DAY 19 MONTH JELLY

[sciencegirl]

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[Entrapta plants herself in front of the screen, holding eight tools at once in various locks of hair with her protective bug-mask pushed up on her head. She's got gloves now and her orange hoodie is accompanied by a purple shirt (she traded for one early on). Because she's the height of fashion, obviously.]

Hiiii! I know there are some very competent builders and makers out there. I'm still finalizing my chores robot-

[Two little robot clampers reach into the bottom of the screen. They make little 'grabby' motions, then withdraw.]

-Everyone, say hi to Sandra! Sandra, beep hi to everyone.

[Sandra beeps. That probably means 'hello'.]

I collected some data from the last stop we were at, thanks to both on-site observations and salvaged scrap, and I've started to get a better handle on hard-light technology! Think of all the applications! We could make temporary protective shields when you don't have someone with those abilities around. Or even drones that can carry a holographic generator into a place where you wouldn't normally be able to access, and you could work on something through a VR headset. Or you could generate an illusion to hide a location while you rest and plan! And that's just a few examples. The potential for mobile field generators is endless.

But I need some help working out some of the missing information. Some of you even have your own version of that technology or have ways to adapt it to be compatible with magic.

[The links two tools together, because that's the way to symbolize compatibility here one would guess.]

I also wanted to ask some of the fighters what they'd want out of practice, if I were, say, to build something with very specific specs. I was talking to someone about that sort of thing and she's not wrong about training resources.

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[subcircuits]

[Oh, how delighted he looks. About the mental image of the robot hurling socks? About getting to sit down and talk tech with this inventor he admires so much?

Well, por que no los dos, eh?]

I'll come find you there a little later, then!

[sciencegirl]

Please do!

[She's got all kinds of ideas to discuss. Especially this drone and hard light tech.]

I even saved you some of the hologram emitters! I figured you'd be able to tell me more if you had some expendable ones.

[subcircuits]

[Devero gasps, delighted.] Oh Entrapta, you're so good to me.

[From someone else that comment might have been over-the-top, but Devero... really means it, actually. He's genuinely touched.]

[sciencegirl]

[She believes him, because she knows she'd get equally excited over robot parts. She did when she got here, even.]

Can't wait to hear all about those drones. I'm glad that the train has so much time between missions.

[subcircuits]

It certainly gives us plenty of time to get stuff done, even if it doesn't really give us much of anything else we'd need.

[Like supplies, or equipment, or a suitable space to work, or a reasonable level of technology to start from, or--]