itp: the future is in your backyard

[theskyenceguy]

[TODAY, a jalopy is headed straight for you! It probably swerves at the last minute and does a circuit around camp, coming to a stop in front of a crowd of politely applauding zombies.]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you convert your standard combustible engine into one that runs on bio-fuel made from corn.

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[fromthelostdays]

*good thing you swerved in time, because if you'd made me jump out of the way I was getting ready to shoot out your tires*

Go you, managing to avoid running anyone over.

[theskyenceguy]

Hey, it's hardly my fault if the test driver isn't as skilled as he could be.

[Indeed, the scarecrow stumbling from the driver's side of the car probably doesn't have a license.]

[fromthelostdays]

I actually wasn't being completely sarcastic. It used to be enough of a problem when a car showed up that I needed to promise a friend of mind that I'd wreck any I saw heading her way... though that might have been more of an issue with her than with the drivers.

[theskyenceguy]

...Was she wearing a large electro-magnet or something?

[fromthelostdays]

Nah, just unlucky with cars.

So, are you new? Most people who've been here for awhile don't bother showing off for the zombies. My name's Heather.

[theskyenceguy]

Detective Ema Skye. And I'm not showing off. This exercise was done for purely scientific reasons.

[fromthelostdays]

Well, you'd probably get better feedback on it if you'd hunted down more people whose brains aren't rotting out their ears to demonstrate it too.

[theskyenceguy]

That's a bit of an-

[one zombie leans over too far and loses some cerebellum :(]

Okay, maybe you have a point.

[fromthelostdays]

To be fair, every so often you'll run into some that can be surprisingly clever, but they'll never be much of a braintrust.

[theskyenceguy]

Sounds like you've had some personal experience.

[fromthelostdays]

Well, there aren't many people who've been here longer than I have. I've seen so many zombies by now.

[theskyenceguy]

They're pretty harmless, at least when compared to the variety you find in video games and horror movies.

[fromthelostdays]

Every so often tougher ones'll show up, but Camp seems to like saving those for special occasions.

[theskyenceguy]

...Like Christmas?

[fromthelostdays]

Halloween's more likely.

[theskyenceguy]

I didn't think zombies were very jolly.