Your Tax Dollars At Work

[plate_builder]

WHO: Reeve Tuesti, Open
WHERE: Temba
WHAT: Road Work
WHEN: All of April
WARNINGS: N/A

For those who hate the noise of roadwork, well, they will have Reeve's pity and apology later. For now there is work to be done. And the form of that work involves a very large machine that makes a bit too much noise and hot scents. There is nothing to be done for that part.

Though anyone who wants to complain can probably talk to the man and cat standing beside it, wearing hard hats (where did Reeve get one in Mini's size), discussing plans and a map.

Or perhaps one might find them when the machine is still and quieter, where Reeve stands securely on the edge of one of the holes in the road, lowering a rope into it at a slow pace. Clearly he's intent on the work, playing out the line with a constant level of caution.

And then there's the end of the day, as the sun is growing low, and Reeve is shutting down the machine while going about and checking material levels in it. Behind it a new stretch of road cures. Every now and then Reeve looks over toward it with clear pride. Another sign of Temba being restored to something like order. It's what he's here for.

Comments

[mrsklover]

Okay, this sucks. The noise is bad enough but the real crime is far more egregious. It's still early in the morning and Richie is still waking up, but he has a job to do. He comes walking over with a coffee in hand and a grumpy look on his face.

"Alright, we're having our first fight," he announces, handing the mug over to Reeve. "Where the fuck is my hard hat?"

[crystalmaster]

"This is amazing!" Radley exclaims at the end of one day's work. "It's way past time we had decent roads here!"

He still has his dream of a Harley. Now he could actually ride one safely.

[tyrants_son]

It's a wonder what sort of machinery can be created, but then the Exos are testament to the ingenuity of an aspiring species. For a while Felwinter is content to watch Reeve and his new contraption at work. The man really does seem quite happy repairing a road.

When the machine comes to rest for a time, the warlord drifts down, landing lightly beside it to study it more closely before he looks over at Reeve.

"It looks to be going well," he observes as the man works with the rope.