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Want me to have a look?

[She's staring under the hood of her car, which has stopped running.]

Oh, I- um. I've made a few mods so I'm not sure if you could fix it. I might have to take the entire engine apart and put it back together.

I don't know, man. Ever repair a nonfunctional rover before?

[ Trying to re-start his speedboat, cursing in frustration. "Damned Orc-ish device!" A friend loaned it to him, and he has to get it back to the friend, today. Curufin is an escapee from the Tolkeinverse, trying to live in this very different world and era. He is a pretty good sailor, but he cannot fathom the internal combustion engine. At this moment, he thinks it must be an invention of the Dark Lord. ]

[ Looks up ] What?...oh, gladly. Do you know anything about these hellish machines?

Oh nonsense. Me and my sonic screwdriver can fix anything. [he presses closer to the car, peaking under the hood]

Well, no. But it can't be all that hard can it? [He moves over to the device to have a look.]

[She really didn't want him to look at her car. She's trying to turn it into a time machine, and is just a few misplaced wires and bolts from achieving her goal.]

It's a learning process. So, if I can just get back to it- no, you can help me with my new bookcase! I can use an extra screwdriver for that. I'm always misplacing my tools.

...I think it could. It's been sitting on the surface of Mars for decades. But, who knows. It might have just gotten too cold to keep going.

Yeah, I can fix it no problem. [uses his sonic screwdriver and only a few minutes later it's working like it should]

Janie, what are you making here? [Yeah he can see what she's doing but he wants to hear her admit it before he helps her fix it.]

[never the less he pokes and prods at it and in a couple minutes it sputters to life]

Hello there, that got it. It should work pretty good now.

I, uh. Well, I thought I could, um. Look, you won't be able to stop me. I'll just get another car and start again. The plans are right here in my head so this time machine is - oops.

[ Scratching his head, watching. Hasn't got any idea what the Doctor just did, so knows he will not be able to repeat the performance, but what the hell. He'll get the boat back before dark and won't take it out again until he has learned something about these modern devices from the boat's owner. The ease with which this man has solved the problem is actually rather inspiring. It can be done. ]

Whoever you are, I owe you many thanks!

Edited 2015-10-25 02:45 (UTC)

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