035 [AUDIO]

[screwsparkles]

D-damnit.

[A bit of shuffling, the sound of a button being pressed a couple of times (a little harder than necessary), then nothing. Sigh.]

Stupid thing's n-n-not working...

Um...there's someone on the c-c-crew who can fix things, right? Like...mechanical s-stuff?

[She feels ridiculously awkward asking for help, hence the hesitation in her

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[weifengyiyu]

[Meifeng's in the area, and she's got her toolkit, so rather than paging the Mechanic -- and risk running into his gravity machine -- she taps the edge of the toolbox at the door of the cafe.]

You th'one that called?

[screwsparkles]

[Well, that was pleasantly quick. Evie's never called directly upon the crew for any kind of help before, so she had no idea how long of a wait to expect.]]

Um, yuh-yeah.

[She leans over the counter, smiling a bit. She remembered the mechanic being a guy, but -

Oh. She recognizes her voice. She's the crew that came from the pirate ship that people were flipping their lid about, right?]

You...c-came pretty quick. Thanks.

[weifengyiyu]

I was near.

[Meifeng offers the passenger a tight smile. It's not unpleasant, so much as it is the smile of someone caught in the middle of a job and itching to get back to it.]

This thing broken?

[She gestures at the grinder.]

[screwsparkles]

Yuh-yeah. It...just won't turn on.

[She sighs a bit, wandering over to the grinder and narrowing her eyes at it. Evil, evil thing, why did you have to give out on her?]

It was working f-f-fine yesterday, though...

[Huh. Maybe Christine broke it.]