How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

The site of the recently restored Braddock Lighthouse. Aircraft hangars and other X-Men facilities, including a Cerebra unit and the Danger Room have been constructed around the foundations of the lighthouse.

How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby Blaine Slinger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:30 pm

Blaine, not yet permitted to go into the Danger Room unsupervised, was still sniffing around the outside of it, looking at power conduits and what little he could tell about it's operation from the outside.

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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:23 pm

A tall shadow fell across Blaine as he examined the walls. Tech Services Man had arrived to save the day!

"Need some help?" said the mighty voice.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:33 pm

"Shhh! Shh Shh shh shh shh.

Do you hear that?" Blaine said, waving a hand at John without looking at him.
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:39 pm

John listened quietly.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:59 pm

"That's the hum of a thousand kilowatts of potential"
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Postby John Hino » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:00 pm

John groaned inwardly.

"It's even better inside."
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby Blaine Slinger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:06 pm

"That'd almost be too much to handle at one time. You know what this much juice can power?"
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:40 pm

"Roughly three thousand HDTVs. Yes, I'm aware."

"Though this room isn't quite that hungry."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:02 pm

"What do you mean?"
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:04 am

"You overestimated the wattage required is all. The average anyway. The power required for simulated matter and energy generation is highly variable. It's still a lot though."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:58 pm

"Nono, I'm talking about the capacity of these cables. You could hook this sucker up and..." he said, trailing off as he turned around and noticed the giant lizardman.
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Postby John Hino » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:53 pm

A giant lizardman dressed in a red flannel shirt, blue jeans, and... was that a utility belt?

"And?" he asked patronizingly curiously.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:39 pm

"and...you know. Turn on....a light or...something." he stuttered.
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Postby John Hino » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:49 am

"Lost your train of thought there didn't you?" he chuckled.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:30 pm

"Yes...train of thought...yeah...um...hi."
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:37 pm

"You must be one of the new kids. It's okay, I'm harmless. Well, okay... mostly..." he said, offering a handshake, "I'm John."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:19 pm

"B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-laine."
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Postby John Hino » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:03 pm

John stepped back and held his hands up in a placating gesture.

I really hate this reaction.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:57 pm

"Y-you just s-startled me..."
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:03 am

He relaxed.

"Sorry about that. Sometimes I forget how imposing I look."
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Postby Will Stanton » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:16 pm

"Y-y-yeah. Anyway...

I'mrealysorryforbeinghereIpromiseIdidn'ttouchanythingI'msorry"
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:56 pm

"Whoa. Relax. This area isn't restricted."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:08 pm

"Are you sure? This is some preeeetttty nice tech."
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:00 pm

"All students and faculty get access. And you're not even in the actual room yet."

"And yes it is."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:02 pm

"Like, how does it work? What's the principle of operation?"
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:08 pm

"To put it briefly..."

John delivered a long, nearly incomprehensible string of complicated technobabble.

"...which, in turn, creates the final hard light matrix which simulates the intended atomic structure or waveform."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:15 pm

"Oh, I see," Blaine said.

He didn't.
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:31 pm

He smirked.

"Want to see it or not?"
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:41 pm

"Yes! But my credential hasn't been accepted yet."
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:45 pm

"I can help set you up," he said, opening the door, "C'mon."
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:02 pm

Blaine did so, excited.
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:18 pm

John led Blaine through the observation area into the actual Danger Room.

"Computer. Begin new user registration."

A reception desk materializes.

"Name?" the attractive receptionist asked, looking at Blaine.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:45 pm

"Wow, an interactive interface!"
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Postby John Hino » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:52 pm

"You should probably tell it your name before it starts calling you Interactive Interface," John teased.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:53 pm

"Hrm? Oh! Blaine. Blaine Slinger."
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Postby John Hino » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:41 pm

This was followed by an interactive verification process.

"User Account created successfully," the system reported.
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby Blaine Slinger » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:58 pm

"Sweeeeet."
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Postby John Hino » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:04 pm

"What would you like to see first?" John asked.
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Postby Blaine Slinger » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:23 pm

"The diodes! The hard-light emitters, embedded in the wall."
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Re: How I'd Love to Get My Hands On That...

Postby John Hino » Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:30 pm

John blinked before grinning a little.

"While I really, really like your enthusiasm, I can't very well let an unqualified minor poke about in those."

Don't give up that easy. Convince me.
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