The Dorm Roof, Friday Afternoon

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Cally, with the intrepid and very necessary help of Anders, has hauled up some welding equipment to the dorm roof.

Today the Viper frame is to be re-fabricated. So, with the help of Anders (who is holding the big pieces in place, as that is probably the extent to which his skills run), Cally sets about this arduous work.

[ooc: Feel free to interrupt them.]

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"So, we get that stuff figured out tonight. Before the game. Cause no talkin' business at the card table." Cally stops herself from nodding, since that would flip down the mask and clonk Anders on the top of the head. She points over to the last bit of frame. "That's it, just hold that up over there," she motions "and we should be good for the frame."

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"Wow. That went a lot faster than I thought it would!" Anders can't help feeling pleased as he looks at the frame, even though all he did was hold stuff in place. He heads over and picks up the last piece, holding it in place just like Cally said.

"So what's next?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

If the Chief can put one together from spare parts in an episode, we can put one together from the proper pieces much faster. D'uh.

"Well, after we get that put up, it's engine time. After that, the wings, then putting the wings on, then the cockpit, and finally the plating." She flips down the mask, before flipping it back up to add. "But that's not all for today. Might even have to cut out after the frame, since we're gonna need some block and tackle to haul the engines in place."

She flips down the mask again, and goes about welding the last bit of frame.

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Yes, and I wouldn't know about any of that because I got LEFT BEHIND TO DIE ON CAPRICA and I'm NOT BITTER ABOUT IT AT ALL, NO.

Anders's eyes may just have glazed over a little bit from all this. "Right. Right. Got it. Block and tackle. Engines."

He just goes back to holding the piece in place and thinking how sexy Cally looks in a jumpsuit and welding mask.

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Cally finishes welding the bit of frame on, and sets down the welding torch, and pulls off the welding mask.

"There, should be good." Cally huffs, blowing air under her bangs. "You wanna test the frame structure and stability? I promise, it's fun."

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"Sure?" Anders rubs at the back of his neck, confused. "How are we gonna do that?"

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Cally fishes a rubber mallet out of her toolkit and hands it Anders. "Hit it. A lot. if it can't stand up to that, it isn't gonna hold up to flight." She grins.

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"Really?" Anders's eyes light up with excitement. "I can do that. Definitely. Yup."

He takes the mallet from Cally and happily wanders around the Viper frame, banging on it with abandon and quite pleased to be useful. After all, it's hitting things hard to see if they fall apart, and he's good at that sort of thing.

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"Looks like it's holding up okay." Cally smiles smugly. "We did good."

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"You did good," replies Anders, still pounding away happily. "I didn't do anything, really."

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"Oh no you don't. Just cause I did the welding doesn't mean I did more work than you." She continues smiling as Anders hammers away at the frame. "You gonna keep doing that, or is it safe for me to come over and hug you?"

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Anders stops swinging the mallet and blinks at Cally for a second. "Totally." He puts the mallet down very carefully on the ground and holds out his arms for her. "You did all the cool complicated stuff, though."

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Cally hops over and hugs Anders, mostly cause she wants to, but also partially because of how cold it is up on the roof.

"Yes, because welding it oh so complicated. I coulda taught you how and let you do it, but I kinda needed your help with the lifting and the being taller." she rubs her arms up and down Anders' back. "Okay, getting a little chilly up here, now that I'm not holding a warm welding torch."

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Anders hugs her tighter, because he's pretty cold too, but also mostly because he just likes hugging Cally. "Well, I could warm you up if you want . . . and I guess being taller and the lifty stuff is kinda useful, huh?" He smiles weakly. "We done for now up here, or what?"

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I think we are. You wanna go crash in the room for a bit, or should we get ready for the triad stuff, or what?"

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Anders looks at her hopefully. "Could go for a little snuggle time, yeah . . . besides, we gotta figure out what all you want me to go out and buy, right?"

He's conveniently ignoring the fact that they already figured that part out.

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"Right, right." Cally takes hold of Anders' hand. "foll me (http://www.livejournal.com/users/sogothcally/15903.html), then."