003 ¤ [video]

[fe_male]

[ He's sort of holding up a toaster oven but he sets it down pretty quickly. ]

I've got one appliance that takes a little too much glee in burning shit, and what looks like a maudlin blender. Who wants in on this?

[ He's also set up some programs to just sort of trawl the network constantly for various things. One is the word 'pie'. Another is encrypted messages not encrypted enough to be completely hidden from him. Casual re-pimp of permissions. So, yes. Both of these wouldn't be immediately noticed without someone else doing some sort of tracking of their own.

aka: Tony is bored. watch out ]

Comments

[fe_male]

As far as I can tell, nearly die, should die, don't actually die. It's a wonder there aren't like, a billion ex-cancer patients wandering around as superheros, really.

[boughtabookstore]

Possibly they tried but couldn't manage it. It doesn't sound like the easiest career option.

Should die?

[fe_male]

I don't mean they should die, I mean, under the circumstances, there's no reason for the individual to be alive. So, technically, they 'should be' dead.

[boughtabookstore]

A lot of effort to go to to throw themselves into more danger. [ a pause. Fucking smalltalk how does it work. ] I don't think I believe that you're only working on kitchen appliances.

[fe_male]

Expensive way to become a hero. Most people just hang around the beach or something.

[ He doesn't know how to smalltalk. Only how to talk big. ] Yeah? You got any empirical reasoning there, or just playing the odds?

[boughtabookstore]

The beach is less dangerous.

[ A moment to consider her response. ] Playing the odds. I don't think they'd hold your interest long enough if you're this bored.

[fe_male]

Well, yeah. Exactly. Most people don't want to actually be superheroes. They just want to think that they could be if they did.

[ snerk. got him. ] Yeah, probably not. You want one?

[boughtabookstore]

[ She makes a gesture that could be taken as irritation. People. ]

I think I'd be too concerned for my apartment's safety. What else do you think you'll work on?

[fe_male]

[ He's learned it's far too much work and effort to be irritated with people for being stupid. Not that it stops him, just that it's a little easier to rationalize when you've actually been expecting something legitimate out of them. ]

Depends if I manage to keep being this bored. Further boredom at this level, I might invent the better mousetrap. Lesser boredom... Well, the projects get bigger and less numerous as the level decreases.

[boughtabookstore]

[ Stupidity is one of the few things that actually can successfully irritate her. ]

I'm sure we could all use an exceptional mousetrap. Bigger?

[fe_male]

More involved. More impressive. More time and effort and thought.

Bigger.

[boughtabookstore]

I was hoping for slightly more specific information.

[fe_male]

Oh. Well, what if I didn't want to tell you. What would you do to coerce me?

[boughtabookstore]

You're not doing anything wrong, so nothing. I'm just interested.

[fe_male]

How do you know?

[boughtabookstore]

Unless I'm very mistaken about you, you're not trying to kill or maim transports.

[fe_male]

... I'm not sure how we got here from the original but no I'm not. You wanna come over and see? You do any robotics or engineering yourself?

[boughtabookstore]

My definition of 'doing wrong' has narrowed slightly here.

Seeing it wouldn't say much to me, I don't know engineering beyond the basics of repairing a motor boat engine.

[fe_male]

'Here' being the location or 'here' being during the last five minutes of this conversation?

That's kind of a specific marker.

[boughtabookstore]

Exsilium. Location.

I was Navy. Technology isn't my strong point, but I learned at least that.

[fe_male]

What'd you do in the navy?

[boughtabookstore]

I was a Lieutenant, deployed with the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain. There wasn't anything terribly exciting about it.

[fe_male]

Guessing that's why you're not in Bahrain right now. Or, [ handwave ] you know.

[boughtabookstore]

More or less. I fulfilled my contract and decided I wasn't interested in remaining longer. So I returned home and joined the FBI. There's my life story for you, nice and neat.

[fe_male]

[ heh. he suspects your life story is anything but neat. like, ever. ]

Cute. With a little bow and everything.