un: plushiewarrior | VIDEO (in which alex sends a really powerful radio signal into the night)

[reincarnesiac]

( The wind's too loud to hear anything at first, catching the earpiece at exactly the wrong angle. Then Alex waves, smiling with that glassy eyed look that significantly tipsy people can end up wearing. It's dark behind her, but anyone very, very familiar with the skyscraper rooftops in Nova City will recognize she's on one of them. )

Hiii! Oh, it is... so not as cold up here as I expected!

( She laughs a little, throwing her hands up into the air and stumbling forward to likewise toss her arms around part of a metal structure, possibly a radio tower. Alex rests her head on it, her laughter trailing off as she smiles, a little bittersweet. )

I wanted to send a message. A big one! A big... message. So I thought, what if you had a lot... I mean a lot of power behind a radio signal? Won't that do something? We just want to be heard...

( Her eyes close, and it doesn't seem like she's doing anything. Then the tower starts to hum, lighting up with a soft sort of glow under her hands. Anyone tuned into its frequency will hear a humming too, almost like static feedback, that starts to sound more like a heartbeat. Hers. Then a clearer message with that beating in the background: Echo. Come in, Echo.

Then it really starts to glow, until the whole radio tower is a beacon of light. There is no way for the tower to handle that much energy for long. Alex's brow furrows as she's swallowed by the light, the overpowered radio signal shooting up a moment later, all the light abruptly going out as it fizzles upward, a misleading manifestation of what went without being visible to most eyes. Alex is left clinging to a partially melted structure, pushing herself away to stand, swaying. )

... Did that... oh. I don't... feel so good...

( Which is when she goes boneless, dropping out of frame to hit the rooftop in a muffled thud, close to passing out. Luckily her earpiece is still recording! ... About four feet higher than her current head level. Enjoy your scene of a warped radio tower and the otherwise unremarkable rooftop, Etraya. )

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[backtostart]

[ In the back of their mind, Setsu thinks that it was wise of the bots to bring such a large volume of food, as they finally grab a sandwich for themself. ]

Yeah... I can get that. A challenge makes practice feel more worthwhile. Even more so now with the different things you can experiment with. [ The tone of their voice is almost nostalgic - and less tense than it was just a moment ago. They start in on their sandwich, thinking... ]

Waiting? Waiting for what?

[ ?? He can't mean while Alex recovers? ]

[shadowsincryo]

Next mission. Cooling my heels between them just isn’t in me. [He takes another bite of the pastry. He is almost full. The pastry is just so nice and perfect. He would have to try to recreate it some time.] What kind of practice are you used to?

[backtostart]

[ Right, missions... With those looming, who can be idle? They nod in understanding, then take a bite of their sandwich as they consider his question. ]

Well... For a while now, it's mostly been physical conditioning. [ They sound a little embarrassed to admit that. ] Back before...all this, I used to go over our weapon and agility courses in my free time, but it's been a while now... When we were on Earth, Alex actually invited me to a shooting range to try the firearms she could make out of energy. It was really fun...and she really showed me up, hehe. So I need to work on that more, whenever I can.

[ After that initial embarrassment, their voice is actually bright as they munch away at their sandwich. ]

As it is, I was at least able to acquire a knife on Earth, so I'll be adding that to my regimen now, along with working on the magic thing. Since I know the risk of overusing things like that now, I'll be careful to pace myself. But that's been a nice challenge for me, too.