phobulus: (30213801)
Alec Hardison ([personal profile] phobulus) wrote in [community profile] metalogs2023-05-13 05:47 pm

closed | door handles are off but you know i'll never miss 'em

Who: Alec Hardison ([personal profile] phobulus) & Donatello Hamato ([personal profile] purplexing)
What: Local teen menaces twenty-something who's used to being the baby of the group
When: Nebulously before Central City's lockdown
Where: A back alley near YOU (if you haunt Central City, that is)
Content Warnings: --



( it becomes clear, very quickly, that hardison is far outpaced when it comes to all of his most prized skills and talents. but, dear reader, it should not be said that he who proclaims himself protege to the late great nate ford is not also crafty in his own way! where technology outstrips, antiquitiy may indeed fill the gap.

that's why he's struggling with the lock on this hoopty. that's why. it's not that he already failed to break into a better car. no. that would be ridiculous. this is adaptation. this is the future: old crappy technology and mechanisms that can't be hacked by 1's and 0's, yes. this is the answer.

the slim jim comes up and the lock stays put, and hardison hisses out a curse word before letting his head bonk against the pane of the window.
)

Never thought I'd say this but I'm actually glad you're not here to see this, Parker...

( another try, then, with all his focus on the task at hand—because there should be no competition for a junker like this, right? )
purplexing: (barbed)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-03 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fair answer. Donnie'd probably say the same if his needs weren't so mundane in this particular case.]

Transportation, obviously. I do not have the funds to be purchasing cars and then there's...well, this whole situation. [He gestures at himself.

Then he watches Hardison do a miserable job once again before shaking his head.
]

Sigh. Have you even done this before? Here, stand aside.

[Donnie holds a hand up again to conjure up some unnecessarily fancy mystic-tech gadgetry, the purple rectangular markings on his skin glowing- a bit brighter than usual, he'd say, if he were paying attention there.

He nearly jumps as the neon violet light that forms everything else flares, and it seems harder to contain it into a given shape.
]

AAH! Wha- Wait, what's happening?!
purplexing: (I cannot believe you right now)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-03 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Not an alien!

[In spite of things he feels he must point this out.]

And no this is not supposed to be happening! -ohmygosh why is this happening- calm down, just breathe, Donnie, uh...

[He squints as he manages to disperse it.]

You saw me use it earlier didn't you? My mystic-tech- except usually it's not all over the place.
purplexing: (past visiting hours)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-04 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Making assumptions hasn't been working in your favor, just saying.

[Donnie turns his attention sharply towards Hardison then.]

Or something... [He allows the vagueness, brow lifting.]

Let us go back to the possibility that it is not entirely me...
purplexing: (i will keel your face)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-04 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...Gasp, it was you?!

[POINT.]

What did you do to me!
Edited 2023-06-04 15:24 (UTC)
purplexing: (mazel)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-04 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[That does dampen Donnie's accusation a bit. The turtle teen looks mildly bothered by that. He sighs, letting his hand drop.]

It's the stupid Confluence again, huh? I hear it gives out free powers sometimes like it's Christmas.
purplexing: (plotting your demise)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-04 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Donnie looks down at his own hands.]

I guess that's a lot worse than having to worry about touching anything with a complex computer system.

[He blinks then.]

What? No, we're not just breezing over that, I want to know what you did exactly!

[With that, he fixes a determined look to the side as he tries to form something else, flipping his goggles down.

That light flares again, lines tracing in the air as he tries something simple, his . It still looks like it's trying to stretch beyond the defining shape.
]
purplexing: (beepboop)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-20 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating...

[Donnie at least hasn't completely tuned Hardison out, so he does pause his study to look back at him, making a slight face.]

...well, since you're being that insistent, let's see if this thing can still move. My mystic-tech at least doesn't appear so unstable that it'll explode or anything.

[He lets his staff vanish, peering back into the car window to this time form something else inside the car: a tiny hovering drone. Which he gets to unlock the door from the inside.

Donnie pulls the door open, eyeing things before he ducks down to have a look beneath the steering wheel.
]

Given how long this thing's been left alone, there's no telling whether it still runs, is out of gas, or might be accessory to a crime, but I guess we probably should move to a better location if possible.
purplexing: (...)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-27 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Donnie looks pretty smug, always happy to know he's impressed someone.

He grumbles a little as he tries to get the ignition started.
]

Hopefully all this thing needs is a jump.

[The turtle slips back out once he's popped the hood, propping it open for inspection. ]

Hey Nathaniel Sr, mind trying to start her up again while I jump this thing?
purplexing: (yaassss)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-27 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Still bitter about being assaulted earlier? Perish the thought!

Donnie gives a whoop from the other side of the hood as the engine still proves functional. He holds a thumbs-up out to the side, just visible.

The telltale purple glow winks out before he drops the hood and pauses a moment since Hardison's in the driver's seat. Eyeballing him, Donnie steps around to the passenger's side, rapping a knuckle against the door for him to unlock it.
]
purplexing: (mystic adds flavor)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-06-28 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Donnie slides in, pulling the door closed as he settles back against the seat. He glances over at Hardison and grins, bumping the guy's fist with his own.]

The name's Donnie. How 'bout we grab some pizza and find a new temp spot to park this baby so we can do some better part assessment and removal?