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May. 18th, 2010 02:32 pm
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[Dist is out in his driveway, meticulously working with the Kaiser's gun. He'd been a bit nervous about powering him up, but unlike last time he didn't start sparking and exploding, so Dist decided to count his blessings. Later on he would do a more thorough inspection, but for the moment his main project was modifying the gun to fire something other than its specialized fonic shells. Nails had seemed like a cheap and effective alternative, and as such he'd built up a stack of them sizable enough to build himself a second house. Now, the only thing to do would be to load it up and see if it could fire them in the first place to determine just how much modification would be necessary... so, naturally, he loaded the gun up and aimed it at the lawn.

Another thirty or so seconds later, the lawn, the side of the house, and half of the car are riddled with hot nails. The gun had fired, but it had spun wildly out of control; the only reason Dist hadn't been run through was because he'd been holding it from behind. Completely unperturbed, he sits himself down in the Kaiser's cockpit and begins to take the gun apart.]

Date: 2010-05-18 07:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[Cynric's been watching this for a few minutes from behind the Kaiser. He watches the whole debacle and isn't fazed in the least. After it gets done peppering the scenery with nails, he claps enthusiastically and laughs.]

Wonderful!! Wow!! That was amazing!!

Date: 2010-05-18 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist starts a bit, looking back and spotting the redhead through the back of the split-open cockpit. He grins a bit.]

I know! Isn't he gorgeous?

Date: 2010-05-18 08:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Yes! What is he? What's his name?!

Date: 2010-05-18 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
This is my Kaiser Dist. He's my masterpiece.

[Is beaming, thank you. An interested audience!]

Date: 2010-05-18 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
He's incredible! How does it move?! [Cynric comes close to get a good look at it, looking excited.] I've never seen anything like this in my life! And I am REALLY old.

Date: 2010-05-18 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[PREEN.]

It's quite simple. Here...

[He sets the gun down and stands, pressing a few buttons.]

He only responds to me, so there's no need to lock him up. You'd have to pick him up and carry him somewhere, then modify most of his internal circuitry to make him respond to you or anyone else.

[And with a pull of a lever, the Kaiser hums, then shifts its weight and stands easily. With no chair there isn't much of a demonstration Dist can do without falling over, but he can at least start it up.]

Date: 2010-05-19 12:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He is just enthralled.] Wow, and you built this all yourself, too?!

I can't make anything like this. I mean I can make some cool stuff but not machinery like this. What kind of magic did you study?

Date: 2010-05-19 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Me? I'm not a fonist. The Kaiser uses special glyphs and artificial artes, but casting them myself isn't my forté. I don't need to, when I can build works of art like this.

Date: 2010-05-19 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Oh wow! That sounds great. You must be pretty talented.

[He's looking it up and down now, poking at its feet, trying to see how it was constructed.]

I can't make machinery. Only creatures.

Date: 2010-05-19 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Creatures? What kind of creatures?

[Intrigued!]

Date: 2010-05-19 02:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Oh, you know. Whatever! Lots of stuff! I've been looking for my dodo since I got here but I haven't seen him. Have you? Oh! Or my boys? One is tall and dark and grins a lot and the other is skinny and pale and quiet.

Date: 2010-05-19 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I don't know what a dodo is, and those descriptions don't ring a bell. I used to make creatures, of a sort. We used replication, though; we didn't make them from scratch.

Date: 2010-05-19 02:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
A dodo! They're big birds that don't fly. Mostly gray. Any I made the other two, too. Lots of things! But I use magic. Lotsa magic.

Date: 2010-05-19 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Fomicry was developed initially using artes as well; I was the one who modified the process so that the effect could be reproduced mechanically. I was never gifted with spells, but there was no way some washed-up fonist was going to steal my spotlight.

Date: 2010-05-19 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He looks impressed. Dist pretty much described one of Cynric's fondest dreams to him! Magic and machinery, together! Now if he only understood machinery at all.]

Wow! That's amazing! You're amazing! This thing is amazing! [Points at the mech]

I should make you something. But I need some spell components. Give me some time, and I'll make you something! Maybe your own dodo! I'm sure you'll like them!

Date: 2010-05-19 02:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist laughs a bit. Attention!]

I don't think I need a pet. But if you can do your magic here, maybe I can show you how to apply it to a machine.

Date: 2010-05-19 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He thinks a moment and looks around the area. He spots a rock on the ground, picks it up and starts drawing some arcane circles with it on the sidewalk, near Dist's lawn. It was a small spell considering he hasn't any components or a subject, but still something should have happened. Nothing did. Cynric looked confused and double-checked the work.]

I don't get it. What's wrong?!

Date: 2010-05-19 02:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
So it doesn't work here.

[Even Dist sounds rather disappointed; if one thing could be said for him, he did like to learn new things.]

Maybe you'll get it back someday.

Date: 2010-05-19 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[The poor guy looks so distraught. No one's told him about Mayfield taking away powers yet. He tries another spell; no dice. He gives Dist a desperate look.]

Why doesn't it work?!

Date: 2010-05-19 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[The poor kid looks so upset, it's hard for Dist not to feel bad for him.]

Mayfield is... weird. It takes away magic abilities. But sometimes people get them back, the same way I got the Kaiser back. So if you wait, maybe you'll be able to cast your spells again.

Date: 2010-05-19 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He frowns deeply.] This is terrible. Who did this? Do I have to wait long? This isn't very fair of... whomever did this.

Date: 2010-05-19 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
It's just something that the town does; as far as I know no one has shown up here with their powers intact. I don't know how long you'll have to wait.
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He sits down on the curb. He looks positively lost.]

Well... but... what am I supposed to do then!? How am I going to get home?

I CAN PICTURE IT

Date: 2010-05-19 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
...No one knows, really. I don't think anyone's figured out how to go back to their world.

[Damn, he'd been able to pretend that it wasn't true. Addressing it like this was just becoming depressing.]

Date: 2010-05-19 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He's thinking.] If I can find a way to get my magic back and the right spell, I'm sure I could! Or if I could get ahold of the boys. I'm sure Luther could figure this out. He's smart.

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