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Well, obviously I don't go out into the freeze without some rope. I figure step one is basically a stump pull-- loosen the dirt around the edges of the thing and then hook it to the crawler and try to tow it out of the hole. Assuming that works, th…
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Oh, right. Food and shelter. I forgot. "Yes. At the start, if you help me, I'll feed you and we'll find a place for you to sleep. If you stay, I will find tools to be your own. In time, you will be able to take your own jobs and keep what you earn.…
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"Before you can hear a thing, you have to know how it works, and how it breaks. That tells you what it is trying to be, the space it takes up in the world..." I catch myself. I have, a handful of times, tried explain this to other people and it has …
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That one really throws me. It feels natural, but I learned things, sure... lots of things, come to think of it, from lots of different people. But people could know what I know and not do what I do. So, it takes me a second to answer. (That's a thi…
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"Deal. I can fix my van later. Let's go."
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"Look, it's all yours, we know that. Finders keepers. I just want to help you talk to it. If I can find some fans out here, I can get my van running and come down here to bring it back. One of you could stick with me, make sure everything's above bo…
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"No, you're right. It's not a shitter. It's old, and I think it was important. I don't know what it is, but... I could tell you more if I could examine it back at my workshop." OOC: Spend 1 hold to ask "What can I do to get her to let me take the a…
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Read a Person: (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 2, 5. Total: 8)
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Okay, now I'm curious. What I really want is to take it back to my workshop and really figure it out, but I get the feeling that wouldn't go over well. Plus, I'm not dragging it behind me on skis. Maybe I can talk them into letting me, though. Let'…
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OOC: 1 question: What has been done most recently to this?
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Things speak: (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 2, 5. Total: 9), +1 XP
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"It... well, it might have. Can I look?" I click out of the skis and move carefully towards the thing. I walk a circle around it, get up close, hold my hands a couple inches from it to feel for heat. If there's nothing, and the Dumpies don't object…
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Friendly would be an overstatement, but there are some familiar faces. Probably outriders, since I don't push into the main enclaves. Trading is tricky, because it's really hard to guess what they think is valuable. It usually goes like: I scavenge…
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But yeah, I'll head out there. I've got a pair of cross-country skis I use for short trips and a strap for the rifle. I pack some basic survival gear--food, mylar blanket, that sort of thing-- in case I get stuck, but I'm traveling light, since I'm …
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Well, most people avoid the Dumpies because they live in and around the Dump. You'd think things would be frozen over, but of course the Dumpies go digging, and where they turn things up the smell can get pretty bad. But it's more than the smell. T…
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I put the laser aside. That's going to need a mount and a power supply, and I'll get to it, but thinking about power makes me think about my windmill. I'd like to go into my workshop and get the treads on the van and getting it set up to haul some o…
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"Dice. Yeah, if you keep an eye out for some big, light, preferably curved pieces of metal-- like, aluminum, and about as tall as I am-- I'd make it worth your while to bring 'em in."
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(Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 4, 3. Total: 8) 1 XP
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"Hey, I figure it comes to maybe a jingle over the last month. I don't want it to come between us... How about I fix things up and maybe keep, um, this one? Then we're back to normal for the rest."
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I try to keep my eyes off the laser while I paw through the stuff. "Yeah, I can work with this, Layback, but I'm gonna need your math skills to be a little sharper this time when you're bringing me my cut. Either you were light last couple times, or…
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Lemma: It's a regular deal, and the price is standard, but his payments have come in awfully light the last couple times. I suspect he's skimming. I'm about to bring it up when... is that a cutting laser? Yes. Who knows where he found it, or what …
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It's a mix-- I work a lot of jobs for people, but then I mostly plow the barter back into my own stuff. It's a little slow right now-- I've worked down to the bottom of the list and I'm a little stalled on my windmill looking for parts. So, I've go…
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Lemma: "No. Just... let Dice know I'm looking for some blades for my windmill. Anything strong, big, light, and curved. Bring me the right stuff and I'll whip up something special for the sleds." A beat goes by before I remember to do the human ni…
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Lemma: Whew. I'm much better with engines than people. I wait until we're cleaning up and not looking at each other. I'll say "Listen, Dubstep... I know what broken things look like. You're not one. Things will be okay."
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Three questions from the Things Speak move about her: Who handled her last before me? What has most recently been done with her or to her? What's wrong with her, and how might I fix it?
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Lemma: I don't do this much, but it's nice to be wanted (and admired). Plus, Dubstep has stumbled on some extremely effective foreplay. "We're not done yet," I say, and step in close for a kiss. I keep guiding her hands, but not to the engine.
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I really want to test this, but we don't have time to sneak the full version in. We'll use my prototype. "Listen, let me know how this thing works. And if it breaks... well, bring it back in and we'll fix it."
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I hold the distance. "Yeah, okay, let's do that." I hand her a wrench, spin her around, and start directing her. It's... kind of nice, actually. But I want to actually do the work *before* we get distracted.
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OOC: I don't actually know anything about engines. Everything I say about them will be the basic equivalent of "reverse the shield polarity" on Star Trek. Hope this doesn't bother anyone.
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Look, I wouldn't engage in social subterfuge for the chance to change some seals. There's satisfaction in routine maintenance work, yeah, but I've got plenty of my own stuff to do that to. But I've been thinking about fuel injectors. I'm thinking i…