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Who: Colin Starfury, any meddling kids
Open: Open as the plains
When: Day 267, late morning and early afternoon.
Where: The Farmland
What: Doing another survey for more development
Format: Anything, can match
Warnings: Colin IS a warning

As far as plans went, this wasn't how Colin had wanted to spend this week. There were a lot of things that needed doing even before the plight of the Ura reared its head. But Colin was an engineer, and he knew well that the universe had plans of its own and it really didn't care one little bit of the plans of individual people.

The day before this had been spent doing research, and helping Rob build his new cart. That had taken a fair amount of time on its own, but it was work that needed to be done if they wanted to set up a supply line. Now that the transportation was done, it was time to set up the facilities that would give them the supplies down the line.

So here he was, setting out more stakes and flags, taking more measurements, and generally making it apparent that SOMETHING is going to be going up in this area soon. And if the layout of the flags and stakes are any indication, it's going to be something BIG.

Anyone care to bother the engineer at work?

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"Believe me, Ibuki," Colin tells her, smirking. "I can break the laws of physics, reality, and good taste at will. It's what I'm paid to do at home. If and when I decide to..."

He gives her a wink. "There won't be any question about it."

"Oooh... Ibuki can't wait to see what Colin-sama-chan comes up with! But, but that's for another day! Can Ibuki help here, can she?"

At least Ibuki doesn't seem to mind whether somebody actually does top the jerky cows or not...

"If you want to follow me around with flags, I would appreciate it," he says. "Just don't knock loose any of the ones I've already placed. I need all my markers in place to keep my scans accurate. Everything else is too specialized right now, sadly."

He gestures towards a pile of loose flags and stakes he's got on the ground. He wishes there were more he could have her do, but his tools are so heavily integrated with his brain that he's the only one who can set up the measurements he needs.

"Okay! Ibuki will be your luggage girl, Colin-sama-chan!"

With that said, Ibuki starts to gather up the flags.

Edited 2015-01-09 22:15 (UTC)

"I appreciate the helping hand," he says, giving her a smile. "While we're doing this though, I gotta say, I'm a little disappointed about your music venue, little Ibuki."

There's a teasing tone to his voice, a good indication that he's not mad...

"Oooh!" Ibuki dramatically flinches, "Forgive Ibuki, she's not a building designer by trade! What's wrong, Colin-sama-chan? Did she leave out a critical piece of equipment?! Is the building going to transform and destroy us all?! Or did it get a garden gnome infestation?!"

"If you set out a bunch of wooden bears, you'll keep the garden gnomes away," Colin tells her, smirking. "But actually, I meant because you undid all the work I was planning to have you learn on. I could have easily taught you electrical engineering if you'd built your sound system and recording equipment on your own. Now I need to find another lesson you'll be able to throw yourself fully into."

"Ahaha... whoops!" Ibuki said lamely, "Well, well, you can always teach Ibuki how to maintain the equipment! How about that, Colin-sama-chan, how about that? If the sound system blows up... kyaaa! Ibuki has no clue what to do! She'll set herself on fire if she tries to troubleshoot as she is right now! And she barely knows how to shoot trouble as it is!"

"Actually, I was planning to dismantle a random part of your equipment every day and see you put it back together," Colin says, his tone so unbelievably straight as to border on absurdity.

"But what if Ibuki's performing that day and doesn't notice until the concert is underway?! Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Her everything is ruiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiined!"

Edited 2015-01-12 19:00 (UTC)

"That's what the pre-concert sound-check is for. Remember, you don't have roadies here to do the dirty work for you," he says, not even trying to hide the fact that he's teasing her again. "That, and by the time I'm through with you, most problems like that will be simple fixes."

"Mmm..." Ibuki hums in thought, "Maybe Ibuki should use some shards to get some roadies... ... just kidding! Mmm, it seems Ibuki has a long and difficult journey ahead of her... if only we could just segue into a training montage!"

Edited 2015-01-12 19:20 (UTC)

"Well, super musician girl, that sounds like something you need to find a song for, doesn't it?" Colin asks, beaming humorously at her.

"Tsk, tsk! You say that as if Ibuki doesn't already have a song for a training montage!" Ibuki laughs a little, "Hey, hey, Colin-sama-chan, do you have one of your data pads with you right now? Do you? We could use some really cool music!!"

After a pause, she adds, "Too bad it doesn't have a good sound system, though..."

"Left the pad in my workshop, sadly," Colin says, shaking his head. "You could always sing for us?"

He smirks at her observation. It's a pretty common complaint for the tech, even in his universe.

"Hmmmmmm... acapella style? It's just not the same without at least one instrument. And Ibuki can't make silly jokes while singing! What to do, what to do...! The dilemma of the century..."

"Engineer a second mouth so you can use one to sing and the other to talk?" Colin offers. "Of course, it would be bad if the talky mouth started heckling the singing one..."

"Oooh! Ibuki with a second, mechanical mouth? She may be into piercings, but that's a bit much even for her! It'd ruin her good looks! Suddenly, cyborg Ibuki! With rocket punches and lasers shooting out of her horns!"

"Don't knock cyborgs," Colin says, grinning at her.

Suddenly, his eye flashes black and flickers green code across the surface. Then, just as quickly, it's back to normal.

"Rocket punches are over-rated, but laser horns would be totally amazing," he says, and then he sighs. "I miss my lasers..."

Ibuki laughs at that.

"Ibuki never said cyborgs are bad! But, but Ibuki just doesn't believe the cyborg life is for her, Colin-sama-chan!"

After a bit of thought, she adds, "Lasers... laser guitar! That would be sooo cool..."

Edited 2015-01-13 08:39 (UTC)

"Tough to aim," Colin says. "But definitely cool. It could be worth looking into, once I teach you more about electronics."

He keeps right on grinning at her, almost like a cat that ate a canary.

"Ahaha... well, well, Ibuki's not good at violent stuff, anyway, so maybe she should just leave the blasting to people who are good at it."