[CLOSED] He's The One They Call Doctor Feelgood

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Now Duo wasn't one to call himself an expert on the subject, but he knew it was one of those things he knew he just had to get involved with when he saw it. Just like that guy and the princess.... Duo shook his head as he slid down Deathscythe's wrench to the hangar floor, determined in his intent.

He was gonna make sure that Setsuna and Feldt didn't screw it up.

Strolling across the Hangar floor, he moseyed himself along towards Celestial Being's machines- specifically, towards the Gundam Dynames, trying as best he could to be unseen or at least innocuous looking to Setsuna and Feldt as he did so.

After that, if he could convince Lockon, it was just a matter of the Team of Two breaking the will of Captain and Lady Lineface.

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"And that's why I'm asking."

[a_mere_human]

And Setsuna wasn't answering.

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"...Right."

Well, that only served to fuel his suspicions. Darting away from the subject for a moment, he peeked his head out.

"Hey, computer says there's something up with the beam's connection. Does the wiring look okay over there?"

[a_mere_human]

Granted, the wiring job would probably make Ian go into convulsions, but everything looked connected and grounded properly. At least from that distance.

"You'll have to shut it down so I can take a closer look."

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"But if I shut it down ya won't be able to tell where the sparks are flyin' from!"

With his tone, it was hard to tell if he was kidding or not, but he hopped out of his cockpit to join Setsuna over the shield's circuitry in any case.

"Hmmm... maybe..." Starting to fiddle, he spoke up again, "But yanno, judging from those other crew reports, something happened down there. With you and Miss Feldt." He gave an annoyingly innocent smile.

[jesus_is_gundam]

Setsuna wasn't a talker, and had long since mastered the art of being silent. So he neither confirmed or denied any of that, choosing to totally ignore it and focus on the circuitry instead.

"Do you have a soldering iron?"

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With a snort and a shrug, Duo leaned back into his cockpit, rummaging around a bit in a rather used-looking canvas sack full of of grease and filth-covered tools that sat on the floor. An oversized phillip's head screwdriver rolled away on the floor as he pulled out a hand soldering iron.

"Here!"

He stuck the rather filthy tool out towards Setsuna, beaming. "So, was it a white wedding?" He asked, precariously balancing out of his cockpit.

Duo Maxwell loved to live dangerously, it seemed.

[jesus_is_gundam]

Setsuna wasn't much of an engineer, but he had learned a lot while helping Ian to maintain the Gundams. But it was more the some of the work he learned in Krugis, while helping to maintain the few older model second-hand mobile suits (if you can even call them that), that helped him more here. While he didn't know what every piece of circuitry did, he was able to recognize a few parts, and neaten up the wiring some to minimize interference.

"Try it now," he finally stated, when he was done.

What wedding, Duo?

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"Ah, great! Thanks!" Duo hopped back into his cockpit, clicking and fiddling around.

"Yo, you might wanna back away from there for a sec, I'm testing the beam blade."

Giving Setsuna a few moments to back away to the cockpit platform, he wheeled back around in his chair, and the arm that had been bent in towards the cockpit moved away, shield pointed outwards. The 2 claws on either side of the shield slid open with a sharp and quick metallic ring, and though he didn't actually lunch the shield, the beam on it burst to life-- without incident.

"Well, looks like it's connecting alright, anyway! Wish there was an open range where I can make sure the launch mechanism is workin' right, though," he sighed. "Hey, so did you guys consummate or what?"

...Or maybe he just had a deathwish.

[jesus_is_gundam]

There was no reaction from Setsuna. For several. Long. Moments.

"Find an empty space and launch it anyway," he suggested unhelpfully. "You can handle the rest on your own."

In other words, this conversation was over.

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"Tch, unlike you, I'm not itchin' to have Trudy on my back. It's too much trouble~" He stretched, hands resting behind his head against his chair.

He swayed and fidgeted in his chair, still facing the inside of his cockpit console and away from Setsuna for a few moments, biting his lip to hold back the enormous 'bingo' grin on his face.

"It's not a bad thing to care about someone, yanno," he sighed finally. "And if you take too long to realize it, you're gonna miss your chance entirely."

"Doesn't the world screw us over enough already without us screwing things up for ourselves?"

[a_mere_human]

More silence was the response he got, though this wasn't Setsuna being angry silent, confused silent, or even thoughtful silent. This was the silence of Setsuna not being there anymore, as he had already made his way down the Deathscythe and was heading in a direction of not near Duo.

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Oh, Setsuna. He only takes that as a sign of victory! He got to you, after all.



--"Hey, my soldering iron!"