A Weapons Request

27 October 2013

13:15 Gyro Tech worked idly at his workshop, idly putting various doodadstogehter to form machines. Today, he was working on designing a steering system for some of the older vessels that had trouble manouvering into port. In front of him lay a scematic of a vessel with various markings that he had made, and a diagram of his invention idea. Currently he was putting together the prototype to be installed in one of the boats. ***

13:17 DuskSunrich smiles as he trots into the shop, not even bothering to knock as he looks about the shop. He lets out a low whistle. "Wow...it took me a while to find this place. Not bad, Gyro~"

13:21 < Gyro> All manners of machines dotted the shop floor, most of them, Dusk couldn't even begin to guess what they did, but they looked impressive.

13:24 Gyro Tech seems to ignore dusk for a couple minutes while he fiddles with a handful of bolts before turning to dusk. A green glow fades fromt he machine as he does so, and he's covered with beads of sweat. He finally acknowledges him. "Yes, these are all my babies. He gestures at the inventions. "As for being difficult, why didn't you ask for the crazy inventor? I'm sure somepony would of pointed you to this hut. I got moved to the outskirts of town by the mayer since I am a little too loud." ***

13:30 DuskSunrich laughs as he picks up a little doodad, smiling goofily as he looks at it. "Hey, we're all a little crazy, in one way or another." He giggles as he sets it back down carefully. "But why were you too loud? Explosions, or you just work loud?" H

13:32 DuskSunrich also happens to be wearing nothing but his saddle bags, the stallion seeming to have put on just a little bit of weight...

13:43 < Deffmobile> (poke)

13:44 < Gyro> (My main comp just finished the win 8.1 intall, I'm fixing some stuff, wont take too long.)

13:44 < Deffmobile> (ah)

13:56 Gyro Tech smiles quite a bit. "Some of these machines are quite loud, like this one" He trots over to a large machine that had a giant flat mass raised above a surface, connected by a handful of gears. The unicorn wound up a spring quite tightly, putting significant effort into it. "Now watch." He pulls a lever and the mass comes crashing down on the flat plate, only to retreat back up after contact, making a large crash and rumbling the earth. "This puppy makes it much easier for a smith to flatten large portions of steel."

Gyro looks back at Dusk and notices something odd about him. "Wow, Dusk, I don't mean to be rude, but, maybe you should lay off of the drinks for a bit, they're getting to you. I've got an excercise machine somewhere I could loan to you." ***

14:02 DuskSunrich chuckles as he watches the machine work, loving how much power is behing that thing. "Lunas' sweet plot...you make these sorts of machines all the time? Nice..." He giggles like a foal as he looks at the other machines, already wondering what other things they can do. "Heh...I might need you to hook me up wth a machine."

He blushes as he loks down at his gut, shifting his hooves a bit. "Yeah...it might be a good idea to work this off. Been kinda busy the last couple weeks, Gyro. I need to focus on finding time for exercise."

14:12 Gyro Tech looks a little bit nervous at the comment, kicking the ground a bit. "Well, umm, not all the time. Most of these things are the only one ever produced. It's harding convincing ponies that they need these than it is to make them..." He looks a little bit disapointed, not being that good of a sales pony.

He leads dusk over to a contraption that looks like a helicopter. "This is a pretty good excercising machine, a hoof powered flying device. Unfortunatly, you've got to make sure to pedal the whole time, I've not figured out how to get it to keep a pony airborn long enough for them to land if they get too tired to continue pedaling. I have sold a handful of these and..." he trails off a bit. "Gotten a couple of lawsuits from ponies that got to tired and crashed...hard." ***

14:18 DuskSunrich laughs a bit as he looks over the helicopter contraption, admiring how it looks. "Well, how are the pedals hooked up to the wings? Might be albe to have them keep on spinning for a bit after you stop, right?" He shrugs as he looks more at the rotors. "And how bad were the lawsuits, Gyro?"

14:21 Gyro Tech frowns at Dusk. "Its not that, the rotor is on a free wheel, its just that the air resistance causes it to loose speed too quickly and the only way to fix it would be to make it denser, which increases the strain on the pony flying it. And they weren't too bad. The jury ruled that I warned them of such a thing and that it was their ownd damn fault for not heeding it." ***

14:29 DuskSunrich shrugs as he takes another moment to think. "Hmmm....how about...nah, you're the expert on this~" He laughs again as he looks over the machine some more. "But I'm not sure if I want to crash this beauty~ Even if I keep up the speed, I'm liable to go crazy!" He slaps Gyro on the back. "It's a good idea, though!"

14:43 Gyro Tech shrugs. "I suppose I could get some unicorn more talented than I to work in a failsafe charm, but I don't know that I care to. That'll take alot of effort to find and craft." Gyro winces a bit at the pat, having not been prepared for it. "You're always welcome to try it if you want." He smiles at Dusk. "Anyways, what brings you around these parts?" ***

14:53 DuskSunrich coughs a bit nervously as he looks about. "Yeah...I need some gear, Gyro. Specifically, I need something that I can easily carry and maybe hide under come clothing. Anything that will help me with my job..." He lowers his head a bit. "I know you don't approve of this, Gyro. But at this point, I'm too far in to just get up and leave this..."

15:04 Gyro Tech shifts about on his hooves quite uncomfortably at Dusk's mention of his job. He had been trying to push those events from his mind and had been largly successful in doing so. He looks around his workshop thoughtfully and picks up a block with a key and slots cut into it. "Here, its an automatic knife sharpener, that'll keep the knives at the bar all nice and sharp and improvve productivity. That should help you with your job running the bar. Just run the knives through the slots and make sure its wound up." ***

15:08 DuskSunrich sighs as he shakes his head. "You know what I mean, Gyro...I need proper weapons, gadgets for distraction, and maybe some way to properly ties up a tiny pony without killing them in transit."

15:16 Gyro Tech looks at Dusk in a very disaprooving manner. "You now I'm not at all comfortable with this... What about those ponies right to be present at their own trial? This whole thing violates important equiestrian principles." He furrows his brow. "I-I just don't think I can help you do this." ***

15:20 DuskSunrich simply shakes his head at Gyro. "They lost that right when the crown signed the writs. Gyro...they aren't ponies, they're monsters! And it's my job to get rid of them." He sighs as he looks over the machines. "I don't feel guilty for what I do....I'm scared at what I might become, if left unchecked." He turns back to Gyro. "Which was the reason why I wanted to tell you all. So that you can make sure I don't slip too far."

15:25 Gyro Tech raises his voice, "And what happens when you become the monster? The crown will then put you down. Doing tasks like this...It changes ponies. They slowly lose their ponamity until they become like the beast they claim they are protecting society from. I dont' want that to happen Dusk." ***

15:29 DuskSunrich sighs as he lowers his head. "Then..." Tears start t roll down his cheeks. "Why are they doing this, if that's all they want. I...I am NOT a tool!" His voice is raised a bit, looking up and glaring at Gyro. "Do you think that'll happen to me, even with friends?"

15:36 Gyro Tech looks down on Dusk in pity. "If friends enable you to commit destructive behaviors than they arn't good friends. Thats why I have trouble letting you do this. I dont' want anything like that to happen to you." He sighs, not quite sure if Dusk was mad at him or the society that put him up to being a tool. ***

15:41 DuskSunrich sighs as he reaches out and hugs Gyro close, tears still streamimg down his cheek. "Thank you...but I know it's too late at this point. If I try and quit now, they'll hunt me down, just like you said..." He shakes his head as he rock back and forth a bit. "I always wondered why they were so nice to me..."

15:47 Gyro Tech lets out a deep sigh, gently hugging Dusk back. "How...how sure are you that each of these ponies deserve death?" Gyro was having difficulty weighing the value of their lives verses that of his close friends, not really wanting to make that desciion, but he was qutie aware that he would be doing so by granting Dusk any tools. He still seemed quite tense and upset about the whole ordeal. ***

15:48 < Deffmobile> (brb, need some food)

16:34 DuskSunrich narrows his eyes as he pulls Gyro away. He didn't look angry, but indignant. "They're all murderers, Gyro. Each of the writs have a description of what they did. More than a few times, I even catch then in the act; I even used myself as a fake victim!" He sighs as he realizes what Gyro may be thinking. "I know that they are evil, and the world would be a better place without them...."

16:39 Gyro Tech acquiesses a bit, but still looks uncomfortable. "And are you sure that none of these have or will be doctored? What about polictical assasinations? How do you know that you won't ever be assigned any, and what will you do if you discover one?" Gyro was really strugglling with the concept, his moral compass being pulled ever which way. He shifted about on his feet with each moment. ***

16:47 DuskSunrich shakes his head at this. "I don't kill them until I read them te writ, back at one of the safehouses...but..." His ears flatten a bit as he looks down. "I don't know...I wish I could say, Gyro." He looks back up and sighs. "If that WERE the case...I might have to go into hiding. But then...I might have to fight back, eventually..." He shudders at the thought. "Fuck..."

16:55 Gyro Tech frowns quite a bit at this answer, not that he was honestly expecting dusk to be able to reassure him of his fears, but he did kind of hope so. Gyro contemplates this in silence for a couple of minutes, pacing back and forth uncomfortably, giving Dusk short 1 or 2 word answers while he thought on the matter. Eventaully the pacing stops and he looks over the earth pony head to hoof and speaks. "I...I guess I can help you, but...I want you to independently investigate those you take out, to confirm that they are murderers first and not political targets or small time crooks..." He seems quite usure of his answer, his voice wavered as he spoke it and his hears were pressed flat against his head. ***

16:59 < Deffmobile> (In that case, I'll hold off for now)

17:01 < Gyro> Juggling 3 rps might be difficult, ya

17:01 < Deffmobile> Indeed

20:23 < Deffmobile> You ready to keep going?

20:24 < Gyro> sure

20:28 DuskSunrich sighs as he no longer feels sure about this, himself...but he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter of working. Not at this point, anyways. "Trust me...I'll make sure that they're not just victims of the crown. I may end up being hunted...but at least I'll die with a clear conscious..." He smiles faintly as he hugs Gyro again. "And thank you. Even if you refused to make the gear for me, you still already helped me out..."

20:38 Gyro Tech continues to frown, but trusts Dusks words. He still looks a bit uncomfortable as he speaks, but his words come out clear and confident. "Very well...If you promise to do that for me, then I suppose I will be willing to help you out...to keep you safe. Now, currently I don't think I have anything that would be of particular use to you, but I'm sure you can throw a couple ideas my way.

Now just one thing to be clear. This will eat into my normal invention time and I could not, on a clear conscious sell these inventions to the highest bidder, so I'll give you the prototypes, but I need you to compensate me some for them. Do not allow them to fall into the wrong hooves where they may be duplicated" He gives Dusk a very stern look at these final words. ***

20:48 DuskSunrich nods in understanding as he lets go of Gyro, smiling at the unicorn. "Of course! I always planned on paying you. Thats the one think I liked about the crown, they pay well for the writs." His face becomes serious when Gyro mentioned the dangers of such inventions. "I'm not going to be that careless, Gyro. I know how dangerous these things are going to be, and I know who might want them." He takes another moment to think. "Some weapons...something I can conceal under a sleeve, and can pop out at a moment's notice. It has to be silent, too. As for utility items....anything noisy and/or flashy. And maybe something that can mimic noises, just in case. And like I said, something that can completely restrain a tiny pony, and isolate him so that he isn't killed by jostling when I head back to a safehouse."

20:55 Gyro Tech sighs appreciativly. "I'm glad thats clear then. I'll work on your doodads in a bit. Now one last thing. Please don't let anything trace back to me. I'll try my best to not leave any identifying marks, but unicorn magic has its own traces and I can't build them by hoof alone. I'm sure both villains and the crown would like to get their hooves on me if they found out." ***

21:02 DuskSunrich nods again. "Of course! The last thing I want is to have my friends get screwed over by the crown." He smiles and kisses Gyro on the cheek. "Again, thank you. I know this is a shady business, but I, for one, intend to do right. Now..." He pulls out his necklace, smiling to himself. "I want to be around when you work on that binding tool. Is that okay with you?"

21:06 Gyro Tech gives a weak smile. "I suppose you may, but I'm almost done with work for the evening. I'm just finishing up a portion of that stearing gear and then gonna call it done. The schipping company has me on a tight schedule and are one of my few customers that are a customer before the thing is built, so I gotta get it done first." ***

21:09 DuskSunrich nods in understanding as he puts away the necklace. "In that case, do you want to head into town once you're done? It doesn't have to be the Rose. I'll even buy a few rounds for you~"

21:15 Gyro Tech shakes his head. "No, not this evening Dusk, I need a little time to myself to think. At most I might have Naisol over, and even that's a low chance. You must understand, I've got some things to work though." He turns away from Dusk and back to his current project and the glow of green magic once again fills the room as he resumes his duties. ***

21:15 < Gyro> (Sorry, Just done with RP for the day, and I think its fitting)

21:19 DuskSunrich sighs as he sets a bag next to Gyro. "In that case, I hope things go well for you..." He turns around and heads for the door. "And Gyro? If anything were to happen to me...let Kezeck know, okay?"

21:24 Gyro Tech inspects the bag to see its contents and does a double take at the amount of bits in it. He looks a little bit uncomfortable "Uhh, Dusk, I think this might be a bit much, and I shall, though I'll try to make sure nothing does happen." ***

21:27 DuskSunrich smiles as he heads out the door. "Just treat me to a few drinks then~" At that, he heads back into town...