The Great Escape

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Eliza had absolutely no clue what or where this Haven was but this mattered little as her curiosity was exclusively focused on the zombie component of the story. Her eyes flickered with excitement as they carefully observed the motions of Samantha's face. The way her new friend worded it made it sound quite like a tale of fantasy on some magical realm in some place far, far away if not for the flamethrowers and airlocks which rooted it back into something more everyday and believable thus making the story even more fascinating. Her brightly lit face gloomed as she was reminded of Nick's loss in the whole story. She never knew he had lost his entire arm. Cybernetics had gone far, especially for those with plenty of credits to spend but at the same time Eliza felt that she wasn't ready to part with any of her limbs regardless of said fact.

Another sip from her still mysterious drink served it's purpose to distract her back to a more cheerful thought. She leaned back in her seat as her hostess rest on top of her lap while talking on the intercom. It amused Eliza how close the two have gotten over such a short time, it was hardly more than an hour since they had even met. With Samantha reluctant to move and seemingly quite comfortable in her position on top of Eliza the young redhead accepted her fate and simply smirked under her nose at the situation.

Then the door to the other compartment opened and much to Eliza's surprise this time Samantha reacted quite warmly to the droid. The Maltese wasn't quite sure what the reason behind that was but quickly dismiss the whole question as something of much higher interest was within arm's reach. With Samantha still on top of her she quickly wrestled the bottle out of the hostess's grasp and began examining the bottle's label with slightly squinted eyes as she read the fine print on the back of the label. "Nope, doesn't ring a bell at all, haha!" she giggled in amusement. After taking another mental note of the beverage's name she put the bottle down on the table in front of the two and giggled again, focusing her attention on the hostess on top of her.

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Republic of the Sword and Sun