Seventeenth Assignment

[always_on_duty]

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[BZZZZT!]

Ow! Stupid computerphone!

...Oh, right. [Gadget reaches up, grabbing a lock of hair with two fingers. His spikes are less uniform than they once were, and a few inches lower, sitting around his shoulders rather than the back of his head and neck -- and is that a dusting of silver at his temples?]So how do you go about

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[sojournsparrow]

Well now, if you really like I might be able to give you a nice trim. All depends on your sense of style, and what you can offer me in return. Perhaps some information? Why did you yelp like a wounded dog just a little while ago, and what does it have to do with these communicators.

[always_on_duty]

Thanks! Are you in Spero?

Oh... I dunno, the computerphones shock people sometimes. I don't know why.

[sojournsparrow]

Sadly no, I currently reside in Discedo. How far of a journey is it to Spero from here by foot?

Truly? I had no idea that these devices were so temperamental! I shall need to remember to be on guard so as not to be electrified by it myself.

[always_on_duty]

Aww. You can't, it's on the other side of a lake. When I come back I'll come see you, though!

[sojournsparrow]

Oh... sorry about that old chap. I'm afraid that I can't exactly swim that far. At least that's what I've been told.

[always_on_duty]

It's okay, I'll come back eventually!

[sojournsparrow]

What's your name anyways?

[always_on_duty]

Gadget! Inspector Gadget.

[sojournsparrow]

Inspector? Are you a member of a police force then?

[always_on_duty]

That's right!

[sojournsparrow]

Do you enforce the law around here then?

[always_on_duty]

I don't think we have any. I can help keep the peace, though.

[sojournsparrow]

Yes, I thought that was the case given that it's such a small yet spread out society. Still, at least if there were some sort of civil dispute you might become involved then aye?

[always_on_duty]

Civil dispute? What do you mean?

[sojournsparrow]

If people were to get into an open brawl in the streets you might intervene?

[always_on_duty]

Sure, but it hasn't happened on my watch yet. [To be honest, without his gadgets, there's not much he could do about it... but he won't admit that.]