[OPEN] Death rays are a girl's best friend....

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Who: Agatha Heterodyne and you
Where: Sagittarius Ward
What: A new arrival in the city takes charge of her situation
Warnings: SCIENCE! (Also action brackets because I am the laziest ever.)



[Agatha is blaming the strange dream on a side effect of lack of sleep and suddenly being shoved through Tweedle's ridiculous door. Right now the question is where that door has taken her. And what happened to the other three people who fell through it with her. Tweedle could be lost in time and space forever and she wouldn't care, but Violetta and Krosp she was a little concerned about. Not to mention the state of things in Mechanicsburg. But there wasn't much she could do about that now. First things first though, she needed a weapon....

So people who happen to be near some of the darkened warehouses may hear strange sounds coming from one of the alleyways. Clanking metal, odd whirring noises, crashing sounds. Those that dare to venture closer will find a woman holding what appears to be some sort of gun made from various bits of scrapped machinery. Her back is to the mouth of the alley, so she hasn't noticed anyone yet. She twists a small dial on the side of the gun and fire it at the trash dumpster. The alley is bathed in a bright flash of light, and when it fades the dumpster is nowhere to be found. Agatha nods in satisfaction.]

Could use some work, but it'll do for now.

Comments

[hello_mgann]

[M'gann sees the blast from the ray as she passes the alley. While there are a number of eccentric people in town, M'gann figures that anyone with a death ray should be treated as a threat. So M'gann activates her and sneaks down the alley a way before crouching behind a trash can.]

Hello, Ma'am. You with the ray, are you going to use that in anger or is it safe to come out and talk?

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Huh?

[Agatha turns in surprise, but holds the guns so it's pointed at the sky.]

What, this? This is just for self defense. A girl can't be too careful.

[She'll build a better one later, but this is better than nothing.]

Hey, do you live around here? Can you tell me where we are?

[hello_mgann]

Alright I'll come out then.

[M'gann drops her illusion and steps out into the open.]

So you're new to the city huh? Well welcome to the city of Hinoto-Ri.

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Hinoto-ri? I've never even heard of it.... How far away is it from Mechanicsburg?

[virtualbirdwatching]

[Atoli can't help but notice that something... noisy is going on. Upon seeing one (1) vaporized dumpster she decides to confront the source.]

...uh, was it supposed to do that?

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[She's slightly startled by the sudden voice behind her, but this person doesn't look like much of a threat, so she points the gun away from her.]

I'd have liked a little more kick, but with the time and materials I had this was the best I could manage.

[virtualbirdwatching]

[She is very much not a threat... alone. Her threat level correlates to that of whoever she's working with.]

Really? That certainly looked powerful enough...

[primordial]

U-um. You're not going to kill anyone with that, right?

[There's a timid voice coming from the front of the alley, and if she turns, she'll see what looks to be a young man with disheveled clothing and a messy mop of a haircut staring at her with wide, frightened eyes.]

It could be really dangerous to have that out in front of other people...

[ding_bots_are_done]

[He's the third person to be worried. You'd think these people had never seen a death ray before. She tries to smile reassuringly.]

Don't worry, I'm not planning on killing anyone. It just pays to have a little protection when you're in a strange place.

[primordial]

[To be honest, he never has, but still, he's read about stuff like that before, and it is never good news.]

Yeah, but...that's going a little overboard, don't you think? I mean, you don't really have to worry about defending yourself until the 13th hour actually happens...

sup agatha this is agatha - wait

[badluckhealer]

[Don't mind the teenager who has decided to stay and watch these shenanigans. Or do mind, whichever - she's interested because it looks like science or magic or both.

So when there's a lull in the work, she finally speaks up:] What are you doing?

[Her voice is quiet and almost emotionless - almost. She's curious okay, this is new.]

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Trying to adjust the power on this death ray.

[Only half paying attention.]

Can you hand me that hammer?

[badluckhealer]

Understood.

[Here's the hammer.]

May I ask why you are creating a death ray in the middle of an inhabited area?

[electricyousei]

Ruri stops and watches the spectacle then just lets out a breath, hoping that mad cackling won't be following soon.

"Was that a teleporter or a disintegration weapon?"

[ding_bots_are_done]

[Not in this case. Mad cackling will be saved for later, when she knows more about the situation.]

Just a standard death ray. Could still use some adjustments though.

[She eyes it critically. Then sighs.]

But that will have to wait until I can get access to a proper lab and better materials.

[electricyousei]

Ruri just shrugs and looks over the device again with her usual deadpan.

"I could see that power conversion would be a problem with those. Is that a toaster and a waffle iron you're using as heat inductors?"

I think Brainstorm is working on gravity weapons if he'd let you in his lab."

[tyrantball]

There's a small, startled gasp before Agatha is suddenly beset by a flying demon child.

"Oh oh oh! That was a death ray! AMAZING! Can Desco buy it from you?"

[ding_bots_are_done]

AAH!

[She jumps in surprise and very nearly fires off a shot in the strange construct's direction, but manages to stop herself in time.]

You shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Especially when they have death rays....

[Calmer now, she offers a smile.]

And thanks. But right now this is my only weapon, so I can't give it up.

[tyrantball]

Desco blinks at that.

"...eh? Desco didn't sneak up on you!"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

You should probably put that away.

[The unfortunate thing about waving weapons around is that sometimes you attract the attention of a meddling heroine of justice infected with TRIHARDO. Who in this case is holding her own suspiciously innocuous little metal device in her right hand and looking like she's ready to back up her suggestion.]

[ding_bots_are_done]

[She doesn't take any offensive action, but doesn't put her weapon away either.]

I will if you will.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[Meetra thinks about it for a few tense seconds. She's pretty confident in her quick-drawing skills, but that's a hell of a disruptor. Still, a Jedi doesn't draw first, right?]

Alright, but point that at me and it's your hand.

[She slips the metal cylinder back on her belt, outside her robe.]

[terminally_clever]

Instantaneous and complete molecular deconstruction. Impressive.

[So here's Fumi, standing at the end of the alley just behind Agatha with her arms folded and her coat draped around her shoulders, a wry little smile on her face.]

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Thanks.

[This town clearly does not have enough death rays.]

This really isn't anything special though. If I had a real lab, or even a decent machine shop, I could build one ten times better. At least.

[She's not really bragging. She's actually a little embarrassed. Most sparks could build a better death ray than the one she's holding. This is just cobbled together out of trash.]

[terminally_clever]

You don't say.

[NO FUMI NO]