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Juniper

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I'm so sorry guys, I got caught up in the event and returning to work, I didn't realise it was my turn!


Nara had stepped away for a few moments to investigate more of the youngling's work. The workshop was pretty split by now: the younglings on one side, fiddling with their baby circuits and trying to cobble together working parts for a scout droid; the two Knights and Padawan on the other side, with their various parts and chassis spread across benches and floor space. She looked over, seeing Kori try the on/off switch, stifling a grin. "You're going to have to try harder than that!" she called back, before leaning over one of the youngling's work.

When she came back over, she covertly moved a screwdriver kit and a replacement main board to the bench near Kori, hoping to encourage her there. That was the source of the problem, she knew it from ten seconds of looking. She watched Fiach assemble all the parts she'd need to create a droid. Impressive work. "Never going to resist a challenge, are you?" she called over, smiling at her.

"Memories? I don't know. Maybe? Our lived experiences make us who we are, if you're asking me. Maybe I'd be different if I didn't have memories. I would have thought that the corruption of the dark side would still have an effect on a Sith even if you removed their memory. Though all my experiences with Sith end up with me getting shot, slashed and electrocuted so I'm not likely to try. I think it's a crappy way to deal with things, though. A Sith can only stop being a Sith if they repent from what they've done. Properly repent." Nara had never been a trusting individual.

"You think a lot more about these things than most padawans I've ever met. You could try asking a Master, they usually have much more insight into the mysteries of the Force. Well... aside from maybe Master Grayza."



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Nykoria Tallis

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"Yeah, I'd be surprised if replacing a power cell worked," the Zeltron returned Nara's grin. The switch was always the first step. Sometimes hardware was disassembled and reassembled only because someone had forgotten to plug it in. Kori would hate to end up among those people in that class.

After the on/off switch came the replacement power core, which yielded no results as well. The purple alien even took the time to connect both power cores to a different device to make sure that they worked. It had to be button itself, the wiring, or the main board. The reasons, on the other hand, could be plentiful. Kori needed some sort of insight... Insight... Now wait a second... You have the means for that, idiot! With a self-satisfied smirk on her lips, the Zeltron sat next to the droid and closed her eyes. Perhaps the Force could tell when the Zeltron's technical knowledge could not.

"Balor, wait!" An electric discharge. Shock. Sadness. Disbelief. Hurried footsteps. "Kriff, bud! That was a wrong socket. Hey, Jex! I think Balor's circuits just got fried!"

Nykoria didn't know how the story ended. But being able to sense imprints of events and emotions in the Force certainly had its perks. Perceiving and "reading" people and the world around certainly was a useful skill; to the Zeltron's surprise, it could be applied even in mechanics. It reminded her of her time at the law-enforcement academy on Coruscant. Back then, she had used her unique perception to figure out answers without resorting to traditional means. Speaking of perception...

Kori's eyes were still close when she sensed a familiar presence nearby. Nara. Eager to help, yet cautious enough not to humiliate me in the process. Props to you for that! The Zeltron's eyes remained closed; the only indication of her getting the hint was a widening smile on her face. But having Nara just give a solution was too easy. No, Kori needed more of a challenge...

With her eyes still closed, she tried to sense the main board that Nara had moved towards her so subtly, and then compare it to the one inside the astromech. Not with the eyes—she probably wouldn't have found out much that way—but rather with the Force. The two circuit boards weren't identical, but it didn't matter. It was as if Kori had a thousand of sensitive needle-thin fingers touching the surface of the board, searching for anything off.

The gambit paid off: amidst the unnatural and organized shapes, Nykoria sensed something more chaotic. A dint of sorts. Could it be the damaged part? You can check that too, you know. The on/off switch on the droid moved again; this time without anyone touching it. Quiet and soft electric hum—unhearable to the unassisted eye, but not to a perceptive Force user—signalized that the power core was working.

Now, if only Kori could sense the electric currents running across the board, she could confirm where they were interrupted. It was a new experience; the Zeltron hadn't dealt with tech too much before; and definitely not in the manner she was trying to work with it now. That would take some time; to an outside observer, it would look like the Zeltron was just meditating or had fallen asleep in front of a broken droid.

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Fiach Dubh

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Fiach nodded absent-mindedly at Nara’s words. It was true, the more challenging the problem, the more focused she became. In fact, cobbling together a solution to a problem others had given up on was when she gained most pleasure from her work.

But a mere nod was all Nara received. If there was another aspect to Fiach’s work, it was focus – total focus. Short of being attacked by a Sith horde, nothing would distract the young Padawan as she got to work constructing the droid. Or rather, cataloguing mentally the parts she had and the parts she did not. Once she’d completed this, and committed it to memory, she then considered what parts she was comfortable retaining as standard and which would benefit from an upgrade.

Finally, having compiled two mental lists, she considered the items she’d need in terms of priority and re-ordered both lists in her head.

Nodding more vigorously now, she headed to the store cupboard, to see what she could find.

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