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[nishizono]

hey, fellow prisoners! or should i say guests? having some trouble with the technical definitions lately.

i need some help. personal reasons. it's more of a crafts project, and i don't have anything to trade any of you - all the good shit i had are currently confiscated, sorry about that. anyway, here's the list of things i'm looking for:

- 1 box condoms
- 1 roll copper wire
- 2 metal files (1 long, 1 short)
- 1 roll electrical tape
- 1 liter acrylic paint, any color
- 1 car battery
- 1 telepath
- 1 roll fairy lights

if anyone can point me in the right direction, or if anyone's willing to help pull this together, i'll owe you something. we can negotiate.

Comments

[squadgoals]

The condoms alone could be used for the following:
- canteen (natural elasticity)
- fire starter (keeps tinder dry, burns well)
- weapon component (slingshot)
- first aid (sterile cover for wounds)
- gun muzzle cover (keeps out sand/mud/water/etc)

That's five for just the the first thing on your list.

[nishizono]

all the more reason why you should help me find some, then
what's with you and not wanting to help a kid out

[squadgoals]

[T E T O R A]

Tell me what you're planning, and don't say art. I'm not a benefactor.

[nishizono]

it's a surprise. a pretty bombastic one, too.

[squadgoals]

A new installation, sure to explode on to the scene?

[nishizono]

you can bet your ass it will. it's visionary work.

[squadgoals]

A miracle of progress. Well, well.

I have copper wire.

[nishizono]

everyone's a genius in their own right if they try hard enough.

i'm at [some building's roof idk], join the party.

[squadgoals]

You and your roofs. I'm on my way.

[nishizono]

hey, i like the view.

yell and shit, don't be a stranger.

-> ACTION

[squadgoals]

[One rung from the top of the ladder to the roof, she cups her hands over her mouth and yells across the roof:]

Is there anything in particular I'm supposed to be yelling?

[It is COMEDY POWER HOUR]

[nishizono]

[ it's NOT FUNNY, SHEPARD. tetora kind of jumps a little from the volume of the yell, gets annoyed over his own surprise. ]

I said yell "and shit", what the hell! You can't read!!!

[ no one quit their day job just yet, thanks. but look - he's got some of his treasure hunt crap sorted out a bit. ]

[squadgoals]

I thought about it, but it seemed a little on the nose.

[Pulling herself the rest of the way up, she makes her way over to him, a small coil of clearly hand-looped copper wire around a shoulder.]

What a collection.

[nishizono]

I'm resourceful, what can I say.

[ it's a good enough length of wire to use - good news in these times of scarcity. tetora won't have to scrounge for much more after this. ]

Like my set-up so far? I told you I'm a visionary.

[ it's a miniature scale of a carpet bomb layout. ]

[squadgoals]

You're something, that's for sure.

[Shaking her head, she walks around the edge, looking at the details.]

And how are you going to execute this?

[nishizono]

Stubbornness and a lot of running around.

[ what, it's worked well for him in life, hasn't killed him yet. ]

This is what the bombs were for, see. Pretty cool, right?

[squadgoals]

I'll reserve my opinion for its execution. [Still better than trees, though.]

[nishizono]

Hey. I'm insulted by that insinuation. I'm very good at what I do.

[ how dare you insult his murder skills, shepard ]

[squadgoals]

Actions speak louder than words, Tetora.

[beat;]

But yeah, it's pretty cool.

[nishizono]

Not a lot of dead people too, at least on our side.

Can't say for the other guys.

[squadgoals]

I like the odds on that. I'd like them even more if the numbers on our side were lower.

Zero, for example.