[Pulp] 061-1000 11:xx Ridge Downport Shipboard

[subadai at mindspring.com]

> subadai at mindspring.com wrote:
> >> Dismiss the other items in the two boxes. Carefully empty the 
> >> contents of both boxes onto the spare bunk. CHeck out the boxes 
> >> themselves. looking for false bottoms, concealed compartments where 
> >> small items can be hidden away. Tip both boxes over to see if 
> >> anything falls open. If nothing then hand each one to Boris.
> >> "Feel like taking these apart?"
> >>
> >> As an after thought.
> >> "So they can be put back together, of course."
> > Boris merely raises an eyebrow and takes a large multi tool out of a
sheath
> > on his side and begins the task. First simply examining them for seams
and
> > how they are put together. Do rough measurements to verify inside vs
> > outside dimentions. What are they made of? How are they put together?
Can
> > they be taken apart without destroying them?
>
> They are boxes.  Made of very sturdy and strong plastic.
> The box itself appears to be a single molded piece.
> The lid also.  The hinges and latch look to be same material and are 
> bonded to the box in a matter that says this can be a working box 500 
> years from now.
> At appears to be just a box.  It just emits a feeling of boxness to you.
> Taking it apart would be easy with a laser cutter.
> It is that part about not destroying them that has you stumped.
>
> -- 

After a complete examination Boris puts the boxes aside. 

"Nothing here"