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oakstrong in sunnydaleosi

Tick tick tick

Sep 20, 2008 15:46

Who: Alex , ot Nick and all other folks at the party
Where: Whitetail block party - immediately following this postLana had settled near one of the candles, away from the snack table, and sipped at her soda. She glanced around at the gathered people, but seemed content to relax for now ( Read more... )

alex, location: whitetail grove, nick g, jolee, kya, npcs

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real_short_fuse September 23 2008, 00:07:37 UTC

Nick noticed the short, jumpy kid trying to get his attention, and wandered over, taking a gulp of beer. "You want something?"

oakstrong September 23 2008, 02:45:37 UTC

"You might want to take care of the soda," Alex said quietly. "Before it, y'know.... explodes."

real_short_fuse September 23 2008, 02:50:34 UTC

Nick smirked. "What, someone been shaking it? I hear tapping on the top takes care of that."

oakstrong September 23 2008, 03:43:48 UTC

"Not the cans, the case."

Alex pointed carefully. "It's wrong inside- there's twelve cans, not twenty four... and there's something... the bottom, see? I think it's something I shouldn't touch but you probably should before things get very bad."

real_short_fuse September 23 2008, 06:53:29 UTC

Nick's smile disappeared, and his eyebrows rose. "Hang on, kid," he murmured, "you think someone's trying to bomb the party?"

oakstrong September 23 2008, 18:14:28 UTC

Alex nodded emphatically, and indicated the soda case again. "When I tore the tape, the cans came out and there's not as many as there should be in there and I think the bottom's false and what's in there is very not good..."

He kept his voice low. "That lady over there with Kya... she put the soda down. I told Kya to keep her busy, then called you. I don't know what else to do. I'm really not equipped to handle large-scale disaster so I think you better make it not do what it's supposed to do. And uh... maybe we should keep people from panicking too."

real_short_fuse September 24 2008, 16:43:32 UTC

Nick frowned and nodded, crouching, carefully examining the soda box as best he could. Finally he looked up.

"Okay, kid, this is what I want you to do. Go find Jolee Madison -- the pretty little redhead -- and tell her what you told me. I'll see what I can figure out here."

auschars September 24 2008, 17:39:14 UTC

The soda case did indeed have a false bottom -- carefully glued into position, from the look of things. If it was a bomb, it could certainly conceal enough explosives to give everyone at the party a very bad day. And whatever it was, it certainly wasn't empty.

oakstrong September 24 2008, 23:19:59 UTC

"Yessir," Alex said, bobbing his head in a rapid nod, then strolling off towards the pretty redhead in question, careful to look casual.

"Um, excuse me Miss Madision - Nick said I should tell you about the soda issue..."

littleheavy September 24 2008, 23:21:36 UTC

"Soda issue?" Jolee asked. She looked over towards Nick, and the orange soda case he was crouched over. "Why, are they out of root beer?"

She knew orange wasn't Nick's soda of preference.

oakstrong September 24 2008, 23:25:53 UTC

"Situation," Alex clarified. He lowered his voice and leaned in to explain. "That woman over there with Kya... she brought a case of orange soda. But there's something in the bottom - something that's probably going to explode. So Nick's taking a look at it, and he told me I should come tell you."

littleheavy September 25 2008, 00:23:25 UTC

"Oh dear," Jolee said, frowning and looking over towards Nick. "I'm going to go see if he needs any help. Thank you..."

She started heading on over to Nick, trying not to look too worried, despite how her heart was racing.

oakstrong September 25 2008, 00:25:56 UTC

"I'm just going to go away now," Alex muttered. "Just in case."

He started carefully counting his steps as he walked away from the party, having done his part and now leaving the rest entirely in other hands.

real_short_fuse September 25 2008, 02:45:16 UTC

Nick furrowed his brow, listening, examining, testing -- then, very carefully, started to ease the back panel off the box.

auschars September 25 2008, 04:28:03 UTC

The panel came off about an inch before Nick felt a pressure -- enough to stop what he was doing immediately. Apparently, a tripwire was attached to the edge as a failsafe, and had he tugged it all the way off uncarefully... it probably wouldn't've been pleasant.

From what he could see, what was directly behind the panel was a mess of wires and explosives... and a little timer that was gradually counting down. At the moment, it was at 9 minutes, 38 seconds. There'd be time for a more precise examination later, but right now, the part catching his attention was at 9:35... wait, 9:34... no, 9:33.

littleheavy September 25 2008, 04:32:39 UTC

Jolee peered down over Nick's shoulder, and bit her bottom lip. "...that's not good, is it?"

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