Star Tours Vacation

[Crim]

"StarSpeeder 5000 Aurek is now departing for Glee Anselm."

The speakers in the Star Tours spaceport were just loud enough to be clearly heard above the background conversation of many languages. The sleek, luxurious spaceport was like a miniature Coruscant. As Eire walked through the spaceport, carrying luggage with her, two protocol droids approached her. "Excuse me, ma'am, would you like us to take your baggage?" it politely asked. Eire handed her luggage to the droid and said, "It's heavy. Watch out."

The droid leaned for a minute before righting itself and saying, "Weight acceptable." It walked off with the baggage. For a second or two, Eire felt bad for it. She could bear weight that most things couldn't even lift off the ground. As Eire walked off, she thought, I hope I don't have to pay for that droid... and walked to the Court.

The Court was a long strip of shops overlooking a massive window. It had shops that carried food from around the galaxy, clothes, books, whatever anyone would need on a normal Star Tours flight. Eire wasn't here for a normal flight, though. The new StarCruiser was about to make its maiden voyage. The luxurious ship was designed to take people to a Star Tours vacation destination in style and comfort. Eire had booked a room long ago on the ship.

Walking through the gangways, Eire presented her boarding pass to a protocol droid. "Welcome, Eire." it said. Eire nodded to the droid and entered the ship. A waiting protocol droid said, "Welcome to the StarCruiser! According to your boarding pass, you are in Room 18 B." She paid good money for that room. "The room is right this way," it said as it showed Eire to her room. The interior of the ship was very luxurious. She wanted to stop and look at everything, but she wanted to see her room first.

After a few minutes of traversing the ship, the droid came to a door and said, "Here are your accommodations, miss. Enjoy!"

The room was nice. Eire's baggage had been delivered to her room and there was a complementary drink on the table. As she looked out the window, she noticed that the deck had a retractable window, which would close automatically when the ship entered space. As Eire skimmed the deck plan of the ship, she noticed some interesting features.

Most things weren't impeded by being in space. When the ship entered space, a cover on the deck closed. This way, the passengers were able to be on the deck of the ship and do what they were doing without being unable to breathe. Also, Eire noticed a pool, bar, several restaurants, a shopping mall, even a coffee house. This would be a nice vacation.

 

[Number-75]

Rosa muttered pretty much every curse she knew under her breath as she dashed down through the spaceport towards the boarding area. She had managed to win a ticket for a cruise for one a few weeks before and had decided to take a long overdue vacation. She had spent the better of the last three weeks packing, unpacking, repacking, and unpacking once again. After packing everything with a day to spare, she decided to arrive at the space port the day before the ship's launch and sign into a hotel just to further ensure that she wouldn't be late. And of course, after all this preparation, she had managed to sleep in.

After a less then dignified rush to get herself proper, she had rushed out of the hotel and to the spaceport across the street. Which bought her to her current situation, which was dodging other folks on their way to various other ships while running at a breakneck speed. Well, at least nothin's tryin' ta kill me. Rosa chuckled grimly as the thought passed her mind. Well, at least this time she didn't book her own trip, seeing as how every trip she pays for ends up with murder and gunfire. Or explosions and adventure. As she dashed through the start port she spotted the correct gangway to the ship out of the corner of her eye, just as an announcement played over the speakers.

"Last call for StarSpeeder 5000 Aurek to Glee Anselm."

With one last burst of speed, Rosa managed to bridge the last few meters and up the gangway in a few seconds. Panting and taking in deep breaths, she handed the nearby protocol droid her boarding pass. As the droid scanned the pass, she took the time to straighten out her blouse and pants. Didn't want to look like something the cat dragged in after all. As she straightened our her clothes the droid spoke, seemingly unaware of what she was doing and of her slightly less then pleasant mood. "Ah, Welcome Rosa. Your cabin is 287 A according to your pass. You are very fortunate, we were about to leave." Rosa paused in her upkeep for a second and shot the droid a glare, one that caused even the droid to shudder slightly. "Er, I'll just lead you to your room then." With an air of muffled fear the droid quickly walked away, with Rosa following close behind. After a dozen or so twists and turns, the pair finally arrived at her cabin. The droid rushed off to preform it's other duties, leaving Rosa alone in the hall. With a shrug, she opened the door and entered the cabin.

Upon entering the cabin, she had to admit that the thing was very well furnished. It was quite spacious for a cabin designed for one and even had it's own personal bathroom and shower. There was also a small mini bar but she decided against checking out what was inside it. While she was by no means a stranger to alcohol, she also didn't feel like getting overcharged for a small bottle of whiskey. Besides, the brochure assured her that there were several different restaurants and a bar, all of which served alcohol. With a kick, she stowed her luggage underneath her bed before jumping onto the bed. Just as she had expected, the bed was extremely comfortable and also felt very, very expensive. After lying on the bed for several moments, she sat up and picked up the map and schedule of the ship that had been placed on her pillow. She was on vacation, might as well see what there was to do.

Opening up the map, she scanned through the list of offered services, skipping through most of them with a bit of boredom. A quiet voice in the back of her mind started to note on how a whole life spent fighting had left her with little actual off duty hobbies. However, said voice stopped short when her eyes reached the listing for the coffee house. She quickly checked the clock hanging on her cabin wall. According to the schedule, there was still an hour or bit before the ship actually left. With a grin, she bounced off the bed and stretched. While there wasn't much else that was interesting for now maybe her perspective would change after one or four cups of coffee. Without further delay, she left her room and started to make her way to the coffee house, slamming the door of the cabin shut as she left.

 

[Rico]

Aldonos watched, from the top deck of the cruise ship, as a droid almost fell flat on it's face. dang that women can pack a lot in a suitcase, if that droid is struggling with the bag. he was sleeping on the top deck when the speaker blasted "Last call for StarSpeeder 5000 Aurek to Glee Anselm." he got up and looked down the the side of the ship when he saw a girl sprinting as fast as she could towards the ship "she must have slept in" he said aloud soon after he decided to go down to the coffee shop to get something to warm him up.

 

[MrAmoeba]

“Much like that tea, I desire to taste your warmth, good-lookin’.” A rather over-dressed pompous young human said, leering at Jessie over his cup of incredibly expensive-looking yet atrociously scented coffee.

Jessie looked over her would-be suitor from across the small table at which she sat. “I’m not into cannibalism.” She replied evenly. “Or sadomasochism.” She sipped her steaming tea gingerly, already having burned her tongue on the contents of her cup.

“Come on, we both know how you were giving me the eye when I came in.” He sneered back, leaning in closer.

“I thought I was looking at a wall, and when it slid open, I thought maybe that you’d discovered a secret passage, until I saw six other people come through.”

“…what? Feh, never mind. I’ll find someone else who isn’t as cold as you.” He stood up abruptly, and stalked out of the coffee-house in high bad temper, bumping intentionally into several other people as he did. Jessie watched him go, perpetually sleepy eyes blinking lazily before returning to her drink. The young woman had been sitting in the coffee house for about an hour now, watching people walk in and out. She’d shown up fairly early for boarding, attracting a few odd glances due to her prosthetic arms, although she was hardly unusual compared to the multitudes of aliens swarming about.

When Rosa walked into the coffee house, Jessie gave her a languid little wave, motioning her over to sit down at her table.

“Are you here to get more supplies for seducing someone else?” She asked the shorter woman, not bothering to say hello or any other pleasantries.

 

[Crim]

Coffee sounded great. Eire took a walk over to the coffee house and took a seat near the bar. "I'd like a Mocha, please," she said. As she waited for the coffee, she looked around. It was a nice coffee place. It would be nice to relax with some coffee with people that weren't stressed by a huge civil war. Now, with the war over, Eire missed the old Mandalorians. She began to think of how short-sighted the Separatists were when her mocha arrived.

She didn't even think to wait for it to cool down a bit, like a normal person would. She immediately began to drink it as if it were ale. The man behind the counter looked at her like she was crazy, making Eire chuckle a bit. "Sorry."

 

[Number-75]

"OK, Ah'd like ta point out that all that only 'appened 'cause somebody broke the damned coffee machine. Ah didn't do it on purpose."

Rosa had to admit, she was surprised by Jessie's appearance. When she had announced to the group that she was taking a vacation the quiet girl had not said a thing. Still, it was nice to have someone she knew on her first day off in years. Maybe Jessie could help her find something to do, especially considering how she didn't really have much to do. And anyways, she enjoyed the odd girl's presence. Although even she got lost by the girls occasional seemingly random comments, life tended to be more interesting around her. But before she continued the conversation with the girl, she needed to order a drink. It would be rude to enter a restaurant without ordering something. Flagging down a waitress, she quickly scanned through the menu before deciding on something.

"Yeah, Ah'd like ta have a cup o' da strongest coffee ya got. Thanks~"

Putting down the menu she turned to ask Jessie about her day when something crossed her mind, something that she should have noticed earlier.

" 'old up, Jessie, 'ow did'ja get on board in da first place? Ya didn't mention takin' a vacation an' ya shouldn't 'ave da cash ta buy yerself a ticket, so how did'ja get 'ere?"

 

[Rico]

Aldnos was walking into the coffee house when a man stormed out nearly knocking Aldnos off his feet. "watch it" Aldnos said as he pushed back knocking the guy off his feet. The man got up and was about to push back when he saw the size of Aldnos. The man abruptly stopped and rushed away. Aldnos walked over and ordered a coffee and looked at the crowd that was in the coffee house. Who could I sit with he thought to himself

 

[MrAmoeba]

"I got on board by walking. I thought about skipping or hopping, but there were too many people." Jessie replied sincerely, taking another sip of her tea, eyes still drawing over the other occupants of the coffee house, looking for anything she found interesting. In truth, Vyak had taken her aside shortly after learning that Rosa was leaving for a while, requesting that she accompany Rosa.

"You need break." The diminutive Jawa had said, poking her in the stomach, handing her a small bottle filled with small off-white pills. "Overworked. Rosa good bodyguard. Also, try curbing Rosa tendency to damage property. Expensive. Tell her take sleeping pills. Harmless, nonaddictive. One daily. Made sure no allergy with Rosa."

As if realizing that she hadn't answered Rosa's question correctly, Jessie continued on, "Vyak bought it for me. He said I had to watch you so you didn't break things or kill anyone that you shouldn't. He gave me some sleeping medicine for you too." She put the small bottle on the table. "I'm supposed to make you take them no matter what you say."

 

[Nirvana]

Cabur smiled to himself as he exited the room he had booked for the reminder of the ships cruise, it was the first real vacation he had been on for a few years. And to him it felt like ages ago, but it was a good thing this vacation. He needed it after the civil war had ended, and the mandalorians had a new leader. A new leader that knew the value of courage and an unbreakable will when he saw it. It was good that he had let Lucius live, the war had claimed to many mandalorian lives.
Looking the door he walked through the hallways of the ship in search to do something, though if he would find something to do or not was an entirely different question. But sooner or later he would most certainly find something to do, but what that would be he did not know now.

 

[Crim]

As Eire drank her coffee happily, her mind wandered. It ranged from her lover to her ship to a new pair of armor she saw the other day that had caught her eye. Not long enough after getting the cup, she was out of coffee. She slid a few credits into the tip jar and then walked out. Time to go swimming. As she walked away, she mused at how crowded the coffee hut was growing. Getting on a cruise ship can be tiring. Anyone could use a little caffeine, provided it affected them.

 

[Number-75]

Rosa held back a quiet sigh at the odd girl's admission that the doctor sent her to make sure that she didn't break anything. Anyways, how was she supposed to cause any amount of property damage when she left most of her weapons at home? It's not like she knew how to make a bomb capable of blowing a hole in the side of a cruise liner. If anything she was sure Jessie was more likely to know something about homemade bombs then she was. Well, at least the odd girl was being honest and not trying to slip the drug into her drinks. On that note, she made a mental note to avoid any and all food or drinks that will be given to her from Jessie for the rest of this trip.

"Well, at least yer 'onest 'bout it with me. Still, Ah ain't gonna take da stuff willin'ly. Ah can already tell Ah'm gonna regret sayin' this, but yer gonna have ta force o' trick me inta taking da damned drugs."

As she finished speaking the waitress returned, leaving behind a cup of black coffee that seemed to shimmer slightly. Taking a sip of the coffee, she had to admit that it was quite a bit stronger then most coffee she's had in stores or restaurants but still not as strong as the coffee that she brewed by herself. That was a shame. Still, better to drink it all then to throw it out and demand a refund. Despite having never actually seen it happen herself she had heard stories from people she knew and usually they painted the people that did that as less then polite.

As Rosa drank the coffee she sighed quietly. She didn't have much else of an idea of what to do on a cruise besides sitting at this coffee house and that wasn't much different from what she did normally. As she contemplated her next move, an idea sprang up in her mind. Well, it wasn't a good idea per say but it was much better then anything she had planned. Jessie was here and the odd girl was bound to have something planned. Whether she like it or not was a different story but that could be left for later. Grinning, she spoke. "So, Jessie, what'cha wanna do? Ah ain't got anythin' planned fer da rest o' this trip so ya might as well lead da way."

 

[Vince of America]

A few shops down was a diner/bar called BroBurger, the icon of which is a chibi Togruta woman with Sith tattoos, smiling, holding a spatula, wearing an apron with the same picture on it. Drauvin Andric stood behind the counter polishing it, waving to potential customers as they walked by. He was glad to be expanding his business, counting himself lucky to have scored this great Star Tours gig, even despite their less-than-stellar reputation for reliability. Getting a little bored due to the usual afternoon lull in business for a diner/bar, he started to listen around for anything interesting, stretching out his senses in the Force.

In addition to his bored scouting, he started to call people over who looked at all interested. He pressed slightly through the Force to make his words (and food) more attractive to weak-minded passers-by. Ethics be damned, he wasn't a Jedi anymore. "Welcome to BroBurger, Home of the BroBurger, Where you can have it your way, But don't get crazy! May I take your orders?"

 

[MrAmoeba]

Jessie's eyes opened slightly wider, as if the idea of underhandedly tricking or forcing Rosa into taking her drugs hadn't occurred to her. Or, quite possibly, that it HAD occurred to her, but she hadn't thought of it as immoral in any sense until just now. Vyak had warned her about this, she suddenly recalled. In fact, he had specifically told Jessie to never tell Rosa about the pills in the first place, but to simply sneak them into various alcoholic and caffeinated beverages that she purchased.

"Rosa, could you do me a favor and forget the last few minutes of our conversation?" Jessie asked politely. "And would you like a vitamin supplement? Or a birth control pill?"

As if to reinforce her position, Jessie uncapped the bottle of sleeping pills, and popped one into her mouth. "I'll take one first, so you know I'm not trying to kill you." She said, downing it with some more tea. "A little bitter. I'll ask Vyak to fix that." Jessie said critically. "And I was just going to explore for a while, then prevent osteoporosis. Vitamin?"