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[commandertoolbelt]

[ Leo has been working on that phone idea he's had, the one Artemis finally motivated him to actually work on. He's been busy with that for the past few weeks, so here he is now, putting the final touches on a prototype. He's sitting on the steps in front of Cabin Nine when he sends the IM, grinning. ]

Yo, Artemis, I have something for you! [ he says in a sing-song voice, and holds up the phone. ] Now we just need to give it a test run.

[ Oh, he should probably explain this, huh? ]

For anyone not in the know, one thing that really sucks about this whole demigod thing? Can't use phones, even us Hephaestus kids. It's like setting off an alarm and telling all the monsters around that hey! Demigods here! Dinner is served! Artemis and I were working on this guy [ he holds the phone up again ] that'll hopefully let us use a phone without bringing the baddies around.

Aaaand now we need to test it and see if it works. So! Any volunteers?

Comments

[fowlisfair]

[He inspects the innards of the cellphone critically.]

Fair point, which is also why I believe our resident reincarnation of Thor should be the one to actually make the call.

[After a moment, he nods and closes it up.]

The craftsmanship is amazing, though I expect no less from a child of the Forge, and everything appears to be in place.

[commandertoolbelt]

Why, because he and his blessed hammer can take on the baddies while you watch? Does he even have the hammer? [ Not a bad strategy, though not one to brag about, either. Aren't they supposed to be heroes here? ]

[ He shrugs. ] I don't think it'll work perfectly or anything. We can't control what phone the person on the other end is using, so it might still project the demigod signal. But I'm working on another prototype - just like that one - so if that doesn't work, we can test it with another one of the same. If that works, we'll just have to make a whole ton of them and send them to whoever might be getting a call from one of us. It's a lot of work, but we can manage.

[fowlisfair]

He doesn't have Mjolnir yet, but he does have more skill in combat than I do.

[Maybe you demigods are heroes, but Loki totes isn't.]

Indeed. Perhaps we can test it with the Egyptians as well. I have no idea if their magic will interfere with anything. No point in testing it on us Norse, though. We're still primarily mortal rather than divine.