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buildstherobots ([personal profile] buildstherobots) wrote2011-01-10 12:12 pm
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[52] someone keeps moving my chair

[backdated to the 7th I KNOW THE REGAINS ARE LATE ssssh]

[Dist had spent most of the day in bed. After the party the day before, by the time he'd gotten home he was exhausted and when he woke up he was wretchedly hungover, so he'd called in sick to the library and went back to sleep with a pillow over his head. Eventually the sickness and headache had subsided enough for him to go get something to eat... and notice that he had another couple of gifts. The first one made him choke a little; it was a simple photograph, of him and Jade as children with the Professor. He'd set it up in his room, making a note to find a fitting frame before going outside.

...

AAAAAAAAAAAH CHAIR. Oh, he'd missed it so, and what with his acquired weakness he'd needed it more than ever.

So, Mayfield, you'll have a crazy man in a flying salmon-covered chair pretty much everywhere today, mostly outside because the thing is huge and typically won't fit inside the front door without some rotating. He's looking far more excited than he really should be, really, but hey! Flying chair! And truly flying, it seems, not just hovering; sometimes he's high up, sometimes he's close to the ground; it all depends. On what, probably that's only obvious to Dist.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Because a chair isn't complete without a table, there's a boy wandering around town atop one of those. It makes horse clip-clop sounds when it walks down the street for some reason. Who knows? Actually he's not wandering more than he is shopping, but the horse-table seems to instinctively follow the flying chair's path . . . Lucas doesn't notice; he's too busy staring.]

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[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Totally watching this completely flabbergasted before... before...]

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[BEFORE HE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND BUSTS OUT LAUGHING. Not mockingly so, either. That is the best thing he's seen all day. He can't help himself.]

Holy crap, dude! What is that?!

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looks like you've gained an audience of one, Dist. This little squid is following your chair around everywhere it goes, staring curiously.]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, Dist is certainly no stranger to things moving in ways that they really shouldn't, but a walking table is something he has to admit he's never seen before. It takes him a bit to notice that he's being followed, but when he does he turns, inspecting the table curiously.]

Interesting. Is it enchanted?

[He feels stupid asking, but he has to remind himself that fontech is unique to Auldrant, while magic seems almost universal among Mayfield's residents.]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, laughter is laughter, and when it's directed at Dist he can't help but be slightly irritated.]

It's a chair. Can't you tell?

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ohoho, an admirer! Dist turns, giving a little flourish.]

Isn't it wonderful?

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's awesome! How does it fly like that?

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's easy; I just trace the directions here.

[He tilts the chair forwards a bit and taps the front of the arm rest; there's really nothing visible there, but given that his hand is pretty much constantly touching that spot it's believable.]

It's a jewel of fontech, I'll tell you. Like all of my inventions, there's nothing like it back home! It's even built without a hover drive, can you believe it? It's one of my older inventions, but it still functions as though it were new, of course...

[You got him gloating. You have no one to blame but yourself.]

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, it's perfect!"

[Squid Girl smiles, rubbing her chin for a moment as she closes her eyes in contemplation. When she opens them again, she grins confidently, pointing up at Dist.]

"Give it to me!"

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
--unstable resonance was a problem at first, but with some -- ...eh?

[Dist blinks, cutting off his explanation mid-sentence.]

Give it...? No! Why in the world would I do that?

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He slaps a hand over his mouth, still giggling but stopping for the most part.]

No, really? But it ain't every day I see someone flyin' about like the Wicked Witch of the West on one. Where in the world did ya get it? Or did ya make it?

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Dist ruffles up his feathers a bit, looking indignant.]

I made it, thank you very much! And there's nothing funny about it!

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Every good invader needs a throne for when their conquest is complete! And a flying throne is even better! I could oppress the masses of humans without even leaving my seat!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think so. It's just . . . special.

[Mr. Saturn technology is a mystery. The table stops when Dist does and Lucas begins to feel a little awkward.]

Is yours?

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Dist huffs and lifts his chair further up into the air a bit, shaking his head.]

Well, you'll just have to get your own! This one is mine!

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh you are just 100% amazing entertainment. He's really trying hard and failing.]

No, just... look, don't take it personal, okay? It just caught me off-guard. It was really the last thing I was expectin' to see today.

So ya made it? That's damned impressive, really. Magic, I take it?

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Mine is a special type of technology. Very difficult to explain to someone who isn't familiar. You don't know how the table works?

[He reaches out to touch it, curious.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[The table doesn't seem to care. When it is stopped like this, there is absolutely nothing strange about it except for the peculiar design. It looks like a Mr. Saturn. Lucas frowns a little.]

It might have something to do with PSI, but I don't think so. The people who gave it to me . . . They're very unique.

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[grin~]

"Oh no you don't!"

[And just like that, four tentacles shoot out from the sides of her head, extending their reach to grab around the arms and legs of the chair. For such a shrimpy-looking girl, Squid Girl's tentacles are way stronger than you'd expect.]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Waah!

[That isn't something he's expecting. He lifts the chair quickly up into the air, trying to shake the girl off.]

Let go!

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dist will find that these tentacles are capable of extending to some pretty amazing lengths! Squid Girl just grins, trying her best to pull him back down.]

"Not until you give it to me!"

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not giving you my chair!

[And how it's a power struggle. The chair starts to shake a bit as it fights against the tentacles, and Dist leans forward, kicking at them angrily.]

[identity profile] moemoetentacles.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ow! Hey, watch it!"

[The tentacles recoil reflexively as Dist kicks them, but she's got ten of these things total to work with, so she shoots some uninjured ones out to take the place of the ones he's kicking at.]

"Just give it up!"

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aah, success! Sort of! He keeps kicking, jabbing the heel of his shoe down systematically onto each of the tentacles.]

It's mine! I made it! Make your own!

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