Sometimes … well, it was always a pretty difficult task to get Thera to give up, to actually drop something as a write off and let it go. She could blame her long history of time on the battlefield for that, where giving up often meant she or somebody else was going to die. Or, alternatively, she could own up to the fact that she was plain old obstinate.
Countering it this time around was her mechanical knowledge (in general - some specifics of the jet itself were beyond her), plus the hour and the smell of burning circuitry that lingered in Kurt’s hair … yeah, maybe it was time to let this one rest. Even if she still thought calling for help was a valid idea.
“I’m not sure we’ve got any other option …” She heard herself even as she said it, and resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Way to make it sound like you’re forcing yourself there, girl. As in, the circumstances were, but overnight on the jet was hardly the most terrible thing. And hanging around overnight with Kurt … that gave her pause, though not in a ‘didn’t want to do it’ sort of way.
It was far more of an ‘are we on the same page?’ - not to mention wondering what that page might actually be. She studied him for a second or two, thoughtfully, then chuckled and pushed up out of her seat. “I’m game if you are. What sort of bits and pieces are we talking, here?”
On Kurt’s end, his mind was on so many pages with so many overlaid thoughts now that there was a vague course of action that he could very contentedly been encouraged in any direction. Flashing a fangy grin of enthusiasm when Thera relented, he sprang from his own seat and back down the jet.
“Well let’s have a good look – I’m hoping those dear friends of mine haven’t stopped being their usual selves and sneaking things aboard.” Making his way to the lockers at the back of the craft, the teleporter began poking through for all of the not-so-hidden stashes and long-haul entertainment. He could always pay his companions back, though with the Blackbird’s poor record of survival few kept anything of actual value aboard.
The mutant’s tail wagged like a dog searching for their favourite ball and it wasn’t long until he began talking once again. “Hah!” he crowed in triumph, “here we go. We’ve got some beer, of course.. quite a lot..A couple of books, a little..games thing. Uh. It is old and makes me feel old, I have no idea what it is..” He hopped back a little to start putting everything in better reach. “Pack of cards though nobody uses them; couple of blankets. No pillow, but there’s those neck-pillow things and we can improvise. With a little persuasion the radio could be working.” He stooped to open the lid of one of the seats and gestured to the contents. “Snacks a-plenty. It might not be a thrilling night for you, but we’re only missing a movie and some pyjamas to make a proper sleepover.” He paused for a beat. “I would assume.”
Perhaps now was not the best time to think too hard on that. Anyway, it was hardly as though they were stuck for some indeterminable stretch of time. In the wee hours he could dismantle useless equipment for salvaged materials and as soon as it was light they could complete repairs. All he had to do was keep from getting bored and fidgety in a small space: fortunately Thera was far from dull. “What do you say? Quiet night in?”