Applying at tushanshu

[alphatar]

I can't believe you made me sit still for that whole thing. It's late, I'm tired, you're tired I vote we crash. [She yawns loudly. Practically obscenely.]

Stop worrying about it, there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing gets done when we're dead tired like this. Just be happy you got it out of the way tonight. Or this morning. Or whatever time it is.

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[machina_mistress]

Oh man I've seen some of those things. You must be a master of patience to hold still for that long!

[alphatar]

Well I’m not. That’s what made it so rough. Now my mun is fretting like the world’s going to end and I’m still exhausted so it looks to be a chipper day ahead of us. [Sarcasm for breakfast.]

[machina_mistress]

Oh geez. I'd make something to calm the nerves but I'm not a person who can prepare-- anything. I could build a droid that could make tea or something buuuut I think that would take too long. [she shrugs]

[alphatar]

I'm guessing droid means machine. But yeah, tea would be nice but that would only help me. I think my mun just wants to pass out for days until the verdict is in. I'm hopeful because it looks like it could be a lot fun.

[diamondsarentforever]

If I recall correctly, last week you were impatient for your mundane to apply you to a game.

And now, when your mundane does just that, you complain about the length of the process.

Truly, humans are creatures of contradiction.

[machina_mistress]

Well yes and no. I mean; a food processor isn't a droid but it is a machine. get it? Most droids are like-- people shaped too.

[alphatar]

Contradictions, sure we are. But they didn't have to make me sit still the whole time. It was like I was being interrogated and not allowed to do anything but answer questions and just watch the hours pass by. I would have liked a break or something.

But it's over now, or at least I hope it is.

[alphatar]

You make people machines??

[machina_mistress]

I make machines that look similar to people yeah. But they're really obviously machines. Like how a doll looks like a person but you can still tell it's a doll right?

[alphatar]

So you make machine people. That’s not weird at all…

[machina_mistress]

Weirder than making water fly through the air? [she chuckles] But droids are actually really helpful. They can even have personality if the technology is good enough. That can get pretty expensive though.

[alphatar]

That sounds really complicated. I mean, sato-mobiles are still the new hot item, you know? And those aren't cheap either. I know, someone gave me one as a gift. [She scratches the back of her head.] I kind of wrecked it a little while parking though.

[machina_mistress]

Oh that's like a uhm-- land transport right? [haven't seen any of those in a few centuries] Can I see it? This is a great chance to check out ancient technology and if I can figure out how it works I can probably fix it! We don't have a lot of domestic over-ground transportation anymore. Pretty much everything hovers or flies to some extent.

[alphatar]

Oh I don't use it for travel personally, it's just when my friends and I need to go somewhere together. Personally I don't care about it, it was a gift for the wrong reason.

[machina_mistress]

So then you wouldn't mind if I say-- dismantled the entire thing and examined every last bolt and piston. [grin]

[alphatar]

I’d rather have it kept together in case my friends and I need it again. [She raises an eyebrow.] Do you just take anything you can apart?

[machina_mistress]

Machines? Oh yeah. But that's the best way to get to know them. Once I put them back together they're fine and they usually run better too. It's even my job! I repair things so people can use them again!

[alphatar]

I like the new stuff that’s coming out, but I’m not particularly good with machines. [As mentioned in her first parking experience.] How do you take it apart without breaking it?

[machina_mistress]

Well it's all connected parts. So like; the same way you could take any other thing down it's base parts like a chair or a table. You can do that with machines too. The only real hard part is removing the outer covering without damaging it. But that can be repaired or even replaced just like anything else.

[alphatar]

I’ve ripped a few machines apart and it’s nothing like simple connecting pieces. There’s cables and electricity and sometimes weird liquid. [What the heck is that stuff anyway…] I think I’ll stick to my pro bending and Avatar business for now.

[machina_mistress]

[excuse her amused chuckle] Well yeah you have to drain the fluid and disconnect the wires. Otherwise you just make a mess and it'll cost more to replace that stuff.

[alphatar]

It’s all just a mess to me anyway, I’ll leave that stuff to Asami. She seems to know her way around that stuff too, but considering her father invented the sato-mobiles it shouldn’t be too surprising. [She sneers.] Even though he’s a completely horrible person.

[machina_mistress]

Oh? Is he like; a serial killer or something? [while she's talking she brings out a metal ball with half the outside missing; revealing a mess of wires and chips inside which she starts to tweak and rearrange idly]

[alphatar]

No. He's just a part of this anti-bending faction, Equalists, who are trying to overthrow the council of the city and supplies them with new machines and equipment to help them do it. [Korra looks at the little doo-dad she has, but really it just like a metal bowl filled witl cables. Almost like noodles, but a lot less appealing.]

[machina_mistress]

Oh that is bad. Over where I'm at we had a republic until a few years ago when the "elected official" took over. Now apparently it's an Empire. [she tweaks a few things and the machine begins to lift into the air. Catching it quickly she puts the top back on and the ball hovers near them occasionally turning in one direction or another; as indicated by the movement of a row of divets forming a band around the 'middle']