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Quinn X. Hatch ([personal profile] technohippie) wrote2011-07-15 08:31 am

17th Fix

[Thanks to being at stage three, Quinn really messed stuff up with his best friend in town. He's wrestling with a lot of feelings that a chill and in-control guy like him never deals with normally, and still being under the secret-blurting effect, really wants to get this off his chest to someone. The problem is that he doesn't know who to go to, and he doesn't really want to start blurting out more secrets and ruining more friendships today. Oh, but he really does want to talk, doesn't he? Thanks, Mayfield.

What Quinn will be up to:

A) In the garage at home, doors open, playing with all his electronics as usual. There's music playing, but it's not blaring this time. The ashtray on his table is overflowing with cigarette butts. Quinn's just making himself look busy, tinkering around with no real goal in mind. He'll be using his technomancy, talking to his electronics about his problems, but they don't really get it.

B) He'll be stopping in to check on his buddy Scott Pilgrim, who, from the last call he made, sounded pretty bad off. Knock knock at 2242 Stevens Road.

C) Out at the grocery store, restocking on cigarettes. And maybe some beer. And keeping his head town to hopefully avoid people! Quinn looking nervous and worried is pretty unusual to anyone who knows him.

D) At night, Quinn's at the park, laying at the grass and looking up at the stars. His laptop is next to him, and he has his headphones phones on and a cigarette in his mouth. This is his best idea on how to shut off both the world and his mind for awhile, but that doesn't prevent anyone from approaching him.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Mate" might be too strong a word. I like 'im, though. A lot. He's a lot cooler than he thinks he is.

[He pauses.] ...Did I seriously just say that?

[identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He stops short -- balancing with what seems to be relative ease on one wheel.]

... I see you.
ooeeooahah: (Smirk)

[personal profile] ooeeooahah 2011-07-17 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, you did.

[ She gets a beer for both of them. ]

What, the first above the harem isn't a mate? Pfft. It's what I'd call...tng...

[ She visibly restrains herself. ]

Dangit. I haven't asked him yet, even. I ought to. After I tell him about the family.

[identity profile] evers-hacker.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[... Ooooooh, welp. April rubs the back of her neck as she thinks.] Ah... and how did your friend react?

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Embarrassed, angry, and then he knocked over a fence.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[He breathes a sigh of relief.] Sorry, man. Didn't mean to act like a human speedbump here.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Harem? [He chuckles and shakes his head.] Ya give me too much credit.

The family?
ooeeooahah: (Hm)

[personal profile] ooeeooahah 2011-07-17 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She laughs at his disbelief, though it calms when he asks about her family. ]

Daddy's not a local boy. My paternal grandparents live a couple of dimensions over, actually.

[ She winces at the last statement. ]

Dangit.

[identity profile] evers-hacker.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blinks and thinks to herself.] ... Did he say anything to you?

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
He said he was a v--- [He slaps his hand over his mouth.] God I can't keep tellin' people what he said, but let's just say he wasn't happy.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, don't worry 'bout it. My family's fulla crazy redneck fire mages, if it makes ya feel any better.
ooeeooahah: (grin)

[personal profile] ooeeooahah 2011-07-18 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ This gets a surprised laugh from her. ]

So how far away do you have to be when somebody says, "Here, hold my beer"?

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, you joke but don't act like that stuff don't happen all the time! [He grins.]
ooeeooahah: (grin)

[personal profile] ooeeooahah 2011-07-18 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ It feels good to laugh with all of the tension she had this morning. ]

Pfft, I've had to do some haint-chasing all over. About every three summers or so we get the solstice warnings. You go in, thinking you're going to have to wade into a centuries-long feud with the ancestors wading in, and find out it's a wedding, with the families showing off for each other. Now, that's a party.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, and I thought my family was pretty crazy. Though my family will take any opportunity to show off. It wouldn't be a family barbeque without something getting blasted sky high.
ooeeooahah: (Not laughing at you... maybe)

[personal profile] ooeeooahah 2011-07-18 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, man - I grew up in the calmer section of town, with Grandmere, that's my maternal great-grandmother, trying to get my parents to groom me for the Junior League or some nonsense. But when I started showing talent for magework, and trying stuff outside Mama's field, my sister and I got to visit the cousins over the summers.

[ She's not sure if it's Mayfield or just being able to talk shop with somebody here that's bringing up the stories. ]

My first summer in Austin, I was 10 and Nadine was 8. We accidentally were in on a chupacabra hunt. Luis was a great teacher for tracking. Not so great on knowing when to send the kids back to the house. Aunt Sally raked him over the coals for that one. Didn't learn he dipped tobacco until years later when he kissed me at the fireworks.

[ Yep. Mayfield strikes again. ]
Edited 2011-07-18 02:34 (UTC)

[identity profile] getsciencedone.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Then don't. It's quite simple. Or have you lost the ability to stop talking?

And I don't have to go anywhere. I can stay right here if I feel like it.

[identity profile] weaponsparked.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really think I'd step on you?

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Not intentionally. Don't worry 'bout it, man. My head's in the clouds, so somehow ya managed to sneak up on me.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I have, and I would really rather not keep doing it, okay?

[He's packing up his stuff now.]

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He lets out a low whistle.] And I thought my family was all over the place.

[identity profile] getsciencedone.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Folding her arms.]

Oh don't be such a child. I'll leave.

You know, I don't know why I bother trying to be nice to people. It would be so much easier if I could go back to just wanting to kill all of you.

[Fuming AI is fuming and would also have liked not to say that.]

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I am sure you would.

[Annoyed Quinn is annoyed and would rather not have said that either.]

[identity profile] getsciencedone.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Because you know "so" much about me.

[identity profile] techno-mancer.livejournal.com 2011-07-18 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
A lot more than you think, swee-- [STOPS. HAND OVER MOUTH. OH CRAP.]

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