MK VII: Faulty Wiring

[thecoolexec]

A || PHONE || UNFILTERED

Pfft. Typical. Looks like the IT Department is under new management, Mayfield. S'what happens when you outsource your tech to Hades and/or wherever the hell else we are.

Anyone know what the deal is, here? I'm normally not one to let anything get me down, but gravity certainly brought me down through my living room floor this morning.

Ouch, incidentally.
 

B || DAY || CUNNINGHAM LANE STREETS

[Tony's a man of science and tomfoolery. That's why he's phasing his hand in and out of his otherwise-solid-looking front door experimentally. Then he's sticking other limbs in there -- one foot, then the other... walk by at the right time and you might just see a bemused human head seemingly stuck in the door, looking about the area and curiously inspecting the clouds in the sky.]

Comments

[thecoolexec]

"Great Thief", huh? You must be good. You've already stolen my heart.

[Wink. Flirt. ??? Profit.]

should we flash-forward to that meeting here or just thread a new one?

[thecoolexec]

Ta-ta.

[little_thief]

Hey, that's pretty good! Maybe I should work that into my introduction!

[thecoolexec]

I'll demand compensation. I'm a household name.

[thecoolexec]

Are you grounding me? You can't ground me! I quit!
...Wait.
[And only now does he realize he is still "stuck" in the door. He steps back and tries to fully walk through it, but just smacks into it. It's solid again. Timing.]

Ow.

[thecoolexec]

I think I do. This kind of random feels disconnected. Disconnected means they don't know how to respond yet. And if they don't know how to respond... They don't know how to keep the kids in the backyard.

It's time to go exploring.

[not_so_great_wall]

Eh? Exploring where? There isn't anywhere to go without ending up back on the other side of town. [ She turns her head skyward. ] And going up only gets harder the more I try.

[little_thief]

Oh man, how much? I don't even have a real job!

[thecoolexec]

Hm...boy. Difficult to estimate such a valuable contribution, so if---
Dinner date, you and me, on a weekend of your choosing. Look at that. Everybody wins. You win twice.

[thecoolexec]

I'm betting we won't have so much difficulty reaching past city limits with things going haywire.

[not_so_great_wall]

Hmm... I'm all up for trying. [ She shrugs her shoulders. ] What's the worst that could happen? [ They could glitch through the world and fall into eternity? ]

[thecoolexec]

[Nonsense. That only happens in...Mayfield. Still, Tony spazzes a little at her words.]

DON'T... don't, say that. Around me. I don't like those words. Or to be handed things. Or government agents.

[little_thief]

Well, who am I to turn down a free meal?

[not_so_great_wall]

[ About the second-to-last statement. ] What if someone has a present for you?

[thecoolexec]

...ok, I make exceptions for presents.

[thecoolexec]

That's the spirit! Good attitude. Now, what's your attitude towards all of... this? Going on?

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Meiling laughs. ] And if someone is serving you food? Or tea?

phone

[answerer_sword]

Something strange, that is for certain.

[thecoolexec]

Okay, you made your point. Har, and also har.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ She pats him squarely on the back. ] I just want to be clear! I guess I don't guess what you're worried about.

[ Then she looks up and down the street. ] So... what's your plan?

[little_thief]

The walking through walls stuff?

[soulless_soldier]

[Golfclap]

See, could be worse. Just wait through you fall through a floor of your house, or your car goes see-through while you're driving at 30 miles an hour.

Re: phone

[thecoolexec]

Bazy, I'd say something strange is actually the norm here.

[thecoolexec]

The very same. Last I checked I wasn't Casper.

[little_thief]

Well, it's definitely not the weirdest thing that's ever happened here. I don't know why everyone's so worried about it.