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[overclocking.insanejournal.com]

Who: DelPavo + anyone
Where: DelPavo
When: Day 276, evening, post-plotting
What:

[Whatever locks the Geardorm has on its main doors have now been very securely locked. And then re-locked, just to be sure.

A cranky tiny is scrutinizing them as if he's seriously considering adding more.]

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Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

[ unslings his pack to the ground with a heavy thump ]

Yeah. I brought enough of it over with me.

I'd rather have it done here and now than ask you to come over. After what happened last night, there's no telling when the rest of Ophiuchus might come by checking all the dorms.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

If you've got it all here, that'll be easier than going back, and still shouldn't be too apparent.

*motions you over to the table... sitting on the ground with this leg wound isn't as much fun as it seems*

What sort of things might blend in and go unnoticed around your dorm?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

Huh? Well... books, I guess, we've got a load of those... the usual dorm furniture... and the storeroom's always got a load of materials. Uncut mushwood, obsidian... even rocks wouldn't be out of place if I made a pile of those.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

A book would work. The seal won't be perfect unless I come to your dorm and close it up completely, but I can probably get something pretty solid for you here.

Dump that stuff out on the table, I'll be right back.

*hobbling into one of the rooms!*

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

Ah, wait-- the thing is, it's already...

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*and back from his room, with some lizardskin leather and wood*

Ah? It's what?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

...it's already in something else. The book has to be big enough to fit in that thing, too.

[ makes the rough dimensions with his hand... a box-like shape, maybe about the size of the average journal ]

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

All right, I can do that.

*dropping his stuff on the table and sitting*

Anything else I need to know before I start?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

[ digs into his pack and pulls out a worn but sturdy bag, emptying it onto the table-- nothing but chunks of dormstone ]

That's about it.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*nods and pulls out what he needs, piling it on the table with the leather and wood*

All right.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*and after a moment of consideration, bringing his hands together, then down on the table, transforming everything in a flash of light*

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*when the light fades, there's a book on the table, with a leather cover embossed with a fancy scrolled crown there may be some strange creatures in the patterning. It looks like nothing more than a simple book, any trace of the stone has vanished*

That should do it.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

[ --blinks... reaches for the book ]

The stone...?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*slides it over*

Open it.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

[ takes hold of the middle pages and opens...? ]

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*the middle pages don't open! but as his hand slips across them and catches the cover, that part does swing open, revealing a stone box nested perfectly within the hollow of the false pages*

The lid slides into place. It was the best way I could think of to close it up as much as I could without being there to do it myself.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

...it's perfect.

[ slides the lid open and closed, running a thumb along the seams... closes it up again ]

This oughta work better than anything else! Thanks, Ed.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

Ah, you're welcome! Do you mind if I keep a smaller piece of the leftovers in trade for the leather and wood? I've kind of been using a lot of it.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

Not at all. Actually, I was gonna give you this in exchange...

[ rummaging... and pulls out a palm-sized bar of pure metal, setting it on the table ]

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*... :O!!*

This--where'd you get something like this?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

It's part of what we brought over from East Block.

It's not much, but... with your alchemy, there's still a whole load of things you can do with this, right?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

*nods*

This is fantastic! You're sure this is a fair trade?

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

There's no one else here who could make something like this.

[ picks up the bookbox ]

I'd say it's a fair trade, yeah.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[clap_your_hands.insanejournal.com]

All right. Thanks, this is amazing!

Slip that into your bag before you leave, so it's not quite so obvious. And if you come across anything else that needs to be sealed this way, I can make another one easily.

Re: [backtimed!!1 276 morning ]

[tothelight]

[ already adding it to Inventory pack :|b tugs on the leather thongs securing the opening, then knots them together ]

Got it.

[ slings it over his shoulder again and stands up ]

I've gotta get this back as soon as I can... thanks again.