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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:49 pm
Although massive bathroom overhauls were not on his prior experience of home repair and Moon Training Exercises, Harrison was not a fan of crowded showers at unholy hours of the morning. There were more than a few guys who had just decided to forgo showering altogether, and in the trainee halls, the manly smell was starting to build.
He had built cages and barricades, how hard could plumbing be?
In this case, the more hands the better, and Harrison had a pretty good idea of one pair of hands that came pre-volunteered. Armed with a duffel bag of tools and some printouts B0nez had pulled up on repairing pipes and re-tiling, he walked across the hall and knocked.
"Jerry?" He asked, "You in there?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:54 pm
It was uncharacteristically dark under the door. Very uncharacteristically. Even when Jerry wasn't home, he generally left a light or six on for when he was. That and the quiet music coming from his CD player inside. After a few minutes, it turned off, and there was a shuffling behind the door.
Jerry hadn't really been sleeping. Something close to sleep, but not sleep exactly, considering the amount of staring at the ceiling endlessly it involved. He knew that voice. And he knew who the owner of said voice was close friends with. He wobbled on the other side of the door, biting a finger tightly as he rocked a bit, frantically trying to make a decision.
Finally, he unlocked it and cracked it an inch to peer out, "Ah... yes? Hello?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:18 pm
"Hey. Glad you're up. You know what I'm doing right now?" Harrison growled more than asked, fixing him with accusing glare. If he was wrong he'd...apologize, he guessed. But he wasn't. Probably.
You should have gotten a look at the hallway footage, B0nez said.
We've been over this. That's not on the trainee roster list. I'm not even an intermediate-
I could have hacked it, B0nez said.
Whether he could or not remained to be seen. But to Harrison, hacking was a really vague computery mythic thing summarized in 90s movies. It involved Jurassic Park and cyberDolphins, and why do all that when you just had a good old fashioned regular motive. And bazooka holes in the walls.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:28 pm
"Uuuh... um." Jerry blinked, trying to be coherent. The smell of drink and avoiding-showering wafted from the crack in the door. "A... a mission?" he ventured.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:18 pm
"Plumbing," Harrison said in the most threatening tone possible.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:20 pm
Jerry almost vanished behind the door, but thankfully, after a private groan he reappeared, "P-p-plumbing?" Just play stupid, just play stupid, and no one would be in trouble.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:40 pm
"For the bathroom," Harrison said, gauging the reaction, then pushing, "that you wrecked."
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:48 pm
Again, Jerry winced, but at least this time he opened the door a little further. Aside from the scarred part of his face, he looked like living proof that he really did need to shave. His hair looked greasy and unkempt. "I... I'm really sorry about that um. I.. Oh, bother, are... are you on duty to do it or...?" He swallowed, "I'll... I'll help in any way I can, I didn't mean to cause any grievance, there was just this guy and he.... he wouldn't leave me alone and... and things escalated."
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:50 pm
Harrison smiled wolfishly. Annnnd Volunteer Number 2. "I knew it. Nah, I'm not on duty. ...Candace told me about. You know, and that plus the type of damage, I thought it was you. Get on some work clothes. We got to go find that other guy."
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:08 pm
"She... she told you?" Jerry didn't look ready to budge, the confession making him cling to the doorway.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:27 pm
"Yeah. ...She had to talk to someone, I guess. She was sorta broken up about it," Harrison admitted. He moved the bag of tools to his shoulder.
"That's got nothing to do with me. Having to shower at 3 in the morning's a different story."
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:07 pm
"I'm sorry," He squeaked, voice weak as he hovered back behind the door frame again, and judging by the soft sounds of breathing, he had started nervously crying. "I... I didn't want any trouble but... but he wouldn't leave me alone and... and..."
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:14 pm
"Well geez, don't cry about it. I'm not going to rough you up or anything. I never repaired a bathroom either but it can't be too different from all the other stuff they're always having us build. And B0nez got a bunch of instructions printed out."
Harrison leaned against the door frame, looking through the crack.
"You gonna help, or what?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:20 pm
"No... no I'm coming I'm... let me just... let me just get my shoes..." He sniffed inside, and there was the sounds of scrambling as he put on proper pants as well before fumbling out the door.
He wobbled with the grace of someone who had been drinking that afternoon. "So... so she told you." He nervously pushed his sleeves up before realizing he had put his shoes on the wrong feet. Bother. He hopped a few steps while pulling them off to switch them around.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:01 pm
"Yeah. I mean, the gist of it anyhow. I don't think she wants it getting around or anything, but," Harrison shrugged.
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