paradisalost | ○ 013 Transmission

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the rookie

○ 013 Transmission

[Originally, Rookie had planned on spending the morning outside today to enjoy the fresh air, but decided against it when recalling the piles of leaves that were still littering the castle's grounds. Having no real interest in wasting the duration of his afternoon with plucking foliage out of his armor - as that usually tended to be how his evenings were spent once he returned indoors - the ODST could instead be found sprawled out in a nice little corner of Paradisa's lobby with the journal purposely propped open over his helmet.

Luckily for those listening, however, it wasn't snoring that was being transmitted over the pages today.]

[Filtered to those in the UNSC - except the Meta.]

Hey. Been meaning to bring this up, but I have some technology for you guys to check out. Grabbed it back when we all got separated during the expedition. Not sure if any of you would actually be interested in it though, seeing as a lot of it's broken, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to mention.

[/Filter]

[Once that was said and done, Rookie gave a soft sigh before moving on to the next two filters. Since he may as well cover all his bases while he was doing the whole journal thing.]

[Ted]

Doing any better, civvy?

[/Filter]

[Kallen]

Hey... [Bit of an awkward pause, since he was still trying to settle on whether or not to go through with this.] You have a moment?

[/Filter]

(ooc: Feel free to come across Rookie in the lobby, but other than that replies will be after I sleep. o/)

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Usually I am. [He'll stop walking once he gets close enough to her, and then raise his shoulders in a calm, casual shrug.] But you just happened to catch me while I was down in the lobby.

[Carolina nods slightly at that. Hey, she doesn't necessarily go chill in the lobby, but people are within their own right to do so. Or, well, that's how she's been trying to think, as things at the castle are millions of miles more laid back than Freelancer.]

Didn't see you as the coffee drinking type, Rookie.

[A shift of his helmet, but one that expressed some hidden amusement towards the comment.]

That might be because I'm not.

[For a second, Carolina's silent. Wait a second. Could someone have gone to just relax in the lobby without a particular purpose or goal? Blasphemy.]

I see.

[She's going to have a lot of fun getting to know Rookie, then.

But that silence just causes the ODST to watch her curiously, before lightly shaking his head with a laugh.]

... Anyway, ma'am. Didn't mean to make you wait. [Taking a couple of steps towards that door in order to unlock it, before he's propping it open and nodding for her to lead the way.] Since I'm sure you'd rather not spend all day out in the hallway.

[Carolina nods efficiently as she moves into his room, a little grateful that at least he's chatty. Sure, it might not be useful on the battlefield, but it does help alleviate some of the social pressure from her.]

You never can know for sure.

No. [He mused, nonchalantly closing that door behind him as he followed her into what looked like a mixture between a futuristic apartment and a military barrack.] I suppose not.

[Then he'll make a point to gesture down the hallway and towards the ~~not quite as fancy~~ kitchen (http://theluxhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Contemporary-Hanex-kitchen-counter-and-breakfast-bar-3-533x570.jpg).]

But the piece of tech I mentioned is over there on the counter.

[Carolina takes a glance around at that apartment. Not bad. She herself was considering redecorating to something way more her taste and way less royal palace. At the gesture, she heads down the hallway to that not quite as fancy kitchen and the tech sitting on the counter.

She's not quite sure what she's looking at, so she glances over at him for possible explanation.]

[Rookie moves to stand on the other side of the counter, once he steps into the kitchen himself. And although he catches that look quickly enough, it still took him awhile to find the right words to try and explain the golden, intricately designed heptagon sitting on the table.]

It's... some kind of music box, I think. Worked once on the expedition, when I used one of those power crystals on it, but it shorted out. [He'll lean forwards to prop open one of the seven, petal-like latches on the top, revealing the technological mess inside.] Haven't figured out a way to fix it since.

[Carolina nods at the explanation, reaching forward to gently pull back one of the latches as well. Yeah, that's a complete mess. ]

We could try opening it all the way up. Map out where pieces were when they started.

Not a bad idea.

I doubt we could do any further damage to it, anyway, if we're careful.

[Carolina nods as she carefully opens another one of the petals.]

Did anything else you find indicate what might have made the device?

[That gets a small shake of his head.] No, ma'am.

Most of the items I came across were too different in design to be part of the same make-up, much less from the same world. [He'll move to lean away from the counter and fold his arms, keeping his attention directed towards that box.] Did try my best to grab whatever looked interesting, though, but so far this is the only item that's shown any promise of working.

(ooc: Picture (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb303/Amabree/Musicboxtech.jpg) btw. There's also only six petals instead of seven, 'cause I'm a dummy. o/)

(ooc: LMFAO Totally fine! It's preeeeeetty!)

Interesting. [Opening another petal, trying to navigate her fingers inside.] Do you have experience with alien tech? [Because lol she doesn't.]

(ooc: SDfjslf Thank you! xD)

Just a crash course in Covenant. [To... put it roughly, since he learned quite a bit just by observation and improvising when the situation called for it.] But other than that, no.

Pretty much clueless on stuff like this in general.

[But if Carolina can get past all the technical junk, she might be able to find that crystal buried underneath it all somewhere.]

[Carolina opens the last petal and carefully sifts through some of the broken junk in the device, being sure to be delicate with the pieces as she removes them, if possible. And hey look there's a crystal in there!]

Rookie.

[She doesn't even touch the crystal, having some small experience with Covenant weaponry being volatile. So, she tilts the device gingerly toward him.]

[There are some parts that are easy enough to take out, but others stay where they are and refuse to move.

He does, however, allow a questioning cant of his visor when hearing his name, before shifting forwards to see what it was that she had found. Only when seeing the crystal did Rookie seem more interested, and he reached a hand out to carefully pull back some of the stuff inside to get a clearer view.]

A crystal? [Pause.] I wonder what that's for.

[Carolina shrugs minutely.]

There were mentions on the expedition of power crystals that the Castle gave the residents last year for Christmas. It could be something similar.

Could be. [He takes a moment to hover over the crystal, mostly to consider touching it, before he'll shrug and tap the surface gently to see what it'd do.

When all he felt was a tingling sensation, and noticed a dim shimmer of light that grew brighter in reaction to the touch, he pulled his hand away.] ... Don't think so, though.

[Carolina isn't so sure about him touching it but fff Rookie's already touching the crystal. Well. At least nothing's blowing up.]

Did you feel anything?

[More worried that it did something to him rather than the other way around.]

[Rookie keeps quiet for a moment, lifting his hand to about eye level to flex and wiggle his fingers before finally letting it drop back down onto the counter.]

Yeah. [Staring down towards the crystal once more.] Kind of felt like my hand was falling asleep.

[Carolina watches him intently, looking for any sign of something dangerous.]

Odd. [She looks over at the device as well, not really knowing enough about alien technology to figure out what could do that.]

[Luckily, there were none. Though he did appear to be more wary of the trinket, even as he gave a nod in agreement.]

It's probably nothing to worry about, but I have a feeling we're not going to know a whole lot about this thing until we actually get it working.

[Carolina nods efficiently; no need to mess with something they don't know how exactly to work. ]

Copy that. [She shifts her weight, before responding confidently.] We'll figure it out eventually.

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This got somehow lost in my inbox 8(

No worries. ; ; I could just fail at replyin', lmao.

NEVER. :3

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