Reckless Abandon [OPEN]

[Emmett Coupland]

Without the warm weather on her side, Emmett kept both the garage doors closed, trapping out the bitter winter that just refused to go away. Above her was a lifted car as the Canadian laid flat on her back, the only item between herself and the concrete floor was a lay down creeper, making it easier to wheel out from under a car.

Could she have lifted it higher? Of course, but the short girl found comfort in being lower to the ground. Flexibility made the small space easier to work in for her particular build.

But it also made it significantly harder to hear anyone coming her way. In the waiting room, she positioned a small sign in clear sight: Buzzer broken. Just yell or something. - E. It was effective, right?

No, not really. Because a blasting music provided it to be pretty much impossible to hear anyone yelling. Emmett preferred a beat to work to; a loud beat at that. Converse clad feet tapped to the rhythm of Blink-182, a hand sticking out from under the vehicle to grab the next wrench she needed, oblivious to anyone that might have entered.

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia grunted as her radio turned off, and everything started to flash on and off, and she was starting to slow down. “Great…” She muttered as she pulled into a parking lot close by. Parking the car, she kept it on and idle. If it was the battery then it was going to die, if it wasn’t the battery then having the car die was not good for it. She sighed, digging out her phone, she got out of the car and searched for her best friend’s family’s autoshop, unfortunately that was too far to go to. “damn it…” She didn’t really like going to mechanics that she didn’t know. She chewed on her lip, she had no other option; she searched for mechanics close by and found one that was only a few minutes away.

She tried calling them, running a hand through her hair; this was all she needed… No one picked up, even worse. Now she had to turn off her car and go there to find someone. She hoped this place was opened. She went into her car, turned it off, grabbed her bag and of course keys, and locked the door. Taking her skateboard out of the bed of the truck, and headed toward this place.

Upon arriving and entering the building she saw the sign, she took a deep breath and exhaled. “hello!?” She yelled out, she waited a few moments, no response. She grunted again, pulling out her cell she called her boss to let her know she was going to be late, or possibly can’t make it at all due to car trouble. After the phone call she walked into the garage, seeing a pair of legs stick out from beneath a car, she could tell it was a woman. Unless it was a very skinny guy, which she doubted.

If there was one thing she really didn’t care about it was that a woman was a mechanic; Kam herself knew a lot about cars, thanks to her gramps teaching her almost everything he knew. She could fix the car problem herself, if she wasn’t stranded in a parking a lot. She went over and nudged the girl’s leg with her foot. Nothing hard, just to get the person’s attention.

[Emmett Coupland]

It wasn't exactly professional to not answer the phone - and had Emmett known that it was ringing, she would have certainly gone for it. There was a cordless one right next to her, and unfortunately she was unaware that the battery had died in it, making it more of a paper weight than an actual communications device. The loud music blocked out the ringing from her office, as it did any sign of human life minutes later.

The black Vans that covered her feet tapped along to the heavy drum beat as she continued to work. It wasn't until Emmett felt a nudge of pressure to her leg did she even realize someone was there. Her foot jerked on instinct, pressing flat to the cement floor as she lifted her arms, pressing her palms to the underside of the vehicle to give herself the force needed to slide out.

And there was a girl staring back down at her.

"Hey!" Emmett greeted loudly over the music, a grease covered hand skimming across her jeans before she reached for a small remote next to her, turning down the music. "Sorry 'bout that, didn't even hear you come in." She grinned up at her before placing her hands to the ground and pushing herself up to stand. "Can I help you?"