forum So, don't know if anyone wants to do this, but a Mortal Engines based rp? (Open, one-on-one most likely)

Started March 26, 2019 by @gracehustle

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“Alright,” Alex led her into the living room, sitting down on one of the couches, “What’s the test?”

“I need some of your tools, I’m going to try to get to the wires in the center of your leg if there is any, if not, I’ll try something else.” She said, looking around for some tools to start testing if she was right.

He pointed to a table not too far away, "Use anything from over there. Don't break the batteries though."

She got up and waved her hand absentmindedly, "I won't." Grabbing a few tools she knew she needed, she headed back to the couch to start.

"If I can't walk for a week I'm blaming you, by the way." He muttered, shifting his leg into a better position for her.

"I don't think I'm going to mess with your leg that much," She replied, holding back a small laugh as she started on the task of first figuring out where the best spot to start was and going from there.

Alex leaned over and picked up a screwdriver. He fiddled with a few screws over his knee cap and it popped open, revealing the mechanics inside, "Good, but it's nice to see someone interested in mechanics."

Jemma nodded in response, already too caught up in finding out how his leg worked to actually answer him. She started her work right away, careful to not break or move anything too much unless she needed to.

Alex had to suppress his grin when he looked down at Jemma. It was nice to see someone so interested in something. Not many people pursued their interests down here.

(Sry about the late response, I thought I had already responded)
Her head was dipped towards his knee as she went through the parts in his leg, a triumphant smile appearing on her face when she found what she was looking for. A set of wires, running through his leg to the joints and splitting off to move or tell the parts when to move.

(all g)
"What did you find?" Alex asked when he noticed her smile.

“Wires,” She replied simply, tilting her head back up to look at them, “And they look like exactly what I expected to find.”

Alex grinned, "That's great! Theory proven."

She smiled and nodded towards his leg, "Mind if I keep looking? It's been too long since I've seen something that's this intricate."

"Go right ahead," He chuckled, "I don't mind."

Immediately she went back to looking with a nod of thanks, her focus now on the different parts that helped his leg move instead of the wiring.

While she was doing that, Alex payed more attention to his hand, looking at the mechanics he could see in the outside.

She continued studying his leg, messing with bits of the mechanics and hoping it didn't do anything that couldn't be reversed.

At one point, she hit a wire that made his foot twitch a little to the left and then to the right.

Jemma giggled when his foot twitched and watched it for a moment with a tiny smile, forgetting Alex was even there.

Alex didn't comment and stayed still, smiling softly down at her. another wire had his leg bending just a little before straightening out.

She went back to work on his leg after a moment, careful to push the wires that controlled his leg to the side.

From there you could finally see the pulsing, blue battery that most of the wires were connected too. It was a fairly big size, and glowed brightly.

Her eyes lit up when she saw the battery and she glanced up at him, "This is the battery that powers your leg?"

Alex looked from his hand to the leg to her and nodded, "Yeah, it is. There's more over there if you want to look closer at them." He nodded to the table.

"Can I?" She asked, looking to the other batteries then down to the one in his leg, "I've only seen batteries like this once, and I didn't get to see it close up."

(Aight)

Again, Alex nodded, "Go ahead."

Setting the tools down next to his leg, she stood up and walked over to the batteries. “How often do you have to change these out?” She asked, picking one up and studying it as she walked back to where she was before.

"Every two months or so." He replied, adjusting himself a little on the couch.