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Who: Neal Caffrey & OPEN
Broadcast: The first part!
Action: Yes!
When: Video: Today. Action: Anytime this week.

video
[Neal is standing in one of the abandoned way-stations, right in front of a very thoroughly looted vending machine. There's not even half a chocolate bar left, not that he's checked.

But that's not important, because he's grinning into the camera, wearing a white shirt that's clearly tailored to him (sleeves folded up to just below his elbows), wavy hair styled back as carefully as is possible without all his usual product. He might be standing in a mess of debris, but that doesn't mean he has to match the decor.]

Hi there. I'm Neal. I didn't introduce myself before, since everything seemed to get a bit busy around here.

[He smiles, 100% friendly.]

I was wondering, though, has anyone had any more luck with these way-stations? So far, all of the machines I've found have been emptied. There's not even a pack of peanuts.

[He shrugs.]

What's the point in giving us money if we can't spend it, right?

action
[Anyone exploring the way-stations might come across Neal. He's not straying too far from the entrances, in case they're as dangerous as he knows the mysterious ship is, but his curiosity is gradually getting the better of him. He's checking out any wending machine or abandoned shop he can find, just in case something has been left behind.

Eventually he will come across a still-functioning vending machine, too. Instead of buying anything, though, he'll be crouched down next to it, hands touching the edges, trying to figure out how it works. It might even look like he's trying to get it open.

If only there was a convenient keyhole he could get a pick into.]

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[Adachi shakes Neal's hand, offering a warm grin in response.]

Tohru Adachi. I'm a security officer on the Golden.

Security? So it's your job to defend us?

[...Adachi doesn't really look like the type, but he's not going to say that.]

I'm Personnel Support on the Caprine, which, as far as I can tell, just means they make the ship bigger. Not that I mind.

Edited 2015-06-19 12:32 (UTC)

[Even though Neal doesn't say it, he can kind of guess what the subtle message is behind Neal's question. And what was with the ship comment? Was he bragging or something?]

Uh, well, I guess so? [He feigns a nervous chuckle.] I just figured I was given the job since I used to be a detective back home.

What does a "Personnel Support" do exactly?

You're a cop?

[He's usually pretty good at spotting a cop, but then, they're all a little bit out of their element and that's put Neal a little bit off his game.]

I'm not sure. [the three words are slightly dragged out.] Right now I'm just trying to locate anything we might need.

[There it was again... the way this guy asked these seemingly harmless questions... how annoying....]

Yeah, or well... I was? Space is kind of out of my jurisdiction ya know?

[Adachi chuckles awkwardly at his joke.]

I guess that means we're after the same thing. I've been trying to look around to see if I could find anything that might be useful, but so far it's just been a waste of time. There doesn't seem to be anything left on these waystations except junk and scrap metal.

[He does that. It's a habit. As a ~~reformed~~ criminal, he likes to keep track of the cops around.]

Just a bit.

[His next grin is entirely disarming. This guy looks a bit uncomfortable; he's not going to push.]

This vending machine hasn't been looted, if you wanted to have a look. There isn't much I'd call useful, but it's better than scrap metal, at least.

[Adachi turns back to eye the vending machine that Neal had been studying.]

Really? This one wasn't busted into?

[He walks around it, surveying for any signs of attempted forced entry. It certainly had seen some wear, but, sure enough, it didn't look to have been busted into.]

Seems odd for looters to just randomly skip one. Wonder why...

Maybe they missed it, or they ran out of time.

[He'll step back to let the man investigate it. He already had a look, and he's not about to resume his efforts at breaking into it in front of a cop, former or otherwise.

And it really doesn't have anything good.]

I was actually a bit worried someone might have set up some sort of scam, but I couldn't find any signs of that.

[After inspecting the machine from various angles, Adachi stands up and begins looking around their immediate surroundings.]

Think we should try and find something to bust it open with?

[Yeah, Adachi's quite the model cop...]

So you're that kind of a cop.

[But he looks pleased by that more than anything.]

Brute force isn't really my thing, though. Even if it does look like the fastest way, in this case.

[That kind of a cop? Interesting choice of words. This guy has clearly had some run-ins with the law in the past. Good thing to note. Meanwhile, Adachi cracks an eyebrow at Neal.]

Well, do you know of some other way of getting this open?