Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-30655593-20190720092525/@comment-29564364-20190803130111

(Alpha: The cousins are there again. You know the drill.

Well, they've been there the whole week, which is why TheHD wasn't very active.)

A magic circle appears within the lens, causing it to be displayed in his field of view. It showed a circular spectrum going from black to red to violet to white, then cuts back to black, with each uneven seventh marked by a symbol, and two small pointers at the top of the wheel above which were more symbols, all in a language that Alex recognizes, but doesn't understand. "WHY THE FUCK WOULD SHE MAKE IT ALL IN ANCIENT LANGUAGE?!?!"

"I know both languages; if you will, I can translate it for you." Tesla offers and the symbols in the sevenths turn into the seven types of electromagnetic radiation, with the two pointers marking the specific frequency range.

"You're an angel, Tesla... unlike a certain Gremlin!" He then sets the magitech eyewear to visible light, allowing him to see clearly again. "Ahh... You know that feeling when you put on your clean glasses that you hadn't cleaned in a week? This is a hundred times better."

"Do you believe  in life after love?  that a lightning spirit that was sealed within a crystal before spending the next centuries as a factory has ever wore glasses?"

"I dunno, you tell me; you're the expert lightning spirit here." Alex jokes.

The sound of the trap opening and closing followed by the heavy footsteps would attract Alex's attention and his head and gaze would reflexively turn the source, following the automaton as it walked behind him before disappearing down the stairs.

"Is that not...?" Tesla wonders out loud.

"'Is that not' what?" Alex asks before remembering the one who took his offering of sweets "completely serious[ly]" back at the jailhouse. "Oh, it's him... Wait. Does that mean HE's the work thief?"

"Most likely, but not certainly."

"Well that's a bummer. I didn't expect Kos to be someone I'd already met. Especially not someone whose sheer weight make them seem more likely to make holes than to fix them. But that means we've also found an access to the roof!" He runs to the end of the hallway (where I assume the access to the attic is), climbs up the ladder and pushes open the lockless trap, only to find himself disappointed to see that the two holes were already patched up. "Oh..."

"What were your expectations for this place in order for you to be so disappointed?" the orb asks.

"Well, I thought I could sleep on the roof, but the hole in the roof is all patched up. It's usually dangerous to do so in the wild, but there are no predators in big cities to kill you."

"Why not sleep in the attic then?"

Alex shivers at the idea of spending anymore time inside. "Are you crazy?! Because I'll become if I have to spend the entire night in the confine of an attic! Might as well ask me to sleep in a coffin while you're at it! And there's a higher chance to get caught in the attic than on the roof too. Looks like we'll have access the roof the normal way..." He sighs. He the 'young' man jumps down the trap and heads back toward the entrance, a hint of hurry in his usual leisurely pace.

[Done]