DEPLOYMENT 4: We Built This City on Blood and Gore

[walking_nuke]

[ACTION - A (Outside Mayfield Dairy, OPEN TO ALL)]

[On his first day in Mayfield, Caesar had asked Balin if he had any explosives or powers strong enough to destroy an armored building, referring to the attack made on the Dairy back in March. So today, while Mayfield is temporarily without a police chief, Balin is outside the Mayfield Dairy.]

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[sanctusdei]

Grady offered us more power if we kept people out of it. I agreed.

During that whole... April Fools bullshit, the place got leveled, but it was all a joke anyway. Here it is again, good as new.

[walking_nuke]

[So this guy sided against the rest of the captives for power? He makes a note to write that down later ... But he doesn't ]

[But right now, he's glancing back up at the Dairy.]

Oh, so they were just fakin' everyone out, then?

Has anyone tried attackin'a Dairy again with whatever weapons worked back when'at happened?

[sanctusdei]

Not that I've seen. Personally, I've thought about blasting it to kingdom come myself a few times. Just for something to do. Who knows, maybe I can find the right spell to crack it open with.

[walking_nuke]

Good time as any with Grady dead.

[Balin looks thoughtful as he visually scans the building one more time.]

I don't got my Logos Abilities back yet, but I'm hopin'a synthesize some explosives before'a new chief's sworn in. Or however they're gonna replace Grady. Kinda wish I had a workstation, though, I'd be able'a make some of'a heavy-duty explosive compounds I worked with back in'a AFS, like ONC an' shit.

[sanctusdei]

"Logos Abilities"? That's a new one on me. But I don't think anyone's tried anything heavy-duty on it. Probably a waste of good explosives, but it's worth a shot.

[walking_nuke]

[Balin nods in agreement, at least in that it's worth trying. The first step will be finding the necessary ingredients, though ...]

Logos is a system for manipulating'a universe with a sentient mind. Well, that's'a human name for it, at least.

[sanctusdei]

Hnn. So a magic system, essentially?

[walking_nuke]

Yeah, that's how I tend'a look at it.

I ain't a Logos researcher, but from what I heard, the Eloh developed it after they discovered a "grand unified theory" or two we didn't figure out yet.

[sanctusdei]

Hnn. No one know where magic originated where I'm from. Seems like it's always been around, and only had gotten more and more prevalent and time went on. Slowly, though.

[walking_nuke]

Old as recorded history, huh?

What kinda stuff you do with your magic?

[sanctusdei]

Personally? My areas of specialty are gravity and force, and necromancy.

[He lights up a cigarette and looks at Balin for a reaction. Peoples opinions are pretty varied on that second specialty set, and he's always curious as to what people will say.]

[walking_nuke]

Gravtiy an' force ... Can you make gravity wells?

Though, necromancy-with somethin' like that, you sound like you'd be best buds with some of'a Exobiologists I know back home.

[After he says that, Balin's expression changes into a frown that says, "where have I heard this before?" He hasn't yet connected the dots that he's heard Theo on the phone last month.]

[sanctusdei]

Gravity wells? Hnn. Haven't tried, but I'm sure I could figure it out eventually. I've been finding other purposes for it though.

That so? It's not looked well upon where I'm from, and it's not very useful in Mayfield. That's why I began studying force.

*really needs to make more userpics XD*

[walking_nuke]

A strong enough gravity well might be enough'a bring this place down. Even if it's for a day.

[He glances back up at the building for a second, as if seeing if there might be some place in the Dairy's construction most vulnerable to that.]

Well, necromancy ain't a pretty topic-but'a Bane does it to us, an' our Exobiologists give as good as we get by rasin' their battlefield dead. And hey, nukes were just as much of'a taboo back before'a Bane nearly wiped us off'a map.

[Balin points a thumb at himself.]

An' now? I'm a walkin' WMD. Or-I am, when I got my Logos Abilities. Not so much at'a moment.

i know the feeling!

[sanctusdei]

Hmm. Possibly. Something I could work on, anyway.

Still haven't given your abilities back? They returned mine awhile go. But mostly I've been using it to study these new spells, since they returned my library of spell books as well. Been doing defensive spells for myself and the house. But now?

[Time to show off. Theo turns to find the nearest mailbox. He raises his arm and points at it, like someone would do to mimic a pistol. He mutters a few words under his breath, in Latin.

Then he pulls the trigger on his mock gun.] Bang.

[Suddenly, gravity seems to shift near them for just a moment, a strange pulling sensation. A hole explodes open in the mailbox as if hit by a bullet, and that strange feeling clears. The box is rocked back as well, bending backwards on its legs, a few cracks in the sidewalk where it's cemented down. Theo turns back to Balin, smirking.]

I've been finding practicing fine control of these normally wide-area spells much more satisfying.

[walking_nuke]

Yeah. I've only been around for like a month; got my PT uniform back after'a "truth gas" bullshit.

[Which he's wearing right now, sans the big handgun and its thigh holster. He's got a Colt .45 holstered to his belt instead.]

[Balin watches Theo's demonstration, and after seeing the "gravity shot" smack that mailbox silly, he whistles.]

So ya made a pocket'a high gravity right on'a mailbox? Pretty sweet.

I got one of 'em wide-area ones. I use it for lockin' down enemy forces before I nuke'a crap out of 'em. Or, just hold 'em in place in a killzone. Either works.