Multi-pup post

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra sits at a table near the window-to-the-end her head in her hand. She has a drink and a book in front of her, but neither seem to be holding her interest at all.

*~*~*~*

Hexadecimal is looking for trouble. Or, if that will not work, she will settle for someone from mainframe. She has a small thing limp... thing in her hand.

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[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo walks up to Petra's table and notices that...well...she's bored.

"Ho, Petra. What're you up to?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra jumps, startled. She hadn't expected anyone to come up behind her. Bonzo might or might notice her hand going right to her belt where her gun is holstered. When she realizes who it is she relaxes.

"Ho, Bonzo. Just... thinking. You?"

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Relax, relax. This is Milliways." Which is the place Boba Fett tried to kidnap him from, but never mind that detail. "I'm...not doing a whole lot."

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"Habits die hard. And I'm not too interested in losing this one. Someday the bar will let me back into where I'm from."

Petra decides to err on caution and not tell Bonzo what she was thinking about.

"Has Nejaa giving you anything to do?"

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"Something's on your mind." Pause. "And..." Glance aside. "I still don't know what I want to do with those wishes."

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Petra nods. But still, does not elaborate.

"Don't do anything." Petra shrugs at this, it seems like a pretty good thing.

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"Yeah." Pause. "I think I'm going to die of boredom if I'm stuck here forever, though."

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"Then figure out something to do?"

Petra shrugs at this. Milliways is great for short times, but not for long term enjoyment for people use to /doing/ things. She herself has an idea.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Any suggestions?"

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Petra ponders,

"Get a pet?"

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Blink. "A pet?"

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Petra nods. "A very needy one. Like a dog or something. Maybe someone can give you a mini daemon to keep you on your toes."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo just about facepalms at the last suggestion. "A demon?!?"

Translation: Are you nuts? How would I keep it from messing up the planet rug?

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Pet shrugs. "It would keep you busy. With your 'powers' perhaps you could keep it under wraps."

There is still some heavy distaste when she says the word.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Mutter. "Do you want me to wish them away?"

Bonzo deadpans this; he's half serious and half sarcastic in doing so, and it's hard to tell from his tone which is dominant over the other in his mind.

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Petra frowns, "Come again?"

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Do you want me to wish my abilities away?" It's pretty plain and simple in his mind; this is a yes or no question, and she's had issues with the whole Jedi thing from the start, so...

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

A yes or no which Petra is /not/ going to give. Rather, she'll dance around the question.

"It is damned unnatural. And you're not a freak." Leastways, not suppose to be a freak. "But it doesn't matter one iota what I think about it."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Yes it does, Petra." Pause. "You're the only friend I've got from Battle School. You're it, so it does matter what you think."

And Bonzo looks over his shoulder. "Yeah, it's unnatural, but it's also not evil and it's not like people notice if I don't do anything."

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"Screw battleschool? You realize how very little it matters right?"

No, Bonzo isn't getting a straight answer out of her.

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"You're avoiding the question, Petra."

Bonzo is very point-blank about this. That's one of the few things he doesn't like about Petra: She dodges the question (and in the opinion of the mun must have some serious modifiers to her skill in it, for how often she gets away with it).

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"I am, because I won't answer it. That is your problem."

Very well. She will put her avoidance right out there.

"I get to have my opinion of it however the hell I want them to be."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo nods; he's a bit frustrated, but that is what it is.

"Thanks for at least telling me that."

In his experience, had he not pressured her they could have gone on all day without a straight answer.

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Not that he didn't know exactly what she was doing.

"I hate things I cannot understand. The bar..." Petra looks around it, "it makes no snese, but it is so far out of my ken, that I can accept it. You making things fly around without touching them...? That is much too strange. The Jedi are worse. There is no fighting them."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo closes his eyes. "And if you could understand them?"