Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire

[Grace.E]

"I noticed" she said with a grin, Ben watched him walk by with an amazed look on his face "amazing...just like you" Vivienne rolled her eyes "my area is not energy and lightning and all that stuff, I like soild things, technical..not that" she grinned as she finished the last bit "there..boys! this ones ready to test!"  a voice replied as a cat and a black lab came and retrived it.

[KittKat chunky~]

The service shaft was hot, almost unbearably so. Dank steam rolled down the ladder from above, the cast iron slick with condensation. Kittrevksy climbed up higher, wiping a gloved hand across his forehead. He paused, hanging precariously on the ladder by one hand, looking down the brick-lined shaft to the small patch of light below "S'like an oven in 'ere boss! Tell 'em to try n' shut off the steam at pipe 38..." He continued with his climb, while up above came the sound of hissing and rattling iron...

[Grace.E]

Vivienne and Ben followed the boys over to the testing area. while most of them quickly covered their ears, Vivienne only crossed her arms and waited as they set it up.
"Okay boys, let her rip!" Ben Commanded, the deafening sound of gunfire echoed through the air, the bullets at blinding speed where demolishing the dummy and the wall behind it. finally the test ended, Vivienne though was satisfied. throughout the whole thing neither Ben or Vivienne barely flicked an ear.
"Excellent, put it with the others" Vivienne began to walk away, out of Tigirians office, a nervous looking mouse in lab outfit was frantically looking around, he held a white handkerchief to hit black nose. Vivienne groaned "Dr. Milo Mousekewitz is here with us today..." Ben looked over and sighed heavily "lets just hope he doesn't pee his pants again" the Mouse caught sight of Vivienne and raced over "Miss. Bloom, I would like to have a word with you" he had the proper English accent, he almost tripped over parts "pardon me sir" he said to the worker, who gave him a rather nasty growl. Vivienne pretend she was busy doing something, she didn't look up as she approached the table "what is it Doctor?" she couldn't believe that this nervous, mousy...Mouse was actually a Mad Scientist. "I came here to take a look at your plans for your latest invention.." the mouse fiddled with his hat as he took it off. Vivienne still didn't look up "whats about them?"
"I would like to see them... Tigirian mentioned you were designing something extraordinary" she looked up, she could see the giddyness in his eyes along with the obvious nervousness, she looked focused back at her work
"No" her reply was simple and clipped with irritation

[Alice The Necrofox]

Patch went back to the mech that he had test fired.
"This thing is a piece of junk!" he muttered to himself, starting to rip off pieces of armor plating. He attatched wierd gizmos to the mech that he was making at his work station. It took him most of the rest of the day, but he finally stood back, his grease covered paws resting on his hips. The mech had changed. The rusting bronze plating was gone, just the guts were left. A power source glowed blue from out back and the arm was wired with hoses and everything. Energy flowed freely down the pipes and hoses, causing the end cannon to glow from the inside. He moved the mech back to the hangar bay, and wrote in chalk on the side of the mech a checklist.

Arm fixed
Cockpit fixed
accelerators added
armor reattached.

he walked back to his station at the end of the day, picking up his horn and heading for the door.

[Grace.E]

Vivienne out of the corner of her eye watched Patch move like a jumping bean all over the place. while headed out the door by the end of the day, she stopped him "Come, lets get something to eat, my treat" she gave him a grin.

[KittKat chunky~]

Steam gushed out of the broken valve, pouring like a mixture between gas and liquid down the ladder and service shaft. Kittrevsky gave the rusted metal valve a hefty whack with his wrench, the loud clang accompanied by a sudden quiet as the steam dissipated. He grinned, wiping sweat from his brow and sliding down the ladder recklessly. He reached the bottom with a thud and a cloud of brick dust, straightening up he slid the wrench back into his belt "Jobs a good 'un boss..."

The wolf nodded, slapping him on the back with one large paw "Good. That factory up top has been complainin' at me all day... Sayin' they aint got enough pressure. Well I reckons you can have the rest the day off. Just dont tell the lads, 'right kid?" Kitt grinned, nodding hurriedly and running back down the steam-filled brick tunnel, towards the exit. The wolf watched him go with a faint air of amusement, before turning and shouting at a pair of mechanics who where chatting idly....

[Goblin Cat 😸]

The days at this point had been melding together. The dragoness walked down the streets, her claws clicking against the cobblestone streets as she did so. Her living bag, Patchwork, hung on her hip limply. With all the traveling, he seemed to be falling into a state of sleep, which she didn't mind. If he needed the rest, he should have it given how much he held for her on a daily basis. She patted him, somewhat lovingly, then stopped, her glowing yellow eyes peering from the shadows that her cloak cast over her face. She noted that this side of town had seen better days with a smirk.

[Grace.E]

"its your choice though" Vivienne began to walk back out, it was lightly sprinkling but the ground was still very wet, above she heard thunder rumbling, she waved to a couple of guys, before casually looking back at Patch before continuing.

[Alice The Necrofox]

Patched walked down the street back to the bridge he was playing on before. Back in his usual spot, he started playing again, an old New Orleans ditty that he learned. A paw tapped him on the shoulder, the non mechanical one. Patch turned to see a mouse in a cap, tweed vest, and a paperboy bag.
"Patch! Hey how is it goin buddy!"
Patch grinned, seeing his old friend Henry. Both of them had gotten on the same steam boat over to London, and they had been good friends in New Orleans when they left to find their riches.
"Pretty good! I got a job finally."
Henry grinned widely. "Congratulations! I knew you would get one of these days."
They laughed and joked around on the bridge for a while

((have to go to school, i am going to continue later))

[Grace.E]

At the bakery Vivienne bought a couple buttered croissants and a Cinnamon roll. she munched happily as she went to a bridge, this was not the north Bridge, she watched the boats doing their duties...since it was later afternoon and she had nothing else to do. the clouds still didn't clear away, at least it wasn't raining.

[KittKat chunky~]

The cobbles where still slick with rain as Kittrevsky walked out of the underground steam-pipe station with the flow of other engineers. He looked skyward, noting the dark clouds that hung low over the city. Sighing, he belted up his thick overalls, slipping his bare arms into the sleeves and fastening the wide leather tool belt around his waist. Pulling his cap low over his eyes, Kitt walked out of the main crowd of workers and down to the side of the river.

The steel-grey water sloshed up against the brick sea-wall, steamboats chugging along in the centre, carrying loads of coal and iron to the city factories and steam-pipe stations. Kittrevsky jumped up onto the sea-wall, dodging the occasional spray of water as he walked along its length towards a great iron bridge that spanned the river width. He grinned, knowing just past the bridge was one of the best bakers in London...

[Goblin Cat 😸]

The rain rolled off her hood as she continued on down the city. The rain seemed indifferent to her presence as it started to pick up from spitting to actual rain. She didn't quite have an agenda, but all the same, she needed to find a place to stay for the night, and she needed to start looking now given the time of day. She finally came to a bridge, seeing a snow leopard resting on the rail and watching the boats.

[Grace.E]

Vivienne happily munched on her Croissant, the warm, butter flavor was literally to die for, out of the corner of her eye, a hooded figure was staring right at her, she raised an eyebrow and cocked her head. to her this guy was odd and out of place, instead of fear, she was fascinated. she hid her curious smile, but she looked away when she saw a boat with recognizable cargo, she frowned as she saw the finest steel, iron and among other metals, she groaned "why can't we use that instead of stinkin bronze and iron mix..."

[Alice The Necrofox]

Henry looked sadly at Patch's mechanical arm.
"You know... i still feel sad about that day..."
"What." Patch said looking down at his arm. "The day I pushed your paperboy tail out of a truck's way and it crushed my arm? Don't mention it. I needed a subject to work my mechanical expertise on anyways. Who better than myself?" he laughed. Together they sat on the bridge, Patch playing, Henry listening and commenting on when Patch played a sour note, laughing together. They really were best of friends.

[Grace.E]

in an alleyway behind a building that faced the north bridge, two  shadowy figures escaped, other furs watched curiously as they stopped and watched the figures run, the next second was a deafening bang and then a huge fire explosion that threw everyone near off balance...screams of terror as people watched with horror as the building burned....