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[steamologist]

You wouldn't believe how long it's been since I had a proper beer. Or saw a taxi. Or used a working telephone. Or any of that everyday shite everyone takes for granted until the world ends and everything's gone.

Still not used to all the bloody electricity. I want my fucking flying steam-bike back.

[ She's tipping an empty bottle of beer (one of

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[lastsonofmars]

Psychic up the parts? I would be curious as to how one would do that.

Nonetheless, I would also be willing to help. My name's J'onn.

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[steamologist]

What's the fucking technical term? Telekinesis? [ She waves her hand dismissively. ] It'd probably take about as much effort as wiping my bum. Once you've ended the world, everything else is easy.

[ A pause. Then just a little more mildly: ]

I'm K.K.

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[lastsonofmars]

Seems like with a talent that large, you might be able to make the parts. Perhaps a facility that needs a good mechanic would be willing to provide them in trade for some work that doesn't require someone to be close to do it.

Telekinesis is a rather useful thing.

Name's J'onn. A pleasure to meet you, K.K..

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[lordofthundera]

I know how it is having to rebuild things from the ground up.

It sounds like this place might be good to you.

I'm afraid I might not know the parts you need, but I will help you any way I can.

[steamologist]

It's all up here. [ She taps her head. ] Just need to tell all the parts where to put themselves. It is nice, once in a while, this psychic shite.

[lordofthundera]

So you can move things with your mind. What an impressive ability!

[steamologist]

Yeah. Well. That's just the small stuff.

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[oedipilot]

Your world ended?

[voice]

[steamologist]

Yeah. [ A bit flatly: ] It was real bloody party.

[voice]

[oedipilot]

If it's, um, not too hard for you to talk about...do you mind if I ask what happened?

[voice]

[steamologist]

We busted a hole in the world and it flooded. People died. The end.

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[sciencething]

Your world ended while you still were alive? How did you survive? What year was it?

Some say mine "ended" a few hundred years ago, but considering that the human race is still around? I'd say it's pretty inaccurate. But I'm rather curious about other worlds, so. Yeah.

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[steamologist]

The world ended on account of me and the others breaking it. We survived on dumb fucking luck, probably. Being unkillable might've helped.

Still some pockets of survivors around. We look after the ones in Whitechapel.

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[sciencething]

Aren't those survivors, you know, furious with you and those others who "broke it"? I'd like to think that humanity is willing to forgive and forget, but when it comes to being personally connected to ruining everything, I doubt that there aren't at least a few who would want your head.

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[steamologist]

Don't think everyone's clear on the details of what happened. Or cares anymore. They just want to survive. And they know there's fresh water, food, and protection in FreakAngels territory.

[meowminx]

If you can build a flying bike, probably won't have much trouble finding work.

[steamologist]

What, like a proper job? Can't even remember what that's like, really.

[meowminx]

I said work, not a proper job. Not a fan of the latter.

[steamologist]

What sort of work then? You mean this superhero shite?