The Junkyard, then to Parts Beyond; Saturday [05/20].

[somethingwithturquoise]

After everything going on with the mess that was his last jaunt back home and his failing awkward relationship with his coworker/coteacher/exboyfriend, it was clear to Summer that Connor just really need to get out, see the multiverse a little, and have a good time. And she was very good at providing exactly that, thank you very much, and was mostly just pleased that he'd agreed, and hadn't, like, decided that he'd much rather just be all mopey and sad and drunk about it instead.

So she headed down to the junkyard, knowing that her pre-flight checks should go pretty quickly since the old girl was getting out a bit more these days again (you loved to see it), and then she just had to wait for Connor to get there, half-wondering if she was going to have to go back and drag his half-hungover ass out of his apartment or something.

She'd do it, too! Put all that weightlighting she'd been doing to good use!

[[ mostly for the sad little dino nerd, but can be open if anyone wants to catch her before they head out! But also, like, all the SP, ohemgee. ]]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

"Not in this dimension," Summer said, faintly apologetic, because that always was kind of a bummer for most people, "and not in mine, either, but we could flip through a few to see if we find one that does. But the moon really is usually just a big space rock that lucked out by hitching its metaphorical wagon to this big ball of water. Like a dull, annoying cousin who you can't shake after it latches onto you at a family reunion or a funeral or something."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Would still be cool to see, and get some pictures. Even if it's just a hunk of rock up there. I mean, it IS the moon, after all!"

You were talking to a certified geek and conspiracy theory addict, Summer, a hunk of rock in space was plenty interesting!

[somethingwithturquoise]

Aww. Was she ever so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about things like just hunks of rock caught up in a bigger, wetter hunk of rock's gravitational pull? She had been, yes, once upon a time, but that felt like lifetimes ago, really, and she took a moment to just sort of appreciate that sort of innocence in others before heading over to pop open the door to the ship.

"Well, then," she declared, "we have our first destination, then! Get on in, have a seat, buckle up, and when we get there, don't say I didn't warn you."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Aye Captain!" Connor said with a small salute as he climbed in, took an appropriate amount of time to admire the very impressive ship and took a seat. "Seated, seat belt secured, and ready to go!" and yes there was a big grin on his face at that.

[somethingwithturquoise]

And Summer, settling into the cockpit, took to all the flips and switches and buttons to get things all started and ready to go. "Any music preferences?" she asked, settling her phone into the dash, because proper tunes were important for any good space jaunt.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"As long as it's not rap or country, I think I will survive," Connor replied, already just taking it all in. "And Summer? Thanks again, for this."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Don't even mention it!" said Summer cheerfully, engines all a-go now, so she just gave the pimp stick gear shift a good throttle to get them up off the ground, and with an angling upwards, started slowly increasing the ship's speed as they lifted off the island. "We had talked about doing this before, right? And now you just have a really, really good reason for needing to!"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Cant argue with that" Connor said, his attention focused out the window already. "Looking forward to it. Gonna be one to remember that's for sure!"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"And now you call tell all your friends back home that you've been to the moon!" Summer said.

You know, whichever ones might still be alive, anyway.

"And places much cooler than that, too."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Abby would have a field day with all of this, that's for sure" Connor said with a grin. "She might actually think Im a bit cool now after this!"

Though the geeky nerdy klutzy vibe would likely always bee there- it was definitely a Connor thing.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Just be sure to tell her all about your awesome friend Summer who made it all possible!" Summer said, with a smirk over at Connor, as the skip started to accelerate even more. "Hold on tight, though, we're going to be breaching atmo soon."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Oh definitely will! You and Abby would get along great I think" Connor said as he braced himself, as much as he could. Hed been through anomalies back home and portals on the island, but he was pretty sure none of it was going to prepare him for what was coming.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Is she cute?" Summer had to ask, accelerating even more and flipping a few fancy looking doodads on her dashboard, giving the pimp stick gear shift a good yank.

Granted, from what she'd heard, the furthest removed from any of Connor's mess of a home crew, the better, buuuuuut....

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"She is" Connor said with a small grin and the faintest touch of heat spreading over his face at that.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Then you'll definitely have to put in a good word for me," said Summer, with maybe a faint grin of her own at that response (there might be hope for him yet) as her hands both returned to the wheel.

"Get your last glance of the Earth from inside its atmosphere a good look, because in about two seconds, it's all the endless void of space, baby!"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor nodded as he did take a look out the window, making sure his camera was ready. Because yes, he might be giving off total tourist vibes but this was something he had never dreamt of being able to do. So, he was definitely going to make sure he had proof of it all!

[somethingwithturquoise]

It was his first time! It was totally allowed! Summer....well, honestly, sometimes, she had trouble, by now, really remembering what it was like, back when this sort of thing could still blow her mind, but she had been there, at one point. Then got a total crash course on the craziness of the multiverse and had barely looked back since.

But moments like this reminded her of how far she'd come along, and, even better, at least in that moment, all that drama and strife was temporarily pushed aside in Connor's mind.

And then, with a little impact and a lot of heat, and a few switches on her dash, they were there, just like that, the vastness of space.

NBD.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor blinked. Stared. And blinked a few more times. "This... is....bloody amazing" he said as he tried to take it all in, forgetting for the moment he even had his camera in his hand. After a few minutes he snapped out of the daze and then the questions started as his brain started kicking into gear again.

"So how fast are we going? What fuel source are you using to manage these speeds? What control system are you using in this thing? How long will it take to get to the moon?" These quests, and many more oh so handwaved were coming out one after another as Connor tried to process that he was actually in space!

[somethingwithturquoise]

And, really, Summer should have expected the barrage of questions, shaking her head a little bit, but, okay, okay, it was kind of cute, wasn't it? Like taking a puppy dog to the park for the first time, or something. And she was now 100% positive that Connor was not thinking about his breakup right now, and that was the important thing, and, to help with that distraction further, she was happy to rattle off a few answers.

Tapping the speedometer so he could see the number for himself as she rattled it off, although it was definitely not MPH, and she explained a little that she actual ran this thing on a super-charged solar converter (the mention of which caused her to deftly have to not think of breakups herself, really). She explained a little bit of the control systems, too, because she knew that, as well, because she'd worked on them herself, and she told Connor a little bit about that, as well, even more about that, actually, because while there was still a lot of ache in her chest for that era of her life being behind her now, it was something she had done (with help, of course!) with the ship that didn't have Barry's influence all over it.

And a few more of the other questions she could manage to give him an answer to, while mostly just ignoring the ones that were, honestly, come on now, buddy, too nerdy to even acknowledge.

"And as for how long it'll take to get to the moon?" she concluded, with a grin, a few minor little checks and fiddling at the dash, and then....fwoom! There was solid ground underneath them rather than space. "Oh, about three seconds ago."

Look! He's asked a lot of questions! And the moon was, space-travel wise, not that far at all! It was like popping down to the corner store for milk, really.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

There might have been a slight bit of disappointment that there was no alien base or secret facility on the moon, But it was still the moon and Connor was actually there looking at it with his own eyes! That was absolutely nothing to sneeze at, even if it was old hat for someone like Summer by this point.

"Brilliant. Bloody brilliant" Connor said as he all but pressed his face against the window to take it all in. "Can only imagine what the rest of it all is like."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"The rest of what?" asked Summer. "The moon? You're pretty much looking at it, not a whole lot going on. Not on this moon, anyway. The rest of space, though, obviously, now that's a different story."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"The rest of space of course" Connor said. "Cant go back without seeing another planet or alien or something after all!"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Nope," said Summer, grinning, despite herself, because, okay, the enthusiasm was adorable, and of course there was a nice, actually wholesome sort of power trip to be the hand involved in making this happen. "Just the moon. That's all you get.

"Kidding," she added, just in case her dryness was taken as sincerity. "Of course. Where do you want to head next? Mars? Jupiter?

"Uranus?"

What?

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor would have been thrilled with the moon. It was nice to be doing something, fun, and without all the thinking and moping and all that stuff.

"Jupiter... Saturn... anywhere would be amazing really. Be a bloody idiot to say no to any of this really!"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer paused for a moment longer, just to let Connor soak it in a bit more before asking, "Wanna go out there?"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Do I wanna? Does an atom of lithium have three electrons?" Connor paused, suddenly realizing just how geeky that was, and then grinned sheepishly. "Ah, yeah let's go!"