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( Audio picks up the sound of industrial construction, either things familiar in woodshop, car garages, or anywhere of a similar sort. When the feed goes live, Collette is framed to one side, looking forward and away from the camera. She's clearly resting on her arms, and given the angle of the ground on the screen, she's probably lying on her stomach in order to do this. She glances over her shoulder, eyes going to something behind the tablet being used for recording, then smiles as her eyes drop down to the tablet itself. For all intents and purposes, the camera is positioned to make the viewing audience seem like they're side by side with Collette, wherever it is she is, keeping a low profile in this industrialized looking area. Concrete floor that she's resting on, packing boxes ahead of her, bundles of cables and chains glimpsed somewhere past her head. )

Guys! ( She keeps her voice low, not a whisper (they carry further, and can't be heard about the ambient noise), but low to avoid excessive attention. ) Anyone else catch where they dragged the ship off to with that giant crane after the crash? I wondered about that. But I've got news!

( She makes a waving motion at the camera, and it shifts, jarringly, to leave Collette off screen and show something covered in plastic and wiring and cables, a few Initiative workers using welding guns, others wheeling parts away or calling out shouts of questions over the sounds of construction. )

They say the spaceship's salvageable!

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I guess ... I'm a pilot. I am fairly good at computers ... [ He's being modest. He is a whiz with computers. ]

Both of those are really important! Have you worked with computers and navigation systems and all of that on spaceships before? I remember you grew up in space... or I think that was you. Was it? You went to Earth for a girl?

[ djsbfkng Collette, you're making it sound more romantic than it really is. ]

I-I have dabbled on those a bit. [ He has hacked into heavily protected mobile suits and changed their whole navigation and mobility systems.

That was close enough. ]

And no. Lacus and I just decided to ... settle there together.

Then you'll be perfect! Stop by to get familiar with the systems, then figure out where you want to help out. That's the best part, you know? Deciding and doing on your own! None of this computer stuff really makes sense to me, but it seems kind of exciting anyway!

I get it! So you got married and settled down on Earth.

( .... nods. )

No ... Lacus and I didn't marry ...

[ Kira should shut up now. He wasn't making it sound even more wrong. ]

Anyway, I'll be right over. Tell me your location and I will be there soon.

( Collette isn't disturbed at the idea; people living together before being married makes sense. She wouldn't understand it indefinitely, but there was no call for her to try. )

I'll send you the address right now!

( That said, she turns the tablet around and taps out the address, hitting send with a pleased little grin. )

[ Yes but their relationship here really isn't like that! Lacus here, after all --- is underage! ~~Not that it ever stopped him with Fllay.~~ He had to be the adult in this relationship!

SO IT IS NOT LIKE THAT! ]

I got it. I will see you soon.

[ ooc: Do we proceed to action? ]

See you!

( Collette wouldn't be where she was at first, having in the interim been chased around and relocated to a position by the door. She sits there, watching the rest of the room, squinting and listening to who and what she can, when she can.

It's not as fun as poking around had been earlier, but she felt playing guide to those who came by was important enough.

( ooc: works for me! she's hanging out near where they'd enter from the hallway, if that's all good by you! as a heads up, she's sitting on the floor, and is wearing a spandex suit of mostly black, with green highlights. ... because that is what one does sometimes! ;) )

[ Kira arrived later carrying some of the tools he had acquired over the past few months and his modified computer that he always used. He wanted to preserve his work someplace he would trust to be safe. A place without any connection. This is where he stored blueprints, codes and passwords. ~~Kira is a cautious guy.~~

When he saw her, he smiled and gave a small wave. ]

I am sorry I am late. I had to look for what I thought we'd need.

( She eyes what he's brought along, thinking she can guess at some of it, being curios by what there was in total. She straightens up where she sits, flashing Kira a bright smile. )

I'll take your word for it! Mechanics is so not my thing, I'd be lost if I had to pretend I could come up with a list of what you need for that sort of stuff! Were you going to head in on your own, or did you want me to come with, show you where the coolest still-whole parts are?

Err ... I guess I could use some help but ...

[ He begins to look uncertain. Not because she was a girl or anything. He fought a war with female pilots and such. His captain was female. He just wasn't worried if she would be safe.

Without his weapon he couldn't protect her. And if she got hurt, it will be in his hands. ]

I think it would be better if I go alone. Stay here and be safe. I'll come back with whatever I find.

( She wonders if he can tell, right away, that she's paraplegic. Some people can, but the outfit she wears (skintight that it is) and the care she takes in arranging herself when she sits makes it more difficult to see.

Still, told to stay, she wonders. She has no intention of following that suggestion, though for the interim she nods like she's acknowledging that she should do this, and smiles with the security of knowledge that she absolutely won't be staying still. )

You gotta do what you gotta do.

( Just like she does. She waits for him to move away, head toward the ship itself, before she activates her stopwatch to begin a morph. Bird? Nawh. Horse? Way too big!

Dog. Dog will be perfect.

Kira will note that a golden retriever appears to have joined him once he's made it to the ship itself, sniffing and keeping a smart distance away from any uncovered cables. When she next speaks, she uses Thought Speak, something that does and doesn't sound a thing like her, being a projection of mental voice to his mind. )

< What's your first impression when you step in here? >

[ Kira hadn't noticed the dog at first. He had been too busy looking around to see if the area was stable and secured before doing anything.

He liked animals, so when he did notice her he smiled and bent down to pet her on the head. ]

How did you get---

< What's your first impression when you step in here? >

[ Kira blinked. Wondering if he was imagining things. Did the dog just speak to him telepathically? That was ... impossible. He shook his head and frowned. ]

I must be lacking sleep. I am hearing things ....

( She shakes the head he pet, snorting sharply and dancing around his legs. )

< No, you've been sleeping okay! Or I think you might have? Haven't you been sleeping? Either way, the dog is definitely talking to you. So, again... what's your first impression when you're in here? >

[ The dog ... is talking. The dog is talking to him. He used to think that things in this world couldn't get any stranger. It seems that it just did. ]

Before that ...

How are you able to talk to me?

< Thought Speak! It's kind of like telepathy, but only one way. I've got no idea what you're thinking, and I can't hear you unless you're a telepath talking to me, so you've gotta keep it verbal! It's a feature of morphin gbuilt in by the engineers and scientists. >

( She holds herself still, mouth opening to allow her tongue to loll out. She looks a little like she's laughing. )

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