video; forward dated to JULY 31

[technologist]

There's somethi▒▓ very wrong with engineering. [ The announcement's accompanied by a convincing visual: a view of one of the lower walkways in engineering, the rails on one side twisted. The ladder up to the next level is warped, too, cut off several feet from the landing it's meant to be attached to. One of the walls just to the right of the camera seems to buckle as the view's turned away.

The shrill sound of metal distorting and grinding wavers in and out, a steady background noise that's broken only by short bursts of static. When the camera turns to face Fitz, the lights flicker and stay dim. Very horror movie chic. ]

I can't get back to the ▒▒ive or out of the blo▒▓ hallways, and it's— [ He pauses, glancing off screen for a second. There's no clear evidence of what's got his focus, but another low whine of metal makes it easy to assume. ]

Rikku says it's the s▒▓▓ ▒▓ the last time engineering went tits up, but I haven't been able to fi▒▓ her or anyone else since it started. [ A louder crash of noise this time that begs a second of distracted silence, then a curt: ] If you get anywhere near engineering, use ex▓▒▒▒ ▒aution.

[ Then the feed stops. ]

( OOC: Replies will happen, but they may be icly delayed! Post coincides with second part of July 31 plot. )

Comments

[klutziness]

Maybe. It wouldn't be the fi▒▒t time. I guess all we can do is ░░░▒.

Have you found any▓▓▓ yet?

[technologist]

No, but comms are still working. Ob▒▒usly. Even when we've got access, though, the conditions aren't ▒▒actly ideal for getting anything done.

[ See also: walkways moving, walls shifting, etc. Not the safest working conditions. ]

I think it wants to keep us away from the engines.

[klutziness]

[just because it's challenging doesn't mean it's impossible!!!]

We usually know this place like the b▓▓▒ of our hands. If we find the ▒░░░t spot, one of us should be able to ▒▒ something.

[technologist]

Yeah, normally we k▓▓▒ it like the back of our hands. Not when it's gone all— [ There's a hand gesture to accompany this, which mostly translates to white noise on the comms. ]

Everything's all ▒░side out. You must've found some way to navigate it the last time.

[klutziness]

You'd think that. But ▓▒▒lly we all just wandered around and sort of st░▒░░ed on to things that needed fixing. Way less heroic than succeeding on some kind of que░░.

[technologist]

But you found things that ne▓▒▒▒ fixing, at least, which is a damn sight better than what we've got now. I can't remember the last time I saw a ▓▒▓▓y gear that even looked a little bit familiar.

[ That's an exaggeration. He's seen sections of engineering that look almost right, it just hasn't lasted long; and it's been impossible to get back to them. Either way, nothing's been obviously damaged, aside from the... inside out part of it. ]

[klutziness]

I know. But ▒▒at we can't do is gi▓▓ up. One of us will find something that s▓▒▓▒ms "fix me" eventually. If we don't, we'll regroup. Somehow.