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Engineer | Dell Conagher ([personal profile] spah) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2019-04-03 03:35 pm

[ 001 | VIDEO | Forward-dated to April 5th ] tl;dr he makes a gun and thinks about jobs

[The video starts shaky before Engineer pulls away and into focus. He stands up. and steps away. The video is set on a desk watching a table from across, with a cloth covering something roughly two feet tall. The walls are covered pinned-up blueprints. Some light from the blood red Sanguis moon just barely trickles out of the blinds in the corner. There's enough "normal" light in the room that it doesn't look like a complete horror show, at least.

Engie steps to the side. He's wearing a plain shirt with his overalls, both already dirty from grease and motor oil. He looks to his personal device's camera with a grin.]


I was thinkin' of using this thing as a video log for personal notes. But I figure this is worth sharin'.

[If you've never heard or met Engineer before, this is an extremely Texan accent. He lifts up the cloth. It's!!! A box. A tool bx. Not that interesting, until Engie hits a button behind the box, and suddenly it pops open and starts folding in on itself, transforming into something. It doesn't take long. It's a gun. A tiny, mounted gun. It beeps to life, and the top starts moving, swiveling and surveying back and forth. Engineer barks out a big, excited laugh, followed by a Very Big Yeehaw.]

Saddle my back and call me a horse!

[He claps the top of the sentry gun, looking damn pleased with himself, and looks back to the camera.]

This here's a tripod-mounted little ol' number I designed back home. S'posed to be a miniature version of the sentries I usually work with, but it builds faster and makes a helluva lot of trouble. Cute little thing, ain't it? [He chuckles.] I've been wantin' to rebuild some've my old kit back home. And damn if it didn't work! Made some upgrades, too - hell, it doesn't even need bullets anymore! It's energy now!

[Engie sits down on a stool nearby. He rubs as a shoulder as he watches his sentry turn back and forth. His excitement finally settles a little, and he sighs, contended.]

Heh. Don't know why the hell I didn't think of that when me 'n the boys got all those space guns back home. This planet's technology could talk a dog off a meat wagon.

So. I'm workin' on rebuildin' my big sentries. Got a LOT of other ideas, too... but not nearly enough supplies yet. Reckon I gotta get a real job around here. [He looks back to the camera.] Thinkin' Level 2 might want a mechanical engineer. Hell, maybe that Buwan's Stop place needs someone. Anybody got suggestions, feel free to throw 'em my way.

[Fun fact: You might notice his hands. Besides the fact one's a robotic prosthetic, the knuckles of his real hand are bruised to hell. Just barely, a corner of a deep bruise bleeds out from his left eye, mostly covered by his goggles.

Because speaking of Buwan, anyone with an ear to the ground might have heard about a certain Moonblessed with a metal fist and a bad temper in the fight arena. Bad enough that some Prismal fighters had to pull him aside and explain Sanguis to him.]
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[personal profile] abidethewalls 2019-04-04 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you not concerned about the potential ramifications, however? I will agree that adapting an enemy's technology for one's own purpose is a valuable asset, but...
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[personal profile] bloodisthicker 2019-04-04 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[...okay so you know what, that's super impressive, but uh]

...remind me to stay on your good side and hope that nobody back home discovers the same sort of technology... though, I'll admit, I'm more interested in your hand. I've never seen such an advanced prosthetic.
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[personal profile] thundara 2019-04-04 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Know anything else about them?
The fights I mean
thefloorislava: (Chhyeah!)

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[personal profile] thefloorislava 2019-04-05 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Uh....

is there really a need for something like that?

I mean


don't get me wrong


it's really cool.

but you know
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[personal profile] thundara 2019-04-05 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Not enough to matter
Where do I sign up?
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[personal profile] abidethewalls 2019-04-05 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Merely that perhaps it is unwise to throw oneself into things like this so...eagerly without any idea of what may spring from it, positive or negative.
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[personal profile] bratworth 2019-04-05 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
( Deadpan: )

Ah, to defend against the kangaroos, I see.
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-04-05 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Actually, he was from a lot of places, since he moved around a lot between the US and Britain as a kid due to trauma family backstory. Massachusetts was where he went to school, and that's not midwest and his player is Canadian and doesn't understand wtf Americans are talking about, so he just uses a bullshit answer like he did back when in hiding. ]

Ohio, but I moved around a lot.

Same, same, though I've done a bit of everything. I moved to the private sector since it's less red tape and better pay... and I run an NGO.

Anyway, you'll have lots of cool alien tech to play with now!
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-04-05 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, what? You... had contact?
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[personal profile] abidethewalls 2019-04-05 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hoss...? That's definitely not something he recognizes.]

I have never implied that you were unintelligent, nor am I attempting to lecture. I am merely concerned for the potential results of delving too deep too quickly, especially in regards to safety.

[Okay, yeah, he's real bad at not lecturing.]
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[personal profile] codecmoment 2019-04-05 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Why? Of all the things we have to offer, it's that?
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[personal profile] abidethewalls 2019-04-05 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
As I said, that was not my intent. Far be it from me to lecture those from different cultures.

[Says the man currently lecturing. Sorry, Dell!!]
Edited 2019-04-05 17:11 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bratworth 2019-04-05 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
What, they teleported them away?

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