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[nyx_it]

[Cue smash cut to a turian in your vents, Avagi. Or, rather, in some paneling, the light from her omni-tool casting brilliant light over a smoldering circuit.]

So while half of this place is gearing up to go play diplomacy, anyone think we should focus on fixing our half of the station?

[Or whatever section they're in.]

We've got mold, standing water, carnivorous plants and power failures. Not to mention who knows how many of our supplies got wrecked.

Maybe I'm out of the loop -- and I'll be glad to be wrong there -- but maybe we should get a handle on the systems on our side first.

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[nishizono]

are you taking volunteers yet? because i'm raising my hand.
diplomacy can suck itself honestly.

[nyx_it]

Hey I'll take what's offered. We're stuck up here, we probably should worry about keeping this place running.

You any good with circuits? Power connections?

[nishizono]

audio engineering, if that counts. i know the basics, and i can pick up the rest if you've got a manual lying around.

where are you gonna start fixing?

[nyx_it]

No manual. Just hands-on work.

Right now, I'll take anyone who can figure out how to connect a damn wire and get a light turned back on.

[nishizono]

i can work with that.

and heh, setting the bar real low for the crowd, huh?

[nyx_it]

I've been in this kind of situation before.

Easier to set it low and be surprised.

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[aka_pistachio]

Hey, so. I actually have experience working with like, electrical systems and shit. I mean, it was all AV but the basics are the same. Make sure there's enough voltage going where it's supposed to go, don't let the like, standing water get involved. That kind of shit.

Anyway I can help with that. I've done some around Chemistry already.

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[nyx_it]

Sounds great. Glad to hear it's not just me tinkering around.

Not much we can do in some spots until we can get the water cleared out.

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[aka_pistachio]

What we need to do in the parts that are still wet is make sure that the power is shut off and stays shut off until it's dry. Do you know if there's any kind of schematic or anything that identifies areas that are still flooded or were affected by the flooding? If I can get some kind of desiccant or dehumidifiers working in there that will help.

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[nyx_it]

Vacuum pumps, maybe.

If we pull the actual vacuums out of some of the little roomba things, maybe we can work with something.

Pump it all into the garden area.

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[aka_pistachio]

We are like, in the vacuum of space, too. If it's an area we can evacuate and like, open an airlock or something? Although I dunno. We probably don't want to lose any of the water.

I don't know how this space shit works.

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[nyx_it]

Yeah, we don't want it lost. Just moved. If we dump it in the garden, it'd probably end up purified, too.

I think. Hell if I know how plants work.

[beyourzoomer]

Carnivorous plants?

[nyx_it]

Either that, or a bunch of the ship's resident pests just all up and died in some vine. At the same time.

[beyourzoomer]

Yeah that seems like an unlikely coincidence.

[nyx_it]

Yeah. Sure does.

You okay?

[beyourzoomer]

Sure. I mean, carnivorous plants. Nothing to worry about there.

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[beautifulspaceraptor]

[ This video is Nihlus blatantly pointing the camera at the prominent 'HELP WANTED: Life Support and Sanitation' poster plastered on the wall over his shoulder. ]

Yeah, I dunno, have you been out of the loop? I've only been asking for help fixing this station for weeks by now. But suuuure! I'll just get around to sorting out this mess with the twenty person team I totally have on hand. Maybe I can just will them into existence!

[ Guess who has been doing around the clock repairs ever since the pipes burst? ]

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[nyx_it]

Yeah, because I haven't been elbow deep in the power systems and vents myself.

You're not the only one trying to fix this scrap pile, so excuse me for asking a damn question.

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[beautifulspaceraptor]

You're not excused. You don't get to make snide comments about where our focus has been when you clearly haven't even communicated with anyone working in LSS. Otherwise, you'd know what LSS has been up to since our arrival here.

You don't get to ask why people are taking off to 'play diplomacy' when they're risking their lives trying to obtain the very piece of tech we need in order to fix the very situation we're in. Everything we can achieve with what we have now is a stopgap measure. You'd know this if you'd been around helping us reverse engineer these systems trying to pinpoint the damn problem in the first place.

IF you really want to make yourself useful, sign up to the list. I'll assess your skill and if you pass, you get access to the LSS control center and the array of systems there to help you make repairs without electrocuting yourself. Doesn't that sound so much better than being an asshole on the network?

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[magneticfields]

[ His tone is neutral. He gets the sense that there is more happening here than he is aware of, but there is enough he does know to justify Nihlus' frustration. Still. ]

Nihlus, it's possible this isn't the very best way to get results with this particular thorn in your foot.

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[beautifulspaceraptor]

I was never expecting results.

[ Because frankly, Nihlus had stopped expecting much of anything from Nyx asides from the usual monthly brand of typical assholishness. ]

She can try and publicly devalue the efforts of my coworkers and I as much as she wants to, but I'm not going to make it easy for her.

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[clussy]

(God. What's he even looking at now? Eddie doesn't know, but he's so past caring that he mostly just sighs. At least the thing- guy- alien?? seems to be talking rationally. Unlike some people.

Eddie's got his nose and mouth covered with a cloth, but his grey eyes are large and sincere. A little watery too, but that's from sneezing so often lately. He was very sensitive to air like this.)

I'll help if I can. I'm trying to convince people to wear protection over their mouths and noses. But people are dumb.

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[nyx_it]

Not everyone's got that kind of protection on hand. I'm not saying it's a bad idea -- it's a smart one.

You okay, kid?

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[clussy]

(Eddie wonders idly how hard it was to get access of some basic cloth, but what does he know, honestly? Not everyone wore t-shirts.)

Do you think I should hand some out?

I'm okay enough, I guess. (Just stressed, but.) I'm trying to figure out what parts of the ship we could even use to fix up the busted parts. I don't have tools though.