Luci’s saying.
M: Well that’s certainly no good, hopefully it doesn’t take them out of the competition.
T: Look on the bright side at least, it wasn’t us this happened to.
M and S: Touch wood.
T: Hey, it’s less competition for us shrugs
M: glares at Tom
S: Maybe we should hold off on the jokes until after we figure out the full story.
T: Oh… right.

The trio continue along problem free (for now), shocked at the state of the semi after passing by it.

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Team Rockport

Leo: Ugh hey it’s Leo from Rockport, I think the axle collapsed of that VHI. Don’t know any whereabouts of them. If you know something please let us know. Also, if you wanna stop your vehicle for servicing, you can join us at Ritzville. Just try to keep up with us. Over.

OOC: well now I gotta PM Vic about my stop so wait on that lmao

UPDATE

Leo: Route planned, we’re stopping at Ritzville for some stroll around the park while our car gets attempted to get fixed in a garage. Anybody in close range wanna join?
Zack: off radio I just hope it’s note an engine hose pipe dude. Car has an exposed heater core and head gasket leakage isn’t all that bad, just don’t be a hose pipe

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Team Wang Lao Ji Day 1

I’m writing this at 6:30 AM help

After a long days of traffic in the YY7037D, Jackie was already burnt out from driving. They were back on cruising speed heading to their first waypoint

H: Hows the car feeling like?
J: I-its… Okay. I think-

Jackie is interrupted by the sound of the rumble strip.

H: Okay pull over, you’re too tired.

Jackie pulls over at the nearest rest stop, Hyakki Yakou stops playing on the aux to Harry’s relief.

Harry, enthusiastically, launches off the rest stop at full ish speed towards the Vantage Bridge. Jackie’s mind couldn’t process the vehicles they were flying past, adrenaline rushing through his system. By now, he was well awake.

A: Hey isn’t that the semi truck racing with us?

Harry, reminded of the poor HAC’s condition, slowed down once again.

H: Yeah. Unfortunate… Jackie you awake now?

Spoiler: Jackie was well awake.

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RK Series Racing; Chapter II; Let-down at Beau's pizza...

With the pizza plan set, they continue along the road until there is some very noticeable traffic buildup just before Cle Elum.

Tonsom: “What the fuck is it now???”
Connor: “There are reports of a single-vehicle accident at the upcoming off-ramp.”
Tonsom: “Aw come ooonnnn!!!”
Connor: “The accident involves the VHI tractor-truck whose occupants provided manual transmission instructions…”
Tonsom: [louder] “Awwww come ooonnnn!!!”
Connor: “… None of them are severely injured.”
Redwood: “Thank god they made it…”

They make it to the pizza place at about 11:30 local time (if i got that right). Upon entering, they meet a few other people already stopped there. The turnout of people is FAR less than anticipated. One of them also has arrived very shortly ahead of the people on a mission.

Tonsom: “Seems like Jim’s gonna show up…”
Redwood: “Just before we arrived here, they transmitted something about having forgotten to stop.”
Tonsom: “Those fuckers! [to Connor] Well… you can stay in the car then…”

Connor immediately leaves the restaurant again, while the other two search for a seat…

to be continued


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@VicVictory may i ask how less than half the people who wanted to stop actually stopped (not counting the semi)?

EDIT: i’ll give myself a MRL penalty of 1 since Redwood kinda like the trucker girls.

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Correct. :slight_smile:

As for the number of people that stopped, I took your list from above then scrolled down and was reading, and scratched off a couple teams that said they weren’t even stopping. I apparently missed adding one, but in fairness, that team did not PM me to let me know they were doing so.

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well… if they do not call the stop via PM, then so it be
(that kinda killed my early investigation plans, but eh…)

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Team Tiger Trouble


(Early in the time block, almost immediately after the Air Conditioning Incident)

“Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold!” Jaden growled out, the Traville’s air conditioner still at full blast. Kayden didn’t seem that affected by it, but Kaylie was busy trying to apply logic to the system.

“Maybe try pushing the snowflake button?” She suggested. Kayden mashed the button, and within minutes, the air temperature returned to normal.

With the minor crisis solved and the traffic easing up, Kayden was able to put his huge foot down and open up the Traville’s engine properly. Unknowingly, they pulled a bit of a lead on the other teams, but in the process, placed themselves out of range for hearing news about the accident involving the VHI truck belonging to Team Stokes.

All was going well until the red light came on behind the gas gauge. Jaden looked at the light, then tapped Kayden’s arm. “You already ran our ship out of fuel, forcing us to find a replacement fuel source for the Nova-Drive. Don’t run the transport out of fuel, too.”

Kayden pulled into the nearest gas station, then stood there staring at the pump while trying to figure it out. “Nova, I require a bit of assistance. How do I refuel this Earth transport?”

“According to the service information, the Sinistra Traville GS/HO requires gasoline with an octane rating of 90 AKI or greater. The refueling procedure typically involves either paying for your fuel in advance with the currency known as ‘dollars’ or using a credit card that stores a monetary equivalent value. I am capable of converting Tigrilan Crowns into United States Dollars by use of a common currency, elemental gold, as a middle step.”

Kayden looked at the card reader, recognizing it as a slot that something needed to go in as a payment for the fuel. He reached into the pocket of his robe, before pulling out a number of shiny golden and silver coins. “Nova, how much will it cost to refuel this vessel?”

“Our fuel storage unit can hold 16 gallons of liquid fuel. The current fuel price is 3 dollars and 15 cents per gallon. This equals out to 50 dollars and 40 cents.”

“And how many Crowns is that?”

“Three Silver Crowns.” Nova replied.

Kayden grabbed three of the thin silver coins, before promptly stuffing them into the card reader. This happened to get the attention of the gas station assistant, who ran out with a horrified expression on his face.

“Dammit, we just got that card reader fixed yesterday!” He then realized that he was yelling at a tiger-man, and seemed to slip through annoyance to fear, then into disbelief, before finally settling on amazed recognition. “Oh, man, no one’s gonna believe this.” He said, before raising his smartphone and getting a picture of Kayden, standing at a gas pump in his robe, his sword visible over his right shoulder, with the dark red Sinistra in the shot. The man posted iit on his social media accounts, before helping Kayden out.

“Man, I’d heard the rumors that we had tiger aliens in the area, but, wow!” He said, before dislodging the Tigrilan Crowns from the card reader and using his own card to pay for the gas. “So, you’re in this beater bash? Oh, yeah, I know all about them, my uncle Trev owns a junkyard in Illinois, he hears about these things and tells me about the one he was on.”

Once Kayden realized that the man was just glad to chatter about his uncle and some lime-green sedan, a bunch of pranks involving glitter and fireworks, and the road that ripped their car apart, the big warrior relaxed just a little.

“Damn, you’re big! Gotta be at least 7-and-a-half, and probably 300, no more like 400 pounds of muscle.”

Kaylie looked out the rear window, right at the chatterbox, and said, “We are in a bit of a hurry, so please stop bothering my brother before I have to hurt you.” Jaden backed her up with, “Trust me, it is always better to do what she says. She bites.”

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whatever made you come up with three tigralians gong on the trip.

it’s fucking HILARIOUS!

I LOVE IT!!

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Honestly, I’m inspired by a story I’d been writing a few weeks before this challenge opened up. Pulling a lot of ideas and using them here for fun.

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Team Rockport

Leo: Turns AC off
Zack: You cold or something?
Leo: Want to check what we’re dealing with. If we turn the AC off and the smell gradually disappears, it’s just the AC.
Zack: Otherwise it’s just the coolant housing or heater core, I guess? I see no wet carpets.
Leo: Possibly.

After few mins pass, the boys have decided that it’s not the AC as the sharp yet faint smell of Ethylene is present.

Zack: Yeah definitely stopping in Ritzville. Might also need to refuel. We’d be below 1/4th of our tank by then.
Leo: Also let’s grab some food from the store beside the park. We’ll take a walk while enjoying our food. Sounds good?
Zack: Sounds great, Leo. Let’s go… Also you’re up for driving after we reach Ritzville.
Leo: No problem, I’d love to. You’ve driven quite a lot.

(Thanks to @VicVictory, @ST1Letho, @Elizipeazie for all the help about pinpointing the coolant issue)

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Maroon Marauders - Part 2

Mid-afternoon, past Vantage Bridge

After a significant delay during the first leg, the Maroon Marauders completed the next two hours of driving without incident and passed the first waypoint at Vantage Bridge. It was then that Gary decided to give a brief rundown on what had happened to some of the other teams - and some of this information was surprising, to say the least.

“It looks like some of the teams stopped for extra food at a pizza parlor in Cle Elum. We didn’t need to do that, though, especially since we have a comfortable car at our disposal. But we won’t be seeing any more of those guys in that big truck - they crashed out due to driver error, which was exacerbated by the size of their vehicle.”

Denny’s response was startling. “That was quite a huge hit - and it could yet happen to us sooner or later. Thankfully, this thing is a doddle to drive, which should make such an incident less likely for us.”

Gary continued: “You’re quite right. Speaking of crashes, I just heard rumors that a black wagon slammed into a deer not so long ago. It wasn’t destroyed, but received heavy mechanical damage and lost a huge chunk of time. As for the other teams, a few of them seem to have reported mechanical issues, but so far we don’t have any. So just drive normally for the next few hours as planned - I’ll keep you posted on status updates.”

And so the Maroon Marauders forged bravely on eastwards towards the next waypoint - Lookout Pass, right on the border between Idaho and Montana.

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Nathan: Uhg. Traffic’s getting bad again.
Charles: snores …zzzz
James: Well, that’s why you’re driving.
Nathan near the accident: oh dear. It looks like that semi team was involved.
James: Oh. Hard to miss that broken down on the road.
Nathan: Hope they’re ok.
James: yeah.


Nearing Moses Lake
The car starts sputtering, then quits.
Nathan: Uh oh.
James raises an eye brow: What’s happened?
Nathan: We, uh, maybe sorta ran out of gas…
James rolles his eyes: Well, that’s why we got those two canisters in the back, in case you run it dry.
Charles: snores
N: You think we can get by with just one… I think that last exit we passed was the one before Moses Lake.
J: Yeah, we’ll see.
They get out and get one can into the tank. Charles is still sleeping.

After they filled up the jerry can and the car’s tank, they peeled out of the roadside Chevron station, smoke billowing from the rear wheels, James now driving. They passed the Washington State Patrol building without incident.

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Tier 3… update [insert number here]

Somewhere in the United States of Yee Haw eating chicken of the fried variety found in the glovebox of the reduit…

Dayendranath: Bon? [good[
Seewoosagur: Bon [good]
Vincent: Mari bon [very good]

Passing through [insert name of backwards rural settlement]…

Seewoosagur: Check sa mine laaaaaa [check out that noodle]
Dayendranath: Ayyyoooo laaaaaaa [ayoooooo laaaaa] (these things have no translation as ayo is just a way of expressing surprise or being impressed at something; the noodle in this case… and la is just put at the end of words for no reason at all)
Vincent: Mwayenn [average]
The other two pull that confused look Ice Cube did on the porch in that one film
Seewoosagur: Mwayenn? [average?]
Vincent: Oui, Mwayenn la… [yes, average la]
Dayendranath: Writing pays good then?
Vincent: Mwayenn [average]
Seewoosagur and Dayendranath: bruh moment intensifies

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Team Rockport


Somewhere in the I-90

Leo: Yo see that Chinese SUV?
Zack: The Guangzou?
Leo: Yeah, they’re close to us. Wanna like, talk or something in the CB, maybe stop together?
Zack: Nah I’m cool.
Leo: You sure? You usually like meeting interesting people.
Zack: No thanks.
Leo: Zack?
Zack: Dude? Dude! I’m driving!
Leo: What, did some Chinese people tickle your arse when you were a child or something?
Zack: I’m about 5 seconds away from taking the dash-lighter out and and shoving it up YOUR arse, okay?
Leo: Jeez dude fine!

It’s still unclear why Zack is reluctant about meeting the rather weird Chinese contestants, but it might clear up later.

I’m mainly doing this because Yang’s busy so I don’t wanna bother him and having a definite reason of no interaction in the story is nicer :rofl:

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TRAGGIOGIO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: SHITBOX CRUSADERS: Ep.2 (DAY II)

The van clatters on, the unrefined 2.7 CFiT I4 being noisy as always…

DAVID: “This traffic… bizarre.”

Fuzz on CB:
Hey guys, looks like the guys in the VHI semi are down. Anyone know what happened?”

HARUKI: “Wait, I hear a truck crashed, at least from the radio.”

DAVID: “Damn. We don’t have enough space to take them both…”

EMILY: “Wait, a crash?”

YURI: “A CRASH!?” she spoke in a very worried tone.

DAVID: “The truck seems to have crashed…”

EMILY: “Ouch, are they okay?”

DAVID on CB: “This is Traggiogio,
Can anyone confirm if the two truck gals are alright?
10-10.”

DAVID: “We have half a tank left in the van, how long would that last?”

HARUKI: “Approximately 150 miles.”

DAVID: “Great. Also, my uncle drives a recovery truck, if we ever do break down.”

Meanwhile in the back, the two girls have a chat, and also bond over some of their interests.

EMILY: “So, when did you decide to start to leave home?”

YURI: “Sometimes… I was feeling bored. There was not much to do, I already read through all my manga many times, and rewatched all the anime series and movies I have many times. One day, I thought I might want to go to the local cafe… the world was a new experience from there on.”

EMILY: “Wasn’t that the cafe in which we first met?”

YURI: “I-I think so…” she said tearfully, mourning the crash of the truck.

EMILY: “I might just take a rest.”

YURI: “I think I might do the same… do not want to get too tired.”

Meanwhile, back in the front seats…

HARUKI: “I noticed the truck as we passed. The drivers seemed OK, but the truck is definitely decommissioned.”

DAVID: “Phew. I was scared that they were in real danger. See you, road cowgirl.”

EMILY, from behind: “Thank goodness!”

YURI: “Maybe isekai isn’t real!”

EMILY: “Of course it isn’t!”

YURI: “Maybe we should go stop somewhere to eat…”

HARUKI: “Looking around, there’s an excellent Japanese restaurant, Ishimaru, at the next town. Maybe we could go there?”

DAVID: “Copy, I’ll see to announce it on the radio. There’s conveniently a fuel station not too far, so we could also go fill up the tank after we have eaten.”

DAVID on CB:
“Traggiogio BA, we plan on taking a stop at the Japanese restaurant Ishimaru at the next town, if anyone would like to join, you may announce so we could reserve a larger table.”

(Please DM me and Vic to confirm that you would like to join in the restaurant.)

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TEAM BAKEWELL BOXER

Part 1.5 : Putting the ⁽ᶦⁿᶠᵒʳᵐᵃˡ⁾ Rank In Prank

Previous Part


Team Bakewell Boxer had stopped in the Pizzeria arriving first, Mandy and Connor had sat and gone straight into ordering, the other racers then arrived in due course

Connor : “…BABY CLAMS?! YOU DON’T EVEN LIKE SHELLFISH … oh sorry um … um … i’ll have the spaghetti and meatballs please”

the waitress gave them a perplexed look and went to get their order

Mandy : “I just thought I’d give it another go, the ones last time were still alive I think” she shrugged and then moved her bag from her lap to beside her chair


after a short while the car park began to fill with other teams drawing a good few looks from passerbys

Team RK Series Racing had pulled up on the table next to them, with Team Eyelashes and The Thompson Family opposite

Connor : “alright” Connor gave his ‘teacher to teacher’ smile to Redwood and Tonsom “good job finding this place, this pasta is bloody good even Mandy is eating those clams, dropped a few mind”

Mandy gave Connor a wry smile and rolled her eyes

Tonsom : “well I expected more to turn up honestly, but evidently they have not” Tonsom began gently cracking his knuckles “I expected Team Coyote Jim to be here at least”

Mandy : “oh bugger I’ve left the car unlocked with my purse in it, excuse me gentlemen I won’t be long” Mandy squeezed between the tables and exited the restaurant, then went round to the carpark with her bag

Connor : “I swear she brought her purse in with her bag earlier, anyways you were saying … um sorry what was your name again?”

Redwood : “I’m Tim and he’s Tonsom and the person by the car is Connor” he pointed around the corner of the window

Connor : “hey I’m a Connor too, strange seems to be a common name, never thought it was”

Tonsom : “actually would you be able to help us out, we want to know more about how Coyote Jim are doing on this rac…”

Redwood : “we’re writing a blog post ya see, and they’re one of the more interesting entries so if you could help us with some details on the driver and the car, we figured seen a you’re car is faster you might be able to keep up being raced up and all”

Tonsom : Tonsom nodded “of course if you needed any assistance at all on the run we’d be very glad to help you out seen as you’re doing this for us”

Connor : “we’ll I’m sure Mandy won’t mind driving faster to catch up, and nothing wrong with helping each other out, i’ll give you my phone number shall I?”

Redwood : “yeah sure” pulling a phone out of his pocket “Tonsom’s not very good with phones”

Connor : “07955…”

MEANWHILE IN THE CARPARK

Mandy clutched her bag doing a skipping, running um … trot over to the Aviso which had been parked next to by the Mitaz and opposite were the Kuma and Anhultz, Connor of Team RK was inside the Dione

Mandy made it to the car nonchalantly opened the boot retrieved : a roll of black duct tape, a spoon from their emergency picnic set and went round to the front to retrieve a tube of nail glue from the glove box and a permanent marker

with Connor from Team RK thankfully unaware she, proceeded to pull the ghastly eyelashes from the front of the Mitaz attempting to mask the sound with a ‘cough’

“oh come on you bastard come off!” THUNK “yes!”

the left hand side lashes were putting up more of a fight than the previous

“fucking pain in the arse” hushed grumbling insued THUNK “yes!”

she then quietly opened the passenger door released the handbrake and rolled the Mitaz forward a touch, then placing her handbag down on the floor reaching into it retrieving three of the baby clams she had dropped into her bag at the table earlier, trying to muffle a gag as she picked them up

“50 quid I payed for this bag 50 effing quid! …” she grumbled to herself slowly scooping out the insides of the garlicked clams and dropping them through the air vents on each side of the cabin

she then moved round to the back of the car pausing for a moment to look at the ridiculous fake exhausts then realizing the real ones on the Aviso weren’t that much better

now crouched behind the Mitaz, glueing and sticking and duct taping the eyelashes in a circle just below the number plate and then she began drawing …

… she stood back to marvel at her expertise in producing a very good representation of a dogs arsehole with hairs and all with the phrase ‘warning stinky’ arrowed toward the rim

“hehehe”

she then moved to the front of the car reaching across the windscreen to peel off the stuck on letters with the clam spoon and rearranged the word ‘SUPERWAGON’ to ‘EW ARSE’ glued on with the remainder of nail glue, the final ‘E’ was made of a bastardised mix of the left over letters, the waste was simply thrown in the bin

BACK IN THE RESTAURANT

Mandy came half sprinting in clutching at her purse uncharacteristically, Tonsom, Redwood and Bakewell Boxer Connor all turned towards her

Mandy : “come on Connor we are actually in a race, it was great speaking to you all”

Connor : "you were gone a while Mandy … "

Mandy : "oh … I was … just checking the fluid levels, anyway we really must dash mustn’t we Connor " she began walking to the door making the ‘bloody get on with it face’ at Connor, the one he knew all too well

Connor took his time, in Mandys eyes at least, shaking everyone’s hand and saying goodbye whereas in reality it was only about 15 seconds or so

they walked to the car with Connor smiling to other Connor in the Dione as they walked past

the Aviso left the car park in typical fashion : a cloud of smoke and tyre squeal leaving two black lines from exit down the road

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