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[bit_impossible]

[not too long after his conversation with Orion came to end, he immediately set about gathering parts to create a special scanner that could detect the energy stamps of console activity, as Orion so kindly put it. so far, he's managed to completely cannibalise both sides of his suite's barcode scanner, the remaining items not used by the TARDIS--leaving only one functioning heating coil for tea of course, as well as the fridge--and a maintenance robot he caught trying to repair his barcode scanner and later dismantled.

currently, he sits in the living area of his suite, all these parts spread around him in what looks to be utter chaos, but makes complete and rational sense to him. he has his glasses on with an attachment to the right side that contains various additional lenses for close-up detail work--and wears an expression of complete concentration and is seemingly unaware of anyone else in the room. until he looks up at those in the room with him.]

How are the rest of you lot coming? I think I have everything from Orion's list here to create what we need, but there's a few ways we can go about it. I'm just about done with mine, I think. Need to do a couple calibration tests. This...hasn't been made easy with all the strange physics defying anomalies--and frankly, I would've been done long before now [doesn't bother to hide his annoyance in regards to that.]

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[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[slightly annoyed eye twitch at being called daft, but otherwise ignores it]

Then I'll help build.

[bit_impossible]

[throws on a smile] Brilliant! Here's what you need to do. [and he explains what parts are needed be Orion's instructions]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[have a few nods to show he's paying attention and he settles in to start working on one]

[bit_impossible]

[after a while passes, he looks up from his own work, the device bearing the look of being cobbled together--but it holds together surprisingly well] How's it coming, Tieria?


[OOC: Yes! I do too~ Well, the macro of it anyway. I'd love an actual poster of it to hang up.]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

Is there something we can test these on? [giving the ad-hoc little device a dubious look]

[bit_impossible]

Well, I'd say my barcode scanner, but I dismantled that hours ago. We can go try Abel's next door. [starts clearing the junk off his lap]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

How are you going to get into your suite if...

Nevermind. [gets up to go with him, carrying the completed device]

[bit_impossible]

[grins at Tieria over his shoulder] I have my ways. Besides, the sofa helps. [takes a running leap over it and into the hallway]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[blinks, then follows at a somewhat less... enthusiastic pace]

[bit_impossible]

[turns around and waits, giving him a "come on, get moving!" kind of look.]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[yeah, yeah... he's coming... flying leaps over large pieces of furniture while clutching shakey homemade electronics just aren't in his bag of tricks... keeping pace with you now]

[bit_impossible]

[claps him on the back when he makes it over to him.] Thatta boy! Nothing like a little obstacle to climb over to make things interesting.

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[miniscule freeze up at touch... how very... Neil Dylandy-ish of you, Doctor... throw Tieria into a tizzy]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[but he's back before anyone can say boo... he's learned to recover quickly... and he'll even throw a flatly intoned joke at you]

I learn.

[bit_impossible]

[grins at that] Exactly! [arrives outside Abel's door] Go ahead, test yours out.

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

[nod, works at it a bit until it activates]

[bit_impossible]

[ooc: I say yes! I don't think Rem would've given us this to work with if it wasn't supposed to...]

How'd you do?

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

It looks like it's functional.

[bit_impossible]

Brilliant! Now, only to make a few more of these so we can spread out through the ship.

[goes to test his and meets with the same positive result.]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

How many people are working on them?

[starts heading back now that they have two working units]

[bit_impossible]

There's a small handful of others, my TARDIS and Quatre included. Oliver and a young man named Nataku are working on gathering passengers together who are willing to explore the ship with our devices.

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

We should go in teams. [clearly, he's expecting to be put on a team] With the anomalies on the ship occurring, it would be dangerous for anyone to be alone.

[bit_impossible]

Oh yes, naturally. We don't have the time or resources for every person to get their own. [and he doesn't want to waste the time training everybody how to use it either.]

[by-my-will.livejournal.com]

I agree.

Do you happen to have a record of where consoles have previously appeared? It may help narrow our search patterns.

[bit_impossible]

I know of two and gave that information to Orion. He was working on a map of the ship when I left him to work on these. Should be done by now.

But if you're curious about the actual locations now, one would be where we had our little party with Ganymede--in the restaurant Jupiter, up on the holo-suite level near where that window anomaly appeared, and the Enviro-dome. The last entryway to the engine room was through a forest simulation and a place like that has the high potential to camouflage something so innocuous as a command console.