Video

[heart_wrenching]

[ Even after the video starts, the image is mostly obscured, the figure still way too close and fiddling with her device. ]


Is this really broadcasting now? Amaaaaazing. I can't even see the microphone or camera! It's almost unbelievable.


[ When she finally sits back the area around her is a mess. The tables are strewn with tools and machine parts, knobs, springs, coils, piping. If one looks carefully, one may be able to spot a number of control panels suggesting she has possibly dismantled every major appliance in the home. Like ya do. ]


Well, hello! I'm a new imPort, my name's Winry. Winry Rockbell. And . . . does anyone out there know how to build a "microwave"? Well, rebuild, technically. The locks and turntables are pretty straightforward, but then there's all these wires . . . who knew electricity was going to be such a big deal, anyway?

Comments

[vorbarra]

[ Well hello. They are, in fact, specifically trying to hire a mechanic right now, so Gregor is sure to respond to this. Though not knowing much about electricity might be prohibitive... Worth trying.

The only noticeable thing about him on video is that he has a distinctly Russian-sounding accent. ] It's nice to meet you, Winry. I'm Gregor. I don't know about microwaves-- we don't use them in my time-- but the library has an entire engineering section.

[ Not that Gregor spends a lot of time in the library or anything. ]

[heart_wrenching]

[ Hearing about anyone else technologically displaced is encouraging. Not nearly as much as hearing that there are books. She'll be a quick study once she's pointed in the right direction, and this is a great start. ]


An entire . . . section . . . really?

action + video sort of

[burningbothends]

[Those watching may hear a sudden muted yelp and the sound of a crash. A couple moments later Roy is visible in Winry's video frame, the microphone catching his voice.]

Miss Rockbell... I have to ask. Did you by any chance relocate the entire contents of a scrapyard into our living room?

Re: action + video sort of

[heart_wrenching]

[ Well she's popping right up to protect her precious garbage help him. ]


No, I- Ack, please be careful! If you dent that drum, there's no way it's going back in the clothes washer machine.

[fullmetalbrat]

[From somewhere off screen viewers are treated an amused voice calling out:] Do we need to get you a cane, Mustang?

Action

[fullmetalbrat]

[Ed is sensible enough to stay in the entrance to the room Winry has claimed as a workshop. He sure didn't bother directing Mustang around the hazards though—that's way too entertaining to miss out on.]

What the hell's a microwave anyway?

Re: Action

[heart_wrenching]

[ It's a good thing no one around here misses these modern conveniences that we've never heard of. ]

It said "microwave oven." on it. So I guess it's for heating things? And it had a big electromagnet in there, and a turntable like a gramophone, but what I can't figure out is how that makes it an oven.

[overanalytically]

Greetings, Miss Rockbell. I can offer assistance with rebuilding any technology as well as instruct on the application of electronic instruments.

[heart_wrenching]

[ THIS GUY LOOKS LEGIT ]

Oh! Assistance? That's- that would be amazing, actually! If you really don't mind!

[mightthinkthat]

You're not supposed to open it yourself. You've voided the warranty, so I hope you can find someone to put it back for you.

[heart_wrenching]

Not supposed to? Why?


It's ours, isn't it?

video

[dendarii]

[ Looks like Gregor's handling recruitment, so Miles is happy to just sit back and look impressed. ]

How in the world did you get it apart in the first place?

Re: video

[heart_wrenching]

Well they sure didn't make it easy. The design is terrible! How's a mechanic supposed to make repairs when all the workings are so inaccessible?

[ video ]

[enucleation]

Probably an electrician.

Why did you dismantle it anyway?

Re: [ video ]

[heart_wrenching]

Well, I wanted to know how it worked.

[resipiscent]

[Winry.

It's Winry.

But... a 'new imPort', she says. Which means that Riku can probably assume she doesn't remember being here before.

That's all right, though.]

... I might be able to point you in the right direction.

[Luckily for her, he has a friend with lots of microwave experience.]

[heart_wrenching]

[ She doesn't notice him quite quickly enough to catch his surprise. She she finally does look up there's no recognition in her face, just a friendly smile. ]

Oh! Really?

[notyourfathersosborn]

Hey. If you still need help, I can absolutely help you put that back together.

[The sheer amount of microwaves he tore apart and rebuilt when he first got here was staggering.]

[heart_wrenching]

[ It seems like the right thing to do!! ]

Well, I think I've got help for the microwave, but I'd be happy to meet another mechanic.

audio

[rathercommon]

[ Oh, dear. ]

It looks like you've taken apart about the entire kitchen, haven't you?

Re: audio

[heart_wrenching]

Well, not all of it. The oven seemed pretty secured to the structure.

Video;

[knifecollecting]

Winry?

[Well, this Winry-

...She seems like she doesn't remember being here before. Whoops.]

Microwaves aren't that complicated to use but I don't know about building one.

Re: Video;

[heart_wrenching]

[ She seemed . . . pretty wrapped up in her own world. ]


Hmm...

video | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

[ She tore about everything, but Karen's got to hand it to her: nothing looks broken. ]

Have you figured out how to access the Internet yet?

Re: video | id reads "karen starr"

[heart_wrenching]

Well, these messages are transmitted over the internet, right?

text; ID reads 'Sumeragi'

[resoundingpledge]

Not just wires, but the circuit board behind the front panel—it's probably green or brown, with small chips and transistors soldered onto it? You'll need to reconnect that too, if you want it to work again.

Re: text; ID reads 'Sumeragi'

[heart_wrenching]

[ TEXT!!! There's a long time before the reply comes back. A lot of "Winry Rockbell is typing" "Winry Rockbell is editing text" etc. ]


OK, I see a part like that, will it work again and reconnect the wires the way they were before?

[darwinatrix]

Rockbell. You're back.

About time.

[heart_wrenching]

[what. WHAT. ]


Major General!?