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"Your change is 14.95, sir. Have a happy new year!"
The girl's voice grated against his ears when she rang up his meager purchases - nuts and bolts, copper wire (god, he wished there was at least some tieranium filaments in some store here), a few replacement heads for his screwdriver. All working tools. The only kind of happy Damien would be here was working... so in a sense, she was kind of right.
Instead of covering his ears like a five-year old, he muttered a thank yu at her and gathered his belongings, storing his change and savoring the mediocre heating of the store before he had to go out into what was becoming an annoyingly persistent snowfall. It had been better earlier, but now that the snowdrifts reached up to his knees, Damien was a bit concerned. The snow would freeze and corrode the metal inside the bag if he tripped.
Sighing, he dropped his hand down to his pocket and fished out his measly excuse for a phone - a shiny, smooth rectangle. Pressing the home button gave way to the home screen, where he stabbed his finger at the Uber app. It flashed a few times.
Wait for it... maybe he could call a ride home with some stranger.
His phone died as soon as the app had loaded.

A loud growl of annoyance. Looks like he was walking home.

He stepped out of the relatively warm store, only to be blasted with a mighty cold wind.

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"The snow is a pain in the ass eh?" he'd say as he teleported in, seeing the man stepping out of the store. "They're saying this storm is magic induced," pulling out a list he'd check some things off, "hopefully it stops soon."

The half demon looked at the stranger, "you need a ride home?" he'd slip the list back into his pocket. "Well lucky for you you just bumped into a teleporter...also time traveler, but that's not as useful currently," he occasionally liked bragging about his abilities.

"I'm Lucan Abernathy," he'd tap the side of his hood as if it were a hat, "so, need a lift?"

 

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Stupid magic. Sure, he could appreciated the appeal of cardboard tricks and probability, but magic had always hit a sort of disappointing zone. Magic was when you saw science you couldn't explain. Nevertheless, Damien at least looked at the shrimp. A nondescript kid in a hoodie moving molecules through space.
"Magic. Pfff. All it's good for," he mumbled at the kid as he gestured around them. "Though" - at this, his tone softened almost imperceptibly - "you better get home, kid. Isn't any place for a kid round here, he said, in front of a giant toy store window.
At the mention of time travel, his eyebrow raised, interested. Time travel existed, of course it did, but to a much lesser extent here. He couldn't be telling the truth, could he?
"Well I suppose a lift wouldn't be the end of the world."
 

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"Wonderful," he'd teleport to where he was standing next to him, holding his phone, "got my maps up, so where you want me to drop you off?" He'd tilt his head as he spoke, he enjoyed this, teleporting around and meeting people as he went.

"I can take us a mile at a time so I can get us pretty much anywhere in the city," he may not be able to teleport right to the guys home bed he'd definitely be able to get him close to it.

 

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Hmmm.

The kid definitely had the hang of teleportation. He'd seen that much - but it must have been one of the newer model teleporter devices, since Damien couldn't see any device on him. Maybe he implanted it or something - tech was somewhat more advanced here, he was willing to admit. Though it would also make sense of the GPS software to which he needed access. What he wanted to test out was the actual time-travel power he'd mentioned, but Damien had a hard time believing his story.

Returning his face to the usual gaunt expression, he reached his right arm out to the phone, and the phone reacted accordingly. As soon as he even touched it, the keyboard came up for a split second before disappearing, as the words typed themselves out, and within seconds the GPS was showing a view of his apartment's thin front door. He glanced at the address, made sure it was the right one, then shoved his hand back into his pockets.

"Looks about right. Mind tellin' me about those powers of yours? I'm not gonna ride with some kid without knowing what I'm ridin' in."
 

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"My teleporting is just a magical abilities I developed," he'd say with a shrug, he was used to it, had been using it for a couple of years now. "I can also project teleport bolts, energy that makes whatever it hits teleport. The bolts only send things about half a mile, I can go a full mile."

He'd double check the address on his phone, yes he'd be able to get quite close. "We'll disappear in a little blue flash and pop up the same way," he enjoyed his power, some found it annoying but it was really useful and fun. "Afraid there's not much else to tell, it's just something I can do."

 

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"So nothing to ride in."

It shouldn't have surprised Damien. Portable teleportation had always been single-person only, nothing to ride in, etc. Even in the future, it had been that way. Mostly he was just really cold. He really did hate the winter.

Nevertheless, though he grumbled, he still nodded. "Got it."

A second passed before he spoke again.

"About the other power - you sure you ain't lyin' about time traveling?"
 

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"Why would I lie?" he'd ask, tilting his head as he spoke. "Don't see what I'd gain from lying to you about that," he didn't know the guy, he'd brought up the time travelling at random, largely because he could be a bit of a chatterbox, especially when it was cold.

He'd shrug, "I got a small dinosaur out of it," he'd chuckle, "cute little thing named Lizzy." The micro raptor had proven intelligent and friendly, a good little pet that was surprisingly easy to take and train.

"Anyhoo," he'd grin, "it's fun, seeing other time periods." He of course couldn't change the past or damage the time stream in any way.

 
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"Dunno. Why would you tell the truth?"

It might have seemed a tad paranoid on Damien's part, but he for one had met his share of shithead teens. This one didn't seem too bad, though - though he was altogether too chatty. There was no reason he could see to mention that he had an extinct species of dinosaur as a pet, except maybe to convince him.

Either way, Damien leaned against the wall of the shop, staring at the kid with an almost sharp glare.

"Prove it then." He seemed almost bored with the way he said it.
 

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With a chuckle he'd pull out his phone and play a video on it for Damien to see. The video showed Lucan in a jungle with a small feathered raptor on his shoulder, chirping and bobbing it's head. Lucan in the video would move to show a heard of dinosaurs in a field. "Seeing ancient times is a real wonder," he'd say with a chuckle, "dinosaurs are really incredible."

He'd look at his new friend. "Let me guess....still don't really believe me?" he'd ask with a small chuckle and a thoughtful hum.

"Well I could port you to my house and show you Izzy," he'd say, tilting his head, "she's the little raptor from the video."
 
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