Near the school, very early Wednesday morning

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Aeryn couldn't sleep and didn't want to wake John up, so she went for an early run. It was barely light, and it was a little different route than she usually took since she wasn't in the dorms, which is why she went past where there was some electrical work going on at the ruins of the school.

A figure could be seen by an electrical transformer. The same figure could also be heard making strange grunting noises as he connected wires in a seemingly dangerous way.

That got her to stop, coming closer to investigate. "Are you all right?" she asked, because that grunting didn't sound normal to her.

The figure turned around and took off his welding mask. "Huh? Oh, hi. I'm fine. I'm just rigging up some new electrical service for the school."

Aeryn frowned, asking, "Isn't it a bit early for that?"

The man scoffed. "Well, first I had to shut down power to the building for the clean-up crew. But since I was here anyway, I hooked up the brand new Binford Electrical Generator EP2600. This thing is great. Even after light bulbs burn out they'll still give off light because there will be so much more power!" He then let loose with a triple grunt to indicate his awe of the more power.

He worried her just a little. "Isn't that dangerous?" she asked. "That seems like a little more electricity than anyone needs."

"Do you know how much power a school like this uses up?" the man asked. "It's a lot. This will just help the place meet the power demands. I'm going to give this thing a test run. Want to watch?"

"...I don't think so," said Aeryn, taking a step further back just to be safe.

"No, come on. It won't hurt," the man said. He put on dark goggles and flipped a big switch on the Binford Electrical Generator EP2600. He stepped back towards Aeryn and handed her goggles, too. "Here. Just in case."

"I really don't think you should be doing this without a supervisor," said Aeryn, but took the goggles almost absently.

"I've been working with stuff like this for years. I don't need a supervisor," the man said. As if on cue, the Binford Electrical Generator EP2600 gave off a massive spark. All lights nearby suddenly went out. And then the Binford Electrical Generator EP2600 caught fire. "Uh oh," the man grunted.

There was a long pause while Aeryn took in what had just happened.

"I told you so."

[Co-written with the oh-so-wonderful peter__parker. No interaction, plz. OOC post up in a second here.]