2083/How Can I Help You

How Can I Help You
Date of Scene:	24 April 2015
Location:	Njorun Station - The Skygarden
Synopsis:	Riva catches Fayt actually not working for once. Look out for shenaniganc, awkwardness, and interpersonal relationship issues!
Cast of Characters:	319, Riva Banari

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Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    It's a fairly typical day at Njorun's Skygarden, lots of folk playing and hanging around the area. May of them union personelle taking a breather between assignments. The weather is clear and warm...

    Fayt's here, surprisingly. Namely, he's laying sprawledo ut on his back on the side of a hill, looking up at the sky. He occasionally shows up here when he needs a moment to clear his head. and betwen work, his various projects back in the workshop, and some recent events. He's likely overdue for one of those moments.

Riva Banari has posed:
Just when Fayt thought he was safe....

A sudden puff of red hair and mischevious blue eyes leans into his field of view. Riva is grinning, her ponytail hanging off the side of her head just out of range of getting in Fayt's personal space. "Hiiiiii there, Fayt!" She says. "How are you doooooooooooing~?" She asks. "Here to relax?" She asks.

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    At the sight of Riva looming over him, Fayt responds in the way any mature, responsible person would.

"GAAAAH!"

    Ok, maybe those were the wrong words to describe it. Either way, Fayt nearly jumps, quickly scooting away from Riva "HI?! Um er... hello? I'm alright? Yes? When did you get here?"

    Stoic, isn't he?

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva laughs at Fayt's flailing response, and waves to the chaos mage, smiling. "Just a minute ago! I'm exploring a bit! Haven't actually seen all of Njorun yet. Weird, huh? But there we are! And here you are!"

Riva practically skips over to Fayt, sitting down with her knees drawn up as she looks over the mage again. "I'm glad you're taking a moment to relax. Mind if I join you?" Never mind that she basically already has.

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt scoots away from Riva, jsut a little bit, as he proprs himself up on his arms. "Well I don't have much work at the moment, and the projects back home have left me a little drained so I had to stop for a bit." LEave it to fay to relax only when he's out of other options. "And.. um... ok?" He's sort of carefully watching Riva for the moment. Haveing no idea what he's gone and gotten himself into.

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva seems to be fine with staying where she is at the moment. "You know, we never really got much of a chance to talk lately." She says, gesturing. "How was the trip? Did you enjoy it? What did you and Metta do while you were there?"

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    "The Trip?" Fayt replies. "It was... nice. I did a bunch of things, mostly at Metta's inistence." He goes slightly red in the face. "She was... determined to make sure I did't hide in my room the whole time." There's an awkward pause, then. "t-thank you for the trip, by the way."

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva smiles brightly at the thanks. "No problem!" She replies. "You've had such a reputation for just working forever, but that's not good for you, man. The Union doesn't seem to care about people being super workaholics, I figure I had to fight back a little."

She shrugs, then. "Metta cares about you a lot, you know. You both are pretty great together. So what are you going to do now?"

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt frowns. "A lot of people seem to have a problem with how much I work..." There's a long pause, then he shrugs. "I'm staying here for awhile. after this I might head home to do something in the workshop. I've got a few things i'm working on."

Riva Banari has posed:
"Well, you /always/ seem to be working. And your hobby list is kind of small. That's why Metta was getting you to head out!" Riva says, chuckling. "But it's all right, I'm not going to push today. No pressure, right? So what are you working on in your workshop, hmm? Tell me about it!" She leans in, quickly trying to give Fayt a conspiratorial winkwink-nudge-nudge.

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt squeaks as Riva nudges him. "Well... there's quite a few things I'm working on. The last major thing I was dealing with was trying to makea converter so I could better use my magic on technology, namely, I've been trying to send spells through a small network I set up in my workshop."

Riva Banari has posed:
"Ooooh, a magic-technology converter? So you'd be able to what, power things on magic?" Riva thinks for a moment, rubbing her chin, before she brightens. "Oooh, ooh, or how about a floating TV? That would be awesome! OR a flying car! Man, we're in the SUPER FUTURE and I don't see flying cars, you need to do that!"

She's exuberant if nothing else, right?

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    "I'm honestly not sure what I could do." fayt replies. "I'm still sort of... trying to get a computer to recgonise what i'm thrwing ati t with out suddenly crashing on me." He lets otu a small sigh. "I also gad plans to enchant things remotely, but that's sstill ni the planning stages, plus it has a few long term problems I'd need to figure out."

Riva Banari has posed:
"So you're trying to use your magic with a computer? That's interesting. I've heard some people talk about magical computers, but you're trying to do it with normal ones? Not much luck though, huh."

Riva thinks again. "I guess you'll either need to figure out how to magic at it better, or maybe find some special equipment, but that might defeat the purpose, right?" She gestures. "As far as enchanting things remotely, what would you do with that? Someone would call in and order an enchantment and you'd like, do it over the phone?"

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    "no really? as for hte remot project? Well..."

    "You might remember that turret Kongou gave me for Christmas? the one about the size of a desk lamp?" Fayt holds one hand up off the ground to give an idea. "I thought what I might be able to use it to enchat things at a distance, namely, by using it's ammunition. I was thinking I could enchant the ammunition to pass something along to whatever it hits, but I have to do some testing first." There's a pause, then Fayt adds, awkwardly. "Plus well... if i'm going to sue a turret I'd have ot figure out how ot make the shells *not* damage what they hit." There's another awkward pause, then. "...and butter up an equipment fairy so she'd be ok with the idea."

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva giggles at the mental image. "Oh man, /enchantment artillery/. That's the best idea ever!" Riva exclaims with exuberance. Of course, Riva is known for having... dubious plans on occasion. "I hope you figure that out." She leans in towards Fayt, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "So tell me, are there /really/ fairies inside those guns? That's /so cute/!"

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt, in true Fayt fashon, leans away from Riva about as far as she leans in towards her. "Yes, there's a fairy hanging out in that turret, it's... still getting used to me, tends not to come out very often." Fayt frowns a bit. "I kinda wonder if Kongou told it what was going on before she gave me that thing. She didn't tell me about it untill several weeks later."

Riva Banari has posed:
"Oh man, that's /adorable/." Riva squeals. "I'll have to come by and say hello to them. I bet I could get them to come out and make friends!" She leans back a bit, and the gets an odd look on her face as she leans in again, watching for something. Then away. then back in. She blinks. "Oh my, Fayt, are you okay? You seem a little... nervous."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Perhaps predictably, Fayt's movements mirror Riva's, sitting back upright as she backs away, then leaning away as she leans in again, always about as far as she leans in. "Erm... I'm fine, r-really, don't worry about it!"

    Convincing Fayt, REALLY convincing.

Riva Banari has posed:
"Are you suuuuuuuuuuuure?" Riva asks, leaning really, really far forward. When Fayt looks like he's leaning back far enough, she suddenly lunges forward. "Boo!" She yells, attempting to startle Fayt into falling on his back. A moment later, Riva leans over him, poking at his nose. "You're /really/ shy, aren't you? Come on, you need to open up a little!" Riva back off and sits back down. "Come on, you can talk to me." She insists as she pulls her knees back up before her. "You already went on vacation, I'm not going to kidnap you again." she pauses. "Right now, anyway." She laughs. She's joking, right?

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt leans very, VERY far away, wobbling as he gives Riva a worried look. "Erm..."

    Then she lunges at him. "GAH!" *THUMP!*

    Fayt lays sprawled out on his back, looking just a little stunned as Riva leans in to poke his nose. There's actually a moments delay before he reacts, letting out tiny "Eep!"

    Eventually, Fayt carefully lifts his head slightly to look over at Riva, frowning slightly. "Did you have to do that?"

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva nods. "I did. you don't want to admit it, but you're heavily avoidant, Fayt. I'm actually kind of worried about you in some ways. I don't know if it's because I make you uncomfortable or it's something else."

She shrugs, not smiling so much. Looks like she's a little more serious now. "I'm kind of worried about you, Fayt, and not in the 'he's a cute guy' way."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt, blinks at Riva. Looking more than a tad confused. He doesn't say anything, doesn't do anything, just stares, for a long, awkward period of time.

    Eventually, he manages a simple reply. "Um...?"

Riva Banari has posed:
Time passes and AWKWARDNESS INTENSIFIES. Riva watches, her expression drooping a little bit as she blinks at Fayt's lack of response. "Umm..." She says, trailing off for a bit. Now Riva's being a little awkward as she reflexively curls her finger through her ponytail a bit. "I'm just saying... If you want to talk to someone... I, er, can help. If you have problems... Sharing them with people can help you work through them. It's always worked for me."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Cue another long awkward pause from Fayt. "Um... problems? Like... what problems?" Fayt's tone of voice makes it hard to tell if he's being evasive, or has NO IDEA what's going no right now. Given who wer'e dealing with? There's likely a bit of both at play, Fayt may be an expert trader and acomplished mage, but he's also kind of an AMAZING IDIOT at times. "Is... is something wrong?"

Riva Banari has posed:
"I..." Riva pauses, and then her expression falls flat, a look of confusion to match some of Fayt's settling in for a moment. "I... don't know." She admits, and she flumps a bit. "I'm really sorry, I'm being too forward." She shakes her head and runs a hand through her hair, pushing some loose bangs out of the way. "I've been doing a lot of meddling and it's becoming a habit. It's wrong of me, I'm sorry. I don't know you nearly well enough to be making assumptions like that."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayts head slowly tilts from side to side. "That's alright, I'm used to it." Which would come off as a very weird thing for someone to say, except well, with the kind of friends Fayt has...

    As she flumps however Fayt frowns. "um... Are you ok? Is something wrong?" Yes, Fayt's asking her now, go figure.

Riva Banari has posed:
And now Fayt's turned it around on her! Riva blinks again, and then smiles faintly. "Wow, you're slick. I can see why you're so good at the trading thing."

this doesn't keep her from resting her head on her knees and rocking a bit, watching Fayt, regardless. "I'm fine. Fine-ish. I've got a lot of normal-person problems, nothing I can't deal with in time. It's all you guys I'm worried about." She gestures. "The Union... Especially people like Nathan, and Psyber, and you, and Toph, and a bunch of others. You guys... Your problems don't feel like normal person problems. Not quite the same... But I want to help. I'm just trying to find ways to help. Sometimes it's working, sometimes it isn't."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    "Slick? Wait, what did I...?" Fayt looks just a tad confused, apparnetly he really does has no idea what jsut happened.

    "I um... I see? Maybe?" He frowns a bit. "I know a few people have approached me about some sort of problem I might be having, but I'm not entirally clear on what the problem is." There's a pause, before he shrugs. "I thought I was fine?"

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva sighs, shaking her head and smiling ruefully. "The first step to solving a problem is knowing what it is, they say. But I shouldn't really be judging right now. Just make sure to balance your life a little, okay? Working all the time is bad for you. Get out and do some more things, especially with Metta."

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt gives a slightly confused. "I can do that." There's an awkward pause before Fayt adds. "and I'm not simply saying that because Metta is really, REALLY insistent. I mean that. a-anyway, are you going to be ok? You need anything?"

Riva Banari has posed:
Riva laughs again at that. "Fayt, you're a darling. I came here to see you and here you are, asking if I'm okay." She shakes her head. "I'm just embarassed, Fayt. Don't worry about it, I'll get over it later, probably over something alcoholic and some ice cream." She stands, and then walks past Fayt. "Just don't forget to ask yourself what /you/ need once in a while, okay?" She leans down then, an gives him a quick, chaste peck on the forehead. "I'll see you around, okay?" She says, smiling.

Fayt Ravus (319) has posed:
    Fayt nods slowly at Riva's reply. "I see."

    Then she leans in again, moving a bit too quickly for Fayt to react, and...

    cue Fayt going red in the face, holding perfectly still. "Um.. r-r-right, See you."