RP: DIAL F for FAIRCO
In which Corus and Will meet an old face but a new friend
Staring: Myles Woodrow, Corus, Will Heggers
[21:41:40] - It is evening, and the lowering sun casts amber shadows over rust, sand, and the jagged, leaning jumbles of stripped chassises and bent metal. [21:44:10] - The Border village is illumed by the channels of cracked magma, seamed, solidifying. [21:44:40] - In the workshop, there is the constant rhythm of tools, and the sound of voices raised over the breath and hiss of the furnace. [21:45:44] <Will> Hey Corus! Watch where you strike with that hammer [21:45:56] <Corus> You told me to hit there! [21:46:12] <Will> One wrong whack and we'll have to start from scratch [21:46:31] <Will> Yeah! Hit THERE! Not there [21:46:48] <Corus> *Under her breath* Maybe if you were more specific in the first place... [21:46:57] <Will> What was that? [21:47:55] * Will sighs to himself [21:47:59] <Corus> Nothing, just show me where to hit the damn thing [21:48:18] <Will> Right! Here! [21:48:28] * Will strikes with his own hammer narrowly missing this thumb [21:49:41] * Corus strikes where Will indicates, muttering unintelligably [21:50:27] <Will> Less of the attitude... Lennart wanted us to finish this before he got back [21:51:27] <Corus> Fine, sorry, let's just get this done before we both get slaps on the wrists, huh? [21:52:51] <Myles> - They continue, with the noise of their hammering echoing into the windless evening. [21:53:33] <Myles> - And drawn by the sound, a ragged, ash-streaked, bespectacled figure approaches the workshop [21:54:05] * Myles leans on the doorframe unsteadily, and adjusts his glasses, once, twice. [21:58:48] * Corus rolls her eyes at Will, and then turns slightly for no reason in particular, noticing a dark [21:58:58] <Corus> -form standing in the doorway. [21:59:17] <Corus> Uh.. Thyme? You need something? [22:00:17] * Will looks up [22:00:30] <Will> Huh? You need your eyes checked Corus [22:00:33] <Will> That's Dickie [22:01:35] * Myles stiffens, and angrily pushes up his spectacles [22:02:23] <Myles> Do I LOOK like a Dickie, to YOU?! [22:02:49] * Will turns to Corus [22:02:58] <Corus> .. Is that a trick question? [22:03:17] <Will> Yeah... Kinda... What are you playing at?
[22:03:51] * Myles enters the workshop and steps toward them. He raises his finger. [22:04:45] <Myles> It's FACILITATOR WOODROW to you - you - metalworkers! [22:05:41] * Corus raises an eyebrow and fully turns to glare at the stranger, hand on hip [22:06:41] <Corus> "Metalworkers"? Have you look around, we're engineers [22:06:55] <Corus> .. Mostly [22:07:36] <Will> More's the point... What facility? [22:08:20] * Myles's brow furrows. He jabs at Will's shoulder with his finger. [22:08:51] <Myles> It's MR. Woodrow then - you overgrown BRUTE! [22:10:00] <Myles> My Facility is - IT WAS STOLEN! [22:10:29] <Will> Did you hit your head? [22:10:36] <Corus> How can somebody steal a facility? Aren't they like... *she makes vagye gestures* [22:11:00] * Myles pushes his spectacles up, and holds his forehead, growing furious [22:11:55] * Myles turns, walks a step away, and rounds on them, red with rage [22:12:30] <Myles> LAURENCE! [22:12:55] <Will> Nope... I'm Will and she [22:13:02] * Will thumbs to the Corus [22:13:04] <Will> Is Corus [22:14:47] <Myles> Yes, yes. [22:15:39] <Myles> The issue at HAND, however, is that something very IMPORTANT has been taken from me. [22:16:33] <Myles> So perhaps if you could VERY KINDLY lower your tools and stop THUMPING METAL for ONE MINUTE [22:17:41] <Myles> I could explain. [22:17:50] <Myles> Does that sound REASONABLE to you? [22:19:08] * Corus glances over to Will and jerks her head towards Myles subtly, holding back a grin as she puts her hammer down* Sure [22:19:40] * Will subtly nods his head [22:20:38] <Myles> Stop daydreaming and listen very closely. [22:20:49] <Will> Alright... what do you need? [22:20:57] * Myles looks at them both, in turn [22:21:36] <Myles> The last thing I remember - clearly - is that INFERNAL HELICOPTER! [22:22:41] <Myles> I could have had a helicopter for my Facility, but do you know why I didn't? [22:22:53] <Myles> Because it's a RIDICULOUS EXTRAVAGANCE! [22:23:34] <Will> Yeah... sure... [22:23:40] <Myles> And I happen to know that it was heavily subsidised, but that's beside the point [22:24:10] <Myles> Power had been off and on, and off and on, for WEEKS [22:24:48] <Myles> And don't try asking those slack-jawed oafs in the field to look at the generators [22:25:18] <Myles> Because you WON'T get an adequate RESPONSE. Do you understand? [22:25:34] * Will starts nodding then decides against it and shakes his head [22:26:13] * Corus goes to sarcastically put her thumbs up, but follows Will' double take [22:26:23] <Myles> Well, then I had a phonecall, on the INTERFAC. [22:26:36] <Myles> And guess who it was. GO ON, BLOODY GUESS! [22:26:59] <Will> erm... Larry? [22:27:10] <Myles> YES! That damnable SHARK! THAT'S WHO! [22:27:34] * Will whispers to Corus "I'm not sure he's listening..." [22:28:11] <Myles> And the next thing I knew. [22:29:04] <Myles> Helicopter. In my garden. Oh, the pear walk was RUINED. NO CONSIDERATION! [22:29:18] * Myles grips his forehead [22:29:52] <Will> Oh I know... [22:30:25] <Myles> Now. [22:30:51] <Myles> You two 'Engineers' are going to make yourselves useful. [22:31:41] <Myles> Because I saw that VERY SAME helicopter fly over this - settlement, moments ago. [22:31:59] <Myles> You're going to find a clear bit of land. [22:33:16] <Myles> And you are going to spell, in the BIGGEST LETTERS you can make... [22:33:24] <Myles> DIE L.F! [22:33:38] <Myles> That'll show him! AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING! [22:33:49] <Myles> Do you understand? [22:34:34] <Corus> Um.. yes? [22:34:46] <Will> Sure? [22:35:10] * Myles smiles crookedly and adjusts his spectacles. [22:35:33] <Myles> Good good. [22:35:50] <Myles> Well. Get to it. I have a headache. DON'T. [22:36:00] <Myles> Make any noise. [22:36:36] * Will shouts "SURE THING!" [22:37:03] * Myles is slightly taken aback [22:37:18] <Myles> Ah - yes. Get to work. [22:37:40] * Myles turns, and leaves the workshop, heading for the Foreman's house [22:38:03] * Corus splutters out a half-laugh and whips back around to her work, stifling her laughter [22:38:08] * Will turns to Corus [22:38:25] <Corus> Will.. you're so gonna get yourself.. told off loudly. [22:38:43] <Will> Bah [22:38:52] <Corus> So what does DIAL F mean exactly? [22:40:17] * Will shrugs [22:40:32] <Will> He told us to spell it... Let's just do what he says for now
