Voicemail/IC Contact

[neurotoxined]

[VOICE/TEXT/VIDEO; OPEN TO ALL]

"Hello - you have reached the personal voicemail inbox of INSERT NAME HERE; they're not available right now, but please leave your name, number and a brief message, and they'll get back to you as soon as they can.

In the event of an emergency, hang up and dial whatever authorities may be available to help you with your crisis. In the event that there are no authorities, may whatever God you believe in help you because there's a good chance that INSERT NAME HERE can't help you either. If the world has fallen under martial law, become a police state and/or has otherwise become a dystopia, please be aware that Big Brother may be watching you for quality assurance purposes.

Thank you for your interest in contacting INSERT NAME HERE; have a nice day, and remember, 'science' rhymes with 'compliance'!"

[Please state in the subject line if OOC planning is preferred and we can handwave like the wind, but otherwise IC will be assumed!]

Comments

THIS IS A FILTERED CHANNEL IDK

[doitrockapella]

Hello, "Insert Name Here". I'd like to be put through to Caroline, please.

WHY YES IT IS.

[neurotoxined]

You've reached her.

[doitrockapella]

I've been referred here by a friend; I'm told you're the person to talk to when it comes to the creation and construction of bizarre contraptions. Would it be fair to say I've come to the right place?

[neurotoxined]

They're only "bizarre" if you crawled out of the turn of the last century. So I think I know who you're talking about.

Why are you asking?

[doitrockapella]

Because I have a bizarre contraption I'd like constructed, of course. But that depends on whether or not you're willing to freelance for my purposes.

[neurotoxined]

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How willing are you to provide materials?

[doitrockapella]

Assuming I had a list and they were available to be procured in this world? I'd provide them.

[neurotoxined]

I don't have access to my facility here. Obviously. But I might not have to worry about that, depending on what you want.

What do you want, anyway? "Bizarre contraption" being a given.

[doitrockapella]

I'm looking for a pair of shoes that can provide enough leg support and impact tolerance to withstand certain strong, abrupt forces. Launches, impacts, things like that.

I have the beginnings of a design, but this isn't my area of technical expertise, so I'm open to suggestions of what might be feasible.

[neurotoxined]

...You want Long Fall Boots. That's what you're thinking of.

Our Enrichment Center used those to keep the human test subjects from breaking our equipment while falling into some sort of inevitable grievous injury.

[doitrockapella]

Long Fall Boots? Do tell.

[neurotoxined]

You're going to have to tell me a bit about yourself first.

[doitrockapella]

What is it you want to know?

[neurotoxined]

Where you're from, and what year it is.

[doitrockapella]

Which means you're assessing the level of technology I'm familiar with, I presume.

It's 1997, and I'm from the United States of America, if that means anything to you.

[neurotoxined]

Something like that.

Where in America?

[doitrockapella]

There aren't many places I haven't been. But the last place I called home was San Francisco.

[neurotoxined]

What do the words 'black mesa' mean to you?

[doitrockapella]

Assuming you mean the Black Mesa that touches parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado — it's a landform with the highest point in Colorado. There's a state park and a nature preserve, if I'm recalling correctly.

[neurotoxined]

Right. There's a corporation named after it. They created a fuel system icing inhibitor.

Did you hear about what came of that?

[doitrockapella]

I didn't. Should I have?

[neurotoxined]

Probably not.

Long Fall Boots are exactly what the name says they are. They're designed to prevent impact injuries from long falls - the longest drop I've seen someone take with them was four kilometers. They hit the ground at terminal velocity and were perfectly fine.

They can also withstand being launched with great force, since you mentioned that. They're used with Aerial Faith Plates all the time.

[doitrockapella]

I wasn't aware someone else had already beaten me to my own personal innovation. But I'm hardly going to complain, if it makes it that much easier to get my hands on a pair.

How difficult would it be to make them here?

[neurotoxined]

You said you could provide materials. I'm also going to need somewhere to work, as I would really prefer not having people asking me what I'm doing. And I don't think that they would approve of me throwing my test subjects off the roof.

But it's possible. Assuming you don't need them by tomorrow or anything ridiculous like that.

[doitrockapella]

What are your specifications on the workspace? I presume you'll send me a shopping list for the materials.