paradisalogs | So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last.

Who: Carolina and open!
What: Carolina doing maintenance on vehicles in the hangar. People dropping by. Awkward talks.
When: All day (Jan 20th)
Where: Noble Two's hangar, which Carolina has essentially taken charge of
Rating: Updated to R/NC-17 in the York and Carolina thread. Otherwise PG/PG-13 for most others.

After training and a few other things she needed to check in on, Carolina was back in the hangar, outside of her armor for the first time in a few days. While there were obvious uses for said armor, it made her current task of vehicle maintenance much more difficult. So, the Freelancer could be found in the various vehicles in the hangar, dressed in mildly civillian-esque uniform she'd worn out on the expedition, with the addition of a thicker jacket. After all, she couldn't run vehicles without proper ventilation and the only ventilation was opening the garage door a little.

She didn't plan on being bugged, but things were rarely as she planned them as of late.

(ooc: I'll slap up times below with Carolina's location/the vehicle she's working on below!)

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It'd been some time since he'd last wandered down here, but when he was quickly growing bored of the castle and wanted a more familiar change in scenery, this was the first place that came to mind. However, as he grow closer, the music was something he regarded in silent questioning before Rookie gave a couple solid knocks on the garage door and peered in.

"Hello?"

Carolina was in the process of wiping off the underside of the Mongoose when she heard Rookie's knock and call into the hangar. Carefully, she maneuvered herself out from under the vehicle and glanced over at the garage door, smiling when she caught sight of the familiar ODST armor.

"Hey Rookie," she greeted as she tossed the workshop cloth onto the seat. "Surprised to see you out here."

"Could say the same to you, ma'am."

If it hadn't been for the helmet, Carolina might have been able to see the tiny smile he gave in return as he wandered the rest of the way inside. The hangar receiving a short, sweeping glance as he did so.

"I see you've been busy."

With half a shrug, Carolina rolled the sleeves of her jacket down further toward her wrists to keep out the cold brought in with her guest. "Mostly upkeep on my part. Noble Two built almost all of the vehicles in here."

That said, the Freelancer definitely wanted to do some building of her own, if nothing else but to gain a few more specialized skills that she could possibly use out in the field. She didn't have much of a mechanic's thumb herself, though, which made upkeep about as much as she could do for now without blowing anything up.

"I know." He'll go ahead and lower the garage door halfway behind him, before moving to take a spot against one of the work benches. Idly leaning over to pick up a rag as he spoke. "Helped build a few parts for one of them, but it's good that there are a few people here who can keep them in working order."

Especially when he wasn't much of a mechanic either, so the whole blowing up thing was something he could relate to.

Carolina raised her eyebrows, looking a mite impressed. Well, then, he might be able to do a little more than her. She reached over for her own shop cloth before sitting herself side-saddle on the Mongoose.

"Don't want her and your work going to waste." She glanced around at the hangar herself. In a way, the hangar was a home away from home, without all of the magic, wishes, and impossibilities of the Castle; she was grateful to Kat for having built it, more now than ever.

He'll shrug a bit at that, curling his fingers around the rag as his other hand moved to rest on the table behind him. Sounding a little embarrassed, given he wasn't the only one who helped with some of the things here, but he was otherwise relaxed if not amused.

"Think there's quite a few people that would appreciate that, ma'am. Not just me."

Rookie will then take a second to lift the cloth up a bit, waving it back and forth to hint towards his next comment. "Would you like some help cleaning up?"

Carolina raised an eyebrow at Rookie's response, not exactly sure what he meant by that. Then again, she didn't know the numbers of people who had been in and out of the Castle over the years, and likely wouldn't really be able to until she'd spent more than a laughable three months.

"Wouldn't hurt." With a slight push, she hopped back down to the floor of the hangar. "Shouldn't be much. Didn't want to leave a mess before dinner."

And hey, he could always join her for dinner, after all. It'd give her an opportunity to get to know him better.

So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last.

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