The "Rogue Mobile" might not be impressive by any estimation. Even if the blue Beetle was at least matching in color, if not shade, now it still didn't seem at all impressive. But it was what Circe had to work with for right now as far as driving was concerned. If she was going to use it at all for work, or as a backup escape ride, she needed it to be way, way, significantly way less pathetic.
Sure, it couldn't haul much but once she recreated her old setup for smuggling that wouldn't matter. Hollows were brilliant for smuggling, turning any vehicle into a clown car. But she couldn't do that yet. She needed time, reputation, resources, and a lot of other stuff before she could do it.
For now, she'd do what she could with what she had. Work may be small time with her having to respect small fishes, but she was making some coin. And making some connections too. She didn't know if the garage was a front or if the beef cakes had gone legit at some point but they were a contact.
Plus, she'd been able to afford the parts she needed from the guys. No way were they going to respect Circe for her tiny car, but they might respect her for working on it. Considering how cheap it was to improve the engine, she might just tool it up for fun. Replacing a handful of engine parts to give a minor speed increase?
Sounded easy to Circe! Even with just a multi-tool it shouldn't be that hard, right?
1st day
Date | | Action | | Roll | | Result | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [03] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 3, 5, 3, 2 | | failure | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [02] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 7, 10, 1, 7, 9 | | 2 successes | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [01] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 5, 6, 1, 6 | | failure | |
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Six hours of work and Circe had to call it a night. This was a lot harder then she expected. She'd hit it in the morning or some shit like that.
2nd day
Date | | Action | | Roll | | Result | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [07] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 2, 2, 10, 5, 9 | | 2 successes | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [06] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 3, 3, 1, 9 | | 1 success | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [05] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 3, 2, 6, 6 | | failure | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [04] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 6, 8, 2, 8 | | 2 successes | |
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Circe was cursing in Italian after 4 hours of working on the Volkswagen for a second day. She was less then thrilled. She gave it four more hours that day before giving up in frustration. Maybe she'd try again tomorrow.
3rd day
Date | | Action | | Roll | | Result | |
2017-05-13 20:09:49 | | [08] Circe rolls 4 to Int + Craft + Tools (10 Again) | | 3, 10, 9, 9, 10, 3 | | 4 successes | |
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Circe finally finished swapping out the parts. She was proud until she recalled: it took her three days to do this and it was still a Volkswagen Beetle.
She'd spent three days on this project and felt less then happy. "Okay...okay, not doing this again without a garage. And a car worth tooling up. And knowing more about what I'm doing...fanculo, this was a waste of money."
ooc: vehicle upgrade RAR in Armory: first speed upgrade parts cost the vehicle's cost minus 1 or 1 Resources, whichever is higher. Subcompact cost 1, so upgrades are also 1. Truth in Television: mechanics often practice upgrades on them because its cheap and easy.