[Pre TL] Catch A Ride

[Algarus]

Location: Starfall Station, Somewhere in the Outter Rim

Looking at the comm terminal, Alana took in a deep breath, trying to muster up the courage to make the call. She had to do it, Felix sorta needed a way to get back home, and honestly she did too. She told Felix she had a way to get them out of this situation, and she did, but it was going to raise all sorts of hell back home. Astra was going to read her the riot act this time. With great reluctance, Alana pressed down on the call button, as she set the transmission back home to Dantooine. Hopefully her sister was home. "Hey Ast, me again, sooooo listen. Remember when I said I had to go look at something? Well I did, but, I maybe...kinda sorta....lost all my credits, and if you could find it in your heart to come get me I'd really appreciate it." Just from pure instinct, she almost disconnected the call, but stopped herself, damn it she had to explain Felix too. "Oh, and there's this guy with me, he needs help too. He's a great guy though, so don't worry I'm not bringing a drug dealer home. He's just....well you'll see, but yea if you could help sis I'll love you lots! Star Fallstation is where I'm at, so don't leave a sister hanging. Oh and, can you not tell Kraud about this? I can explain everything once you get here. Love you!" Alana quickly released the call, as she felt the wave of guilt slam into her. Once again, Astra was going to have to save her hide. Alana had just wanted to do something nice for her sister, just something to try and make up for all the screw ups she had made. Of course, in typical Alana style, she had screwed it all up. She stared at the blank terminal before her, seeing her reflection in the screen made her scowl. She didn't like things being this way, but it was the only way she could deal with who she was. "Hey, you done or what?" A voice behind Alana grumbled, trying back, she saw a rather peeved Weequay looking at her expectantly. She only shook her head and walked by, taking a moment to adjust her hat so it was just right.

She had gone about a day without any death sticks, but she still had the craving at the back of her mind. She could find some, surely they were here, but affording them was another issue all together. She could hear the whispers of the people around her pulsate, as she felt a sense of dread just dropping on top of her. Her skin had been getting an off and on again burning sensation, and occasionally her eyes felt like they were going to pop out of their sockets. Taking deep breaths, and forcing her eyelids close, Alana did her best to not lose her cool. She was going to be fine. Astra was going to come and get them, and everything was going to be fine. She would make her way back to Felix, hands in her pockets as she was battling several issues at the same time, and wasn't doing too good of a job hiding it. Seeing the young man up ahead, she approached with an expression that made her look like she had committed a murder. "Made the call, so she should be here soon." Alana said, only giving Felix a glance before dropping her gaze to the ground. "Anyways, I'm sorry I dragged you into this whole mess." Her shoulders dropped, as she weakly shook her head. It felt like this was all some sort of cycle for her, going through the motions time and time again, just making a mess of everything for everyone.

@Caught in Strangereal @Sunfrog

 

[Sunfrog]

It would be a lie to say she was surprised the situation had come to this conclusion, with Alana begging to be bailed out again. Still, Astra knew she couldn't be too hard on her sister, after all Alana would do the same for her and perhaps this was genuinely an accident. The only part of the story Astra was sceptical about was how Alana lost all of her credits because if it had anything to do with deathsticks then Alana would've wished she never called. However, she would respect her sister's wishes not to inform Kraud about their whereabouts, whatever her personal opinions were, if Alana wanted a chance to explain herself then she would at least allow her that before deciding where to go from there.

Besides, Astra didn't care for mollycoddling Alana, as long as her sister was safe then she let her get on with her own life, it was only when deathsticks were involved that she would become protective and stern with her sister but otherwise the pair had a loving relationship resembling that of best friends, it was hard not to when they spent as much time together as they did.

The only benefit of Kraud being away for lengthy periods of time was that it allowed them to get away with far more than they would had he been home, namely using the ship to pick up a stranded Alana and a stranger she had managed to pick up on her apparent adventures. Somehow the notion that he was a great guy didn't fill Astra with much confidence since it seemed her and Alana's idea of a great guy varied vastly and it didn't just mean not falling under the drug dealer category.

As Astra approached the space station, she considered how Alana must be feeling and opted not to make a difficult situation any harder for her, especially not in front of whoever this person she was with was. She landed the ship a little shakily and disembarked in search of her sister, though it only took a matter of seconds before she found her, sure enough, with a random man, at least that much was true. "Why can't you make friends with people who have ships?" She called out to Alana as she approached her.

@Caught in Strangereal @Algarus