The Perk- Thursday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had been making the rounds and talking to friends, but she hadn't really been getting out much lately. Therefore it felt like a good idea to hang out at the Perk for a bit after training today, sitting at a table with a small coffee and a large pastry.

She also ended up asking a barista for a pen, since today's work had kind of put her in mind of a lightsaber design she wanted to get out of her head and onto paper. Even if said paper was a coffee shop napkin. It had been on her mind for a few weeks now, maybe it was time she actually started doing something with it.


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[drumsticksandd20s]

"Yeah, and not have to worry about the extra weight of a scabbard so you don't accidentally chop a limb off --" Steph, the GFFA found ways to do that anyway -- "or having to carry it a certain way so the blade doesn't keep tripping you up. Super convenient, right?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Yeah. You think about all that with fantasy weapons?" Rey asked.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Oh, totally." Because Steph was a devious GM. "Also I know a lot of costuming nerds. This is your original design?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Not really. I've seen it in holos so I can't claim credit," Rey told her.

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph was going to assume that meant something like 'films,' and just roll with it.

"Dude, respect. Recreating something from image references is tough, but making it functional? I'm impressed."

Steph, it wasn't a real functional thing yet.

[thatwaslucky]

"Thanks. It'll be more impressive once I know I won't cut off a limb," Rey said with a little smile.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"You mean like..." Steph's eyes widened. "Oh, wow, yeah, how do you even like... QC test something like this?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I think you turn it on and hope it doesn't explode? They never talk about that part in the texts I've found."

Could she like, text Tenel Ka or something maybe?

[drumsticksandd20s]

If anyone would know...

"Sounds like your engineer types really like to live on the edge," Steph told her.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's not really engineers doing this," Rey told her. "It's more a rite of passage. I suppose it could also be a really easy way to weed out those who weren't ready..."

She joked because she wanted to keep all her original parts, if it could be helped.

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph took a moment to contemplate the implications of the fact that this was the construction of an energy based weapon entirely left to amateurs, basically, and her expression turned comically horrified.

"I mean... that seems kind of stressful."

[thatwaslucky]

"At this point, not really," Rey said, half realizing it as she said it. "I had to fix one of these already. I think after that, it gets easier? Maybe that's strange."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"No, I... think that makes sense?" Steph's hands on tech experience was mostly of the stage manager variety so this was probably above her pay grade. "You at least already have a working reference to go off of."

She laughed sheepishly.

"I think I'm good sticking to my fantasy weapons. And the occasional foam LARP one."

Don't tell her about your weapon collection, Rey.

[thatwaslucky]

"It definitely sounds safer," Rey agreed. Which, she approved of! Lightsabers? Kinda scary!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Yeah. No disrespect to you all and your actual ass-kicking, but --" Steph grinned. "I know when to stay in my own lane."

A beat.

"And yell encouragement out the window."