Helping the War Effort

[indy_wannabe]

1. Action, around Union in the general vicinity of Gilgamesh Wulfenbach's Workshop

Throughout the day, a duo (and by duo we mean "pretty much only Ezreal") have been moving back and forth between the workshop and any number of other areas. He can usually be seen carrying large and rather heavy looking loads of scrap. Ancient Golem the Tyranitar, Dragon the Charizard and Vilemaw the Metagross have unfortunately also been conscripted to assist, and none of them seem to be in a particularly good mood about that, judging by the low, constant stream of bitching and swears coming from Ezreal's mouth as he carries and inevitably drops the large pallets

2. Action, inside Gilgamesh Wulfenbach's Workshop

Later that night, the door has been flung open, likely due to the immense heat emanating from the workshop. Ungodly sounds, banging, clanking, drilling, and the occasional explosion can be heard, as well as the occasional explosion of human voices

"No you can NOT set the drill frequency that high! You'll melt the rock straight into the cockpit you moron!"

3. Video

Gilgamesh stood before a massive, vaguely cylindrical shape under a cloth cover. He cleared his throat before speaking.

"If we are to be fighting underground, then we should take heed to remember that our battles are not limited to a mere two dimensions. Nor should we limit ourselves to the tunnels that already exist. To that end, I have built a device that will offer our forces considerable tactical advantage. BEHOLD!"

He ripped aside the covering to reveal what looked like a giant metal can, with a horrifying array of drill bits attached to one end and spiked tank treads running along the sides.

"My tunneling engine is fully capable of boring through ten yards of solid granite in an hour, allowing us to strike at Gigas's forces from just about anywhere in the tunnel network. The main compartment holds up to six people. And if the passengers are carrying some of Ms. Ryuuko's pokeballs, that can turn into a sizeable raiding party quite quickly.

With the power of SCIENCE on our side, Gigas' defeat is inevitable!"

[OOC: Red is Gil, blue text is Ezreal. This is a joint post between Ezreal and Gil, either can respond or if you prefer you can specify who you are addressing in your tag title]

Comments

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[sparkofgenius]

[Gil's workshop isn't all that far from Lucca's own, and the sounds of it are enough to draw her attention away from her own work. Because at least she knew how to dampen sounds. And...was that a wood saw?

Without bothering to knock, she just waltzes in, a Rotomcycle whining to a halt as Swinedimple follows.]

Gil! What the hell are you doing making all this racket?!

[schmott_guy]

Hold that thought.

Also, EYES!

[That warning given, Gil pulls a switch and there's an eye searing light.]

[sparkofgenius]

What...oh!

[Lucca throws up a hand and turns away in time but when the flash fades...]

What are you doing?!

[schmott_guy]

[The light faded, and an entire panel was simultaneously welded along all sides into place. Gil took a moment to inspect it.]

Not bad, not bad at all. That should hold nicely.

[Oh right, people.]

I'm winning us the war! Or helping, anyways.

[sparkofgenius]

[Lucca looks at the...whatever it is and walks over, giving both Gil and Ezreal a look.]

What happened to not getting involved in conflicts? [Yes she remembers. Hard not to, she'd fumed about it for a good hour.]

What is this contraption anyway?

1/2

[schmott_guy]

Yes, well, Father got involved. He has a way of getting you to do what he wants...

[schmott_guy]

Anyways I got inspired!

[Gesturing proudly at the half assembled mess behind him.]

It's a tunneling engine! It'll be able to cut through solid stone when it's done! Just the thing for getting our way into an underground city, wouldn't you say?

[sparkofgenius]

Ho! Really? So you're going with everyone in that thing?

[Color her excited!]

[schmott_guy]

I'M not going in that thing.

Don't get me wrong I'm perfectly confident that it will work, I'm just not really much of a fighter. I'll be at the command center, making sure all that communication gear keeps working.

[sparkofgenius]

Fair enough. I'm...actually going to fight. But, I've got experience with it.

[She pats the oddball gun at her waist.]

And I want to try my new toy.

[schmott_guy]

[New toy!]

What's it do?

[sparkofgenius]

[Casually.]

It's a freeze gun. Fires a beam of cold light, or just a cooling agent to cause flash-freezing in inanimate objects.

[schmott_guy]

Freeze ray! Classic. Hard to make them that small too.

[sparkofgenius]

Well, it struck me...I didn't need all that much juice if I separated the attack and utility modes. That way it'd draw less power and be significantly more portable.

Got anything around here you need chilled?

[schmott_guy]

Nothing at the moment... I bet those guys marching through the desert will wish they had a freeze ray, though.

[sparkofgenius]

Oh man, will they. I've got a cool wagon prepped for myself and my team though. So I won't be, anyway.

[schmott_guy]

Good forethought.

[sparkofgenius]

Well you know what they say...always be prepared!

[schmott_guy]

MY preparations for being uncomfortable in the desert is not to go.

[Later on, he had a discussion with his father, and ended up going anyways.]

[sparkofgenius]

Well, good to know you're at least working on this thing. When'll it be done?

[schmott_guy]

Hard to say at this point, but I think if I power through the nights too, I should be able to finish it before we leave and still have time to get at least one night's sleep.

[sparkofgenius]

Right. Then I guess you're going to need tea. Or help, so you can get some actual sleep...

[schmott_guy]

Suppose I said being able to go days without sleep was an enlightened power? Would that help?

[sparkofgenius]

I'd say that even if you can? It's not as good as rest.

[schmott_guy]

I allowed it with the rotomcycles since, as you aptly pointed out, we were not under and time constraints. But now we ARE under time constraints, and I refuse to be assigned a bed time.