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[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?

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[dendarii]

Just so. I had a decent lightflyer, myself. Flew it all through the mountains in my district.

[heart_wrenching]

Do they have them here? This is very important.

[dendarii]

Alas, no. I'm trying to find a mechanic who will build me one, but ...

[heart_wrenching]

[ Oh she is falling for this hook, line and sinker. ]


No luck, huh?

[dendarii]

None whatsoever. I don't really have technical expertise, which is the primary issue.

[heart_wrenching]

Oh that's really a shame . . . I mean, I really have so much catching up to do but if you happened to have schematics or anything like that . . . .

[dendarii]

Only what I remember personally. But I could tell you everything I know?

[heart_wrenching]

[ SHE CAN'T REVERSE ENGINEER SOME SCRUB'S RECOLLECTIONS. o well. be polite. ]

Oh, sure! Yeah! I'd love to hear about them.

[dendarii]

[ He's trying, jeez. ]

Delightful. I'm Miles, by the way. [ He pauses, considering which version to use ... ] Lord Miles Vorkosigan.

[heart_wrenching]

[ Huh. Doesn't exactly sound like he's too fond of the title. ]


Lord, huh? Is just "Miles" really OK?

[dendarii]

Oh yes, please. There's no Vorkosigan District here, so it hardly matters.

[heart_wrenching]

I'll take your word for it, Miles.

[dendarii]

I appreciate that.

... I didn't catch your name, Miss...?

[heart_wrenching]

Oh! It's Winry. Nice to meet you.

[dendarii]

Winry. Pleasure to meet you as well.

... And I see you've met Gregor already.

[heart_wrenching]

Yeah- you're friends?

[dendarii]

Just so. He's also the ruler of the planet I live on.

[fullmetalbrat]

[By now Edward's stepped into view behind Winry, trying to get a look at who she's talking to now.

He scoffs.]

Show off.

[dendarii]

[ Miles brightens genuinely to see the young alchemist again. ]

Ed? Are you friends with her?

[fullmetalbrat]

Yeah? I've known her my whole life.

[dendarii]

Ah, childhood friends. I'm glad she's here, then.

[fullmetalbrat]

[Here with weird machines in her blood and nuclear war on the horizon.

. . . Not actually worse than Amestris tbh.]

I guess it's not bad . . .

[dendarii]

You're not happy to see her? I was to have mine here.

[ No, he'd been mostly terrified. ]

[fullmetalbrat]

I'm worried about her being here. The situation is a shitty one.

[dendarii]

Ah? Is it? Not ideal, to be sure, but there are worse situations to be in.