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[rathercommon]

[ Oh, look, it's Kitty Jones. She seems a little tired - though you'd only know it by looking at her. Her voice is unchanged from normal. Indeed, she speaks with her typical firm bubbliness - a cheerful, kindly tone and an adorably youthful London accent obscuring the fact that her speech is (as usual) a bit on the manipulative/calculating/forceful/aggressive side. ]

Hullo, all. First, a job offer. I run a charity garage. It does pretty good work - we fix up and build really, really good cars, and sell 'em to the richer members of the local populace, and then the proceeds go to fund public transit in Heropa. Anyway. I recently... [ Just a little flicker in her smile. ] Lost an employee. So if there's anyone out there who's good with cars or mechanics or whatever, I definitely want you.

[ And now to the less businesslike portion of her announcement: ]

Anyway. Obviously there's been a lot of talk of elections lately, and there's also been a lot of cynicism about the whole electoral process. For obvious reasons. Since there are some politicians who are lunatic idiots. So I guess I just wanted to throw this out there, 'cause all of you have so much different experience from different worlds.

Who had power, where you're from? What was the government like? And were they good - just - or unjust? What do you think's the best form of government? How much power should the people in charge have?

And if you could build a government, build a country from scratch, what would it look like? Would you limit the freedom of the press, or would everyone have the right to speak? Would you build social programs, or would you leave people to fend for themselves? Would you go after warfare and expanding your borders, or would people live in peace?

[ These questions are a little bit leading. Perhaps. ]

Anyway. Share your thoughts, please.

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[instars]

How do you feel about working with a woman.

Also.

[Please insert very complicated question about hydraulics here. Kitty, you're a doll, but Saya's the one who has to work with this person.]

[rathercommon]

[ Kitty makes a face of horror. Good lord, that question. ]

[hunksmash]

What? Oh, uh-- [ Also insert a somewhat babbling answer that almost tangents a couple of times but mostly stays on track. Cars aren't his current field, but they were a fondly-remembered stop on the way. ] And that's-- Honestly, I would've figured forever that they're pretty cut-and-dry, at least as far as transport's concerned, but the system that the lions are packing?

[ Cue whistle. And, also, wait: ] They're robots, by the way. Ship robots. You're probably going to think I'm just rambling about animals with hydraulics if I don't... You know. Mention that.

And working with a woman is fine? That's... Is that a thing here? Is it because they're kinda gettin' 50s with it?

[instars]

Good.

I'm Saya. I'm one of the mechanics. I live above the shop.

[She seems like she's agreed with his answer, anyway.]

I don't know if it's a thing here, but worlds, well.

They're complicated things. You're not a vampire, are you?

[hunksmash]

[ What? Is that... Is there an ongoing vampire problem? ]

Nnno, Nope. Perfectly normal dude.

If we're not counting the superpowers, I mean. Or the robot space lion stuff.

[instars]

Do you have a confusing love life that will bleed into work time?

That could be a plus or a minus, honestly.

[hunksmash]

I do not.

[instars]

Well.

I don't see a reason not to recommend you. But I don't make the hiring decisions. It's Kitty you should impress.

[hunksmash]

She told me to impress you, actually.

So I guess I'm best off if I can impress both of you. No pressure, right?

[instars]

Oh.

You should feel pressure.

[hunksmash]

... Well, okay. Now I do.

So. I've got that part down.