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It's an average day. Nick the fairy is poking at one of his little electronics projects, paying attention to the incoming summons with half a brain, trying to grab one. But while a lot of fairies get summoned, equally many are looking out for summons. It takes a while unless you're really focusing on it.
He starts an automated test and gives the stream of summons his full attention, and gets one a moment later.
"Oh well, thanks anyway. Cold caffeine is still caffeine. I'd appreciate it if you communicated that, what's a good phrasing... I don't want to have to threaten not to share the rest of my tech to get my flashlight back."
The plans take shape. He produces a materials list broken down in a very sensible and organized way, with space left for switching things around if a particular thing can't be had from an average hobbyist electronics or hardware store. This machine is going to be somewhat expensive, if he builds it the long way.
And since you can only work on one thing for so long, he plays video games for a while and does actually sleep for a couple of hours.
And since you can only work on one thing for so long, he plays video games for a while and does actually sleep for a couple of hours.
impetuous_force
Bella's back at seven in the morning, uniformed up and carrying breakfast and coffee.
"Hello again. As long as you're stuck hanging around me, d'you want I should try to explain the UV tech?"
impetuous_force
"Go for it if it suits you, but I've got a 2004 high schooler's engineering background."
"Yeah, good point. I think I'm close to all I can do on it without getting at a machine shop and lots of parts, though. Or just summoning a maker like I suggested. Paper and pen and I can have Roxy's tech list written out in five minutes... I should never shorten her name again. I don't think she'd like it."
impetuous_force
"I'd tell you her first name but I don't know what it is. You wanna tell me how to summon a maker safely?"
"I think I'll wait for an official decision that maker-summoning is a go. The longer I wait to put it to paper the fewer chances everything goes to hell."
impetuous_force
"Fair enough. I don't have an actual machine shop for you but I'm supposed to get a USADI credit card and go shopping for you if you know what you need in sufficiently local terms. This is a pathetically tiny town, though, I'll have to go to Port Angeles if you want anything nonstandard."
"I still don't actually have an internet connection, but digging through history books gave me a good idea of stuff a hardware store might have. I'll write a list after breakfast if you fetch paper and pen." And then he starts eating, before it gets much colder.
"Heh, ethernet. I don't think they'll move me somewhere else fast enough to make it pointless, so sure, thanks. Make and model of the laptop is not likely to matter, go for something cheap and tough looking."
A list is shown on his tablet. It's ordered by priority and seems mostly geared to everyday things, but it's a bit long. There are things like 'CRT monitor (broken maybe okay I just need the tube)', 'toaster, any kind', 'steel or aluminum sheeting', and also various electronic parts, some of which he was only able to identify by function and not name.
"If you want to just take a photo of the screen... There, I turned off the anti-recording feature, so that'll work."
"If you want to just take a photo of the screen... There, I turned off the anti-recording feature, so that'll work."
impetuous_force
"It has a feature that would prevent me from taking a photo of it?" she asks. "Anyway, I don't have a camera on me, I'll just copy it out if that's okay." She does have a notebook on her.
impetuous_force
She doesn't interrupt him to tell him that he makes no sense, but he's still kinda over her head.
She copies the whole list, adds 'laptop' and 'long Ethernet cable', and says, "Anything last-minute?"
She copies the whole list, adds 'laptop' and 'long Ethernet cable', and says, "Anything last-minute?"
"Would it be stretching to ask for a supply of tea and a pot? Something fruity or chai. I'm not particular as long as it has plenty of caffeine."