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[Action → 1127 Taylor Road]
[in the immortal words of one Linus Van Pelt, Halloween has come and gone. as such, Ray is more than a little bit saddened by this; it was his favorite holiday after all, the one night of the year where it's justifiable to run around dressed like an idiot and eat mountains of candy - things he would have been doing if ( Read more... )
[in the immortal words of one Linus Van Pelt, Halloween has come and gone. as such, Ray is more than a little bit saddened by this; it was his favorite holiday after all, the one night of the year where it's justifiable to run around dressed like an idiot and eat mountains of candy - things he would have been doing if ( Read more... )
[In other news, there is a notably startled person in civilian clothes and silver earrings suddenly behind you, Ray. Kind of like he just materialized out of nowhere. But gosh, that'd be silly, wouldn't it?]
What the hell--?!
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W-Waah! [...it's much less loud than it seems, really. but for what it's worth, he does jump a little.] What are you doing? Sneaking up on a person like that!
[he huffs, looking very displeased! the end Neutrona Wand is still smoking. shudder in fear, Lancer.]
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Aw, it's just a dumpster. There's a million others out there; I doubt anyone will miss this one. [FROWN] But still, you shouldn't do that. It's dangerous to startle a professional.
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And dammit, keep that away from me!
[Enhanced durability or not, Lancer was not exactly looking to get blown up. Or whatever that thing did.]
What the hell is that, anyway?
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This - [- and finally he lowers the Wand, powering down the Pack with a press of a button.] - is something I've been missing for a very long time. My colleague and I designed them to help us with our job back home. We call them Proton Packs for their ability to positively charge protons and concentrate them into a stream, which you just saw. Neat, huh?
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What the hell is a 'proton' and why do you want them in a pack?
[Hi there, Ray. Lancer's knowledge of science is literally stuck in the dark ages.]
[Clearly you need to technobabble at him.]
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They aren't in the pack; the pack just helps charge them. Protons are subatomic, electrically charged particles that are in the nucleus of atoms; the pack itself is a cyclotron, which is sort of like a particle accelerator in that it charges the particles using a high frequency which, as I said, manifests itself as a stream. It's a little hard to properly control, though...
[he glances back at the dumpster, wincing sheepishly.]
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No wait, never mind, I don't care. So what does this pack thing do other than make things explode?
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Well. It's...for capturing ghosts. [...yeah, there's nothing he can say to make that not sound weird. have an apologetic smile and a shrug.] The stream holds them in place by neutralizing their own negatively charged protons.
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[NOT AT THIS RATE, BRO.]
...Catching ghosts. As in 'spirits which were once alive and now are very decidedly dead'. You're not serious.
[Because he's now torn between 'ha ha you wish' and 'OH FUCK'.]
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I wouldn't joke about this, especially since it's my livelihood.
There was an alien attack just day ago and you're saying that catching ghosts isn't possible? That's kind of strange, man, and that must mean something if it's coming from me!
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But I'm not going to believe some human is actually insane enough to try and catch them.
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[...wow, way to get off topic. awkward coughing.]
...The point is I know those things are real because my friends and I faced 'em down with these, and the only reason we've been so successful is because the technology even exists. Anything is possible with science.
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Let's say for a second you met a spirit screwing around Mayfield. What then?
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[he shrugs.]
I'm pretty sure we'd make an exception. No reason to restrain it if it's peacefully coexisting with the living.
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