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2020-08-30, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Maybe I could give your toolbox an upgrade," Helga has gathered quite a number of parts now and is trying to fit them together. "Can you hand me that soldering iron?" She points to a nearby soldering iron resting precariously on a stack of old hard drives.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-08-30, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin nods, and goes over to the soldering iron.
She (obviously) grabs it by the handle - you always need to treat soldering irons as if they're hot, regardless of whether you know if they are or not - and brings it over to Helga.
"Maybe?" she says, uncertain how exactly she'd go about it. "You have something in mind on how to improve it?"
Marin obviously doesn't have it with her - it's left at work right now.Favorite sports:
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2020-08-30, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Riftline Transfer]
Well, some of the rooms are big enough that Honeysuckle can't feel the water outside anymore.
But yeah, it's mostly like that.
"Oh, we've got hallways like that. Water all around."
"Can't rely on the fish though."
Hey, is this their stop? They've transferred back to Inside already?
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2020-08-30, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Riftline Transfer]
As the train slows, the catgirl looks out the window to see if this is the stop. "Maybe someone should put some fish nests or something around HALO's base," Marin says.
But, as she reaches the end of the sentence, the stop they're at is announced over the speaker.
Yup.
It is the right stop. Seems like the train will continue on for a little longer, though.
"Yeah, we're here." Marin stands up and starts to move to leave the seat and the train...but she's still holding hands. That should be a good thing, though, because then there's no way to get separated in the crowd of people.Favorite sports:
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2020-08-30, 11:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Helga begins soldering whatever it is she's working on. But she's turned her back to Marin so that the catgirl can't see. "You could say that." The soldering iron is indeed hot. Apparently it's just been sitting there for a while, if the mark in the dust on the top hard drive is any clue. "If I align the displacement matrix like this, and the zero-point field like this..." She mutters. "Aha!" She holds something up triumphantly... It's a lunchbox. An old, rusty one. Wait, what was she soldering?
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-08-31, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Silly Plots 4: It's not particularly silly, is it?
[Desert Walk]
There is is.
A little ring of metal on a chain with a pulsing orb of tar floating in the middle of it.
It's kind of gross.
Morning Glory frowns at it.
"I'm pretty sure that boogie wanted it," she observes, her tone troubled. "It might come after you so long as you have it."
Getting pulled back into the Pit probably wouldn't be great. Getting out on one's own is certainly possible, but it is a rather harrowing experience. Jade and MG got off relatively easy.
MG sticks her tongue out at Jade. "I don't want to have to rescue you again. I'm going to feel schmutzy from all that tar for weeks."
Hmm...
Maybe the tar on the pendant could be removed? If Jade touches it it FEELS like there's something under it.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-08-31, 12:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Desert Walk
Jade pokes at the pendant. Maybe that gunk can be scraped off? Or burned? Tar is flammable. Jade doesn't have what she would need to try that right now though. "What do you think I should do?" Maybe it just takes soap and water. There'll be a bathroom at the Riftline station.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-08-31, 10:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin tries to watch even though Helga's in the way.
"Um..." She doesn't get what Helga's talking about.
She looks at the lunchbox.
"So...what does it do?" she asks.Favorite sports:
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2020-08-31, 11:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Helga excitedly hands Marin the lunchbox. It feels a bit heavier than it should be. "Open it and find out! You'll need a couple components from Jade to get it to full functionality. And you should be able to transfer the device to another container without too much trouble." But for now it's a beat-up lunchbox.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-01, 01:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin sets down the drone so that she can grab the lunchbox.
She looks at it a little, moves it around, turns it upside-down to see if she can see anything on the outside, and then...
once she's done with all that, she opens it up to see what's inside. "And Jade will know how to transfer it, too, right?" she asks.Favorite sports:
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2020-09-01, 09:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Silly Plots 4: It's not particularly silly, is it?
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Questing for JUSTICE! - Accursed Cuberts
Cantata pivots as Harold suddenly bellows out, shocked, She tries to intercept the blustering fool as he winds back his arm and lets stone fly - only to stop as the sound of a loud detonation fills the air, bristling. Was he trying to sabotage the very job he'd helped hire them for?!
Well, at least they know the enemy's got the aptitude to rig some powerful booby traps now.
Gears turn as she watches cubert move to investigate, puzzling out some way to turn this to their advantage. A thought occurs - if they're busy alert to the front, they might not be alert to the back. She turns to the others, leading them to some sort of vague cover before gesturing to the fort and then the group, and draws a half circle in the air before suddenly darting into the center."Are we living a life that is safe from harm? Of course not, we never are. But that's not the right question. The question is: are we living a life that is worth the harm?"
~Welcome to Night Vale
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2020-09-01, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
The lunchbox doesn't seem at all unusual from the outside. But opening it reveals a very different story. A spidery metal device clings to its interior. As the container opens, the device extends its limbs outwards in a rough cone. Each ends in a rubbery gripper. In the center, a slot for some sort of other device sits empty. That must be where the stuff Jade has to provide goes.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-01, 09:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin looks at it for a moment, and then closes it again since it seems incomplete.
"So, um..."
Marin looks back up. "So is that everything?"Favorite sports:
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2020-09-01, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Jade needs to install a projector and a scanner, but it should work. As for what it does, I'll leave that up to you to find out." Helga apparently is going to keep it secret. Is that a sinister smile?
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-02, 10:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Oh. I see," Marin says. A scanner, she gets. It makes sense why it'd be added to a device like...whatever this is supposed to be. But a projector? What's a projector supposed to be used for? The catgirl starts brainstorming lots of different reasons why a projector could be useful, to see if she could figure out what this is supposed to be.
Maybe...some sort of zoom feature? she thinks. Like, those surgical robots that zoom your view in. That might help with working on particularly small things. "Okay."
The smile is a little weird, and Marin still isn't entirely convinced that this isn't just some secret cult disguising itself as something else. Sure, she knows that's got to be wrong, but it just is an unusual circumstance in a place she doesn't know, and she would feel a bit more comfortable back around Jade.
"So. I'm going to go back to Jade, then," she declares, since there apparently wasn't anything else. But, before she leaves, she adds, "Um. Thanks."
Taking the lunch box with her, she turns around to go back the way they came, to find Jade where she can tell her, "So I was given this thing, but apparently it's incomplete."Favorite sports:
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2020-09-02, 10:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Jade's got a shopping bag partly full of some miscellaneous parts. She turns and smiles at Marin. "How was it? Helga can be... Excitable." She sees the lunchbox. "What is it? May I see?"
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-02, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Silly Plots 4: It's not particularly silly, is it?
[Questing for JUSTICE!]
Post-explosion, Sir Percival has a distinctly panicked look to his eyes, alternating between staring at Harold in disbelief, and staring at the pathway in a mixture of shock and terror.
The MERCs may get the feeling that this is a distressingly normal occurrence for people in the presence of Harold, who mostly just looks confused.
And then Wren throws a knife at the cube.
...
"Ow!" the cube exclaims in a rather eccentric masculine voice, as it's struck by the knife."Ah, hello down there! Do you mind awfully not throwing any more things at me?" It asks, rotating 45 degrees anticlockwise in a manner mimicking someone tilting their head to one side.
Cantata's suggestion certainly has merit. The fort has been designed to only allow the one easy way up, a rather daunting cliff-face making any attempt to approach the rear quite challenging for, say, an approaching army, but nothing insurmountable for a few adventurers, particularly if they have some rope or other means of aiding the climb. The stone structure of the fort looks to be several storeys high, and there's only arrow slits at ground level, but larger windows that may serve as an alternate means of entrance are visible on the higher floors.Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
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2020-09-02, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Silly Plots 4: It's not particularly silly, is it?
[Questing for JUSTICE!]
Fayyaad looks on in dismay at the explosions, which turns to a degree of bewilderment when the cube speaks. He seems to grasp Cantata's intention and follows her to any cover that's available. Then he speaks in a hushed tone.
"Between the explosions and this... greeter, trying to sneak through the back feels like a better option. But how? Forts aren't known for having service entrances."My FFRP characters. Avatar by Ashen Lilies. Sigatars by Ashen Lilies, Gullara and Purple Eagle.
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2020-09-02, 10:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin nods. "Yeah, you can see." She hands over the lunchbox. "Helga put something inside of it, said you knew how to finish it. With, like, a scanner and projector. Didn't tell me what it does, though."
So she goes back to answer the first question: "She's pretty nice. Kinda serious."Favorite sports:
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2020-09-02, 10:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Jade opens up the lunchbox and takes a look. "Oh yeah, I see what this is. It's a personal assistant of sorts. It should be able to pass you tools using voice commands. Do you know what she wanted installed in these slots?" she points to the slots in the top of the device. "If she said I could help, she probably wanted some of my inventions."
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-03, 12:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Marin shrugs: "The only thing she told me about it was that it still needed that scanner and projector," she says. "Not sure if that's what those slots are for."
"So, um..." Marin bites her lip. "You think you can finish it?"
She pauses, but then adds, "And...and maybe, if you want, show me what you're doing?"Favorite sports:
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2020-09-03, 01:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
Jade looks at it again. "Ah. The scanner is so it knows what tools it's holding. The projector... Judging by the interface here, she wants it to project a hardlight work surface." She hands the box back to Marin. "I can finish it. Not with what I have here though. We'd have to go back to my hideout. And of course you can watch."
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-03, 02:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Oh, hardlight. Never used it before," she says. "Okay, yeah, let's go there." She moves to the elevator.
Hm.
Hardlight.
...
???
Wasn't that what that one superhero who saved her used? To stop the acid?
. . .
. . .
. . .
If the hardlight tools are one of her inventions...
"Hey...how often do you make tools for other super heroes?" she asks, trying to determine how likely things are.Last edited by 5a Violista; 2020-09-03 at 02:14 AM.
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2020-09-03, 09:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Sometimes," Jade says. "It's more Helga's specialty than mine, but I do occasionally." She heads up the elevator with Marin. "Why do you ask? Is there something you'd like me to make?"
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-03, 09:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Oh. Okay," Marin says.
So.
If Helga does it, then maybe it could be anyone. Doesn't really narrow it down at all.
...
So there's no point in bringing it up.
Besides, if it was Jade, she probably would have already mentioned it by now, right?
Marin shakes her head. "No," she says. "Was just curious."Favorite sports:
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2020-09-03, 09:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts
"Of course, Helga can't replicate my hardlight tech easily. That's why she asked me to finish the assistant for you," Jade continues. She'll lead the way back to her car, bidding a friendly farewell to Bart. "Ready to go?"
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-04, 12:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cats and Pats
Wow, it is awfully convenient that Marin took a bus here, so she doesn't need to drive her own car.
She also says 'bye'.
Marin follows Jade to the car. "Yeah, ready," she says. "We're...going to your place?"
When the car is unlocked, she gets in on the front shotgun seat.Favorite sports:
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2020-09-04, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Bart and Hank's Cars and Parts -> Jade's Lair
"Of course we're going to my place. Not directly though. We have to be a bit circumspect to avoid being tracked." The drive is about a half hour, and Jade ends in a parking garage near the harbor, then leads the way on a short walk to a dilapidated warehouse district. She singles out a single warehouse, belonging to "Recoil Technologies LLC" and walks right up to it. The place looks like a wreck, with lots of litter and graffiti around it. "Here we are. Come on in!" She unlocks and opens the door.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-04, 01:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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-> Jade's Lair
Marin, of course, follows.
As soon as she gets out of the car, she stretches - and carefully makes sure her tails are away from the door when she closes it. Getting your tail caught in a car door is awful. 0/10, would not recommend.
"So you live in a warehouse," she comments. When it looks like they're going to a particular warehouse, she looks at its sign..."Recoil Tech."... She's never heard of it. Did Jade work there? Or...own it? Or something?
She heads through the open door. "Probably really cozy, I'll bet," she says before she gets a good look at it.Favorite sports:
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2020-09-04, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Jade's Lair
Jade, still a catgirl, just barely manages to not get her tail caught in the door. She's not used to having something back there.
But now they're at the warehouse. "Yeah I do. It's a nice place." Jade, you live in a warehouse that looks like it's falling apart. In what way is that nice?
Oh wait.
The inside of the warehouse has been completely refurbished. On the left is tons of different exercise equipment and an old-fashioned full length mirror. On the right are workbenches, half-finished gadgets and computer terminals. Also, partly disassembled and sitting across a few of the workbenches is that suit. Marin knows the one.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler