( ooc: sorry for the delay! it's been a trying week. if you'd rather wrap this up quick, or shelf this and jump into something new in the mingle, i'm good either way! )

Are you sure you're alright?

( an unusual behavior, from a man dressed in a very unusual way. gustave has his concerns, and perhaps an ounce of healthy suspicion, but— he's at a disadvantage in this world, if he makes himself as someone difficult to reach out to others.

in any case, the flat situation at hand seems more pressing, and the man seems able to speak with some sense of coherence. )

Non, not really anyone to run over when everyone else is in a car themselves.

( he answers a bit distractedly, taking a look at the flat. he knows how, mechanically, this works, so— )

The concept is simple. Do you have a spare? If you do, we might be able to figure it out together.

( ever the optimist about things that can be explained in technical terms. )