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Orin · 03-13-2011, 03:48 AM,

'Jenga doesn't ****ing work on a ****ing spaceship!' A feminine roar sounded from the transport's crew lounge.

Ashes chuckled quietly as she stepped into the room, one of many little wooden blocks skittering to a stop before her feet. 'Having fun everyone?' She questioned in a fairly authoritative tone.

The two scroungey rogues that Draya had somehow convinced into playing Jenga snapped to attention, throwing up salutes and respective 'aye cap'ns'. Draya's furious face turned to her friend and popped into a grin instantly. Ashes had to wonder about the wild redhead's mental state.

'Yay! Ashes is heeere!' The girl squealed, hopping up and running over to meet her. 'We were trying to play Jenga, but there were too many bumps and shakes. I lost.' She finished with a pout.

'Just like that time we played strip Jenga, huh?' Ashes nudged Draya with a smirk.

The rogues perked up at that comment.

'Oh yeah, we should do that! I'll set 'em back up.' Draya decided and dropped to the ground to collect the scattered blocks.

The Kusarian looked up in thought for a minute. 'Or better yet, I'll teach these two how it's done. You go take the wheel for a bit, we're getting close to our first jump.'

'Naked boys?' Draya looked up with a look on her face somewhere between shock and curiosity.

Ashes giggled. 'Mmhm, hurry back now.' She slapped the redhead lightly on the tush as she scampered off to the bridge.

The girl kicked up a block skillfully with her boot, landing it between her fingers. The two rogues cocked their eyebrows in response.

'You boys ready to raise the stakes?'

---

The dull hum of the cockpit or bridge was always something Draya enjoyed. Amidst the chaos and bloodshed of her life, it was soothing in a way. As long as you played your cards right, and bit back when it counted, no one could touch you in your little glass bubble. In a way it was just like the sims, like a giant video game, just with riskier odds. But Draya was good, she could play. So as long as she kept her aim sharp and her tongue sharper, the game continued.

But the eighteen-year-old wasn't shallow; she knew the ramifications of her actions. There were very little subjects in life that were black and white. Everything, everyone, had a dark side, even herself. That's why she tried her best to keep some sort of moral decency in place, she wasn't a monster. It made sense anyways. She hit the high rollers hard, and others she acted differently with. She wasn't in the Rogues to amass a huge pile of treasure to swim in while cackling maniacally, no.

'Well'¦ that does sound kind of fun, come to think of it'¦'

No. She had better reasons. The idea 'home' was a novel concept. Life had been tough on her, she knew how to fend for herself, but having a bed to sleep on at night and friends to care about was'¦ something she wanted too. The Rogues were rude and crass, and cruel on a lot of levels, but they weren't all bad. She had a ragtag family now, and when they weren't beating the snot out of each other, they had their moments.

Then there was Ashes.

Ashes Yotaka: pirate extraordinaire. Ashes was fun. Draya had never been an extremely outgoing girl. Living on your own and fending for yourself did force you to absorb a sly form of eloquence that most people didn't have, but that didn't mean she was gonna get all chatty with someone, laughing and having a grand ol' time. But that was then, nowadays she couldn't shut up. Her friend brought out a different side of her; much different. At first she just found herself a little obnoxious and giddy while hanging out with the girl, but lately it had translated into being pretty much all the time. Hell, she wore herself out sometimes.

In the end though, she didn't mind. Ashes was awesome. She never had gotten so close to someone since Jonas, and this time she wasn't letting it slip through her fingers. If she ever needed something, anything, Ashes would be at her back. They were cool like that, and it made Draya smile to herself as she sat with her knees pulled to her chest in the pilot's seat.

'Thanks Ashes'¦' The girl sighed as a swirly blob of space popped up on the HUD.

Next stop: Cortez.

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