louis the inventor king

Hn– [Smiles awkwardly, crossing his fingers high in show.] Goodness, if it works I’m gonna owe you bunches, you know!♪ Should we let it cool off first, or–? [Blinks, biting his lip for a moment before leaning forward, shifting the goggles on his face as he tries to see what the other man had done.] I, ah– I’ve never done this before, actually– it’s my first time, hmhm–♪

[There goes the grin. He’s not sure how to respond at first, and barely manages an awkward chuckle. Anything to stall and save face for a few seconds.] It’s, ah. Aha. Hm. Well— it’s a fairly, uh. [Well, none of those words form a complete sentence, but at least they are words in the English language. Louis tries again.] It’s a fairly simple repair, fortunately— aha— so not too much to, uh. To worry about. Or to see. Now we just, uh, wait for it to cool a bit and we’ll see how it works..?

*She faltered her steps, before hurrying to him again, needing to think quick of a reason of why he broke his arm.* The guys and I were having an arm wrestling competition and he didn’t think I could beat him. So… I did and… broke his arm in the process…

[He chuckles nervously, stepping back to let Gwen use the ladder.] Here you are. I may not be quite so strong as you, but I think I can sufficiently hold the base of a ladder.

Oh, I am not LOOking for ANYThing in PARTICular… Just some new Farms so that I may Learn About Their FARming TECHNIques. Do you know of any?

[Louis pointed south, chuckling.] The closest farm’s right across that bridge, there. Belongs to a man named Toy, if I’m not mistaken. Or that’s his nickname, perhaps? I’m not sure, I can’t say I know him very well myself. Might be worth having a poke around his fields, however? You might be able to learn quite a bit observationally.

I may work in the “office”, but I’m perfectly capable of doing an inspection. Heck, I’ve held an ax the moment I could, y’know. Joe’s taking care of other houses and Kurt had an injury. So, I’m filling in for him.

[He scratches the side of his head, leading the way around the side of the house toward the ladder.] He doesn’t need crutches or anything, does he?

[grins] Sure thing!

Excellent! [Beams happily.] I’ll finish my walk and pop back over with them once your shift’s over, how’s that?

[Smiles, half-amused at the scrappy man taking in the turned off machines to study.] You’re welcome to anything you find in my attic, heh– there’s a few things up there I’d be happy to get rid of. [Shakes his head.] That Funland stuff all sounds like science fiction to me, though. I thought that place was like– a theme park or something, what’s it doing with automatrons and drones?

[Sips his wine.] Hm-- [And clears his throat.] Aherm. Soil quality, water quality.. how much work it’s going to take to level an area and build on it, that sort of thing. They’re very advanced from what I can tell about them while they’re still functioning. It would be incredibly useful if I could actually keep one intact in my lab— I’d learn a great deal about Funland, I think.

Heh, right– at least you’ll have the stuff to work with when you have something to work on. [Quietly begins chopping, musing in thought for a second before adding:] Deconstruction work, though - like, on your own stuff or things people are bringing to you? [Glances over his shoulder, smirking as he pauses his chopping.] I’ve probably got a few things you could deconstruct back at home if you need more materials or ideas or whatever.

I’ll gladly take anything off your hands you care to donate to the cause, though. ♪ Taking things apart for their parts is a lot of fun. And very educational.

*She stared at him then smiled.* Louis, Louis, Louis… Since when have we carpenters ever charged for an inspection~? If we find something wrong then… we’ll charge you the cost of the repair. An inspection, though? Completely free of charge! We wouldn’t want your house to cave in from any pile up of snow and losing anything… important, right?

[Makes a realization for the second time in this conversation.] If this is official carpenter business, how come you’re here doing it all by yourself? Shouldn’t it be Joe and Kurt out here? I thought you just worked in the office?

I guess I’m gonna owe you pretty big for saving me trouble and a fire hazard! Hmhm, hm– [Blinks, picking up a spool of something and glancing over his shoulder to see what the other man was doing.] I guess I have a pretty big favor to ask of you even more than that though– [Pauses, hesitating before falling into a more sincere tone:] Please don’t tell Duke about how– how bad it was? Or– or how it happened? [Smiles nervously, looking back to the spool and trying to read the scratched up label - before walking back with the spool in his hands, and tone falling more playful again.] I’d be in very very big trouble if he were to find out, hmhm–

Here we go.. cross your fingers that this does this trick. ♪

I dunno, man. I ended up doing so much this morning that I’m just a little lost on what to do next.

Say— now that I’m thinking about it, maybe you could help me out? [He grins, excited at his new idea.] Think you’ll be spending any more time fishing, today? If I, for instance, lent you a few baits and bobbers— do you think you could give me your estimation of them?

I mean… if you are sitting when your fixing stuff all the time that kind of explains how you get so tired, sitting for too long usually makes me sleepy.

[He shrugs.] ... But then I’m up all night and tired in the morning, anyway. Ah, well. But enough about my bad habits! What’s on the agenda for the rest of Joe’s day? ♪

Goodness, I haven’t been back here before– hm? Oh– sure– [Turns his attention to the goggles, taking down a pair and turning them over in his hands - saying a small prayer for his hair and good looks before trying them on and situating them. Giggles again, smiling somewhat uncomfortably in the goggles as he follows after.] I really appreciate your help, goodness– I’d be at a loss right now if you weren’t here!♪ [Bats his eyelashes to the other man as he sidles up, hands behind his back and eyes glancing to the new, unfamiliar piece of technology the man had plugged in.] D’you do a lot of– repairs like this at home?♪

Right. [Chuckles, looking for (and finding shortly there-after) a spool of solder, setting it aside for use later.] What I’m going to do first is take this pierced wire out— and lucky you brought it when you did, as this thing is sort of a fire hazard, actually. Haha! While I’m working on this would you look on those shelves right there and see if you can find me a spool of insulated wire?