Missed It By That Much

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On the way to the refectory she stumbled over a badly damaged skutter. She grumbled as the thing sparked and waved it's clawed head at her.
"I'm sorry..." She said, backing away from the dangerous machine.
It gestured and limped after her.
"Look, leave me alone, I said I was sorry. I'll get Alex to take a look at you if you want?" She said, attempting to placate the agitated Skutter.
It waggled and sparked, bobbing in a brokenly excited way.
"Alright... Wait here or something..." Jade said, entering the refectory.
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Skutter 86 waited in the hallway hoping Dr. Black would come back with Alex but after a while it grew impatient and stuck again. Skutter 86 began having trouble with it guidance system and had trouble sitting still and getting free. After some trial and error it managed to regain some control as it was Alex and Evelina walk down a nearby corridor.

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Suddenly, after all the confusion, Jade remembered her mission to talk to Alex.
"Alex?! I need to...." She was too late however as Eve was dragging the unwilling engineer off somewhere. At least the woman seemed to have purpose now, she wasn't weeping over Jaxx. Alex gave her a pleading look over his shoulder as if asking for help. Jade shrugged back and shook her head, thinking how best to tackle the situation.
"Can I help?" Jade leapt out of her skin as Jamie tapped her on the shoulder.
"Gah!" She managed a strangled gasp of surprise and whipped around, breaking her away from her silent conversation with Solvay.
"What?!" Jamie said, flinching himself in his social ineptitude.
"Nothing, you made me jump." She eyed Jamie for a second. "Actually, maybe you can help... How is your Skutter maintenance?" She queried to the engineer.
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Skutter 86 became agitated as it waved at Alex and Evelina only to be ignored. Skutter 86 then tried to follow them but had trouble moving correctly as it drove like a student driver for the first time. Then after some trial and error it slowly trudged after Alex and Evelina from a far distance hoping it could eventually catch up to them.

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