Avia Free (ms_miracle) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-11-12 20:11:00

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Help a Gal Out?
Avia was currently booked on a fairly length stay in Vegas (easy commute when you had a Mother Box), but was making regular trips back to Chicago to see Will. It was nice to have someone to come home too. Different than the way she used to fill her bed with an endless stream of partners. She'd tried loving everyone, but now she just wanted to love one man. Funny how life changed sometimes.

The Vegas shows were going well, but she was always creating new tricks. And right now, she had a pretty good budget to come up with a few more. She was no slouch in the technology department, but sometimes, there were engineering tricks she could use some help with.

So she Boomed herself to San Fran to go see Max.

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	semievilgenius 2013-11-13 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"No, but it's not as if we interact that much," he pointed out. "So what is it you want me to look at?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ms_miracle
2013-11-13 01:25 am UTC (link)

Avia spread some blueprints on a near-by table, showing what looked like a series of boxes sealed within each other.

"A more complicated locking mechanism to start with. I've got some good designs already, you can kinda see some of the smaller ones... but I'm getting too good at getting out of them. Do it too quick, and there's no trick to it. No trick to it, the audience gets bored."

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	semievilgenius 2013-11-13 01:36 am UTC (link)
	"Hmm." Max took some time to read over the blueprint thoroughly before speaking again. "Have you considered a back-up catch? Get through one and it sets off a secondary one?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-13 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Avia studied the plans for a moment, then grinned. "By the swingin' spires of Super-Town, that's a great idea." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-13 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"..Super-Town? Isn't that the strip joint where the dancers dress like superheroes?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-13 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"It's a city, the only city actually, on New Genesis," Avia said, fighting the urge to facepalm. "It's real name is Celestial City, but most of the younger gods call it Supertown." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-13 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"Gods calling their home Supertown? Sounds kind of pretentious." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-13 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Pretentious?" Avia asked. "Maybe, I guess. The name's just kinda stuck over the eons, I suppose." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-13 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Well if anyone could pull off calling their home that, it would be gods," Max conceded. He looks over the blueprint some more. "You've got more gears than you need. A couple bigger ones could operate several catches," he suggested. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-14 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, where I come from, everything's kinda crazy named," Avia admitted. "At least by Earth standards." She looked where he was indicating. "I do? Damn. Getting sloppy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-14 12:27 am UTC (link)
	"Not saying it doesn't do the job, but if you bigger ones than you can fit in a few extra springs and catches for the backup bands," Max explained. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-14 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Avia nodded. "That'd work," she agreed. She pointed to another spot in the blueprints. "Having some trouble with the timing circuit there. The countdown on the release mechanism is either too fast or too slow." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-14 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"How old's the wiring?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-14 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"A few years, I think. That part's from an older, retired trick. Like to keep some of that around for the older fans." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-14 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"My advice there is to check each wire. One of them may be on its last leg," Max explained. "If left alone it could cause a serious problem if you're still restrained." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-14 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, there ain't nothin' I can't get..." Avia dropped the bravado. "Thanks," she said instead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-14 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Max looked like he was going to say something, but chose not to. "I'm not talking about being trapped. I'm talking about an backlash of electrical current. Is this device insulated for that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-14 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," Avia agreed. She pointed. "Here and here. New Genesis power-circuits. Supposed to stop that kind of thing." She squinted at the drawings. "Maybe I missed something when I was putting it together?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-14 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"Is all the material used for this New Genesis tech? Any earth-based equipment added in here? There could be a bit of incompatibility," Max guessed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-15 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"It's a mix," Avia said. "Earth-tech supplemented by New Genesis tech for the complicated bits." She nodded. "Could be. Not usually a problem, but you never know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-15 12:20 am UTC (link)
	"I'd take a closer look into the inner workings," Max recommended. "I mean Earth and New Genesis have very different levels of tech, there's bound to be some kind of operating conflict." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ms_miracle 2013-11-15 12:34 am UTC (link)
	"Good idea," she agreed. She laughed a little. "Even when the show went really pro, Dad and Uncle Obie and I never really moved beyond the old days. Strung together technology, pieced together as best they could, with little more than a Mother Box and prayer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2013-11-15 12:39 am UTC (link)
	"I get why your dad made a living out of it, but why did you become an escape artist?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ms_miracle
2013-11-15 01:08 am UTC (link)

"Good question," she agreed.

"I was never going to be a warrior like Mom. I was always Daddy's girl. But really... it's about the symbolism. Every trap, every prison we put ourselves in, there's a way out of it, a solution, a means to escape the bonds we put around ourselves. And it's about spreading that message. The escape artistry is fun, don't get me wrong, but it's as much a vehicle for some of the charities I'm involved with as anything else."

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	semievilgenius 2013-11-15 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Max listened to what she said and paused before speaking "So..you're doing it as an act of symbolism while doing charities?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)