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Lemma "No, it wasn't an accident. I had teachers, out east, starting with changing oil in my father's garage when I was... well, too young to be changing oil. Once that... ended, I found whatever local handy or mechanic was set up in a town, learne…
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Lemma It's a big haul. Getting a buyer lined up is probably almost as hard as stealing it. (Harder, apparently, if you brought me in to plan.) This is the centerpiece of a hardhold or gang HQ or a serious business venture. Maybe twelve jingle to a …
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Lemma I actually have the parts for a remote detonator around the workshop, but I don't like to use them if I don't need to, since you can never get those receivers back. This is simple enough to just use a wire and a switch. I slip to the back o…
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AUF, with Weird from Spooky Intense (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 6, 2. Total: 10)
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Lemma Ha. I've got a backup emergency generator at home. The growers have one. Gnu, maybe. The Soldier Boys? Not the type. They'll know something's up as soon as I pull the plug. I spooled out rope on our way in, lashing it to whatever I can find,…
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Aiding Silica: (Rolled: 2d6-2. Rolls: 6, 3. Total: 7)
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Lemma I'm no doctor, but whipping up a splint is easy. The hard part was getting the kid to accept it. I have to point out that he's less likely to mess up working with the gear if he can take a little weight on that hand. I get a little nervous b…
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Okay, first, let's see how the plan goes: (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 1, 6. Total: 9)
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Nope.
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"Well, let me take a look at whatever you're using to dig with. Might be able to make that go smoother. Then... the collapse would be easier if I had some explosives. A blasting cap and detonator would be best, but I can make it work with, say, a gr…
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I let out a long, low whistle. "Well, at least you're not aiming low." I take in the plans for a few seconds. "Okay, this much is straightforward. I know you can manage a good solid tunnel." I mark off a span with my fingers. "But here's where it g…
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So, this is the crew, huh? It seems a little ragtag. On the ride over, I sat with my knees and elbows pulled in to avoid too much contact with Beef. But the tunnels on the way in were dug by people who knew what they were doing. Silica? I'm a littl…
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Ross, highlight me.
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Guess mine is Dice, who observed at least the beginning of that whole dance with Dubstep. (Side note: Come see me! I will fix your guns and upgrade your rides and give you sage advice and at least make sure you have the right equipment to be reckle…
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"Pretty much now, Seatbelt. Let me get my tools together. Got any special requests?"
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I mean, I'm not heartless. I just do a good impression sometimes. Seatbelt's a shifty little grifter but he's family and he's actually useful for getting things across the ice. It would be good to have him out from under his rock. "Yeah, all right,…
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"Good to see your head above ground, Seatbelt. What's the gig?" Spend my hold: What does he intend to do?
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And, what the heck, I think he's got trouble trailing after him. I'm trying to read him. (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 1, 6. Total: 8)
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Seatbelt runs convoys, gets goods from point A to point B through the freeze. He's a good navigator but not much a fighter. Couple months back, he took a job running valuables for Gnu and the shipment never made it. Ambushed or something, maybe. He …
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"Sure thing, Kemper. I'll keep an eye out."
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I'm keeping things pretty simple for Marmot for now. If it's complicated, I'll do the work and she watches and maybe assists. But I'm trying to let her be independent, partly because I think it's good for her and partly because it means she interrup…
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Oh, boy. My two least favorite things that aren't (a) cold and (b) death: (c) irrational personal status disputes and (d) things standing between me and a cool project. "Look, thanks to me, you already know as much about this thing as anyone else o…
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So, stuff I'm working on now: --Getting Marmot set up. Find her a place to sleep, some basic tools, space on a bench, and walk her through some basic jobs she can work on. --Copy down all the Russian writing on the Sky Mote I can get to safely so I…
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I don't know what it looked like to Butter and Marmot, but they haven't moved much so I figure it didn't last more than a second or two. Clothes don't really help with the chill I'm still feeling, but I put my coat back on anyway and fire up the hea…
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So, first, goose bumps, and a chill that spreads from the back of your neck like you're being baptized in ice water. Everything gets slow, or, I have hypothesized after it's over, I experience everything very quickly. Then the auroras get brighter …
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Opening my brain to the maelstrom, +Weird, 1 XP (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 3, 5. Total: 10)
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Well, I knew looking for a socket that I already had a plug for was a long shot. This is going to be a real project. In theory, that's disappointing, but I feel a familiar rush of pleasure as I start planning how it's going to go. But I have to bre…
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It's Butter's ride; she drives. Reversing the process to get the thing into the workshop is much easier, since now I have my wheeled pallets and the hydraulic system I use to lift out engine blocks. But that's the easy part. I need to get the ele…
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"Yes. We will make it work." Well. The 50-foot coil is usually overkill, but the more loops I can put into the block-and-tackle the easier this will be, so I find myself in the familiar situation of wishing I had more rope. If I could do twenty loo…