weathervain | [Voice, mostly]

[No two ways about it, the weather's getting colder. It's got to the point it's very seriously unattractive to go riverdiving, okay. And it's been a month, and she's still here and that sucks, so... time to actually make decisions like she's going to be stuck here for a while.]

[Voice | Locked from Rubber Captains Everywhere]

[Okay, so it's only like a 20% filter, but it's Luffy. She doesn't need more than that.]

Is there anyone in town who could help me out with some plumbing installation at the mikan grove? I don't have running water up where I live and it's kind of getting cold, so...

...ah, I could pay you in fruit. There's a lot of it and it's getting pretty ripe now. Or we can work something else out.

Oh, speaking of which, I know this place has got harvested every year by...uh... me. I guess. It's getting around that time of the year. I'd appreciate it if anyone would be willing to give me a hand, say, first Saturday in November? There's like a shed up here with baskets and everything, so just... bring yourselves, I guess.

[This feels weird. She'll leave it there.]

Anyway, thanks.

[Not a lot of action to be had today ~~that sounds dirty~~ because Nami is avoiding the village itself due to certain new arrivals, gosh. GOOD THING HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ORCHARD, RIGHT.

But yes, she'll be up in the farmlands if anyone is actually around or wants to pay a visit.]

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[Yes he is. And he's still very conscious of it whenever he meets new people.]

Hi. Can I... see your bathroom?

[So awkward.]

[If it helps, after a few seconds of staring (...he isn't wearing clothes 8|) Nami shakes her head. Not exactly polite to stare. He probably comes from a world where everyone's green and naked, WHO KNOWS.]

Yeah! Come on in. [She opens the door wide.] It's just across from the kitchen, this way.

[He doesn't want to talk about it right now anyway.]

[Don follows Nami to the bathroom, glancing around the house as he goes.]

So, do you like living out here?

So far. It's a bit dark at night, I guess, but it's away from the village, and I love the orchard. [She opens the door on a reasonably small bathroom, but it still manages to have a shower over a bath.]

My best guess is whoever was building never got around to finishing it. There's pipes and things set up, I think...? But no actual water.

No water...? [Do you perhaps have real functioning pipes, and not magical pipes like the houses in the village have?]

[Excuse him while he pokes at the wall around your faucets.]

None. I've been bringing water up from the river by bucket. Which admittedly isn't that hard, but I can't heat it all that effectively. [Given the river runs right past a corner of her orchard. There are actually pipes, because the cottage was built in a normal fashion. Just never got around to connecting it down to a water supply, alas.]

Excellent. [A REAL PLUMBING JOB, HE IS SO HAPPY.] Do you know where the pipes come into the house?

Um... no idea, sorry. I just assumed they were connected in here somehow...

[Not so good at this maintenance handyman thing.]

I'll figure it out. [He cracks his knuckles and leans over the edge of the tub.] Do you have self-healing walls here?

Afraid not. [She'd tested that herself with just a little chipping. It makes her feel better about the place, quite honestly.] But as long as you're not causing great holes to the outside world, a little damage is worth the hot water. I can get it fixed up afterward.

...is there anything I can do to help?

It's a good thing, actually. This is going to take more than one day, and re-opening the walls every morning is a real pain in the shell.

Let me take a look at your plumbing, and then we'll see what needs to be done and how we can divide the work. [Wait.] - You don't have any special powers, do you?

'fraid not. Not unless you considering pickpocketing a special power.

Definitely handy, but not usually in the domain of bathroom repair. Give me a few minutes?

[She snickers at that.]

Sure. I'll go grab a drink.

...you want one for when you're done?

Just some water, thanks.

[And with that, he will get to the business at hand: tearing open this wall.]

[She can't help but cringe at the sound, but meh. It has to be done. As long as he knows what he's doing.

She'll wait until all the noise has died down though to bring him back a bottle of water. She brings drinkable stuff from the store, at least.]

[Don is halfway into the wall with a penlight when Nami comes back, but he manages to extricate himself and take the bottle.]

Do you have a basement?

Not as such. I know there's a little crawlspace under there, but that's about it. You need to get under it?

{Can he fit with that shell... she wonders.]

I think your pipes go down there.

[Show him where it is and you'll find out.]

Oh, okay. Well, come outside. There's an entry way outside in the guttering. Though it is pretty tight in there. [Just warning ahead of time. She backs out and heads for the door.]

[Noted. Don follows Nami to the crawlspace entry. It does look small, but he's not about to let that stop him.]

[Nami unlatches the bit of sideboard that leads underneath the cottage. There's enough height in there for an average human being to crawl, so Don may be a little uncomfortable in there. But at least the crawlspace is pretty wide.]

What do you think?

[Ninja-crawling is go. It's not easy, but with determination and maybe a little surreptitious digging, Don manages to get himself down to where the pipes are.]

Mm. It looks like your pipes are sunk into groundwater - a well, essentially - but no one installed a pump to force the water up into the house. [He starts crawling back out.] You'll want a water heater, too.

[There is an implied "I can fix this".]

I will definitely want a water heater. [The smile on her face grows hopefully. This doens't sound like it'll be a problem.] So how long will it take? It's doable?

Very doable. A few days.

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