It's a damn good thing, in this job, that Claudia doesn't mind flying; if she did she'd have been in some serious trouble before now. Unfortunately, waiting for Artie to buzz in with more details than 'this guy will be DEAD if you don't go NOW' means she can't put her headphones on
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". . . of course I also pass really awfully dull stretches in other people's worlds more than you'd think, too, so I reckon it balances out. Anyway, I like planes."
Not as much as trains, but they're still pretty cool.
Besides, this trip seems . . . overall less dangerous than hanging around the creepy warehouse, although there were a few things Jamie did find himself wanting to poke into . . .
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"What about Janis Joplin? And - wasn't one of the guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd pretty young when their plane bit it?" She's trying to figure out what they're up against, and knowing how many people have crossed paths with the Evil Guitar of Evil is a good place to start.
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"Yeah, okay, great. You're sending your 27-year-old guitar-poker-atter after a guitar that likes to kill 27-year-old guitar players. Can't say I'm exactly feeling comforted here, Artie. For the record."
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Who, for the record, does in fact know how to play a guitar, and not too terribly either - but, also for the record, is nowhere near twenty-seven no matter how you look at it.
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And has she, y'know, remembered to bring them along in the first place?
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"I haven't been familiarized with anything," Jamie says, with a Meaningful Look towards Claudia.
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"I gave you a pair of gloves earlier, dude. That's probably going to be the main thing. And yes, Artie, I have a Tesla - and a spare, if you really think we'll need it, I just wasn't sure throwing that at him first thing was a good move. Anyway, this is gonna need more goo than a baggie, assuming we catch up with it."
Even Doug's supergoo doesn't make the bags bigger on the inside.
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She's good at winging it! Though admittedly she did just kinda grab her 'oh crap case now' bag and stuff some other crap in it.
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"So . . . I'm guessing I should know what a Tesla is?"
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"Stun gun, basically. I'll get to that when we're not in the plane anymore."
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Beat.
"Unless you mean literally."
He very much hopes they don't mean literally.
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