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myownprice ([personal profile] myownprice) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2023-05-09 09:36 am

(open) weapon-crafting 101

WHO: Boba Fett and you!
WHERE: Around Temba
WHAT: Boba decides the first thing he needs on a new planet is a weapon. Naturally.
WHEN: Early May, but after Sports Day
WARNINGS: Brief mention of child slavery




i. required materials

To say it had been a difficult first day on Agra-10 for Boba would be a massive, massive understatement. He’d spent most of it bouncing between confusion and panic, chased by his fears of what might be waiting for him if he should return to Tatooine too late and, at one point, literally chased by an angry cyborg clone through the empty Temba streets. Somehow, a day that had started with him being hunted for sport and almost enslaved on Tatooine had gotten worse. At least when he was being chased in Mos Eisley, he had an idea of why.

Now, on his second day, he’s decided that things are going to be different. He’s done panicking; now he’s going to come up with a plan. First things first: he needs a weapon.

He spends most of the first part of the day combing through the city, searching for the materials he needs. He thinks a spear would be a good start; he knows how to use one for both self-defense and fishing, the latter of which he needs to pay Tommy back for the meal on his first day. He makes for an odd sight as he searches for the necessary components; a short-statured figure in a blue cadet’s uniform, face hidden under a silver-and-blue Mandalorian battle helmet, picking through junk and debris. Unlike his first day, he won’t run or hide if he sees another person approaching—though he will stop and watch them, the black visor of his helmet turning to track them as he weighs whether or not they might be a threat.


ii. steps 1-6

By the time Boba finds everything he needs for a spear, it’s already past noon. He kneels in the shadow of an abandoned storefront, taking in his finds. A broken mop handle, a clump of electrical wiring, and a few sharp fragments of scrap metal—it’s not much, but it should be enough for what he needs. He spends the next while putting it all together: using one of the pieces of scrap metal to score a notch into one end of the wooden mop handle, inserting another piece of scrap to be the spearhead, and tying it all together with frayed bits of electrical wire. The result is an ugly, haphazard thing that will probably fall apart the second he tries to puncture anything firmer than flesh—but it’s better than nothing.

Grimy and exhausted, Boba examines his new weapon with grim acceptance. He knows it’s nothing amazing. He also knows that with the sun going down, he probably won’t be catching any fish today. Maybe he can go back to Tommy’s diner? It feels wrong, taking another meal when he can’t even repay the man for what he’d eaten yesterday, but… he’s hungry. And at the very least, he can think about catching something tomorrow.

He stands and, after a quick glance at his communicator to figure out where he is, begins to walk in that direction, still holding his improvised spear in one hand.

{OOC: Feel free to encounter Boba either at the diner or on his way there!}
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-09 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Link's not hiding either - but the boy might spot Link as he climbs and leaps from building to building using his newly re-acquired paraglider. It's here, from his vantage point up-high, that he spots the boy.

He looks for a moment. Notes that the boy is doing something very, very familiar to Link: scavenge and collect anything and everything that looks remotely useful. Or pretty. Or both.

Leaping off the building, he glides down to the ground just near Boba. At which point it will become clear that Link is also armed; on his back is a long Sword, and a complicated-looking compound bow. He does not, however, have any armour.

"...Hi," he says. "You looking for something?" Maybe Link can help?
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-10 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Just from that one reaction, Link can see that the kid must know how to fight - that movement was too fluid, too practiced, to mean anything else. It's just not something he's used to see in kids.

Unfortunately, at Boba's question Link has to shake his head. "Came here with me," he says. And even if Link was willing to give it away, he couldn't - not this sword.
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-10 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Link had lost things too. Many, many things. The Sword was the only thing that did come with him, apart from the clothes on his back.

But for now, he looks at Boba's broom handle and hums softly. "You need a blade?" he says, thinking. "Blunt weapons are easier."

After all, it didn't need a point to be effective. You could do a lot with a club, or even just a staff.
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-10 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
Link makes a soft, slightly surprise noise of acknowledgement. He's...actually never thought of using a spear to fish before, although now that it's been suggested to him it's immediately obvious. He always just used bombs. Or Urbosa's Fury.

As for the glider, he shakes his head. "There were competitions. It's mine. But it was a prize."

He's not entirely sure how it came to be a prize. If the Agrii had it all this time, why didn't they just give it to him at the beginning?
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-10 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Link thinks about the problem for a moment. It's a pity they couldn't just...smush something sharp onto the end of the handle, and just have it stick. That would be useful.

But this kind of tool use isn't something Link is familiar with. He certainly doesn't have a fusion cutter, whatever that is. But, maybe there's another option.

"Could sharpen your staff," he says. "Make it pointy."
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-13 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Link has to shake his head. "Other people can't wield it," he says. Zelda's probably the only person apart from him who could even touch.

Still, that doesn't mean he can't help.

"I could do it?"
Edited 2023-05-13 02:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-16 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
By the holy power of a goddess, that's how it works. And it's not really coded to his biometrics, so much as his soul.

He draws the Sword. It's a beautiful blade, and anyone with any appreciation for weaponry will be able to tell that this is something special. And this, the Sword that Seals the Darkness, the Sacred Blade, the legendary Master Sword...Link uses to casually cut a notch into the pole.

The question, however, has his pausing a moment. He's not entirely sure exactly what would happen to someone else, if they tried to wield the Sword. He just knows, a deep instinct embedded down into his bones, that it wouldn't be good.

"They...can't?" He pauses again. Remembers how the Sword tested him, judged whether he had the strength to wield it. Remembered the Deku Tree's warnings. "Maybe painful. Maybe deadly."
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-18 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's not that Link is adverse to setting traps. He's certainly done it before, after all. But it's not a suggestion he expects from a child. And it's certainly not something he would ever consider with this sword.

For a moment, there's just a heavy silence as Link looks at Boba.

"...No," he says quietly. "Not with the Sword that Seals the Darkness."

Not ever.
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-18 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Just an idea, yes. But one that was also...unsettling. And wrong, and levels Boba does not seem to understand.

But even if Link is still deeply unnerved by Boba's suggestion, it's not enough for him to refuse to help. "What else do you need?" he asks, as he sheaths the Sword.
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[personal profile] newmemorywhodis 2023-05-20 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Link nods, and follows Boba into the storefront. "Link," he says, before he starts to search.

There's pieces of broken glass. Sharp, certainly. But not durable. He rummages through some of the rubble inside. There's some broken off pieces of wood, once part of some shelving. Not quite right, but Link collects them anyway, just in case.

He does, however, managed to find a curled up piece of thick cord. This, at least, should be useful.

He wonders back to Boba, and shows it to him.
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[personal profile] sunglassesincluded 2023-05-09 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
A child pretending to be a knight. That's what Wesker sees as he walks the steadily darkening paths of Temba. He is carrying his own weapons, of course, but a lot less visible than the boys handcrafted spear.

While he isn't too interested in the boy or where he might be going, Wesker finds himself yet again wondering what exactly the reasonings of their captors might be for trapping children in this place. Children that will be little more than additional baggage when things inevitably turn serious.

"Don't hurt yourself with that, little Lancelot." Wesker hears himself saying dispassionately as he passes the boy, towering well above him.
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[personal profile] sunglassesincluded 2023-05-10 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Wesker actually stopped at that, if only to let out a dry chuckle. "Ah, yes. The infantine misperception of reality and one's own capabilities universally shared among children. Children who are invincible and full of bravado until one day suddenly they are not." A simple truth even Chris had to accept at some point.

Turning his head back just about enough to cast a glimpse back at the boy, Wesker gives him a dismissivle wave. "Go slay your dragon."
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[personal profile] sunglassesincluded 2023-05-11 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"I find that highly doubtful." Wesker replies plainly, unimpressed by the boys' claim but not surprised. Children like to exaggerate. An attempt to make themselves more impressive that usually has little effect unless the adult in question is receptive and willing to play along. Wesker however has never been a man willing to humor anyone, child or adult.

He gives a short shake of his head. "I'm not in the business for hurting children, so you can refrain from attempting to bait me, little knight." A pause, then: "What's your name?"
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[personal profile] sunglassesincluded 2023-05-12 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Boba's reaction earns him a small, secretive smirk. "No. It's how I learn whether or not they are worth my time, little knight." And the majority of people simply aren't worth his time in his opinion. Unfortunately this entire place seemed littered with them. People that he has no use for, yet can't simply get rid of. A frustrating circumstance but one he can't change.

He makes the conclusion of his little experiment clear by simply trning away again fully and proceeding on his way.
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ii

[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-17 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
After having a bounty hunter seeking her out, being a little wary after being told that someone here is looking for her seems entirely reasonable, especially considering whom it was to inform her.

Needless to say, Omega is curious, but she hasn't yet gotten around to reaching out to set up a meeting. She's been thinking about it though.

She's doing so right now at the diner, over a bowl of soup, dunking a piece of bread into it. The girl hasn't bothered to unsling her energy bow from her back, but she's used to having it there in its folded position.

Settled on the table beside her is a mothcat, a green-furred feline with strange, feathery antennae and fanned out wings with a speckled design. This one's small and a bit on the pudgy side, and currently looks to be napping.
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-17 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
The girl absently strokes the lazy mothcat's fur as she chews on her soaked bread. She glances over when she hears the other person's approach; she'd been aware someone else had come but that's not all unusual considering it's the diner.

Omega blinks at the person, the helmet putting her on guard instantly. But the voice...she squints at the t-visor.

"Who's asking..?" she says cautiously, more out of uncertainty for what this other kid could want from her than that he had any designs to attack. Except that he does have a weapon. Her eyes flick to it briefly. All she has in hand is a piece of bread, and Tumble isn't the best of her mothcat squad.
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-18 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Given her lack of reaction, the name doesn't seem to strike her as familiar. It's the latter that does, especially once Boba reveals his face. She's seen it plenty of times back in Tipoca City, not that she's ever engaged with the cadets.

"I'm Omega," the girl finally confirms, some of her wariness easing off in favor of a smile. She sets the bread down so she can turn towards him. "It's nice to meet you, Boba."

Most clones tended to ignore her, so she's happy to actually be acknowledged by one. Perhaps because of their whole situation here?

"Have you been finding things all right, here? As well as anyone can, anyway."
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-18 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't think so. But most of the people here are nice and helpful, at least."

Omega tries to offer him some reassurance with her smile. She nudges the stool beside her with a foot, an open invitation if the boy wants to sit.

Her expression is open, innocent and curious as Boba asks his question, a question to lead into another question. Clearly she's already accepted him as someone to trust, or at least not someone who might cause her trouble.

"Sure," she nods, looking at him expectantly.
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-19 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. The point-blank question definitely catches her off guard. Omega blinks, looking a little confused, perhaps unsure how to answer.

"I don't know," she admits. "This is how I've always been."

She tilts her head at Boba. "Why do you ask?"
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-20 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes...?" The line of questioning makes it seem like she shouldn't be. But Boba's not denying that she is like him, in that sense anyway. "Is it though? ...well no, I guess you have a point. I wasn't created to be a soldier like the rest of you were." Omega's still assuming he's a cadet, after all.

"I don't know though. If I have a purpose, that is. I've mostly been Nala Se's assistant once I was old enough."
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-20 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The turn of this conversation's certainly not something Omega's expected, and the fact that she isn't able to provide Boba the answers he's apparently looking for make her feel like she's disappointing him, somehow. It's also frustrating, like he knows something she doesn't.

"Your father's..?" She latches onto that phrase. No clone's ever referred to the originator of their DNA as 'father' so far as she knows. "That's the only DNA sample that the Kaminoans have been making use of for all this time," she admits with a frown.

"I'm a clone like you, but no one's ever told me much about why I'm different. I just know that my brothers are too. But they were genetically altered when they were young, part of an experimental unit. So most of them look a lot different now than Regs - that's what they'd call the regular clones."
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-25 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Omega wouldn't correct him on that; so far as she's concerned, she's always been a part of the 'Bad Batch.' The defects, so far as things went from the standard model. She hasn't yet been told otherwise.

The girl blinks at him, brightening a little. Someone else who was different. Just...not in the way that her squad is. "Really? How old are you?" she asks, all at once curious. "I never knew there were any direct clones. So...you're not a cadet, then?"
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-05-27 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Her eyes widen at that. "My brothers and I left Kamino too, if pretty recently. Things have changed there now that the Empire's taken over the Republic. I didn't think it was a good idea to stay..."

But things are better because she's with them- or at least she was. Still, she doesn't think staying would have made anything better for them. Omega smiles a little.

"I'm about fourteen now. Dustin helped me calculate when my birthday will be, here, so I'll be fifteen in a few months."
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-06-02 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Omega blinks. "Oh... You must be from...before? Is the war still going on?"

Time differences are still such a strange concept to her. Even though she knows Echo's from some point ahead of her, it hasn't seemed so far as to be disruptive.

"When the Clone Wars ended, the Republic became known as the Galactic Empire."
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[personal profile] small_compromise 2023-06-04 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
A nod. "Yeah, more time stuff," Omega confirms, with a faint twist of her own lips. As commonplace as it is here, she doubts she'll ever get used to it. Who possibly can?

"I guess you can say that. I'm not sure when you're from to really know otherwise. "The Republic won, and the Supreme Chancellor became Emperor."