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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[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?

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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.

[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]

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. ]

[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.

[andallbite]

[ Blame the time period he lives in, not himself..... He also makes a face, like where did you get the impression he goes around shooting people? ]

You shoot cables with it, and not at people. Guns are different; these use swords.

[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.

[andallbite]

[ Granted, the level of technology here is nearly identical to where he's from, so Eren doesn't think much of it. Except when someone points it out, which he finds kind of strange, but anyway. ]

Seelie? [ Well, just his luck. ] Sounds like we're both going to have to do some travelling if this is gonna work.

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[slugout]

Manouverwhatsit?

[dragonring]

...you are Unseelie, aren't you.

[Ugh, he just got here but he's already hating this whole "two sides" deal. Dave sighs as he rubs the back of his neck, thinking of their options.]

Look, I'm new and I'm still getting hang of the whole situation. Learning. But-- if this isn't urgent and you don't get other offers, then... I want to go the station in some days, beginning of next week maybe? They keep telling me that place's the closest thing to home I'll find and if it's true, then there may be a chance I can find better tools there.

[liven]

Can you show me once you get it fixed?

[ It sounds kinda neat...a cable shooting thing + maneuvering gives her a more accurate mental image, but she's still curious. ]

[andallbite]

... Maneuvering gear.

[ this isn't that hard junpei ]

[andallbite]

Yeah, I'm all the way in Caer Scima right now.

[ People are everywhere, though, so his chances of having to move out were high to begin with. Being on opposite ends of the continent was a bit inconvenient, though. ]

I wanted to get this done sooner instead of later– [ Because who knows what else may come up and when. ] –but I can't ask too much out of anyone offering to do this for me, either.

[ Meaning, hey, if he's gotta wait a week, then... Beggars can't be choosers. ]

[andallbite]

You can look at it, but I'm not using it unless I have to. I can't go using up gas as easily here.

[liven]

I'll take looking at it. How do you get gas for it? That..."Station" place?

[andallbite]

That's right. I don't know why it has any, but I'm really not complaining.

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[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.

[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?