the pleasure part, the afterthought, the missing stone in the graveyard

[attitude]

They had been real eager to help out with Faye's ship in the beginning, but as soon as it was proven for the most part that Red Tail was reliable and running smoothly, the real inquiries began.

Mostly around whether or not Faye Valentine could help bring Darrow to this level of technology.

There were a couple of options where informing the rest of the population was concerned. Faye could have easily relinquished access to her ship, giving the city engineers a chance to dig through and figure out how all of the systems and design came together to make a vehicle as sturdy as her own. Minimal work, and she'd get them off of her back in a hurry, probably with plenty of money in return.

But it wasn't an option. Like hell she was going to give them full access to her one ticket out of the place. She'd turned down the offer right then and there in the room.

Which left having Faye pull her weight as one of their team, drawing up schematics and figuring out how much it would cost to build another such ship for the city, most likely to be used either in space exploration or for the military. (Faye couldn't help but wonder if someone like herself, from outside of Darrow, would have access to the space exploration program. She couldn't see it happening.)

God, in some ways, it felt like being blackmailed all over again.

Fortunately, she didn't mind spending time blueprinting and figuring out what made her girl tick. Wearing little more than a crop top and shorts, Faye's skin was smeared with grease as she tinkered around in her ship, taking notes now and again as she worked her way from front to back. At least, she thought, they weren't pushing her beyond her limits yet.

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[sayshazam]

Billy was out on one of his rare trips as an adult. After the Mardi Gras incident he'd been a little leary to wander around looking 10-15 years older than he actually was. While he wasn't quite ready to admit those years were important or made him more mature, they sort of might contain experiences that people expected an adult to have.

But, a lot of people didn't want to give a 15 year old kid a job, so he had to look as an adult. That posed the problem though that a grown man with no work experience needed a job that worked around school hours. Basically, he was screwed either way.

Having given upt he job search as a loss, Billy decided to do something else. Ditching his suit for jeans and a t-shirt Billy decided to just... wander around. Fortunately aimless wandering could be kind of fun and he eventually found himself by a space ship.

"Whoa, this is amazing," he said, eyes lighting up at the sight of the ship.