Operation liberation phase 1

Hello there!

Its Zsofia here again, we have just got back from our Rainforest Raft expedition and it was a brilliant one!

I’d better start from the start, just after my last update Peter and I loaded ourselves up to the whiskers with as much gear as we could carry, we packed our expedition satchels with the back ups of the back ups of the research and the time wheel logs, just in case the Brazillian fellows had any insights, but also so there was a copy in a safe place just in case of more trouble! We also stowed away and clipped on as many home time devices as we could possibly carry!

Oh yes, the return devices are now called Home Time devices, it was a nickname and it sort of just stuck!

Anyway, when we were loaded down with as much paraphernalia as otterly possible, we leapt (more like clambered, it was a LOT of stuff) into the time tank and started swimming like… well, not quite like billy-o because that is no longer allowed but probably slightly faster than advised because we were over excited!

Luckily for us, Brian and team Cedric did some sort of calibration magic to compensate for adrenaline fuelled paddling and after the familiar sensation of being squeezed and stretched and catapulted around like a catapulty thing we popped out in the Amazon more or less when we were aiming for!

We scrambled up the bank and raced down the tunnel that formed the entrance to the Toca and burst through the door Lontra’s office skidding to a halt just before we knocked over the inexplicably large table that definitely hadn’t been there last time we visited!

Once we collected ourselves enough to fully take in our surroundings, we saw that around the table were not only Lontra and Camila but Jaime Costasfortes head of Toca security and several chaps we had never met. Not only that but the table had been spread with several types of soup, some of their lovely stingray pancakes and a large scale set of blueprints of the Holt!

While we all made a good dent in the snacks we started to formulate a plan of action.

Priority one was to liberate Lutra Longwhiskers and remove the OIA from any semblance of power within the Holt!

Priority two was to get the recipes for this wonderful soup to the catering department and plan a Situation is Normal Again Party.

Priority three was to come up with a better name for the party.

We mainly concentrated on priority one to be honest, and on this occasion I think even Lutra Longwhiskers would agree that snacks were of secondary importance. A close second but still I think Otter Freedom would be everyone’s first choice!

It is actually quite a simple plan, and now we have the backing of the Large Otters of the Rainforest Raft we are feeling much more confident about the whole thing! We spent a good few hours sorting out the details, but it all hinges on the Home Time devices! We sorted out exactly who was going to be involved and got some specific times nailed down. Well, nailed down as far as is possible with the home time devices which after all work like temporal elastic bands, and with that it was time for Peter and I to return to the Holt!

Now it is time for us all to get some sleep if we can… Horace is still doing a fine job of protecting the door to the lab and we think we can snooze in shifts!

After all the next phase of Operation Liberation is going to need as much energy as we can muster!