61st Devotion: Infernal Devices

[favoritetraitor]

[Static filled video/Audio clear]

[The penthouse living area has lost it's usual neat and orderly appearance, instead replaced by a mixture of ornate Victorian furniture and polished brass and iron devices set up on a work table near the terrace doors. Gears turn, steam billowing into the air above the table full of assembled machinery and tools

Comments

[letxequalnull]

Perhaps you should consider adding some manner of tracking device?

[favoritetraitor]

... hindsight, hindsight....

You wouldn't by chance happen to have a spare one lying about somewhere, would you?

[letxequalnull]

A spare tracking device? I may have such a thing, yes.

[favoritetraitor]

I'll try to stop by then once I manage to capture it again. I would rather not chance the thing escaping while I'm gone...

[valentineluke]

Do let me know when you've recaptured it.

[favoritetraitor]

Of course... I just need t-

[His head darts to the side, drawn by the whirring clicks and soft sounds of metal skitting on a hard surface.]

Ah! One moment...

[Static interrupts the feed for but a moment, but when it clears, Solomon is nowhere to be seen. Instead there's a soft thud followed by other semi violent sounds. On screen, the sofa jerks to the side before being completely upturned.]

[holymadonna]

Let's see... What infernal thing did you lose, Doctor Solomon?

[favoritetraitor]

Ah, Lilith... well you see it's a...

[He pauses, gloved hands in front of him as he tries to explain with gestures.]

a steam operated... no. That's not right... it's a clockwork... uh... surveillance device.

[Solomon gives a soft confused laugh, uncertain of what he's even talking about.]

... but... it seems to have a mind of it's own, wandering away when I had my eyes turned for just a moment.

[holymadonna]

How does it look like?

[favoritetraitor]

It's in an arachnid form... and I have to say, the extra legs do seem to have helped in it's mobility quite a bit...