Outside Flamingo [late afternoon/early evening]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

After a trip out to the junkyard, Anakin had returned to camp with his toolbox and the things he needed to convert Alec's motorcycle into a speeder.

So he was taking advantage of the late summer sun, sitting in front of Flamingo slightly covered in grease and surrounded by many, many parts of a motorcycle.

And shirtless, because messing up his robes while working on an engine was a pain.

The pink plastic flamingos seemed to be enjoying the view...

[OOC: Open like an open thing that is open.]

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally totally didn't have a good view from on top of Pangolin. So she climbed down and wandered across the camp to check him the situation out. After all, mechanicy stuff was her sort of thing.

She was totally here to help with that. Honest.

"Hey Anakin," Cally said. "Whatcha doing?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Anakin replied, smiling. "I'm making Alec's motorcycle fly."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally blinked. "Are you going to add wings?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin snickered and gestured at a schematic he had found. "Not exactly," he said. "More like adjusting the engine to give it enough thrust to hover." He grinned. "We call them speeders back home. We're not big fans of wheels."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Whoa," Cally said, taking a look at the schematic.

And yes, that did interest her more than shirtless Anakin. Silly girl.

"So, you have all the parts to do this?" Cally asked. "And can I help?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I made a trip out to the junkyard earlier today, so I think I have everything," Anakin said, looking at the piles of parts. "And I would never turn down the help. Pick up a hydrospanner and jump in wherever."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"You and your fancy schmancy tools," Cally teased, before grabbing a hydrospanner and starting some basic work, checking back at the schematic every so often to make sure she was doing it right.

"So, haven't seen you in awhile," she said. "What've you been up to?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Had to head home for a bit," Anakin said, putting together the engine without thinking about what he was doing. "The Council wanted me to check in before I spent another few months here without supervision." He wrinkled up his nose. "They let me come back, though, which is good. I'm here for the summer."

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"And then you're gone?" Cally asked. "That's... well, eesh. I'm not used to the idea of people going away, yet. Even though people already have."

She continued doing her business on the bike the whole time.

[smartestone]

Hermione's walking around the camp, and has to stop when she sees what's going on. "Did you break it?" she asks.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin shook his head, grinning. "I'm fixing it. It just kind of looks like a disaster right now."

[smartestone]

"Can I ask what happened?" she asks, taking a few steps closer so she can see the disaster better.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I took apart Alec's motorcycle," Anakin explained. "I'm going to make it fly."

[smartestone]

"I know it's possible to do that with magic, but you can do that... manually?" she asks. "We have the technology now?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin grinned. "I'm not exactly from around here," he said. "I'm Anakin, by the way. Hi."

[smartestone]

"Hermione. Hello," she says. And since it's a standard greeting by now, she adds, "England 1995. What about you?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Coruscant by way of Tatooine," he replied. He pointed up. "That way. For a long, long time."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You're back!" Parker grinned as she stopped to lean against a flamingo. "And you need a shower. Ew."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin grinned back. "I'm back," he confirmed. "And I was planning on taking a shower. Just not until after I'm finished with this." He gestured to the pieces of bicycle that were still around.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker took a look and raised one eyebrow. "Cannibalizing a motorcycle for pagan rites? Or just for fun? And how have you been? Rory said nothing got injured. This time."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"For fun," he said. "Well, for Alec, but also for fun. It's going to fly when I'm finished."

He made a face. "And I can go home without getting injured. It just, um, hasn't happened for a while."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Like Rory's car? Which I have yet to witness, by the way. I'd feel cheated except she never drives it anyway." Parker snorted. "How long has it been since the last time you were injured, then? Jeeez. And how's Obi-wan?" she sing-songed.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"It'll go faster than Rory's car," Anakin said. "Alec seems like that type that would appreciate that."

He pouted. "It's been, um, a while." He shifted so his gloved right hand wasn't visible. "And Obi-Wan is fine. Off for another set of negotiations with the Trade Federation and probably bored out of his mind. He says hello."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Does he? He's so sweet." Parker smiled in delight. "Tell him hi back." She rolled her eyes at the motorcycle. "And yes, of *course* Alec would like something potentially dangerious and really, really fast. I'm not sure how much sense that guy has. Just enough to avoid getting killed, maybe."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin shrugged. "I'm not his mother," he said, dropping the hydrospanner and turning his full attention to Parker. "What he does with it after I'm finished isn't my problem." He smiled up at her. "What have you been up to? Terrorizing the new students?"