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Tech E. Coyote ([personal profile] dotthedisconnect) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-11-26 06:21 pm

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Who: Shulk and Tech
Where: Defense Force Headquarters, Laboratory
When: Early morning, Monday
Status: Closed

[It’s not exactly irregular for the coyote to get caught up in a project and work well beyond his projected (and healthy) time frame. This is one of those times. But really, most of them are. He prepares the lab before he leaves, only storing the most vital or otherwise dangerous odds and ends. Most of it will be used again in the morning, anyways. After all, it couldn’t be that—oh. It’s tomorrow.

In fact, it’s very tomorrow. Tech sighs to himself as he begins to lock up. It’s a very half-hearted sigh.]

monadont: (je ne comprehend pas)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk's had time to adjust to being in Vatheon. He's had time to grieve, he's had time to read the Welcome brochure, and he's had time to get his bearings in this underwater... city. He's made a decision: to try and find a way back. He's probably not the only one who's trying to get back, it's just a matter of finding others working out a way to return.

He has no leads, though. No leads except for a vision... He's seen visions of the future, changed outcomes, been unable to change others.

The vision is the reason he's here, outside a building approaching a creature he's never seen before, holding a box of electronic components. The vision had prepared him for the humanoid animal but it's still startling to see in reality.]


Uh...

[He isn't really sure how to even begin. Hey, I saw you in my head and I thought I should meet you? It might be alright for Reyn and Dunban but not for complete strangers. Shulk settles for...]

I heard you needed these.
monadont: (good to have you back)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[There's something familiar about the way this person brightens upon spotting the box. Shulk can really relate to finally finding that missing piece of equipment he needs to finish his various projects, so he can't help but smile a little in the face of that.

He wants to know what exactly this guy's making, but first...]


Where do you want me to put it?
monadont: (what's the matter?)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Shulk cranes his neck to look around to the side of the box.]


I did.

[His left hand's free -- and he supports the bottom of the box with it -- but his right hand... Shulk attempts to lightly pull his right hand away. It remains firmly stuck to this person's left hand.]

...I think we're stuck. Somehow.
monadont: (there goes the neighbourhood)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk shakes his head.]

Not at all.

[He wants to try and figure a way to separate their hands but...]

We can figure out how to get unstuck after we bring the diffusion conduit inside.
monadont: (lazy days)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk nods before shifting the box around so he has a better grip on it while his right hand is stuck to this person's left.]

Alright, I've got it.
monadont: (a problem to solve)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
A curse?

[Why does that sounds familia--]

Oh, right. This was mentioned in the pamphlet.

[He puts the box down on the table carefully so he doesn't damage anything.]

If it's a curse, shouldn't the effects have started yesterday?
monadont: (what's the matter?)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[CLEARLY THEY SHOULD TOUCH MORE AND SEE--

Okay no not really. But Shulk does have the thought briefly before he discards it; it's already really inconvenient, there's no need to make it worse. The weight on the end of his right hand reminds him that yes, this person is still stuck to his hand -- Tech might feel a light tug on his stuck hand before Shulk remembers and stops pulling -- and, no, if he's going to think, he's going to have to forget about going into his usual 'thinking pose'. Shulk settles for curling his unstuck hand by his chin.]


That makes sense.

[When Tech takes out his SFC, Shulk's gaze focuses on it, observing how Tech navigates the device.]

I'd love to test your theory, but it seems inconvenient if we were stuck any more than we already are for the rest of the week.
monadont: (we'll be okay)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-27 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shulk nods, glancing back down at their connected hands. It's a bit hard to see how they're connected from this angle, even after a lot of craning, so he'll wait until this guy's done with what he's doing.]

Sounds good.

[Oh yeah.]

I'm Shulk, by the way.
monadont: (je ne comprehend pas)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-28 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Tech, huh. Shulk gets the feeling Tech is pretty business oriented -- a little like Dean, actually -- so he doesn't say anything when Tech leads the way.]
monadont: (a problem to solve)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-28 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk obliges and stays still. Unfortunately, the glass really isn't designed for two people looking into it, so with nothing better to do, Shulk looks around the lab. All the equipment in here... He can't help but say aloud--]

This lab's a lot more sophisticated than the one I had. Is this all for research?
monadont: (a problem to solve)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-28 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[R&D, huh. Shulk's attention is brought back to their stuck hands when Tech starts fiddling with them.]

Although this is different, we could try applying heat. Warming pitch loosens its binding ability, so it's not impossible.

[Using hot water or something. Not, like, boiling water, but hot water that isn't scalding.]
monadont: (je ne comprehend pas)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-11-29 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk nods. And then this post happens. When they're done, though...]

...Oh.

[That sure is his right hand getting unstuck from Tech's left.]
monadont: (what's the matter?)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-12-04 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Shulk nods and takes a step back. You know. Just in case.]

Good idea.

[He hesitates for a moment.]

Uhh...

[His next words are blurted out.]

Would you mind if I observed what you do here while I'm in Vatheon?
monadont: (good to have you back)

[personal profile] monadont 2012-12-08 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ahahaha no. Shulk has absolutely no desire to let the Monado out of his sight. He scratches the back of his head.]

It's just...

[How to explain?]

Some researchers don't like other people asking questions and taking notes while they work. I thought it would be a good idea to ask, first.