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]

"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."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

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

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

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"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).

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"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.

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

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?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I want to." If Bonzo is going to insist on blunt...

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Why not?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

Petra shakes her head.

"Maybe Enzo could find something for you to take care of."

Clumsy change of subject but...

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo shakes his head. "You really think I need a pet?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"I think you need a hobby. Something to do."

You'd think she and Nejaa were channeling similar energy.

Wait... maybe they are.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"I need something to do. This place..." Gesture to the Bar. "...doesn't make for much of what I'm trained to do, though."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Then train yourself differently?"

Similar ideas to what Petra has been toying with.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

Bonzo smirks. "What would you say if we had a spaceship we could run around the galaxy in?" Pause. "Or what did you have in mind?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Nothing in particular for you." Petra says with an upraised eyebrow at the 'spaceship'.

"I think it might just be a silly idea."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"What'd you have in mind for yourself, then?"

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"Oh, nothing really concrete."

Which is true. It's still an idea. And a improbable one at that. Does she sound too innocent? Probably.

"The logistics of a spaceship would be a bit complicated, don't you think? And I've a feeling that would drain even my resources."

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Really, I'm interested." Glance around. "As to the spaceship, I think something relatively inexpensive could be worked out."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"How so? It has to be provisioned, and kept in working order. That alone could very well cost a bundle. Unless you suddenly came into money?"

Petra raises an eyebrow.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"It depends..." Pause. "It really depends on what can be arranged."

[petraarkanian.livejournal.com]

"You sound like you might know something?" Petra is curious about this.

[mandercommander.livejournal.com]

"Possibly." Pause. "I'd want to ask how much different ships cost to run...from different worlds, you know?"