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Post by Sam Alders on Jan 4, 2018 21:44:26 GMT -8
BREATHE IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR AND LOOK DOWN UPON THE WORLD Of all the rotten luck. Sam's rolling turd decided to choose the side of the road in between pahala and Alto to break down. Luckily, Sam had chopped wood at the ready back at home, so their father wouldn't grow too cold as the night crept up on them. Sam on the other hand, had a truck that just quit and the culprit was more than just one little problem. They grimaced at the leak in the radiator, cussing their carelessness.
Luckily, nothing had overheated too much, but Sammy didn't have much in the back of their truck in the way of patching leaks. Standing on the rear wheel of the vehicle, short body bent over the side of it and into the large bed, Sam dug through the mess in the back of the truck, picking out different materials they could use to possibly rig the truck enough to get to a stop where they could get proper help, or at least until they could get home and work on it in the morning.
Ya know, the morning, where it's not dark, and near impossible to see anything. Sam thanked to every poke god up there that wasn't mad with them that they didn't bind today as they dangled over the back of the truck. It could get difficult enough as is to do these sorts of tasks as is when you were so short, they didn't need any extra restriction.
Rolling the sleeves up on their hoodie, Sam finally jumped all the way into the bed and started digging around, separated useful from useless. Start with one problem at a time. Fix the radiator, then fix whatever else went wrong.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Jan 8, 2018 23:43:33 GMT -8
Jazz had opted to walk home instead of teleport for whatever reason that night. Well, the night air was good for him and it wasn't like home was all that far away now. Especially since he'd spent most of the time cooped up inside or running errands and hhhhh. It was nice to be able to have some time for himself after all that. Home was quiet enough, but there was something to be said about a quiet walk. Or, at least that was what he had hoped for. What Jazz hadn't expected to see was what looked like an old pickup truck parked on the side of the road. Strange. Who would be out at this time of night? And why? He could hear a few thumps coming from it and well, ok it looked like the guy was grabbing some tools. That solved one problem, seemed the truck had broken down. Releasing Kovu, Jazz motioned to the truck and waved, assuming that the guy could see them that is. "Yo," Jazz called out, approaching the truck with his Luxray treading softly beside him, "Need sum help? Doesn't look like yer gettin' outta here soon..." Not with that smoke billowing from the engine. Arceus. How was this old heap still moving?
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Post by Sam Alders on Jan 9, 2018 3:05:24 GMT -8
BREATHE IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR AND LOOK DOWN UPON THE WORLD Sammy was almost done collecting things he could put to use, passing them to Hansel, the eager to help Growlithe below, and ordering him to place them by the front left tire. Just as they turned and put a foot up on the wall of the bed to jump down, a voice, Pokemon and face approached them. "Heya!" Sam spoke up, finishing their jump from the back of the truck. "Oh man I dunno." Sam spoke up, short legs working them over to the tire, kneeling next to it and rifling through the collecting bits and pieces from the back of the truck. "I don't wanna keep you here too long, it'll be gettin colder of course. N I may not even get this ole hunk of junk movin with what I got to work with. Shameful." Sam continued rattling on as they moved to the front of the truck to get a quick measurement before returning to the wheel to continue working on something. "They don't make parts for her anymore. So I gotta make due with what I got." Finally stopping, they stood up to look at the approaching stranger properly, finally making eye contact, Hansel returning to their side to look at the Luxray, tail wagging. "Names Sam. You a mechanic or an engineer?" They didn't ask as an insult, no, they asked mostly cause if they were either of the two, then they might actually be able to speed up the rigging process. It's always nice to have an extra opinion in something! "I mean! I don't mean it as an insult. I'd be glad to get some help either way. It's just that it's cold, and late, but I really need to get home before too long a time. There's plenty of wood cut back at home, but I don't like leavin pa home alone longer than I have to." Sammy clenched their jaw to shut themselves up before they made it any worse. Hopefully this person could understand that they were just worried about their dad, and it was fucking with their mouth and the order in which thoughts came out. With a wrench in both hands, Sammy twisted it just to have something to fidget with. Jazz Johnson
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Feb 9, 2018 23:52:53 GMT -8
As soon as the man saw them, Jazz waved again, shouldering his bag and putting it in a more comfortable position in the process. Kovu nudged his hand, demanding pets and earned a few scratches on his ears while they listened to the man talk. He was still rummaging through things in his truck but as he explained, Jazz slowly took off his bag and set it on the truck's tailgate. If he was gonna be here a while, might as well get comfortable. Why did the guy still own the heap if they didn't make parts for it anymore? Wouldn't it be easier to just buy another truck? Well, two minds were better than one at any rate. Maybe they could rig a fix that would at least get the guy, Sam, home. "Name's Jazz, 'n yes, 'm 'n engineer. Jis came from work actually. Yer luckeh I have meh tools with me. Doya know what the problem is? 'r are we starting from teh beginning?" he replied easily, going through his bag for a few tools he thought they might need. Rolling up his sleeves, Jazz pulled out the tools and moved to the engine. "I 'ave a Luxray 'n sum othah Pokemon on hand that kin help. Where doya wanna start? Sooner we git dis started, sooner we git ya 'ome."
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Post by Sam Alders on Feb 10, 2018 9:25:04 GMT -8
BREATHE IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR AND LOOK DOWN UPON THE WORLD The main reason Sam didn't replace the truck was that it was harder to track said truck, in the long run. Sam knew it's ins and outs, there was no way to hide tracking on it... the second reason was that Sam couldn't afford another truck while they were taking care of their dad like they were. "Oh another engineer! Lit!" With that, Sammy hopped up onto the front of the truck again, short legs dangling off as they positioned themselves carefully.
"First things first! Radiator sprung a damn leak again. I don't think it overheated anything, but it's gonna be hard to check everything while it's still hot so I may as well get started on figuring out a way to plug it." They sighed, ordering their pokemon to snatch their flashlight. "Heya Kovu. My battery is fine, so that's a good thing." Taking the flashlight, they clicked it on and put it between their teeth, leaning forward to look down.
After a moment, they took it out of their mouth, jumped down and moved under the truck, careful of the dripping fluid. "Worst case scenario, I have to duct tape this leak. And that means waiting for it to cool off and dry." They sighed out, aiming the light to look for the biggest leak, then any other small ones.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Feb 23, 2018 19:49:24 GMT -8
Jazz smirked a bit when Sam was glad to hear that he was an engineer. The explanation that followed however had Jazz frowning a bit. Radiator huh? Well that complicated matters. Eh, he had a few pokemon that he trusted to work with such a fussy machine. Though the bit about waiting for it to cool had him sighing and putting his hands behind his head. Well, hopefully it wouldn't take that long. In the meantime though, maybe Kovu could see if there was any damage? Ah... right, not that that would do any good unless... Oh, those Ralts of his could be helpful. Releasing a Ralts, Jazz smiled at Joan briefly before gesturing to Kovu. "Sorry 's boring, Joan. Jis needya to relay messages from Kovu to us. Kovu, kin ya see anything wid yer eyes?" That should at least take a lot of the guesswork out for now. The Luxray nodded and concentrated on the radiator. A paw at the ground indicated he found something and a short conversation between the Luxray and Ralts would ensue. Joan nodded and looked to Jazz who sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "So Joan 'ere said Kovu saw what looks like a crack. Sorry man, I know 's nawt what ya wanted to hear.""I have a smol laser that'll work fer welding ifya like. Designed it myself cuz torches are a bit dangerous fer teh parts I work wid normally. It'll work bettah than ductape ifya need a patch job. Watcha wanna do?" Jazz asked, picking up the Ralts for the time being.
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Post by Sam Alders on Mar 1, 2018 12:36:45 GMT -8
BREATHE IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR AND LOOK DOWN UPON THE WORLD Sam was still dangling part of the way into the engine compartment of the old truck, not really looking out as the other man released Pokemon to check out what was goin on with his radiator. "Yea I can see it." They stated with a huff of air. Sitting up, they took a deep breath, face red from the awkward angle they had been at to try and not burn themselves.
"Well. I was just going to duct tape it shut until I could get home to my own but hell, that'd be amazin." A welder would seriously save them a lot of trouble in case there was another potential break down while they were heading home. Hansel's tail wiggled some and he let out a small borf towards the ralts. "Hansel, cut it out."
They were part of a criminal organization together, and it still shocked sam as to how a Pokemon that was a part of that could still act the way that he does around some other Pokemon. It, in and of itself, was criminal to the very ways he should act.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Apr 20, 2018 22:29:29 GMT -8
Jazz smirked a bit when Sam stated that he would prefer the laser. Of course he would. Who didn't want to mess with a laser given a chance? It would cut a lot of the time out and at least let him get home. Too bad he didn't have a Pokemon on hand that could give him better light. There was his Charmander of course, but that wasn't really advisable given the close proximity to flame and lasers. That was a mistake waiting to happen and well, it would be better that it didn't happen. "A'ight then. Lemme git that fer ya. Ya gotta a bettah light? Dun wanna weld the wrong thing 'r nuthin," he replied before setting Joan back down on the ground. Turning on his heel without really waiting for a response, Jazz rummaged through his bag until he found the welder. Good, he hadn't left it back at the lab. It was better for more intricate work which is why he'd made the thing in the first place. Testing to make sure it still had enough juice, Jazz walked back over to where Sam was. Well... if he needed to, he could probably use Joan and Kovu to guide him but that was questionable at best. "Gawt 't right 'ere, how doya wanna do dis?"The sound from the Growlithe had Joan giggling a bit even as she waved at Hansel. " Hi there!" The Telepathic voice rang out, " Does this big metal mover break a lot? It seems like it's seen better days."
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