His power streaked from his hand to the ground where the canisters and metal case sat.
Ah shit.
Where’s he sending them? Into the labyrinth?
I could see Faultline’s expression change behind her mask, saw her set her feet and start sprinting for the case before Skidmark’s power even took hold.
If the vials smash, that’s probably bad for Faultline’s Crew.
Not as bad as some vengeful Merchants getting them, but still bad.
The metal box and canisters launched out over the edge of the platform and into the air above the crowd. Only a few papers escaped the case at first, but his power had saturated the insides of the box.
Papers? Possibly with information the Crew wanted, I’d imagine.
So he’s saturated the insides of the box? That’s bad for the health of the glass vials.
Just after reaching the apex of its flight, his power seized the contents and the case expelled everything from within. Papers slid off one another and into the air, forming a small cloud.
R.I.P.
Oh wait, so there’s a box and canisters, and the vials are inside the canisters, not the box. The vials are possibly fine, but the papers – which are probably more important to Faultline’s Crew than the vials – are getting scattered to the winds.
“Taylor!” Lisa shouted.
What is it? Time to go?
I knew what she wanted. I drew clouds of my bugs from the ceiling, catching the papers that weren’t saturated with Skidmark’s power, collecting my bugs on them.
Oh. Using bugs to catch the papers was actually my first thought, but I was like “nah, why would Lisa care”. But I do suppose she’s interested in the information on those papers too.
(This kind of thing is why I have a policy of writing down just about every thought, but sometimes I fail to. Sorry.)
I could have maybe carried them directly to me with enough bugs, but I found it easier and more discreet to use the bugs and nudge the papers into floating on the air currents, like paper airplanes without the ‘airplane’ aspect of things.
Hm. Looks like the Undersiders, at least Lisa, are going to learn a thing or two. And if the Crew finds out the Undersiders got the papers, that’s setting us up for some interesting future interactions between the two groups.
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