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[She looks like hell thanks to exhaustion, but she figures that adding another project to the pile is exactly what she needs to keep from going crazy. So she reaches out to the network at large, hoping other people are listening and are open to working together.]

My name is Karen Page.

[There's a pause as she tries to figure out the best way to address her concern.]

I know none of us were expecting to be here for long, but the fact is there's no telling when we'll be able to go back home. There may not even be a home to go back to. I know people have discussed working on the fabricators, but is anyone considering the best way to repair the pool? It can't be sanitary to just leave the water in the condition it's in now.

I've been drawing up ideas, but I know this is something better worked on in a group.

[Really, she just wants a way to meet more people and figures this is a way to do that and be productive at the same time.]

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The pool?

[ Look, he's all for fixing the pool. But he also feels like it would have been a suggestion of his, probably shot down by someone smarter because his reason would have been "for fun, don't you remember what fun is?" (To which the answer would likely be "no, now shut up.")

So he has to make sure that's what she said. It could be too good to be true, after all. ]

You'd probably have to start by draining it, right?

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Yeah, the pool. I know it doesn't sound as important as the fabricators, but it needs to be fixed too.

[Karen's all for using it for fun, but she's also thinking of it from a stagnant and disgusting water point of view. Basically, whatever anyone's reason is for wanting it done, she's just grateful to have a project to bury herself in. She isn't sure if he's questioning her on it because he thinks the idea is stupid or he's intrigued.]

Draining it's a good first step, but we need to figure out if the filtration system is working. If not, we'll need to find a way to repair it. And then there's the matter of finding enough water to fill up an entire pool out in the middle of space.

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There's probably too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to the big stuff, anyway.

[ There's a pause as he considers the rest of her thought process. Normally they'd just re-fill it with its own water, once cleaned. That tends to be how most of space works—and he fondly remembers finding that out as a young kid, learning that even waste was re-used. Really, really he doesn't want to mention that. ]

I haven't looked too closely but the filters should be accessible without going into the water, right?

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[This is probably the part where she should admit she has no real experience with any of this. But nah, she's gonna fake it until she makes it.]

We can go take a look at it together and see. I want to say the filters should be, but I can't make any promises. There must be a way to access it from the side of the pool though.

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[ Well, he's not a mechanic. He's not a complete waste at mechanical things, at least, so it wouldn't hurt.

This is going to come to a head when they both have no idea what to do with a pool filter aside from "it goes into that slot probably." ]

Sure. It's not like I have any pressing appointments here.

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[This is a plan that in no way can backfire and go wrong. Nope.]

I'm on my way there now. I'll be sure not to mess around with anything until you get there. Do you have a lot of experience working with things like this?

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Pools, not so much.

[ Quill is too, walking as he talks. Definitely feeling like he looks like a guy in the CIA, looking important with his wrist raised to his face and like he has somewhere more important to be than a grungy pool.

He's in an ugly jumpsuit, so the effect is lost outside of his own head. ]

It can't be much hard than flying a space ship, right?

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[Wait a second.]

You can fly space ships?

[She really needs to work on her whole finding escape pod thing she had been focusing on her first day here. Maybe this guy can help with that.]

I think you just became my new best friend.

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[ DON'T FEED HIS EGO. ]

Oh, you know. I've been known to expertly fly a little thing or two. [ He can almost hear the groans from his crew. ] You kinda need to, in my section of the galaxy.

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[Oh, she'll feed it completely unintentionally. She's fascinated by the whole flying space ships thing.]

It would be nice if you could show me just how good you are at it. But since we're stranded here, I think stories over drinks would be a good substitute.

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[ Why this. ]

That sounds like a better plan than a pool filter.

[ He's joking.

Mostly. ]