research for this post lead me to find that all-terrain wheelchairs exist, and they are beautiful

[planetary_bonds]

Who: Yusei Fudo (planetary_bonds) & you!
What: guess who's forbidden from working on projects inside the house
When: a few days after SIDEQUESTMAGEDDON
Where: outside his house, Residential District
Warning(s): yusei being a grubby greasemonkey


[After their...heated discussion regarding Yusei's projects taking up too much space in the house and Sanzo taking things up in his own hands...in several ways...Yusei's finally taken the hint and has started working on projects outside the house.

Seeing him work, it's pretty obvious why. Once the guy actually gets started on something, it takes someone getting into his face to distract him, and there's all sorts of odds and ends scattered at his feet. Looks like he's used his payments from the various quests to get himself a set of proper tools, too, if the small toolbox at his feet means anything.

He seems to have multiple projects going on, as well. The first is a steam engine that apparently was taken from a junked car, and tweaking it seems to be the more dangerous of the two. In fact, he frequently seems to be forcing the thing to emit copious amounts of hot steam in his efforts to figure it out, and such a thing happens just around the time someone might come around to take a look.]

Gh-! Ah... [He turns and blinks at the new arrival, red-faced from the steam and somehow visibly sheepish despite his stoic demeanor.] Sorry, I didn't mean to cause you any trouble...

[Visible next to him and the misbehaving engine is the beginnings of a bike frame, an electric motor used for a fridge, and...some kind of chair. It looks like it's meant to be a wheelchair, but Yusei, what is that. That's goofy looking. And are those...treads next to it on the floor? Where did you even get treads? Don't tell them you're going to put those on the chair, Yusei? That's silly. Stop that.]

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[planetary_bonds]

The...

[Yusei turns to look at the chair, then turns back and shrugs.]

It's a project I'm working on for someone. They wondered if it was possible to have an electric wheelchair like they did in their home world.

[But seriously, you look like a mess. Worse than Yusei on a bad garage day.]

But are you alright?

[kissintime]

... Man you think the Orbiters would like, fix their legs for them. They got all sorts of crazy sci-fi shit up there, it can't be impossible. [Not that she knows jack about medicine or science. That said--] I'm fine. Why you ask?

[She says... clothes bloodied and body tattered.]

[planetary_bonds]

Hm...you think they would, wouldn't they? If they have the power to do everything else they've done...

[He shrugs. He's not unused to the powers that be denying necessary care, so it's up to him to just make use of what they do have to get by.]

You look injured. Did something happen? [A fight? It can't be that bad if she's walking around, but still...]

[kissintime]

Oh -- Oh, this! [She looks down at her clothes, only now getting just how much blood got on her, and laughs lightly.] No, I'm back from a hunting job. It was a pretty nasty one, roughed me up bad. Well, just another day in the life when you're trying to make ends meat.

[And collect as much silver as possible without going to some of the other awful jobs (aka the guard)]

[planetary_bonds]

[Yusei sighs sympathetically. While he's not good at the hunting thing, he understands about just making ends meat meet from day to day. Sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do.]

I'm assuming that's not all of your blood then. [He hopes.] The compensation you're getting, I hope it's worth it?

[kissintime]

Better than working for the guard, or those two wackos. Not to mention the lady looking for prostitutes. [She shrugs, not at all endeared to the options they were given. Better this way. Not easy, and sometimes she's roughed up bad, but it's a living.] You just do this for work or did you sign up with one of 'em?

[planetary_bonds]

Two...wackos...?

[You're not talking about...Evras and Lysa, are you? While he's never met Evras, the little he's heard of the man doesn't paint a favorable picture. Still, he didn't have a bad impression of Lysa, either.

Whatever, it's better not to assume anything until she answers. He shrugs.]

It's my own thing. A hobby, but it's also how I supported myself back home.

[kissintime]

Evras and Lysa. [She clarifies, confirming his assumptions.] Don't know how much I trust them, or the royal guard. And, look, if people want to go into sex work then good for them, but it ain't for me.

[She rolls her arm, feeling stiff from the throwing it was doing, and smirks.]

You should try finding work in it. The tech on this planet is pretty dim, but someone with your skill could work with blacksmiths or whatever.

[planetary_bonds]

Mmm. I worked with Lysa a little, when she was offering us help in the outpost. She seemed alright, even if her medicines were...strange.

[Useful...but strange.]

That's the idea. I'm learning more about how this tech works by the day, and once I've got a good handle on that, I can offer improvements and repairs.

[kissintime]

[Strange is one word for them. She's had to take a couple when the hunting trips got especially rough, and it healed her but wow were they not worth it in the long run.]

You thought about that offer I made you before? To replicate the materials for you. [And, to remind him, she picks at her palm and peels off a pink sticker, showing it.]

[planetary_bonds]

I have.

[It's a useful proposition, but risky, considering the sticker's properties.]

I think it'd be good to use in experiments, sometimes. One could run multiple tests at once with that sort of ability, at least until the power wore off.

[kissintime]

It doesn't wear off! [She says with a pride in her voice.] Or, well, it won't if you don't remove the sticker. If the sticker goes, that's when you have problems. If you don't mind your shit covered in stickers, it's handy.

[planetary_bonds]

Mm, I can imagine.

[He shrugs.]

The stickers themselves aren't a big deal, no. It'd be useful.