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The Scavenger
Sep. 12th, 2020 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chiaro_oscuro Ironically, life in the Nexus has made Ben Solo a scavenger. He's not an uncommon sight in salvage piles and scrap heaps, picking through them for materials he wants before someone else gets them. Ben is well aware he's not the only scrap collector lurking around the industrial area, and though he's not particularly afraid of competition he's watchful, saber at his side in the low chance of trouble. Anything he can trade or keep for his own use is slipped into a heavy bag he's carrying.
There are good pickings today, to his satisfaction. He found a large salvage heap and is digging through it.
Machine parts are a currency in their own right here. He wouldn't say the Jawas are his friends, but they're easy to bargain with, and Ben would rather avoid a fight if he can help it. He'd rather have a mutual agreement with them than constantly deal with them stealing his scrap. They helped him with the materials for his new lightsaber, so he feels he owes them one. He gives them a share of what he finds in exchange for things he needs, a relationship useful for both sides.
I'm not a bad scavenger, he thinks as he stuffs a metal plate into his bag. He looks up when he feels somebody watching him, and is wary but curious as he turns around. "Are you looking for something?"
***
Later, back at his shop, Ben's rummaging through the parts he scavenged, trying to run an inventory check of his wares and making a survey of what he'll need for the future. Some of his salvage will be traded for materials he needed with the Jawas, some will be used to start repair work on the ship Misfire gave him, and some was piled up in front of his shop, on offer in exchange for goods or any more important parts he might need. It's a mess of computer parts, bits and pieces from old spaceships, tools from a variety of worlds, and whole machines alien even to him.
With this load, it'll take a few days, and Ben would rather not have it cluttering his workplace. A cleanup's overdue, and there are more important things to fill that space.
"Sorry about the mess. Is anyone interested in some spare tools and parts? I've got to clean my warehouse out before winter, and everything's on a discount." Every cent will be spent on food and medicine to keep Ben fed and in good shape over the winter. A worthy cause.
There are good pickings today, to his satisfaction. He found a large salvage heap and is digging through it.
Machine parts are a currency in their own right here. He wouldn't say the Jawas are his friends, but they're easy to bargain with, and Ben would rather avoid a fight if he can help it. He'd rather have a mutual agreement with them than constantly deal with them stealing his scrap. They helped him with the materials for his new lightsaber, so he feels he owes them one. He gives them a share of what he finds in exchange for things he needs, a relationship useful for both sides.
I'm not a bad scavenger, he thinks as he stuffs a metal plate into his bag. He looks up when he feels somebody watching him, and is wary but curious as he turns around. "Are you looking for something?"
***
Later, back at his shop, Ben's rummaging through the parts he scavenged, trying to run an inventory check of his wares and making a survey of what he'll need for the future. Some of his salvage will be traded for materials he needed with the Jawas, some will be used to start repair work on the ship Misfire gave him, and some was piled up in front of his shop, on offer in exchange for goods or any more important parts he might need. It's a mess of computer parts, bits and pieces from old spaceships, tools from a variety of worlds, and whole machines alien even to him.
With this load, it'll take a few days, and Ben would rather not have it cluttering his workplace. A cleanup's overdue, and there are more important things to fill that space.
"Sorry about the mess. Is anyone interested in some spare tools and parts? I've got to clean my warehouse out before winter, and everything's on a discount." Every cent will be spent on food and medicine to keep Ben fed and in good shape over the winter. A worthy cause.
