Kyne had a spare minute, and he needed some parts installed rather quickly. Borrowing another Gustav and a pair of trailers -- he didn't know whether or not his own was packing some 'surprises,' and didn't care to find out -- he drove Dawnstar's Shield Ligers to the Junkyard.
That damn rain still kept up.
Kyne came to a stop at the gate, figuring there was some sort of security checkpoint. He'd heard rumors of Clayborne's security systems.

"Whaddya want?!"

A voice echoes out fromsome hidden loudspeakers, the old systems crackling with age and ill repair. "Whaddya want?! I'm busy, already! Get talkin or get out!"

Seems the first security checkpoint itself is Vincent's antisocial behavior.

Kyne cocked an eyebrow. "To give you money in exchange for labor," he replied dryly. He wasn't any worse than Grandpa Xaratan -- old Drew probably would've threatened to shoot and carried the threat out.
"I have two Shield Ligers and the Leomaster upgrade packages. They need installation."

"Eh? Shield ligers? Leomaster upgrades? I see. Just a second, let me see if I can do it..."

The rustling of papers fills the intercom, "Yeah, yeah I can. Alright. Ya got two of 'em, right? Alright, you can pick the fast'n'expensive method or the cheap'n'slow method. Your call. I had to bump prices a bit because of lack of business 'n all.

Alright, come on in. My sec's shut off. You're to come in and you had better have somethin for me to drink- I hate cuttin a deal with a dry mouth. Brandy's dandy but liquor is quicker. So hurry up already and we'll cut ourselves a deal."

Numerous weapons systems hidden in the junk audibly power down, and the large gate in front of Kyne's zoids opens wide.

Kyne chuckled at the old saw, then eased his foot onto the accelerator. His Gustav's idling engines roared to life, and the tough little vehicle pulled into the junkyard. He drove through the Junkyard, coming to a stop in front of the hangars. He popped the vehicle's canopy, rising up to look around for the owner.

The Gustav comes to a stop right before Vincent's main hangar, and Kyne can probably see the contents: a Lightning Saix, an old beaten up Shadow Fox, and a Liger Zero with the Jaeger armor already installed. Old man Vincent's busy hanging from a special harness underneath the Shadow Fox's jaw, messing with the wiring there. He gives a wave and beckons Kyne over- hopefully outside of his gustav, though that could easily fit in the place. Vincent slaps his welding mask back on and continues to fix the fox's jaw.

Kyne hops over the Gustav's side, landing with a thud. He was only marginally more graceful than a herd of something large and bovine.
He walked into the hangar, noting the various zoids. "You know, my father took out one of those things," he called out as he gestured towards the Liger Zero. "Bragged about it almost as much as the time he took out a Geno Saurer."

"Zat so." Claybourne keeps on working on his Shadow Fox, rewiring the jaw. "I ain't got time to talk about your pappy and his misadventures. You got a job for me to do, then we talk about the job, got it?"

Kyne chuckled. "Well, as I said; I have two Shield Ligers and upgrades that need installing. And I have this thing for paying somebody other than the ZBC to do it. Interested in the work?"

"Hell yeah. But how do you want it done? Fast and expensive, or slow and cheap? Repairin a zoid's a lot like wooin a woman. It's all in the preference."

"Oh, I'll pretend I'm a hotheaded young kid who's going to be going into battle sometime in the next month. Fast, if'n you please."

"Wire the money to m'account." Vincent tosses Kyne a bank account number, "And don't try any shit like tryin to steal all my money, the bank knows better. It'd cost ya 15K, all in all. Yer welcome to just poke around a bit, as long as ya don't try to touch nothin you won't lose a hand, ya know?"

Vincent starts descending from the Shadow Fox, unhooking himself when he was a few feet off the ground and falling with all the grace of a dead gorilla.

"Alright, I'll get started."

Kyne shrugged. "I'd hang around and see how much of a bother I could be, but I've things to do, people to see, evidence to hide. That sort of thing." He turned to go, then stopped. "So how long'll it be?"

"A day each. I'm good, but there's no way I kin get both done at once. Don't have the time for both at once. Izzat good with you, son?"

"Sure thing. I'd tell ya to give me a call, 'cept the police're telling me it probably isn't safe to go home for a bit. So I'll just show up in a coupla days." Kyne waved a gesture of farewell. "I'll have the money then."

"Ain't no problem."

((2 days, 15K.))