itsjusttheendoftheworld:

For every action there is an opposite reaction.: itsjusttheendoftheworld: “That’ll do it. Not anything major, y’see?…

itsjusttheendoftheworld:

“That’ll do it. Not anything major, y’see? Mostly just needed a good smack or two; it’s workin’ just fine now.” The…

A noise reached her ears, the sound of a handle turning, and she focused her gaze on what was moving and appearing to be a door; Abigail didn’t much care for violence, but she’d do what it took to defend her store, particularly since whatever the machine in front of her was, it had caused a considerable amount of damage already to what was essentially her livelihood.

What she hadn’t quite expected, though, was to see another woman fall from it. Her eyes narrowed as the other woman seemed to examine the room with nothing more than curiosity (which, at the moment, was really not the appropriate expression to be displaying), and it was definitely not amusing, not even a little bit, not at all, not remotely (okay, she’d admit to it later, just not right now), when it looked like cold water was metaphorically poured onto her and she swiveled towards Abigail with a look of alarm. The first language was the recognizable Common Tongue, though the accent was indiscernible, and she thought the following language might be something from the High lands, but languages were something she’d always been rubbish with. 

“You better be plannin’ on paying for that.” She growled. “I don’t know where tha’ machine came from and I ain’t got a clue what it’s doin’ in my shop, but you’d best get it out as quick as you can do, if you please. Some of us are actually trying to maintain a business instead of just tinkering around in the garage when the federals have their head turned.”