Summary: Seeing an airship for the first time is an awe-inspiring experience for Blackjack.
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy IV The After Years nor any of it's affiliated characters. I just own my boy Blackjack (aka Jackie)
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Blackjack's chestnut colored eyes went wide as he looked upon the ship with nothing short of awe. He had never seen such a thing before. Ships of the sea he's seen aplenty, but ones sailed among the clouds? He hadn't before and so he planned to treasure this memory. To look back fondly at this moment in darker times.
He took a tentative step forward and then another, wanting a closer look. Turning to Cid, he asked, "How...how does it fly?"
"Take a guess," Cid answered but not unkindly. Jackie looked up at the airship and thought for a while, before answering, slowly, "There's an engine and a propeller. When the engine is powered, the propeller moves..."
"What else?"
Jackie took a deep breath before continuing, "But that isn't enough to get it off the ground. The wings on the sides of the ship act like the wings of a bird—generating enough force to lift the ship into the air. The sails catch the wind and it moves the airship forward."
"It's a tad more complicated than that, but you've got the gist of it," said Cid. Jackie nodded, internally pleased. He didn't know a thing about airships, but...
"I've always liked working with machines," said Jackie in a quiet voice. "It's always enjoyable taking them apart, see how they worked, and then put it back together into something better."
Cid crossed his arms, waiting. He had a suspicion on what the boy was going to ask. Had it since he brought the boy in here. All the boy had to do now was confirm it.
And that's what he did. Turning with a big grin on his face, Jackie asked, "Could you teach me how to be an engineer?"
"Prove yourself," answered Cid. "Show me you've got what it takes to build and I'll consider it."
It wasn't a yes and it wasn't a no, not yet at least, but Jackie was satisfied with the answer either way. "Thank you, Mr. Pollendina."
A/N: Finally decided to do a Final Fantasy IV (and maybe it's sequel The After Years) drabble collection. basically, these drabbles aren't drabbles for the sake of drabbles. They're more like bits and pieces of stories (or parts of stories) that I came up with but haven't made into stories yet. Mostly because I'm still deciding what direction I want to go with them.
Blackjack, as mentioned previously, is my OC for this game. Friends call him Jackie. Sometimes I call him Jackie to save time while writing.
Give me constructive criticism if you have any, please~