Star Wars: Force Bound 7 Acrophobia

It didn't take long after talking with the protocol droid and using its service that a hover cab soon arrived for their use.

Jack smiled and easily jumped into the craft. It was a little wobbly at the landing and you needed to get used to the floating but otherwise, it was stable. Ben also got in and sat down nonchalantly.

Both looked back at David who still was somewhat hesitant to get in. "What´s taking you so long. Get in.", told Ben him.

David looked below at the depths and pa.s.sing cars and shook his head somewhat. "Did I ever tell you that I have a somewhat severe fright of heights?"

The speeder was a little gap apart from the platform they stood on previously and one needed to hop over to get in. So it looked like David became somewhat scared of jumping that distance.

But the others thought it shouldn't be a problem if he just takes this little jump without looking down too much. It was not really that far of a gap.

"Why is that thing not just landing on the platform?", complained David and got stressed out.

"Come on. I will even lend you a hand and catch you.", said Jack with a smile and stretched his right arm out to him.

David sighed and took all his courage and tried to jump over. But somehow he got so focused on jumping that he slightly tripped and fell down straight into the gap between the platform and the cab. He just went flying downwards right in front of Jack and Ben.

Jack´s eyes widened and his smile disappeared. "s.h.i.+t! Ben, override the autopilot and dive down!", he shouted back and already saw Ben grabbing the steering wheel. He pulled the wheel to the left to get some distance from the platform and made a small turn. After that, he went made a sharp 90 degree dive downwards after their falling friend.

While doing so Jack balanced himself on the seats with his legs and kept an eye on David´s position. The guy was screaming while rapidly falling downwards.

Ben had to avoid some hovercrafts that were flying normally so it took some time to reach David. David, on the other hand, was very lucky that he didn't get hit by another craft yet.

Reaching out his hand Jack tried to grab David every time Ben came somewhat close to him.

"d.a.m.n it, Ben! We need to get closer! And keep this d.a.m.n thing steady!", shouted Jack.

"I can't! This thing can't handle such steep dives! I can barely control it as is!", rebuked Ben. It is not like he didn't want to save his friend but couldn't. If he made the slightest steers at this speed now, the craft would make chaotic moves. This was as close as he could get.

´Come on! REACH!!´, he thought and gritted his teeth. Just as he thought they wouldn't make it and another cargo hovercraft would hit David, Jack sensed something that he could grab so he made a grabbing motion with his hand and pulled.

David was flung straight into their direction. Noticing that, Jack immediately reached out once more and got him. Ben saw that Jack got him grabbed and immediately decelerated the descend and slowly stabilized the craft to hover normally. "f.u.c.k!" But not without swearing.

"You alright?", asked Jack his little friend.

David was silent and even Ben frowned a little in worry now.

"Never...", hushed David in a low voice.

"What?", exclaimed both Jack and Ben.

"I am never going to jump s.h.i.+t ever again! If you can drive this s.h.i.+t cab, then just park it beside me!!", he shouted in a very raged tone.

Jack chuckled. "Good, he is alright. Ben, put the sector into the autopilot."

"Roger.", answered Ben after chuckling a little as well.

"You b.a.s.t.a.r.ds don't even care how I nearly s.h.i.+t myself there.", said the still shocked David begrudged.

"You got yourself a nice free fall. In our world, people would pay for this. But you should seriously get used to it, you know?", smiled Jack at him and let him finally go.

"Never.", denied David. Now he would have an even worse trauma than the one he already had.

With that said they just sat silently in the cab and waited until they reached their destination. While he had nothing else to do and this little accident truly was nerve-wracking, Jack dazed off and looked at the neon lights and suddenly got a notification by Terra. Somewhat surprised he looked at the new skills he acquired.

[Skill "Force Telekinesis" Acquired]

+ Force Telekinesis (Common/Pa.s.sive/Active). Level 1 (59%) +

- You can move or otherwise manipulate physical matter in a variety of ways with the Force. Under this category fall many different abilities like Push and Pull and its variants. The higher your level, the heavier the matter you can manipulate. And the further your reach becomes. Current: 5m and 100kg.

++ Force Lift (Common/Active). Level 1 (48%) +

- Active: (One-Handed 10 MP, Two-Handed 5MP, Instacast.

- Lifts up any Object in your capabilities. Speed = Slow. Duration = Long.

- Each level decreases cost by 0.1 - Current: 0.1 MP

++ Force Pull (Common/Active). Level 1 (76%)+

- Active: (One-Handed 20MP, Two-Handed 10MP), Instacast.

- You can pull things with a certain speed to yourself. Speed = Fast. Duration = Short.

- Each level decreases cost by 0.1 - Current: 0.1 MP

++ Force Push (Common/Active). Level 1 (32%)+

- Active: (One-Handed 20MP, Two-Handed 10MP), Instacast.

- You can push things with a certain speed away from yourself. Speed = Fast. Duration = Short.

- Each level decreases cost by 0.1 - Current: 0.1 MP

´I see, so what I used was really the Force in a combination of lift and pull. Thinking about it now, I do feel more tired than I was before. So I used up some MP. Looks like I have still a lot to learn until I can wield the Force out of habit and don't need to always keep an eye on my MP.´

[Jack, you could invest your next stat points into your Intelligence and Wisdom. Whereas INT gives you more MP in general, the WIS stat grants you higher Mana regeneration to be back at full capacity. With that, your lack of MP would be dealt with or be compensated. Or you could try meditation to increase your stats slowly. Since they are in the low range it is still possible to train them rather quickly. You actually increased your WIS by 1 with that last action.]

´Oh, hey there Terra. Then why did I not receive some a notification?´, he asked her.

[You were pretty occupied at that moment and the notification fifnt show up to distract you.