Ep 7 Level 1 - Preparing For The Expedition

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preparing for the expedition

Episode 7

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Level 1

numberella and ronnie are safe in the settlers camp. now they must retrieve the much needed provisions.

Illusions by Graylinglake

The Story So Far

Numberella has been having strange dreams where a group of people she doesn't recognise keep calling for help and saying they're starving. She tells Ronnie, and together they go to Jin Genie's house to see if they can use his crystal ball to find out what's happening. He's away, but they find the crystal ball anyway and use it. In the 'between space' created by the ball, they meet Massasoit, a native American who has been acting as Numberella's spirit guide. He tells them that they need to travel back in time to 1620, and bring supplies to the Mayflower pilgrims, who are struggling to survive the bitter winter. Numberella and Ronnie call in Harry Hijack to help them, and pay a visit to Probabilium's famous Wholesale Market in the Italian sector to get the supplies they need. With the supplies purchased, they drive with Harry to a secret location where they discover a time machine.

The Story So Far

Having landed in 1620, Numberella and Ronnie discover that Harry is a DETER agent with access to exciting 'Neuro Weapons' called TAGGs (a.k.a. Splurge Guns), Invincibility Cloaks, and the mysterious Rings Of Power. Harry kits out Numberella and Ronnie with the Invincibility Cloaks, but before he can show them the Rings Of Power a disturbance in the trees nearby forces them to start their journey into the forest without delay. After walking for a while, they discover a deserted wigwam and settle down for the night, only to find themselves surrounded by hostile Native Americans who then wrap them up in the wigwam and club them unconscious. Croatoan and his men carry Numberella and Ronnie to the settler's camp where they hope to trade them for food. However when Croatoan discovers that Numberella and Ronnie were wearing the clothes of the dead from the wigwam, he is very angry.

The Story So Far

He attempts to grab Numberella and Ronnie, but the settlers intervene. Miles Standish, a soldier, negotiates with Croatoan, and Numberella and Ronnie are traded for one pig, and one hogshead of beer. The settlers believe Numberella's story, and they prepare to retrieve the provisions from the forest.

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INDEX

- mission 1 - experimentation

- mission 2 - flying numberella

Full Story + All Missions

- MISSION 3 - first sighting

- MISSION 4 - musket balls

Mission 1 - experimenting

They spent the rest of the afternoon experimenting with the Rings of Power and learning the combinations of numbers which activated them, guided by the pleasant voice of the DETER help program. The planters were rushing around preparing for the expedition, and Ronnie and Numberella were left in a small native house made of bent over trees and mats, around which the settlers had begun to lay out the plots for the first settlement. They had been given some Dutch cheese to eat, which was surprisingly nice, and a half empty hogshead of beer to wash it down with. “I can’t get the hang of the combinations,” said Ronnie, trying and failing to levitate.

“You’ve drunk too much beer, what do you expect,” said Numberella unsympathetically, as she glided from one end of the small house to the other with apparent ease. “You have to multiply the products of the first three multiple streams and run them in your head. So 1 x 2 x 3, then 2 x 4 x 6, and so on. Look, just try and remember this sequence to start off with. 6, 48, 162, 384, 750, and then stop and you drop down again. Go on, try those numbers, just say them in your head and see what happens. And you have to get the angle of your hands right as well,” she added hastily, as Ronnie crashed cursing into the wall of the hut. “That’s better,” said Numberella, hiding a smile.

Experimenting

safe within the planters camp, numberella and ronnie set about experimenting with the rings of power.

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There are 10 Rings Of Power. What is ten times by itself?

20

100

1000

Dutch cheese is often full of holes. If Ronnie’s cheese has 7 holes and Numberella’s cheese has 8 holes, how many holes did their cheeses have in total?

14

15

16

Ronnie is having trouble with the combinations he needs to think of to activate 'Levitation'. If he finds the sum of 2, 4 and 6 instead of the product, what number was he thinking of?

16

12

14

Numberella experiments with another number sequence to see if anything happens when she does it. What number does she need to put in the gap? 2, 4, …. 16, 32?

10

12

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MISSION

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Numberella

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Mission 2 - flying numberella

Ronnie, as might be expected of a Ty Pwer black belt, was a natural at Power Punch. Relatively simple to execute by visualizing the multiples of 1, and then feeling the shape of the punch, he had been able to shatter an old earthenware pot they had found sticking out of the floor at the edge of the clearing from a metre away. They then practiced Power Punch and Power Block together, and on one occasion Ronnie had executed so well that despite her block Numberella had been lifted into the air and thrown backwards so far that she landed on the sapling roof of one of the huts, activating the Invincibility Cloak’s Repel function just in time to break her fall. She bounced off it, and then catching herself with the Hover function from the Rings Of Power, lowered herself gracefully to the floor. “Nice punch Ronaldo,” she said coolly.

“Nice landing!” said Ronnie, his mouth open at the slick combo she had pulled off. “That’s not natural,” came the unpleasant, whiny voice of Mary, who had stolen into the clearing to see what the cracks and whoops were all about. And she made the sign of the cross and muttered, “Witches, up to no good. We should burn them or we’ll live to regret it.” “Ok, so we can do Power Punch, Power Block, Levitate,” said Numberella, lowering her voice slightly, and ignoring Mary. “Which means we still need to learn Shield, Grip, Hang, Pulse, Attract, Laser Blades, Torch, Bubble… they’re the simple ones… and then Stasis Field and Portal… they’re trickier.”

MISSION 2 - flying numberella

ronnie, a ty pwer black belt, is a natural at power punch and he sends numberella flying!

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Power Punch came easily to Ronnie – a Ty Pwer black belt. When he ‘felt’ the punch he imagined the target area as a shape with five sides. What shape was he ‘feeling’?

pentagon

rectangle

hexagon

To get Power Block, Ronnie has to visualise the multiples of 2. What number comes next: 2, 4, 6, 8, …

16

10

Numberella was sent flying by a super Power Punch from Ronnie. She flew 10 m in the air and landed on the roof of one of the huts. How many centimetres is 10 metres? (Note: 100 cm = 1 m).

100 cm

200 cm

1000 cm

Numberella and Ronnie were learning how to make 13 new moves with the Rings of Power. If each new move took them 10 minutes to learn, how many minutes would it take them to learn all 13 new moves?

130 mins

110 mins

120 mins

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MISSION

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Ronnie Resist

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Mission 3 - first sighting of the 'mayflower'

“I reckon we should just focus on getting really good at a couple for now,” said Ronnie. “It will take practice to remember which multiple stream to use under pressure, and you’re going to look like a proper idiot if you mean to do Grip and you end up doing Laser Blades. And anyway, it’s starting to get dark – we’re going to have to leave soon.” “Maybe you’re right,” said Numberella, but as they packed their bags and walked towards the small group they could see beginning to gather, she could be seen muttering to herself, and every now and again flashes of lights ran round her head and fingers. In the distance, the tall masts of the great ship in the bay were catching the last of the winter sun. They could just make out the words ‘Mayflower’ on its bow.

“Well my young friends, are ye ready?” A short man with very broad shoulders and a twinkling smile walked over and shook their hands. He had a musket slung round his fat neck, and a sword swinging at his side. “I am Stephen Hopkins,” he added. “Did ye say ye had brought twelve swine?” He chuckled to himself and rubbed his hands together. “To think ye only cost us one!” He paused, and then carried on conspiratorially, “Don’t mention this to the others, but did ye happen to bring any more beer? Those Williams be against too much beer, being religious, but I find it be the only thing to keep me happy on these cold nights.” Numberella and Ronnie looked at each other. “Well, we didn’t bring any more beer,” said Ronnie. Stephen’s face fell. “But we did bring some red wine.” “Red wine! Red wine!” he gasped. “My dear fellow, what fantastic news!” And he took Ronnie’s hand and shook it so enthusiastically that Ronnie started to laugh with pleasure.

MISSION 3 - first sighting of the 'mayflower'

ronnie and numberella have practiced a number of their 'moves.' in the distance they catch sight of the 'mayflower' ship for the first time

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To activate ‘Shield’, Ronnie has to visualise the multiples of 3. What number comes next? 3, 6, 9, 12, ….

18

14

15

The ‘Mayflower’ was approximately 100 feet long and 25 feet wide. What is the difference between the length and the width of the ship?

75 feet

85 feet

95 feet

Stephen Hopkins was carrying a musket. If the musket was 5 feet 4 inches long and Hopkins was 6 feet tall, how much taller than the musket was Hopkins. (Note: 12 inches = 1 foot)

6 inches

8 inches

10 inches

Hopkins thinks that Numberella and Ronnie had brought 12 swine. If they had brought three times as many, how many swine would they have brought?

36

35

24

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MISSION

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The Thief

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Mission 4 - musket balls

“Red wine, red wine,” sung Stephen, “I can’t wait to tell Elizabeth, she loves red wine.” “Are we all met?” said Miles Standish in a serious voice, frowning at Hopkins, whose song died on his lips in an instant. There was a murmur of assent. “Aye ready, aye,” said a seaman with a gold tooth and a long scar that stretched from his ear lobe to his collarbone. The faces of the company showed white and grey in the clear light of the winter moon; most had marked their faces with burnt cork, for camouflage. “We have all ventured into these parts before. Ye must all have muskets a-ready and cutlasses at hand. There be a good chance that Croatoan lies in wait for Numberella and Ronald, seeing as how they have committed sacrilege. He was as sore as pox to leave without them, I could see it in his eyes. And grievous brutal be these savages when they’re roused.” “Let them see what comes to them if they try and take ‘em,” said a voice from the back, and there was a muttering of agreement.

“We’ll show them!” and “Taste my musket balls!” could be heard amidst the harsh laughter. “Settle down, settle down,” said Standish, motioning them to be quiet. “Everyone must stay at all times within three paces of the person in front and behind. Degory Priest – thou beest our stoutest hand with a sword – takest thou the rear. We will take the main deer path, it is for sure the path Croatoan brought Numberella and Ronnie in by. By the time we exhaust the path, twill be near dawn, and we will be near the burial ground. I have a feeling we have been past it on one of our earlier expeditions, but we will know when we get there. If what the time travellers say is true, we will able to see the marks left on the trees. And then we can follow them to the booty.”

This, with a piratical gleam in his eye and nod to Numberella and Ronnie. “Israelite, Numberella,” immediately behind me. “Agnus, Joan – art sure ye wish to come, as this could be hot work?” Both women nodded eagerly. “Well, the more hands the merrier, I suppose," said Standish. “You two stay behind Numberella and look after her.”

MISSION 4 - musket balls

the expedition sets out with numberella and ronnie confident that they can find the much needed provisions. but does danger await them?

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The seaman with the gold tooth had a long scar that was 16 cm long. How many millimetres long was it? (Note: there are 10mm in 1 cm.)

1600 mm

160 mm

100 mm

A musket ball weighs about 57 grams. If each man had 10 musket balls what would they weigh altogether?

590 grams

550 grams

570 grams

The deer path is flat but very narrow, measuring only 2 feet wide. What fraction of a yard would this be? (Note: there are 3 feet in a yard.)

Numberella is told to walk within three paces of the person in front and the person behind. If she is third in the line, how many extra paces would she need to take to be three paces ahead of Miles Standish?

12

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The Thanksgiving Timewarp

- Croatoan's Revenge -

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Episode 8

the expedition has set out to find the provisions but what dangers lie ahead of them?

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