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Rozalia Tutz

"You looking at zomething? Get outta my face before I get bored."

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a character in “The Solarflare”, as played by Maci-Care

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Aliases || Plasma, Roz
Age: 18
Sexuality: Bisexual
Faceclaim: Karen Gillan (Soothsayer)
Hexcode: #572B38








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O U T S I D E || ----------------------------------

H E I G H T || 5’2”

W E I G H T || 116 lbs

E Y E S || Hazel

H A I R || Red

O D D I T I E S ||
Numerous permanent markings across her face: Diamonds that go around her eyes and a small “x” in the middle of her forehead.

A P P E A R A N C E ||
Looking at Rozalia, the first thing most people notice is her facial markings on pale face, also her lips are a tainted black color, as most would assume from her time with the cult. Given her energetic nature and short stature Roz is often seen as the smallest one of the crew, but fortunately it means less eyes on her and is underestimated most of the time. The smile she wears on her face isn't always out of kindness, sometimes it means something devious is up, or another idea popped into her hear.
Rozalia's hair is mostly unkept as she doesn’t seem to care too much about it, and most of the time her hair is covered by her hood. Speaking of which, Roz is mostly seen inside light red robes, which is one the few things she’s kept from her home planet. The robe helps her conceal her face as well as items she may carry, ranging from her blaster, to numerous knifes, to any small trinkets she likes, though she does keep two plasma daggers on her at all times, which she first got during one of the Stardust's raids. While most on the ship wear boots, growing up, and being in the cult, Rozalia rarely wore shoes so she is seen mostly barefoot unless specifically told otherwise by her Captain.





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L I K E S || ✓ food ✓ messing around ✓ staring at stars ✓ liquor ✓ chaos ✓ sarcasm ✓ noise ✓ shooting ✓ fighting

D I S L I K E S || ✗ quiet ✗ being told not to do something ✗ sitting around doing nothing ✗ being ignored ✗ politics

Q U I R K S ||
-- can be found sleeping in random places
-- has a speech impediment where all her S’s are pronounced like Z’s
-- tends to light small things on fire when bored

F E A R S ||
-- bugs
-- being forgotten
-- dying slowly

S T R E N G T H S ||
-- Gunner: After arriving on the Stardust, Roz took a liking to their gun system, she really likes things that are loud and go boom. After learning all the in-and-outs of primary gun Rozalia sort of took ownership over it, it becoming her baby
-- Close Quarter Combat: Rozalia prefers close quarter combat and has trained herself the most in this technique. It works well with her powers as well with her twin plasma daggers; which she has named Stab and Cut.

W E A K N E S S E S ||
-- Leading: Rozalia isn’t one to want to lead a group and would rather be given orders than to give them out. This doesn’t mean it stops her from whispering ideas, good and bad, into people’s ears and encouraging them.
-- Moral Compass: Growing up without much for a parental figure and always just doing stuff to either survive or to be entertained led Roz to not being able to understand “doing the right thing” and “right vs. wrong.”

P O W E R S ||
-- Flames: Rozalia much like Hellfire, has the ability so conjure flames, but only from her hands. She can also control existing flames around her to a certain point; if there was a small fire on the ship she would be able to cease it control it, while a big flame like an entire building, she wouldn't be able to control.
-- Immunity: Since Roz has the ability to make and control flames, she also completely immune to flames and being burnt.






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|Trickster - Outgoing - Fun - Chaotic|

Rosia really has only one side that people see, she’s not all about putting on a front for other people and rarely hides who she is. Though one think people quickly tell about Rozalia is that she doesn’t really know the difference between good and evil. Another way to put it is that she doesn’t have a moral compass. She will say what she whatever comes to mind and do whatever she wants when she wants, until being corrected by someone she respects or likes.

Loyalty is something most people have in the Outerverse, and Rozalia has a light and complex grasp on the idea. Though she is very loyal to her Captain. She is also very loyal to those few that are close to her, willing to do many things for them.

Around the Stardust, Rozalia likes to have fun. The occasional trick and prank around to lighten the mood, but mainly when she is bored. From changing the music to play in someone’s personal comms to completely flipping the circuitry in someone’s room. this doesn’t mean she is an optimistic and will easily speak her mind outloud, regardless of who is around, leading to multiple arguments.

Being a Devil’s advocate is a fun little game Roz likes to play. Whether this is light gossip about what one person said about another to have them argue/maybe even fight, convincing someone that they have to do something stupid to prove themselves, all around it is fun for Her
Lastly, Rozalia doesn’t go on about making up stories and lies for no reason, or to get out of trouble, she tends to be very honest with her crew mates and most people. But if she can tell small white lie to get a reaction out of someone about what someone else said or was going to do, there isn’t much that would stop her.





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Rosia grew up on the streets of poor planet on the outer ring, Anvari, growing up other orphaned aliens and begger species. This leading to her not having a real education. As she tried to live and survive on the streets, she resented anyone who was upper class and taking everything for granted as she suffered. She hated when they would look down upon her and shove past her. While she learned to survive on her own, she quickly learned how to play someone’s ear to get them to do things. Not only to get things she wanted, but also to do things that entertained her, whether these things be good or bad. Because of this, she never really got a grasp of a moral compass or of what is considered right or wrong.

Another thing that should be noted is that Rozalia has the ability to conjure and control flames out of her hands. She got her powers over a small time on her planet when she was forced into a priestess cult on her home planet of Anvari when she was a young teen. This is also where she received her facial markings over her eyes and on her forehead. Upon being in the cult for two months they put Rozalia through a trail to see if she was worthy, injecting her with numerous different serums and even using some lesser known alien magic on her. By the end of it Rozalia had fainted from the pain and then was thrown out of by the priestess for being too weak, them thinking Roz had failed and would die soon. Upon waking up, Roz’s hands felt warmer than the rest of her body and when she looked down upon them, there were flames in both of her palms, but no pain. This is when she learned that not only could not hurt her, but she can control fire.

Roz knew better to just show off her powers, as most people who were dangerous on Anvari were hunted down and shipped off to who knows where. She stuck to what she knew and worked the streets for small gangs; mostly gathering and delivering intel. Luckily with running with small street gangs she learned how to use a blaster, alongside with occasionally training up on her flames.

One day when Roz was drinking in an alien bar she noticed a woman of certain character walk in, a women that quickly caught her eye and Rozalia knew was trouble, her next paycheck, or both. Disturbing this person can either mean a fight or a conversation, either one Rozalia wouldn’t mind, even though she hadn’t gotten into a fight in awhile and was itching. While watching this woman strike up conversation with another being at a table, she slammed her fist down in anger and stormed out, but when she slammed down her fist there was like a flicker of flame.

After this new woman left the bar, Rozalia decided to follow her out to see where she was going. She almost lost her a couple times, when she turned a corner to an alleyway all of the sudden, she was gone. Next thing Roz knew was, she felt two blasters pushed against her backside and a voice questioning her. Rozalia laughed and taunted this woman that had her at gunpoint before offering to go with this woman. The rest, well, is history.

So begins...

Rozalia Tutz's Story

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XXXXIt started with warmth. The kind caused by racing heartbeats and flirtatious smiles. The kind caused by fingertips on skin typically untouched. The kind caused by mouths meeting in feverish kisses and exchanges in the dark. All at once that warmth vanished and was replaced by cold tables, latex covered hands, and pain as sharp as a knife. It cut into her spine, her wrists, the left side of her head. It was everywhere.

And then the warmth returned, but it grew hotter until she was burning from the inside out. Flames flickered beneath her skin and sharp searing pain stabbed through her until she arched upwards, gasping for breath, awoken from the nightmare. She dripped with sweat, sheets tangled around her. Beside her was a dark head, long hair fanned out against the pillows. Meg's head pounded hard enough to tell her she'd been drinking too much again.

That and she had no idea who the woman was.

She suppressed a sigh at her predicament and rose to dress. She slipped out of the room, leaving nothing behind, and the door silently wooshed shut behind her. At this point, she remembered where she was: Space Station Argeus--the meeting place for their next job. Probably the most dangerous she had accepted and she had yet to inform her crew.

Apparently, she had been too busy drinking and fucking to do her damn job. Frustrated with herself and her aching head and roiling stomach, she looked for the first, dark place to sit. She quickly found a sparsely lit cafe, still open and mostly quiet at this time of night, with soft jazz flowing from the speakers. She sat down at a table in the corner and asked for whatever concoction they could make to cure a hangover. There was no way she could face her crew like this. Especially if they rejected their new mission.

The god damn Solarflare, she thought with a rueful laugh that did nothing for her head. The waitress returned with a green shake-looking beverage that smelled like grass and lemon. Meg wrinkled her nose. After Meg declined interest in anything other than this odd concoction, the waitress held out a thin metal object. Meg held out her wrist for the woman to obtain her credits. She nodded her thanks and returned to her work.

Meg took a moment, steeling herself for the drink, and thought about how much she appreciated the implant beneath her skin there. They had begun the implementation after she had changed her name and ran from... them. She shivered, remembering the cold table and the many hands from her nightmare. Well, at least she has a way to collect her credits without them finding her. She lifted the drink to her mouth, plugged her nose, and chugged until she could no longer take the cold, slimy substance working its way down her throat. She slammed the glass onto the table, using all her concentration to keep the thick drink down, and swallowed. She shivered again but for a completely different reason.

There was a series of tones coming from her jacket's inner pocket. Too tired and pained to bother with the light from her Chatter so she pulled her earpiece from the small breast pocket. "Hellfire." She rasped.

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Quick turns, brights lights, near misses and distant explosions. The rush of adrenaline was a constant flow in her body, much like the fire under her skin.

Rozalia was dreaming of one of the recent missions, one she particular finds fun and memorable which her captain and pilot would think otherwise. The crew of the Stardust were tasked with what seemed like a easy cargo delivery but after leaving the Autix-2 System they became under fire from their long hunters, Et Salvos. Rozalia had a grand ole time firing back at them while Banshee attempted to lose their followers through an asteroid belt. But just as she was remembering her favorite part she felt a shake and heard mumblings from a voice she could barely understand.

When Rozalia came to her senses an alien that wasn’t exactly human was telling her to leave, after looking around Roz figured out she must of fallen asleep on the bench outside of a vendor on the space station that was their most recent stop, Argues. Roz spent the precious night just exploring Space Station Argues, starting a couple bar fights for fun and stealing small trinkets off of people and being ran off by some thugs who didn’t appreciate her.

Roz threw her hood over her head and face and waved off the alien as she stood up, mumbling back to him, “Yeah, yeah. Leave me alone you baztard.” After checking her hologram, Roz knew she had time to kill before being required to meet back up at their ship so she decided to see if she can find any pricey information to sell or to even capitalize on. The misfit crew of the Stardust basically lived job to job so it was always good to have multiple leads at one time. Rozalia assumed the best place to gather some good information at this time was the foreign market, as people tend to discuss things when they think that no one else cares about them. As she finally arrived to the market, she smiled a little bit to herself as she saw something that would put worry and maybe even fear in some; Et Salvos officers. Granted, at the moment they didn’t seem to be hunting anyone down or doing anything important besides trying to get some rations or food, but Rozalia knew that if there were officers here, scouts and soldiers were on the station as well. This would be information that her captain would want to know and that they should probably leave soon.

As she was turning to leave the other way, Roz saw a sweet piece of pie a couple she put down for a moment and swiped it to fill herself up, completely out of sight. Her time living off the streets of Anvari helped teach Rozalia how to flawlessly flow through crowds of people and stay unnoticed. As she started her way back to the ship. When she felt like a comfortable distance away from the market Roz pulled out her Chatter and called her captain, quickly hearing her answer as she swallowed the last piece of pie she was eating. “Oh good that you’re alive after lazt night. Knowing that you hadn’t call to check in tellz you had a good time.” Roz giggles to herself, knowing she was teasing her captain. “Anywayz, zaw a couple Et Zalvoz people walking around the market zhopping. Probably be otherz patrolling.” She finished as she heard the agitation through the Chatter. "Okay, Captain, zee you back home.”

Rozalia headed back to the ship as per request of her captain, seeing that Banshee was already warming up the ship, she skipped into the bay announcing her return, not entirely sure if she had beat Hellfire back or not. “Ello! Gunner Plazma onboard! Ready to
 BLOW thiz joint?” Rozalia giggled and joked to herself, looking around to see if anyone needed help.

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Eon bit into the soft and warm delicate flesh of the dumpling. She only licked her lips when a bit of juice dripped onto her bottom lip. Her eyes wandered the market as she leaned against the stall she had gotten her meal from. She enjoyed observing the it from this stall, which resided at the edge. She could see most people milling about. Eon hadn’t made many enemies while on Argues, but it was best to avoid the ones she had. She had just finished eating when she noticed the thief. A small creature in red had just stolen a piece of pie from a couple.

Curiosity made her follow the thief. She wondered if the creature would steal anything else. As she walked, she pulled her cloak’s hood up and flung her black bag over her left shoulder. Thanks to practice, Eon made it swiftly through the crowd without hitting anyone with the bag. It was large and stuffed to the maximum capacity. The only reason it was with her currently was because she needed to find a new place to stay for tonight. Eon never stayed in the same place for more than one night. Also, she always liked to find her nightly resting location in the morning.

She was only a few feet away from the creature, now known to be a woman, when she began to speak on a Chatter. Eon titled her head slightly to listen better. She even allowed herself to get a bit closer. Eon wished she could hear the other side of the conversation. The wish was forgotten when the woman said, “Et Zalvoz”. The woman had an accent, but Eon would recognize the corporation’s name no matter how it was said. The words caused gooseflesh to decorate her skin. It seemed as if her blood turned to ice as well. Fear slowly uncurled inside of her.

The rest of the conversation was almost missed as her heartbeat roared in her ears. She tried to swallow but her mouth was as dry as desert sand. Eon continued to follow her, mostly because her mind was racing with thoughts. She replayed what the woman said in her head after a few seconds. Eon knew she had to relax. She let some space grow between them. If she didn’t slow down, she would run the woman over eventually. “No one is chasing you. Et Salvos is here, but they likely don’t know you are here. You took out the tracking device already,” she whispered to herself.

“Just follow the lady in red
there should be a joke about tha- Focus. Just follow her. She must be avoiding Et Salvos, or should I say Et Zalvoz? Why else tell her Captain about them and head back home? Why can’t she pronounce the letter S? Is something wrong with her mouth or is it really an accent?” she continued to whisper as she followed the woman. Eon wasn’t worried about the woman overhearing. When she talked to herself, she whispered so softly that she could barely hear herself. Eon only knew what she was saying because she was the one thinking of the words to say. Red, the nickname for the woman in red, didn’t seem to notice she was being tailed either.

A few minutes after Red boarded the ship, Eon did the same. Silently and quickly Eon began to look for a hiding spot. It wasn’t long before she found the cargo hold. She took a deep breath and went inside. She closed the hatch behind her. Eon didn’t really take in her surroundings as she tucked herself into the far right corner. She leaned against the wall with her bag tucked into her side. Her heart was still pounding, but she was hidden. She was even hidden from sight if someone were to just glance into the cargo hold. Eon closed her eyes. “I’m safe
” she whispered, pushing any doubts away for the moment. Next, she began to work on slowing down her heartbeat and breathing.

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XXXXMeg listened to the voice in her ear as it transmitted over the chatter. At first, it was a little difficult to hear the speaker due to the noise in the background of wherever they were, but based on the impediment of their speech she knew it was Roz.

And she was teasing her.

Meg snorted in response to her questions. "I take it you stayed out of trouble then?" She asked sarcastically. She knew full well what kind of trouble Roz could get herself into. It's part of why she's a valued member onboard. Easy distractions. Meg forced herself to swallow more slime as it slowly slowly leeched the pain from her head. She nearly jumped from her seat at the words "Et Salvos". Even with Roz's "z"s she understood the name of her least favorite group of people.

And she hated a lot of people.

"I'll call Nat to ready the ship for launch. Head home and await further instructions." She downed the last bit of slime shake and bolted from the room. "Do not under any circumstances blow up the station. Not even when we leave." She made her way through sed station and down down down into the docks. She passed craft after craft of fine make until she made it to the rusted over clunkers and spray painted merc ships. Her's was somewhere between these two things.

The day she spotted the ship that now goes by Stardust, she had been a bit of a clunker and a hell of a fixer-upper. After a lot of time and more than a few credits, she had her up to be nice and shiny. However, she still has scars from damage sustained over the many years of her service. She's an older model on the outside, but most of her insides were refitted to be as updated as possible. Hard to outrun the law when the law is faster than you are.

"Hellfire to Banshee. Hellfire to Banshee. Do you read?" She muttered into her earpiece as she went. "Damnit, Nat stop feeling up whatever girl you have in the cockpit and get Stardust prepped for launch. Et Salvo is here." She didn't get an answer for a few more moments. Then she heard Roz in the distance as Nat finally responded sounding the hearing of the order and the acknowledging of it. Well, she sounded clearheaded so at least no one had tempted her with Comet.

Meg still worried for the day she'd lose her friend in a drug-filled stupor. Comet was a one hit addiction and it took a lot of effort and patience to keep from going back. And the withdrawals are ugly. Sweating, vomiting, hallucinations, you name it. Meg was glad Nat had made it past that point, but could she withstand the drug if it was offered to her again? If she couldn't resist the feel of stardust in her veins?

Finally, she found her ship, shining in the fluorescent lighting of the docks. Hundreds of years in the future and you'd think they'd find a replacement lighting that didn't make you look like the plague had slammed into you and made a run for it. Moving on. She climbed up into the cargo bay, nearly avoiding a frazzled looking woman with blue skin and bright green hair, slammed her fist against the button to close the hatch and sealed them all inside. Hopefully, her crew was accounted for because they were leaving. Now.

She made her way into the cockpit and took her place in the chair behind her pilot. "Nat, evasive maneuver sigma. I don't want to blaze up the place because we think we're being followed. If we are in fact being followed... book it. Otherwise, proceed with caution. Just a normal take off."

She pointed to the red-clothed figure off to the side. "You. Guns. Now. And remember what I said. Under no circumstances are you to blow up the space station. We may be pirates and murders, but we don't kill innocents. And there are more than 10,000 of them aboard that station." She gave her the sharpest look she could to prove she meant business and returned her attention to the star-filled vision that stretched before her.

"Launch."






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XXXXSoft jazz played through the speakers, electric lights decorated the table in the galley, and two places were set out in a romantic setting. Too bad the people it was meant for were up in the cockpit and tangled together. Thankfully, no rations were out. It would've been a waste. Their presence in the cockpit was meant to be for stargazing. Nat was supposed to show her the place she worked and point out the distant planets and stars whose light they could see from where they were docked at the station.

She had put on some jazz in the background to play through Stardust's speakers, but once the music was on, they found themselves embracing as they gazed out at the stars. One thing led to another and the girl Nat had asked aboard--a girl whose name she could no longer recall thanks to time and spirits--was pressed up against the glass, Nat's lips at her neck. Their hands roamed, pushing them ever closer to the inevitable crescendo of their interaction.

And then her radio went off.

She swore colorfully and in multiple languages, which was comical for someone of her size. She pushed the girl away from her in an attempt to make it to the Chatter before Meg said something irksome. The girl grabbed her from behind, her hand on Nat's breast and lips at her neck. "Let it go. They'll come if it's an emergency." At first, Nat didn't object--however she was a little irritated from being told what to do by someone who wasn't Meg, and turned to face the girl again. She had just given her a deep, hungry kiss when the Chatter went off again and Nat froze, ice filling her veins and killing any feelings of passion she had.

Et. Fucking. Salvos.

She pulled herself from the girl who protested once more, but Nat ignored her. When the girl insisted they continue--obviously not hearing her captain's words on the Chatter, Nat turned her dark eyes on her, her fingers rapping rapidly against her Chatter screen. "Get off this ship. Now before I put my blaster somewhere it really shouldn't go." The girl, wide-eyed and suddenly frightened, grabbed her jacket where it had been discarded onto the floor and grabbed the front of her shirt to hold it closed. She rushed from the cockpit. Those who had left the ship had now boarded and the girl seemed to make it back onto the station just in time for Meg to slam the button to close the hatch and soon appeared into the room giving her orders.

She didn't have to tell her twice. She executed the maneuver perfectly and they soon found themselves shot into space and drifting. They now waited for any sign of pursuit.

She turned to Meg, seeing the disheveled appearance and having the knowledge that she hadn't seen the captain for some time, she signed, "Glad you got some action." She turned to face the stars and typed into her Chatter. "You owe me a date."

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Rozalia had just pulled down her hood from her face when she heard the closing the main entrance hatch and watched as Hellfire quickly went to the cockpit to hand out orders and take her captain seat next to their pilot up in the cockpit. She could tell that her Captain wasn’t exactly happy having to leave so early, especially because of Et Salvos. Rozalia was one of the few not to be directly wronged by the corporation, to her they were just some extra target practice and the occasional thorn in the side during some of the Stardust’s jobs. But Roz knew about Hellfire’s hatred towards them, kind of came out when the two of them talked about their common power over control over fire.

Roz snapped herself back to reality when she heard Captain Hellfire yelling to her and pointing; telling her to get to her babies, but not without adding a small remark about not blowing up station. “Oi, why? It waz a one time thing, a zatellite station. The view of it going boom waz pretty!” Rozalia shouted in response before quickly skipping down the hall towards her gun bag, setting her energy blades in their holder before climbing up into her seat and putting on her targeting HUD helmet and disengaging the lock on her seat for more range of motion.

Rozalia turned herself back towards Argues Space Station, targeting parameters ready to go waiting to see if there would be any followers, but also slightly hoping to be given permission to fire a rocket or two toward the Station. She could shoot a couple of rockets to the lower C quadrant of the station that would cause only minimal damage. “Before you zay it again, I’m not going to fire.” Rozalia quickly said into her Chatter, knowing Captain Hellfire can see what her guns are pointing at. Even though no one could see her face right now, Roz stuck out her lip in a pouty fashion as Argues got smaller in the distance and eventually out of range.

Rozalia was confused when she first joined the Stardust and the pilot wouldn’t talk to her and only send messages through Chatter, but after striking up conversation with Meg, Rozalia found out the truth about her voice and started learning GSL to try to understand the pilot better when she wasn’t typing, though her sign skills aren’t as good as her Captain’s signing ability.

Rozalia turned her attention to the occasional piece of scrap or asteroid they would fly by, quickly switching from one target to another, spinning her guns around pretending to fire. Rozalia use to fire shots at random pieces of scrap as they flew in space to keep her preoccupied until Hellfire told Roz off more than a handful of times about drawing unwanted attention to them and how it wasn’t smart.

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Eon eyes fluttered open and panic filled them, but only for a few seconds. She relaxed when she remembered. Although, she soon began to panic for a different reason. Eon wrapped her arms around herself tightly. She wanted to scream. An impulse had led her to doing something that should have been thought over. It seemed as if she was getting closer to losing it the longer she was on the run. The only thing she wanted to do was bring Pinky to his home planet. Eon of course had no idea how to do that. Experiment 1037 had left her in the dark. She used her as well. Eon pushed her thoughts away as she looked at her hologram.

“I shouldn’t have slept for so long
don’t even remember falling asleep
maybe I overdid it when I healed and work on that creature’s mechanical arm,” she murmured. Eon pulled off her blades from her back to place them under her right arm. Next, she pulled on her bag. The heavy weight against her back was a comfort. Once it was secure, she moved a blade to each hand. “It’s late enough, most should be asleep. I need to find a bathroom as well, guess a little exploring won’t hurt,” she added. Eon proceeded to exit the safety of the cargo hold. She was quick and lucky enough to avoid the few people she caught glimpses of.

She entered the bathroom and had a sudden headache. Eon placed her things down. She pulled out a few Lunar bars from her bag. Eon ate them before she stripped and entered the shower. It was only a few minutes before steam filled the bathroom. The shower was quick. Eon quickly moved on to cleaning her teeth, moisturizing, and dressing. She decided to leave the cloak in the bag. She only glanced in the mirror to run her fingers through her damp hair. Her fingers rested at the back of her neck as she looked at herself.

“I have no idea where this ship is going. Are they even going to be landing soon? Shit, I never stowed away on a ship for more than one day. What if someone finds me? I can’t kill everyone here,” she whispered. Eon sighed loudly as she slid on the bag and grabbed her blades. She exited the bathroom and began to walk back to the cargo hold, distracted by her thoughts. Her grip was tight on the handle of each blade.

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XXXXNat groaned as she stood, pushing against her back to stretch it and work out the kinks that formed as she worked on the pod in the docking bay. Practically everyone was asleep now, exhausted from celebration and resting before they found out their next assignment the day after. Nat, however, couldn't sleep. The near brush with Et Salvos putting her on edge. They hadn't seemed to follow them so she knew she could calm down. Her mind, however, refused.

She had wandered from her bedroom nearest the bridge and made her way through the corridors and down to the bay where their land pods were located. One of them had seen better days and Nat had slowly been fixing it up. She had been at it now for a few hours and her back was killing her. She did a little twist and then decided to head back to her room to try to sleep.

While on her way, she thought to stop at the lavatory just between the docks and the cargo bay. She had just turned a corner when she smacked into someone. Her first instinct was to sign out a quick apology and then move around them. That's what she did...at first. Then she realized she didn't recognize the person and the craft as small enough that she knew everyone onboard. A few of them intimately. She turned. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" She typed into the Chatter, more curious than angry. There was no reason to ask how considering their quick take off from the space station left little time to check for stowaways.

"Give me one good reason not to wake the captain right now and tell her you're here," she demanded, the Chatter taking away from the stern expression on her face. She observed the girl, looking her up and down. She was cute, no doubt about it, although dirty and a little skinny like she hadn't had a full meal in a while. Nat sighed. "Nevermind. Come with me first." She turned and led her up the 'vators to the galley.

Once they made it into the room, Nat prepared a quick meal of space gruel (leftovers and rations no one would miss with their new supplies, but food was food) and sat down facing the girl. "Spill."

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Rozalia was first awoken by the sound of running water coming from the showers, this was mostly her fault as she fell asleep sitting at one of the work benches closest to the bathroom, so she wasn’t too upset at whoever was taking the shower, though she was a little surprised that someone would be taking one at this hour. “Eh? Who iz taking a zhower right now?” Rozalia mumbled out loud to herself as she put her head back down on the table to go back to sleep. Well she would have gone back to sleep if her stomach didn’t decide to growl and rumble at her. “Ugh, I guess I’ll get zome food to zhut you up.” She said to her stomach as she poked up. Rozalia stood up, leaving her one of her energy blades on the table to go to the kitchen, leaving it to work on later.

Rozalia walked through the hall of the ship towards the kitchen, listening to the light hum of the numerous noises on the ship. Some people hated the noise that came with their ship, but Rozalia loved them, hence why she quickly claimed the room closest to the engines as hers to keep her stuff in, plus not really anyone else wanted that room.

As she got to the kitchen, Roz saw Nat sitting at a table with another person but didn’t really get a glance at the other person since her back was entered the kitchen and didn’t look at her as she walked by to get to one of the cupboards. Roz opened cabinet to see what small snack she could have right now to quiet her stomach. “Hey Banzhee, when iz the next pick up for those weird zlime thingz you got me addicted to?” Rozalia spoke as she continued to shuffle through the cabinet, finally deciding on a small pastry to snack on. After grabbing a small plate she went and sat next to Nat and across from the woman she was sitting with. realizing she didn't know who she was.

“Oh. Iz this the cargo for our next job, or are you zmuggling zome fun for yourzelf until our next ztop?” Roz said joking to Nat as she set down her plate and food. It wasn’t abnormal for them to have escort missions or to transport people. Before taking a bite of the pastry, Rozalia summoned a small flame in her hand to toast it a little, nothing too big but enough to do what she wanted. “Zo, how much is she worth?” Rozalia asked Nat she bit into her pastry and extinguished the flame in her hand.

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XXXXNat kept her eyes pinned to the girl--well really a young woman, but with Nat's height, she appeared small--watching as she took in her surroundings. Watching as her nerves caused her to fidget. Watched as she wasn't eating the food. Nat tilted her head to the side. Maybe it was too cold? The girl began to explain but only got a sentence in before she started to talk quietly to herself. At first, Nat wondered if maybe there was something wrong with this woman and that she would have to be on her guard. Then she realized she was chastising herself for talking to a deaf person.

Nat bit back a laugh. While normally she would be insulted, she figured she had jumped to the best conclusion with the situation presented. After all, it's not as if anyone had come by to talk to Nat regularly to show her. The woman then typed out her same confession into her own Chatter and prepared it to project into the air for Nat to read. Although she really could've just shown her the screen. No need for theatrics. Nat was about to type out a response when she heard, rather than saw, Roz enters the galley asking about slime.

Nat was momentarily confused before she realized that Roz was talking about the jello she had made not too long ago that the crew couldn't get enough of. Apparently, that included Roz. However, if the prank Nat was beginning to plan was to work, she would have to ignore Roz. She'd tell her later it was in the refrigerator.

Turning slowly pretending she didn't hear Roz, but felt her, she let herself tense... and then relax once she took in her friend. "Hey babe," she typed, barely taking her eyes of the woman. "She's running from Et Solas." She leaned back in her chair, her eyes full of mischief. "She's a stowaway." She picked up the bowl of food from in front of her and handed it to Roz. "Here warm this for me. If we're to take her to Captain Hellfire, she'll need to eat first." She grinned. "Although I guess it doesn't matter either way." She realized she was probably starting to scare the woman, but she couldn't help herself. A good prank is like a drug. You can't help but take a hit.

Of course, this put her mind on Comet which made her hands twitched, but she shoved it as far back into her mind as she could. Not today, Satan. Not today.

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Eon glaze flew to Red when she entered the kitchen. The woman ignored her. She listened as she spoke to Banzhee, which she translated to Banshee mentally. Great, the first person I meet on this ship is deaf and has the name Banshee. Probably means I’ll end up dead soon. Why is Red even talking to Banshee if she’s deaf? Maybe she forgot? As Red looked in the cabinet, Eon returned her gaze to Banshee. She only glanced at Red when she sat down. Relief filled her because the last thing she wanted was for a stranger to sit next to her. She already felt as if the room was too small.

Annoyance took her worry away as Red spoke again. Eon was annoyed by what she was implying with the question. Is she messing with me by pretending Banshee can hear? Oh shit. Eon sat up straight when Red summoned fire. It was after she spoke again did Eon grab her Chatter and use her feet to push her chair back. She didn’t want to be closer than necessary to Red. Her legs stretched out as she used her feet to pull her bag towards her. It was awkward, but she didn’t care. Eon’s eyes stayed on Red. She seemed to be the more dangerous of the two.

When the Chatter went off, Eon jumped in her seat. She alternated her gaze between them as Banshee spoke. Eon noticed she barely took her eyes off her. Eon gripped her blades and slowly stood. She placed one down at a time on the chair to put her bag on. Once it was on, she had both blades in her hands again. Eon felt as if her heart was ready to burst through her chest. She was beyond flustered by the situation.

What type of game are they playing? I don’t find any of this funny. Why didn’t they just try to kill me or take me to their captain right away? Didn’t they call them Captain Hellfire? What kind of name is that? Hell, we have Hellfire and Banshee. Red likely has some odd name as well. I wonder if I should just introduce myself as Gadget. Why wouldn’t it matter if I ate or not? Would it be funny to them if I ate before they killed me? Something is probably wrong with the food.

She turned around and kicked the chair. Eon didn’t hear the sound when the chair hit the floor. All her confusion and nerves had suddenly turned to agitation and frustration. The thing that brought her out of the fog of emotions was the tingling sensation in her right hand. She froze and rubbed the back of her hands against each other, blades still in hand. When the feeling stopped, she let out a sigh. “Don’t do anything stupid or reckless unless necessary. I won’t just be signing my life away
” she whispered. Eon leaned over to set the chair upright. Slowly, she turned around with her eyes glued to the floor. She needed to look at something inanimate to allow her emotions to deescalate.

“First, I am sorry about
kicking the chair,” she paused to take a deep breath, “Second, I already ate, from my own food supply, and I do not need to be fed. Please just take me to Hellfire.”

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Rozalia wasn’t shocked when Nat told her this woman was running from Et Salvos, wasn’t that uncommon when people try to get away from them, but what surprised her was when she found out this woman was a stowaway. “Hmm, wonder how much zhe’z worth to Et Zalvoz.” Roz said outloud with a giggle. The crew of the Stardust would never do business with Et Salvos, but Rozalia loved to joke around. Roz quickly heated up the cup Nat had placed in front of her. She did this often for people as it was quicker than using any equipment around the ship, though she would get annoyed when asked over and over, especially if she was busy.

Seeing the woman stand up put Rozalia on edge, especially with blades in her hands. Rozalia placed the one energy blade she had with her on the table, to show she also had a weapon and could grab it quickly if need be. Yeah, she had her flames, but the more the merrier in the mind of Roz. But when the she kicked over the chair Rozalia also stood up, placing her hand on her own energy blade. Who does this woman she think she is? Rozalia thought to herself. She quickly felt Nat’s hand on her own, well her gloved hand. Roz always wondered about why she wore gloves, but Meg had taught her not to always be asking questions about their crew mates since sometimes its “not nice to bug them.”

After the woman apologized for kicking over her chair, she practically demanded them to take her to Hellfire. “Captain. Captain Hellfire, ezpecially to a ztowaway.” Rozalia shot out of her mouth as she stepped up from the table. Though she did have a point, their captain would want to know about a stowaway. “Up to you Banzhee. Pretty late, but Captain tendz to be awake randomly. I’ll follow behind you two.” Rozalia spoke towards Nat, leaving the decision up to her.

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XXXXNat watched as the woman's twitches stilled and her eyes grew darker with suspicion and anger. They were definitely pushing too hard. She was about to attempt to diffuse the situation when the girl suddenly shot from her chair, donned her bag, and placed her weapons in hand. A challenge. Nat's eyes narrowed and the grin left her face, but she didn't rise to meet it. She felt Roz tense beside her. She knew her friend well enough to know that if she didn't keep her in the present, something disastrous was going to happen. The last thing they needed was a fight in the galley.

Nat placed a gloved hand on top of Roz's where it placed her energy sword on the table, steading her. She stood slowly. She pretended like she didn't know what the girl was saying specifically--since apparently, she was deaf--but even if that were the case, she would be able to tell by her body language that she didn't like the way the two were acting. "I take it you would like to be taken to Captain Hellfire," she typed. She allowed a slow, knowing smile spread across her features. This would prove interesting. "Suit yourself."

She looked at Roz and signed, She thinks I'm deaf. Play along. This will be interesting. Without another word, she turned from the room and led the way to Meg's room. Nat and Meg were like sister souls. They were mostly night owls. Space was dark in the first place so "night" was an abstract concept. They always found it difficult to sync themselves with the usual rhythms. Knowing Meg, she was probably wide awake and having a drink by her window. Once she reached the door to her quarters, she lifted a knuckle and knocked. Rap. Tap-Tap. Rap.





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XXXXMeg was, in fact, standing by her window, gazing at the stars. There was a small glass of vodka in her hand that she swirled around. After the previous night, she wasn't desperate for another drink, but this was a ritual, years in the making, that helped her to sleep alone. She had spent a lot of time alone these days. Meg sighed just as a knock came to her door. Rap. Tap-Tap. Rap. Natsumi.

She turned, curious as to why her pilot would be visiting at this hour. "Come in," She called out. Not a demand. Not a request. A neutrally toned statement. She didn't have it in her for authority at the moment. However, that was about to change. First into her room was Natsumi--Banshee, she reminded herself. Followed by this tiny, mouse of a girl fairly clean despite her filthy clothing and an aggressive look on her face. Interesting...and concerning considering Meg didn't know this girl. And she had seen the one Nat had been fooling around with as she boarded. Last was Roz and Meg knew the girl didn't belong to her. The girl might fly in both systems, but the girl between them was definitely not her type. She'd break her. At least, that was Meg's impression. Why Meg's mind immediately went to a relationship and not the obvious was probably due to how messed up she had been lately. She was so out of sorts.

Probably because it was the anniversary. Et Salvos.

Meg's hands fisted at the words, flames flickering around her fingertips and up her arms for a blink. Now that anger cleared her mind, she realized what she was looking at. A stowaway. Nat did a quick sign to her telling her to play along and pointing to the girl and her ears as subtly as possible. The girl would have to be looking at Nat to see it and she wasn't. Her dark eyes were on Meg. Nat typed a few words into her Chatter. "We have a stowaway, Captain. Says she's running from Et Salvos."

Meg frowned. They were always running from Et Salvos but if she jumped onto a ship without buying passage just as they were running, she figured there might be more to the tale. She turned her attention from her pilot and onto the stowaway. "Why are they chasing you? If you're wanted by the most powerful corporation in the 'verse, I don't want you on my ship. We have problems enough." She actually turned from her, putting her back to the enemy. Which most times would be stupid but she had two loyal crew members in the room, plus... she could see the girl's reflection in the glass of the window. "We could drop you off at the next planet--which unfortunately is a central planet--but I won't risk my crew for a stowaway."

She said it so concretely. Like there was no other option. As if giving a life sentence. She grabbed the glass from the table and knocked it back, the liquid burning as it went down. A burn echoed in the fire of her heart where Et Salvos had planted it.

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Eon didn’t really hear what Red said. She just focused on the floor. The only thing she remembered was to address the captain as Captain Hellfire. She looked up when she sensed movement. Banshee was leaving the room. Eon kept her hands loose at her side as she followed. She was a bit calmer, but not much. Her thumbs tapped gentle against the handles of her blades. She counted to three repeatedly in her head. Eon did pay enough attention to stop and watch Banshee knock. She heard a female voice allowing them entrance. I wonder how Banshee knows to go in. Maybe she waits for a certain amount of time before entering a room after knocking?

She was tense as she entered the room. Eon was annoyed once more, ready for Captain Hellfire to be as bad as the rest. She wanted to cross her arms, but her weapons wouldn’t allow that. Her eyes stayed on the captain. Eon hated it, but she jumped when she saw the flames. It unsettled Eon. Can all the redheads here create fire? Eon only glanced at Nat when she used the Chatter. Although, her gaze quickly returned to Captain Hellfire. When she remembered Red was in the room, she shifted to be able to see her in her peripheral vision.

The last thing Eon wanted to do was answer her first question. She really saw no reason to answer once she told her she didn’t want her on the ship. She hadn’t been expecting to be allowed to stay. I sure as hell don’t want to be on a ship with problems. I have enough of my own. I am better off on my own anyways. You can’t trust a soul in space
Funny how she is called Captain Hellfire and has abilities over fire. I wonder if that is on purpose. I wonder what Red is called.

Her thoughts shut off when Captain Hellfire spoke again. Eon shivered as she thought of being dropped off at a central planet. Her heart had quickened, but she felt cold with fear mostly. Eon was tired too, physical and mentally. The mental exhaustion was mainly because of the situation Red and Banshee put her through. She would be glad to be rid of them. Eon wondered when she’d get tired of Captain Hellfire. Her eyes went to the glass as Captain Hellfire knocked the liquid back. She assumed it was some type of liquor. Eon resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

“I understand Captain Hellfire,” she said in a tired voice. She rolled her shoulders back. Eon knew she had been handling her bag too much today. She really should have stayed in the cargo hold and rested. It was one of her rules to just rest and eat two proper meal after healing someone. She broke the rule often. Eon decided she could rest until she was dropped off. Once she was alone again, she could even make herself a meal. She wasn’t going to eat anything anyone offered her here. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she decided she needed some alone time. She felt drained by all of this social interaction. Stress had absorbed any energy she had gotten from her earlier cat nap.

“How long until we get to the planet? Also, where will I be locked away until you drop me off?” she asked. Eon assumed she’d be locked away. It was better than being killed. She still worried they’d kill her though. “May I ask what planet it is?” she added quickly. She knew most of the planets Et Salvos dealt with. Eon even visited some when she was younger. Eon slowly walked sideways until she reached a wall. She leaned against it. Her muscles were beginning to ache because of the bag and blades. They were large and heavy.

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Before the left to bring the stowaway to Hellfire, Nat signed to Rozalia on the side, in a quiet matter so only she would see. This led to Rozalia giggling a little as the two other girls walked down the hallway and followed behind them, this little prank would be fun to do, plus a little helpful to get information if need be. Rozalia kept an eye on the stowaway as they walked in case she tried anything more than kicking over a chair, especially since she was carrying weapons. Since Nat didn’t say anything about her leaving them behind she didn’t care to say anything else about them, plus Rosalia was pretty sure she could she could take this woman herself, little addition of having powers.

When they reached the Captains quarters, Banshee did her knock for Hellfire to know t was her. She has requested each crew member have a knock so she could tell who was at her door without physically checking, as well as having an emergency knock if they were being held hostage. It didn’t take long for Meg to announce they were allowed in and Nat opened and walked in, quickly stepping to the side also signing to her about the dead thing and then informing her about the stowaway and that she was running from Et Salvos. Rozalia knew that she didn’t like taking about Et Salvos more than when it was needed, and also knew that her captain wouldn’t play it easy on this stranger girl. Giggling a little as Meg seemed to almost play with the stowaway.

Rozalia way back and relaxed while the two conversed back and forth, keeping herself entertained by swirling her one energy blade in her hands. Roz wasn’t one for politics and talking, more into having fun and doing whatever she wanted. Though she did peak her head up she Captain Hellfire insisted on dropping her off on a central planet, though she knew her captain dislikes most central planets. But she was even more shocked that the woman just accepted this fate, quickly asking where she would be locked away and what planet. This woman who had risked stowaway on their ship, carried these blades weapons and was running from Et Salvos.

”What? Really? Juzt gonna give up like that?” Rozalia spoke her immediate thoughts out loud, turning towards the woman. “Doezn’t zeem like you actually need those bladez then, thought zomeone with thoze would maybe argue, or zomething. What would Et Zalvoz want with zomeone like you?” She continue to talk as she took a towards her. ”They probably aren’t actually chazing you...” Rozalia with a snark, her energy base gripped in her left hand, now about two arm lengths from her. Rozalia didn’t like people who would just give up, and more so people that were hiding something. In all honestly, Rozalia probably should have stayed quiet since this wasn’t exactly her place to talk, but she was already on impulse with what happened in the kitchen.

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XXXXMeg was surprised and a little disappointed that the girl had given herself up so easily. However, it didn't make a difference to Meg whether she accepted her fate or fought it. It only mattered if she began to threaten her crew. Which, apparently, the girl was smart enough to know better than to threaten a crew in front of its captain. Unfortunately for the girl, the core planet closest and the only planet nearby on the way to their next assignment was Corphious V... and Et Salvos lab planet. Mostly for botanicals and more natural experimentation, but Et Salvos nonetheless.

Roz was on edge as the girl gave up so quickly. Roz was a fighter, the kind who only went down when her life left her eyes. In fact, Meg is still surprised that she managed to talk such a woman into her crew. And Meg put up with some of her antics. Probably because the two were like sister souls. Redheads with fire in their hearts that flowed through their veins. Nat easily diffused the situation, as she always did when it came to Roz. A gentle hand and a firm look to remind her that everything was alright. She knew Meg could handle almost any situation.

Meg made her way behind her desk to sit in the blue velvet office chair. She released the magnets holding it in place in case of a roll, and sat down, leaning back. "I wouldn't be so quick to give in, little one." She said as she rubbed a hand down her face. She figured that comment might warrant a backlash from the girl since she was probably about the same age as Meg and was average size for the woman. Meg just couldn't help but feel that she was so naive to the world around her. Probably hadn't seen much of the world. Hadn't seen the kind of dark, backstabbing pain it could cause. "You don't even know what planet it is." She swiveled her chair to face the window again, suddenly overwhelmed with everything in front of her. "Corphious V."

Nat, to Meg's surprise, began to type furiously in opposition to leaving the girl there. Nat typically didn't care about strangers one way or the other as long as it benefited her in the end. It was due to her own past that Nat seemed to be arguing against such a move. Roz began to chime in as well. Of course, Nat drew Meg's own past with the corporation into the conversation causing Meg to tense and flames flickered. Thankfully, Meg felt it coming and lifted her hands from the velvet armrests before she singed the fabric of her favorite chair.

Once the flames ceased, she turned her chair and slammed her hands down on the desk, ratting its contents. "Fine. If you want her to stay aboard, you have to watch her and she has to work. I can't afford to feed an extra mouth that just sits there." She turned her attention to the girl. "You have until Corphious V is in our sights to prove your worth to me as a member of my crew. Where we're going, I don't need someone whose going to get in the way. Our next assignment is tough enough as it is."

There was silence for a moment before Meg revealed the weight that had been weighing down her shoulders. The reason she had screwed around with a stranger on the space station. The reason for the drinking that led up to it. And the reason for the drink and her depressed state now. The impossibility that was before them.

"We are to retrieve a rare ship part from The Solarflare."





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XXXXNat listened distantly to Meg's conversation with the stowaway. She couldn't care less whether the girl fought or gave in as long as she didn't attempt to harm her captain. She was the reason she was still alive and not dead with her soul high on Comet for the rest of eternity. At the thought of Comet once more, her fingers twitched and her heart raced with longing. Thankfully, Roz took that moment to say something dangerous. Nat reached out and held tight and fast to her hand. She squeezed it and gave her a firm look to remind her that it's alright. Not everyone is as die-hard as miss "Let's blow shit up."

She ran a gloved thumb over the back of her hand, thankful that Roz didn't seem to lose control of her power when angry like Meg did. To be fair, the two had obtained their abilities in different ways. One ravaged by Et Salvos, and still bore the scars to prove it, and the other in the clutches of a cult.

Then Meg informed them what planet they would be leaving the girl and her blood turned to ice. She let go of Roz's hand, not even bothering to remember to pretend to be deaf as she typed furiously into her Chatter. "Meg, you can't be serious." All the color had drained from her face. It wasn't the place where Nat's own past occurred, but it was a testing planet for biology. For all, she knew the girl could be turned into some kind of human-plant hybrid. "Look, I get it. We struggle enough as it is, but we can't leave her there. They'll use her like they used me. Like they used you." She didn't even flinch when Meg had turned back to face them, eyes cold as she slammed her hands down on the desk's surface silencing everyone.

Nat hadn't even noticed that Roz had opened her big mouth again. She gave her decision and she felt with both relief and dread which collide in a sickening knot in her stomach. She was in charge of the naive girl, but at least she was able to stay. However, they had to figure out the best way for her to be useful. Nat signed her thanks and turned to leave, ready to bring the girl with her to begin their preparations when Meg informed them of their mission.

She spun back to face her, hand's signing the same word repeatedly. What!?

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Amusement filled Eon’s eyes at the initial reactions she received. Do they want me to stay? Hellfire just said she was going to drop me off on some planet. I agree, and she tells me not to give in so quickly. Maybe she has had too much to drink? She watched and listened curiously as the conversation continued. Eon found it easy to ignore Red. She decided to focus on Hellfire as she was the captain. Eon was interested in what Banshee was saying because apparently, she wasn’t deaf.

Meg had said the planet’s name with her back to them. Banshee responded. Eon’s cheeks grew hot with embarrassment and anger. She heard everything I said earlier. Why didn’t she say anything? She could have told me she could hear, but I should have never assumed she was deaf, idiot.

Eon was surprised when it was revealed Et Salvos used Hellfire and Banshee. How did they use them? Do they mean experimentation? I know they do experiments on Corphious V
thought it was just research on plants before, but the ship was for research
and that was a joke. She jumped at the sight of flames again. Eon finally moved her blades around to place her bag down.

She has a temper and abilities over fire, great. I am surprised she hasn’t burned this ship down yet. I wonder if she has burn any of her crew. Eon eyes wandered over to Banshee at Meg’s next words. She didn’t have time to react as Meg’s attention was back on her. Eon met her gaze blankly as she spoke. She was confused. Though, she didn’t let the emotion show as she knew others would follow. Eon sensed movement and turned. Banshee was leaving, and Meg had put Eon under her care.

The last thing she wanted to do was be alone with the redheads. She was ready to grab her bag, but then Meg mentioned their mission and Banshee spun around. This confirmed again that she wasn’t deaf. Eon’s lips pressed together at the reminder. I’ll forgive her for this. She didn’t say no to overseeing me. She did even try to feed me. Her lips relaxed at the thought. Eon still had a soft spot for people who were kind. For now, she decided to label Banshee as kind. She moved on to wondering why Banshee was freaking out. She was signing something repeatedly. Why is she freaking out? Why does the name The Solarflare sound fa-

A laugh escaped Eon’s lips when it clicked. Though, she quickly turned around to face the wall. She hadn’t meant to laugh, but The Solarflare was a child’s story. It was one her father told her often. He had multiple variations, but The Solarfare was always a “haunted” ship in them. A few giggles escaped her lips before she took a deep breath. There was a huge smile plastered to her face, but she couldn’t make it go away. She decided to keep the reason for her laughter a secret. She didn’t want to offend anyone. Everyone needed something to believe in. Eon put her weapons away, slid on her bag with shaky arms, and walked over to Banshee. She had to take another deep breath to calm herself more. The smile softened as her urge to laugh eased.

“Come on Banshee, no use in arguing if she accepted the job. Let’s go make me useful. If anything is broken, I can fix it,” she said. She stood near Banshee and waited for her to lead the way.

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Rozalia mostly ignored the other snippets said by her captain, putting her focus and attention on the stowaway. A little surprised that Nat was actually standing up for her, talking about her and Meg’s past, which she knew wasn’t exactly good. Meghan, Captain Hellfire, didn’t exactly like talking about her past, about how she got her powers, and why she hates Et Salvos, especially if someone other than her brings it up. Roz smirked a little seeing some of Hellfire’s flame come alive with her emotion before continuing.

Rozalia looked over to Nat when their captain declared that she would be in charge of the new woman. ”Ha, have fun babyzitting.” Roz said with a light chuckle, teasing her pilot friend. Though when Captain Hellfire brought up how their next assignment would be tough, this immediately took all her attention, she loved learning about the next mission and such. Not the small gritty details, but mostly how much fun she could have and how much money they would be making. “Oh a new job!” Rozalia perked up a little to listen to whatever would be said next.

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the Solarflare.” Rozalia was shocked at first, gasped for a second staying quiet for another, before finally releasing her energy. “Wait
 wait. THE ZOLARFLARE?” Rozalia asked as she took a step forward, now next to Nat who was already asking for clarification. “The crew killer? Where no one haz come back from?” A smile quickly came across Rozalia’s face, getting all giggly and bouncing a little on her toes. She heard all the legends there were to tell about the ship named The Solarflare, some of the moth ruthless and best pirates going after it’s treasure and never being heard from again. Obviously, there was something there of price, especially now that her captain would accept a dangerous job to go in there and retrieve something.

“Well, what’z so good about this part? Captain.” Rozalia asked, wide smile still on her face. While the stowaway mentioned leaving the room, Roz just wanted to learn more about the mission, usually she would just be told the prize and her job for it, but now, now she wanted to know more.

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XXXXMeg pinched the bridge of her nose. She needed another drink. If this was how her two most loyal crewmates reacted to the news she could only imagine how the rest would react. What she didn't expect was the fit of laughter from their stowaway, whose name Meg had yet to acquire. She decided to ignore the outburst and, instead, respond to her crew. "Yes. I know, Nat. You don't have to be so dramatic." She addressed Roz's questions next but allowed her eyes to drift up to the ceiling so she wouldn't have to look at the crew who she was going to be putting in danger. "I don't know. Craig is apparently willing to pay us a mountain-load of credits if we go and retrieve it. We could purchase a small moon with the payoff. Hell, we could probably buy Paradiso II if we wanted. Finally have an HQ to return to at the end of jobs instead of jumping from space to space. Think about it. All those beaches. Places to hide..." Her monologue drifted into silence as she realized she was rambling.

"Anyway, yes. That's the mission and I'd appreciate it, Rozalia if you didn't inform the rest of the ship before I've had a chance to. I'm going to send out a gathering alert in the next few hours for those who can leave their posts. The rest will hear after over the PA for morning announcements." She rubbed at the back of her neck with both hands, trying to work out the kink that had formed there. When Meg first created her crew, she thought it would be fun. Swiping goods from Et Salvos border colonies. Blowing up inhumane labs. Showing off her ship as a means to impress lovers. Etc. Etc.

In reality, her first week of being a captain ended up with her ship caught, her crew captured, and her identity almost discovered. If it weren't for one of her crew members being a highly valued individual who vied for her, they would've been spaced.

She turned her attention to the group before her. "Roz, get some sleep. In your room preferably. I don't want engineers Chatting me at the wee hours complaining that you're in the way. Again. Nat, keep an eye on our little... probie. And little Probie... I guess we should get your name. Then you're on your way."

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Eon’s eyes went to Red when she asked about the part. She took note when Meg reference to Banshee as Nat. I think I like Banshee better. When Captain Hellfire mentioned the payment, she really wondered what the part was. Most importantly, she wondered what it could do. She smiled when Meg went on about what they could do with the money. “Finally!” she whispered when Red’s name was revealed. Eon noticed when Meg rubbed the back of her neck. She opened her mouth to ask something, but it closed when Meg’s attention was on them again. Eon did a slow blink when addressed as “little probie” a second time.

“Gadget,” she replied. Gadget decided not to give her name. She never did as the last thing she needed was for someone to look her up. Maybe I’ll tell them if I decide to stay, well, if I even get to decide. I’ll likely just end up being dropped off on the planet anyways.

“It's a nickname, but that should be good enough for now since I am just here on a trail period,” she said with a shrug. Gadget wasn’t sure she’d stay, but she didn’t mind being useful. Gadget liked to work. She missed the days she could work all day and never be bothered. This was all before life decided to give her some experience. Gadget turned to head to the door but paused.

Slowly, she reached back into one of her bag’s side pockets. Eon pulled out a small clear tube that was filled with blue liquid. She walked over to Meg’s desk and placed it there upside down. It would stay steady on the desk as the cap was flat. Eon glanced out the window. She never got tired of seeing stars after all this time. “Put that on the back of your neck and rub it in for five or so minutes.The liquid is cold, but your neck should feel better within the hour,” she said, her gaze focused on the view outside of the window. She made herself turn around to look at Banshee. Gadget decide to wait until she told her it was time to go. It wasn’t like she could just walk out on her own.

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Rozalia stood next to Nat, still smiley and listening to Hellfire explain a little bit more about the money they would be giving. Oh! Having my own moon would be cool, dibz on that big one in the Quantice Zector!” Rozalia spoke up for a second, before being called out and specifically told not to tell anyone, Roz putting out a pouty lip for a second. Granted, if her captain hadn’t told her to not tell anyone, she would’ve talked to anyone she would see about the job and how they would be rich off of this job, and be the first and only crew to make it in and out of The Solarflare and tell the tell.

Roz giggled and judged Nat a little, entertained by her own whole reaction to the news of their new mission. Most people on the ship probably weren’t as ecstatic as she Plazma was, the chaotic little sister of the Stardust crew. The majority of the crew would more than likely react similar to Banshee. Rozalia quickly caught her captains eye before being told her next orders, one she’s been given numerous times and didn’t exactly like. ”Meh, they can go kizz my bladez.” Roz said as she rolled her eyes.

The new woman spoke up eventually, stating her name as Gadget. Hmm, much mean she likes to tinker with things? Better not touch my baby though. Rozalia thought to herself, referencing her main gun battery that she rarely let others touch. ”Well, I’ll be going now then. Wake me if any fun stuff happenz!” Roz announced before she left, giving a smile and a nod to Nat before skipping out of the Captain quarters.

Rozalia went and grabbed her energy blade she left on the table and pieces it back together as she walked back to her room, opening the door and hearing the engines at their lower setting. She quickly threw her robe onto her bed and sat at her personal workbench in an black loose shirt and shorts that Nat had gotten her once as a gift after Plasma’s first mission. She leaned back and had her feet on her table as she closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.