OMFG! Anakin might do ~something~ *pearl clutch* (darkforcerising) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2020-02-09 13:47:00 |
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Entry tags: | alice bell, anakin skywalker |
Who: Anakin Skywalker and Alice Bell
What: Blowing things up, in a controlled environment
When: Sometime in January
Where: Out in the desert
Rating/Warnings: Low
Status: Complete
“Okay,” Anakin started explaining.
He and Alice sat behind the makeshift wooden barrier. If they balanced on their knees, they would be able to see through the Plexiglas window at a rigged up dilapidated dishwasher leaning to one side on the desert sand. This was a barrier Anakin had used before, that he just had on hand. For things like this.
He held up a remote.
“When you’re ready, just press the green button.” He pointed to the button, though it was the only green one. And the remote was hard to mess up.
He’d prepared a number of explosives in advanced and there were various broken down objects perfect for directing aggression towards in the back of the pick-up he’d rented and parked a good distance away.
“We should be back far enough from the blast. But I’ll make sure nothing hits us.”
He opened his hand and offered the remote to Alice.
***
Blowing things up in the desert with a guy she'd met through the internet had never been on Ali's list of things she'd thought she'd be doing but Anakin seemed like an okay guy. And it wasn't like she'd come out here without anyone knowing the plans. She'd covered all her bases.
She reached out for the remote and looked him in the face as she asked, "How are you going to make sure of that?"
***
“Judicial use of Space Magic.” And as he said it, just before Ali could grab the remote from the palm of his hand, he lifted it with his mind so it hung in the air for her to take.
“I’ll keep an eye out, repel it if necessary.”
***
Ali grabbed the remote out of the air after a moment of shocked staring at it. “Show off. God my life has gotten weird since moving out here. I’m hanging out with someone who has Space Magic.” She was talking more to herself than to him with that but she had to hear it out loud or her brain would explode. She had to hear herself saying it actually.
“So...I push the button and something random on that truck blows up. Let’s go.” Ali was pushing the button even as she said go.
***
With a ground shaking boom, the broken dishwasher he’d set up in perfect view from behind their makeshift protection exploded in a ball of orange, yellow, red, and then black fire and smoke. Bits and pieces flew off in every direction. The main part lifted some ten feet in the air before falling back to the ground.
Anakin held his hand up, already connected to the Force and extending a protective shield against the debris. Nothing large fell their way, but any of the smaller bits just reflected off some invisible line in the air and flew off in a different direction.
“Nice!”
When everything was done falling, he held up his metal hand for a high-five.
***
Ali was laughing as the debris went flying off. She could definitely understand why people did stuff like this for stress relief. It was easy to picture the items out there being the actual stress. And? Explosions were pretty cool to watch. Or cause like she just had. She wasn't going to go looking for things outside of this to blow up but...it was fun having that much control.
She gave Anakin a high-five, grinning at him. "Can I do another one or do you want a turn?"
***
“Yes, you can!” He did this often enough, personally and at word, that he didn’t need a turn yet. “C’mon. Let’s pick out something else from the truck, your choice this time.”
***
Ali let out what was almost a squeal of happiness before turning her attention back to the truck bed and looking at the items out there to pick what she wanted to blow up. “I want...that chest freezer. I want to see if the lid will go flying off.” She settled back down into position. “1. 2….3” She hit the button again as she hit three, grining at the sound of the explosion and watching the lid fly up as the freezer exploded.