Poly Gone - Poly Back
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #101
Sorry - I was momentarily detained. Not even sure how long I've been GONE... in EARTH TIME.

Let's just say ASTRAL and I needed to hammer out a few minor details. Lucky for me, I've got the WAY WICKED HAMMER. No...really, I do. Very handy for opening stubborn jars and influencing old friends.

But alas, silly me, I accidentally switched our HOLOBLOG settings to "FUTURE BLOG" instead of "TODAY's BLOG".

Not sure just HOW FAR into the future I sent the blog, but I DID get back some nice comments from Vice Emperor Schwarznegger the Third, of New Mars Colony. That can't be right. Worst of all, the Empire's Seal looks suspiciously like a Starbucks logo. Remind me to stay off Mars for a few centuries.

So anyway, we're baaa-aaack.

I'll try to re-blog the last few entries. But honestly, the only thing more worse than repeating the past is repeating the future.

Anyway...here goes...

(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday...barring any unforseen time travel)

________________________oOOo________________________


Hello?
Excuse me?

Poly - did you say you have PEOPLE FROM EARTH reading MY blog?!!!

Ahhh...Poly, DEAR. Didn't we agree NOT to let the E-A-R-T-H-L-I-N-G-S read my B-L-O-G?

Astral - out


Oh puh-leeze, Astral!
First of all, these E-A-R-T-H-L-I-N-G-S have EARNED the RIGHT to read this blog. This blog wouldn't BE here if it wasn't for their help!

Second...Quantum Quark, Astral. What's with the S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G out of the W-O-R-D-S?!

If these guys can READ your BLOG, I'm fairly sure they can S-P-E-L-L.

So let's just cut to the chase, shall we?
Tell us the gorey details.

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #100!
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


Astral...
For the love of GALACTUS!

For once in your fleeting, HUMANOID existence, please LISTEN to me!

In the name of all that is PURE AND GOOD - do NOT let the Fungilans open a frigging wormhole to Earth!

I LIKE Earth!

Some of our best REPEAT VISITORS are from Earth! Oh, shooting stars, Astral...

These people reading YOUR BLOG are from EARTH!

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #99
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


Now, POLY... I'm surprised at your silly attitude. Those old SPACE MYTHS about Fungila Monsters are just BEDTIME STORIES for the tourists.

Oh, perhaps there may be some tiny grain of TRUTH to...

...do you smell SMOKE?

Astral - out

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #98
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


ASTRAL - for the LAST TIME - do NOT let the Fungilans FIX ANYTHING.

It DEFIES ALL LOGIC!

It's JUST WRONG!!

Just trust me on this.
I let some Fungilans "FIX" teleporter #2 and I still haven't found the last set of tourists who used it.

Well, ok...I DID find a pile of what might have ...EARS?...

Let's just say that you don't want to go poking around the Lost & Found for a while.

POLY - gone

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #97
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________



Oh GOOD - you're back, POLY.

I just had a chat with the Fungilans. We're going to try to open a wormhole to Earth. Ancient Earth.

I know, this is really more of a LAMPYRE specialty, but for some reason, these Lampyres get very nervous every time the Fungilans start talking about making REPAIRS or upgrades.

I swear, ONE LAMPYRE nearly fainted when a Fungilan simply offered to reset his WRISTWATCH.

Of course, the watch DID end up catching on fire. I've never seen a sundial go up in flames before.

Honestly - I didn't even know Lampyres HAD wrists...I mean - considering they're nothing but SHADOW, you really wouldn't expect them to get so TOASTY!

I did end up learning some very COLORFUL NEW WORDS in the Lampyre SHADOW PUPPET language.

For instance, did you know that means...


... oh, shooting stars...WHAT NOW?

Astral - out

Just Between us Aliens
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #96
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


Ok - here's the deal.

I'm going to let you EARTHLINGS keep reading ASTRAL's blog, but this is just between US...right?

Astral means well, but...

Well, she just hasn't met many Earthlings before. I mean, really, who has? It's not like you kids GET OUT of your solar system much.

Poor Astral. She still believes those old stereotypes...you know....

That you guys are all...what's that Earth expression...?

...REDNECKS?

Or was that RED SHIRTS

Anyway, I think you guys are pretty amazing.
Well...for non-robotic types.

And we've been through A LOT together...TRANS-DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL...ALIEN ARTS & CRAFTS...FART JOKES...

So I can't just abandon you now - not when we're so close to THE TRUTH

But we can't let Astral know you're still here.


So...I'm going to tell her I sent you all back to WONDERLENS. If she starts getting suspicious...

Well, we'll just have to find some way to hide you.
I know a few SECRET PASSAGES.

Ok...ready?

I'm going to blog back to Astral.



Astral...kiddo...are you still there?

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #95
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________



Uh...NO!

Of course not, ASTRAL.

This is your PRIVATE HOLOBLOG, so OF COURSE I wouldn't let offworlders read your personal messages.

Because...
...that would be...WRONG!

Um...give me a nanosecond, will ya Astral?

I have to powder my nodes.

POLY - gone

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #94
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


No.
These carvings were definitely NOT made by ROBOTs, or machines of any kind.

Look, I don't want to say any more until I'm SURE about this. If I'm right, what I have to say is going to CHANGE HISTORY on a Lot of planets - starting with EARTH.

I don't want to start a PANIC.

POLY...your Earth friends aren't reading THIS - are they?

Astral - out

The Pen is Mighty...But the DEATH RAY Kicks Butt
Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #93
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________


Ok. Sooo...the temple carvings weren't made by PEOPLE.

Then they were made by machines? ROBOTS?

You can usually tell, because we robots tend to have excellent penmanship.

Also, we tend to write with high-powered LASERBEAM DEATH RAYS, which is kind of the big tip-off.

POLY - gone

Now Playing: Help Poly-256 solve the Mystery of Astral Geode! Clue #92
(NEW to PolyBlog? Start this Mystery from DAY ONE - new clues are added daily, Monday-Friday)

________________________oOOo________________________



Are you about DONE, POLY?

As fascinating as your ROBOT DREAM DATES may be to...well...OTHER ROBOTS,

the answer is NO.

The carvings on the TEMPLE walls were NOT created by bat-people.

In fact, they were NOT, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, created by PEOPLE at all.

Astral - out