| The streets of the Kavardan docking bay are teeming with life, as usual. Creatures of all sorts walk up and down, carrying crates full of supplies and other stuffs for their journeys into the great star ocean. |
| Alexi walks up the side ramp of a great pearly white ship. The engines idle quietly as the crew awaits the captain's orders. "Preparations are complete! The Aurora is ready for launch." one reptilian crewman says as he walks towards Alexi. "Good work. We'll be ready for launch just as soon as he arrives," Alexi says with obvious irritation in her voice. "Should we really wait captain? I mean, this guy--" "This guy, can get us all fired and without a ship." She leans in closer so only the repitile man can hear. "And what good's a pirate without their vessel?" She straightens."Now await for launch. I'll give the single just as soon as the snazzy monkey from central commmand gets hear." |
| Cody Brink, with his seriousness, walks into the docking bay. As he turns to meet up with at Alexi and her crew his eyes remain on her strictly. He stands in front of her with strong posture. "I take it that you and your crew are ready, Captain Alvaro?" He takes a slight pause. "I would hate for your testing to begin poorly, and so early." |
| "Y-yes. We are prepared for launch to the planet Phanophos." (Ugh. What a stiff...) "I trust you have taken care of everything you needed to here. We shall depart imediately." (Figures I'd be stuck with one of these guys...I'll just have to make do and not piss him off before then.) Alexi walks to the command deck and stands at the helm. "All hands, ready for launch." Crewmen scramble throughtout the ship finding their places. Everyone settles down into their roles. "Captain." "Right. Launch and warp-out." "Ma'am!" The crew say simultaneously as the Aurora speeds out of the docking bay into warp. |
| He takes out a what seems to be a transparent green clip-board. The screen glows brightly and it speaks "Welcome Mr. Brink" He then types something into the clip-board. He slowly puts his finger on it and scrolls down to the file listed "Aurora." He then starts jotting down some information of his current observations. (Crew members working diligently...Captain focused...Ship in proper warp conditions...Smooth ride..) |
| "Mr. Brink, was it?" Alexi says. She's not facing him as she's busy with the terminal in front of her. "There will be some time before we arrive at our current destination. Feel free to peruse the ship if you like. I'd like to give the full tour myself but, I'm a little held up here. You can ask me or my first mate, Cyn, if you need any assistance." She motions towards a young blonde with an open white shirt and blue pants. He appears to be giving orders to some of the crew. |
| "Well Captain Alvaro, since we are going to be associated for quite a long while I can wait for my 'tour'." He gives a rather smug yet unamused expression. "Besides, I'm much more interested at the moment in how this ship is conducted and what it's conductors are capable of." |
| "A ship will only run as good as its crew, afterall." Alexi says as if she's quoting someone. "But I can assure you, Mr. Brink, that my crew and I are highly capable at running this ship. We've been doing it for many years now, and we are't about to slip up now." She presses one last button on the terminal, then turns towards him. "However, it will be in both of our best interests for you to be well aquainted with the vessel that you will be spending a significant amount of time on." Two crewmen look up at Alexi as she finishes her sentence. They begin to chat quietly between themselves. |
| Suddenly a phone ring is heard. Cody presses a single finger to his ear and then proceeds. "Brink." He waits patiently for the other person to finish. "Yes, I have just boarded." There's a few pauses between the conversation. "Very well. Brink out." He smiles slightly and presses a finger to his ear again. "So shall we continue on this fine vessel?" |
| "Captain!" Cyn walks up behind her with an urgent expression. "What is it?" Cyn pauses. Alexi gives a slight nod and he continues. "We have a situation in the holding bay. It requires your attention." "It's not..." Alexi stops after Cyn shakes his head. "I'll get right on that." She turns back to Brink. "I apologize, but I must attend to matters." She takes one last look at Cyn, who stares at her blankly, then heads further into the ship. |
| "Very well. Good luck Captain." He nods to her seriously. As she walks away he takes his clip-board out yet again and smirks as he types into it. (Amateurs..) |
| "You do not think very highly of us." Cyn says non-chalantly. "But, it's to be expected. Afterall, you know nothing about us." He leans against the wall as he tosses a dagger in the air, catching it point first everytime. "I'll only say it once: don't underestimate us." --- Alexi paces around the holding bay, anger as hell. "Alright, which one of you idiots decided this was funny?" Five men stand in a line faceing her. All have their heads down. She stops ans turns towards them. "Which one?" The fourth man steps forward. "It was me ma'am," he says shamefully. "Why? Why would risk the whole operation! You know what's at stake here." "Yes. I apologize. But I just wanted to hold it. That's all." "That was all?" He nods. "Yes ma'am." She turns away from them, frustrated. "I'm sorry ma'am! Really! It won't happen again! I swear it!" "You're right." She whirls around and shoots him between the eyes. "It won't happen again." The others flinch as the bang rebounds off the walls. "Anyone else 'just want to hold it'?" Silence fills the room. "Good. Now get rid of him. Speak a word of this and you'll all be next." Alexi turns and walks out. |
| "Don't underestimate you? Why would you even think of assuming the thought and position of a higher official. Unlike yourself, the higher ranks don't address people is such a scum manner. I would watch your tongue before me, your captain, or the entire federation cut it out. Is that clear? CABIN BOY?!" He walks away infuriated by the blonde boys comment and continues to moniter the ship, mumbling curses. |
| Cyn chuckles to himself. "He's just like the last one. Hope he doesn't die as fast." He chucks a knife at the wall. "Pfft. Cabin boy. As if." --- Alexi walks into the lounge and sits down. She puts two fingers on each of her temples and rests her elbows on her knees. The crew in front of her are playing different types of games from chess to poker to rock-paper-scissors. (What am I going to with these guys? Half the newbies suck and the ones who have been here have no respect for me. Why'd Dad have to leave me such a bunch of oddballs?) |
| Cody approaches Alexi steadily. "I am not pleased to inform you, on top of your other stresses that your "assistant" is being rather uncivilized in his speech towards me. If this continues further I am obligated to remove him.." He stares into her eyes deeply concerned. |
| She rubs her temples harder. (I'm gonna kill him.) "Please allow me a moment. I'll be sure to deal with Cyn later. On that you have my word." She motions for him to sit. "Why don't you tell me what he said so I may properly reprimand him." She sits up and leans back in the chair. Some of the crewmen behind Brink start making faces and rude hand jestures. Alexi holds back the urge to laugh and internally sighs. (Idiots...I hope they don't do anything to get me or them in trouble...) |
| Without looking behind himself he points his gun at them. "Your next." He points it directly at a crew members forehead. "Scram!" He shoos them away as he sits. "Ah yes where were we?" |
| "I must sincerely apologize for their horrible behaviour. Many of them have yet to be 'broken in' as I call it." She smiled weakly. "But, please refrain from dealing out any sort of punishment while on board my vessel Mr. Brink." She readjusts herself in the chair to a more upright position. "Now, what did my subordinate say to you?" Cyn walked out from around the corner then. "I simply told the good sir here not to underestimate the crew and you ma'am. We may be a rag-tag bunch, but we're better than anyother crew out there. And it's all thanks to Captain Alvaro here." "Yes, well, you were out of line by Federation standards." Cyn just shrugs. "But Mr. Brink," Alexi says, "I must tell you now, this ship of mine and her crew don't simply hand out respect to those who haven't earned it. As far as I'm concerned, you deserve no more respect shown to you than a cabin boy at this point, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. See, while I recognize you as a superior officer, my crew does not. Not until you've earned it anyway. That's how I run this ship. And that's how I always have and always will." |
| Cody gave a questioning raise of his eyebrow. "Very well. I will play this by your rules. However, at least a decent attitude is in order. I haven't done anything wrong nor plan to. So as much as I understand and will learn. I would insist on that. Now, when do you suppose I can find my quarters and get a tour around the vessel? It's an immediate procedure during this test. I'm sure you understand Captain?" He sighs from having to deal with such an annoying conflict. |
| Alexi chuckles, as does Cyn. "Ah yes," she says. "The tour. I'm sorry you had to wait so long, but I feel I must tell you one last thing for your own safety. Please, watch your back. Not everyone here is happy about your arrival." She stands and motions for him to follow. "I'll take you on your tour now." |
| He stands. "As you already have seen Captain, my back covers itself." He moves along ahead of her and smirks deeply at his own humor. "Lead the way." He nods towards the Captain and the "Cabin Boy." |
| She leads him down the hall. "Up those stairs are the cabin for the crew. My cabin is the last door at the end of the hall, if you ever need anything. Most of the rooms are full, but lucky for you, you only have one roommate, whom you've already met." Alexi turns and points to the other set of stairs."Down those stairs you'll find the holding bay (Storage) and the sick bay. They're labeled so you shouldn't have any trouble finding them." She turns and heads towards the door between the sets of stairs. "Take this elevator up to the third floor and you'll find the mess hall and kitchen. All meals are announced over the com system, but most people already know what times they are. If the elevator is full, you can also take the stairs in the cabin wing to get there." She coughed."Excuse me. If you keep going up, you'll hit the deck. It's a great place to stare out into space..." She chuckled at her lame joke. (Wow, that was a lame joke.) |
| His face remained eternally stiff. "Hehehe.." He laughs awkwardly (Well isn't she the fucking ice breaker.) He nods and looks around. "I expect for everything to be all good and well sanitation wise." He nods in his own approval. "So, where may I find my quarters. I am weary from the day and I am hoping to travel in ease." |
| "Ah yes!" (Why did he force a laugh!? Well, good job Alexi. Not only have you succeeded in being a fail as a captain, you also fail at telling jokes. I should just stop while I'm ahead...) "Your cabin is the fourth door from the end of the hall. I'll be in the mess hall if you need me." Alexi walked to the elevator hurriedly. (Maybe I should apologize for the horribly joke...No. That would just make things worse...) |
| (She hurried rather quick. The joke wasn't that bad...I guess.) He sighs and makes his way towards his room. After getting up stairs with ease he opens the door quietly and sighs. "Nothing like a comfortable room where you can get some alone time and relax." He smiles happily and closes his eyes. |
| Brink opens the door to a sparse room with a bunk bed against the far wall, a cushoined stool in the corner, and a small desk set. Cyn stifles a laugh. "I'd hardly call it comfortable." He's sitting on the stool in the corner. "So you share a room with a...what was it? Oh yes. A cabin boy. I'm just gonna go ahead and set the rules right now. I get top bunk, and the stool. You can have the table and whatever else the captain may decide to throw in here. Sound fair to you?" He pauses for a milisecond. "Good. I thought it might." He lazily juggles two knives with his right hand. |
| "Listen I'm not your baby sitter and your not mine. Just do your own thing and don't cry about who's ass is on your god damn stool. Got it?." He sets down his brief case on the bed. "Oh and you've upgraded from Cabin Boy to Make-believe bad ass. The knife thing. Not very scary. You just look like a morbidly obese child who is waiting for his next meal after seconds." He glares at him. "Don't play that shit." |
| Cyn stands up and shrugs, the knives in each of his hands wave in the air. Red drops fall from their tips. "Hey! At least you got it half right there buddy! I can tell this is going to work out well in the end. You're not like the last one at all. You've got spunk and pizazz." He starts to walk out of the room but stops and meets Brink's glare. "And, for the record, mess with my stool and you're dead." He stops at the door again. "Oh yeah. I'm sorry about the mess in the corner. I'll clean it up later. Damn guy had it coming though..." Cyn walks down the hall towards the mess hall stairs. |
| Brink looked at the corpse in the corner. "Well that's one less cost for a family in tomb stones." He shrugs it off and lays on the bed. "What is so special about that stool? Is the kid too afraid of planting his ass on the floor?" He closes his eyes and drifts into a nap. |
| -----Time Has Passed----- "Hey. Yo? You awake there?" Cyn pushes on Brink's shoulder. "Hey. It's time to get up man. We're out of warp and we've landed on Phanaphos." He looks at the corner then to his stool. "Damn. I got blood on you." He walks over to his stool and vainly attempts to wipe it off. "Shit! I'm gonna need something strong to get that out...Maybe AAA would know something..." |
| He opens his eyes slowly and sits up. "Blood..? O-Oh..." He takes out a handkerchief and wipes it off. "When do we departure the ship..?" ( That was quick...) |
| Cyn just looks at him. "The captain didn't tell you yesterday? What'd she do? Tell one of her stupid jokes again?" |
| Brink smirks. "Well it wasn't that bad..." He attempts to muffle his chuckle. |
| Cyn chuckles to himself. "She always does that. Just like him." He's silent for a minute, then claps his hands. "Well, we better get going partner. She'll kill us if we're late." He stops mid-step. "Oh yeah...and uh...thanks for cleaning my stool..." He walks out and calls back to Brink, "Hurry up, will ya? I don't feel like dying today!" |
| Cody follows him. "Your welcome.." |
| Cyn runs outside and stops dead in his tracks. "Whoa! Jeez!" He flails his arms to stop. "Who parked the Aurora on the side of a cliff!? I'm gonna kill Thebs! If one scratch gets on her I swear...!" He stopped and looked the ship over quickly from where he was standing. "Damn Thebs! He busted the landing gear trying to grip onto the dammned mountain. He's gonna get what for when I see him!" |
| Brink walked out and looked up at the ship. "Woah, and I thought the stool was important...!" He smirks at the ever so furious Cyn. |
| "That ship's my baby and my life's work! I built her myself." Cyn smiles at the thought. "Oh s**t! Captain's gonna kill us! We gotta go! Now! They're farther down the mountain towards the settlement. Ugh. She's gonna kill us. It's all your fault! If you had woken up earlier we would still be with the rest of them!" |
| Cody gave a goofy and hazed look. "Well, maybe if you were to have woke me sooner, "make-believe bad ass" and I did not have to clean your worthless stool. We would be with them." He shoves off towards the settlement leaving him behind. |
| "You b*****d! How dare you!" Cyn says as he keeps pace with him. "I was doing engine checks and maintenance. If I hadn't done those, no one would even be here right now!" Up ahead of them is a camp. The large circular tent blends well with the rocky landscape. Crew members of the Aurora can be seen coming to and from the tent. Alexi stands outside with a clipboard taking inventory. |
| Brink, walks faster. "Then don't complain!" He walks off laughing and smiling towards the tent where Alexi stands outside. |
| Alexi turns and sees the both of them. She sighs. "Let's see...I don't think I see an incompetant fool and a miscreant on my list of supplies..." Cyn faces her and gives a salute. "Captain." She looks him over once quick. "I expected better from you. Get on with your duties Cyn." He nods and walks towards two men moving crates. "And why are we late Brink?" She turns her back on him. Picking up a good-sized rock, she flings it straight towards Cyn. It hits him on the back of the head with a loud crack and he falls forward on his knees, grasping at his scalp. |
| Brink stands next to her a casually folds his arms. "I should have known that I would sleep late, I apologize for my unprofessional behavior." He smiles. "Glad to see you crew working to such great potential. What is your next move, Captain??" |
| She shrugged. "I'd guessed you would be sleeping in. You did look rather tired. As for my next move..." She looked to the smoke rising behind a mountain top. "There is a town located off in that direction. If I am to fulfill my duty as stated by the GF, then I shall go there before nightfall. The crew will remain here, and in my absence Cyn will be in charge." Cyn was standing up now cursing into the air. He kicked the rock a good distance before lumbering into the tent. |
| "Ah, are you sure you will be safe doing your own personal reconnaissance? Let's hope you have good background checks." He looks up at the smoke. (What kind of people would live in the mountains towards the desert?) |
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| "Aw. Is the big man worried about me?" She said in a playful tone. When next she spoke, her voice went back to that of authority. "I will assure you I can handle myself. Of course you are welcome to accompany me if you see it necessary. After a quick scan of the planet we have found most of the inhabitants are either in the mountains here or on the other side of this continent. Besides that, we know very little." |
| "The big..man?" He pauses and looks down also noticing his shirt is still off and his 5 pack is showing. "Dammit. I will join you as soon as I find my shirt." He blushes lightly and turns angrily towards the ship. |
| "You do that stud." She turns and enters the tent. Crew members are everywhere there is space. Around the tent walls are numerous crates and cots for the crew. In the center is a large circular table with a hole in its middle for the cooks. Alexi walks over to Cyn. He ignores her and instead takes polishes one of his knives. "You're going to be in charge while I'm gone ya know." He stops polishing and looks up. "Did you have to throw that rock so hard?" "You were late." Alexi said matter-of-factly. Then in a gentler tone. "I'm sorry about that. You know I hate to wait for--" "I know," he said softly. "It's alright. Next time, could you just hit me yourself instead? That would be much better than a rock." Alexi smiled and nodded. Then she turned and walked out of the tent. |
| He returns back with his items and his shirt on him. He walks to the entrance of the tent. He shakes off his blush and smiles. |
| "Ready to go, stud?" Alexi giggled as she walked past Brink and out of the tent. Cyn stared after her, an indescribable expression on his face. Absentmindedly, he gripped the knife he was polishing too tightly causing blood to surface on his palm. Surprised, he dropped the knife and covered his palm with a strip of cloth. |
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