heart and soul

[soldieronwards]

The ground falls out beneath you. You're in midair, you're surrounded by swirling clouds, and there's nowhere stable to put your feet. The space between your body and the turbulence around you feels poorly defined as well; where do you end and your surroundings begin? Is there a stable you in the first place?

But eventually--

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Comments

Re: START

[dicktionary]

[going to check the electronics]

Re: START

[soldieronwards]

It's the size and shape of a large brick. A small screen on its side reads ARMED in blinking red letters. There's a port next to the screen as if for something to be plugged into it, and absolutely no other controls. It seems to be bolted to the floor and walls.

Re: START

[dicktionary]

--Bomb.

Re: START

[defenceservice]

[pretty calm considering]

All right, we need to put as much distance between ourselves and that as we can.

Re: START

[dicktionary]

We should disarm it. [closing his right hand around his left wrist, scowling] I need my gear, man. And my skills. I remember how to rig these, and can reverse-engineer that process, but I can't do that without a computer!

Re: START

[defenceservice]

More important, you need this place to run on real-world rules. He said he's the only one who can disarm it and I'm inclined to believe him.

Re: START

[dicktionary]

What if someone sets it off?

Re: START

[defenceservice]

We hope we're far away enough. Look, sounds like it takes a device and a password. We can look for both.

Re: START

[dicktionary]

...Fine. Okay. If we find them, though, we're coming back.

Re: START

[defenceservice]

Fine. C'mon.

[gestures for him to follow him down the corridor]

Re: START

[soldieronwards]

To the corridor, then!