Trash or Treasure?

[websnextdoor]

Someone's made a bit of a mess in a little out of the way corner of the main drag of the plaza. An entire picnic table has been taken up with electronic bits and bobs that sit in stacks that don't seem to make much sense to a passer by, but definitely seem as though they were organized in some manner by whoever gathered all of this junk. In front of the table a cardboard box is stuffed to the brim with wires and cords of every kind.

HDMI? USB? A weird curly cord with a plug shaped like an octopus? It's all here and then some. It's hard to know if someone's organizing a donation to a local recycling center or setting up the multiverse's strangest tech themed garage sale.

Eventually Peter shows up (don't ask where he showed up from, the kid has a habit of dropping in when you least expect it) dragging a beat up toolbox over to the table so he can start poking around at his findings. He'd thought there'd been one back at the clubhouse and was very pleased it hadn't grown legs and walked off since the last time he'd checked.

Anyone who wanders close enough to inspect or greet him gets met with the same dirt streaked grinning face.

"Hey, can you hand me that screwdriver just over there?"

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[ididntasktogetmade]

"It's practical science," Rocket all but shouts, following Peter's lead. And honestly, what does this dude expect them to do, the bomb's already exploded. They can't unexplode it. Or can they?

Ignoring the stranger who has so rudely butted into their very important experiment, Rocket looks back to Peter as if the other guy isn't even there. "You did good. That's exactly how it shoulda gone."

[websnextdoor]

"It's engineering work, for demolitions." Peter nods along, and while the man giving Peter the no-nonsense look doesn't seem overly impressed by the talking raccoon he does seem to realize that he's not going to get anywhere with a lecture.

He throws his hands up with a sigh before wandering off when Rocket completely ignores him. Sure, let's not question people setting off explosives in the Nexus. What's the worst that could happen?

Peter though? He's got a cautious grin growing on his face.

"Yeah? I mean, once I get the hang of it I think it could be a pretty useful thing to have." He's going to have to draw himself out a diagram with everything Rocket showed him before he forgets the instructions.

[ididntasktogetmade]

This is perfect. Rocket's been dying to teach a new generation how to be troublemakers, and since up until now Groot has shown a disinterest in the finer details of explosives, he's been left bereft of a good apprentice. Peter, though... that look on his face says it all. Oh yeah, this is gonna be a good partnership.

"Damn right it will. Hell, once you get used to what you're doin', you might even come up with some new and exciting way to blow stuff up," the raccoon chuckles. "Just run 'em by old Rocket first, huh? I don't want you gettin' hurt." And also so he can mooch off the kid's designs, if he comes up with something spicy.

[websnextdoor]

Peter doesn't know about actual honest to god demolitions grade explosives being incorporated into his work, but flashbangs and other kinds of disorienting things that don't hurt folks permanently or much at all are most definitely going to be something he looks into further.

"Well, I don't have a lot to work with, so I've had to get creative with what I can find lying around." A humie after Rocket's own tiny heart. Kid's a scavenger too. "I'll be sure to let you know."

[ididntasktogetmade]

"Creativity's the most important tool you can have," Rocket assures him with a grin. "You talk to some of them military types, they know how to make somethin' to spec but they're missing one piece, they can't finish. If you know how things work, and what crap you can cobble together to make a big boom, you'll never be unarmed."

That's the most important lesson to take from this, he feels. Whatever else Peter learns from this is a bonus. And Rocket can't wait to see what he does with it down the line.