∞ 49: After the mission [action]

[chikaidestroyer]

Turn down a few torches. We'll rest here for now.

[Albert's voice echoes as he calls out to the rest of the group to stop. It's been a steady walk away from the warehouse even though they had been told by their Malnosso co-conspirators to leave the tunnels quickly. Extinguishing several torches, as they had been every time they rested, would help keep the amount of smoke down.

He takes out one of the sunstones that Sigmund had brought along, activating it and taking a seat against one wall. He then pulls out a notebook and begins writing, keeping an eye on the others moving around in the semidarkness.

Really, the silence following their success was rather unsettling.]

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[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

[Blues was nowhere near being forced to stop, but he is starting to feel the effects of the tunnel. His energy drains faster down here, and it's an uncomfortable sensation... especially since it also seems to heighten the issue he keeps most under wraps. None of that shows, though; he leans coolly against the wall, still wearing his shades despite the very dim light. He's not convinced the Malnosso are going to leave their return trip alone.]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Taking a look at Blues' dark shades, Albert finds himself asking a question -- discreetly, of course.]

Do you share X and Zero's ability to see in the dark?

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

I'd be having a tough time if I didn't.

[chikaidestroyer]

How far down the tunnels in either direction can you see?

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

Far enough to tell we won't be getting company soon.

[chikaidestroyer]

Good.

You're accustomed to electricity in your world. How useful would you find electricity in itself?

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

...Well, it's pretty much the reason I exist. Basically all technology in my world depends on it, in one form or another.

[chikaidestroyer]

You've been here in Luceti for quite awhile and survived without it. Can you think of ways that it can be utilized? I'm not familiar with any devices that may use them. [Only a slight lie.]

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

[That's because he's got his own internal generator, but he's not going to get into that.] Most of what it's good for is probably beyond anyone's ability to make, unless there's something down here to scavenge. It'll likely at least make all these doors securable.

[chikaidestroyer]

Like any form of power, magical or not, it can be focused... Would it be possible to make a weapon, an explosive?

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

Not on its own, really. Electricity can be used as a way of triggering a bomb to go off, but it can't explode by itself.

How much do you know about how electric currents work?

[chikaidestroyer]

Not much at all. This is something on which I need to rely on others' knowledge.

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

Well... Basically what'll be happening is that there's wiring in the walls of this tunnel. When the power's turned back on, electricity runs through the wires and brings energy to the machinery down here, like the door locking mechanisms. If we're going to use electricity in the village somehow, we'll have to run cables from the tunnel into town. ...And with the limited resources we have, that could get dangerous.

[chikaidestroyer]

I imagine attaching cables to the existing infrastructure would be dangerous as it is. Unless we have someone with specific knowledge of this wiring engineering everything, I doubt we will extend electricity beyond the tunnels.

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

Then it's usefulness is pretty much limited to whatever the Malnosso've left here.

[chikaidestroyer]

We will measure its usefulness after the power has been restored -- not before. We don't know anything about the extent of the electric infrastructure down here, so there may still be some surprises in store.

[rhythmand.livejournal.com]

True... And we don't know what that Malnosso is planning on getting out of this, either.