When it's not enough to do the math. [Open]

[vaudevil]

Date & Time: Tuesday during the day
Location: On top of the Initiative hold building.
Characters: Lee Chaolan and YOU!!
Summary: Building a vortex concussion cannon Phase 1: There is a lot of math involved in building a kite that is needed to calculate distance.
Warnings: Probably some weirdness.

Lee spent a better part of the day in his room cutting and stitching material to a collapsible frame that he constructed. The kite appeared nothing more than just a kite but the light aluminum frame suggested something that this wasn't just some ordinary recreational gadget.

With his notes started on the build and how high it could go, the math alone was astounding. His legs were crossed on the bed as he continued his work.

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An hour had passed and after a good meal to keep up his strength and a harness to keep himself from going off the edge of the roof, the kite was airborne. It took a great deal of strength in his arms to keep the kite from being torn out of his hands the higher he sent it up. "Okay, you're getting a little heavy now." He grunted through the pull.

He wrapped his arm around the heavy cable of nylon rope that had knots to determine distance. "Shit, this is massive." Despite the cool weather, he was beginning to sweat. Thankfully, he had the foresight to wear gloves otherwise he would have lost his grip and the whole project would have to start all over again.

He counted the knots as the kite took more tether. Since it required both arms to keep it in the air, Lee knew what he was getting into.

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[hisokathemagician]

Hisoka pulled out his deck of solitaire cards, shooting them in a wide arc from his right hand to his left, then back again. The motion was effortless.

"It doesn't look as though there's much opportunity for parasailing at the moment."

[vaudevil]

Silver eyes took a quick gander at the display and a small but soon waning smile graced his face for a brief moment. It was true that nothing like that would happen here for a while, he would simply have to wait. Leisurely activities were hard to come by these days and all it did now was become a tool for work.

"True. Nice trick." He grunted briefly from the pull and allowed more slack to be given to the kite and another knot was soon released. He still had a long way to go.

"Perhaps someday, but not this soon." He had barely begun his work and he hoped that the cannons he would build would offer a lot more than just a little sun. There was a lot left that he could do and nothing about it was play.

[hisokathemagician]

"Thank you," said Hisoka. He didn't pause in his motion. "It took a lot of practice. ♥"

"You know, 'someday' is such a vague term. Come to think of it, the Initiative wasn't very specific about a lot of things about their plan."

[vaudevil]

"I bet it did." There was nothing mocking in his tone. In fact, it was the opposite. While Lee's expertise was mostly in robotics and invention, he certainly valued his entertainment when he had the time for it. Since the Initiative made things unbearable for some to live here without giving them a solid purpose, Lee felt like they were all part of some twisted social experiment in and of itself.

At the address of the vaugeness of his words, he couldn't help but grin as he loosed more line for the kite. "They weren't exactly straight with us from the beginning, but I would rather not cause waves over a conjecture that would probably be turned around. It's my hope."

In all actuality, if he could make an impact here that could turn the world around here for the better, he then had a chance back home to do the same. It would only be a matter of time.

[hisokathemagician]

"If you did cause waves, perhaps you could use them to parasail." Hisoka cast a glance back down to the street. "In any case, I'll leave you to fly your kite. Maybe we'll run into each other again sometime."

Sometime was such a vague word. He hopped off of the roof just like that, and was on his way.

[vaudevil]

His eyes glanced at the other and just like that, he was gone. Normally, he would have protested against such an action but this wasn't his home and he certainly wasn't about to assume anything. People did the strangest things around here and he was among them.

Such a strange place this was but fascinating at the same time. The people never left him bored as he chuckled and returned to his work. "Perhaps." He mused to himself.