Hitchhiker

[SimonBlack]

Former Stokes Mining Station, n. Daisin Station.

As the man started speaking to Innes she realised what happened. She looked around the interior of the station. Her eyes stumbled accross a note painted out on the wall. It read "Daisin Station". The paint was fairly new. You could see that it was done in a hurry.

This was Stokes. Or so it has been called before Kusari occupation. Then it came to her. A miracle has happened. One that she would have never expected. This Kusarian man saved her from the Bretonians by tractoring her escape pod in. Innes intentionally wanted to hug the Kusarian, but he gently pushed away. Yes, she was a gaijin to them and a woman at that.

Innes Evans felt cautious about what Arimatsu had to say. She was alone here, her ship was drifting in space as she was speaking with the stranger. No other Gaian survivor was around to see her survive. Naval Forces could have done anything to her, but yet this man claims that he's giving her free will. Something wasnt right here and she could feel it.

Innes destiny was at the hands of Arimatsu, that Kusari pilot who presumable "saved" her from another usurpators. Instead she could end up in a mining colony on Miura or be taken away by the Hogosha who knows where. On board casino Liner to Kusari to "serve" as a geisha for customers who have a thing for gaijin women? Male dominant perhaps. No! She could not stand that, she'd rather die instead.

But..blast it! She checked her belt. Her Newgate Laser Pistol wasn't there. It must have drifted along with the ship. The Freelancer who shot her Eagle to condition of a Gaian Silverwinged-flyer in winter season, must have taken it from the wreck.

Innes wasn't so quick to decide. She knew she had to get out of Stokes, but it wasn't the right time. Why would Naval Forces lend her, a Bretonian citizen, a Chimeara to just fly back home to Edinburgh. There might be a tracking device set on said ship. Innes couldn't take the risk. She had to contact the Freelancer who shot her ship down. Innes spoke up:

"I am sorry" - she said - "I guess I should thank you. You are very kind as to offer me your quarters, however humble they may look to you, but I need to speak with the commanding officer on station. Can you take me to him?"

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