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[iprotectyou]

Baze was delighted when Ibani showed up with her bag o' blasters. Ibani gave him three that were in good condition, so he narrowed down the selection even further to the pistol he plans to teach Oswin to shoot with: a model similar in construction to the DC-17 hand blasters, which the clone troopers used. It's a sturdy, little gun which Oswin should have no problems handling with one hand, even if they'll start shooting with two.

Ibani told him that he could cannibalize the rest for spare parts, so that's what he's doing today: tinkering with the weapons and taking them apart on top of a tarp resting on a table.

He has a two pairs of differently-sized tweezers, a hand drill and bits, screwdrivers, a soldering iron, and a couple of other odds and ends--like zip ties, binder clips, and cotton string.

Eventually, he needs to rest his eyes from peering at tiny things for so long, so he glances up to take in the bar around him. He's got his Security badge attached to his hip.

(OOC: Chirrut may pop into any and all threads!)

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[run_barry]

"Hey, Baze, what's up?" Barry asks, approaching the table and looking over the spread of parts and tools.

[iprotectyou]

"Barry!"

It's Barry! That's awesome! Baze perks up, beaming at him, and waves him towards a seat.

"Welcome, welcome. May the Force of others be with you. I'm taking some blasters apart to cannibalize them for parts. How are you?"

[run_barry]

Barry smiles at the greeting and gives Baze's shoulder a clap before pulling out a chair for himself to take a seat; careful not to jostle anything on the table.

"Yeah? That's cool." He looks over the table again before smiling at Baze. "I'm doing good, and you?"

[iprotectyou]

"I'm well, thanks for asking," Baze says, bobbing his head. He points to one of the blasters which has the barrel removed.

"This blaster has a busted capacitor, and the only way to safely dispose of it is to blow it up. Want to watch a weapon explode later?"

[run_barry]

Barry's expression lights up.

"Yeah, that sounds awesome." He would totally like to see that!

"You work on stuff like this a lot?"

[iprotectyou]

"Sure! Then we'll go, after I take apart a few more things and see if there's anything else I need to dispose of," Baze says, flashing a grin.

"And I used to modify all my own weapons, and other people's besides. It was fun, and practical."

[run_barry]

"Cool," he nods, deciding in the meantime to order a snack and a drink from a passing waitrat.

"That's neat. Another hobby to keep you busy, huh?" And hopefully from not dying again.

"I like finding out about new tech, it's fun." Especially when it happens to come from a certain world Barry has more than a mild fascination with. "I've seen all kinds since coming here, including spaceships."

[cutting_edgex23]

X slips into the seat across from him, head tilting slightly as she studies his work.

"You are improving its performance?"

[iprotectyou]

Hey, it's X! Hooray, X! Baze beams when he sees her.

"This one has a busted capacitor, so I'm just cannibalizing the blaster for spare parts. I'll have to dispose of the gun later, and the safest way is to take the capacitor outside and blow it up," Baze explains, tapping the ammo cartridge.

"The others, I'll modify to get more juice out of them. Welcome, X. May the Force of others be with you!"

[cutting_edgex23]

"You could ask Bar to discorporate it. Too."

X is just saying.

"Though explosions are more interesting."

[iprotectyou]

Baze is about to say, "where's the fun in that?" but then she makes her follow-up comment. His grin is broad and toothy.

"Exactly. The explosion shouldn't be too big, but it'd be enough to blow someone's hand off, so I'll be careful."

He handles the weapons with care, always keeping the barrel pointed at the floor and his finger off the trigger. He wipes down a disassembled shaft with a cloth, and uses a long Q-tip to clean out the inside.

"Did you want to watch that blow up later?"

[cutting_edgex23]

X's expression sharpens, and she shifts so she is sitting a little bit more upright.

"Yes."

Beat.

"I want to see your technique."

[iprotectyou]

"It's less a technique and more 'light the fuse and run away,'" Baze says, a touch sheepish.

"I'll set the capacitor to overload, run away, and let it overheat until it explodes."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"That's a lot of guns," Yamato remarks, as he meanders over, with his hands in his pockets. "Are you modifying them or something?"

[iprotectyou]

Hey, it's Yamato! Hi, Yamato.

"Modifying some, but mostly cannibalizing the blasters for spare parts," Baze explains, carefully field stripping a gun.

"Hoi, Yamato! May the Force of others be with you. Have a seat!"

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato takes him up on the offer, sitting down opposite him and glancing over the gun parts.

"They're all broken, then? I mean, they were before you got them?" he asks. "How'd you get this many guns anyway?"

[iprotectyou]

"Three of them aren't, but tbe rest are pretty much scrap," Baze explains, checking another blaster to see if it's loaded.

"One has a damaged capacitor, and thw best way to dispose of that is to blow it up, if you're interested in explosions later. A Sith friend named Ibani got me these guns. She's from my galaxy."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I'm always interested in explosions," Yamato says, wryly. "I think you mentioned Ibani to me, yeah. Pretty generous of her to give you all of this."

[iprotectyou]

"Great! Then we'll blow that up later," Baze says, with a broad, toothy grin. He sets the current ammo cartridge aside and unscrews the barrel of the blaster.

"And Ibani is a generous soul. You'd like her. She's very no-nonsense."

[for_everyone]

Hera slows while passing Baze's table, her eyes catching on the tools spread over it.

"What are you working on?"

[iprotectyou]

Oh, it's Hera! Hello, Hera.

"Mostly I'm just cannibalizing the blasters for parts, but I'll be modifying some of them to add punch," Baze explains, checking another blaster if it's loaded.

"I have a damaged capacitor that needs disposed of if you'd like to see it blow up later. May the Force of others be with you, Hera. How arw you?"

[for_everyone]

"May the Force be with you, Baze," she answers. "I've been fine."

She glances over the table again. "Looks like you've got a lot to work with."

[iprotectyou]

"I do," Baze says, chuckling as he wipes a barrel down with a cloth.

"Ibani gathered them for me. Do you know Ibani?"

[for_everyone]

"I met her once."

Hera pauses a moment as she thinks back to it. "But it was a long time ago, when we first came in here."

[iprotectyou]

"Ibani is great," Baze says, cleaning the barrel out with a long Q-tip.

"How long have you been coming here, again? A few months?"