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Claudia Donovan (clauds) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2012-09-16 23:10:00

Entry tags:

anakin skywalker, claudia donovan

Who: Claudia Donovan, Anakin Skywalker
What: Lightsaber touching
When: Sunday afternoon
Where: The big lawns, far away from people
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 / Potential for language
Status: Closed / Incomplete

It was Sunday, which meant the next day was Monday. Claudia knew that there was the supposedly notable episode of Warehouse 13 the next day and she was, as a whole, worried. She had legit reason to be worried after all. The preview for the episode had been rather doom and gloom filled and, of course, it was life and death. When weren't things with the Warehouse, though? She had a t-shirt at home with Godfrid's Ladle on it for a reason. The 'artifacts that almost killed you' shirts had been a big Christmas hit, actually. But the fact was that danger seemed to go with the Warehouse. It didn't mean she was okay with it, because she didn't want any of her family getting hurt, but it wasn't the time to focus on such things.

Claudia needed to focus on a distraction and, as circumstances had it, she had the perfect distraction lined up. Anakin had said that she could touch the lightsaber he had received from home. On a total nerd level, she knew she would have ultimate bragging rights here. She had thought the lightsaber handling lecture would be fun, too, but it had started to drag on a bit. Her eyes were starting to glaze over a bit. It wasn't a proper, fun distraction if she got distracted due to boredom in the midst of it.

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clauds
2012-09-18 06:43 am UTC (link)

Claudia twisted her mouth a little, but didn't vocalize an objection to the topic being pushed off. She could understand what merits he deemed it irrelevant under, but that didn't mean she was okay with the topic being merited irrelevant.

The power adjustment button and blade length adjust were similar looking. It took Claudia a few moments to decide which was which and point to the correct button. It wasn't that she wasn't paying attention, she just wanted to replay the thoughts in her mind and be sure of it. "That one."

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darkforcerising
2012-09-18 09:31 am UTC (link)

Anakin nodded again. She’d gotten it right. The next question was phrased in a way that would force her to recall more on her own unprompted.

“Correct. And what does the other silver dial do?”

Claudia may find this review onerous, Anakin, on the other hand, deemed it lifesaving. The more one was familiar with a lightsaber the more likely they wouldn’t die from self-inflicted injuries. This wasn’t like the Temple and Youngling blade training classes. Those blades had so little power in them they couldn’t cut fabric. At most they bruised or burned, but even then the harm they caused almost never sent a Youngling to the medical ward. This blade in Anakin’s hand would slice through her torso in less than a second if Claudia dropped it the wrong way. This safety lesson was more than necessary.

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clauds
2012-09-19 03:38 am UTC (link)

Claudia was somewhere between pursed lips and a snicker as she answered the next part. "Blade length." Because really, they needed a way to adjust the blade length. A group of emotionless cult members, trouncing about, playing with their light swords -

"Do I need to draw a diagram back to you? Actually - why isn't there a diagram? Or maybe button labels -" Claudia grinned a little as she asked the question.

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darkforcerising
2012-09-20 01:15 am UTC (link)

“Unnecessary, Ms. Donovan,” Anakin said, and he didn’t even pause to address her question about the lacking diagram. They weren’t at the Temple, and this was a rather impromptu lesson. Proper diagrams were lacking in supply, plus, ever lightsaber, while having a similar look was customized to the Jedi’s specifications. They were looking at Anakin’s lightsaber, demonstrating with the real deal was sufficient. Besides, he found the best way to weather Claudia’s chatter was to just let it happen, and then not bring any more attention to it.

“How does one activate the lightsaber?”

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clauds
2012-09-20 07:28 am UTC (link)

Unlike a Padawan learner, or even a pre-Padawan (whatever they were called), Claudia had no one she needed to impress in a "or else" situation. The absolute worst that could happen with Anakin was a random refusal to allow her to hold the lightsaber and, while Claudia wanted to hold a legitimate lightsaber for pure bragging rights (and epic factor), she wouldn't be utterly screwed out of her entire future if she didn't impress the Jedi Master. She was, still, approaching the entire matter with her normal sense of humor and attention span problems.

And Anakin calling her "Ms. Donovan" only worsened her desire to act out in some way.

"Shiny switch button." She pointed to it, "Click twice, on. Click twice, off."

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darkforcerising
2012-09-20 09:13 am UTC (link)

Anakin stared down at Claudia and let the moment stretch. Their review was almost finished. There was just one more question, even if Anakin could make this last longer, just for the kick of it, by thinking of extraneous questions. But he did not, as he was sure that would result in more phone slicing.

“And what is the number one rule of safety regarding a lightsaber?”

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clauds
2012-09-20 09:38 am UTC (link)

Specific details were easy, because Claudia had a pretty good memory for details. One had to in her line of work. This, however, felt like a trick question. There were a number of possible answers and, really, none stood out to her strongly over the others.

In a moment of pure instinct and (admitted) mild frustration, she answered, "Don't point it at your face right as you go to turn it on?"

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darkforcerising
2012-09-21 01:19 am UTC (link)

Anakin raised an eyebrow and withdrew the lightsaber from Claudia’s reach. That was not the all-encompassing answer he was waiting for.

“I would hope you wouldn’t do that, Ms. Donovan.” Her last name was almost habit to say now; when the lesson was over he might find it hard to transition back to Claudia, though he was sure she wouldn’t let him get away with that for long.

“Close, but try again. Think empathically. I know you know about weapons safety with that version of a blaster you have. The first rule for every weapon should be the same.”

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clauds
2012-09-21 03:59 am UTC (link)

Empathetical. She could do that. The very mention implied what she should be thinking about in Anakin's mind, anyhow, and his bit about every weapon. "You mean the 'blaster' where I redesigned the power source to allow for shorter recharging time and mobile charging? Oh, okay. And - very few people know I have it, so could we keep that on the down low?"

"Only point a weapon at someone when there's possible need to use it, so - don't point it right at your face as I go to turn it on, or at any other limbs."

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darkforcerising
2012-09-21 05:10 am UTC (link)

Anakin didn’t know anything about Claudia’s weapon, only that she had one that bore the unmistakable design of being a blaster. He did not press for clarification on design and function of her weapon. That was not the point of their session.

“Of course,” he said, simply. He had a firm understanding of what it meant to be discrete, if Claudia didn’t want him mentioning it he would not.

He brought the discussion back on target by presenting the lightsaber again. “I would appreciate your restraint, Ms. Donovan.” Not that he was without defenses if she tried. “The removal of my limbs is reserved for someone else.” And yes, he did say that with something of a small, wicked grin on his features. Perhaps he was entirely too comfortable knowing his future?

But why dwell on that? He angled the lightsaber so that the blade end faced up between them and decidedly not towards either of their faces. His hand gripped the bottom end leaving space for Claudia to grab hold.

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clauds
2012-09-21 05:44 am UTC (link)

Claudia started to make a face and roll her eyes at the extremely morbid joke, a crack back on the tip of her tongue, but then he held the lightsaber out. It was just that easy to swap her attention onto the far more positive aspect.

She was careful, but not hesitant, grinning as she reached to grab hold. She was surprised at how little it weighed, but thoughts of it were gone as she pressed the button twice and watched the light blade come out of it with hum. She was rather sure that somewhere, it was if millions of voices of fanboys suddenly cried out in jealousy, and were unable to be silenced. "Dude," Claudia grinned, taking care to consider her position in relation to Anakin's and keeping the lightsaber pointed away from anyone's body parts, "This is epic."

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