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Technical fun (open)

It was surprisingly easy for Mei Ling to find areas where she felt comfortable on this Good Ship Stacy. A little reluctant to explore the ship at first, Mei Ling was very glad that she did after discovering the Special Weapons Division of the ship.

She's currently seated at one of the tables in the laboratory. She has a set of tools lined up next to her and her communication ring in front of her. She had created a similar device, the Codec. She was fascinated by different aspects of the devices and was excited to find out how this ring operates.

She was so focused on her work she wouldn't notice anyone else entering the lab.

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It's another long day for Billy. After another dose of slop and water-shot, he treks back to the laboratory to check the progress of some of their projects. At first, he doesn't see anything amiss. The same half-finished tools and weapons are scattered around, the same eerie silence hangs over the place, and the same overload of work still needs to be done.

It takes Billy a moment to realize that a young woman he doesn't recognize is working at one of the tables. She seems absorbed in studying the function of the comm ring---and he feels a small swell of pride for what is partially his design. He understood the annoyances of being interrupted at work, but at the same time he had an obligation to touch base with the new engineer. Carefully maneuvering himself to the other side of the table in front of her when she puts a tool down, he speaks.

"Excuse me, ma'am, but I don't believe I've encountered you in the laboratory before?" He hastily adds to that, "I apologize for interrupting your study."

She was so focused, the voice startles her. Her shoulders jump up slightly, but realizes that it's just another engineer. Shaking off her surprise, she turns to Billy and smiles as he continues talking.

"Oh, no, it's not a problem," she laughs slightly. She didn't mind the interruption, she was actually glad she was going to get to meet other engineers or laboratory regulars. "And no, I don't believe we've met before. My name is Mei Ling."

"Welcome to our laboratory, Mei Ling. I'm Billy Cranston, and I head the Engineering department with Allen Gentry. My specialties are communications technology and weapons development." Smiling, he nods to her and inspects the partially assembled comm ring, adjusting his glasses out of habit.

"Judging by your work, I'd hypothesize that you work with communications technology as well. Did you build items like this?" Billy plucks his own comm ring from his hand and holds it to the light, lost in thought for a moment.

"It's nice to meet you, Billy." After learning his specialties, she's even more excited to meet him.

"I do a bit of telecommunications work. I design communication and radar systems for the military." Mei Ling speaks softly. She is happy to meet someone who shares her interests, but she can't help but feel second-rate every time she meets another engineer. Her self-confidence is not always the best.

Mei Ling doesn't need to worry. He's definitely impressed. "Wow. Given the tendency of the military to set the standards for technology advancements, I have no doubt that you are highly skilled as an engineer."

He smiles once at her before dropping his gaze to his hands. Specifically to his wrist, at the empty spot where one of his old devices used to rest. "My own inventions were considerably less...professionally utilized. I developed technology for a group of teen superheroes mentored by a wizard in a time warp. As bizarre as that sounds, it's true."

Billy cracks a nervous smile, then gets back to the subject. "We'll definitely need more people with those skills, particularly radar technology. If you're willing, there's most certainly a place for you on our team."

Oh, you flatter her. She smiles sheepishly and looks back down to her workspace. She doesn't even ask about the bizarreness of his former situation. She imagined it was probably less strange than some of the other crew.

"Oh, I'd be happy to do that," the sheepish smile turns into a more genuine one. The idea of actually getting to work on the team was very appealing and she was very happy to accept. "I suppose I should get started right away then. Talk doesn't cook rice."

Well, she should probably put her comm ring back together and then get started.

Billy appreciates not being questioned about his past. Much as he longs for familiar faces and places, there's a task in front of them.

"In that case, welcome aboard." He returns her smile, then contemplates her next words. "That's a Chinese proverb, right? It's a good message, but I take it in moderation. If the cooks fail to communicate while completing their task, the rice may turn into an inedible mess."

Billy's gaze drops to the ring. "How do our rings compare to your equipment?"

Mei giggles at Billy's addition to the proverb. It was her type of humor.

"These rings are very interesting pieces of technology." She goes on, "From what I can tell, they use some of the same technology and preform similar functions, though mine isn't nearly as advanced as these..."

Yeah. Snake doesn't know that many people on the ship, so at first it's as if he's stalking Mei Ling. Which... could be possible too, she is hot. Because he appears in the lab and looks completely out of place.

He then did something he often did when he was around Otacon. He came up behind her and leaned over to see what she was working on, "Find something?" To those unused to Snake, they would likely startle at such an action.

Now that was a voice that did not startle her. She tips her head backwards slightly to look up at Snake. She should be annoyed at this interruption (she is a little bit), but she still gives him a small smile.

"Strange seeing you here." She figures he must have followed her here, which would have been strange if it was anyone other than Snake. "And not yet, I'm just doing a bit of investigation on how these comm rings work."

Snake has hung around Otacon enough to not be too wary of labs. He also learned to never ask what something is unless you really, really, really want to know.

"Strange ship," He glances to one of the said rings, he picks up a loose one to look it over, "Have to find out if they're better than your codec, huh?"

"It could be. From what I can tell, I think they utilize a lot of the same technology, though," she could go on and describe some of the more technical aspects of both of the devices but she honestly doesn't think Snake would be very interested in it.

Speaking of the Codec, she had a question for him. "Snake, have you tried using your Codec yet?"

She hadn't had the chance to test it yet.

Daniel had taken to wandering the ship as he daily routine. He would sometimes pause to make notes in a notebook or his tape recorder. Though he favored his note book more these days... it didn't have batteries.

He smiles faintly when he sees Mei Ling. Something about her posture reminds him of Sam. He steps a little further into the lab, "Um... Hello." he gives a little wave, "I'm Daniel Jackson, I don't think we've met."

Mei Ling sets down the tool she was using turns to the new individual in the lab. She offers him a polite smile.

"I don't believe we have. My name is Mei Ling, it's nice to meet you."

"Nice meet you, Mei," Daniel returns the smile. Dispite being near strangers, he seems very relaxed about it. He looks at what she was doing then to her, "You're a engineer...? Well, um... I mean, of--of course you are..." he gestured to what she was working on. He mentally kicks himself for putting his foot in his mouth.

"So, uh... what are you working on?"

"This?" She gestures toward her workspace, "Oh, nothing really. Disassembling a comm ring, I wanted to see how it worked."

Disassembling and reassembling things for fun was a perfectly good use of time in her mind.

Spot had wandered across most every square inch of authorized access on Stacy, but she continued to come back to the engineering sections. It was one of the few places that reminded her of home and gave the cat a place to truly feel safe. When she saw someone unfamiliar in the room, however, she let out a small whining meow, and rubbed against the stranger's leg. The way the cat saw it, either the act would net some attention (maybe even petting) , or shed be ignored. If the tall person tried kicking her, well, Spot had ways to discourage that.

Oh. A cat.

Mei Ling had never had pets as a child, nor was she ever too concerned with them. She was a little anxious when the feline rubbed against her leg.

"Ah, uh, hello," was coupled with a nervous laugh and directed at the cat.

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