[OPEN] Keke, that is incomprehensible! But… it’s worth the try.

[psychokinesia]

Who: Add & you!
What: A catch-all for November, feat. Add trying to harness the power of electricity via questionable life choices, trying to drown out all the nightmare-induced trauma with copious amounts of caffeine, and becoming a robot?? maybe???
Prompts will be in the toplevels, but feel free to hit me up at BlueFlewFedUQueen if you have any other ideas!
Where: Various locations (mainly Takoba Beach, the Merlaut and Heavenly Blanc)
When: Early to mid "November" (time isn't fake anymore i guess but months still are SO)
Content Warnings: None yet! unless you count like... trying to get hit by lightning?? it's fine. he's fine. I'll update this later.

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Takoba Beach | Scavenging

[psychokinesia]

Not long after the end of the nightmare incident and the start of the thunderstorms, Add can frequently be found roaming Takoba Beach. It's not hard to figure out his goal—anything that isn't electronic or metal gets swiftly discarded, and only the devices that look intact enough to function are worthy of staying in his "keeps" pile. If a storm is rumbling in the distance he might even test it on the spot, paying little heed to how weird it is that nothing needs to be plugged in to get power. He's learned to just stop asking questions about these things.

And with those storms also comes his assistant, of course. Dynamo is always close by while Add is hard at work, the six drones hovering around his search area and trying to help where they can. With most of their abilities offline the dynamos can't do much to help with the lifting, unfortunately, though anything shoe-sized or smaller is only a simple balancing act. Any strangers that wander over will also be swiftly investigated, prodded for weapons, and eventually allowed to pass once they've been deemed non-threatening.

Add doesn't bother turning around, opting to just speak with his back turned while he dumps sand and seawater out of a blender.

"Everything in that pile is mine, so keep your hands off."

Aside from electronics, he starts to collect another type of item after awhile as well—anything long, sturdy and metal. Hmm.

[activatingcombatmode]

[It just so happens that it's Zack that wanders by the beachfront that day and catches sight of those strange drone-like contraptions that are floating around. They look like something right out of Shinra's labs. One of them comes to investigate and Zack merely puts his hands up to let it check him out because he's confident he has nothing it wants and he's not really that threatening, is he?

Catching a glimpse of the other with his back turned Zack can't help but snort.]

Seems like every time I run into you you're tinkering with anything you can get your hands on.

[Is this guy some sort of pillaging racoon?]

[psychokinesia]

[The dynamo does indeed check him out, doing one full rotation around his body before deciding he's not an enemy. Permission to approach: granted.

Add glances over his shoulder. Ah, this guy. Not the worst visitor he could imagine stumbling into. He shrugs.]

What else would I be doing? Tinkering is an engineer's job. [he'd resent that raccoon comment...]

Electronics seem to be functional now, but only under specific conditions. I need more sample data if I want to solve this annoyance once and for all.

[activatingcombatmode]

I can see that. What have you found out so far?

[Zack snorts and then maybe even tries to poke at the little dynamo-thing if it happens to stay close enough for a second. If not, he'll put his hands on his hips and wander up to take a closer peek. He is still the same guy who isn't very tech-savvy at all so he can't really say he knows what Add might be working on or not. But he figures the thunderstorms might have something to do with the electronics. Maybe.]

Are these little machine guys yours?

[psychokinesia]

[He may poke Dynamo once. The little machine seems surprised, then retreats back to float next to Add. ]

Devices appear to function regardless of an internal battery, during periods that coincide with the new weather patterns. It's inconsistent, though... possibly due to the size or distance of the storm, but I can't be sure yet. Also, there was an unusual incident the other day. Storm in the beach area lead to several lightning strikes on one of the trash heaps. A toaster I brought back with me from that heap continued working longer than any of the other electronics, so it's possible there may be a method of harvesting electricity...

And that's Dynamo. They're not a toy, so keep your hands to yourself. [no bully]

[activatingcombatmode]

[A good poke and Zack puts his hands up carefully in surrender.]

So, devices can hold a charge and we've got toast. That's pretty good progress.

[Honestly it is kind of interesting how powerful the storms have been. He's noticed the entire train system working faster with the thunder hitting as well.]

Do you ever take a break, though? This seems like a ton of work.

[psychokinesia]

Possibly. The effect didn't last long, so it may have just been a fluke. [though if he can recreate it, that would be a good step in the right direction... just imagine all the toast they could make once they fix this stupid electricity problem!!]

I'll take a break when I'm done. I can't predict when or where the next storm will appear, so I need to complete these preparations as soon as possible. Otherwise I might miss a crucial opportunity and have to wait even longer for results.

[so... yeah, no, he's definitely been at this way too long.]

[activatingcombatmode]

A bonafide workaholic.

[Zack seems a tad amused although he knows that to each his own. If it were Zack in his shoes he'd probably want to work his ass off too.]

Just make sure you come up for air once in a while or all of this is going to make you go crazy.

[Trust him, he's seen someone push and fixate so much it makes them go nuts.]

[psychokinesia]

Tch, as if I'd have time to go crazy right now. [so...... yes. workaholic. he's not even gonna deny it.]

If you're so concerned about it, you can help me carry these items back to the apartment building. How good are you at climbing?

[activatingcombatmode]

[Zack would make a snarky remark about how there's no real time here so he's got all the time in the world to go crazy-- But he'll refrain!]

Sure, I can help with that. But why do I need to be good at climbing? What's wrong with using some stairs?

[But he is pretty good at climbing for the record??]