Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Open]

[imperious_lex]

It was, literally, something out of a nightmare.

It was a suit of armor that Lex had found in the vehicle bays, that had his name on it. In fact, it had the LexCorp logo plastered all over it.

Its very existence offended him, on a number of levels. Which was why that suit was on a large concrete slab, and Lex was holding a blowtorch. There were also a number of other tools scattered about his feet.

He was going to tear that thing apart, and see if he could make something useful out of it.

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[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Not too far off, Kaylee was playing tune-up with Serenity. It didn't matter how many times she went over the ship, there was always something that needed adjustment.

The armor caught her eye as she walked around the front of her ship. Repairing or disassembling, the mechanic couldn't really resist the opportunity to get to know someone else's tech better.

She walked over, wiping her hands off on a rag and eying the armor, and smiled at Lex. "Mind if I watch?"

[imperious_lex]

"Just watch?"

Lex looked at Kaylee for a second, then lowered the protective goggles over his eyes.

"Now where's the fun in that?"

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Kaylee shrugged--man had a point. She leaned toward the suit for just a moment, looking closer at it, before straightening back up. A grin.

"Alright then, would you mind a helper?"

[re-engineer.livejournal.com]

"Two secondary colors?" Angie had a hand on her hip, looking over the armor with a faint moue of distaste. "Probably not the best stylistic choice in the world. Two primary colors would have made a better statement. Or complimentary colors." A pause, then, "Then again, red and green would make the armor look like a Christmas tree. Though yellow and purple could have been an all right look.

"Do you want some help taking it apart?" God knew they could use the scrap.

[bigbad]

"Spiffy robot suit," Spike said, ambling up. "The color scheme's a bit glaring, but I'll bet you get serious firepower there."

[imperious_lex]

He was interested in the tech, but not so much so that he needed to keep this secret. Besides, with an extra pair of hands, he can get rid of this thing faster.

"How good are you with a laser cutter?"

[staturity]

Cassie didn't usually go in this area but she was taking a look around at things and followed the sound.

And when she saw Lex... well, she just folded her arms and watched for a moment. While she thought about what to do, snark or leave.

[imperious_lex]

"I personally would've gone black with dark blue trim," Lex stated. "Though I would've never approved something this grossly ill-designed to begin with.

"I could use a hand getting rid of it."

The sooner this monstrosity was gone, the better.

[imperious_lex]

Spiffy wasn't the word Lex would use for it.

"It's good for that much, at least. But little else."

[re-engineer.livejournal.com]

"Everybody goes with black. Though the blue trim is new. The greater majority of people seem to pair black with red." She floated closer, grimacing. "Yeah, not exactly the best design I've ever seen. Entirely too top-heavy. Was it based off the robot from Lost in Space?"

She shifted around and nodded. "Take off the limbs first, most likely. Easier to take them apart in little pieces."

[bigbad]

Spike walked closer and looked it over. He had pretty much no idea how it worked.

"Could be useful. Are you dismantling it? Cause I'll take it if you don't want it."

[imperious_lex]

"That's because everything goes with black. Though the red seems a bit aggressive. Blood thirsty. Rather heavy handed... which would likely suit this thing."

If anything, the suit was designed to be as far from subtle as one could get.

"I have to take the plate armor first. The limbs connect to the main chassis underneath it." Which would make doing field repairs an utter pain of anything ever went wrong.

[re-engineer.livejournal.com]

"Most of the guys I've dealt with that would like this thing? Definitely heavy handed."

She nodded, taking a good look at the armor. "We want this off in one piece, right?" There are easier ways, of course, but still.

[imperious_lex]

"This thing has no right to exist, let alone have my name etched into it.

"Besides, I could build something ten times better with a handful of parts from this."

[imperious_lex]

Lex noticed Cassie standing there, but didn't say anything. He continued going on about his business of tearing this thing apart.

[staturity]

She really should leave. Really. Nothing good could come of this. It didn't help those were Kang the Conqueror colors.

"So just where did this idea come from?" She asked loudly, so he could hear her.

[imperious_lex]

"I'd like the framing and circuitry in one piece. I wouldn't necessarily mind if the armor plating got damaged."

[re-engineer.livejournal.com]

Angie grinned at that. "You might want to step back, then." This would be easier without having to worry about him standing there, after all.

[imperious_lex]

He didn't bother looking up from his work.

"The idea to build it to begin with, or to take it apart?"

[imperious_lex]

Lex looked over at Angie and raised an eyebrow.

"Why? What do you plan on doing?"

[staturity]

"Both." Cassie thought about coming closer but with all the metal shards that could go flying, not such a good idea, so instead she stood her ground.

[isee-snorkacks.livejournal.com]

Lex might be surprised when a smoke ring -- purple, as a matter of fact -- floats in front of his face, with no visible or smellable source.

Several moments later, a smoke... dragon -- also purple -- zips by in the same direction, corkscrewing through the air. It loops back around, arcing into a dive and puffing out of existence as it collides with the armor he is in the process of dismembering. An odd, round-ish bat with disproportionate wings follows it in its demise, as does a deformed onion, a broomstick, and a fish, all made of smoke, all purple, and all coming from someone or something that is always just out of his line of sight.

Until Luna stops playing games, and peers over his shoulder very obviously, head tilted.

"Why are you taking it apart?"

[imperious_lex]

Lex finished, and took off the armor plating from the gauntlet he was working on. He took a moment to examine the circuitry within.

"The former, I don't know. I don't think I even want to know. As for the latter, that seems to be most appropriate response, no?"

[staturity]

"Do you even know what its capabilities are as is?"

[imperious_lex]

The smoke ring had gotten an annoyed glance, but little more. Though the other creations garnered more and more curiosity. When the person responsible for the smoke creations finally revealed herself, Lex looked at her. He didn't answer her question, issuing one of his own instead.

"Aren't you a little young to be smoking?"