Credit Slips and Smog Clouds

[tansytansey]

The large rusty transport slowed to a halt as she reached her final waypoint in the California system, and the ship's scanners ran a quick check on the jump hole before her, to ensure that it was still safe to use. "All checks returned normal, Jump Hole stability is at ninety percent." The navigations officer called from his panel.

"A little higher than average." Draya said to herself out loud. It was nice to sometimes have the time to run checks on Jump Holes before diving through them. The occasional horror story about Rogues who were turned inside out, or just completely disappeared all together would circulate around Alcatraz and Buffalo. It had never happened to them yet, fortunately.

The ship started her dock sequence, and, as if sensing the ship's approach, the jump hole began to gyrate more rapidly and open itself up to allow the entry, and then sucked the ship through the wormhole as it drew closer. The ship shook violently as she was ripped through the hole, and a loud curse in the Kusari tongue rang out from the back of the bridge.

As quickly as they entered the worm hole, they were shot out the other side again back into normal space. The ship decelerated rapidly and began to move by her own engines again. Draya grabbed the flight stick and brought the ship around as the navigations officer marked their next way point by Montezuma. Draya allowed the ship to return to auto pilot and leaned back. She blew a puff of air from her lips up to her fringe and then looked over her shoulder as Ashes returned, walking up behind the seat with her arms behind her back, clipping her bra back into place and then slipping her shirt back over her head.

"Did you win?" Draya asked enthusiastic as ever.

Ashes glanced to the side slightly as she put her arms through the sleeves. "Yeah..." She replied with a slight crimson tone in her cheeks. "No thanks to your driving."

"Oh stop complaining, I know you like it rough." Draya taunted her with a broad and cheeky grin.

Ashes pouted out her lower lip and glared at Draya, who giggled uncontrollably at her friend's disapproving facial expression, which in turn made Ashes start giggling as if it were infectious. It was hard to be serious around Draya.

"Move over." Ashes said as she squeezed her way onto the captain's seat, Draya had the choice of either moving over quickly or being sat on top of. There was barely enough room for both of them to sit, let alone sit comfortably, but they still managed to any way. "Still another thirty clicks to Montezuma." She said to herself out loud as she observed the main screen.

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[5:50:49 PM] JakeSG (William Darkmoor) says: I like you, Ashes. You're more cynical than God.