The Hoverskiff!

[phdbilly]

Who: Kaylee Frye and Billy Buddy
Where: In the Workshop
When: Day after his thread with Elphaba
What: Billy wants to know more about the hoverskiff

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[kay_lee_frye]

Kaylee had forgotten to close her drapes last night, and when you are used to sleeping in a windowless compartment in the middle of space, the sun rising and smacking you in the face bright and early tends to be an unwelcome wake up call. Shuffling over to the windows she shut the curtains and stumbled back to bed but it was too late. She was up

[phdbilly]

For the second time in the same number of days, he jerked at the unexpected voice, tripping over a stray can and nearly ending up tangled on the floor in his own limbs. "Sorry," he muttered, righting the can, swallowing hard. At least he didn't hit his head this time. "I was just, um... uh, looking?" he tried, quickly looking away from the newcomer, who just had to be a girl.

A sort of pretty girl.

It was making him blush.

Plus, he'd never been the best liar. Even under... ideal circumstances.

"Hi too," he added, blinking awkwardly and trying to figure out what to do with his arms.

[kay_lee_frye]

Kaylee's grin widened, giggling lightly, he was sort of adorably awkward. "It's alright, you can look, she ain't going to bite," she said crossing over to the skiff and giving the machine an affectionate rub.

"I'm Kaylee," she introduced herself.

[phdbilly]

Billy stared at her for a moment before averting his eyes. "I'm Billy," he mumbled, staying where he was. There went his great plan to fiddle with the machine. But maybe... "I like stuff. Like this," he clarified, "Experimental stuff like this. I'm a scientist. Sort of."

"I wanted to know how it worked," he said, still staring at the space a foot to the left and down of Kaylee.