Broken

[Nox]

Christian walked over the trip line and the air broke easily but the bang never went off. Nox knelt down and inspected the weave. He poked it with a jab of air and the weave collapsed in on itself releasing the sound. The concussive force threw Nox back on to his ass and Christian was standing covering his ears in a near by bush. "What the fuck was that?"

Nox grinned. "It's not working is what that is."
Nox stood up and started walking the perimeter again. He had the theory now just to apply it practically. And then there was the whole decay thing. The trap would have to be refreshed every few hours - which meant he had to teach Cruz how to do it too or he'd not have enough strength to do any damage if the Atharim came out after them.

But first he had to get it right.

Nox strung a thread of air through his fingers and attached varying mechanisms to it. The trick was to think mechanically - Nox had never been good at Physics. He'd not been good at any of this science shit. That's what Aurora was for. Nox frowned at his thoughts, he tried to remember things she'd told him back when they were first developing the sound grenades and started the flash bang bombs. He was fairly certain he could get that right now. He just needed some time.

Levers, wheels, pullies, wedges, incline planes and screws - all simple machines. Simple to create with earth and air. Nox played with all the simple machines attached to his trip line as he searched for any glaring holes in fences or things that stood out as a danger. But Dorian's yard was pretty standard, so he was just really walking to walk. Christian followed him and Nox could feel his eyes on the back of his neck. The other man asked. "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying to devise an early warning system that the Atharim aren't going to see unless they are like me and Cruz."


"And that loud noise you made earlier that's your early warning alarm? Can't be more discrete?"

Nox laughed. "Do I look discrete to you?"


Christian smiled. "No. But the Vega's are. That noise will wake the whole block."

Nox nodded. "And stun and/or knock anyone close to it on their ass. I use a variation of it to stun targets so I can get away or move to a safer distance. It's two fold system. Let us know, and the world too, that someone's attacking."


"Okay, what's not working? I can't see what you are doing. Explain the problem."


Edited by Nox, Sep 16 2016, 12:57 PM.