Possessions Grab AND Meet-up! Let's multi-task!

[cityship]

While the newly pod-released members of the crew happened to mostly miss each other in the Pod Caverns and the clothing chamber, they all happen to congregate in the Weapons and Possessions Lockers at the same time. This cavernous warehouse of a chamber has shelves and shelves and racks of belongings and weapons that go off as far as the eye can see. Everything from massive sidearms to impossibly huge swords, to Hello Kitty lunchboxes.

Their own belongings are here near the front--they've been moved to make finding them more easy, but it will take a bit of hunting.

Either way, they won't be searching alone. Everyone's piling in at the same time.

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[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

He smiles a bit helplessly as she rattles off the name of something. He assumes it must be a vehicle of some kind... a "ship," if that's what this thing really is.

"I'm a little out of my league," he admits. "Machinery isn't really my strong point.. ah..." And what had Andromeda said? They were more advanced than Amestris?

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's what I do. Machines, engines. What's eatin' ya?" She's trying to be as helpful and non-threatening as possible (which isn't difficult, because when has Kaylee ever been threatening?), so that he doesn't get nervous or anything.

She's perfectly glad to help.

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

Yup. It was good to know he could still tell a mechanic when he saw one in this strange place, at least. And she seems like a friendly person, too. That's a plus.

"I was talking to an.. uh... image earlier," he says. "She said we were trapped here. On a ship. This doesn't exactly look like a ship."

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's a pretty big one," Kaylee admits. "Ain't gonna fly in atmo, prob'ly got put together in chunks."

It hasn't really occurred to her that he might not know what a spaceship is, but if he asks, she'll get to that.

This is just all sorts of new learning.

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

Mustang takes a moment to digest what she says. Well, he's confirmed one thing: she knows what it is. At least more than he does.

"I don't understand," he says. "I've never heard of a ship like this... or images of people that could talk as if they were alive." He's got some catching up to do.

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Suddenly, she's... starting to get how ignorant about this stuff he is. "Well... it's sort of a ship. Only it's in... in the air, going to different planets." Explaining all of this is gonna be interesting, if he doesn't know what any of this is. "And the hologram-- the picture of the person-- is... a machine, that can think, sort of." She makes a face and laughs a little. "Sorry, I ain't very good at this, am I?"

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

Mustang smiles at that. It's a rough explanation, to be sure, but he can tell she has a lot of enthusiasm for these things, very much like the other mechanics he's met. That familiarity is just as good as getting answers, maybe even more so. "I think I'm starting to get an idea," he says. "People are impressive... are these things normal to you?"

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

Kaylee nods enthusiastically. "Oh, sure. Serenity's not near this big, and she don't got those bio-engineered vines and stuff, but she's about the finest ship ever t'fly in the 'verse."

Kaylee, obviously, is quite proud of her girl, though her grin wavers a bit as she thinks about her. From the sounds of things, there's no known way to get back home. And what if they fix whatever's broken and they still can't find a way back?

Well. Ain't no use worrying about it, but still. Her grin wavers a bit.

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

Mustang seems to sense that note of doubt from her. It's really a natural reaction considering how much she seems to love her machines. Kaylee talks about the ship she came from with such excitement, he'd be surprised if she didn't show that she missed it.

He offers an encouraging smile, because he's Roy and trying to help is what he does. "I'd like to see her," he says. "I've never seen anything like these ships and it would be nice to learn about them by experiencing the best."

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

Kaylee beams just a little - she loves showing off her girl, when she can. Which isn't often, honestly, given her line of work. The crime, not the mechanic gig.

"If we ever find a way to get back where we were, I'll see if I can't get you a tour," she says. And she means it, too.

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

It makes Roy happy to see her spirits lift. It's been a while since he's been able to see anyone really talk about something they enjoy and get that look of excitement. In a way, her happiness helps him as well.

"I'd like that," he says. He can learn about this place. Her enthusiasm makes him feel that there is a way for him to grow to appreciate these things. Perhaps not as much as she does, but he can still learn some.

[anaturaltalent.livejournal.com]

"Well that's settled then!" Kaylee grins and then laughs. "Oh, bèn dàn," she says to herself, and sticks out her hand. "Didn't get 'round to introducing myself. I'm Kaylee, it's real nice to meetcha, all the not home-ness aside."

[syrus-fire.livejournal.com]

He takes the hand and smiles back--for all its unnerving strangeness, the place has brought the first smile he's had in months--and shakes her hand. "Roy Mustang. It's nice to meet you, too, Kaylee. I'm glad everyone else seems more familiar with these things than I am... It's a pretty big surprise."