Whoniverse: UNIT Barracks

[basic_powers]

Well, since having that lovely cafeteria date with Martha Jones, Tyler now knows just a bit more about this world than he did when he arrive. He knows that UNIT was created some time ago to combat aliens threats, the man who founded it being called 'The Brigadier' and that Martha joined UNIT because of a job offer right after medical school.

He's also learned that he's not to leave the base without an escort.

What Martha learned was the story that he's sticking to, and some minor details. Tyler was mostly raised by his uncle Ray, the mushroom samples were going for two different sorts of research, toxin and body enhancement. She's also learned that the contents of the sample case will be destroyed if someone tampers with the box.

She also got to see Tyler's reaction to being told he can't leave the base.

Which leads everyone to this current universe, planet, continent, time and location, with a bored and cabin-feverish young man staring up at the ceiling of the barracks and debating the worth od trying to escape using everything he has.

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[basic_powers]

"You sure?" Liiiiittle bit of paranoia here. "I mean, you're sure no one's going to open the box and mess with the samples, right?"

[born-running.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure. It's flagged for my handling only."

[basic_powers]

"Good to know." Really, paranoid for a reason.

"Can you reccommend anything fun to do ON the base?"

...There..maybe eyebrow waggling.

[born-running.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE A MEAN PERSON, TYLER MARLOCKE. :|






TOTALLY AT A BLANK, HERE.

[basic_powers]

"...okay, seriously, entertainment? Something to do?" Luke, you sometimes fail at the flirting game, and it loses a lot of it's fun when the target of it doesn't flirt back.

"Tour around the base?"

[born-running.livejournal.com]

Because he's Luke. Duh.

He brightens. "I could do that."

[basic_powers]

Yeh, hence Tyler ceasing the flirting for now.

"Works for me!" Better than counting spots on the ceiling tiles.

[born-running.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU, sez Luke.

"I have to-"

Slightly sheepish shrug in the direction of a v. subtle guard who has been keeping an eye on Tyler and Luke.

[basic_powers]

HI THERE SUBTLE GUARD.

TYLER IS SMILING AND WAVING AT YOU!

"Go ask permission already."

[born-running.livejournal.com]

There is scuttling off!

And then scuttling back.

"He says it's all right, as long as you don't get too close to anything important."

The guard includes Luke in this definition. He has the fear of SJ in him, y'see.

[basic_powers]

"Hey, it's your house, I'll operate by your rules."

...He may not have the fear of SJ in him, but he does have the respectful intentions towards women who can kick his ass.

[born-running.livejournal.com]

He brightens. "Would you like to see my lab?"

[basic_powers]

"Sure!"

Hey, the rooms other kids have are always interesting!

"What're you working on currently?"

[born-running.livejournal.com]

YAAAAY HE GETS TO SHOW OFF HIS NIFTYSTUFFS.

"I have a-"

Insert long and technical definition that basically boils down to 'magic reproducing bouncy ball'.

DON'T EVEN ASK.

[basic_powers]

TYLER ISN'T.

...In fact he seems to be in rapt attention listening and understanding a good chunk of Luke's long definition.

...He's also privately glad he never brought up Prospero's Ball-gun as a subject.

"Is the reproduction exponential or is is a bit like sour dough starter? Take off a little piece and with proper food it grows?"

[born-running.livejournal.com]

"The sour dough. We would've been buried by now if it was exponential."

>>

[basic_powers]

"Hunh...interesting...could it be a protein-based nanite?"

[born-running.livejournal.com]

Nodnodnod.

"I haven't gathered enough information to know for sure yet."

[basic_powers]

"I'd like to see this stuff in action...it sounds remarkably similar to something back home."

[born-running.livejournal.com]

"What's that?"

HE IS MEBBE GETTING THINGS READY FOR THAT, TYLER. Because Luke is a Showoff Good Friend.

[basic_powers]

"....remember how I said I grew up with a friendly made scientist? There was more than one, and the other was around my age."

Pause to observe the replicating bouncyball.

"...she ended up creating a super-strong dilient compound out of cafeteria food."

[born-running.livejournal.com]

:O

"How did it work?"

[basic_powers]

"I was ten when she made the first batch...so I don't know how...just that she needed zero gravity to mix it." Pause. "And that she introduced the nanite compound after the first batch was made. It was programmable, and it saved my butt more than once."

[born-running.livejournal.com]

:OOOOO

"That's brilliant."

HE WANTS SOME.

[basic_powers]

"Yeh... ...but I'm not asking her for much else other than that if I can help it."