Six; Action/Phone

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Hardware Store
[You can find Sealand wheeling a red wagon through the store, it being the most practical solution for carrying around four buckets of paint and a dangerously high pile of wooden planks. The wagon seems to be holding up for now, at least. He's studying locks.]

They need to have those cool locks like in the movies.

[WHERE IS ALL THE RETINA SCANNING TECHNOLOGY, 1950S.]

Library
[Sealand is getting a bunch of books on building things! Of course, since he's a young boy, it's mostly about bird houses and shop classes, but it's good enough.]

Phone
Hey, Seborga, where are you?

Comments

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

That's stupid. This whole thing is probably utterly and entirely stupid.




But if you tell me what you're doing, I'll give you a sweet.

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[...Hmmmmmmm.]

What kind?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Butterscotch.

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I want two.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

One.

You need to think about your teeth.

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My teeth think they need two.

[Putting a super heavy-duty combination lock into his wagon.]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[eying with unbridled curiosity...]

Your teeth don't think. Do you brush them every morning and every night?

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Yes. I'm not gross.

[Moving down the aisle

to where all the electrical wiring stuff is.

What could go wrong.]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

[pulling him back by the collar]

If you're not telling me what you're doing, you're getting nothing at all.

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Hey! [Squirms!] I'm making a base for the defence of Sealand's territory from robots. And Russian spies. And people who climb his house or look in his windows.

[This happens more often than you'd think.]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

I'm sure this Sealand fellow can take care of himself, and doesn't need your involvement.

You're not going to stick your fingers into all the sockets and electrocute yourself. [shaking him a little]

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Sealand is Sealand! Let go!

How am I gonna dump boiling oil on people if I don't have a stove?

[This is the most obvious thing you should feel bad for not having considered this.]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

You're not going to do that! What era do you think you're living in? [and it's not like he was going do that the other day sealand will never know]

Why can't you just be content with a toy train? Those are fun, aren't they? Choo choo?

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Well dumping water on France didn't help much!

[Considers.] I guess I'd need a transportation system. [This may be slightly bigger than toy-sized.]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well. If it's France, that's fine.

I'll let you buy that lock, but then we're leaving after that. I'll buy you a nice little toy train. All right?

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I need the wood, too.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

... Is there a hammer and some nails involved with those planks?

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Well I'm not using tape.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

And are you going to be the one wielding the hammer?

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I can use a hammer.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

You're going to hammer in your thumb.

And die.

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[Involuntary shudder at the mention of dying.]

You can't die from that!

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Some ghosts have rather interesting stories.

Let's say I feel generous and let you build this... thing. You're going to let me watch you and make sure you don't horribly injure yourself too much. It's a good deal, so you'll take it.

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There's no such thing!

Why do I need to do what you say?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Because it wasn't a question.

Be grateful. I have better things to do with my time than watch you tinker around dangerously, like knitting my cat's sweater.