KLoC 3

One of the interior pics for Kerfuffle's Lunchbox of Communication


    With that interruption taken care of, I resumed rummaging. The utility belt proved to be uninteresting so I slung it aside and began digging through the duffel bag. Score! This one seemed more interesting.

    I wasn’t entirely sure what the things inside of it were but they had buttons and little flip switches. That right there was proof that they were more interesting. It meant they had special features, or to put it another way, they could do more than just exist as they were.

    Some were probably standard grade, but others were certainly in the developmental stages. That meant they were rare, potentially dangerous, but rare. I pulled a sleek one out and held it in my paws. I was uncertain of its purpose. Being a prototype, it was fairly colorless and a bit unrefined. From what I could tell it had a space for a projectile to be shot from the center—not like an energy blast or laser, but a solid, strangely shaped hook.

    I began looking for a button or switch or something that would make it activate. Finally I found a touch sensitive strip. It had several little marks on it that indicated…I didn’t know what it indicated, but I slid my paw across the entire length quickly. It made a strange, hollow sounding click and then the odd shaped projectile shot straight up and unfurled into a spider-like claw. 

    My ears shot up, but it didn’t seem so bad. It hadn’t broken the ceiling, just clung to it. Cheeseburger and Kerfuffle turned around to see what was going on. Remotely the same time, the metal claw-spider made a metallic chnk sound and several sharp legs unfolded backwards to the larger set. These were pointed down and outward. 

    “Lieutenant!” Cheeseburger called and at the same time flung itself in my direction.