#interaction | launchpad

[tunnagan]

It's incredibly late at night when the text comes through to Launchpad. Leaning more towards dawn, in fact, just breaking 4am. Gandra's number lit up, and her usually emoji-laden, perfectly spelled message was full of typos, shaky and uncertain.

Something clearly was wrong, or at the very least she was feeling bad, and the panic and unease came through in the messages she sent.

💬 | ehy lp you up 💬 | i need someopne to talk to 💬 | ig ot a weird notet oday 💬 | now i can't sleeo 💬 | i hope i dson't wake you up

@calisotamuses​

It’s a Darkwing Marathon week so when the text comes in, Launchpad is still awake. The saxophone solo mid episode drags his eyes toward his phone. Gandra. The smile that starts at her name fades at the uncharacteristic texts and fills him with worry.

He’s moving as he types, jacket thrown on over one shoulder.

💬 | on my way 💬 | u want something picked up? 💬 | love you

[tunnagan]

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[tunnagana]

The man was big, Corben could give him that. Like so many of the people he'd met, they always seemed to be in such close proximity to Gandra that it made his blood boil. But he couldn't just give away the game just yet- if they figured him out, that would spoil the fun.

"Now where've I seen your face," he stated, thoughtful. "You're that McDuck's pilot, aren't ya? I've seen you on the news." | @calisotamuses​

That wasn’t the usual way people described him - normally it was something something ‘property damage’ and ended with Launchpad having a new person he was at least on good terms with. So the pilot gave the other man a smile, holding out a hand.

“The name’s Launchpad! It’s nice to meet you. You seem to know way more about me than I do about you.”

[tunnagana]

❝ you don't mind me checking your mind ? ❞ raz shouldn't entirely be SURPRISED, but it was nice having to go in without there being TOO much of an impending doom. a mental check up was always important ! and it would be a good way to earn some extra credit. he holds out the portal, placing it on the taller man's forehead, ❝ ok, just stay still ! i'll won't be long. ❞ | @warraigoe​

“Not at all! I’ve always wondered what it looks like in there.” Launchpad smiled at the kid, sitting himself crosslegged next to the Sunchaser. Plus Raz seemed excited about going into his brain, who was he to stop him? “I’ll just stay sitting right here til you’re done. Let me know if you need any snacks or something, it’s my brain I’m sure I can make them appear.”

[tunnagana]

Fethry knows this guy’s name— more or less —just like he knows the name of the plane he’s currently working on… More or less. It’s something sun- or cloud… or maybe it was something about sleighs? Kinda reminds Fethry of Santa, but he doubts Scrooge would let anything reminiscent of That Man around the place. As far as he knows anyway… But what was he doing? Oh right. Listening to the giant machine make a weird sputtering noise, one of Scrooge’s two Pilots likely trying to stop it.

Wouldn’t make sense for the guy to Not be.

❝  What’s wrong with the Cloud-Chaser?  ❞  Fethry abruptly pipes up, no prior warning to his existence and a quizzical look on his face as he regards the ‘coughing’ plane, head tilted and ruby-rose hues riveted on the machine. Most vehicles he’s seen have been referred to as ‘shes’, but for all he knows this plane could be a He. Or an It. So a gender-neutral term seems the best course of action—  ❝  Are they sick?  ❞   — (*abruptly shoves Fethry at Launchpad because He’s A Pilot hgnjgbfchut*) | @ducktales-wco-oo​

Launchpad turns to the voice with a smile on his face. The small duck is familiar - he’s not quite sure where he’s seen him, but the sight of him makes Launchpad think of the sea and Oceanika. Sweet, sweet Oceanika, one of the strongest people he’d ever met. He shook his head a little, thinking over the question. The Cloud Chaser had definitely seen better days, his usual work arounds didn’t seem to be enough to keep things together this time.

He needs a bigger budget. Mr. McD and Della wouldn’t be happy.

“Oh, you know, she’s just got a bit of indigestion. Like when you eat a burrito you left in your fridge for a week. Or was it two?” His stomach rolled in protest and he turned the thought away. “I’m sure between me and Della we’ll sort it out. Sometimes you gotta get creative with repairs, other times you gotta play it by the book. Not... entirely sure what’s wrong this time.” He didn’t like that uncertainty. There was definitely something wrong, but finding the cause was giving Launchpad endless grief.

[tunnagana]

“I feel like I can’t breathe.”  (Gandra @ LP) | @calisotamuses​

“I’ve got you.” He’s not sure if touch would help her at all, so Launchpad sits in front of Gandra, arms and expression open for her to hug him if that’s what she wants. “I could start listing parts of planes if you need a distraction. Anything you want me to do, I’ll do it.”

[tunnagana]

“Getting stabbed wasn’t really on my bucket list.” (Drake @ LP) | @calisotamuses​

“Well, maybe you should be more careful then, young man.”

There was a tension under the joke, even as he works on patching up Drake. It wasn’t a worry he could fully explain, not to the depths it had shaken Launchpad to see the blood come away on his hand when he’d brought his friend back into the tower.

“Then you wouldn’t have to add things like ‘stab’ to the bucket list just to cross it off.”

[tunnagana]

" chopping onions, huh? yeah... i've heard that matchsticks can make you cry a little less, you know. " / della to lp ! | @warraigoe​

“Like light them, or.... put them under my eyes?” Listen, Della, he’s half asleep and trying to cook, he’s not got his brain muscles working right now. But he’s gonna make a damn good soup. “Because it seems like that’ll take a lot of attention away from the whole chopping thing. Which I gotta do.”