Ask Tommy Guns

[Gett'se Vizsla]

Gett'se tried to focus on his flying as he winced at Tommy's screaming echoing loudly in the small cabin. He could understand her terror, knew why she wanted him to fly as fast as possible away from this situation, but he also knew that wasn't an option. Thankfully she managed to get ahold of herself after missing the first opportunity for a shot. Continuing his loop, he lined her up with another shot and she took it, screeching jubilantly as the I-Beam fighter behind them exploded into flame.

"Great Job. Now hang on." He said as the deflector shields bled with laser fire, the ship rocking with each hit. Pulling back on the throttle, the Y-wing suddenly lost momentum, shuddering to almost a halt as the I-Beam fighter behind them rocketed past, it's lower cannon barely missing the cockpit.

Pushing forwards on the throttle and lining the Y-wing's nose up on the I-BEAM, Gett'se squeezed the trigger. A trio of twin beams lanced out to take the fighter in the engine. It bloomed into an explosion. Scrap peppered the Y-wing, pinging off its hull and flames washed over the cockpit briefly obscuring their view. And then they were through. The scanner read no more contacts.

"Good shot gamer." He said as he steered the ship towards the planet. They broke through the atmosphere and approached the scrap fields, a sprawling landfill that covered most of the planet. A graveyard of ships and junk from far and wide. Bringing the ship in to land about ten kilometer's out from the bunker like he said, he was fairly certain that they were as close as he could get without drawing the attention of the anti-air cannon.

Popping the hatch as soon as the ship settled on its landing struts, he stood up and surveyed the area, stepping onto the hull of the Y-wing before hopping down. The paint was more scorched than it had been before, definitely getting to be time for a fresh coat.

"Welcome to Attahox." He said as he offered a hand up for Tommy if she needed help getting down. "You ready for a hike?"

@Sreeya

 

[Tommy]

By the time the ship landed and Gett’se turned to look at her, she was a mess. She was plastered against her seat, her head tendrils flipped over to cover her face. She was mortified and forgot how to breathe for a moment. Was she dead? Who knew, but she wasn’t moving at all. It was a few seconds later that she finally registered that they landed.

Tommy flipped the tendrils back over and glared at him, “I’m charging you extra for hazard pay,” If that was just getting to the place, she couldn’t imagine what would follow next. She half thought about simply trying to get back and giving him his money back. How would she even get back? She had arrived in his ship…

Tommy slowly got up, too angry to take the offer hand. As a result, she missed a step and dropped straight down. She quickly rose to her feet and dusted herself and her ego off, “I’m okay, perfectly fine, everyone calm down,” She said to no one in particular, straightening up her tendrils.

She stared at him blankly as he mentioned the hike. Wasn’t there promise of a jetpack ride? Forget that, she was too mad for it anyway. Tommy grumbled something incoherent in response and began to walk. It was clear she was still angry at him for forcing her to do real aiming and gunning.

@Arclight

 

[Gett'se Vizsla]

Gett'se nodded at Tommy's mention of hazard pay. "I'll pay it. Wasn't expecting the pirate." He simply said. He hadn't intended to drag her into a dogfight and he wasn't happy about leaving her worse for wear mentally. Watching her refuse his hand and drop to the ground, he didn't offer her aid getting up. She was perfectly capable of getting down, she had made that clear, so she was perfectly capable of picking herself up and brushing off.

"who's not calm?" He said, maybe a little bit of a jab at her frazzled state. He watched her stare at his expressionless visor at the mention of the hike, she started to walk off and he almost let her, but he knew she would be disappointed if she didn't get her promised jetpack ride.

"Wait." He stopped her as she passed him by with a gentle touch on her elbow. Not quite a grab but enough to let her know to stop. "Don't think I forgot the deal." He said before turning back to the ship and climbing aboard, grabbing a small blaster pistol from his weapons locker. It wasn't anything fancy, but he didn't want to walk her into danger without any way of protecting herself if he was somehow incapable of protecting her.

Returning to her side, he offered her the blaster. "Just in case, its a stun pistol." Once she had taken it he would cock his head at her slightly as a sudden realization popped into his head. "You... do know how to use that, right?" He asked. The idea of not knowing how to use a blaster was completely foreign to him, his own functioning almost like an extension of his hand. But she didn't walk anything close to the same path that he did so the question begged an answer in his mind.

@Sreeya

 

[Tommy]

Tommy simply stared at him as he asked who wasn’t calm. Her jaw actually dropped. Did this guy take everything literally? She actually took the time to pause and fought to keep her face straight. She cleared her throat and began slowly, “Rumor has it that in these parts of the galaxy, sometimes if you look up at the stars and look really hard, you can see the words gullible spelled out.”

Her anger was actually diffused by then, and she eyed the offered blaster suspiciously. As he asked if she knew how to use it, she scoffed, “Of course, I’m Crimson Dawn,” She snatched the blaster from him, waving it around with it faced towards herself before she unsuccessfully tried to place it on her hip. She also tried to place it down her pants like they did in the movies and that didn't work either. After giving up, she resolved to simply carry it.

Tommy was visibly nervous at the prospect of actually using it or being forced into combat. A lot of her jobs went sideways and she was hoping against hope this wasn’t one of them. She finally turned to face him and crossed her arms.

“Am I getting that jetpack ride or what?”

@Arclight

 

[Gett'se Vizsla]

Gett'se watched Tommy's jaw drop at his little comment, restraining himself from laughing at her reaction. Then she went on to slowly talk of ancient rumors about gullible fools. He decided to bite. Looking up at the sky for a moment, he pretended to look really really hard. "Ah, yes. There it is." He said before turning his helmet back to her, a smirk on his face as he handed her the blaster.

Crimson Dawn huh. It made sense one of the Syndicates would snatch up supposed talent like Tommy's, though he had yet to see her work. He watched her fumble with the blaster, nearly pulling the trigger on herself a few times. Good thing he had opted for giving her a stun blaster. She tried to shove the weapon down her pants before simply deciding to hold it. He hoped she wouldn't ever end up with a bounty on her head due to her syndicate ties... She wouldn't last long against a guild hunter. "Crimson Dawn teach you how to handle a blaster?" He asked, skepticism in his voice.

"Yeah. Hang on tight." He answered as she asked about her jetpack ride. Without warning he would scoop her up off of her feet under her legs and back, picking her up like the men always did in holo vids. "Also. don't point that thing at me, your finger is on the trigger." He said as he looked down at the blaster in her hands, its barrel pointed towards him. Once the blaster was situated safely, he would squeeze his left hand into a fist and the jetpack would flare, sending them soaring into the air.

@Sreeya

 

[Tommy]

Tommy watched him look up and 'spot it'. Almost out of reflex, she glanced up too, convinced he was entirely literal. She thought she was slick and quickly looked back, but the T visor was already gazing back at her, having caught her looking too. Her eyes got wide, realization dawning on her, “You….bastard..” She grumbled under her breath.

She chewed on the inside of her lip as he mentioned Crimson Dawn teaching her. Tommy wasn’t entirely worthless with a blaster, but her aim could use some work. What she lacked above all was confidence. Thankfully, she had full confidence in the work he had hired her for. She may not have been skilled at everything, but she did know how to do her job right.

Tommy barely got a word out when he quickly swept her off her feet, “Hey where am I supposed to put my arms-YAAAAAAA!” She shrieked as he set off before she could properly adjust herself. She threw her arms around his neck, clinging on for life as her head tendrils went flying in every direction.

After the initial panic subsided, she was grinning from ear to ear, feeling the wind rushing through her body. She held on tightly, feeling as if she were in one of those movies where the hero carried the girl through a dramatic scene. Tommy slowly turned to look at Gett’se's helmet, a dreamy look on her face when she suddenly remembered the blaster. Or lack there of.

Eyes instantly went wide.

“Oh..uh… um.. we have a problem..” The only thing she held right then was Gett’se.

@Arclight