call me maybe

[from_scratch]

Cam is out flying. There's a decent cloud of atmosphere around the gold plane, now, millenia of demons making air around themselves for comfort and not sealing it up because why would you bother. There's a small forest, here - the effect is kind of ruined by the lamps it has to grow under, but it's still pretty.

He feels an open summons and lets it grab him -

with the Joker (kappa)

with Ripper (kappa)

with Darren (Aestrix)

with Minus (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Facility 3141592 (armokGoB)

with the admin (kappa)

with Jarvis (kappa, Aestrix)

with Miles (kappa)

with Hank (Nemo)

Comments

[from_scratch]

"Tony, you want to work while it's moving or should I flatten some tires?"

[allthebrightest]

"This is weirdly easy," she says. "I can work while it's moving, but I wanna get closer first. See what I'm doing."

[from_scratch]

"I mean, it could be a decoy of some kind."

[mylegalname]

"I'm not sure they have the resources to make a decoy that's radioactive," says John. "I guess I wouldn't be that surprised if they do."

[allthebrightest]

"Cam, if I take the doors off the back of the truck can you put them back on just how they were when I'm done messing with what's inside? If we do it fast enough, they might not even notice we did anything. And then we can dowse some more, see if they've got another one."

[from_scratch]

"Yeah, I can replace them no problem, but why wouldn't you just turn them to glass and back?"

[allthebrightest]

"Because if I turn them to air I can see better, and this is not the kind of thing where I wanna be distracted by a reflection."

[from_scratch]

"Okay, yeah, air them and say when."

[allthebrightest]

"Deal."

As soon as they're within what she judges to be a comfortable distance, the rear doors of the truck dissolve into air.

There is a large menacing round object inside.

Then there is a large and not particularly menacing cloud of glowing fwuff, and then there is a large menacing round object again.

"Okay, put the doors back," she says. "No more working parts in that thing - it's solid titanium all the way through."

[from_scratch]

Cam replaces the doors.

He peers at the dowser.

[allthebrightest]

The dowser registers only the fading traces of what was previously a nuclear bomb and is now a lump of metal.

Tony sits back smugly.

[from_scratch]

"Dowser thinks that did the trick."

[mylegalname]

The truck's escort turns at the next intersection, and the truck follows. John keeps going straight. There are very few cars on the road, so it's easy to tell that no one is following them.

"I'm with Tony on how weirdly easy that was," he says.

[manofmyword]

"We-ell, it's not over yet," the Joker points out. "The nuke was a big deal, but it's not the only card on the table. We've got some cleanup to do."

[mylegalname]

"God help me," John mutters, but he sounds slightly affectionate.

[from_scratch]

"Tony has completed her task and is now authorized to shake John down for goodies," Cam mentions. "And can't do a whole lot outside the scope of said shakedown. Probably you want to stop the car and I should make her whatever she wants and you should send her home and you can call her back in later if you want."

[mylegalname]

"It might be a better idea to get back to the Joker's place first. Assuming you don't mind, Tony."

[allthebrightest]

Tony shrugs.

[from_scratch]

"I'm not gonna object. I am off leash. It's pretty cool."

[mylegalname]

"Does that not usually happen?"

[from_scratch]

"Most summoners don't even let me talk."

[mylegalname]

[from_scratch]

"I show up in the circle and all I get to say is 'yes, summoner' or 'no, summoner'," Cam expands, "depending on if I like the deal they propose or not. They are concerned I will tempt them out of their souls if I get to say anything else. Tony could probably answer summons every week for a century and never get gagged once."

[allthebrightest]

"Because angels never tried to trade anything for anybody's soul," snorts Tony. "I mean, not that I'm saying gagging demons is the best solution to the problem, but the problem exists."

[from_scratch]

Cam laughs.