Mechanics 101 [Open]

[tasted_death]

It's rather ironic that Marcus managed to stay occupied in prison, but couldn't find anything to do while he was a free cyborg man. The zombie invasion was interesting, at least-- even if it was the kind of interesting he never wanted to see ever again-- but that was over quickly. The new portions of the ship were all well and good, but there was

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[mammalrobot]

Robo did not know what the sensoriums were. No one had ever gotten around to telling or showing him how they worked, so as far as he was concerned, they were just a bunch of kinda weird, empty rooms.

His daily wanderings had brought him by the sensoriums anyway, and he noticed that one of the doors had light shining out from underneath it, so he poked his head in to see what was going on...

He had been expecting a meaty room, like every other room on this goddamn ship. He was not prepared for a garage. "Why is there a garage in here?"

[tasted_death]

"Needed something to do." Marcus says, not looking up from the engine block. Sorry, Robo, right now the car's more interesting than you are.

[mammalrobot]

"Yeah, but-"

Wait a second. Actually hearing his voice helped it click. Robo had met this man before. "Hey wait a second! I've got a bone to pick you!"

[tasted_death]

"Do I-- shit." And this would be the part where Marcus wishes he had a (non-illusionary) gun.

[notadamnangel]

There was an appreciative whistle from Dean who didn't realize somebody else was using this room.

"Not bad. You need a hand with her?" He loves his Impala, but still can appreciate other classic cars.

[tasted_death]

"If you want." Marcus says with a shrug. There doesn't seem to be anything actually wrong with the car, though...

[notadamnangel]

Dean strolled closer for a better look. He gave the engine a critical eye.

"Quick check up? Looks pretty good already."

[tasted_death]

"Something like that, yeah." Marcus says distractedly, reaching deep into the engine bay to loosen the power steering pump.