savetheearth | Entry #A-15: "Accomplishments" [Video]

[Lazarus' number is written on a blackboard with a piece of chalk, opening a connection to the network. Dim light streams in through the high, dusty windows, falling on broken-down desks in a decrepit, once-grand lecture hall. A broom leans in the corner, along with several trash bags; Lazarus himself is wearing crummy clothes and more than a little breathless and sweaty. You would be too, if you'd been working on solo renovations for hours.]

If any of you are familiar with the building that was formerly the Willow Ridge Boarding Academy in Locke City... like back in the 1970's... it's ours now. It was briefly a linen processing facility but it wound up being foreclosed on when the company went bankrupt, so I went ahead and bought it from the bank. Under a different name, of course.

[He takes a second to shrug out of his sweater, draping it across one of the desks.]

The building's big, with a spacious basement. I want to move Project Jump as soon as possible to this new location, since both I and Espresso Yourself are too well-known at this point and I don't think it's safe for it to remain. I can rent a truck but the more discreet the move is, the better. It has to happen very soon. In the meantime... I'm going to continue to work on renovations. Security. Furnishing accommodations... on that note, if anyone has any computer monitors, servers or any other equipment they're willing to sell or donate, I'm more than interested.

[He returns to what he was doing before he opened the connection, which is, apparently, using an axe to break apart unsalvageable desks and bagging up the resulting debris to clear some space.]

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Yes... good, thank you. I would like that very much. Please let me know what you can think you can do, as well as your rates, as soon as possible.

[He pauses, seeming to debate whether or not he should ask, before ultimately deciding to.]

What was it you've spent most of your time doing, if you'll forgive me nosiness?

Of course. I assume the email from earlier will work for that?

[He knows what he can do, or thinks he can do, but rates are going to take a bit more thought. Enough that it may well need to come another day.]

At the moment? Working on medical equipment. The sort that comes with more electronic components.

Yes, the email from earlier is in fact ideal.

[L is respectful and tactful, he thinks, when it comes to money. If the man has any questions or concerns about how L treats contractors and employees, there are enough of them floating around in this city that he can ask around and confirm that he always pays those who help him promptly and fairly. Though he dresses a bit like a pauper and lives frugally and simply, money comes his way easily enough, and he's usually eager to spread the wealth. He goes about it the way only people who have seen hard times themselves do.]

Medical equipment? I'm afraid that doesn't really narrow it down much at all. That's a very wide range.

My apologies. I'd meant only to not burden you with the finer details, if they're something that wouldn't make as much sense.

[It makes perfect sense to him, of course. But there is a lot of jargon in what he does and he isn't about to assume that everyone else is going to understand when he gets down to the more technical parts.]

...I assure you, I've dealt with far greater burdens. I prefer knowledge to its absence, even if it's a little bit tedious to the layman. That being said... if you're really sure that the details aren't important, I won't take offense if you omit them. I just want the electrical in this building up to code and safe.

Not to this, at least.

[Unless Lazarus is looking to get that sort of thing here as well, but Emil's not about to assume that's the case.]

Getting the wiring in the building up to code is very much a different beast. And very much doable.

The part I'm the most worried about is the cargo elevator. Every time I use it to transport things heavier than I can carry down the stairs, I'm afraid it'll shut down forever and trap me.

I'll make it my first priority.

[He's never been stuck in an elevator, thankfully, but he can see how it would be less than appealing, especially when there's little guarantee that anyone'll be able to coax it back into life afterwards.]

Splendid. There are at least one or two other Numbered who've grown quite large and could use a way to get down to the teleporter without putting themselves through the hassle of taking stairs, so...

[He scratches the back of his head self-consciously.]

I'm rambling, sorry. You understand the importance.

Perfectly!

[It's not exactly something that he's thought about before just now, but now that he has it makes perfect sense. Not all of the Numbered have exactly remained human, and he's had a few doubts about himself, of late.]

Is there anything else I should be looking too, once I start on reworking the electronics?

Not that I can immediately think of. If something comes to mind, I will bring it up promptly.

Entry #A-15: "Accomplishments" [Video]

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