Day 91 AM [video] Public + Private to Maggie

[burnburnburn]

[Dilandau's lying on the sofa in his living room, holding his arm above his head to film. He's forgone his usual armour-and-diadem getup for a red shirt from the wardrobe. The swelling on his face has gone down, but the bruising has faded into an unattractive yellow]

Kenzi, I've finished that trap. Come to 15 and I'll show you how to set it up. I'll make another once we're sure it works.

[To everyone else, the message seems to end for a moment as he makes a message Private to Maggie]

Maggie, I want to see you later too. I've got questions about those dreams of yours.

[To everyone else, the message appears to start up again as he switches back to a public message.

His expression sours and he pushes his hair off of his forehead, huffing. He's obviously irritated at having to ask something that he feels beneath him]

Is there anything useful to do that doesn't involve heavy labour? I'll even take recommendations for books that won't bore me to sleep if there's nothing to be done. Or Mina, have you found any herbs that'll speed up bone healing since we've spoken?

[He very much doubts that the answer will be 'Yes', but it never hurts to ask.]

Comments

[onteamdyson]

Right now? Right this second? You want me to come over right now?! .... Yeah, okay, sure. Gimme a few!

[Hell yes, free traps! Okay, so it's not totally free, but it doesn't cost money which is pretty dang close to free. Kenzi will be over shortly, knocking excitedly on Dilandau's door.]

[burnburnburn]

[There's a little delay before he answers the door. It's gratifying to see that much enthusiasm for something he's made. He moves to the side so she can bounce in]

They're in my room. Up the stairs, second on the left. I'll follow you.

[onteamdyson]

Sweet! This is gonna be totally awesome.

[She's excited, of course, but she's also a little wary of being in a stranger's house with him at her back. Even if this used to be Ruby's place, too. Well... the dude is injured. And he's trying to help! For personal gain, yes, but it's still helping. So Kenzi heads up the stairs, maybe checking over her shoulder every so often, until they get to his room.]

[burnburnburn]

[He doesn't pay much attention to her reactions, since he needs to concentrate on moving up the stairs with as little strain as possible.

His bedroom door is ajar and he pulls it fully open for her. The room is military-neat, apart from his uniform, which is dismantled and spread across his bed after a good polishing. The wire traps are on the desk]

Take a seat and I'll how you how they work.

[onteamdyson]

[Holy craaaaap. His stuff is cleaner than Jesse's, what the heck-- Oh hey! Traps! The door-opening was a nice touch, so fine. She'll sit. At the desk, in front of the sweet-ass traps!]

Where did you even learn to do all this? It's gonna save so much time.

[burnburnburn]

I'm a guymelef-[Wait, noone in this place has sensible martial technology] - I fly war machines. I had to learn a lot about forces and moving parts before they let me take one out in the air.

[He perches on the corner of the desk and carefully presses the bars on his device apart. It's an ugly, inelegant thing, obviously cobbled together out of anything he could find, including some bed springs for the mechanism. A wire stretches across the gap between the two bars to trigger the trap]

Don't touch that wire or you'll break your arm. What you need to do is tie this to a tree at head height for whatever you're catching and stick some food on the trap. The animal will try to bite the food, its head will push the wire and the trap'll break its neck.

[He reaches under and pulls out another wire, breaking the trap and disarming it]

You ought to tie to a tree and jab it with a stick first. I had to make so with what I could find and it might fall apart.