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[fireofunknown]

So I hear the- uh...ship thing is having some problems. And I dunno if my specific set of skills might be helpful, but back home on Earth I was a pretty damn decent metalworker.

Need to patch up the haul or anything and give me a holler. Though like the best things, I'm not exactly free.
Labor that is. Negotiations?


[Locks out Shepard;He rather keep her opinion of him nice!]


Which leads me to my next order of bzn-nus.


[Fox holds up a small 10ml glass vial and gives it a little shake.]

This my friends is a little thing called...benzo...dia-ze pine? Fuck it. It's a wonderful little vial with two very excellent purposes. Medical for if you get your ass injured out here and wanna dull the pain or I don't know- perform surgery maybe and recreational for when you want to forget your ass is here.

[He closes his fist and reopens each finger slowly to show the vial is now gone! And in his other hand. Little show magic.]

Anyhoo, I'm willing to give this vial to anyone who can find me a forge. An abandoned one, a homemade one, one that is barely holding it together-- I don't care. I want a forge.

Seems like a fair trade for something you probably ain't going to find much of around here.
Takers?

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[video]

[game_over_man]

Kiiiinky.

[This is Hudson's 'no really, do go on' face.]

If you're so damn good, why don't you barter some fuckin' horseshoes or chainmail instead of happyjuice, huh?

[video]

[fireofunknown]

Kiiiinda need the forge to make the horseshoes and chain mail there, skipper.

You're kinda new to this blacksmithing concept aren't ya? I can tell. It's okay. I almost died in a bog my first day here, we'll grade on that curve.

[video]

[game_over_man]

[Oh yeah? Oh YEAH?]

You're kinda new at the whole teamwork concept, there, pal, while we're on the subject.

Lemme break it down for you. We.[Big hand gesture, so you can't miss it.]Are stuck here [pointing at the ground] together. Last thing anyone's gonna get away with here is fuckin' over someone else, got it? Because there's nowhere to run except the crazy assholes in the domes.


[Does he have to explain why that's a terrible idea?]

[video]

[fireofunknown]

No, lemme break it down for you. Last I checked? I was the one offering to give something in exchange for a forge so I can make shit to fix the ship.

If that ain't working as a team I don't know what is.

And besides, I'm pretty sure someone could get away with it if they really really wanted.

[video]

[game_over_man]

Then what's with the bribe? Could always appeal to our, you know, camaraderie. Team spirit and all that shit.

[Hey, he's out for number one, himself, but that is exactly the opposite of giving shit away for free. For a chunk of metal.]

Yeah? You haven't met the robot sniper robot dude yet, have you? [Has Hudson mentioned that Perceptor's a robot?]

[video]

[fireofunknown]

There is a robot sniper? Lovely. No, I didn't get the memo but I shoulda guessed.

[A pause.]

People tend to react better if they think they are going to get something. I don't put much stock in the comradeship stuff, so I threw in a bone.

[video]

[game_over_man]

No shit, Sherlock. Like I'd make up some nightmare fuel like that all on my own.

[Seriously. Not really a creative guy, our Hudson.]

Yeah well you might wanna try not sounding like a street pharmacist next time. Don't sit right with some folks.

[Hudson could give a fuck, but, hey, appearances. ]

[video]

[fireofunknown]

But I am a street pharmacist.

[He laughs.]

[video]

[game_over_man]

[Well...allrighty then.]

Good to know.

[Not really.]

Planning on starting up the biz here, huh?

[video]

[fireofunknown]

Just the one. The real biz I'm fixing to set up is a metal working one, if the forge wasn't a big enough hint.

S'what I do. Making nails and patching anything that needs patching up.