Horror Three: Building a Bomb

[childofwoe]

 [A young girl and a woman with a cane are taking apart your car. Yes, yours. Are you going to yell at them? Ask what the hell they are doing? Chase them away with a stick? We'll you might want to do something soon if you want to keep your car intact.



Poster order you-Theta-Wednesday]

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[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

"Hey! Stop that!"

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta looks up from where she's currently disconnecting the battery.]

We need the parts~. It'll be back tomorrow~~.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Wednesday is holding a hammer and just looking at him dispassionately.]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

"... You could have asked you know.

Kinda a ☠☠☠☠ move."

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Asked whom~? All of the cars look identical, and the odds of any one in particular belonging to a drone are quite high. It will return to you soon enough!

Damn, I fail at threading.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Looks between this woman and the kid with a hammer. Frowns.]

"Me. I ☠☠☠☠ live here.

What if I needed it for something, right now?"

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

...I suppose it's a good thing I don't actually know how to drive.

[She's bemused and looking frustrated at this. DO PEOPLE IN MAYFIELD HAVE NO MANNERS? EVER? REALLY?]

Mind telling me what exactly you two think you're doing?

[That is the stern prefect voice, she doesn't care if Theta is older than her. There may be a hand in her pocket ready to draw a wand if it comes down to it.]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta laughs brightly, smiling for Hermione as though nothing in the world is wrong.]

Harvesting parts so they can be used for something actually useful.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Hey, the creepy girl will just stay quiet.]

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

Then use your own. I'm not quite sure who taught you manners, but even in Mayfield you're still being incredibly rude.

[A breath.] Besides, I don't see what can be so useful you must go around like this.

[If you even dare mention blowing up the library you're getting hexed, the both of you.]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, we need parts from more than one~.

[Well, not really for the bomb, but since they're here, Theta's been helping herself to other parts as well, for something that actually is useful. She decides it would be better to tell Hermione about that part than about the bomb making plans.]

Have you heard of the Hazmats? Do you know what they do~?

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Wednesday remains quiet.]

[inheritedtales.livejournal.com]

You're completely missing the point here! It doesn't matter what you need, it's proper to ask first.

[This earns furrowed brows, and she casts a look a moment at Wednesday in curiosity.]

I know plenty of what they are, actually.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

I can make oxygen generators and air purifiers...and other things [she adds for Wednesday's benefit] with parts from the cars. They're all parked along the street and they're all identical, how am I to know whose is whose and which belong to drones?

You'll thank me for this when the Hazmats come again and there's breathable air.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Wednesday remains quiet. ...still. Just watching the two argue.]

[sojackedup.livejournal.com]

The fuck are you doing?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta looks up and wrinkles her nose, utterly detesting when people open a conversation with profanity. In her experience, such people that do that are also coarse and utterly awful to talk to. It's with quite a sneer that she speaks up.]

Something far more important than the few minutes a day this contraption can save you. Besides, it should return tomorrow morning~.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Wednesday likes the sound of her.]

Were making a bomb.

[sojackedup.livejournal.com]

A bomb, huh? Just for kicks, or for someone special?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta looks to Wednesday for the answer to that question before shrugging idly and going back to pulling out the relevant pieces from the engine.]

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

Something to do.

We're going to blow up the roof on the library.

[anguiscantus.livejournal.com]

That's enough.

[His voice is cold, stern, authoritative. He doesn't want to resort to using any of his powers or violence for that matter, but he certainly will if necessary.]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Well now. That's different. Theta looks up, actually halfway willing to leave this car alone.]

We need the parts to build something~.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

[Wednesday remains silent.]

[anguiscantus.livejournal.com]

And I need my car. [well that's not necessarily true, but there are very important items in there that he'd lose if it reset. And since it's not in his driveway, he doesn't have easy access carrying it back.]

[His voice is calm. He's going to try reasoning first.]

There is an auto shop downtown. I'm quite certain you can find parts and unused cars there.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

There's also drones there. She's a child [she indicates Wednesday] and this town has it in its head that I'm a woman when that's only half true. Unless you'd like to assist us and run an errand~?

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

They won't let us in.

[anguiscantus.livejournal.com]

[Yes, of course. Because after walking up to find parts of his car being stolen, he's totally going to want to assist.]

Then I'm sorry for your troubles, but that is no reason to take my car apart. There are others, those not droned working at the auto shop as well as a used car lot. If you truly feel the urge to commit auto theft, then you should try the car lot at night.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

You're no fun at all, you know.

[She huffs, but turns to walk away.]

This isn't worth arguing; there's plenty other cars.

[is-childofwoe.livejournal.com]

Alright.

[anguiscantus.livejournal.com]

Heh, so I've been told.

[He waits for them to start walking away, before raising his vibe just enough to use his abilities.

With an outstretched arm, he quietly mutters--] Time be still.

[And time does indeed momentarily stop. Only long enough to take back any parts of his car they might have tried to walk away with and return to his car.]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Theta, of course, notices nothing amiss with the flow of time, frozen perfectly in place. He'll find, however, that their collection of parts doesn't include anything from his. She'd disconnected plenty, but when he showed up to put a stop to it, she dutifully left everything in place.]