[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

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well, there's some wisdom in that...

[She still looks annoyed, though.]

Just be careful where you point it. There's a lot of innocent people around here. Also dumpsters.

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[She does have the grace to look slightly embarrassed.]

Oh, um, sorry. I got a little carried away when I was testing it.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Exactly my point.

[She does have the grace to relax a bit, in return.]

You're the new arrival, right?

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[She nods.]

I just got here a couple hours ago. Does this happen a lot? People just showing up, I mean?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Generally they come in clumps about once a month...or at least, they used to. It's been more steady recently, people coming in one at a time.

[She leaves off that she'd only returned a week or so ago herself.]

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Really?

[She frowns thoughtfully.]

I wonder what changed....

[If it was intentional, then perhaps they managed to refine whatever process was used to bring them here. If it was unintentional, then maybe some sort of malfunction...]

[echo_of_a_jedi]

I don't think even the people who "operate" the system know how it works, although a man named Q and a man named Orpheus seem to be the Visitors with the best handle on technology and magic.

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So then the question is who built the system and why aren't they running it.

[This problem is becoming.... interesting.]

Orpheus and Q? I guess I'll have to talk to them then....

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Checking in with the government over in Leo Ward is a good idea regardless, but if you're a scientist who might know about how this all is happening, exactly, make sure to mention it to them.

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I'll do that. I'm pretty sure I can help them out if they'll let me.

[Which she knows isn't a given. Some scientists don't like to share their projects with outsiders.]

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Right.

[Unusually at a loss, Meetra looks around for a good reason to leave.]

Er, remember what I said about being careful with that gun. Oh, and don't just shoot at something because it looks demonic, or something, a lot of them are friendly.

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I don't intend to shoot at anything that isn't threatening me.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well, good.

[One more awkward moment]

...sorry about nearly waving a lightsaber in your face.

[And she's off, looking for somewhere to go not embarrass herself.]