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[Pokey never thought he would be, but he was pretty glad to wake up back in his own bed. Not that that was fantastic but my God, it was better then that stupid summer camp. Even if parts of that were kind of cool..

He’s in for a surprise, however, when he goes to check the mail. Specifically, he’s surprised by the large crate that’s slightly taller then a minivan on his lawn. Which he just stands there, staring at it, for a few moments. It could be something for his new big brother after-

Nope. It’s addressed to him. Slowly, he heads back inside.]


[Over the phone, trying to get through some clearly controlled breathing he’s struggling with, Pokey sounds almost…happy. Overjoyed.]

You know. Sometimes life can be pretty sweet.

[Unless someone else says something, he’s putting down the receiver and going outside. Aside from the phone, there are a few ways to interact with Pokey today.]

Option One: On His Front Lawn

[Feel free to find Pokey either

A) Struggling to open the crate with a crowbar, occasionally saying reassuring things like he’ll “get you out soon” into it. He’s not frantic, but he’s clearly excited.

B) Hugging the ever living shit out of the spider-mech that had been inside the box. The thing is slightly taller then a minivan and about as big around as a car, an odd grey-tone, has a giant capsule on it’s back that clearly functions as the pilot’s cockpit with extra seat for a passenger, and, oh yeah, a giant eyeball in the middle of it that appears to move on it’s own accord. There’s something oddly organic about the thing. Which still doesn’t change the fact that Pokey is hugging it and talking reassuringly to it like it was a pet, asking if it had missed him..]


Option Two: Parading on the Streets like a Douchebag

[Hi, do you like calm, silent mornings, Mayfield?

Fuck that shit. Have a spider mech stomping through the streets, apparently of its own accord, because Pokey isn’t riding in it but rather standing on top of the thing, one foot propped up on the pilot dome and laughing maniacally like some little conquering asshole.

For his part, Pokey is doing pretty well avoiding actually damaging anything. Well, there’s the occasional car that gets crushed underfoot, but that isn’t important. What is important is that he’s on his way to try and find Vendetta and put the fear of himself in her when he finds her.]


Option Three: Second Phone Call [Around 1-2 AM the next day]
[And now the little psycho is all tuckered out. Thing is, excessive activity tends to mix badly when your body has been dealt severe damage by time travel. So in the middle of the night, Pokey finds himself waking up to one of his coughing fits. An exceedingly bad one.]

[The breathing on the phone is ragged. Painful sounding. And when he speaks, his voice is exceedingly weak.]

Doctor. Is there….there a doctor here?

Anyone…does anyone have pills? P-pain killers? N-none in my…my hou-

[And there’s the sound of coughing. Painful and long and throaty and wet.]

N-none in my house.

[Harpuia, if you comment on this option instead of one of the earlier ones, you’re probably going to hear a commotion before he gets on the phone. That’d be because Pokey had been digging through just about every cabinet in the kitchen to find pain killers, and had thrown all that shit that wasn’t what he’d wanted to the ground. He’s on his knees, leaning against one of the counters, while he’s talking on the phone, shaking. There’s a small smidgeon of red at the corner of his lips, as well.

Have fun with that.]

Date: 2010-09-07 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
[Jealous? Oh good. You should be jealous.]

Yeah, I am pretty awesome.

So, what'd you get? Not that it'd be ANYWHERE near as cool as mine, but it's probably still PRETTY cool.

Date: 2010-09-07 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
I haven't the foggiest! [He looks up the crate which stands over a foot taller than Cynric himself. He holds up his hammer.] Trying to figure out how to open it without any damage. Says it's fragile. I think if I can lay it down and pry these nails out, I should be alright!

Date: 2010-09-08 03:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
[He smiles for a moment, thinking of just having the mech knock your box over, Cynric. But naw, he doesn't feel like smashing your stuff today. He hops down from the mech to look at the box.]

Then let's do that.

Date: 2010-09-08 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Alright! I appreciate it!

[It's a little heavy, but manageable for two people. Once you get it turned on its side, Cynric pries it open with the hammer. And inside - now titled horizontally - is a very large painting. In it are Cynric at the very bottom of a group of 7 people, all dressed in 28th century clothing.

He gapes at it for a moment, but then laughs delightedly.]


I would NEVER think-- why on Earth did they send this, of all things?

Date: 2010-09-08 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
[Just raises an eyebrow. A painting? Well...that's cool, he guesses. Not as awesome as the dodo, though..]

...What is it?

Date: 2010-09-08 03:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He turns to you, beaming!]

Oh, I remember this! I remember this day! Pokey, these are my children. Like I was telling you about! Ah... of all the things to send. Are you trying to make me homesick, Mayfield?

[He still looks happy though. He looks over it fondly.]

Cost me a lot of money, let me tell you!

Date: 2010-09-08 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
Oh.

[He peers at it for a moment longer.]

So which are the two that are still around, for the most part?

Date: 2010-09-08 11:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He points to a man standing alone at the top of the portrait, with tan skin and devilish smirk. The other he points to then is a mousy-looking, pale man. (They look something like this (http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1088/lutheralerius.png), but not in modern clothes, of course.)]

Ah, that one up there is Alerius, and this here is Luther. The rest are noi longer with us, I'm afraid. [The rest consisting of 3 girls and 2 guys.

He's silent a moment, looking at it fondly. Then:]


I wonder where I can put this thing. I'd forgotten how big it was!

Date: 2010-09-08 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
...What happened to them? The ones who aren't with you, I mean.

Date: 2010-09-08 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[A sigh] None of them survived. Created them a long time ago, you see. Tough living back then. And people... ah, they didn't quite understand them. They never did. Never will, I don't think.

Date: 2010-09-08 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
Oh.

[Well he guess that's kinda bad. He doesn't know them, so it doesn't really mean shit to him, but it seems to bother Cynric. And for some odd reason, that bothers him.]

...Well...maybe your remaining sons'll get here eventually.

Date: 2010-09-08 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[He goes back to grinning.] I can only hope! Now, I'll have to see if Zevran or Link will help me hang this up. As for you, my boy, you'll have to show me how that thing works sometime! [points back to the mech]

Date: 2010-09-08 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
[He shrugs.]

Not really a big thing. I can control it manually or have it run on semi-sentient command. Which way do you want to see?

Date: 2010-09-08 08:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Both, of course! But, semi-sentient sounds very impressive as well. Do you need to be inside it to work it that way, then?

Date: 2010-09-08 08:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
[He shakes his head, grinning.]

No, it can just follow simple orders. ..It's kinda slightly tied to my brainwaves too, so there's also that...

[He snaps his fingers and the mech crouches down, eye still pointed towards Cynric's direction.]

Date: 2010-09-08 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
[Cynric is, of course, delighted.]

Excellent! So, did you make it? Or did someone back home make it for you?

Date: 2010-09-08 09:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
...Someone back home.

[Technically he stole it, but you don't need to know that part, Cynric.]

Date: 2010-09-08 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Hmm, you're very lucky, then! We don't have anything like this where I'm from. Although I DO plan on building my own robots soon! Once I get my magic back. That might technically make them golems, though.

Date: 2010-09-08 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
...Isn't that kinda what your kids are like? I mean, you made them with magic and junk, right?

Golems, I mean. Not large machines I used to do cool junk.

Date: 2010-09-08 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Precisely. Well, it would be more precise to call them homunculi, but they're even better than that. A golem would be sort of like a magic-powered robot, yes!

Date: 2010-09-09 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com
Isn't that what a homunculi is too, just kind of a "thinking robot" instead of mindless, I guess.

Date: 2010-09-09 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dodo-master.livejournal.com
Yes, but they're even better than that. In a class all their own!

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