What a Piece of Junk! [Sandrow/Vani]

[Emily Vani]

Examining the datapad she picked up on Ord Mantell, she just said, "Whatever."

Then she got a notification.

Her face turned into a frown.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"Crispy it is, then," he said, continuing to drain the oil the strips produced.

He noticed something slightly different in her posture then. Something shifted.

Letting the bacon fry, he peered over her shoulder. "What's up?"

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

"Hmm. Nothing. A setback." she smiled again, "Nothing to worry about!"

The rest of breakfast was uneventful, besides the eating of food.

"So. What first?" she asked after the dishes were cleared. Re was curled up, content in a corner with a blanket.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"Paint job," he said. "We need to get this bucketa bolts looking respectable, no? I was thinking.... green..."

He hit the ramp button and headed outside, paint jar in hand and painting tools in the other.

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

Emily waited to go outside. She walked to the kitchen, grabbing some water.

Outside she gathered the necessary materials and began working.

Every once and a while, she'd glance at Jak.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

He was contentedly whistling away, turning the glaring orange of the ship's natural colors into a more soothing green, taking extra care to stay within the lines.

Every now and then, he'd sneak a glance at Emily... but he hadn't caught a return gaze yet. Was that good? Bad?

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

Many hours passed and the ship was done. She never noticed Jak look at her the entire time.

Was he really into her or...?

"It looks good Jak!" she says excitedly, examining the ship.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"Yeah," he agreed. "Now just to let the paint dry."

He hopped off the ship, then, landing gently with a puff of dust. "Did I ever show you the Farce?" he asked her.

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

Emily ran a hand over a dry spot.

"No, what's that?"

She noticed that Re was just sneaking back into the ship.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"Well, c'mon, I'll show you," he said, waving for her to follow him inside.

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"This is the Farce," he said, holding up what looked like a futuristic skeleton. "As you can probably tell by the name, it's not the Force, but something similar."

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

"Well. Uh. It's interesting. To say the least." she says, eyeing the odd mechanical-y thing in front of her.

"What's it do?" A poke accompanies her question.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"Here, help me get it on," he said, putting the back portion on like a backpack.

Once it was on, he flipped a switch. The contraption came to life with an unearthly blue glow.

"See, what I do is I - here, set that box down. What I do is I pull the mini-bar back like this, and then voila!" The box began to glow itself, and rose smoothly into the air. If Emily were to look into the Force, she would see no evidence of it being used - because it wasn't being used.

 

[Emily Vani]

"Interesting... Is it just a bunch of controlled electromagnetic pulses?"

Emily kicked the box for fun.

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

"No... it's more like the tractor particles are controlled, and then they move the object in question. The reaction creates a blue glow when lifted, and a red glow when lowered." He demonstrated by slamming the box down right beside her foot.

"It's not very precise, but it does the job it needs to."

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

"Huh. Well, that's pretty nifty." In response, she closes her eyes.

Soon a replica of the device Jak is wearing appears on her own body.

"Do I look as sexy as you?"

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

He stumbled back, shocked. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! How... how did you do that???"

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

"It's a fun trick. Not real. But still fun to play with."

She lets the image disappear. "What now, hon?"

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

He nodded, understanding coming back to him. "Ahhh... yes... Circe liked to do that... with her clothes... Ahum," he said, turning briskly away for a moment.

"Well," he said, "you could help me get it fastened to my slicing suit."

He pulled out what looked like a grey helmeted bodysuit.

@[member="Emily Vani"]

 

[Emily Vani]

After much time and even more frustration, it was on.

"Okay! Now what's this for?"

@[member="Jak Sandrow"]

 

[Jak Sandrow]

He shrugged. "I just wanted to combine them, that's all." He took the now-combo suit off, hanging it up.

Checking his chrono, he saw it was getting on for nightfall. And on Tatooine, that meant it was late.

"I need to hit the hay. Tomorrow? We head to... probably Naboo or somewhere. They've got good engines."

@[member="Emily Vani"]