Liar's Den [Private Home]

[Promeleon]

The Liar's Den
Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

The Liar's den was not an inconspicuous place to hide out; nor was it a particularly inviting place, especially after the ANBU had gotten their hands on the place.  The place had never been too organized, but everything that had been associated with the inhabitants had been taken away, and the people that had been there while the owners had been arrested, had scarpered; never to see the inner walls of the base again.  The sole owner and visitor of the building now would be the newly indoctrinated shinobi of the village, Diomed Rakhsha.  Although the place seemed abandoned, after returning from his capture and the execution of the only man he had ever trusted;  he had restored the place to at least a shadow of its former glory, but so much yet remained and needed replacing; and it would happen slowly.  There was some equipment left over; which he had been thankful for; as it had cost quite a lot of money, so having something left with him was a relief.  

The door to the building was not hidden so much as hard to find, and it required a very specific knowledge of the building to discover the well crafted door.  The door was perfectly crafted with the wall, and the seam was practically invisible, and even Diomed on his drunkest nights; had been unable to find his way in.  Once one found the door and entered; the den was larger than expected.  To the left, light poured in through the smoke stained glass, segmented by the bars that protected the windows from being entered.  The windows opened, but they had been set for so long that if a person tried to open the window they would more than likely just break the latch that held it closed.  On the opposing wall from the entrance was the work desk that had once been filled with gadgets and notes and usually stacks of cash, all of which had been raided and removed.  Now the large computer screen was all that remained of the complex surveillance system they had set up to protect themselves.  The computer screen and the multiple screens set upon one another still allowed him to work on small things though, his technical work could be restarted.  

Not visible from the entrance of the room and to the right of the computers were the rooms.  The main room that was straight ahead when one turned the corner had a large desk and the large black leather chair that Diomed favoured, all of which was relatively unharmed.  The drugs and the money that had been in the desk had been confiscated, but he expected no different.  The room to the left was his own room, and the mattress that had once sat on the floor of the room had been sliced up and moved against the wall in their hunt, meaning he would need to acquire a new bed.  The clothes that were in his closet had been shuffled through, but none were damaged, if a little ruffled.  The final room opposite of his had been completely emptied, as though the ANBU had known that they were going to murder Noah all along.  The unsettling and cold feeling he felt when he entered the room quickly caused the room to have the door shut and left empty as a reminder of what he had lost in his overzealousness.  

Wiring hung from the ceiling all around as the incomplete décor revealed the inner workings of the walls that had been torn apart, leaving cables and lengths of piping visible.  They had been thorough in their work, and it had actually left the place with a more advanced vibe that Diomed enjoyed and was probably going to leave.  It had everything he required, it was private, possessed some of his tools for work, and was otherwise all his own.  Even though there was bad blood in the place; he was selfish enough to be fine with it.  

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Workplace, Superior
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 2 Stronghold Space, Craftsman Room
Effect: A Crafting Room dedicated for all kinds of Crafting other than Blacksmithing/Metalworking.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This area resembles the basic workplace, but it has finer tools and equipment. When using the area for the appropriate purpose, it grants a +20 circumstance bonus on appropriate skills checks. There may be up to 4 people working in this area.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 40,000 Ryo

Door, Secret (Pristine)
Rank: "A"
Type: Main, Room, 0 Stronghold Space, Door
Effect: Secret passages are hidden routes used for stealthy travel.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Advanced Secret Door adds a +70 against a person's Observation check to notice the Secret Door.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: +10,000 Ryo

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

Diomed sat cross legged at the base of the large computer screen, buried in his work on an old busted pair of goggles that he had found in the trash and was now trying to fix. They had been pretty busted up; and he was certain it was going to take a while to fix; but he was not in the mood to be outside; nor in the mood do anything other than take his mind off of the world for now. He hand just lost everything, and had been given what he thought was a choice, but was instead merely following orders like a dog. Liar's Den had been a perfect name for his home. The screwdriver her was using to turn a small screw slipped and stabbed into his hand, making him wince and swear, an in his anger, nearly threw the gadget across the table. The technician sighed and rubbed his tired eyes as he just let go of his anger, knowing that with such a small device, getting angry would just make the work last even longer. This was a long enough project as it was. Still working on the small item, his free hand reached out and blindly grasped at the desk for the monocle he needed for the task at hand.

When they had purchased the computers and the technical lab, he had joked that Noah was going to be the one who was working on the machines as he had been the smart one; but they had soon discovered that Diomed had a real passion for small machines and how they worked, and the desk had come in handy for him as he fixed a lot of small things. It had been a while since he had used anything here, and the fine layer of dust that rested upon the table was an obvious sign of that, but the skill with which he worked and took apart the small pair of goggles showed that he had been quite an excellent technician at one point. Swearing, he looked at the ground where the small diode had dropped and he felt around with the same dusty hand that had been searching for the monocle, which he had discovered to be cracked and broken. There was no need for him to have more shitty luck today; but he could honestly say that the universe owed him no favours anyway.

"Where is the damn thing"

His fingers deftly worked around the wiring that lay about the floor under the desk, not finding anything, and he was becoming increasingly frustrated with himself. Just when he was about to give up he felt the cold metal prick his index finger tip, and he grasped the small metal wire that extended across both sides of the small component. Breathing a sigh of relief, he brought his face closer to the gadget and tried to figure out where the hell it had come from.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+15 SP
15|125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

Diomed sighed in frustration as the small pair of goggles flickered into life for a moment then the light from the LED in the lenses went out. Obviously he was out of practice; but he had certainly given it a shot. The problem was, or at least the excuse he was giving himself, was that he had not seen the plans for this particular pair of goggles and was going off memory and hunches. Neither of which were reliable if he was to admit the truth. So here he was, talentless and with no guides, but trying his best to make a finicky and very fragile object work. It was not an amazing combination of things; but he was working on it nonetheless. Holding the goggles up in his right hand, he turned them and examined them, to see if there was anything on the outside of the pair that was altering how they worked, but it looked like he had screwed something up on the inside, and was going to have to deal with it. Twisting the bottom, he revealed the components of the gadget again.

Placing the goggles on the table in front of him, he used the soldering pen to fix a couple of disconnects he had missed on the first time around. The business was very small and tricky, and now that he had broken that stupid monocle he had been using to do the small work, it made things even harder for him to do. The many tiny components that went into these things were a bother, and for someone who was as impatient as he could get; it was a source of never-ending fury. How could someone with such talent be cursed with the need to learn about technology and the many advantages that it offered. Normally he would have relaxed and done this for hours, but the goggles were crap anyway, and he did not even need them, but he was doing this to distract him from the more personal matters that were eating him up. If there was something more entertaining he could have been working on, he would have been.

The computer made a noise and he looked up, studying it for a moment, wondering if it was worth the risk of him opening it up and experimenting on it. The thought was quickly dismissed as insane, as he was having trouble dealing with these stupid goggles, if he tried to tinker with something as complex as the surveillance system and the computer they had set up; he was going to cause far more trouble than he wanted to deal with.

[Beltran]

+5


narutoforumrp.proboards.com/thread/103073/skill-training-rolls?page=50&scrollTo=958049

+14

29/125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[29/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The wires in the ceiling looked better than when they had been tucked behind those stupid removable panels. The whole place looked far more his speed now that the 'renovations' had been done. The light from computer was the only light that allowed him to see, as the sky was pitch black, although the building next door may have blocked out any stars from being seen. Diomed lay on his back with the goggles in his hands overhead; he was fiddling with it. The damn things were working, but he had broken the lens on the left side of the goggles, and had no idea how he was going to fix that. The material the lenses were made from were beyond his scope of ability of craftsmanship. He placed them on his head and turned them on. They worked slowly; but eventually the visible display turned on fully, but the left side was fractured and the view was split in an uncomfortably awkward way that made the person wearing them stress their eye up. Groaning; he dropped them above his head and drove the balls of his palm into his eyes.

The screen beeped again and he moved his hands, in order to stare at the screen. The bottom left screen flickered and he made a considering face. If he broke the little screen; then there were still plenty of other ones to use, and he could just go out and buy a new one probably. Sitting up, his hands reached around the back of the small screen. Behind the screens there were a lot of wires and nonsense that had been all messed up in the search, but it did not take too long to unhook the wires and take the tv off. As the wires came loose, the screen blinked out, and it was ready to be worked on. The difference between the TV and the goggles he had broken, was that the TV was something he had worked on before; as he had built one as a kid from scraps, so fixing it would not take too much effort. Tossing the small TV up in one hand, he toyed with it momentarily before trying to figure out how it opened.

The plastic that surrounded the screen was easy to pop open, and the tech was revealed beneath. There were a couple of pointless things he needed to move, but the cathode tube ray was the important part. There was more than likely just some crap on the screen that was causing the discolouration and the lines, if that was right, it was an easy fix, if it wasn't? Well he would need to get out some reference books in order to check.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+11 SP
40|125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[40/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

Diomed eyed the TV in the bottom left corner suspiciously, not surprised that it was working; but not expecting it to continue working for long really. This was all to himself though, as the beautiful girl walking around his place in the nude complaining about the mess did not need to know he was anything other than perfect. The blonde was shirtless as he sat upon his leather chair with his feet upon the desk. In his hands, he was working on a remote made out of some of the excess material from projects he had been working on before the bust. Speaking of the bust; the lithe brunette sauntered into the room carrying a cup of coffee and eating an apple. He grinned and looked up from his project; adjusting the sunglasses that were resting on the bridge of his nose and bringing them to rest on his forehead. The remote in his hand was forgotten quite quickly as she moved to the chair and sat on the arm rest.

"Dio I'm bored, you said we were going out"

Turning the chair and resting the half built remote on the table; he placed his hands on her thighs; stroking the milky skin softly, making her giggle and grab his wrists.

"It's too early, how about you go put that sexy dress back on and I'll take you when I'm ready; I'm still working on this"

The nude beauty pouted and tried to kiss him; but he was already investing himself back in the remote; leaving her to go do what she was told. He turned the battery pack over and connected the wires to the circuit board that would allow the remote to work. He needed his soldering pen in order to affix it; but it was at his study in front of the computer, and if he got up now he was not going to finish working on it. That was probably a good thing, there was no reason to figure out how to make a remote if the TV was going to stop working like he still expected it to. He really did need to pick up a book, fiddling randomly with the technology in his home was not a smart way to learn how to do things. If he temporarily fixed something, he would probably mess it up and make it worse in the long run if he did not actively play it smart. Diomed always worked hard to look like he did not work hard.

Standing up; he stepped into the main room; and rested the remote on the desk in front of the computer before turning around to see the beautiful brunette exit his room with a revealing slit that showed a lot of her perfect leg, and yet still looked more elegant than indecorous. He licked his lips; it was still too early to go out; they could waste a little more time in his bedroom.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+13 SP
53|125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[53/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The remote he had been working on looked pretty good; he had expected it to work on the first try; but he had not expected to build a case that made it look as modern as it did. No one would have guessed that the small remote would control the screens at the desk, but there was no one who was allowed to touch the computers anyway. Too much sensitive information. The brunette he had been out with the night before was still in bed, he could hear her breathing from the foot of the bed as he sat, his elbows on his knees and his fingers pressed together in thought. So far he had barely scratched the surface when it came to working on these small pieces of technology, they were basic, they were uninteresting, and they were beneath a man of his skills potential. The darkness of the room swallowed him as he exited it, closing the door quietly to not wake the beautiful woman up. There was work for him to be doing.

Although it was not much, he had picked up an old textbook that explained power supplies and a lot more to do with the basics of electricity and how it worked. He knew a bit about the physics of it, he was not ignorant, and he had taught himself, but his education regarding the entire concept of technology and how it worked was lacking. Thus; he had put it upon himself to study up on it before he started working on anything else, just so he did it properly and did not design any improvised explosive devices. The book lay open on the floor next to his kneeling pillow on the ground, and he lay down on it, using the computer light to help him read, as the lights had been broken in the search, and he had no other source. The book was open to transistors, and he was ready to study up on those, which apparently were crazy important in the whole science of electronics. Who knew?

Basically the small objects allowed the current output to be greater than the input, which meant that they amplified the current in order for it to power the components within. The small pieces of tech allowed us to control a large amount of current with a small amount of current, like a valve containing a flood relief pipe on a damn.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+9 SP
62|125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[62/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The light streaming in from the windows was warm and relaxing as it shone upon the splayed out body of the Sunagakure Taijutsu master who was currently engrossed in a rather thick textbook about electronics. The light made it far easier to read than the light from the computer screen which had become injurious over long periods of time. His head rested upon the welcoming lap of a beautiful redhead who was running her slender fingers through his hair. The woman was tall, svelte and held a complexion that would be quite dangerous for her if she was exposed to the brilliant heat of the desert sun. He had so kindly done her a favour and brought her home with him for her own well being. The only problem was that with her playing with his hair; he was having a difficult time focussing on his studies, and he had read the same line about Logic Gates about nineteen times, and was getting pretty tired of the phrase "Boolean Function". He was sure it meant something, but he had not read past it to understand yet.

Placing the book page down on his chest to save his place, he guided her hands down from his hair and onto his chest, feeling her fingers run over his skin gently. Picking the book up once more he began to read, finally trying to figure out what a Boolean Function really was. It basically allowed one or more inputs to go in, where it would spit out a logical output. Maybe. How it did that he was not sure; but he surmised from the lack of detail in the book that he was going to have to believe that it was true without question. That was something he hated doing. This book was not painfully in depth, he certainly had to buy some more books later on with more information; but he would finish this one and see how he felt about it. Continuing on his reading though, he immersed himself in the information while the redhead entertained herself by watching the computer screen wearing the wireless headphones he had scraped together. They were not great, but they worked.

The headphones had used parts from the goggles he had been working on, also parts of the screen and remote he had worked on, as there were parts left all over the place after he had finished them. Having tried them himself, he was constantly annoyed by the quiet feedback that was a universal constant when any sound was to be heard, and he could focus on nothing but that when he had them on. Diomed was just glad that someone enjoyed them.

[Solus]

+5

You go to 68 SP. The exact statistical average result was rolled >.>

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[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[68/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

"Diooo"

Her whining was incessant. The blonde was not going to let her know that her voice grated on his nerves though, so he looked up from his book to look at the redhead who waited for him against the wall, her hand holding the bed sheet across her generous bust. It was tempting, but he had one hand holding a textbook open, and the other was holding a small screwdriver and was working on those wireless headphones in order to try and fix that background radiation he could hear when using them. More than likely according to him and the book, there was a connection loose in there, and just as predicted, he managed to find a frayed line that he needed to solder. Taking it apart was a precaution in order to make sure that he did not destroy any other components in the process of fixing that damaged line. Waving her off, he swore as he lost his page. Making an exasperated sound, she stormed off back into the bedroom.

Diomed was unconcerned due to the fact he had left the room not too long ago, and she expected him to focus all of his attention to her when he had better things to do. The Kaguya was trying to rebuild a broken faction; and although he was still under suspicion, since he had accepted the role as a Shinobi in the village; life had become a lot easier. Plans were constantly being formulated in his head, and equipment and gadgets were necessary for a lot of it. Tracking and surveillance in order to make sure that whenever he needed to keep tabs on their enemies, they would not have to look much further than the base of operations that he was currently residing in. Once he was ready to enact his plans, all this information he had gained towards mechanical functions would be used to help them take over. The goal was not only to restore his organization; but to take over the country.

Picking up the soldering pen, he drew the board in close and fixed the small metal bridge that had been causing the issue. It had not taken long at all; her wait would have just made this even better when he went in the room. Fixing the bridge, he took the screwdriver and quickly reassembled the headset. Standing up, he slid the long black shirt from his body and began walking towards his bedroom to take care of some other business.

[Nekomata Minh]

Hmmm...I can see what you did here. Although I would prefer to see a little more context as to "how" he does what he did to the gadget. You did a good job at telling the problem, thought process and, answer before hand. This showed your character did in fact work to figure out what was needed to be done. So...

+5 TP
1st Roll: 6
2nd Roll: 5
Total Points: +11 SP

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[79/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The heating was acting up. He knew this because of the ever present white noise of the vents that ran through the ceiling. Why on earth a building in the Village of Sand would ever have heat was beyond him, but he needed to fix it. Shirtless and with his baggy sweat pants rolled up to his knees, he felt considerable disgusted with the way he looked right now, covered in sweat and dirt from trying to fix the heater. His usually smirking visage was currently stuck in an angered grimace as he fiddled blindly with his hand barely fitting in between a lot of the mechanical parts in there. Even more retarded about the situation was that he was working live too, a stupid thing for him to do, but he really could not be bothered to go through the mess of cables and exposed metal back behind his computer, so much so that he would rather die apparently.

Every time the screwdriver got caught in some small part of the machine, he flinched, expecting a powerful bolt of electricity to wrack his body at any second, but each time he was quite relieved. Pressing his face against the warm metal, he closed his left eye and tried to see behind the metal to try and figure out what was broken. The edge of the piece of machinery dug into the flesh of his shoulder, but he pressed a little harder, trying to get in there to see it properly. There was a disconnected wire hanging loosely back there, and it looked as though it just needed to be reconnected to a system of bolts that had wires connecting to them. The Kaguya was not certain if that would fix the machine, since he had no idea how these things worked or how they were built, but it was worth a shot.

Removing his face from the wall to which his skin was stuck weakly, he dropped the screwdriver with a clatter on the metal floor and grasped the end of the insulation that coated the wire before bending the exposed portion of the wire and hooking it over one of the small screws. The rumbling hum of the heater stopped, and the warm air stopped flowing from the grille. Leaning his head against the wall he sighed and hopped off of the desk and headed towards the shower for a cold one.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+7 SP
86|125

Note: You forgot you were at 79 SP

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[86/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The screwdriver between his fingers slipped off of the stripped screw head. He was working with nothing here, there was no way he was going to be able to repair this if he could not even remove a single one of the damaged screws that were holding the damned thing together. Diomed seethed quietly to himself as he drummed his fingers on the cool metal case of the old computer. The plan had been for him to gut the computer and salvage the parts to try and get his night vision telescope working, but there was simply no luck, he was either not he first one to want to remove the parts, or this computer had been serviced so many times that it was thrown out because everything was worn down. Either way he was annoyed. It was not often he could find mechanical waste thrown out in the desert, and it was even rarer still for it to have been preserved as nicely as this one had been, with no sand in every opening.

The telescope lay on its side with the wires exposed waiting for a processor that he could hook up that would give it enough juice to use the infrared view. It did not help he did not quite understand the science of it yet, but he was fooling around with it, trying to use what he knew in order to get it working before he read the book and learned how to do it. Diomed preferred his more ineffectual method of getting it wrong until it finally worked, so that he could remember specifically what not to do in the situation next time. He sighed and pushed the screwdriver on the cold metallic floor with his index finger, listening to the tapping as the edges clicked against the metal floor. Was it really worth all his time to learn how to make these stupid things? The telescope had been a silly idea, and he did not even know why and if he would use it.

Diomed could not help but feel that maybe his talents were best used somewhere else. The allure of building these gadgets with his own hands was too alluring, and having the ability to know how most things worked at a glance. His youth and enthusiasm could not be crushed by such a minor set back. Picking up the screwdriver, he closed his left eye and squinted, trying to angle the screwdriver and get it to catch on anything.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+6 SP
92|125

[Promeleon]

Technician
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to create complicated clockwork or gadgets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill is used in the construction of Technical fantastic machines, and it includes the mechanical principles involved in clockwork operation. Engineers, machinists, and technicians use this skill to create clockwork devices. To put together or build a Gadget the user must purchase plans. Purchasing plans is half the price of the item's base cost (A base item that costs 10,000 Ryo will have plans that cost 5,000 Ryo. If an Item is rare (requires a die roll before finding said item) the die roll to purchase the plans is half than normal (Purchasing an item that has a 30% chance of finding will have a 15% chance of finding the plans to purchase). Look in the Artisan Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[92/125] [Able Learner (2 Die)]
[-/5]

The head of the screwdriver must have caught an edge, because his grip had to tighten in order to keep it from falling out of his hand. Having finally succeeded at getting it to turn, he did so carefully, not turning his wrist too hard so that the tool would not slip out of the groove that he found. As the screw slowly became loose, he picked at it with his left hand; managing to pull it out and allow the old beige computer case to be lifted off. The parts within were revealed to him, and all that he had hoped he would have find was not there. Slumping back against the wall, he rounded his shoulders and his head hung limply, there was not enough parts here for him to cannibalize for the telescope and he was going to either have to buy some or use the parts from his computer, which he refused to do. The screwdriver rolled over slowly on the floor as he let it slip from his hand.

Diomed eyed the insides to make sure that he had not missed anything, but the components of this machine were so old and worn that they would barely run a calculator. Who was just throwing this out now? Well, he was he supposed, he had probably fished it from the garbage of someone who was also looking for parts. There was no doubt he could probably invest in a merchant somewhere to bring him parts for his entertainment, but there were not too many merchants that were willing to deal in mechanical scrap in the desert, it was too easy for the raiders to descend upon them and take those parts for their own uses. He grumbled, knowing that yet another project was going to be laying lifelessly useless for a while until he found a source of parts to mess around with. Grasping the screwdriver, the blonde stood up and placed it on the desk that the screens were built atop, and replaced it within his palm for the book.

The pages of it were dog-eared and many things had been highlighted, scribbled out or annotated elsewhere in the book by him, but each of those edits or additions were done in order to aid him in his progress, as his learning style was not maximized by just reading words in a book, he had to be involved.