Log:Waywards: A Gift For Morth

A Gift for Morth

OOC Date: November 17, 2016
Location: Waywards Hangar
Participants: Kadi, Ax, Morth, Rhani Aeternum, Waywards

It's Kadi's shop, and there are several droids about, as per usual. There's a ship to be looked at, tricked out, and optimized, which means there is a singing Kadi, off key, but exuberant, as she gets things ready to go. Lily seems sort of resigned, but Fluffy seems amused, if you can tell such things. "C'mon, Lily - this is the fun stuff," Kadi says, as she does a little twirl she probably learned from Naelyn. Qadira Suuryet removes her Wayward's Scout Gear - 8542.

~ Ax makes his way down into the shop, having told Morth over the comms as the Mon Cal was flying in to bring the bird into the shop for general maintenance. Of course, sitting in a crate nearby was a brand new hyperdrive and a nav-comp. Perched upon Ax's shoulder was Adder, his pet tailring. The black-scaled winged reptile all calm until he spots Kadi twirling, then with a leap and the flapping of leather wings, he's flying over towards her, letting out a soft screech mid-air as the only warning that he was aiming for her shoulder. Ax just shakes his head, chuckling. ~

The offload ramp of the Grey Damsel opens slowly to touch down on the workshop floor before the young Mon Calamari pilot walks down with a happy skip at the final step to launch him into the workshop. He grins around at Ax and Kadi as he reaches out a hand to pat the side of the old freighter fondly. "We made it!" Morth says with obvious excitement, his blue eyes wide with joy. "Thank you so much for allowing me to fly the Grey Damsel, Ax! If I am as lucky as I was today I will be able to pay you off in no time!"

Kadi's movement comes to a halt as she turns, that screech of the tailring's catching her attention with ease. "Adder," she starts, but has to give up because that tailring is totally not going to listen. She is glad once more that her hair is short, so he doesn't get caught in it. "You are too cute, Adder, really. Hullo to you too. Want to spin some more?" She waits for him, and then does a slow spin, testing if he is okay with this plan. Though she's sidetracked by the Damsel and by Morth's arrival. "Hey Morth," she says. "Welcome to my workshop and congratulations on a good day."

~ Ax looks over to Morth, "Don't mention it, Morth. A trader needs a proper ship, and can't do much better than a YT, and the 1930 has plenty of cargo space." He points towards the crates. "Figured you could use something to speed you along on paying me back," he says with a grin. He then looks to Kadi, smirking as Adder spreads his wings to keep balance as Kadi twirls. "My beautiful wife, I hope you don't mind me generating some work for you." ~

Morth grins at Kadi and says, "Thanks! This is a pretty great set up you have here." His attention shifts toward Ax before he looks at the crates with a confused expression, his head tilting to the side as he considers what Ax has said. "What do you mean?" he asks, walking across the workshop to look at the crates up close, though of course he doesn't really know anything about ship parts. "You said I was coming in for a scheduled maintenance, right?"

Kadi grins at Ax. "Never," she proclaims. Though she then laughs. "Or at least, if I do, I'll tell you." She moves over to look at the Damsel, and chuckles softly. "I tell you what, Morth, I will do a scheduled maintenance, certainly. She'll need it after I upgrade her hyperdrive." There, she'll spill the beans. "Probably take a few days - if that's okay?"

~ Ax chuckles. "I'll keep Adder out of your hair," he tells Kadi before looking back to Morth. "She's the best. Your bird is in good hands, Morth. A faster hyperdrive means you'll be able to cover more ground in a shorter period of time, meaning you can get back here faster when needed." It also meant that the Mon Calamarian could repay the guild easier, but Ax didn't say that aloud. ~

The Mon Cal had been squatted down examining the crate with interest, trying to peer through the wooden slats at what is inside when Kadi said the bit about upgraded hyperdrive. Trying to turn around to look at her in his haste, Morth overbalances and tips over completely onto his side. He pushes himself up quickly to his hands and knees and looks from the engineer to Ax and back again before he says loudly, "Are you serious!? You're messing with me! You have to be!"

Kadi raises her hands, carefully with Adder on her shoulder. "I don't mess with things about ships," she says simply, though there is amusement in her gaze at the excitement the youngster is showing. "I take them all incredibly seriously, especially when I am upgrading them." Lily beeps in binary, her comment being essentially, "wow, I've never seen anyone fall over from excitement before. Except Exine."

~ "Definitely serious," Ax says. He makes a 'tskkk' sound followed by a light whistle to get Adder's attention. The tailring flies over, letting Kadi do her thing. Ax even goes so far as to clip a tether on the sand dragon. "You'll learn that we take care of our own, Morth. Besides, we might need you to haul some things from here to our facility on Naboo from time to time, as well as bring crates of wine from Naboo to other places." ~

Morth claps his hands together and raises his hands up in the air, almost in an expression of divine worship as he calls out in excitement! "Yeeesss!" he calls out as he pushes himself to his feet before saying, "You guys are so great! If it wouldn't scare you too much I would kiss you both!" The youth manages to restrain himself, however, and only rocks forward up onto his toes and then back onto his heels quickly.

~ "Please don't," Ax says, raising his hands in protest at the thought of a kiss. He walks over to his wife, gives her a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to take Adder into the main hangar and break out the remote mynock. I'll wear him out so we don't have to worry about him sneaking down here while you're trying to work and running off with screws or other shiny bits." ~

Kadi grins as Adder returns over to Ax, and only then does she nod to Morth. "No kisses please," she says with a bit of a smile. "I'm good with a thank you, and maybe a hug." With Adder out of the way, she moves to start taking panels off the Grey Damsel. Course, she's not all that strong necessarily, but Lily is there, and the r2 unit promptly also moves to assist as she is supposed to. And this is why she has that liftplate. She does tilt her head to accept Ax's kiss, and nods. "Sure thing," she says. "I'll be up later." Eventually.

Morth laughs all the more as his kisses are refused and he can only shrug his slender shoulders. He smiles toward Ax and lifts his hand in parting to the departing Echani before turning his eyes back toward Kadi as she moves for his ship. "I think it is pretty cool that you know how to work on star ships. It is something I always wished that I knew more about. I don't suppose you give lessons do you?"

Kadi blinks and then she laughs. "I do, sometimes, sure. If you want to learn. Though I'm not so sure I'm a good teacher." It's her turn to shrug a bit. "I mean, I learned at The University on Corellia - and it takes quite a while. While you're here with us, I can take care of the maintenance, no problem. But it wouldn't hurt to know a bit, in case you run into trouble out there and I'm not around." Yeah, that's how Ax managed to convince Kadi to learn how to pilot a ship. Believe it or not. This thought actually occurs to Kadi about now, and she chuckles softly.

Kadi is just starting to work on the Grey Damsel, Lily assisting, and Fluffy tailwagging at the turbolift door.

Morth moves closer toward Kadi and her astromech, reaching out his hands to help her with the heavy panels of the Grey Damsel as she exposes the inner workings of his ship for her mechanical meddling. "That is very interesting... to be able to go to a University like that... to have had those opportunities. I will admit to you that I am jealous. I just think that it would be useful for me to know how to work on her, just in case something happens when I am out away from Nar Shaddaa, like you say."

The lift whines softly as gears engage and mechanisms do their thing. Then the door opens and Rhani exits. She glances down at Fluffy, then steps over the dogbot with care, "Kadi? I wanted to..." Pausing, she spots Morth and a smile begins, "Oh, hey, Morth. How are you?" Her question, while not forgotten, is shelved for now.

Kadi laughs, making a face. "Well, you say that, but keep in mind - " there's a pause as a big panel comes off with Morth's help. "Both my parents were teachers there at the time. They're retired now. So I couldn't do anything without them hearing about it. Heck, I think they heard about things I /didn't/ do too, come to think about it." Her gaze goes to the newly arriving Rhani. "Hey, Rhani, c'mon in, and make yourself at home. What can we help you with?"

Morth nods his head as he listens to Kadi's explanation, a smile coming to his features as he turns his gaze around to find Rhani as she steps from the lift. "Hello, there fellow pilot!" he calls out in a friendly voice. "Ax got me a few upgrades for my old freighter here! She will really fly fast now!" The Mon Cal busies himself with gently placing the removed plates on the floor as if scared if he places them down too hard they will break.

Fade to black.