Comments | aternatopia: Stupid Muggle Devices

potion_stained in aternatopia

Stupid Muggle Devices

Jul 19, 2009 21:43

Who: Severus Snape, Chuck Bartowski
What: Computer help
Where: Chuck's place
When: July 19
Rating: PG-13

( Why doesn't it DO something?! )

chuck bartowski, severus snape, *status-complete

Comments 26

nerdherderchuck July 20 2009, 04:02:49 UTC

Chuck had been pretty content with the way his new business was going- the best thing about working out of his house was that he could pretty much start and stop as he liked. He'd set up hours when people could come by, of course, but most of the time his schedule was pretty loose-

Still, he was not expecting people to be pounding on his door at this time of the evening!

Hurrying over, Chuck opened the door to find a surly-looking, dark-haired man standing in the doorway.

"Hi," Chuck said slowly, noticing the man was holding a laptop. "Can I- help you with something?"

potion_stained July 20 2009, 04:07:30 UTC

Snape shoved the laptop into Chuck's hands. "Yes, you can make this infernal thing work! The instructions given by the idiot from the town hall were hardly adequate."

He stepped back, looking at Chuck. "Or we could stand here on your doorstep and stare at one another."

nerdherderchuck July 20 2009, 04:30:44 UTC

Chuck blinked for a moment- he had been used to pushy customers at the Buy More, but people in Aternaville tended to be a bit more patient.

Well, everyone except this guy, apparently.

"Uh, sure," Chuck said, stepping back into the house. "Come on in-"

Chuck's front room had been set up as more of a workspace than anything else- there was a large desk with several computers in different states of construction, with wiring and parts on shelves and strewn over some of the floor. It wasn't really messy, more just like organized chaos.

Chuck sat down at the desk, setting the laptop down in the one cleared-off spot.

"Anything in particular wrong with it?" Chuck asked, turning to look at the scowling man, "Or just can't get it to work?"

When he'd first moved to Aternaville, Chuck had been surprised by the number of people who had never even seen a computer. Now it seemed to be every other day that he was helping someone just turn them on!

potion_stained July 20 2009, 04:41:57 UTC

This was too humiliating to bear.

"I can't open it," he ground out through clenched teeth. "The latch is obviously dysfunctional. It worked fine for the woman, but it must be jammed or something!"

Sighing, he ran a hand through his hair, glaring at the stupid computer. "I've been told I can use it for research, but that is clearly impossible if I can't even open the damn thing!"

Thread 26