Debut

[jannikarr_mahliah]

Mahliah's ship had spun out of control through the jump, but all safety features fired off properly and she was cushioned in a sphere of anti-grav until the crash. The smooth, sharp edge of the craft had bitten deep into the ground. In the cabin, every surface was crackling with spidery runs of electricity. She looked all around in the chaos, but every sensor was reading nonsense. The ship was done for. Mahliah grabbed her disruptor--half laser rifle, half glaive--and picked her way back down the slanted corridor only to find the landing hatch crumpled and useless. She picked her way skyward and pounded, kicked, and shot at the escape pod hatch until it gave way.

The sweat she had worked up turned bitter cold on her skin when she climbed out into the lazy autumn sunshine. She gripped her 'ruptor closer. What was this frigid, alien landscape? The buildings as far as she could see looked antique. The river that coursed beside her crash site smelled of trash and chemicals.

(new player, new character. Mahliah It's nice to meet you all!)

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[callmevod]

"What's really so precious about it?" he asked. "I got sterilized, remember? There's no passing the blood on. Nothing to do here but work, drink, fuck and sleep."

He sighed, and flopped down on the couch. "It's a shit-show. And now you're caught up in it, too." Another life fucked up because of him.

[jannikarr_mahliah]

"My mission was to find you. I'll have to be satisfied even if I can't bring you home." That warranted another drink.

[callmevod]

"Guess so. But hey, here you are. Shackin' up with a renegade prince. Maybe you'll finally let your hair down a bit, Jannikarr," he teased, grinning just a bit.

[jannikarr_mahliah]

She looked around the trashed apartment, hoping she would feel used to it this time. “I've never considered what I would do if I couldn't be a Jannikarr anymore.“ Apparently the answer was 'become the prince's maid,' because after one last long drink she began to try and gather garbage together.

[callmevod]

Vod noticed her doing so. "I got no idea where the garbage goes. There's not an incinerator in the building. No compactor, either, and even then, I dunno where they'd eject it." He shrugged.

"If you look down alleys and stuff, there's big-ass bins that hold garbage. But a lot of them say we're not supposed to use 'em. Not that I care much."

[jannikarr_mahliah]

Mahliah considered for a moment, and then went to the window. She opened it and began throwing things out.

[callmevod]

"Yeah, that'll probably work, too," Vod said, shrugging. Ignoring a startled yelp and a curse that came up from the alley she was dumping things into, as well.

[jannikarr_mahliah]

"I think that Terran just made a rude gesture at me,“ she said, one that job was done. She showed him, holding up two fingers. "Do you know that one?"

[callmevod]

"Hm?" Vod glanced over at her. "Oh. Yeah. That one."

He shrugged. "I think it means to go fuck yourself, or something. I dunno."