New Working Environment

[rockeye_stonetoe]

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.

Comments

[impetuous_force]

"We've got that in spades," Roxbury remarks. "Any objections to remaining on the premises in designated areas until, at minimum, we've got a way to hide your wings, barring emergencies in which case you'd have a USADI escort?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"They roll up without more than a little discomfort if that'd help. But no, no objections."

[impetuous_force]

"Enough that you could get them under a long coat?" inquires Roxbury.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Probably. Might look a little hunchbacked, and this coat's not designed for it."

[impetuous_force]

"Is there anything else we would like to know about you, your plans, or your powers?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I'd like to learn magic if that is not blatantly obviously a terrible idea. And I should probably make a list of the kinds of tech I can give access to. Other than that, I can't think of anything."

[impetuous_force]

"Magic is addictive, difficult, and dangerous," Roxbury says. "As long as you're the only fairy I don't want you compromised with it. I'd like to see a list of technology as soon as you can produce one. Swan will show you to a room and fetch you whatever you need." She disassembles the materials of her spell.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I did not expect today to turn out like this."

[impetuous_force]

"Me either. So I should get you coffee and lunch, I guess, and what was it you needed for the lights?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I'm not familiar enough with the tech level yet, so I guess please list a bunch of tools and whatever electronic parts you've heard of. I'll probably need to build a few tools before I can get an emitter mill working."

[impetuous_force]

"...uh, I don't know where to actually find you an arc welder or a circuit board or a transformer or anything, but those are things I've heard of?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Sorry if this is outside your expertise. Could I just - name things, and see if they sound like they exist here? At least until I can get onto the internet."

[impetuous_force]

"I can get you an ethernet cable but that probably won't be compatible with your device. Yeah, go ahead and name things."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Ethernet, that's a starting point. And yeah, it won't be."

He names things. Most of them are things Bella has never heard of. After only a couple of minutes he stops. "Right, that's good enough to be getting on with, food and the room now?"

[impetuous_force]

"Sure." She shows him to a row of holding cells, all currently empty, and opens one up and props it open. It's not particularly oppressive as cells go. Roomy, contains a bench and a table built into the wall. No window and the light all comes in through the glass from the hall. There are scratch marks on the floor.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Those marks from a vampire?"

[impetuous_force]

"Nah, something else, vampires don't so much with the claws. Anything I should know about when lunching you?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"I like meat, preferably not fried, but beggars aren't choosers... Sorry I got you recruited. It was clearly the best course of action, but it still metaphorically bites."

[impetuous_force]

"It went better than I expected, actually, she said 'and you still have to go to school' and I was like 'ugh' and she was like 'is the problem that it's boring or that you don't like educating yourself' and I said 'first thing, what, can I just do college courses instead' so now I'm doing that. I haven't told my parents yet though."

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Well. Good luck, if it's relevant, I don't know about parents."

[impetuous_force]

"Fairies don't have 'em?"

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Nope, we just start existing in adult shape with, hm, basic skills like recognizing things and eating and moving hardcoded."

[impetuous_force]

"Speaking of eating, I'll be back in ten with your lunch, please don't suddenly turn evil or anything." Off she goes in her stompy boots.

[rockeye_stonetoe]

"Thanks."

Nick has a computer. He floats the tablet comfortably in front of him and computes. Complicated-looking diagrams are involved.

[impetuous_force]

Bella's back in a little under ten minutes with two trays. She has gotten them both grilled chicken and a heap of potatoes and broccoli in some sort of sauce and sugar cookies, and coffee for him and water for her.