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[is_the_motion]

When the door opens, it appears to be a cupboard piled rather high with... stuff.

Specifically, stuff that 'could be useful'. Which on this occasion contains a box of screws and pieces of metal, half a toaster, a telephone with no receiver, and the front end of a go-kart.

It appears that Bonnie was after the front end of the go-kart; in any case, the whole pile suddenly comes crashing down as she trips over something her side, scattering bits and pieces all over the place.

"Dammit." she grumbles, picking herself up, putting the piece of go-kart on one side, and trying to pick up all the scattered bits of metal to put into one of the cardboard boxes.

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[ostro_goth]

"And now," says a dark, dry voice from somewhere near the fireplace, "we have a treasure chest of scraps where our door used to be."

[is_the_motion]

"Hold yer horses." Bonnie says, kicking some of the scraps back into the doorway, and closing it, with some difficulty.

"There, when you open it, sure it'll be your world not mine." she says.

[ostro_goth]

"Yes, and no," Teja says.

[is_the_motion]

"Yes and no?" Bonnie picks up the half of a go-kart, and starts dismantling it.

[ostro_goth]

"I am dead," Teja says. "I have no world; but I have access to my world if I wish to, at two different times in the future."

[is_the_motion]

"Yer dead?! How does that work?"

[ostro_goth]

"I caught a spear in my lung, in my final battle," Teja says. "I drowned in my own blood; that is how my death worked.

[is_the_motion]

"You don't sugar coat these things, huh?" Bonnie asks, her eyes wide.

"I mean how come you came here?"

[ostro_goth]

"This is my after-life," Teja says. "I died, and then I stood here in the door, all hale, having my axe, my harp and my cloak back."

[is_the_motion]

"So... there ain't a heaven?"

[ostro_goth]

"Not that I have seen," Teja says. "And not that I would have expected, in any case. I thought all would be over, once the spear found my chest."

[is_the_motion]

Bonnie sighs.

"I don't know what ter believe no more. You better not tell Father Harman, anyhow, it won't be the news he's hopin' fer."

[ostro_goth]

"He does know that some here are dead, and does not seem to mind," Teja says. "Also, I would tell him whatever I wish, and not cater to the religious whim of any. A truth that may be proven trumps any faith that must be believed."

[street_sparrow]

"Need a hand?" Gavroche asks from somewhere nearby.

[is_the_motion]

"Thanks." Bonnie says, shoving the door shut with her foot so that the lad doesn't see the state of her cupboard. "The thing you need is always at the bottom..."

[street_sparrow]

"And there's never enough space for enough shelves."

He picks up something and looks at it curiously, uncertain what it is, before handing it over.

[is_the_motion]

"Oh we're way beyond shelves." Bonnie admits. "I got a bit of a habit of pickin' things up to build with."

[street_sparrow]

"What've you got in mind for these things?" he asks.

[is_the_motion]

"At the moment I'm harvesting parts fer my freshman chariot race class." Bonnie says. "That there, I'm just savin' in case it comes in handy."

[street_sparrow]

"...chariot race?" That's intriguing, and he starts to grin. "They build their own before they race them?"

[is_the_motion]

"Sure thing." Bonnie says. "We take over the athletics track fer an afternoon and half the school turns out to watch. Sabotage is of course banned."

[street_sparrow]

"Of course. So they just need to be really clever about it, if they're going to do it."

[is_the_motion]

"Nothin' wrong with a bit of cheating so long as nobody gets hurt." Bonnie agrees. "No damagin' the other vehicle, but if they want to invent a custard pie thrower to lob durin' the race, that's fine."

[street_sparrow]

"Harmless is all just fine, but not making the other car's wheels drop off", he agrees with a grin.

[is_the_motion]

"Yeah, I makes 'em jump up and down on the carts before they goes out." Bonnie says. "Couple of years back some ass unscrewed a wheel the night before the race. Which is one of the few things you can do to flunk my class."