Blueprints 007: Solving practical problems.

[hardhat_truckie]

Backdated to the start of the powercuts

(When Engie hears the broadcast and feels the cold, he's decided he's had enough. There was no way in Hell that he is going to let the town win one over him this time around.)

Action: 1450 Mitchell Road and around, soon after the broadcast.(If you catch him in the house, you might find him dismantling the

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around town

[heartmaestro]

[SHE happens to be walking around town in her bare feet, dragging her violin case behind her like a load of dead weight.]

Mister...Engineer?

[hardhat_truckie]

(When he hears his name being called out, he turns around excitedly; maybe it was all fake, that everyone of those that he cared about on that list hadn't disappeared. But the sight of Kotomi's duplicate crushes his hope. His head drops, but he's born and bred to be a gentleman, so he replies to her.)

Mornin' Miss Kotomi.

(He knows she's not real but...maybe she'd been droned. Maybe this fake would turn back into her some day.)

[heartmaestro]

[The smallest light of hope creeps into her eyes.]

Y-You know it's me? Oh, hooray...I-I thought...everyone would...think I had been replaced...

[hardhat_truckie]

Y-yeah...

(His voice shakes; why did all the replacements have to claim that they were the ones who had been replaced? It just made things so much harder...)

[hardhat_truckie]

(Well, the illusive BLU Spy finally speaks. Engie's eyes narrow and his grip on the receiver tightens slightly.)

Nice ta hear from ya Spah.

If ya don't wanna come over, then that's fine with me. But I'd rather hear what the rest of your team thinks than bank it all on your opinion.

[hardhat_truckie]

Har-di har har, Frenchie. Very funny.

phone!

[glowing_science]

I could use one, yes. Engineering isn't really my area, and burning wood only goes so far in creating heat.

[hardhat_truckie]

Gotcha. I'm gonna need a car battery though, do ya have one? Ya can strip it from the cars they gave us in this town.

[glowing_science]

Oh, I can procure that easily. [Go to car, remove battery.]

The rest, I'll leave to you.

[hardhat_truckie]

Sure thing. Just come over with it, and I'll get crackin'. I stay at 1450 Mitchell Road.

Home

[getsciencedone]

[GLaDOS is taking apart a toaster.]

What are you doing now?

[hardhat_truckie]

(Engie's dismantling the oven to get at the parts he needed.)

Building us a heater. I know the town's got lil energy, but I think I can make us a power source ta last.

[getsciencedone]

I'm working on something now.

[hardhat_truckie]

Do ya need any parts for it? Jus' askin' so I can git an idea of how many I can use for the heater.

filtered

[ooeeooahah]

We're okay for now, as long as the supplies hold out.

[hardhat_truckie]

That's good ta hear, but if ya need anythin' you know who to call. This winter looks right mean, an' my home is always open ta ya Doc.

[ooeeooahah]

Let me know if y'all need anything in supplies, as well.

[hardhat_truckie]

Much obliged, but I think we're OK here. Only two of us in the house who need food, and the lady doesn't eat much. I'm more worried about the cold; any idea how long this will last?)