xp_logs | The Trial of Jean Grey

Paige's team finishes the suppressor

If only a week ago you told Sue she'd be here then the teenager would have laughed, the idea that things with Dr Grey would suddenly cascade this badly would have been laughable, there weren't many people who were as in control as she was. But now they were putting together a power suppressor for her and hoping that it was enough to lock down her powers, or at least dampen them enough to get through to her ex-teacher. She looked down at the schematics in her hand then at the contraption that was taking shape on the desk in front of her. "This seems weird doesn't it? I mean I know this is weird, us making this but" she babbled nervously.

"It's pretty weird." Flipping through her tablet, Paige adjusted the settings and sent a quick jolt through the beginnings of the circuitry, mapping it out with a frown. She had no idea how this was going to work other than it had to; she missed Forge so much right now, at least the less stubborn not off to secure my own glory parts. And the parts that had used a welding tool in the last five years, unlike herself. "At least we got the vacuum former working again," she said, before realizing it was out loud. "I mean, uh. Even for Xavier's, it's pretty weird."

"Weird indeed." Sarah agreed, checking out the power source of the suppressor to ensure it was working properly, at least as best as she could. It seemed to be alright, so she put it back down and examined some of the other parts.

She was missing Forge something fierce too, this kind of thing was way more in his wheelhouse than hers. Sarah could be helpful with things that were up and running for the most part, though the more familiar she was with them the better, so something like this, well. Given how important it was that they made this and it worked, however, she was going to give it her all to do what she could to help, no matter how small a part that was in the grand scheme of things.

"Everything seems to be checking out so far, which is good, yeah?" Sarah peered over at the schematics Sue was holding, checking to see if there were any other parts she had to inspect.

"It's a good start," Sue agreed, this was the part of engineering she loved the most; the moment all your plans leapt off the page and came together. "Do you think it'll be enough? Dr Grey-Summers is an entirely new level of power." the blonde huffed distractedly at a strand of her hair blowing it out of her face, "we may need to build more capacity into it."

"Agreed," Paige said, sending another jolt through a different area. "Both on the smoothly, knock on wood, and more capacity. I mean, we all saw the specs on the power she's putting out, and those were estimates."

"Definitely." Sarah agreed. "I just hope that we can add enough capacity." Paige was right, they'd likely be hard pressed to meet those estimates alone, and that's all they were, estimates.

She looked up at them both and then back to the device, then nodded her head. "Right, let's give it a shot then."

"Ok," Sue agreed reaching for a pair of lab specs, it wasn't going to blow up, she was around 80% sure, but lab safety had been one thing that had been drilled into her from day one, "Stand clear," the younger blonde reached out and flicked the switch to the power supply watching as the lights on the suppressor came on the machine glowing ominously in the middle of the table. Sue reached out hesitantly to tap one of the meters she'd attached to the device, it was almost ominous how quietly it sat there flashing away happily. "Well she said turning to the others and flashing a smile, "the numbers are good and it didn't blow up so that's always a bonus."