InsaneJournal

Who: Ani the Younger and Myka (and R2, because when Ani has free time the droid is always with him – look, he has no friends his age, okay?)
What: Ani and R2 are testing out one of Ani’s robotic creations. Myka happens by.
When: Backdated to Sunday afternoon
Where: A random corridor
Rating/Warnings: Probably low, Ani really is a far cry from the evil he’ll later become back in his universe
Status: In progress/Closed


“Okay,” the tow-headed boy said in as much authority as his youthful voice could muster. R2-D2 rocked on his wheels in anticipation of the next instruction. “Make sure you record everything I say. Plus! Measure its flight path and the sensor feedbacks.” The droid toodled an affirmative sound and Ani nodded.

With a sigh weighted by the seriousness of experimentation, young Anakin set his mind fully to the task at hand. He pressed a button on the portable control pad in his hand, turning it on. The small robot just a meter away flashed red and green lights on its top, indicating it was receiving commands form the control pad. That was heartening and Anakin grinned. While he knew that it had been able to do that for a while now, it was still good to see the first steps on this afternoon of tests were proceeding well.

The gray-cased robot in front of him wasn’t much to look at. A cube set on swivel wheels; mainly it was just something to house the circuitry and inner components and its repulsorlifes. It was a step towards perfecting his grasp of the limited technology of this world and how to mix it with the knowledge from home.

“Okay test moving to the right.” He waited for R2 to confirm he was ready before entering the command for the robot to move to the right. When it did, the boy’s grin spread wider. He walked through all directions, dictating clearly to R2 what he was about to do each time and his thoughts about each successful procedure. Remote technology was hardly an unheard of thing, even in this world, but Anakin had built this robot complete from scratch, none of the pieces were spare droid parts like he used to be able to pick up on the tech levels of Coruscant. And checking everything now meant he could move forward towards other projects if all his tests worked today.

He took his droid creations very seriously. While the Force guided his every move, Master Tiin had been one of the few to encourage him to explore this Force-talent of his wholeheartedly, and to approach it not as a constant given, but one he should understand completely. And that meant understanding the scientific method, learning the math and science behind it all, documenting everything.

“Okay,” he said to his droid co-scientist. He looked over towards the balcony railing that stood against a two story drop down to an open landing below. They were both so caught up in their work they didn’t noticed they’d attracted the attention of someone further down the corridor.

“Should we see if the repulsorlifts work?”