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Jack Harkness ([personal profile] 51stcentury) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2014-04-15 12:34 pm

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So I've got a dilemma. One that I'm hoping that someone on the ship can help me with.

[Cue the flash of a charming, Harkness grin. C'mon, whoever you are, you know you wanna.]

I need something made for me. For a friend. And while I'm good at a lot of things - a lot of things [yes, Jack, please spare us the innuendo] - metalworking really isn't one of them. Give me an Arcateenian psychic melder or a W'narian battle cruiser any day, but metal arts - arts in general really - are a bit beyond me. Especially on as small a scale as I'm looking for.

Anyway, I've heard there are a few on board with the sort of skill that might be able to help me. I know that payment doesn't really work in any normal sort of way in this place, but I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.

[Way to be kind of cryptic, Jack. Hopefully it gets enough of the point across though.]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-04-16 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not brilliant, but I'm willing to give it a try. What exactly do you need?
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-04-16 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do that. It might take a bit of time, to make sure I get something that's ...well, it's an important thing to get right.

Does the type of metal matter?
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-04-18 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I've got most of my equipment down on the flight deck. We can sketch out a few ideas and I can show you the metals I've got handy.

[And in the time it will take Jack to get down there, Harry can tidy up his slightly disastrous magical experimentation area. There are warning signs.]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-04-19 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
See you soon.

[And in due course, Harry will have tidied up his corner of the shuttle bay and set out a few different hunks of metal. He doesn't have gold or silver, but he can put a non-reactive sheen on just about anything.]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-04-19 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Harry always enjoys being useful, but as Jack reaches out and they shake hands, his posture shifts to one that's a great deal more relaxed and genuinely pleased to see him.]

It's no trouble, really. I've been learning how to bend metal into gaskets and bolts for the shuttles. A ring ought to be easy in comparison. Do you have a design you want or just a plain band?
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/weeps forever. (no, I'm okay.)

[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-05-12 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Harry nods and instead of sketching something out on paper or on a tablet, he gestures with his wand and spreads out what looks a bit like a translucent tablecloth. Then, with just his bare hands he begins to mould and shape the substance.]

Like this?

[It's a plain, unmarked band.]

Or would you rather this?

[Also, fairly plain but with a bit of faceting around the edge.]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-05-12 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
No problem.

[It really isn't an issue. Harry's been experimenting with what he can do and if he's able to make a self-sealing stembolt, a ring won't be a problem.]

If you want, I can put a charm on it? So you can always find it or record a message?
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-05-12 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of it would need magic to activate or at least be worn by a wizard. I can make it so that the ring never catches on anything, which is a danger, but really there's not too much I can do, but...

[Harry tilts his head to one side and runs through all the charms he can think of and dearly wishes he'd had a chance to actually talk magic with Lily.]

I could do a sort of call and response? If I made two. Or a ring and something else.
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-05-16 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Two items, made from the same metal, with a core of something that can hold a magical charge. I could set it up so that one of you could 'ping' the other, just to know that someone's there.

[He's certain he can set it up to do that for non-wizards.]

And, if you want, I can leave the charm open enough so that if you've got a wizard handy, you can use it like a game of hot and cold. Like a compass. Just in case the hallways decide to lead us on a merry chase.
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-06-01 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I ought to be able to have it self-sustaining, or at the very least, to run without a recharge so long as I'm alive.

[ Harry is already mentally sketching out ideas. He makes a gesture like he unrolling a map and a shimmering translucent plane appears to hover in air and then he's able to 'write' on it, jotting down notes and ideas. It's a portable, wizarding whiteboard. Of sorts. ]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-06-08 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
I can easily tie it to my lifespan, that's easy, but anything else is a bit of a challenge and I might not be able to get it to work. For now, let's do that and I'll keep tinkering?

[ He has no idea how long it could take him to devise a charm that will continue on and he doesn't want to leave them without a ring for some indefinite period. ]
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[personal profile] thebreakingwave 2014-06-20 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I think I've got it. I'll get the ring to you soon. Let me know if he likes it?

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[personal profile] ex_agoodsoldier468 2014-04-18 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry, Jack, but Jason's seen "charming" too many times from someone else to fall for it. ]

Aren't you friendly? Though I figure this "friend" of yours is luckier than most.

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[personal profile] ex_agoodsoldier468 2014-04-18 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jason's resting his chin in his hand as he gives Jack an amused look. Definitely - this one'd be perfect friends with Dick. ]

"Friend" is usually code, from experience. They probably know on a very intimate level how good you are at things. Am I getting warm?

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[personal profile] ex_agoodsoldier468 2014-04-18 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's Jason: to the point. ]

Wow, you're good at this. [ His grin grows at Jack's little wink. What can Jason say? He works hard so he can play even harder. ]

So how long have you kids been here if you're planning on popping the big one?

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[personal profile] ex_agoodsoldier468 2014-04-19 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jason takes a second to look down at the tattoo on his wrist, even though he's memorized the number by now: 030-156. This has been going on that long? He looks back to Jack and his smile's a little fainter now. ]

By the sound of things, wedding fever's in the air. But I guess anything to keep from going crazy, right? [ He shrugs. ]

Congrats.

[personal profile] ex_agoodsoldier468 2014-05-16 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Jason Todd. [ His expression continues to ease by small degrees. This guy's about as sunny as Dick, and as much as Jason hates to admit it, somewhere deep down, there had been something he had admired there in the past. ]

So "Captain." Military?

( ooc; Not a problem. I'm good with backtagging and we can always handwave things if you need to. )