Mid-September 2012: The Warehouse

[damncompass]

If there was ever a time for the phrase 'perfect storm', this was it. There was a storm around the Ancient Archives, something was going on in the Ovoid, and to top it off, his 'hey, there's something going on in Denver' ping pinged.

Artie packed Pete and Steve off to Denver, somewhat to Joshua's relief (because if anyone could remind Myka of the Warehouse, it would be Pete), and sent Claud to the Ovoid to help Leena. That left him to deal with the Ancient Archives along with Artie.

The walk down was quiet, if a bit steamy and punctuated by lightning. Once they got in, among the chaos was a statue of Zeus spewing lightning around the room.

"Oh, is that all?"

"All? Joshua, do you know what you're saying?"

"It's just a statue of...."

"Get me some goo."

Begrudgingly, he ran out to the nearest station and got a bucket of goo. Coming back in, he handed it to Artie who threw it on the statue. It smoldered a bit and disappeared.

"Shit. We need to go back and..."

"Artie, if you want to research, that's fine, but shouldn't we at least see what's up in the Ovoid?"

Begrudgingly, Artie nodded and stomped out of the Archives.

Eventually, they turn a corner, and go into the Ovoid. Claudia was backing up a machine with a crate on the front.

Artie blustered. "Who told you that you could drive that thing?"

"I did, Artie." Joshua sighed. Maybe he didn't, but that's not the point. "What's going on, Claudia?"

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[claudiometer]

"Artie, you can research where the statues are from to your heart's content when we're not in the middle of a crisis. But as fast as this is getting out of control, we need to move one of them now. And we tried to tell you once already that we're not just taking each other's side because we're family. I think you've both been dumbasses lately."

"She does have a point," Leena chimes in. "How about we go find Zeus a new home?"

[damncompass]

"I never meant you couldn't research them, Artie. Just... not now. And for the record, Claudia's right. She loves telling me I'm full of shit when I am. She's done it for years."

He smiles at Leena, a bit of relief on his face. "Yes, that is an excellent idea, Leena. Thank you. Artie, where could we put Zeus where he's not bothering us, but not bothering anyone else either?"

[claudiometer]

It's probably because Leena finally weighed in on the argument, but Claudia's not complaining; Artie sighs the way he does when he's at least decided to let an argument drop. "The conservatory in the park should work. Let's get on this. Claudia, can you rig an alarm system for it?"

"You got it."

(She doesn't notice, but there's a distinct smell of apples in the air.)

[damncompass]

"Artie, while Claud's working, why don't we go pack up the cranky-ass king of the gods?" He slings the crowbar into his belt for now and goes back to the Ancient Archives, Artie trailing behind him.