[Voice - Both courts]

[dragonring]

[This announcement comes to you thanks to a very nasal voice which seems to be doing it out of some kind of obligation. Don't judge much.]

Ah, about the machines in the Station: they have instructions in Drabbish now. Printed paper sheets that I stuck next to each device, you can't miss it. So it would be really, really great if breaking could be avoided from now on. Just saying.

[He's heard some stories, okay. He likes having a little piece of home, please take care of it!]

Oh, and the cakes outside? Those are for the fairies, and they can get a liiiiittle... [Annoying as hell?] ...frustrated if you steal them so... try the kitchen if you're really hungry?

[Yes, he's even whipped by tiny fae women. Details.]

[Locked to Eren]

Hey, I did find some tools. I can take a look at your gear now.

[Locked to Queen Anne]

Your Majesty? It's true, machines do work here. I have the music if you still want to listen to it.



((ooc: Feel free to say your character found the sheets or the cakes and messed with them!))

Comments

[andallbite]

I thought I got it all. [ Eren shoots back, defensively. This... isn't exactly a problem he normally has to worry about. ] But I don't have the know-how to take apart this thing and put it back together again.

[ Obviously. This is why they're here. ]

[dragonring]

All how? Did you least put it next to a fire or something?

[Not wanting to waste any more time and worried about the state of the gear inside, Dave hurries to start unscrewing the case, wincing when he finds water damage in the fan.]

This may have reached the shooters too... what happened exactly?

[Better check all the cases, including wire ones too. Water leakage is big possibility if... ah,, yes, there we go, lovely wet wire. Dave will put a piece of cloth around his hand before he starts taking out the wire and wrapping it around it.]

[andallbite]

[ Ugh. Normally, damaged gear isn't a huge issue; with their line of work in mind, it's to be expected. The only problem now is that there's no replacements around to swap it out with, so for the first time, Eren finds himself frustrated that it had to be this screwed up at all.

With a long exhale, Eren cards a hand through his hair, the ever present scowl on his face deepening by a pinch. Really, he should be glad this is the worst damage that's come out of last month's mess, and yet... ]

In short? I was with a group of people, and then we got... [ He trails off, gesturing broadly, like he's having trouble pinning down the right word for his explanation. ] We appeared somewhere else entirely in the next instant—by some magic bullshit, I guess. That place ended up being in the middle of the sea. I still had my maneuvering gear on.

[ Many details are left out of this story, of course, but it explains the problem. ]

[dragonring]

[It definitely does, the explanation works for Dave. He pauses in his wiring when he hears "magic bullshit" and he shakes his head, but he doesn't comment on it.]

If you stayed in the water for long then maybe the damage got done before your attempt of drying it out...

[In short, it doesn't sound like there was much Eren could've done, not without a true mechanic to take the gear to as soon as the accident happened. Dave finishes taking out the wire and uses a little flashlight to look inside the cases.]

I can fix it. I think. It's not going to be exactly fast with the tools I have but... yeah, it can be done.

[andallbite]

[ Not surprising. Given the lack of large bodies of water where he's from, the gear likely isn't made to withstand getting submerged like it had. And as far as Eren knows, no one he was with during the Redgate fiasco were much of a mechanic, either—not that he was in much of a position to be worrying about his equipment then.

Only briefly does Eren eye the flashlight oddly before responding with a nod. ]

It doesn't have to be finished right now. I've got time.

[dragonring]

Yeah, well, so do I. There isn't that much to do around here.

[He's surprised at how quiet things have been since he's arrived, considering they're supposed to be at war. His optimism is limited though - probably the calm before the storm.

Since this is gonna to take a while, he grabs a chair and sits before going back to the screwdriver. Enjoy watching your gear being disassembled to the smallest piece, Eren.]

[andallbite]

Think so?

[ Eren asks dubiously, but he's not exactly a kid from modern times now stuck in backwater lands. He can't relate much to the sentiment.

Either way, he's watching. Eren has never seen the contraption disassembled this much, but after a few minutes, there's other things in the room that begin catching his attention. Technology of the future is beyond him, after all; there's an awful lot around he's yet to see before. ]

Usually I can't go a while without getting caught up in something.

[dragonring]

[Funny part is, the gear doesn't even have that many parts, at least not in Dave's opinion. He's used way more for college projects. But it's still amazing for him, this gear is quite an advanced contraption for the technology Eren's world has. Leave it to the military to get things running.]

I haven't been here for long, so maybe I've just had good luck, I guess. [And that's one weird thought, because usually his luck is awful.] Are things usually more active then? [He turns to look at Eren to make that question, and notices his curiosity about the machines.] You can ask me about those, you know.