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Relaxation Time (Open)

After everything with the bridge team, the zombies, and the big reveal, Mei Ling needed a bit of time to herself and reflect back on this ordeal. And by this, she meant not thinking about it and focusing on something else entirely to keep her mind of all of the bad feelings seeping through the ship at the moment. Mei Ling's constant optimism was upheld by her simple choosing to ignore the sheer enormity of the fact that her entire world was gone and... it was actually working out pretty well so far.

Instead of moping around, Mei Ling distracted herself. She immersed herself in what she loved most, technology. She has spent the past several hours leaning over several disassembled communications devices she had pulled out of weapons and possessions next to her own comm ring, which may look broken, but she totally knows how to put it back together. Trust her.

She was incredibly focused on her work, she may or may not notice anyone walking in.

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"This?" She shook her, "These were just a few things I picked up in Weapons and Possessions earlier. I figured I'd take some time to do some research on communication devices available on Stacy in case we have another incident with the comm system."

Speaking of that, Mei Ling got up from her chair and went over to another shelf retrieving the comm console she was using during the mission. She placed it down on the table next to the other pile. "I managed to restore it to it's original function, though not until after the team had made it to the bridge."

Billy nodded. He was definitely impressed. "Have you asked any of the others about communications technologies on their home worlds? I realize that they will probably be reluctant to talk about their pasts, but maybe you could find room for enhancements. We based the comm rings partially on my old communicator blueprints, but there are others who weren't yet podpopped during the design process."

Now, done with the 'yay science' cheer, his voice darkened a little. "For all our knowledge, we were still knocked completely out of contact with each other. Not knowing if your team was alive was the worst part." Billy's head dropped into his hands for a moment. "Thank you, though, for repairing everything as quickly as you did."

"I did what I could. I had hoped to get it repaired sooner but..." She trailed off. This conversation was getting a bit darker than Mei Ling had hoped. She turned her attention back to the equipment in front of her for a convenient distraction.

"I thought about asking, though I wasn't sure if I should do it so soon after..." a pause, she moved onto the next train of thought, "That's why I was just taking a look at what was on the ship and seeing if we can make any enhancements now."

"I know. I highly doubt the zombies were offering assistance." He lapsed into silence then, aware that he'd probably pushed her too far. It wasn't intended to be a joke---now wasn't the time---but a sad comment on their lot.

"Right. Hey...while I'm here, is there anything I can help you with?" Billy's gaze is on the half-broken equipment, trying to puzzle out its mysteries with a glance. He hoped he could compensate for his tactlessness by working.

"Sure," She was actually pretty happy to have some company now. "There were a few interesting devices in W&P. I've been looking at this..."

She held up a small, square walkie talkie look a like equipped with a screen, "As far as I can figure out, this device is used to transmit audio as well as visual data, but when I open it up I can't find anything that seems like it would be able to transmit visual files, and when I look at this..."

She picked up another device, technobabble ensued.

Billy reached for the 'video walkie-talkie', carefully examining the interior. "A most impressive device. Hypothetically it would function with a transmitter equipped to..." His babble eventually reached the important part. "Its power is depleted and the visual data encoding needs to be repaired, but with those changes it would come online. The capability to transmit video feeds on the field would be highly useful. Perhaps the parts needed to repair it are elsewhere on the ship."

Then they moved to the next device, and Billy found himself almost smiling. After a few discussions about the functions of objects, he was suddenly struck with an idea.

"Have we looked at the equipment in the areas beyond the Observation Deck yet? The key to improvement might be there."

"I don't think anyone has looked, yet," she set down the apparatus she was holding. "I think we should start looking, and then no giving up until we reach the Yellow River."

Proverbs were her best methods of inspiration.

"Right," he smiled. He thought for a moment about what she said, trying to envision where they'd encountered a Yellow River on their quest for the bridge.

It was then that he realized that she probably wasn't speaking literally. "The Yellow River? Are you metaphorically referring to the river in China, or did I miss a rather large discovery on the trip?"

"I guess no one told you what's on the other side of this ship," Mei Ling grinned.

"And once we reach it, our hydraulics department will be the greatest in the universe." It would be pretty neat to use that as a source of power, though Katara could do a fair few things on her own with those waterbending powers.

"So, should we put out a message to the rest of the ship and gather a search party?"

A nod, "I think so. I'm sure others would love to help."

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