Ship Work [Open]

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

Skimmed down just her plantsuit and her hair tied in a ponytail and tucked into the collar, Reimi was laying on a platform that hovered under the nose of the Calnus. While she wasn’t the most incredible mechanic in the world, she knew how to repair her own ship. After all, it had gotten them out of a tight spot.

Adjusting the panel, she wiped her hands and picked up a data pad. The readout scrolled out in front of her and she stuck her tongue out in thought. “Mmm, needs a little more….”

Currently, she was trying to make sure that the auto-repair function was going to be ready for any situation. Picking up a spanner, she adjusted the bolt one last time and entered some code into the machine.

So involved in her work, she didn’t notice that anyone could just come up and talk to her at any given time.

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[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura cocks a brow inquisitively. "Last minute saves?"

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Whoever programmed this thing," and Reimi thumped it, "has a tendency to add a few minutes onto the repair time, thus finishing up before it's actually counted down."

She shook her head. "One of those things really, from being from a video game." And she laughed bitterly before working on the inputs.

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Well that's new. "You're from a video game?"

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

Reimi made a confirming noise. "Born and raised on earth, and I discovered I was a media construction designed for 4D residents." She scowled at that and continued to poke at the controls, tapping with one hand.

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

"You must have come from an incredible game, then," Nura remarks with a helpful smile.

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

Reimi paused in her work and sighed softly. "Maybe. But if it was a really good game or world, I wouldn't have ended up like this."

And she continued to tap commands into the panel.

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

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Nura furrows her brow. "That can't be true."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Wanna bet?" remarked Reimi. "I was actually stripped naked and tests were run on me by a paranoid Earth Government in an alternate 1969."

ignore the force field. it was the only icon i could think of.

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

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Nura puts a hand to her face and outstretches an arm out and waves her hand in 'stop, stop' motion. "Please, no further descriptions. I see your point."

hehe

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

Despite herself, Reimi smirked as she returned to her work. "I need an extra pair of hands. Can you undo the panel just above me with this?"

And she handed over a powered screwdriver.

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

Nura nods her head, taking the powered screwdriver. "Sure thing." She drops a few feet in mid-floating before she's right by Reimi. She turns on the screwdriver and puts it to the bolts on the panel above the other girl. After unscrewing each bolt, she catches each one when they fall out.

"There you go."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." Removing the panel, she laid it on her stomach as she accessed the computer panel behind it. "Lots of these Eldarian technologies run on a system that I haven't quite fully studied yet, but it should be fairly intuitive once things are worked on. Inputs are earth standard at least."

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

"I've never really heard of 'Eldarian technologies', actually," Nura admits. "But I might be able to understand the inputs if they are earth standard, like you say."

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Eldar is a group of aliens that were working with our government for years apparently," said Reimi. "They helped develop our warp drive."

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

"Team effort?" Nura muses. She looks at Reimi, putting her hands on her hips. "Is the warp drive practically an engine?"

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Team effort," nodded Reimi as she finished clicking a few more buttons. "And yeah it is. I'll have to show it to you in a bit. It originally moved through wormholes, but lately the design sent us to slipstream."

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

Nura's brows rise. Wormholes? Slipstream? Now she's thuroughly intrigued. "I would appreciate that," she says.

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good." said Reimi. "Truth be told I'm not a hundred percent of myself, but there's only one person in this place that can repair the Calnus and that's myself, at least while knowing the logistics of how it works."

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

"What if you're not there to repair the Calnus?" Nura muses.

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"Well I suppose then I leave the auto-repair cycle to do it's work," said Reimi with a sigh. "There's really not much else I could do."

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

"You could teach someone how to repair the Calnus," she offers helpfully.

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

"I guess I could do that," admitted Reimi. "It might take a while though."

[crysteel-future.livejournal.com]

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She raises a finger. "But in the end, you'd be able to know that that Calnus would be taken care of when you're off on the battlefield or in any other situation," she explains expertly.

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

Reimi nodded, sighing. "You know... you seem pretty good at this. Want to learn? It's not too hard. Just earth standard mechanics."

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

Nura pauses for a moment. Wasn't expecting that.

Before she coolly says, "Sure." Beneath the layer of nonchalance, she's capping down her excitement. "It'd help me in the long run with mechanics, and I'd be helping you out."