Rosespanner Workshop Fixer Gregor/Identity Story

Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue

??? ???	Khagh!
	Sounds of a chainsaw rumbling and roaring.
??? ???	Ugh...
	Sounds of a person's limbs being cut, hurried footsteps making an escape, and another pair of feet following them.
	This is how the child's outdoor work always looks. He takes care of wet jobs for his office, and goes on to handle the next one.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	Bah... Why is this thing so sluggish now?
??? ???	H—Help-
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	Oh, there we go.
	...Doesn't look like a scene too pleasing to keep watching, right?

Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	Here, mister~ A coffee for you.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	Well, I'll be... Thanks a bunch!
	Once he returns to the office after a hard day at work, the child always does the same thing in the same spot.
	Holding a cup of cheap instant coffee in one hand, he smokes cigarettes until his fatigue yields and goes away.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	No creamer, huh? You really care...
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	I've been making coffee for you for months now, how can I forget what you don't want?
	Chatting up, the employee who brought the coffee to the child lit their own cigarette.
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	Done with today's work?
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	No... Leeet's see.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	I got two jobs done at once earlier today, so... There'll be some rest for me if I handle one early in the morning and one at daybreak.
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	Oh my... Are you sure you don't need to take it easy?
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	Eh... I gotta work hard to earn a lot. There's a fella who works overtime everyday, too, no?
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	At least he mostly does paperwork...
	'Fwhuu', the child exhales cigarette smoke, making a bitter smile.
	As the employee said, the child was aware that fatigue was wearing his body down with each passing day. He's human, after all.
	But, the child has a dream.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	If I'm gonna make a machine that Tres will approve... it'll cost a fortune.
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	You're still at it, mister?
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	'Course I am, bud~ Can't stay in this vicious workshop 'til I die, now can I.
Rosespanner Workshop Gregor	Gotta make my own workshop product and stand on my own. Isn't that right?
	The child shook his arm with the coffee a little.
	Sometimes, it's a chainsaw. Sometimes a dagger, and other times, a flamethrower. That arm was 'his own machine' the child has been preparing.
	Though the child has been working himself to the bones as he didn't have the funds to apply for an approval or mass-produce the arm, he felt he was still fortunate.
	If even the gear he's been tinkering with all by himself required an approval, he'd have had to forfeit his dream.
Rosespanner Workshop Kind Employee	...Alright. Stay safe out there. You know you're the one that keeps our office running, right, mister?
	The child would only snuff out his cigarette with a snicker.
	He had no need to answer. Whether it was true or not, it didn't change the fact that it was time for him to get busy.

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