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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:48 pm
Leo turned his attention form Tori and brought it to Draqx, completely forgetting about his conversation, or atleast "onesided" conversation. He brought his index finger ot his chin and began to think. "Hmm....I can't think of anything. Nope. I'm good!" He said, hyper-actively.
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:51 pm
Draqx thought for a moment.
'Well, I got canteens, and 2L pop bottles, water does not compress that well... but it almost sounds like you want an ionic hydro-extractor... pluss a container... its kinda like a dehumidifier, pulling out water from the air, the ionis system also helps purify the water so its like pulling distilled water from the atmosphere... that sound about right? better in some respects then lugging around lots of water, and safer then the bottled dyhydrated water... plus it has a cannister that can store water to, and can heat it or chill it if you wat to hook up power to it.'
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:23 pm
Kiami shook her head, “no I can already gather water from the air, I need something for when there isn’t any moisture. I guess I’ll just have to use a water bottle or something.” She sighed and crossed her arms, wishing water could compress. She would have to make efforts of her own on that later. She glanced at Leo, “You’re rather excited today aren’t you.” Grins at him and rocks onto her toes then back to the flats of her feet.
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:36 pm
Draqx thought for a moment before he snapped his fingers.
'I got it... modifiy a skinsuit off of a stilsuit design, that way that should reclaim most water, and store some in case you need it... though a bottle works good too I guess, though a bottle with anti ballistic protection would be cool... though how would you make it so you would not taste kevlar...'
Draqx thus distracted by a new possibility started going through some designs in his head to make a bullet proof water bottle...
...and your random though for today has been brought to you by randomosity incorperated, for all your random needs.
(( bonus points for those that know where stilsuits come from. ))
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:56 pm
Leo turned to Kiami with a huge smile on his face. "I had some pop rocks and a Mt. Dew before I got out of bed today." He just smiled wider. "Why don't you have Lucid do it? He can do pretty weird things with water. Maybe he can some how compress it?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:06 pm
Draqx looked up from his thoughts for a moment.
'I did not say that it did not compress at all, but the real tricky part is that if you compress it to any really noticable extent, it builds up a lot of pressure, and then there is the mass to consider... in any case, the survival and standard suits come with some resivoiurs of water all ready, so that you do not have to open a helmet to get some water if your in a hazardous atmosphere.
If a simple modification of the intake ports to allow water to go out as well for ones use would be sufficent, it would not be too hard to modify.'
Then with that done went back to designing a bullet proof bottle.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:16 pm
Leo began rubbing his chin, thoughtfully. "But, Draqx? Aren't you a technological guru of this facility? And your Z-gene makes you able to do whatever you dream with machines! Shouldn't this all be a piece of cake for you?" Leo asked, curiously. It was something he didn't fully understand, yet he didn't know much about Draqx. Other than his cover up and the general idea of his Z-gene.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:42 pm
Draqx looked a bit sheepish for a moment while he tried to explain.
'Well you see... the thing is... well... its... umm... how to put this...'
after humming and hawing for a bit Draqx settled down and tried to put it consicely as possible.
'While my abilities are far in excess of those regularly available with technology... the things I design and make are very much overengineered... for good reason, for if I just try and cobble something together and try to push it as far as it can go without the proper testing... well lets just say that after one incident with one of the workshops they decided it was not worth it to rebuild but to put a pool in the spot it used to be... the hole allready there and all... I mean I thought I had carried the two with that design... good thing it was not like the skin suits and meant to be worn... hehehe... yeah...'
Draqx left that last part to the listeners imagination... and as a warning, that one should know ones limits while learning to use their powers, sure he could do what he was trying to do early in his sleep now, but one mistake on that scale tended to make one a bit cautious when dealing with things that would be in close proximity with people.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:10 pm
Leo scratched his head confused. "That's why we got a pool? Huh. They said it was because we weren't getting enough excersize! And that didn't eve make sense!" Leo chuckled loudly. "I understand what your saying. I mean, I can move fast. And if I make myself as light as possible, I could hit lightspeed. And that could move me through time, or even kill me. So, you're just restricting your powers for the better good? I can understand that." Leo sat on the border of one of they garden patches. He began processing things through his head, mainly on the thing that really mattered to him: physics. Because of his ability to decrease his gravity, Leo took very long, well calculated jumps for long transportation. This required massive amounts of knowledge in physics and mathamatics. After mainy years of studying it, and being bored to death by it, he calculated jumps in his head and would write them down and practice them later. Leo rested his elbos on his knees, and his head on his folded hands, and began to picture and calculate himself soaring through the Grand Canyon, his biggest, and most treasured dream and secret.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:23 pm
Draqx nodded at the reply.
'Yes, you do understand, though for many years, before my abilities really hit thier stride I did not have to practice barely any self control in the lab or in the shop doing experiments or making things... but with a few incidents, like the one with the pool, I had to learn that control... and as I did my abilities did start to come in with force... so I doubt that I could release my full potential and keep complete control over the results... one reason why its called mad science... give it too much leash and it will be enough rope to hang yourself on... but enough of mixing metaphors... sometimes it is good t get good at controling things, in some cases it can do the opposite effect, but that is a lesson for another day.'
(( the opposite effect being that, if the Z-gene allows playing fast and loose with the rules of the universe in specific ways, effective control tightens them up, so like power would be able to suppress like power if enough control was effected... in theory... its not usually happened though... thts the difference between theory and application eh. ))
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:34 pm
Kiami nodded a little. “Maybe something like that will work. I can keep water all around me, but it would be nice to not have to worry about using energy for that when I might need it in a real fight you know?” She pulled water from the fountain with one raised hand then formed a spear in her hands. “There are a few things I can do to keep it on me without much focus, but that only does so much.” She let icy scales form over her exposed skin then let it all melt away. “But I really think a suit or something would help. Let me know if you can think of anything Draqx.”
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:48 pm
Draqx just gave a bit of a wave.
'Ah, its nothing, a moments conversion to the standard skinsuit that I ordered, though some of those conforming water packs like long distance bicyclists use might be a good idea for you too, they kinda look like a plastic back with a tube, usually placed alondg the spine, between the back and a backpack if one were to wear one... there are many ways of storing water.'
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:27 am
Leo nodded at Draqx and hmphed at his final words to him. He stood up straight and began jumping up and down, loosing gravity with every jump, until he just floated in the air like a balloon. He put his hands behind his head and crossed his legs, as if he were laying on the ground. He took a sigh of relief, feeling the weightless-ness surround and envelope him. It was like the weight of the world that they all felt on them by being apart of the Syndicate just flew away. Leo felt sorry for everyone else who couldn't feel this. He could share the ability with skin contact, but he couldn't do this. Too much weight to take it all away. Leo floated all the rest as they waited for Amico.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:51 pm
Kiami looked a Leo with a grin. She walked up to him looking innocent. “Comfy?” She held her spear behind her back and gave him a puppy dog look. “As for lucid doing it for me, I’m almost as capable as him.” She looked over at Lucid and smiled. “Though it would be a good excuse,” Her smile turned into a grin as she spoke. “To learn and what not from him I mean.” Her attention returned to him, and her eyes seemed to light up. She suddenly tackled Leo. “If you can’t make me float too you better not float around me at all!” She laughed, knowing they would probably fall.
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:49 pm
Leo's breath caught. He felt the weight of the world crashing down on him once again, aswell as a little extra weight. He hit the earth hard, with a loud thump and a gasp of air. He jumped up as fast as he could and looked down at Kiami. "Kia! That hurt a lot! Just because I can't take the weight off everyone's shoulders doesn't mean I can't do it for myself!" He placed his knuckles to his waist and bent over to get closer to Kiami. "We're not a socilist government, you know!" He stuck his tongue out and jumped high into the air, reaching weightlessness within seconds. He floated high abover Kiami's reach, but because of the tackle, they were also away from the others. Leo humphed. "You like him don't you? Lucid? You like him!" He whispered loudly down to Kiami. He had taken his position from before Kiami interupted him. "You want to take him in the janitors closet and sex him up, don't you!" Leo laughed loudly.
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