A Glorious Comeback (1x! with *Adashi*)

[mandalorian]

Rhys climbs up cautiously, pausing when his head is about to hit the roof. He uses his mechanical to keep his grip on the bookcase and raises his other hand to push up the ceiling tile Jack was lodged in. "Relax your spikes as soon as the tiles are pulled out. Then you’ll be able to slide down." He instructs, and pushes his hand up to lift the tile off him.

[Agent Maine(Meta)]

Once jack feels the tiny amount of pressure lifted off his back, he does as told, letting the pieces immediately flatten against his body before gravity let him slide the rest of the way down so he was no longer hanging off it. So once he was on the floor, he keeps a hold of the bookcase now so it doesn't topple when rhys climbs down.

[mandalorian]

Rhys watches him slide down and twists his body to get a better view, before he realizes how tall the bookshelf actually is and — oh no. He’s starting to feel nauseous already. "Ah.. wow. Did I really climb that high? I didn’t — I didn’t even notice." He laughs nervously, taking one foot off to try and start descending, but his heart rate picks up immediately and he clings back to the bookshelf with wide eyes. There’s an inner voice convincing him that this really isn’t the time to bring up his fear of heights. His other inner voice is screaming that Rhys would break his arm if he fell on it wrong from this high, and also severely hurt his ankle again. “I mean... did I really think, when I got this? Why... why is so large? Why do I have... why is my ceiling so high up? Is this — is this a design flaw? Ha, ha, ha... Wow. I’m really high up.”

[Agent Maine(Meta)]

Jack stares at rhys for several moments with a squinted gaze. "Rhysie, princess, pumpkin, honey, sugar... Do you have acrophobia like tim-tam?" He asked instantly as he watched rhys practically freak out.

[mandalorian]

"Nope. Nope, not at all. Just... just worrying for the ankle here. Doc will be super mad if I fall and mess it up again." Rhys says, forcing a chuckle as he looks down at Jack then straight back up at the ceiling, looking extremely pale. “So... so, because I don’t have a fear of heights... I’m gonna climb down. Yep. That’s what I’m gonna do. Right now.” He says, still staring at the ceiling as he slowly lowers his good foot to place on the edge of one of the various shelves, only for it to slip and he instinctively clings back to the shelf.

[Agent Maine(Meta)]

Jack snorts greatly, releasing the bookcase inorder to walk away for a minute, returning with one of the metal chairs from the kitchen and setting it down behind rhys, then stepping up onto it before easily taking hold of rhys waist. "I got'cha now pumpkin. Remember, your like a bowl of grapes to me now, just let go." he encouraged in amusement.

[mandalorian]

"Oh, no no no no — Jack. This is a terrible idea.” Rhys squeaks, voice getting higher in pitch from fear. “Please don’t let me fall. Oh god, please don’t let me fall. I don’t even wanna let go.”

[Agent Maine(Meta)]

Jack rolled his eyes, but forcefully pulled rhys off and away from the shelf before stepping off the chair, then setting him down. "See rhys, you're fine. You didn't fall, and you got down safely." He stated, slightly amused.

[mandalorian]

"Stop! You’re gonna kill me!” Rhys blatantly shrieks, nails of his flesh hand digging into the wooden shelf and fingers of his mechanical scraping into it aggressively. He’s practically peeled from the bookshelf and he immediately clings to Jack when his hands aren’t attached to the wood anymore, burying his head in the nose of Jack’s neck and squeezing his eyes shut. It takes him a moment of being on the ground to even realize, and he opens his eyes and stares at Jack dumbly before just quietly stating, “Oh.”

[Agent Maine(Meta)]

Jack smiles and chuckles in amusement but kisses the top of rhys head. "See. Wasn't gunna drop ya or anything." He hummed in amusement, tail flicking side to side quite easily.