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[ It's hard to tell what's brighter - Octavia's smile or the exceptionally ridiculous dress she's currently wearing. They certainly take away attention from the giant jumble of oversized machinery set up in her basement, anyway.

Her hands are clasped behind her back, as though she's hiding something. HOW MYSTERIOUS. ]

I have maaaaaaaajorly super important and vital news. On a scale of one to eight, this is like. Two eights. Firstly: Alan helped me figure out what my eye lasers do. Turns out they make people super unlucky! Who knew.

[ Alan staggers into the shot looking slightly rumpled, apparently willing to confirm this. Unfortunately for him, he does so by tripping over the mess of machinery and promptly disappearing from view. ]

...He'll be fine. That's my alchemiter and stuff, bee-tee-dubs! And it is hells of awesome. Check it out. I can take two items, like a knife and a gun, and make a...

[ She finally reveals what she's been hiding behind her back: a gun with a knife fused to it. ]

...knifegun! That shoots tiny little knives. See?

[ She shoots the knifegun to demonstrate. The tiny knife-bullet ricochets off the basement wall with a ping and heads straight for the unluckiest sap in the room - Alan. Who now has a teeny little knife embedded in his butt. Screeching from both parties ensues as Octavia slams her laptop shut, ending the video. ]

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It really sucks, especially when you already have the wings.

[Eying the machine now, Rakka is really not sure what to make of it. What's an alchemiter, is that even a real thing.]

You could? Cool! Uh, I mean yeah, sure.

[She really wants to fly okay.]

I only had mine for like. A couple of months before I could fly? So you are kind of majorly way past due.

[ Thngs that can fly... ]

Bee arr bee a sec. I need to go find a movie about birds or something. To use as an ingredient!

[ FLAWLESS PLAN ]

Yeah, it's a big bummer honestly, having wings and not being able to fly.

[What kind of an angel can't even fly? What was this supposed to mean?

.....Huh?]

Oh, uh, okay. I'll wait.

[ And a few minutes later, she's back. Scampering into frame with... an armful of DVDs.

Yeah. ]

Okay, I grabbed everything flying-related that I own. Con Air - pretty great movie, just eff why eye - The Birds, Gone With The Wind... I mean. Wind. Kinda flying, right?

[ She hasn't seen that movie. SHOCKING. ]

I only have a super limited number of punchcards! So we get like. One shot at this. Planes, birds or wind?

[Holy cow, uh.... Okay then.]

Uh... well, I...

[She's only heard of one of those movies, thankfully because of Jonas's movie nights.

So... why not go with that?]

... Con Air sounds kind of like a good idea.

Of course it does. Gimme a second or eight.

[ It takes a fair while longer than eight secons to complete the stupidly intricate alchemisation process. Amidst all the totem carving and card punching, Octavia combines the DVD with the code for Alan's wingy echo jacket. Because as far as her logical process is concerned, that should result in some sort of jetpack jacket... thing.

Do I even have to say how wrong she is? The resulting item isn't a jetpack. Or a jacket. It's a rather grubby and used-looking white vest. ]

You got CAMERON POE'S WIFEBEATER!

This stylish item beloved by all STREET TOUGH MAVERICKS WITH NOTHING TO LOSE is identical to the clothing worn by esteemed Earth human actor NIC CAGE in the renowned movie CON AIR. It's slightly damp, with genuine CAGE SWEAT permeating the cotton/polyester fibre blend.

It smells revolting and you don't even care.

[ Yeah Octavia is just going to. Stare at this thing. It's even distracting her from the echo she just got. SUCH A PRECIOUS ARTIFACT ]

[Somewhere along the way, while she watches Octavia do whatever it is she's doing, Rakka probably should have decided that this may not end up as a good idea.

Unsurprisingly, she was right. And oh god, she can smell that thing through the video screen.]

...W-wow, that's, uh, something.

[At least she recognizes what it is?]

It doesn't really look like it can fly though.

I... yeah. Yeah! Man. What a. What a useless piece of uh. Junk. I'll just put this away! You don't want this. I mean nobody would want this shitty dumb piece of movie memorabilia that is still warm and musky. I am just, uh. So. So mad about this right now.

[ Excuse her while she captchalogues it to... throw away later. Yes. Throw away and certainly not rub her face against lovingly. Because that would be silly.

Soon, Mr. Cage.

Soon. ]

But lucky for you I totally just got the most useful echo in the history of everything. Past me was way into helping poor helpless groundbound chumps fly, too!

[ And a few more button-presses start a new totem carving. OH MY. ]

How do you feel about rocket boots.

O-okay, you do that. I don't think it would fit me anyways, plus I'd have to put wing holes in it.

[Yeah. Uh. Rakka isn't going to question it when you put away that rank-looking shirt. She's not even sure what's going on at the moment.

So, yeah. You enjoy that shirt. But wash it first.]

Really? An echo just like that? That's good.

[...Except for that part about chumps. Uh.]

Rocket boots are pretty cool.

[They're really cool.]

You're damn right they're--

[ Alchemy complete! Octavia briefly breaks off to retrieve the shiny new rocket boots, and... ]

...pretty cool.

[ Holy shit look at these babies. They are red and shiny and painted with flames and Jesus balls Octavia is going to make herself a pair too right the fuck now even though she can fly because SWEET FUCK LOOK AT THEM. ]

Whoa!

[Rocket boots! Honest to god rocket boots! Rakka's eyes light up and she smiles.]

Okay, that's awesome! So I could really fly with them?

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