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[another peaceful morning on tranquility-or, er, tranquility's equivalent of peaceful, nobody has died today anyway- is suddenly broken by a small explosion, somewhere on one of the higher floors that isn't really being occupied.

and if anyone is wondering just what the hell that was all about, jasper is scrambling onto the network just two minutes later. goggles askew on his head and a dark smear on one cheek as he smiles waveringly down at the comm, the sight of smoke wafting up behind him just barely visible over one shoulder. his voice is slightly raspy but for anyone that's spoken to him recently, it's getting much stronger.]

Hey, so. Don't worry about the noise or anything, we've just never used these kinds of accelerants before and we're trying to work out a formula for heat and range of the blast.

[he frowns a little and rubs vaguely at the stain on his cheek, only managing to spread it around even more.]

And I don't need to hear anything about how dangerous explosions on a spaceship can be okay, Raven and I both grew up in a space station, I think we know what we can get away with safely. [and then he's back to grinning again because, well, blowing shit up, how can you not smile, right?]

If anyone has something small of theirs that they'd like blown up-- maybe a trinket from an ex [slight, barely there glance over his shoulder at something (or someone) off screen] or something else you don't want any more, feel free to bring it by!

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....Jasper.

[yeah this is why he wanted to keep the gun, kennex.]

What? [as if he doesn't know exactly what, you have to remember that jasper was technically a criminal back home.]

Why are you trying to work out a formula for heat and range of the blast?

[He sounds, perhaps, vaguely aggrieved. That's a partial explanation if he's ever heard one.]

So that no accidents happen later. [obviously, ryuuzaki.]

A little more information, maybe.

What's "later"?

[WHAT ARE YOU AND RAVEN UP TO.]

Hopefully nothing, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

Prepared for what, specifically?

[He knows from evasive, kid.]

Against attack, what else do you prepare a defense for?

Please start at the beginning. What kind of attack are you preparing for?

[Because this doesn't sound at all like it's something that would be better left to Gunnery.

It sounds more like they are, perhaps, planning booby traps in the event of more pirates, or in the event that Lina is a harbinger of another kind of invasion. Or...?]

Edited (Insufficiently indicated meta sarcasm! haha) 2014-10-08 07:39 (UTC)

The sort of attack that inevitably comes when you find yourself in an unfamiliar place. Or is there a different reason that we have a Gunnery and Security department on this ship?

[don't worry ryuuzaki, jasper and raven have all sorts of experience blowing shit up. they actually do know that they're doing.]

Hm. I wouldn't say inevitable -- possible. Sometimes probable.

Our biggest problem appears to be intrinsic to the ship itself. You weren't here for Arima.

[That's a statement, but it seems to be going somewhere.]

[ there's a reason raven flings herself into every available department. a reason she doesn't spend much time at 'home', or whatever you want to call the rooms she and jasper share. that reason's written plain on her face as she sits at her workbench in their spare, turning the small metal crane in her fingertips as she eyes it.

she's lost in thought - enough so that she doesn't even hear him come in. ]

[ Edgeworth looks absolutely furious. His voice is sharp and angry. ]

No. You know what you can get away with safely on your space station. That's not something that's generalizable to here.

[wow you know who doesn't care if adults who act like they're in charge are upset with him? jasper doesn't. he gives him a mulish look. his response is somewhat spoiled by the rasp of his voice though.]

Considering our space station was falling apart, this is ship can actually handle more. And we've both worked with ships as well, including this one.

So yes, we do know what this ship can safely handle.

[jasper literally just came from a war back home, excuse him if it doesn't look like he believes ryuuzaki about this.]

No, I was busy getting a spear in my chest in an unfamiliar place.

[jasper stops short, just inside the door, watching raven quietly, gaze darting to look at the necklace in her hand. he doesn't know exactly what happened to it back home, but he know it disappeared around the time she seemed to make a decision about what to do about finn.

the fact that it's back in her hands now just seems cruel, and jasper finds he just can't keep quiet about it.]

Raven? Did you... want to talk about it?

[ Sharply: ]

Tell me everything you know about this ship.

If you actually manage to make a dent in anything, let me know.

I can't say I blame you for not wanting to repeat that experience.

[Which he'll get back to in a minute, because he does find both Jasper and Raven extremely interesting. His tone is calm now, no longer aggrieved at all.]

One way out of this situation... particularly for people who don't like where they came from, or who don't care about any chance of getting home... would be to stay behind when we're able to visit something like Arima. When we were there, however, many of us felt an intense psychological pull to return to the ship.

[OOC: SO SORRY for forgetting the format.]

[man kids these days, even if he's trying not to be pleased]

When you say you've not used these kinds of things before, you can't really claim to be safety-conscious. The two sort of blessedly rule each other out.

[but okay.]

How about portable explosions?

I know the chemical composition of the accelerants, so I'm able to make an estimation. [jasper explains patiently enough] We're just working out the exact numbers with a practical approach.

And we set it off in a container, anyway.

[he tilts his head to consider the question.] We've made grenades before. Or did you mean something smaller than that?

[there's a bit of a pause here as he tries to figure out if there's really any other way to interpret what she just said.]

... we set it off in a container, did you want us to try and make a dent?

[ There's something of a shrug in the tone of Kate's reply. ]

I mean as long as you talk to engineering about where to do it and don't get anyone hurt, sure. It'd be handy but no one's had any luck blowing through a door or wall yet so I'm not getting my hopes up.

Everyone felt compelled to go back to the ship? [well that's certainly worrying. and puts a bit of a damper on raven scouting out the shuttles for them in case of emergencies, possibly.]

Do you have any idea what the cause was?

My friend works in engineering it wouldn't be that hard to figure out a safe place to try.

[thoughtfully, almost to himself.] I'd have to work out a remote detonation that didn't involve shooting at it, but we've got a lot more to work with up here than we did at the camp so that shouldn't be a problem.

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