Room 414, Wednesday Evening

[suitably_heroic]

Yeah, so Atton didn't actually have a lot of use for his new technological trinket besides maybe use it to learn a few local card games in case he wound up strapped for credits again, so... he was taking a proactive approach.

Which was to say he was currently using it to explore this world's 'digital marketplace'... whatever it was. Had to be a way to fence this thing off to someone who was willing to pay a lot of money for it, right? The class had been about greed.

So: Atton. iPad. And a very, very intent expression.

On one of the above, anyway.

[[ open post, open door ]]

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[notconflicted]

Sia didn't have anything better to do, so she wandered upstairs because naturally that meant it was time to see if Atton needed to be visited/bothered.

"I don't think I've ever seen you this serious," she greeted him from the doorway.

[suitably_heroic]

"I'm trying to do something important here," Atton replied, his eyes still studiously set on the iPad.

Yep. Important.

[notconflicted]

Like that would get her to leave. "Oh? Like what?"

[suitably_heroic]

"Like trying to deal with this," Atton said.

Which was terribly descriptive in a way that was totally going to get her to leave. Really.

[notconflicted]

"What is it?" she asked, leaning in the doorway and otherwise not budging.

[suitably_heroic]

"It's a thing." Atton. "A computer of some description. Or something. By the way it's been acting I'm starting to suspect it's really a droid, come to make my life a living hell."

[notconflicted]

Sia tried really hard not to smile at that. "I'm going to assume you're just not that tech-savvy," she said. "What is it doing?"

[suitably_heroic]

"Hey, I'm plenty tech-savvy," Atton retorted, finally looking up. "I just don't trust anything that thinks for itself. And rightly so."

He held up the iPad for her to look at - UNABLE TO CONNECT TO WIFI message and all - but seemed in no mood to let go of it.

[notconflicted]

"Do you even have a network you're trying to connect to?" she asked him.

[suitably_heroic]

"There's supposed to be a school-wide one, right?"

That was about as much as he knew.

[notconflicted]

"Yes," she replied. "Would you like me to try? You'd have to let go of it."

[suitably_heroic]

Atton eyed her. "Fine," he said, "But I want it back."

[notconflicted]

"I don't want to steal your new toy," she said dryly, holding out her hand.

[suitably_heroic]

"You wouldn't know how to steal candy from a baby," Atton pointed out. "Would love to see you try, though. Here."

He handed her the iPad.

[notconflicted]

Sia took the iPad and tried to familiarize herself with it, noting, "I see we're back to assuming things."

Like at least stealing vehicles wasn't a regular part of IK training.

[suitably_heroic]

"You ever stolen anything?" Atton asked. "And I don't mean 'for the greater good'. But just because you could, or because you felt you were better off having it."

[notconflicted]

"Sometimes in the course of events, things need to be... acquired," she replied.

Which meant she hadn't personally, but had been there when others did it for her.

[suitably_heroic]

"Yeah, yeah, for the greater good," Atton said, eyeing the iPad. "Whatever. You're not that far from being a Jedi, I get it."

[notconflicted]

Sia rolled her eyes. "Very well."

And then she turned for the door with the iPad in hand because apparently someone felt like proving a point.

[suitably_heroic]

"Ha," Atton called in the general vicinity of her back. "Very funny. By the way? You're a terrible thief."

[notconflicted]

"You never said I had to be good," she called from the hallway.

[suitably_heroic]

Atton rolled his eyes and got the hell up to follow her down the hallway with surprising speed.

"Hold on, princess," he said, trying to hook his foot around her ankle so she'd fall back and he'd be able to snatch his damn iPad back without making her drop to anything besides someone who could catch her.

Which would be him. Look, he didn't wish a concussion on her.

[notconflicted]

Sadly (for her), that totally worked.

"Was that entirely necessary?" she asked.

[suitably_heroic]

"You're the one who ran away with my i... something," Atton told her, before nudging her back upright. "You are really bad at thieving. What do they teach you back in Not-A-Jedi school?"

[notconflicted]

"This was not a serious attempt," she said, straightening. "You're connected, by the way."