Operation: Dark Night

[alertcommando]

Ukraine, Europe, January 17th, 1962.

Classified Location near the Polish border.

Local time 21:35h.

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[alertcommando]

A question for the ages... or for checking later.

The mass of ice hits the cables squarely, stretching them, forcing them to the limits and straining the nearby towers.

For a moment, it almost looks like the power lines might resist, then the cables all touch each other: megawatt short circuit, red-hot heat, metal sizzling, in contact with ice, ice melts into water, water boils into steam.

Have you ever seen power cables actually explode, sending ice, water, steam and bits of metal everywhere, and also whipping madly as the tension shifts, threatening to fry anything or anyone in range?

Now you did.

Cue for panic an chaos in 3, 2, 1...

[ever_lovin]

Who needs subtle at this point right?

Ben reaches for the next ice car and throws it at the largest cluster of the half-track vehicles to add a little more chaos to the evening.

"Okay, slide time?" he says to Bobby with a inviting wave of his arm.

[bringer_of_fun]

"You've got it, big guy!"

He makes an extra hard, extra wide slide to accommodate Ben's weight.

"Just hold onto my shoulders and let your feet slide while the ice does all the work. When we get down there, I'll go right, you go left, and we'll trash as much stuff as possible."