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Corellia was exactly what he had expected it to be and, yet, also somehow precisely the opposite of what he had expected it to be. It was a weird concept but, like, he had expected it to be a melting pot of all kinds of cultures and peoples and it certainly was. But he'd also expected it to be ordered in a way that other Core Worlds were said to be - Coruscant wasn't ordered but that was because the former capital was a law unto itself.

But the rest of the Core and Inner Rim were supposed to be more organized and civilized but Corellia? Corellia reminded him of the parts of Coruscant that weren't more than a dozen levels down but still kind of a bit dodgy. Not as dodgy as they got further down but enough that you still had to keep one hand on your credits and the other on your blaster.

Rumour around the spaceport they'd landed at said that there was a guy around this market who sold old ships for cheap - sometimes even just for some work. They were going to be trash, naturally, but he wasn't above fixing up a junker to get what they needed. But he kind of felt like he needed someone with a level head to help him do the talking.

"Glad you stuck around Penny."
he told his companion with a wide grin, "Talking to people ain' really a strong suit of a lot of our lil gang but I figured you'd be perfect to help out... also you're pretty cute so..."

He winked at her playfully as he led the way through the open-air market.

"Can you believe we're off Coruscant? Corellia even smells different!"
he made a show of inhaling deeply, "Like... why the feck does the air smell of salt eh? What even is that smell?"

He'd never actually seen an ocean before after all.


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Penny followed Crix as he walked through the market, glaring at every stall and seller she could see. The whole place seemed pretty sketch. She was sure that she'd seen at least one or two people passing off little packages of something they shouldn't be. People seemed to have their blasters closer to hand, or displayed openly.

She said very little as Crix gave his thoughts and reasoning. Aside from turning pink at the mention of cute, she was too busy watching everyone else around them. She kept her bag close to her, clinging to the top just in case. She didn't trust any of them. One wrong movement and they'd be snatching it, taking her datapad and her credits and the last link she had to home.

This is the stupidest thing I've ever done in my entire life.

"Water," she said quickly, taking a breath too. It was much richer and more alive than the Coruscanti air, even in the nicer parts on the surface. Much less recycled and treated, more natural. "Corellia is covered in jungle and ocean. And cities and shipyards too." Listing off facts she remembered from The Guide to the Core Worlds she'd had at home.

The plan had some semblance of sense to it. Corellia was famous for ship-building, so it stood to reason that there'd be old ships everywhere. Quite how a bunch of teens would be able to score one was the part where she stumbled but hell, they could try.

"What do you know about this guy who sells these ships?" Penny asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes. "I don't trust anyone who'd give away something as valuable as a starship for work. Besides, what happened the last time we did some work for a guy we'd only just met so we could get off planet?" It came out far harsher than she intended, though.

"Sorry. Uh... I'll take a look around," she suggested, stepping towards a few stalls filled with engine parts of a dubious origin. A peddler smiled at her hopefully but she just stepped back, face twisted in obvious dismay. She stepped away quickly before she could cause a scene, lingering on her inadequacies as she ended up by a more 'official'-looking storefront, selling junker ships. Little holograms showed old freighters and tiny personal shuttles, all looking quite worse for wear.

Penny picked up one of the pads and then saw the creds that they were asking. "Eeep."

Well.. I have enough creds to buy myself breakfast. If I'm careful, that is.



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Crix tried not to smirk at the way her cheeks flushed at being called cute but, hey, he was a teenage boy flirting. He kind of liked seeing the effect it had on people who were interested in that kind of thing. Some of his other friends might not be interested in it, or him, but Penny might be... or she just wasn't used to being around people like him and Enby who joke-flirted and real-flirted in the same breath.

Poor girl was probably very confused.

"Water?"
he frowned a little bit before shrugging, "Yeah that'll make some sense - guess this is what an Ocean smells like. Bit weird but not bad."

He'd not really gotten much experience of them before this - he kind of wanted to visit the one here but they had a job to do. Crix grinned a little bit as he caught sight of the entrance to the second-hand ship dealership at the end of the market. It had a lot of medium and small sized ships in various states of disrepair, with the ones at the back the most beaten up.

Some of them looked half-scrapped and that was, honestly, kind of perfect.

"All things bein' equal - he'll sell us a box of shite."
he told her honestly, "Second hand stuff he's mostly stripped for parts that yours truly here will fix up to be spaceworthy."

He could totally do that... though he would need to gather supplies. Problems for later! Hearing her give out a cry of surprise he leaned in over her shoulder, his face right beside hers so he spoke almost directly into her ear, his breath on her neck.

"Looks kind of pricey... didn't think you liked the finer things in life there Penny."


Was he play-flirting? Real-flirting? Who even knew!


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Penny looked back at Crix, frowning slightly. His easy confidence and lack of fear over any of this was somehow both infuriating and incredibly attractive. Like it was just so super easy to fix up a spaceship, even when you were sixteen and off-world.

He spoke, his breath on her neck. The hairs stood up on end as she jumped, dropping the datapad and lashing back with her elbow, driving it towards his stomach. Once she'd turned, she looked at him in horror.

"Crix! Don't sneak up on me like that!" she said quickly, holding her hands up. "Sorry... I mean... just... ugh, are you okay?" Penny felt ridiculous. But it was his fault too. Didn't his mom teach him about sneaking up on girls? Especially girls that've done self-defence courses?

The commotion had attracted a lot of attention, though. All these people in this market, all just innocently checking out the used ships and contemplating their creds, were all staring right at them. Penny's eyes swept over the store and her words just died in her throat. Instead of trying to explain herself, she stomped off towards the back, trying to hide the shame.

You're such an idiot, Penniola Aldor. You can't even talk to a boy.

She started to notice the other ships on sale there. Real junkers, messed up beyond belief. Tiny freighters that'd obviously been in some kind of major scrap, judging by the scars on their hulls. Something that might once have been a starfighter if the weapons hadn't been prized off it long ago.

Then she saw it. The picture, just hovering above the datapad, blurring in the air. It didn't look that bad. Busted up some, scarred with laser burn and scratched like a giant rancor'd had it's way with it. She clutched at the pad, looking around.

"Crix! Here!"



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Having an elbow thrown his way was not what he expected but it wasn't un-expected either. Crix had enough experience with surprising Willa and Enby that he was already half-turning when she threw it. Grimacing a little bit when she caught him in a glancing blow with it, he couldn't help but grin wide at her.

"Oh come on you enjoyed it."
he joked even as he patted his stomach, "And you mostly missed the vital organs so it's fine!"

He backed off though.

If she was amused or if she enjoyed it then it would be up to her to decide if he was welcome to try something like that again. Instead he started browsing around the area, looking for what he could actually use.

He was eyeing the ruined form of a small corvette when he heard her call out. Shrugging, he left the the display and moved over to what she was pointing out. Eyeing it for a few seconds, he grinned.

"Whatcha got there Penny?"
he asked, deliberately staying about five feet from her in a jokey way to showcase his unwillingness to eat another elbow strike, "Think I can fix it?"


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When she found something, she was laser focused onto it. Very little could distract her. She was like that in class, with whatever they'd be studying. She was always that person who buried themselves in their work. The one who'd do everything in the group project... which made her both valuable and insufferable. She hadn't noticed that he was keeping a distance at all. Just too busy being excited about what she was finding.

She held up the pad to show him the picture. It was only a light freighter and it looked like it'd been through about three centuries of war, but it could conceivably fly. "It says it's a VCX-100, which is... a freighter, I guess. But it looks like it'd fly, it's not like all scrap parts or anything. There should be enough room for everyone aaaaaand... yeah okay, I don't think we have the credits," she said, staring at the price at the bottom, "but that's just about low enough I think we can get it down some more." She looked over the datapad some more, flicking through some of the details. "I think it's been here for a while and someone just wants it gone. Well... wants it gone for a price. They won't be dumb."

Biting her lip, she thought over what they could do.

"We could offer something in return. Maybe some work? You could fix up something for them, if y'know, you're actually as good as you say you are," Penny suggested, half-smirking at Crix. "Places like this, there must be something we can do." All bright-eyed and hopeful, for a second Penny seemed to forget where she was and what kind of place she was in. It faded once the cold, ocean-scented reality started to set in.

"We're not gonna do anything illegal for it though, right?" Penny warned, looking at Crix full on. Staring into his eyes.



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The fact that she didn’t react to him keeping his distance to a comical degree was a little bit sad for him but he wasn’t going to complain about losing the joke. Not when she was holding up a display to show him something. If what she was trying to show him had been boring he might have gone back to the joke but what was on that display was anything but boring.

“She’s beautiful!”


Beautiful might be a bit of a stretch for most people but Crix was certain that the ship she was showing him had potential to be great. To be brilliant, to be beautiful in every sense of the word! He took the display in both of his hands.

“Just look at the detailing on it’s flank – she’s a prize.”
He declared happily, “Oh they damn near gutted her of some of the important shite but… but yeah… yeah I think this is doable Penny. Supremely doable.”

Ah but the price tag was, as Penny pointed out, still higher than what they had to spend.

Crix ran a hand across his forehead and idly scratched around the base of one of his spikes. It was his version of running a hand through his hair, something he did when he was a little bit nervous or slightly worried about something. He hummed a little bit.

“See if you can find who’s selling her.”
He urged Penny, placing a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to be reassuring, “I’m going to make sure we get our girl without sellin our souls don’t you worry your pert lil backside.”

There were degrees of “illegal” after all and some could be tolerated for the best result – some.



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Penny had no idea what classed as 'important shite' in Crix's mind, or why the heck the detailing was important, but what did she know? Aside from, well, anything that was on the test.

Oh no. I've already missed the test!

Pushing the horrid, squirmy thought from her mind, she nodded. "I'll go find them," she replied, giving Crix a smile. Not minding his hand on her shoulder at all... though that last comment made her frown. It made her blush like wild too, momentarily struck dumb as her brain seemed to shut down.

"I... I'm just gonna go... find the... yeah..." she muttered quickly, extracting herself from the situation as quickly as her flustered anxiety could allow. Walking away from Crix with a face like a engine fire, almost steaming with the moisture in the air.

You are such an idiot, Penniola Aldor, he's flirting with you.

No he's not, he's just being an ass.

He's flirting! Flirt back! "Hey Crix, nice spikes, you're lookin' pretty... uh... horny..."


You are the worst, I'm meant to be clever!

She walked ahead in the market, looking around as she held the datapad. Thinking someone would obviously stand out if they were selling starships. She saw a Nautolan move back towards the stall they'd just been at, lingering with a bored look on his face. Dressed in some fading trousers and a shirt that'd seen better days. When someone came up to him with a pad, he talked in hushed tones to them, like it was all a secret deal. Penny approached carefully, feigning interest in the custom decal display nearby as she listened in.

".... not a chance, I'd be hivin' off my own profits there, got to make a living."

"I understand, but you can't say that at YT-1000 is worth these creds, especially in this shape."

"It flies and you ain't gonna find cheaper, not in the Core."

"I'm not paying that. Those specs and with that engine? No upgrades in what, two centuries? You can knock a couple thousand off for that."

"Buddy, I do that, I might as well give it to ya. A thousand, and I'm really pushing it now. Gettin' next to nothin'..."

And so the dance went. Penny took it in as she sucked on her bottom lip, trying to linger on the patterns of it. She'd never be confident enough to actually try and negotiate down... but maybe she could pretend. If Crix vouched for the tech stuff, of course.


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Ah teasing Penny was fun.

Not only was she a cute little human but she had the added bonus, to him, of going bright red whenever he said something even remotely close to flirting. That she was so very reactive was good for Crix because it never failed to put a smile on his face. He wasn’t so much teasing her as he was flirting with her and testing the waters – she didn’t seem to be against the idea of him flirting with her but she also hadn’t really flirted back so he wasn’t too sure if she actually liked him or if she was just embarrassed by his flirting.

He was reasonably certain that the only way to be certain was to flirt with her more. In his, limited, experience things tended to be better understood the more you explored them so he would explore this whole thing until he knew how Penny viewed him. Knowing his luck she probably thought he was a bit of a slug head and was just going red in the face because she wasn’t sure how to turn him down without being mean.

In the meantime he allowed himself to watch her backside as she walked away from him.

“Mental that one…”
he muttered to himself as he eyed up the specs on the ship they were looking at, “Right let’s have a look at what he left inside you girl. Man doesn’t know how to treat a metal lady such as yourself, swear down.”

Clicking his tongue, he wandered up behind Penny and heard the tail end of what the seller was saying to someone else. He blinked a few times before speaking to Penny, loud enough that the seller could hear them.

“I hope he wasn’t talking about the ship we’re looking to take because there’s no way that ship is flying without the power regulator for the engine, it says in the inventory that it was sold separately already.”


Time to see if that got their attention.


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Penny nearly jumped out of her skin as Crix started talking behind her, unsure why he was being just a little bit too loud... but she saw the sleazy Nautolan perk up and look around nearly instantly. So, she nodded and leaned in a little closer.

"Oh, oh yeah! I mean, finding a power regulator for something that old that still works is going to be a bit of a hassle, right? I mean, no wonder they sold it separately, I bet someone made themselves a buttload of credits on that one..." Penny continued, forcing a smile on her face like she knew what she was talking about.

The slightly-too-loud conversation had the intended effect, however. Done with the other customer, the Nautolan came over to the two of them with a shit-eating grin. Sizing them both up, no doubt running through the calculations in his head. Whatever creds they might be worth...

"Well now. I couldn't help but overhear that the two of you might be in the market for somethin'?"
he asked, with as much faux politeness as a skeezy ship merchant could muster. "Somethin' nice for your sister?" he asked, winking at Penny.

Ewwww don't look at me like that. But it did give her an idea. Yeah, we're not dumb enough to pretend that. Though... this is probably just as dumb. Here goes...

Penny took Crix's arm, pressing into it a little. "Girlfriend, you mean. Like, seriously," she said with a forced giggle, smirking up at Crix.

Roll with it. Just go with it. Don't ask questions Crix.

"We were ah... looking for something that was a little small and discrete, you know, just for us?" she asked the Nautolan, hoping her cheeks weren't as red as they felt right there and then. "We had something like a VCX-100 in mind but... it's a super old model and getting the parts for it aren't easy, if they've already been sold."

Yeah, I know what I'm talking about. I can lie. Watch me.

"We were just talking about what we'd have to... sorry, what you'd have to do to get it running again, weren't we, b... babe?"



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Penny picked up what he was laying down fairly quickly which was good because he wasn't sure how things like this would go if he was having to play both the good and the bad cop. He blamed his mom for making him think of pretty much any discussion or haggling experience like that but she always helped him get results in the past. Though he doubted she would have issue with him trying to fleece such a con artist.

He hummed a little bit.

"Maybe they sold it because they didn't understand how useful it was to the ship? Pretty basic mistake but some people are just pretty basic levels of intelligence I suppose."


Sister?

Really?

Crix had horns for Force's sake - the dude was nothing but a slime-ball that much was fairly obvious as far as he was concerned. Instead he wrapped an arm around Penny, getting what she was driving for almost immediately. He gave her a reassuring/affectionate squeeze with the arm he held around her.

"That's right honeybunch."
he agreed, sealing the deal with a kiss to her hairline like he was just trying to be cute, "It's going to be our ticket to some of the best beach resort planets the Galaxy has to offer!"

He eyed the merchant for a moment, not having to pretend to like him at all.

"So I hope this thing is priced to sell considering it can't even fly under it's own power or even use it's air conditioning without the regulator."



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Honeybunch? Seriously?

Penny felt her cheeks flush and grow hotter, especially when Crix kissed her head. She giggled a little more, twisted between her attempt at lying and the genuine rush of acting like that. She leaned in a little closer to him, tilting herself towards him like she assumed a good girlfriend would. Not that she'd know. She'd never been anyone's girlfriend.

The merchant watched them both, stroking his chin. Trying to size them up a little more, taking every new detail in to try and wheedle whatever he could out of the two of them. He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Beach resorts, huh? Seems like you're looking pretty low-market for a beach planet blowout," he mused. The irritating smirk and glint in his eye suggesting he'd caught them both out. Penny just rolled her eyes huffily.

"Oh please, like we need creds to have a good time," she said, like it was just obvious. Pulling on her experience of every bratty, confident girl they knew from school, every in-control, haughty and popular person she'd never been. "Like, seriously babe, the stall back there had a bunch of cheap freighters and they worked." Oops. Might've laid that last one on too thick, especially with the look she gave the sales guy. It was cutting, even if her cheeks were brighter than most stars.

"Looks like you know your starships then," the salesman conceded, looking mainly at Crix now. Deciding that the 'girlfriend' wasn't really an avenue to pursue, seemed like. "You already got yourself a regulator then? Tell you what. How much are you willin' to part with an' I'll see what I can do here."

Penny rolled her eyes and tugged at Crix's arm. "C'mon babe, we can find something way cheaper and way nicer with someone else," she 'insisted,' pretending to try and lead Crix away.


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Crix couldn't see her cheeks without awkwardly looking back at her mid-sentence but he could somehow feel how awkward she was feeling. There was just an undeniable feeling that she was a bundle of emotions both negative and positive. It was a mixture he probably couldn't have figured out with a week's worth of study because, to his mind, women were oh so very confusing. Even with flashes of what she was feeling, he couldn't actually hazard a guess as to what she was actually feeling.

Whoever said that knowing what someone was feeling would be useful was a damned liar - people kept changing their feelings with whatever they were thinking about and thoughts went a mile a minute. Still, it was easier to read Penny because he knew her. Almost like he'd tasted her emotions before so they made more sense?

Kinda?

Eh, whatever there was haggling to be done.

"Now wait just a money babe, I'm sure we can make a deal here."
he assured her, deliberately responding to her first even though the shopkeeper had spoken before her, to confirm he valued her opinion more than his, "I can't say that a thousand is even close to being a good price so, how about, say... 350."

He was lowballing but not even by that much and they both knew it. It was an offer showing he was willing to play ball but he could also recognized the approximate value of it.

"Babe, could you run and see if you can find a caltron defuser as well? I think we'll need one."


But by immediately checking for other parts he showed he was still interested.

Hopefully?


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I think this is working. I think we're getting him.

Penny tried to keep that unimpressed, disaffected face on herself. It wasn't easy. She usually wore her heart on her sleeve and her feelings on her face. Actually out and out lying to people was never much of her thing. Too much of a good girl but good girls didn't end up in trashy ship markets while pressing themselves against boys who were clearly out of their leagues. So she was learning plenty of new things about herself, at least.

"Fiiiiiiine, I'll go. Just don't spend all our creds, jeez,"
she complained, rolling her eyes. She stood on her tip toes a little, moving in close. Am I gonna do this? They had to sell it, right? I'm actually going to do this oh my...

She reached up and kissed his cheek, pecking it gently before stepping back with a goofy, half-exaggerated grin. "Betcha I can find a cheaper ship," she boasted, turning to stride off. She daren't look back at the trader or Crix. Mainly because if she saw Crix after that, she'd dissolve into a puddle of embarrassment, cringe and teenage hormones. But she made sure she was marching towards another ship stall. Very, very obviously.

Of course, the seller watched all this. Sucked his lip as she strode off, peering at her backside much like Crix had done earlier. The offer wasn't bad and... while the girl might've been all talk, he knew the influence that bratty girls had on guys. Especially young ones.

"350? I might as well be slicin' myself open an' handin' you my guts. Gotta make a profit kid," he said, even though he knew he'd got the junker for much less. "475. 475 and you and your lovely uh... lady can have the finest little freighter ship you ever did want. Flex those repairing skills for her, right? Impress her some more?" he suggested, giving Crix a look that could only be described as 'pervy.'


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Huh.

Crix didn't know what he had been expecting from Penny when she made to walk off to the other stall they'd seen on the way in but he was reasonably certain he hadn't expected the kiss. Even to the cheek was not something he expected from the shy girl. It was not at all unwelcome though and he did his best to make sure that his cheeks didn't blush up too much. Sure, they got a little bit redder but he was able to mostly keep his composure.

"I'll make a deal here, I'm sure of it. Don't wander far, babe."


He managed to keep his voice from breaking even a little bit and that was a win.

Of course he managed to catch the seller looking at Penny's ass as she walked away and that sparked an anger in his chest. He brought his hand in the way and clicked his fingers at the seller, pointing back to himself so the seller would see him glaring at him without missing a beat.

"Eyes back up here."
he declared firmly, "She's not for you."

She wasn't technically for him either but this guy didn't need to know that.

"425 and you throw in a new set of filters for the air ducts in the cockpit."


Still reasonable to his mind - especially seeing as the filters were dirt cheap themselves. They were, however, still very useful for the actual running of a ship without dying and he rather liked the sound of doing that.


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Penny made her way over to another stall, performatively perusing what was there without any real interest. Trying to look as absorbed as possible, so that the trader would buy her act. It wasn't easy, she was terrible at acting like that. If only there were a textbook about lying and acting to get what you wanted. They could have taught her that at school, instead of when the Republic was founded or how old Chancellor what's-her-name was when she took office.

The Nautolan laughed heartily, caught staring where he shouldn't have been. A leering smile on his face as he clapped his hands together. "Ahhh. 425, you said?" he asked, mulling it over. Eyes rolling around, chewing the inside of his cheek. All a show, of course. Making it look tougher than it really was.

"Eh, why not. Impress the girl. 425 and a filter," he finally agreed, stepping forwards with his hand out. It was more than he'd paid for it and besides, who else was buying a busted up VCX-100 in this day and age? Kids would barely get it off the ground in his opinion. "Transfer before you start pokin' around in there kid. And watch out for her, 'fore she ends up buying up half the market," he said, pointing to Penny with his other hand.

Penny looked over her shoulder, frowning as she saw him pointing at her. But she noticed the other hand, ready to shake. Promising. She looked over at Crix and raised an eyebrow in hope.


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Ugh the seller was making him feel greasy just having spoken to the bloody guy. He really had to suppress the urge to just punch the dude in the face for some reason. Crix had never figured he was one of those jealous types but even without them pretending to be a couple, he liked to think he would defend the honour of one of his female friends from lechers.

He eyed the man with thinly veiled distrust and mild anger at the way he had bene looking at Penny but he still reached out and shook on the deal.

“Give me the details and I’ll make the transfer.”
He confirmed to the seller, “I’ll wait here with her while you go and get me the access codes.”

Crix would use a datapad to start off the transfer of credits to the seller as he wandered over to where Penny was waiting so he could speak to her.

“Sale’s going through.”
He told her before tutting, “But if he makes one more comment about your arse I reserve the right to punch his eyes out – agreed?”


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The seller nodded, shaking Crix's hand with a sickeningly-weak grip. He backed off with a smirk and reached for his datapad. "Be all yours soon enough, kid." He seemed pleased with what'd happened. Enjoying himself a little too much, maybe? Not often that he had teenagers coming to haggle with him. He met the look of anger from Crix with a casual smirk and a wave. Kid could glare all he wanted, but he wouldn't do crap. Not when he wanted that ship so badly.

Once the details were sent and the credits were being transferred, Penny turned to look at Crix. Eyes wide, hopeful. It'd looked good so far. When Crix told her, her eyes lit up and that smile burst through.

"Seriously? Wow! That's awesome, you did it!" she said, her voice taking on an unknown level of excitement. She wrapped her arms around him and gave him a genuine hug, squeezing them both together. Until she realised what exactly she was doing and her arms dropped away awkwardly.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to..." she started to apologise, before the seller laughed at them.

"Hey, don't you stop your thing for me, lovebirds. I got your access codes, kid. You both enjoy your ship now, y'hear me?" he told them, tapping a few buttons. The access codes pinged over to Crix, giving him their ship. The seller chuckled as he walked away, leaving Penny with a scowl on her face.

"You don't still have that blaster rifle, do you?" she asked Crix quietly, glaring at the Nautolan's back.


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Crix Aran

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Crix wasn’t really a big fan of hearing this guy talking but what was he gonna do? Say no to having the ship because he really wanted to punch the seller in the face? He could do that but the satisfaction of punching the man was temporary and the satisfaction of having an awesome base freighter to work on was going to last at least until they managed to get where they were going, if not longer.

He planned to make sure the ship lasted them after all.

Still, part of his thought it was worth it just to see the way that Penny reacted. Not only did she get this burst of energy but she also seemed to grow a little bit more confidence - not to mention a lot happier with the whole touchy-feely type of stuff. He hugged her back quickly enough that she didn’t escape the surprise embrace too quickly.

“Don’t worry about it.”


He laughed lightly at her blush even as he tried to push down the urge to punch the seller again. Instead he accepted the access codes with a nod.

“I’ll make sure to put her through her paces - really test out what she can take.”


He couldn’t help himself… he winked at Penny as he said it.

Crix knew she was likely to go nuclear at that teasing but he couldn’t help but enjoy it himself. Chuckling a little bit, he made a show of leading Penny away by an arm around her waist, as though a boyfriend corralling his spend-happy girlfriend.

“Just the pistol.”




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