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[Tommy's sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by a tangle of wires and lit only by computer monitors scattered here and there. Computer equipment looms in the dim light, and now and then he turns to check something on one machine or another. Actually, he seems to know what he's doing. Mostly.]

So--

[he begins, turning to

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Action;

[repeatshimself]

[Billy peers over the sparks]

Oh, man, not another one!

Action;

[team_sociopath]

[Tommy has grabbed an old t-shirt off the floor and is trying to use it to put out the fire threatening to start.]

Third one today. damnitdamnitdamnit.

Action;

[repeatshimself]

[Billy grabs an old blanket that looks like it has been used many times for this exact purpose and assists]

Dude if you would take some time you wouldn't overload the motherboards!

Action;

[team_sociopath]

Slow down and you get caught, bro.

[He leaves Billy to that and leans over to shut off some of the other units before they blow, too.]

Man, I was so close, too...

[team_sociopath]

[After a moment.]

It's cool, it's cool. Nothing blew up. Much.

[team_sociopath]

Too much info, not enough insulation. It's probably fixable.

It better be, I already friend three CPUs this week...

[lookjustlike]

What's going on in there? If the neighbors complain again, we're going to have men in suits at our door.

[team_sociopath]

Nothing! Nothing. Absolutely nothing is exploding at all.

[lookjustlike]

Yeah, right.

I'm heading out to the topside market because it's about time we ate something that didn't come in a packet. Don't electrocute yourselves while I'm gone.

[team_sociopath]

I'm not incompetent, you know. It's just an overload, no big deal.

Food sounds good. Non-rehydrated food sounds really good. I approve of your plans.