Music: “Grease on Steel” - created by MS (© GnomeTone Records)
“I said two turns, Telly, not three!” Freak yelped, ducking just before a spring-loaded arm snapped out of a socket and flattened a crate of safety helmets.
“We’re building a death machine, not a percussion instrument!”
Telly’s voice echoed from beneath a console. “But it sounded like a banjo—worth it!”
The S.L.A.G., Gnolaum, loomed in the middle of the chaos like a sleeping giant with a really good dental plan. Its jet-black plating gleamed under the overhead lamps, with the iconic smiley face across its chest grinning wide and completely deranged.
Inside the cockpit, Wendell sat strapped in, flipping switches and tapping the console.
“Uh…Freak?” his voice crackled through the comms. “The panel just blinked at me and made a ‘boing’ noise. Was that supposed to happen?”
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