Rocketman, soaring high

[more_surreal]

Who: Calvin, Wanda and open.
Where: Park
When: Sunday afternoon
Warnings: Grossly inappropriate use of cardboard
Summary: Someone wants to go to Jupiter
Format: Quick

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[stillawitch]

Walking in the park was particularly lonely when one had grown accustomed to constant company. These days, Wanda was rather at a loss for activities while Eli was at work and Gemma at school, and thus she found herself in the park she had, until recently, frequented with Pietro, trying to admire the summer foliage and fat, spotty pigeons but struggling to muster any enthusiasm for distraction.

However, when she saw a little boy blocking a section of the path with a truly impressive assortment of what she recognized, after a moment, as childhood building materials, Wanda found herself intrigued enough to approach, smile cautious when she addressed him.

"What are you making?"

[more_surreal]

"Oh, you know, a spaceship," Calvin replied offhandedly, not even looking at her. He was absorbed with cutting a rectangle in one side of a box and scotch-taping plastic film over it. Spaceships needed windows after all.

[stillawitch]

Wanda peered at the spaceship curiously, admiring the windows. "It's very impressive," she remarked. "What's going to make it go?"

[more_surreal]

"Uhhhhh..." He frowned. "That parts kinda still in the conceptual stages, actually. Nobody seems to have a spare rocket booster lying around. I was thinking of putting wheels on it and using downwards momentum to slingshot myself into orbit. I'd need wheels for landing anyway."