video, both courts.

[andallbite]

[ It's been a couple of weeks since he's last shown up over the lockets (gone mostly forgotten thanks to other events), but when Eren finally makes another appearance, he seems a little exasperated. ]

I need a mechanic. [ Yeah, that's the greeting. ] Or—just anyone who can repair something for me. My maneuvering gear is busted, and I can't get it to work again on my own, so I'm looking for anyone who's willing to give it a shot.

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[Video]

[dragonring]

[DID SOMEONE SAY REPAIRING STUFF? Dave doesn't hesitate in answering the post as soon as he hears the words "maneuvering gear" because hello science.]

There's a good chance I can if I can find the right tools and you tell me what the gear belongs to.

[andallbite]

[ He sure did, today is your lucky day, good sir. ]

I don't know where you could get the tools– [ Where does a guy go for simple maintenance stuff? ] –but it's basically a weapon—has a cable mechanism to scale buildings or trees, it's all powered by compressed gas. Think you could do it?

[dragonring]

A mechanism running on compressed gas? Sounds simple enough. [At least he hopes so. He doesn't know what to expect when it comes to mechanics here.] Yeah, I think I can, though I still need the right tools. I may, ah, improvise something with wrenches and other stuff from the castle, but I need to see your thing first to be sure if it'd work.

[andallbite]

I figured. Normal swords are more common around here than what I've got.

[ A little irritating, since it means refueling and getting extra blades is a hassle. Probably more so for fixing the damn thing. ]

I don't mind showing it to you, whenever you can, but I don't know where you are.

[dragonring]

Yeah, any kind of mechanism more complex that a wagon isn't exactly heard of around here from what I've seen so far.

[At least this guy's thing actually works, Dave thinks. He's lucky. His phone and calculator won't even turn on.]

Ah, right. I'm in the Seelie castle, I got here recently.

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[liven]

Eren. What are you fixing? How did it break?

[ She can't help at all but she's nosy. What's broken. ]

I haven't seen anything here that looks like it has gears in it.

[ So it has to be something interesting. ]

[andallbite]

[ Oh, it's her again... ]

Weren't you listening? I said it's my maneuvering gear. I didn't have it on when I was grabbing a bite down there.

[liven]

I don't know what that is.

[ Why would she know what that is. ]

Unless you're speaking about a bicycle in strange terms.

[andallbite]

No, I'm not.

[ Those haven't been invented yet. :'| ]

Soldiers use them where I'm from. It's a kind of weapon.

[liven]

[ your life is truly a sad one eren ]

Oh. What does it do? Do you shoot people with it?

[ ??? Imagining a steampunkish gun right now. apparently she doesn't have any opinion on the fact/implication that he's a soldier. ]

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[slugout]

Manouverwhatsit?

[andallbite]

... Maneuvering gear.

[ this isn't that hard junpei ]

[slugout]

How does gear let you maneuver? Are they like... mecha shoes or something?

[andallbite]

Huh? No, you—it's something you wear around your waist. It's got cables and hooks.

[slugout]

[ junpei fails to see how that helps people maneuver?? ]

Ah. So what do you do? Hook it onto a car and let it pull you around on a skateboard or something?

video;

[gandere]

Geez, what's with you? [ She means it as nice as possible, but boys... ]

I can't repair things like that, but if you're ever near Nimh Gleanne, you should pop into The Barrel and ask for me. I'll strengthen it.

With magic. [ She adds before he can even waste her time asking how. ]

[andallbite]

[ At first he scowls, because he's close to protesting it wasn't his fault the thing decided to stop working (as some things do when getting fairly roughed up and completely submerged in water), but. But. When she finishes off, consider his attention grabbed. ]

Strengthen it how? I don't know what magic could do for something like this.

[gandere]

Well, how did you break it? [ May as well make it easier for him to follow along. ]

[andallbite]

Uh—

[ To make a long story short... ]

It got banged up pretty hard. And a lot of water might've been involved.

[gandere]

Water-? [ Don't tell her he was involved in that incident.

He was involved AND THEN SOME, GOD DAMN ]

I could make it water repellant for example. Not that it does you any good now, but if you were to end up in that situation again, at least it wouldn't be damaged that way.

video;

[vaccinations]

Maneuvering gear? What's that?

[Now that sounds interesting. And Ellie likes interesting.]

[andallbite]

[ Today's number one question; perhaps he should have thought to explain it beforehand, but he didn't imagine he'd be having many curious responses. ]

Hm? Oh, it's— [ Okay, to put this in a way that won't have her going what at him, too. ] Like a... tool, you could say. It's used to reach higher up points quickly, and also as a weapon.

[vaccinations]

Now that sounds fucking awesome. Dunno why no one thought of that back home.

[She shrugs.]

I'm alright at fixing some shit. Jammed guns and stuff. But that's probably out of my league.

[andallbite]

Beats me. Maybe it's not really needed where you're from. [ He sincerely hopes it isn't. ] This is different from a gun, though.

[vaccinations]

Getting to higher points is definitely needed against the infected. At least I'm pretty sure those fuckers can't climb.

[Then she shrugs.]

Yeah, seems like it. I'm sure there's people here that are better at fixing shit than me. I'm still learning.