4th Fix

[technohippie]

[Quinn Hatch is, by nature, a people person. A party person. Mayfield is way too quiet and boring for his tastes, not to mention that he's a bit lonely and homesick. Working as a teacher has kept him busier than he thought it would, and the daily grind tough on him. Today though, he's calling out to chillax! You may find him:

1. Working in his garage on Brady Lane. From within, his regained laptop and stereo system are set up and are positively BLARING music at a drone-unacceptable level. He looks quite content though, working on something in there with some newly-acquired tools. The music is all different kinds - rock, metal, dance, rap, Quinn listens to it all. Come rock out/find out what he's doing/complain?

2. Later in the evening at the tavern. He doesn't want to drink alone, and you look like a good-looking friendly stranger! Look out, because he's sitting down next to you. If you're nice enough he might even buy you a drink.

3. Later that evening, stealing car parts. That might be your car he's harvesting. Whoops! He was meaning to get drones' cars, but who can tell in the dark, or after you've had a few too many. Double-whoops. But as far as he knows, it's the best and really only way to collect what he needs to build things.

Comments

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Wow, ya really haven't had much of this explained to ya, have ya, man? Everyone's got a role here to play. They put guys over eighteen as dad and husbands in these fake little families. Ya might even have a job assigned to ya. I did.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

A job?

[You've gotta' be kidding? How is it he's got a job here and he can barely hold on to one in the "REAL" world?]

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. It only gets worse the more I talk, don't it? They made me a high school math teacher of all things. Dunno what they were thinkin' there.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

So I've got like.. No choice in this?

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

'Fraid not, my friend. If ya don't go, they brainwash ya into it, or so I'm told. I'll admit I haven't had the cojones to risk it yet. So if ya get a call in the next coupla days askin' why ya'll been missin' work, now ya know why. That's what happened to me.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

The world is a scary place. Even more so than usual.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

My world I could handle. This place? Well... I'm sure we'll get used to it eventually, man.

[iflifehadaface.livejournal.com]

Well, thanks Quinn, man. At least I bumped into some one cool my first day here.

[rivercrossed.livejournal.com]

Nah, I never get too bothered with asking spirits about their jobs unless they're real interestin'. I'm not too used to computers, though. I don't hang around technology much.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

No problem, dude. Hey, we're all in this mess together, right?

[sveariket.livejournal.com]

'd rather go b'ck home.

haha i keep responding to the wrong comment, orz

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Well me too, in the end. I'm sure most folks in town would agree.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Ya talk to spirits? So you're a mage then? Sweet. This town is full of all kindsa cool people like that. It's so rare where I'm from. 'Specially technomancers like me!

/pets

[sveariket.livejournal.com]

Th' people h're are strange.

[rivercrossed.livejournal.com]

Not exactly, uh! I'm a shinigami, I ferry the dead. It's kinda dull, actually.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds... kinda cool, really. But I guess I can see where that'd get boring. Or depressing. Whattaya think of being here then?

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

Really? Oh, man, this is great!

[You'll have to forgive Raz, father-types not disapproving of everything he does is a new concept.]

[the-bloody-road.livejournal.com]

This isn't much of an alternative. And it means I've got nowhere to go back to.

[Dias is briefly silent before glancing at Quinn. Fortunately, he's usually pretty private with his angst, so he'll be changing the subject.] Haven't seen you around before.

[rivercrossed.livejournal.com]

It's totally the same thing, day after day. But still, it's loads different from being here. This place, I thought it was relaxing at first and not too bad, even if it was weird with the no death thing. But then all that stuff happened.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

That's a real bummer. Hey, maybe ya can go somewhere else someday then!

Ah, yeah I'm still kinda new here. Quinn Hatch, at your service! So the town gave you this job? Man, you got pretty lucky.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this place seems pretty quiet until they decide to pull crazy stunts like that. I guess we just gotta learn to roll with the punches, huh?

[rivercrossed.livejournal.com]

It's mostly okay. But then those guys in suits came, and there was that party, and - ugh! Yeah, we just haveta live with it.

[the-bloody-road.livejournal.com]

[Dias hadn't actually considered this before, and he looks nonplussed. Where else could he go...? Is it even a possibility? That'll require some thought.]

Dias Flac. And yeah, I was informed I had this job awhile back. I guess it's not that bad.

[techno-mancer.livejournal.com]

Well they set up me as a high school math teacher. Talk about the job I wanted LEAST in this world. So I gotta say, I envy ya, even if the booze is lousy!

[the-bloody-road.livejournal.com]

Hnh. I wonder if you're allowed to change jobs here? Or why they're assigned at all, really.