34th Inning

[freakinblur]

[Filtered from drones/Grady/Smiths/etc. etc.]

So, this Smith thing? I'm goin' to it. Yeah it's a bad idea, whatevah, blah blah blah. Someone's gotta find out what's goin' on, right? Might as well be me!

I heard some of ya are thinkin' 'a goin' too. So who's in with me? Any plans?

[A pause.]Is there like, ANY of my team left in this stinkin

Comments

[evers_hacker]

I'm going!

[freakinblur]

Sweet! Ya got any theories as ta what they might be plannin'?

[evers_hacker]

Hmmm, I'm thinking that they might lock us in the house and screw around with us...

...But something looks odd on that invitation though, wasn't there a John Smith?

[freakinblur]

Prob'ly. Same ol' same ol', right?

Yeah! That's what I thought. I mean, "Jack" is a nickname fer John, so I mean, it could still be the same guy? But that don't mean they couldn't 'a swapped out the old drnoe fer a new one, right? Happens all the time 'round here.

[buildstherobots]

I'm bringing a couple people in with me.

[freakinblur]

Yeah, Sideswipe said ya were. Ya got any plans? I know I'm goin' in armed.

[buildstherobots]

Absolutely no way I'm walking in there unarmed. And I don't plan on staying if things start going downhill.

[freakinblur]

Me either. Wonder how long we'll be stuck in there. 'R if this is just Mayfield screwin' with us again, an' it turns out tabe nothin'. Not that I think we're that lucky.

[deaths_heritor]

Perhaps we ought to rely on someone with a little bit more subtlety.

[freakinblur]

What, ya think I' gonna go in there swingin' a bat around 'r somethin'?!

[deaths_heritor]

. . . You said it yourself.

[freakinblur]

No I didn't! I meant that everyone thinks it's a bad idea cuz it's prob'ly a trap. Of course it is! But that doesn't mean I ain't gonna check it out. AND do a good job of it.

[armywithcountry]

Fuck yeah, I'm going! Can't win any wars just by staying on the sidelines all the time!

[freakinblur]

You got it pally! Did I ever tell ya I like tha way ya think?

[armywithcountry]

Of course you do, I'm awesome! You're going in armed, right? No way in hell this isn't some kinda trap.

[freakinblur]

You bet, pally! I'll have my pistol on me if nothin' else. I mean, of COURSE it's a trap. But usually Mayfield don't invite us to those, they force 'em on us. So this one's gonna be a little weird.

[electrowhipit]

I'm in.

[freakinblur]

Good ta hear! So how big of a trap do ya think it is?

[electrowhipit]

Oh, probably a big one. A big, fat, obvious one that we're all willing to walk right into.

[freakinblur]

[He laughs.] Yeah, ain't Mayfield great fer stuff like that?