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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[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!"