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The Search For Atlantis: Ep. III -Can We Get Started Already?
By, Grey Exploration (continued from ep. II)

The quest to find Atlantis has take a turn for the mediocre recently with what many in the team are considering a concerted effort to destroy the expedition. That would be really funny because aside from sitting around, drinking cola and arguing the expedition hasn’t really done anything of worth or note.
I mean really, the most exploring we’ve done so far is finding the best pizza place in Seattle.
Okay, maybe I’m being a bit unfair. There has been a lot of data collected, and we do need to sort out likely locations before we go anywhere, it’s just smart. Comparing continental coastlines is dull work, and comparing the coastlines of various islands is not much more interesting.
However I should mention just what happened to make everyone think we’re under attack by mysterious, conspiratorial forces that want nothing more than to prevent Atlantis oriented secrets from getting out.
A building collapsed while we were in it.
It’s not as bad as it sounds, we were in Italy to go over some historical records that couldn’t leave the country and there was a Star Trek convention on.
Well, since we’re probably the biggest concentration of nerds this side of Silicon Valley it’s hardly surprising that everyone attended. It was fun, if difficult to understand for those of us not fluent in either Italian or Klingon, however Star Trek conventions are almost universal things. Including gimmicky stupidity.
For some reason that I still haven’t learned the ceiling was made out of pasta.
It rained.
So now you know why I’m less than sympathetic to the idea that someone was trying to assassinate us.
Nevertheless the seven core members of the team, myself unfortunately included, have opted for codenames in an effort to protect them, ourselves.
I don’t know how this happened, and it’s really frightening when you consider that some people are sure we started out with eight members, and others six. That sort of argument just cranks the paranoia wheel.
So now, as we begin going over sonar readings for the Mediterranean, we’re known s Fox, Hawk, Batman, Kirk, The Captain, Warbucks and Mister Negativity.
That last one is mine because I said that this whole codename idea was just ridiculous. And it is.
Every day I’m here I wonder just what I’m doing. However there is hope that something, anything will happen soon, because the petty squabbling has moved to the “put your money where your mouth is” stage and excuses of assassination attempts are beginning to lose effect.
So please, stay tuned to this glorified “Survivor” episode consisting of nothing but nerds, because I’m sure that someone is going to be fed to sharks very very soon.