Classic Vietnam War Booby traps

Ok so in a human-are-space-orcs setting, humans are also going to be weirdly (or terrifyingly, depending on your point of view) good at booby traps: improvisational engineering, breaking rules, defending their homes/pack bonded crewmates/pack bonded ships, general mayhem and chaos, and sheer bloody-mindedness. Imagine the how aliens would react to Home Alone, Tom and Jerry, Roadrunner and Coyote, etc. “This is entertainment for their young!? This is training for guerrilla warfare!” “When attempting to capture a human ship or settlement, be extremely warry of anything that appears abandoned, or defended only by ‘unarmed’ ‘non-combatants’. There is no such thing as an unarmed human. There are only humans who have done a better job of concealing their improvised weapons. See files “Jackie Chan” and “Kevin McCallister”

I would never wish a boobytrap upon you

But should you come across any boobytraps the next time you're on a mission in Egypt, feel free to think of this 😌

"Oh, bloody hell yeah the booby traps.. But don't worry alright. We'll be careful, almost jake avoided all traps before. It was quite scary though innit-"

-Steven Grant

Has anyone ever thought that maybe there are booby traps or hidden trapdoors in the secret tunnels of the Hawthorne House and that any unsuspecting Hawthorne brother may have gotten caught in them at some point? I believe that this would especially apply to our one and only Jameson Winchester Hawthorne who frequents them the most. Imagine Jamie's drunk, stumbles into one of the passageways because he's had a rough day (inferencing from Skye's conversation with Avery in the first book with how he used to get lost in those halls for long periods of time likely means they're his comfort spots) and he's in one that leads to the kitchen but then makes a wrong turn. There's a bit of buzzing in his head from the alcohol but a gut feeling is telling him he's going the wrong way, yet, he continues on anyway until he steps on a loose lock, triggering a trapdoor to open underneath him. He, of course, falls down into a room that he's never been in and straight up passes out only to end up staying there until the next evening around the time of the mandatory dinner that everyone has to show up to. Concluding that he's missing, his brothers set out on the hunt to find him.

Nash and Grayson are actively going through all his usual haunts, trying to locate him while Xander is trailing them with a camera in his hands, documenting the whole thing and throwing in over-the-top commentary as the unofficial narrator of the little documentary. When they finally get to the corridor that leads from Jamie's room to the kitchen, Nash spots the split in the hall and since they already checked the kitchen, he decides they should skip the typical route and check out that other way. Grayson tries to fight him on this but relents to Nash's brotherly instincts as the oldest of them and they go, Xander merrily following behind them.

To their surprise, they see a hole in the floor and rush to it only to find their very much asleep brother in the sunken space. Xan takes out his phone and starts to snap photos and neither of his older brothers stop him. Thankful that they found him, Nash jumps down and so does Grayson who searches for a light as Xander continues to film from above. Gray manages to find a switch and after getting over the initial brightness, also sees a way up again with a roll-down ladder so he unfolds it and climbs back up beside Xander to help Nash bring Jameson up. Meanwhile, Nash is trying to get a handle on his long and lanky brother who is just all sprawled out limbs so after a few minutes of wrestling him into a proper position, he pushes Jamie against the ladder for Grayson to start hauling him up. As he pulls him up by gripping under his shoulders, Nash is pushing Jameson’s legs up to get him out of there so he can come back up himself. 

After all this nonsense, they manage to get into formation and carry him back down the passage to his bedroom and Xander is “helping” them by having a hand on one of Jameson's knees but more so focusing on recording the segment which leaves Gray a little frustrated as he has a handle on the feet. It takes a bit of maneuvering around to get to Jameson's room with Jameson himself but they are able to do it and set him on his bed. Nash checks out Jameson's head to make sure there aren't any signs of a concussion while Grayson searches around for an Advil and a spare water bottle. When all is fine and dandy, Xander has his fun by tucking Jameson in and pulling out an old teddy bear before he leaves. He proceeds to stay up the entire night to put together and edit his video.

The next morning, when Jamie finally regains consciousness post-hangover, he wakes to a text from Xan featuring an iMovie file. He opens it up to find it’s a mini documentary of his brothers making rounds around the House, going slightly insane as they tried to find him with Xander’s unnecessary narration in his sober opinion.  Problem is, he realizes that the video isn’t in the one-on-one iMessage chat between him and Xander; his brother sent it to group chat with all four of them in it. He doesn't read the rest but when he does encounter any of his brothers the remainder of that day, they all give him a small smirk or amused shake of the head.

we need to normalize booby traps again, I want to make one wrong step and be swallowed whole by the earth, I want to throw sticks in an area to check if its safe, I want to be in constant fear that every step I take could be my last.

Book Review – ‘Undying’ (#2 Unearthed) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Uncovering alien secrets to save the human race! Genre: YA, Science Fiction No. of pages: 308 When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying’s advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and Gaia, their former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be…

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TAT: The team rushes in (covertly) to save their teammate, successfully avoiding traps and taking down baddies. Whumpee is in a bad way, alive but in need of medical help. Careful planning gives way to equal parts relief and desperation as they work to get whumpee out and to safety. So focused are they on their wounded teammate that they forget about the traps they'd so carefully avoided on the way in, and someone's foot hits a tripwire...

👀 the only trouble with TATs are that they are WAY TOO SHORT

July 27, 2023 - A tripwire takes out a full squad of riot police who were on their way to evict a squat in Brest, France. [video]

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It's been a while since I published and what better day than the first of the year? Coincidentally the next prog was also seasonal.

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Hamas militants booby-trapping a building

“Okay he’s coming! Have we set the booby traps?”

“Yes sir.”

“Good. And everyone has the appropriate weapons. You’ve memorised the escape routes?”

“Yes sir. If he tries to make a run for it we’ll know where to look.”

“Very good. Okay. Everybody to your positions. Fire up the heavenly angelic choir!”

*door breaks down as the Shambling Unstoppable Monstrosity breaks in*

“Now!”

*organist slams down on keys*

*choir begins to sing* “O SACRED HEART, LEAD EXILED CHILDREN HOME,” *choir is quickly drowned out by noise*

“NOW!!!!!”

*A CACOPHONY OF GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS DROWN OUT THE CHOIR AND ECHO ALL THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING BEFORE BEING SLOWLY DROWNED OUT BY INHUMAN AGONIZED SCREAMING AND ROARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

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