( OPEN ) the devil takes care of his own

[poppycock]

Who: klaus, you! + a few closed starters
Where: mansion + grounds
When: july fifth
Rating: will warn if necessary!
Summary: klaus is in wonderhell and he's not super happy about it
The Story:

mansion + grounds.

[ klaus has settled, inasmuch as he intends to here. if nothing else, wonderland has been surprisingly accommodating. he has a room quite fitted to his taste, one of those handy and interesting closets for anything else he might need (save a few particular objects, as he's been told and proved for himself), and all the booze one could possibly hope for.

he believes it's time to find out more about his new prison. klaus stops only shortly in front of the mirrors in the hallways, wondering about their dangers. the library holds some significant attention of his, since it is the wonderland's supposed trove of information. it's certainly a curious place and one that astonishes even him in its breadth. though he does not linger to read, he does pull a few of his favorites (the art of war, hamlet...) and a few oddities off the shelf to browse. hamlet in particular seems to strike a chord in him; he tempers the grief on his face before putting it back.

later, he'll stop in one of those quaint tea rooms for lunch. a perfect opportunity to sit back, watch the residents come and go, and learn something about them from afar. of course, he's brought the hefty tome history of the peloponnesian war for a cover for his creeping some light reading.

the vendors also hold a particular interest to him. while he browses, he does not dare buy. not even when his eyes catch sight of a wooden horse, a small trinket about the size of his palm. it sits quite harmlessly at one of the tables and klaus stares at it with rounded eyes, still and stricken for a long moment.

eventually, he ends up at the bar because he could certainly use a drink after his day of exploration. he'll sit on a stool and order a whisky - only the best. ]

feel free to begin a starter literally anywhere in the mansion or on the grounds if none of these work for you and you still wanna tag! klaus will see it all. he will literally be in the boiler room to check it out. i cannot stress his paranoia-induced thoroughness enough. feel free to pm this journal or send me a plurk @ provenance if you have a question or are unsure about anything!

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[poppycock]

[ when klaus decided to take a tour of the mansion, he certainly meant a thorough one. he's quite interested in the nooks and crannies of this place, from the full and seemingly useless attic to the small room containing naught but the mansion's boiler.

he senses a potential presence before he enters the room, the slight movement beneath the hum of machinery and the recent scent of another being. still, his brows lift in slight interest at what appears to be a young boy surrounded by the tools of his trade.

klaus pauses in the doorway, hands clasped behind his back, his expression not unfriendly. ]

A more fitting question would be to ask what you are doing, considering you have the tools to dismantle the supposed source of our heat and energy, and I do not.

[reverseengineer]

Key word supposed. This place is magical. Why does it need a boiler? Is it a magic boiler? [She adjusts her glasses, frowning at him.] I want to know how it works.

[She shrugs, sliding off the boiler for now. She's not gonna take it apart with someone else in the room anyway.]

Besides, I'd put it back together.

[poppycock]

[ klaus merely smiles at the astute correction; kudos to this child's intelligence. (though not to her ability to recognize deflection.) he certainly agrees: he doubts very much wonderland would have a regular boiler and if it is he doubts it would power much here.

klaus takes an ambling step inside to give the machinery a better look. ] Well, I would very much like to know how it all works as well. Do you often take complicated machinery apart to put it back together?

[reverseengineer]

[She can't help being more interested in the boiler than in Klaus' motives. People just aren't as cool as machines.]

All the time! How else am I gonna figure out how it works?

[poppycock]

Astute. [ there's a nod to her logical conclusion and perhaps a bit of flattery for good measure. he looks to the device in front of them. ] So? Shall we? I could help with the heavy lifting.

[reverseengineer]

[Pidge beams, immediately going for her tools.] Great! I don't know how much heavy lifting there's going to be, but I can always use the assist. [She opens up her laptop, then grabs some cords with sensors attached to the end.] How much engineering experience do you have?

[AKA how much does she have to dumb this down?]

[poppycock]

[ while pidge reaches for her tools, klaus steps forward to study the boiler, listen to its workings, and the like. ] Enough to not be completely lost, [ other than being alive for most major inventions, he's no expert. he looks pidge's way. ] but I have a feeling you'll know more.

[reverseengineer]

Yeah, probably. [She knows more than most people. She's never seen a reason to deny it. She follows him and looks up at the boiler, then over at Klaus.]

Okay, give me a boost.

[She reaches towards the top of the boiler. She is way too short to reach anything interesting.]