[text] - backdated to January 2nd

[bashfulshifter]

I don't mean to be a nuisance, but...is anyone good with electronics, or repairing them? I could use some help fixing something I got from home.

[Okay, so maybe adding the finishing touches on a suit of fusion-powered armor is a bit beyond the typical electronics hobbyist, but in Rick's mind anyone that can successfully fiddle with a circuit board is intelligent enough to build a jetpack. Right? Isn't that how these things work?]

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[bashfulshifter]

[Rick almost doesn't catch himself. When he does, his face flushes deep red and he looks away, violently worrying his lip.]

--Y-Yeah, I--I m-mean--of c-course.

[wegotlucky]

[Neal notices, barely stopping himself from rushing to Rick's side.]

You okay?

[bashfulshifter]

H--H-Heh?

[Just...going to pretend that nothing happened. Rick lets out a quiet, nervous laugh.]

A-Ah--y-yes! I'm f-fine. S-Sorry.

[Oh god, need to change the subject, can't think of anything to say! Rick settles for awkward silence and poking at the power suit.]

[wegotlucky]

[He doesn't have a clue what that could have been about, but doesn't press.

None of his business. He follows Rick back over to the power suit, picking up a piece carefully.]

I have a bunch of old radios in my apartment back home. Fixed most of them up. I don't suppose you were given the blueprint to this?

[bashfulshifter]

[Rick flushes pink and shakes his head.]

...S-Sorry, I...I r-really should h-have. [That seems to be the main complaint from others that have come to look at the suit, it seems.] --B-But I'm g-going to, ah--a-ask the a-a-admins about it. M-Maybe n-n-next month...

[wegotlucky]

[He shrugs, giving a friendly smile, moving to pat Rick in a friendly way on the back.]

Don't sweat it.

I might only have experience fixing old radios, but if there's a way to bring this suit back to how it used to be, we'll do it.