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[Backdated to yesterday, soon after this.]

[It's not long after Dist puts away his shiny new regain before he's back out on the streets, this time heading out to the general store. He has a project to work on, and he's not wasting any time on starting it. He's still pale and kind of woozy, but he said he'd be done within two days, and Dist the Rose keeps his word, unlike a stupid colonel he could name. Those who are about town will find him:

A) Heading in the direction of the general store, looking over a list of something in his hand.

B) In the general store, picking up far more radios than a person probably needs in their house.

C) Heading home, carrying said radios and probably wishing he'd actually taken his motorcycle for the trip.]

C!

Date: 2010-12-15 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com
"Hey! Need any help with carrying those?"

Date: 2010-12-15 03:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Oh, excellent. Another pair of arms.]

Yes, absolutely.

Date: 2010-12-15 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com
[[He'll take as much as he can carry.]]

"Working on something cool?"

Date: 2010-12-15 03:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist, naturally, lets Aaron take most of them.]

Small radio transmitters, actually! I'm making them as tiny as I can, but you can never have too many supplies.

Date: 2010-12-15 03:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com
[[He doesn't seem to notice, or if he does he doesn't seem to mind.]]

"Oh! I was thinking of trying that but I don't think I could make them tiny. Not sure until I took apart things. You want some help?"

Date: 2010-12-15 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I don't actually need any assistance; I plan to have them completed by tomorrow. You're welcome to come see them when they're complete though.

Date: 2010-12-16 12:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com
"Thanks, it might give me an idea what to work with. I haven't actually tried radios yet but I figure if I can take them apart I can figure it out."

C

Date: 2010-12-15 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
My, someone's certainly been busy.

[He says, leaning on something like a mailbox, and doing next to nothing helpful.]

Date: 2010-12-15 04:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I'm making radio transmitters. Good to see you haven't been droned too; I was starting to think everyone I knew was gone.

Date: 2010-12-15 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
Radio transmitters? Why?

[He shrugs.] If I had been... believe me. You'd have known. Possibly by virtue of extreme electric shock used on the entire town.

Date: 2010-12-15 04:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
One of the new kids wants to bug the Smith's. I think it's an interesting plan, provided we don't get beheaded for it.

[Oh yeah, Jolt. Dist shrugs, though he's actually smiling just a bit.]

Well. In any case, I'm glad you're still here. Everyone from my world is gone, even J-- ...yeah, everyone.

Date: 2010-12-15 04:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
I'm in. What is it, exactly?

[Sideswipe has a vague feeling Jolt wouldn't just sit around if something happened to him. He smirks, but it fades.]

I'm... sorry. But, yes. I'm still here.

Date: 2010-12-15 04:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
We're putting them in Christmas presents and leaving them on the doorstep. The only one I haven't figured out how to do is jewelry for the wife, who was also acting strange at the party ages ago if I remember properly.
Edited Date: 2010-12-15 05:00 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-12-15 05:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
Mm... you'll need very small ones. I'm not sure the technology here is capable of making transmitters that small...

Date: 2010-12-15 05:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
One has to be in a watch, so I'm already making them small. You know me better than that; if anyone can do it, I can. I'll use fontech if I have to.

Date: 2010-12-15 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
All right, all right.

... You could use a necklace, then? Something with a large... metal thing?

["pendant" is the word he's looking for.]

Date: 2010-12-15 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I was thinking of a pendant, yes. Ideally I'd make one and build the transmitter into it intrinsically, but sadly jewelrymaking is not among my myriad talents.

Date: 2010-12-15 05:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
... Just... pour some metal into a mold? Or find a shiny rock?

Date: 2010-12-15 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[He looks about to agree, but then stops, frowning.]

Where am I going to get molten metal and a mold in a day and a half?

Date: 2010-12-15 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
... Ask around? I've no idea.

[He shrugs.] You could always go for the shiny rock?

Date: 2010-12-15 05:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist considers this for a moment.]

...Or clay. I can mold a hollow charm out of clay and insert the transmitter in the middle. That way I can make it as large as I want.

Date: 2010-12-15 05:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
Or clay with shiny rocks!

[Someone has a fixation, apparently.]

Date: 2010-12-15 05:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Luckily enough, Dist is just as much of a magpie.]

And the shiny bits could even be part of the mechanism itself!

Date: 2010-12-15 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
... Oh, I like the way you think.

Date: 2010-12-15 05:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Of course you do. The way I think is amazing.

Date: 2010-12-15 06:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com
Almost as amazing as I am.

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