[OPEN] Devil Repairmen

[hetried]

Who: Daichi Shijima (hetried), Kaito Watari (awww_yeeeeeaaaah), and ~you~
Where: Libra District, outside the apartment building.
Summary: A monumental task many months coming finally comes to fruition! The adventures of Daichi and Kaito trying to fix That One Truck that got smashed up by Dubhe, or, how we learned to sit back and accept that teenagers are idiots. Someone please help them, for the love of god.
Warnings: graphic car damage, probably something really stupid's gonna happen
It had been going on at least seven months since they'd been here-- and during that entire stretch of time, that smashed up, decimated delivery truck that Daichi had used to crash into Dubhe during the Invasion was basically just sitting in a random parking space in Libra. It was kind of a fixture of the environment by now-- it'd even gotten some graffiti on it after someone went on a tagging spree.

But it was finally about time for Daichi to actually do something about that! You know, considering the fact that the keys had been dumped on the table in his apartment from day one. It, probably belonged to him.

His right wrist and hand were still in the process of recovering from his bout with the robot, but that certainly wasn't going to stop him now! And besides, it was...plenty healed up enough by now. Right? Yeah totally. Regardless of that, he still needed some help, and who better could he get to help him than his best friend since birth?

The answer was there were a lot of better people he probably could've chosen than Kaito for this particular task, but that's what he went with anyway.

And so was how Daichi and Kaito were set up outside the Visitor apartments in Libra, trying to fix up the smashed up truck that had once been an alien-proof weapon. They had plenty of tools and supplies and what not gathered around them, and they looked to be straight at work; though, uh. They probably didn't have any idea what they were doing.

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[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"Hey, guys. Whatcha doin'?" asks a nosy angel hovering (figuratively) around them.

[hetried]

"Wha--" Oh ok, flying thing. His immediate first thought is that it's a demon. But uh...it seemed nice enough and it wasn't attacking them?

"Uh, we're fixing the truck up so it'll run again."

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

Peeks around the side of the truck at the sound of the new voice.

"Ohh, hey man." He says as if he recognizes the angel guy and that it's totally not weird that he'd recognize him. Nope, not weird at all.

"Yeah, we figured we might as well try to fix it."

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"Neat! Can I take a look?"

He's going to peer in anyway. Just be wary of the feathers.

[hetried]

"You know him?" He asks, casting a skeptical glance towards Kaito, before looking at the flying angel guy again.

"Uh... yeah sure, go ahead," He concedes after a moment. Thooouuugh it didn't look like this guy needed his confirmation anyway.

"Do you even know anything about cars?"

[tyrantball]

Desco, naturally, is hiding under the truck. There's a slight clanking sound, as she still hasn't...quite managed to keep her tail from wagging when Kaito is around.

Other than that, though, she is being perfectly stealthy!

YOU HEAR NOTHING

[hetried]

As it was, Daichi was currently in the driver's seat of the truck... checking something? Or maybe messing with the wiring, I don't think he even knew what he was doing. But the clanking sound made him perk up to attention, sticking his head out the open window as he spoke to Kaito.

"Uh... dude, did you hear something?"

[tyrantball]

no he doesn't

you hear nothiiiiiiiiiiiing

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

"Hmm?" He stopped to listen...you know, now that Daichi mentioned it, he did hear something.

"...Weird. What is that?" He tentatively looked under the truck to check where that was coming from.

[tyrantball]

Desco's eyes dart back and forth frantically.

"Desco is a kitty! Meow!"

Whew, that was close! STEALTH MODE STILL ENGAGED

[hetried]

"Wha--?!"

OK that was definitely not a cat, and there was definitely something under there.

Daichi took the liberty of climbing out of the car and plopping down onto the ground next to Kaito, kneeling down and looking with him. "Hey, whoever's there-- What are you doing?!"

[tyrantball]

...okay, Desco, you can still spin this. Spin, Desco, spin!

"Desco is checking up on Mr. Hero!"

...Desco that was not a spin.

It barely even counted as a gentle curve.

[travelingtheworlds]

Sasha, in her wanderings around the city, ended up in the Libra ward on occasion. Most of the time she would just people watch to see who lived in the other apartment complex. When she spotted two people she recognized (one from the wine party ages ago, another one from, well, various places), she immediately went in for a closer investigation. "Hi, Daichi! Hi, Kaito!" came the friendly greeting. "What'cha doing?"

[hetried]

Well, his jacket was currently covered in some kind of grease and dirt, and he was wiping some of his face, so it certainly looked like Daichi was working. Regardless, he turned to look at Sasha with a grin.

"Hey, Sasha! We're just trying to fix up this truck so it'll work again. It's kind of been here for months now..."

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

"It's the famous Alien Killing Truck!" Said Kaito, as if saying this actually contributed to the conversation and totally wouldn't embarrass Daichi.

[travelingtheworlds]

"That's right! I think I've seen it a few times. I was wondering what it was still doing here, but I guess it's kind of a significant landmark now." Sasha's attention turned briefly to the truck before going back to Kaito and Daichi. "So this is the truck Kaito told me about! That's still really impressive, Daichi. What you did, I mean."

[hetried]

He wouldn't put that kind of random declaration beyond Kaito, but the fact that Sasha understands it makes him double-take.

"Wha-- You told her about that?!" K a i t o.

"U-Uh yeah, this is it...Heh, with evidence like this it's not really as impressive as you'd think it was, given how badly the truck got out of it." He says, having been ready to get even more wrecked himself.

[prototype_blues]

Blues was hoping to have a normal day, really. But Hinoto-Ri isn't normal so as he's leaving the Libra apartment building? He's cutting through the parking area and happens to walk past the busted up truck.

Which makes the robot stop, and stare. And stare some more when he notices Daichi, that kid he shot at earlier in the month! And Kaito too, but he doesn't know who that kid is.

"... Do either of you know what you're doing?" He asks, and today he's in his armor with no hat but always wearing sunglasses and his yellow scarf, so maybe certain teenagers who punch robots might not recognize him.

[hetried]

Oh please, Daichi wasn' that daft. He could certainly recognize a guy with a change of clothes and the same voice. Granted, at first he's not paying attention, but when Blues speaks up-- yeah, it was hard not to forget, seeing as his right hand and wrist were still bandaged up.

"--Hey, it's you!" And he doesn't sound entirely enthused, admittedly. "You jerk...! Of course we do."

He really doesn't.

[prototype_blues]

"Yes, it's me." Hey he doesn't seem to bothered by Daichi's lack of enthusiasm, or at being called a jerk. "Doesn't look like it. More so when you have a busted hand."

Blues smiled a little as he said that last bit. Because he knows why Daichi's hand isn't at 100%.

[justanothermachine]

Clearly, Daichi must be a magnet for robots.

A metaphorical magnet, anyway. Since, y'know, magnets are generally bad for robots. Ignoring that Magnet Man is a guy in Rock's canon...

Either way!

Rock had been out doing the proper public service thing and helping clean up the graffiti around the city, which had brought him to Libra, and thus brought him to find Daichi and Kaito.

"Hey Mr. Daichi!" Rock waves as he approaches, then notices the graffiti on the truck, and...well, its sad state of existence. "Aw geeze - did the vandals smash your truck up on top of painting it?"

[hetried]

Don't mess with Maaagneeet Maaaan Well Daichi certainly wasn't going to complain-- unless Rock was Brainstorm or decided to shoot at him. Which, usually was not the case.

"Hey Rock," He said with a wave, turning away from the front of the truck to greet him. And then, laughed a bit sheepishly.

"Nah, this thing was busted it up way before we even knew about all the vandalism. I... kind of ran it into an alien back home."

Yeah because that's a normal conversation.

[justanothermachine]

"Ohhh..." Rock looks the vehicle over a bit, then winces. "Must have been a pretty tough alien." Aliens aren't that farfetched to him, though his only experience (that he knows of) with them was a hoax.

[capitalbackup]

It's near the end of Miyako's recovery period for her injuries from that...monster attack and her Persona awakening on that night.

She's more than well enough to walk around, which was why she found herself in Libra and saw two familiar boys.

"...Shijima, Watari?"

[hetried]

Well, it looks like now Daichi had elected to take a break, and was now chilling in the open (and empty) back end of the truck. Though when he noticed Miyako approach, he hopped off to greet her.

"Hey, Miyako! You uh... doing OK?"

[capitalbackup]

"I'm doing fine." She's totally fine. As if she didn't have a bad night lately, or have issues for the past, oh, fortnight.

"But what are you two doing?"

[thewunderkind]

"Do either of you even have basic repair knowledge or are you just winging it?"

Oh no, they now had the undivided attention of someone who, while having said knowledge about repairing, was also very probably completely insane. Not that they'd know.

Yet.

[hetried]

"Uh...."

Damn. He wouldn't have thought they'd have gotten caught on that this quick. And with this...weird, looking girl.

"Winging it?"

[thewunderkind]

"Ha! Totally called it. After all, no one would willingly block the crankcase breather pipe to drown the engine, and insert a fuel lift pump without the gasket first." She knelled closer and let out an audible gasp. "...And there's only one out of the two compression rings on top of your piston!"

Amateurs.

"Where'd you guys get a piece of scrap metal like this? It looks like it's been in worse shape than an APC meeting the megacannon end of a Giga Tank.

[belfire]

Although Kazuya lived in the Pisces district, he was prone to meandering about to the other apartment complex out of sheer boredom. He had a new job now acting as a bouncer, but that was only in the evenings. During the day, he roamed.

And his roaming took him to Daichi and Kaito sitting in front of a chewed up truck. Kazuya recognised Kaito, but as for the other one - eh, who knew. What the hell were they doing?

"Y'know, any parts you steal from that vehicle will be worth shit," Kazuya said helpfully when he walked snuck up to them, standing directly behind them.

[hetried]

Daichi likewise had no idea who this guy was, but immediately jumped from surprise when he realized someone was standing behind him and speaking, letting out a small yell of surprise and quickly whirling around to look at the guy.

"We're not stealing anything! This thing belongs to me, you know!"

[operationbox]

Io did need to do a few things in Libra, so she figured she'd stop by the apartments and...

Hang on, she knows this truck.

"Um, Daichi? Just because you can drive a truck probably doesn't mean you can fix one... Are you sure it can even be fixed after what happened to it?"

Seriously. Alien-proof weapon, yes, but the alien still exploded next to it.

[hetried]

His grand answer to a thought like that was a sheepish grin and a shrug of his shoulders.

"Sure, I don't see why not! I'm pretty sure it mostly just damaged the front and the outside anyway-- the engine's not totally wrecked, so I bet there's a way to get it to work again."

He's uh, just gonna not, answer that first accusation...

[operationbox]

"Still, it could be pretty expensive. It also won't be easy to replace a small part of the engine, if you have to."