closed | may/june catch-all

[faithfall]

Who: adrian & ??
Where: various
When: may/june
What: catch-all for june & migrated TDM threads

Warnings: N/A for now?

Comments

[longtooth]

[ A car should cost more than her motorcycle given that it's larger and can carry more people along with other supplies, yes. But Fern's instincts and street smarts are also telling her loud and clear that it shouldn't be that much more.

But Sunday is right about this much, at least. They didn't have any true way of knowing what a fair cost was, nor were they necessarily in a position to haggle given their situations. Fern had been able to do it, but she can't expect everyone else to have those same instincts.

That, and the damage is already done. ]

... Not much to be done about it now.

[ She mutters the words under her breath while Adrian thanks this Sunday. There isn't much point in dwelling further, and she can reprimand Adrian about being more careful once they've actually reached the city. For now, she takes the crowbar when it's handed over, tucking her coupon away into her pocket. ]

All right. [ She positions one end of the crowbar beneath the tire, then looks between the two of them. ] On three. [ She counts up, and as soon as she says "three," applies pressure to the crowbar, forcing the tire up and out from the spot where it was wedged. They should be able to grab it now, assuming they're not utterly hopeless. (Despite her frustration, though, she knows that Adrian isn't. As for Sunday, it remains to be seen.) ]

[catharses]

[ The reality of what's come to pass with the vehicle loan will be an unfortunate one to be stumbled across later on when it'll be apparent how correct Fern is in just how many joolies it'll take to pay even a portion of it off. But for now, it feels as attainable as any other number Sunday's glanced at upon any number of balancing sheets which contained sums he had only tangential knowledge of, and he simply nods in acknowledgement to Adrian's thanks.

The same for bracing to assist in the matter of the tire upon that countdown, and with force and luck this time the tire comes loose from where it was wedged. ]

Well. That was made much easier between the three of us since I hate to think what this would have been like had I been on my own.

[ Meaning: he'd still be here struggling with the tire, probably. Sunday won't even pretend otherwise and wouldn't have even if retrieving the tire hadn't been an ordeal. Possibly because the actual ordeal is still to come in terms of changing the tire, but: details. ]

At least we're all getting a lesson in some of the maintenance together. Shall we?

[ From here it should - hopefully - be a matter of just a few steps to complete before they're able to get going and put more of those coupons to use in the city awaiting them. ]