Room 506, Saturday afternoon

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo had managed, she hoped, to finally get all the parts she needed to attempt to repair her drone. The one that had crashed all on its own, slamming into the ground and skipping without any input from her at all.

Stupid drone.

She'd also figured that, while she was at it, she could make some upgrades. So she was replacing the little electric motors with much more powerful ones. That should make the thing way faster. "This is going to be so awesome," she said to herself, grinning.

Now she was all set to test her modifications. She got everything hooked up and turned on just one of the motors. Not enough to send the drone flying, but enough to make sure she'd hooked the propeller up properly. The motor let out a high pitched whine as it spun up, and Ringo frowned as the propeller began to wobble slightly. It hadn't occurred to her that the cheap plastic hadn't really been designed for a the additional stresses she was putting on it. If she'd wanted that, she should have gotten a less crappy drone.

The wobble got more and more pronounced, and Ringo sighed, reaching out to cut the power, but just before she could the propeller came completely off, shooting across the room.

Ringo dived off her chair, ducking low to avoid the flying projectile.

It occurred to her that maybe she should have closed the door. Hopefully that flying piece of plastic didn't hit anyone walking by.

[ooc: Door and post open.]

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[crimson_sister]

Sadly, Lucille was just walking past Ringo's room. She had not expected something flying through the door at high speed, and threw herself on the floor to avoid getting hit. A moment later, she pushed herself to her feet. The expression on her face was one of intense displeasure.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo rushed to the door, looking around worriedly. "Ohmygosh! Lucille! Are you okay? Did it hit you?"

[crimson_sister]

"No," Lucille replied curtly, brushing dust from her skirt. "What did you think you were doing?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Huh? You mean fixing my drone?" Ringo didn't understand why Lucille seemed so upset. No one had gotten hurt, after all!

[crimson_sister]

She had had to throw herself on the floor because of whatever Ringo had been doing in her room.

"And that causes things to fly through the air and almost hit whoever happens to pass by?" Lucille didn't know what drones were. She assumed Ringo wasn't talking about bees.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Sure, but no one got hurt, Lucille! That was what mattered!

"Well, not usually?" Ringo frowned in consternation. "Not sure what went wrong, actually." She glanced up and down the hall. "Did you see where it landed?"

[crimson_sister]

"I wasn't exactly paying attention to that." What a question to ask!

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yeah." Ringo sighed. "I lost track of it, too." Which was clearly the important thing here.

[crimson_sister]

"So I noticed," Lucille replied drily.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo grinned, sharing in the humor. "Yeah. I guess it was kinda obvious."

[crimson_sister]

It wasn't funny at all, Ringo.

"Perhaps it would be better to leave it where it is," Lucille said. "Someone could get injured."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Isn't it more likely that someone would get hurt if it were lying around and they stepped on it?"

Probably not, Ringo. It was just a piece of flimsy plastic.

[crimson_sister]

"No." Lucille wasn't even going to argue about that.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Maybe not. I guess it was just plastic. But if I don't find it, I won't be able to fix my drone." So it was important that she find it, and she was looking up and down the hall for the little piece of plastic right that moment.

[crimson_sister]

"What's so important about a drone?"

Lucille still didn't know what it was.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, I guess there's nothing, you know, super important about it. But I did spend most of my money on it." Which wasn't all that much. Ringo just didn't have much money.

"And if I get it working again, it's going to be so cool!"

[crimson_sister]

"What is so cool about it?" As Lucille still didn't know what a drone was, this wasn't obvious.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"It can fly and shoot video?" That was awesome, wasn't it?

[crimson_sister]

"Well, I suppose that is something you would find amusing." Lucille had to admit to herself that so would probably her brother though.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"See? Totally cool!" Because clearly Lucille also realized how awesome that would be now that Ringo had explained it.

[crimson_sister]

"Very cool, I'm sure," Lucille said. "If you find your missing piece, just make sure it doesn't hit people."

She turned around and walked towards the stairwell.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"I'll do my best!" Ringo agreed with an easy grin. "And, um, have a good day?" Or, you know, whatever?

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

Mayday wandered back to the room after spending some time at the gym, only to hear the sound of whirring and crashing. "Should I stay out a little bit longer?" she checked as soon as it sounded safe to stick her head in.

[soniaroadsqueen]

There was a moment of silence as Ringo considered that. Then she called out. "Should be good now. Not sure what went wrong, but all the pieces flying around should be done for the moment."

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"How long of a moment? And pieces of what, exactly?' Mayday checked as she cautiously walked into the room and immediately looked for how much drone scrap might be on her side.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo laughed. "It's all turned off now, so a long moment?" She climbed up from the floor. "I think it was just the propeller? Doesn't look like anything else is missing."

She shot a glance at Mayday. "You didn't get hit, did you?"

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"No, I stayed a couple steps away from the door until the noises stopped," Mayday answered. "It seemed like the safest idea."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Probably a smart move." Ringo looked around the room. "You don't happen to see a little plastic propeller anywhere, do you?" She'd lost track of it after the third ricochet.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, looks like it's over here by my bed," Mayday said, picking it up so she could hand it over. "Don't take this the wrong way, but aren't there better places to work on this stuff? Safer places, mainly. There's a garage downstairs with plenty of room to fly things around."

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo considered that. "Never really thought about it," she admitted. "I mean, I wasn't trying to fly it. Just make sure I'd hooked the motor up right."

She looked sheepish. "I, uh, never had something fly apart on me like that. Well, not since I was, I don't know, eight?" She'd gotten out of the habit of taking precautuons.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"No harm, no foul," Mayday said. The drywall seemed to be holding up so far, so that still counted as no harm. "Just something to consider when working on things that have the potential to fly apart. To be fair, my dad is kind of a do-it-yourself guy and he's stressed safety first for pretty much my entire life. It's drilled into me by this point."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Makes sense." Ringo pursed her lips. "Probably at least worth closing the door and putting up a note or something." If she remembered to next time.

"So your dad's into this kind of stuff, huh? What about you?"

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I don't think he's ever repaired a drone, but he probably could. It's more of your typical around the house repairs and building that he gets into," Mayday explained incorrectly. He could absolutely build a new drone from scratch, but she had no way of knowing that. "And I'm pretty hands off. I like science, but I don't really have interest in mechanics or anything."

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo grinned. "Honestly, I'm not that into all this, either, but no one gets to do much with AirTrek without picking up some pretty advanced basic skills. And the drone thing is really just because I'm too broke to get a new one."

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"Well, hopefully you can get it figured out without too many injuries or property damage," Mayday joked.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yeah. Injuries are bad."

She glanced down at her desk, then shrugged and stepped back. "Maybe I'll be done for the moment." Safer that way.

"So what have you been up to, anyway?" she asked, walking over to her bed to plop down on it and look at her roommate.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I spent the morning at a food kitchen in Maryland, then spent some time in the gym, getting a workout in," Mayday said. "There's a lot of free time around here, so I've been able to do both of those things quite a bit."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"I know." Ringo grinned. "Leaves me tons of time for AirTrek." Which was most of what she wanted out of life at the moment.

"Though I've never been to a food kitchen before. What's that like?"

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"You get to help serve food to local homeless people. It's a lot of labor, but it helps people who could really use it," Mayday explained.

[OOC: I meant "soup kitchen," but "food kitchen" is also an acceptable term! Good job, me!]

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Really?" Wow. Ringo was impressed. "I didn't even know you could do that kind of thing."

It really made her respect her roommate all the more for helping people who needed it.

[ooc: I knew what you meant, so good enough job, anyway!]

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. There's a place in town that can get you set up if you ever want to do some volunteer stuff," Mayday explained. "But it's another thing my parents drilled into me. If you have the means to help someone, you should do what you can."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"They sound like pretty awesome people," Ringo decided. "And I'll have to get info about that place. And maybe, you know, check it out."

Ringo wanted to be more helpful. Like Kathy had been.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"Look for the one place that looks like a normal office in town, the Wayne Foundation," Mayday said, referencing a very worthwhile NPC business. "Or just come with me some time. Whatever works for your schedule."

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo grinned. "A normal looking place is kind of weird around here, huh?"

"Do you go most Saturdays, then?" she asked curiously.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"When I can. Which is most of the time, fortunately," Mayday said. "But sometimes I either need a quiet day or, I'm sure, something weird is going to happen here that makes me miss out on a day. Fortunately, the people at the Foundation understand the weirdness."

[OOC: Sorry, I was off at a super nerdy concert! I have to imagine that explanation will cause forgiveness.]

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo nodded. "That's nice of them. And I may, um, tag along sometime? If, you know, you don't mind?"

[ooc: I'm not picky, just about any reason would get forgiveness. Super-nerdy concert attendance? That gets admiration! Hope it was awesome!]

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"The more the merrier," Mayday said. "Or at least satisfied for good work done well."

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo giggled. "I like doing things well."