RUPTURE; Roleplay

^{JAY MONTOYA —}

^{"Looking good, Ruby! Let's give the Shatterdome a good pose." Kim ran a hand through the holographic display flickering above the console, dropping and pulling up screens with numbers that looked random to the untrained eye. "We have a few off readings from the power net in the Intercept." Kim looked back toward the Marshall and Ji-Hae.}

^{Jay tapped on the sunglasses folded up in his front jacket pocket, sticking his tongue out at Mal for a second, "The only thing cooler than being in a giant ass kicking robot is ice." He snorted, idly watching the Shatterdome floor behind Chandi. Of course he was excited to get into the Adder! But would he let anyone else know that? No. Nope. He had a persona to uphold.}

^{JAY MONTOYA—}

^{ooc; i wonder what's happening to the poor ruby :^)}

^{The Marshall leaned over Kim's shoulder, squinting at the displays, "...That doesn't look right, even for a drift rush." Estrada glanced up out the window, with a small frown, before pressing down the intercom. "Aegis. Aina. Does anything feel off to you in there?"}

^{Jay held back his snippy reply to Mal,"That's a lil'-" A spark caught his eye. The Ruby, in the seams of its thick chest plate flashed. "Is it supposed to do that?" He motioned at Ji-Hae, finally choosing to abandon his less than comfy seat.}

^{LYRICS LYRICS LYRICS —}

^{Kim nodded, fingers flicking over the screens rapidly, "Everything's alright Aina, just some unexpected lights over here-" The seams of the Ruby flashed again, and a loud kraack broke through the Shatterdome. Ruby's chest expanded suddenly, like if you pressed your fingers on tight plastic. The giant creaked and groaned, and Kim seemed to snap out of something. "Get them OUT OF THERE-" He jumped up tugging on wires behind the console, the rest of his sentence droned out by sudden commotion ripping through the command center.}

^{Jay's eyes widened at the Ruby, hesitating before spinning on his heel and booking it out of the command center. He dashed down the hallway, heading toward the elevator that reached the top of dome. If Kim couldn't get the power off, even if he could, Aina and Aegis would still be trapped in there.}

^{JAY MONTOYA —}

^{Jay scrabbled into the elevator, rethought it, and scrabbled out, darting through the metal door to the staircase. The level to the escape hatches on the Jaegers was about...five? Six? Flights up. He could uhhh. Do that. Yeah! Totally! Jay looked up the stairwell, groaning before launching up the case.}

^{The Marshall seemed to freeze in the panic, eyes darting around anxiously, before a little click. She jumped into action, helping Kim rip out the cables, while throwing out orders to whoever ran past closest. Kim glanced up at Ji-Hae, ripping another cable, maybe a little too roughly out of the console, "Can you run a full-body analysis on the Ruby? If the nuclear core is compromised we're in shit creek."}

^{JAY MONTOYA —}

^{"Fffuckk. Alright." Jay peered down the Ruby's head, hands on his knees. Christ, they needed to put escalators up here or something. The hatch, to the inside of the conn-pod had two doors, one into the pod itself, and one outside. But the uh, drop outside the hatch was pretty big. Considering the Ruby was taller than your average skyscraper. Alright. Alright, yeah. Easy peasy. Jay glanced around and kicked down the ladder attached to the catwalks above the Jaeger. It rattled down, hanging a few feet above the hatch, little to the left.}

^{JAY MONTOYA —}

^{"New? I-" Kim turned his attention on the final cord, managing to rip it out with Estrada's help, "I'd have to check the maintenance manifests." He flipped around the console, nabbing the little tablet he carried around, hurriedly tapping through files.}

^{Estrada glanced out the command center's window, hair coming loose from her bun in the frenzy. She walked over to the wall in a quick few strides, tapping the button, "Get the Ruby shut down, I want everything checked over. Twice." The various maintenance crews and engineers bustled into activity, turning attention from painting and touch ups on the other two jaegers.}

^{His foot banged on the hatch, and he sighed, sucking in his bottom lip to chew at the skin. Jay hung for a few, trying to hook his foot under the hatch's handle steadily enough to open it. "Fuckin' can't ever make this easy-" His foot slipped, and he gasped, pulling himself up on the ladder in panic. "God, today sucks."}