Welcome, to the Jungle

[Nujina Trilaet]

Taking out the spoon out of her cup she raised it once more up to her mouth and took a long, reinvigorating sip. The caffeine in the Caf was driving away her headache, surprisingly enough. Folding her legs together, one orange skinned leg over the other she looked up at Dedric. His eyes didn't meet hers, instead, they were aimed lower, and she could guess pretty well what he was thinking about. She kind of wondered if he had a gang of friends he'd call up the moment he left her ship to brag about the night he had had, but then again, most men in her wing back on Serenno had been that way, and so far, she had gotten a much more mature feeling coming from the human. But that didn't mean she couldn't act a bit childish or playful.

Unfolding her legs again she leaned forward and placed her arms on the table, looking up at him as he said he was twice as good looking last night. That was debatable, she preferred the current look compared to the one she could remember from the night before. Meeting his eyes as he turned his attention back to her with a devious smile tugging in his lips she raised a brow and tilted her head slightly. A shower, eh? Now that she thought about it, she could really use one too, hoping to wash away the long trip to Onderon on public transportation as well as the dried sweat from the previous night's exertions.

She remained silent as she took another sip from her cup, closing her eyes and letting out a soft sigh as she swallowed the hot liquid. She opened up her eyes again and raised a brow, humming a bit. "So, you want a shower, eh?" She asked and took another sip of the Caf, her sense of taste was starting to slowly return and she could taste the low quality beans that had been used, making her resent the taste a bit, but it was a lot better than nothing. Looking at Dedric she tilted her head slightly as she pushed the cup away from her and stood up, walking past him she reached out with her left hand and trailed it over his bare chest as she walked off into the ship.

Her headache still hurt a whole lot, but, from personal experience, a shower with someone could help alleviate that. When she eventually came to where she had spotted the shower she waited for Dedric come running along, meanwhile she glanced in and was surprised with how spacey it was, considering it was squeezed into a rather small room, but that's what you got when the nuzzle for the water was straight out of the bulkhead ceiling and the temperature controls were dug into the wall. Now, all she had to do, was wait for him, so, leaning back against the doorway she looked down at the shirt she was wearing before moving one Lekku in front, but thought that it looked kind of stupid to have one hanging over her back, so, she moved the other to drape across her chest as well, but, she settled on moving both behind her back, it felt too weird to have them hanging over her shoulders, how some Twi'leks did it, she had no idea.

@Darasuum

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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As the twi'lek responded she seemed to playfully give him a series of looks. One of which gave him a generous eyeful of her cleavage that was underneath the shirt she wore that belonged to him. He stayed silent as she questioned what he had offered knowing full well it was as a flirtatious as it was rhetorical. He felt her smooth skin against his chest as she would walk past, leading the way to shower. He did not know the layout of the ship so it was probably best she did so.

Trailing close behind her he watched her derriere, taking a sip of his coffee as he did so. He leaned against another bulkhead after she stopped, fiddling with her head tails. He was patient and in no rush to leave her company. The grogginess of the morning had not stunted her attractiveness. But he would down the last of his warm drink in one large gulp. Dedric came close to the orange skinned woman, right behind her so her head tails the hung slightly behind her touched his chest. "You might want to turn it on before we actually get in there unless you like freezing showers." It was too narrow and not very romantic to try and squeeze past her to do it himself.

The Ossein had not known whether or not the previous owner had showered offten. Sometimes the pipes could be backed up and in need of just running for a minute to let out the water that was stuck in the pipes. But since the ship so far seemed to not smell like a college kids dorm room they would probably be fine.

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[Nujina Trilaet]

Hearing his voice behind her and feeling her lekkus touching his chest she raised her brow and turned her head over her shoulder towards him and smirked. "Oh, you don't like cold showers?" She asked with a smirk. She had been told that the it had a full water tank before she had taken off, so, when she stepped into the Bathroom and turned the water, she wasn't surprised as her forearm was splashed with a brief shower of cold water. Shaking her arm she turned around to face him again, closing the very short distance until her chest, covered by his 'borrowed' shirt, pushed against his.

Looking down onto his chest she watched her fingers trailing across it up across his muscles and then towards his shoulders before she moved her arms around his neck. He was quite a bit taller than her, and it wasn't something she minded, she preferred her men to be taller than her anyway. Smirking she could feel a soft warm mist fill the room as the shower heated up rather quickly. Pushing herself up on her toes she placed a quick kiss against his lips before dragging him into the Bathroom and hitting the button that slid the door shut behind them.

When Nujina finally was fully dressed again, her hangover had mostly passed away. Each time she turned her head didn't make her feel like she was spinning around in free-fall in a tight shuttle and she didn't want to throw up at the thought of food. Wearing a black tank-top and her normal set of utility-pants she felt pretty good, considering the amount of Alcohol that had been consumed the night before. However, she wasn't sure how Dedric was feeling, she had slipped out of the shower before him, the moment she had felt the water starting to grow cold.

Walking back out into the Mess hall, soon to be living room, she sat down once again and looked around. She knew that the first thing she was going to do after she had picked up her stuff on Coruscant in her storage unit, was to put up the flag with her callsign from when she was in the Serennian navy. Having already picked out a spot, the wall behind her, she began to look around to where she would put up other things. The first thing to do was to install a proper Caf Machine. Having to boil water and make instant Caf was probably the worst thing someone could put themselves through. Not only was it almost equal to torture, but it only worked if you were too hungover to even bother making regular Caf, but, if you reached that point, you probably needed medical attention anyway.

Standing up again she walked over to one of the cupboards and popped them open, humming a soft tune to herself as she looked at the rather spacious cabinets. Then, Dedric appeared in her mind and although she didn't notice it, her two Lekku wrapped around each other twice. Taking out one of the two cups that had been left inside she walked over to the sink and poured up some water, luckily, it didn't take too long for it to turn cold and the cup was filled. Now, where was Dedric, she wondered...


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[Dedric Ryker]

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The man stayed in the shower a bit longer than his host. He actually liked the water when it started turning from hot to just warm. Dedric made sure everything was clean, the cooler water helped to close his pores and keep himself from smelling musky later on in the day. It also helped to send a refreshing feeling running through his entire body. Shaking off some of the water from his head as he exited the shower he started drying himself at the top then working his way down.

Afterwards he went and picked up his shirt where Nujina had cast it on the floor before they had entered the shower. He smelled it slightly, not to get the woman's sent but to discern if it was his own bodily odor that was pungent. He did not want to put on clothes that would just dirty himself again, defeating the purpose of a shower. But it seemed like it was not in bad shape. Putting on the shirt, his pants, choosing to forego underwear entirely he also added his Hippeus Protective Kit around his neck. His white jacket was still on a piece of furniture, no doubt thrown haphazardly while the two of them were in the throes of passion.

Exiting the previous compartment he walked over to Nujina who stood in the center looking around. He patted his pockets making sure his commlink was present, his wallet, all the usual things. This time he actually fastened his belt instead of it lazily hanf from his waist. "So...what now?" He said looking at the twi'lek. He did not want to just dip out. He liked her company but he had never really invited a woman to come back to the Ossein Flagship before. Then a thought came to mind. "If you're looking to make alterations to your new ship the Flagship has some dealers that might have what you need." It was practically a city in space with its own junk dealers, mechanics, shipwrights, and more.

@Danee

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

Nujina hadn't heard Dedric enter, so when he made his presence known by speaking up she turned away from the sink to face him. The twice entwined lekku behind her back unfurled and returned to their normal way of just hanging down. She had half expected him to show up half-naked again, but, he was wearing the same attire he had been wearing the day before. Then, he asked a good question. "What now..." she repeated it, normally, she wasn't the one who hosted the other as when she wasn't out on jobs, she lived in a storage-unit turned one bedroom apartment on Coruscant. Raising her cup of water up to her mouth she sipped the cool liquid and looked up at him, tilting her head slightly to the side.

Then, he mentioned something that definitely peaked her interest. A Flagship? She hadn't heard anything about that so, she couldn't help but show obvious interest at the thought of visiting this 'Flagship' he mentioned. "Flagship, eh? I can't say I've heard anything about it." she said and leaned back against the sink, sipping her water once again before putting away the cup and folded her arms together across her chest.

Pushing herself away from the sink she walked the small distance between them and stopped before him, she placed her hands on her hips and looked up into his eyes. "Let's put the Flagship on the side for a moment." The Twi'lek said, "I'll be a bit blunt here, since it's easiest." she reached pressed her fingers into her hips and looked at Dedric. "I like you, otherwise, what happened last night and in the shower, would proba— alright, the shower wouldn't have happened." She said and nodded. "Now that that's said, I'd like to get to know you a bit better other than in a drunken or hungover state, if you're cool with that, because as you may know, Drunk and hungover people aint the same as sober people, yeah?" She felt as if she was taking a bit of a gamble here, but, she might as well be forward with what she was thinking.

"And as for this Flagship of yours, it better be something other than a Nerf Herder." She said with a smirk and tilted her head to the side, hoping her slightly hungover charm would play in her favor, but once again, it was a huge gamble.

@Darasuum

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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Here came the serious part of the morning after. He knew this was coming and had been wondering how to approach it. This was a first for him. He had not really felt an attraction to a woman like he was feeling for Nujina. The closest he could think of was a pre-teen crush on a neighboring girl. Other than that though he had never felt the fancying of another until now. He kept his smile, entertained by the possible promise of drama, his own life being self-fulfilling entertainment.

Dedric had no qualms with what she spoke of. He rather liked the idea of getting to know the woman a little bit more. Normally relations with other people were stretched out over the course of a long time period. However the Jazaq had already observed the woman and learned quite a bit about her without her even needing to open her mouth. His judge of character came with his sense of intuition.

"Fine by me. What do you want to know?" He said as he walked over to the sink. He grabbed one of the coffee mugs that had been used earlier. He dumped out the dregs of the brown liquid and rinsed it momentarily before filling it up with water. The man had no shame and so any question she asked him he was not afraid of answering truthfully.

@Danee

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

She looked at him as he walked past her and over to the sink to grab a cup and rinsed it out with water. She didn't know what kind of questions she should ask him, because she didn't know what kind of answers she was looking for. So, she turned around and looked at him from behind, humming a bit as she walked up to him, putting her arms around his waist, taking and refilling her cup with water as she embraced him, placing her head against his back. "How many ex-girlfriends are there that may fall under the category of Crazy. Do you prefer your Caf from high quality beans or the instant bland stuff we had earlier?" she paused for a second. "What's the Flagship? Do you have any siblings?" she continued and hummed as she thought yet again.

"Do you know any Twi'leki? Togruti?" she continued to ask when a question came into her head that made her smirk. She took a few steps back from him, allowing him to move freely once more now that she wasn't holding him in place. "Was waking up hungover next to me this morning a part of your plan when I suggested drinks?" She asked, that was really the only question she wanted an answer to, well, except for the one about the Flagship, that was something that made her curious too, because she had never heard of something like that.

Now that she had put out her questions, she only expected one or two answers before he had forgotten what she had asked, which wouldn't surprise her as she could ask a whole lot of questions rather quickly if she wanted to. "Oh, and do you smoke?"

 

[Dedric Ryker]

The man turned his head feeling her hug him as she asked him numerous questions. He could see her partially over his shoulder before she moved away. He quietly drank a few sips, eventually turning around after she let go. His eyes looked upward as he tried to keep track of all of her questions and the order they went in. He waited until she was done befor he decided to answer all at once.

”Have to last longer than two months to count as a girlfriend so I’d say zero. High quality, hot, and strong, just like my taste in women...” he said with a wink before continuig to indicat he meant her. ”My words would not do the Flagship justice. Relatives but no siblings. No. No. It had crossed my mind as a possible...hopeful, outcome originaly. I will if someone’s gottem.” he wondered if she was able to track all of his answers or if she forgot her own questions.

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

Nujina looked at him as he began to blurt out answers. The first answer told her that he wasn't one to get too attached too quickly and him saying that it had to last at least for two months to be considered a relationship, she shrugged a bit. It was an interesting answer, and one that she certainly had not anticipated coming from him. But, it didn't exclude the fact that while he might not consider them partners, he might have had some crazy ones, but it just lasted shorter than two months.

The fact that he remembered all her questions was also impressive, and he didn't even hesitate to throw in a flirt there along with a wink when he talked about his prefered type of Caf. A smile tugged on her cheek and she looked into his eyes as he continued, then he mentioned the Flagship, if he couldn't make it justice with his words, what was the Flagship? She had seen images of Star Destroyers from when the war between the Jedi and the Exiles had begun, surely it couldn't be one of those still floating around? Last she had heard about them, most of them were decommissioned because of the expense in running one, and the evolution of Naval combat had changed rather drastically too.

Then he finished his answers and she had missed the one she had wanted an answer for, or well, she had heard it, but she hadn't remembered it. However, she now had a new question as she looked up at him and hummed a bit. "Alright, so, you say you can't do the 'Flagship' justice, what exactly is the Flagship? Because right now, all I know is that it could be some club in some sector on Nar Shaddaa or it could be an actual flagship, and if so, where is it stationed and who owns it?" she asked and raised her cup of water up to her mouth and took a long sip from it. By all that was holy, cold water was the best thing ever after a long night of drinking.

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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The man smiled at the twi'lek's confusion. "It is a ship alright but it is not any ship. The Ossein travel across the galaxy in fleets based off of these Flagships. There is no one flagship, but they are humongous. Most of them are made out of old carriers. Essentially city-ships that skirt the outer rim. I think it's about....one thousand, five hundred meters long?" He tried thinking up other facts about the ships he was describing. But he ended up looking back at Nujina and shrugging because he did not know what else to say aside from what he already said.

He set down his own cup of water after finishing it. Placing the ware, down into the sink he washed it with what soap and water was present before setting it aside to air dry. Now he just waited to see if she had more questions to ask before they moved on to their next location. He still needed to grab his interceptor and take it back to the Flagship.

@Danee

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

As she drank down the cold water she looked over at him with a raised brow as he began to explain what the 'Flagship' was. Which was when he brought forth another thing she hadn't heard about before, the Ossein. Tilting her head a bit to the side she looked at him as he said that this faction, known as the Ossein, had access to Kilometer long ships which they had built cities in? To her, it sounded extremely alien, but then again she had seen weirder things before, but all of this sounded rather extraordinary.

She finished her cup of water and looked at him as he turned around to clean the cup he had been drinking out of. "Wait wait wait, there's this faction, that have access to these City-ships, as you said, and not only one, but several? W-why have I never heard of these?" she asked and walked up to him, placing her cup on the sink as she shook her head. "I'll have to see it to believe it... You don't happen to know where the closest one is right now?" She asked with a raised brow, she still doubted that he was telling the truth, and he could very well be leading her into a trap and that all of this had just been a part of a very long and elaborate plan, or he could be telling the truth and she was just too stupid to realize, probably because of the hangover.

"How about we head out for a walk? I need to stretch my legs for a bit... In more ways than one." She added with a brief smirk as she walked towards the door that would take them into the Cargo hold of the ship and then down to the boarding ramp. "We can talk along the way, if you don't mind, you had a ship here too, right? Mind showing it off?"

@Darasuum

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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The man just shrugged in response to her bewildered confusion. "That's what I'm telling you. We mostly skirt the outer rim. Never stay in one place too long. We're like the ice cream man for spacers only we don't have music and we're harder to find." He chuckled, liking his own analogy probably a little too much. "You're in luck. There's one in the system now just in high orbit."

At the suggestion of walking he nodded and led the way off the ship. His pupils soon turned to tiny dots as the bright sunlight hit his face. That was one way to tell him he was not fully recovered from last night. Activating his Hippeus Protective Kit it dampened the intensity of the glare somewhat. The sound of the mechanical unfolding of the small pieces around his head audible. "Yeah I've a hawkbat interceptor probably a couple blocks away. Not too far. You ever flown one?" As he talked he turned and walked backwards so he could look at the twi'lek as he did so. It helped with the sun a little and he also knew the way so would lead.

@Danee

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

As they walked out of the ship she raised her hand to cover her eyes from the glaring sun when she saw that the red collar around his neck extended and covered his head with a metallic shell. That was interesting and certainly practical, though she doubted they made them with Twi'lek in mind, so, she could probably not use one of those without risking losing her lekku. When he turned around and asked if she had ever flown a Hawkbat Interceptor she tilted her head a bit, it wasn't something she had heard a lot about, but considering it's name and the title Interceptor, it sounded like quite a fun ship.

"I can't say I have even seen one before, but it does sound like my kind of ship." She said and looked at him while he backpedaled along the way to his ship. It was going to be rather interesting to see the ship in person and she had a sneaking suspicion that she would be seeing that ship a whole lot more if she decided to spend time with this man, and so far, she liked the sound of spending more time around him. "You know, I could walk beside you so you don't have to worry about bumping into someone or something." she said and tilted her head slightly tot he side, feeling a soft throb in her forehead as she did so. Seems like the Hangover wasn't quite gone just yet, but she hoped that it would disappear soon enough, because it was starting to get rather annoying.

@Darasuum

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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In his own opinion the hawkbat interceptor model was nothing special in terms of star fighters. Dedric turned back to face the way he was walking and obliged Nujina. The interceptor was pretty weak and easy to take out if you could land a couple good hits on them. However the trick was hitting them. Dedric liked the speed of the interceptor and its small size. It was essentially an engine with wings, a cockpit and one dual laser cannon. No shields, no sensors or anything that were common place in larger vessels. It was a thrill to fly and it could minimize deck space used on a larger ship making it ideal in Ossein hangars. The man would say as much to the Twi'lek as they walked. As he spoke he wondered if he should try and soupe up his interceptor. It could probably use a few upgrades.

He noticed her displeasure at being outside and in the bright sunlight. It would probably have been best for her have some Vindler Sight Readers that were tinted. "If you could have any ship in the galaxy what ship would you have?" He posed the fun hypothetical for the woman as they ambled along towards the landing station his hawk-bat interceptor was parked. The sight of Dxun on the horizon providing some interesting background for the two.

@Danee

 

[Nujina Trilaet]

Nujina smiled as he turned around and joined her, instead of backtracking the way to where is ship was parked, the odds of him bumping into someone, back first, was a bit too high for her to feel comfortable with him backing up the streets of Iziz. Walking beside him the Twi'lek kind of regretted her decision to leave her sunglasses behind in her bag, she would have loved to have them right about now. But, instead, she was left squinting and regretting the choice. After a bit of silence had passed she looked up to him as he asked what kind of ship she would have if she could have any ship in the galaxy. It was a rather interesting question and one that she had thought about several times in the past. "Well, that's not exactly an easy question." she said and hummed.

"I mean, I am rather content with the ship I bought yesterday, but any ship in the galaxy, and if we're talking past ships too, that just makes it harder." she said and rubbed the back of her head. "One of those Dreadnoughts from before the war between the Jedi and Exiles, you know, those big ships, I'd probably have one of those and to crew it, I'd bring as many Twi'leks out of Nar Shaddaa and Ryloth as I could, give them a chance at something other than Slavery." she said and looked up at him with a raised brow. It was quite curious to look at someone wearing one of those kits he was wearing.

it wasn't something she had come across in her travels before, but hey, it looked neat enough to warrant some interest from her. "What about you? Something cheerier than my gloomy wish?"´

@Darasuum

 

[Dedric Ryker]

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He smiled as the woman answered with a simple statment. But the question he asked was not meant to be easy. It was meant o be the type of question that you had to think on. It also told him a little bit more about her. Hypotheticals were a good way to pass the time and get to know other people. And people usually liked talking about themselves to a degree and if that were the case then they liked people who allowed them to talk about themselves. But that was just some of the knowledge of the subconscious Dedric had acquired over the years. For Nujina it just meant that he was interested in getting to know her better.

He was a little surprised at the Twi'lek's answer. He had not expected it but he coull certainly respect it. "No, that sound's pretty awesome actually. Better than anything I was going to say actually." He admitted. His eyes looking to the walk way ahead of them as he thought about the dozens of small ships he had in mind that he wanted to fly before he died. However capital craft were something of a nigh impossible future. The ossein would like to have his own fleet eventually but he imagined it would never get anything larger than a small wing of a freighters or maybe at most a corvette or two.

It was a short walk though and they would soon arrive at the area where he had left his haw bat interceptor. Dedric would approach it, turning with his back towards the vessel and spreading his arms out as if to present the woman with his glorious ship. It had numerious signs of use, the light blue paint job chipped and scared from the dog fights he had been in but still mostly intact. "This is her." He looked at Nujina to see what her reaction was.

@Danee