Upon Celestial Tiger: Chapter One

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A small, fast space yacht. The last owner named it Celestial Tiger.

Three small bedrooms (with bunks), one bathroom. Very small storage hold. combined dining/living area. Everyone's going to hate each other by the end of this road trip.

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Rigel nodded and finished eating, putting his dishes away "Right, a good shower for you and parts buying for me then we're off."

Tala left to go shower. She'd be gone for a while.

Ethan made it safely back to the Tiger and went to knock on the door to Starr's room.

Rigel waved to Ethan as he passed to go buy parts.

Starr raised her head as Sawna said to come in at the knock.

Ethan nodded to Rigel in acknowledgement. He opened the door to Starr and Sawna's room, and looked in. "I have books," he said, holding up the armful of books he'd bought earlier today for the two to see.

Starr smiled and shook her head "I haven't finished this one yet, bt thank you"

"Okay. Well they're here when you want them." Ethan held up one of the books, "I recommend this one next." He looked around the room to see where he could put the books, but the med bay didn't really have space for more. "They'll be in a crate in the cargo hold."

Starr smiled at that then chuckled softly "Alright, thank you Ethan."

Ethan nodded. "No problem." He looked at Starr for a moment longer. "Sorry I didn't kill the other keeper," he said.

Starr looked at him, a flash of hurt in her eyes before she shook her head "No, Ethan, do not take that burden on yourself. You killed one of them for me, that is good."

Ethan looked at her uncertainly, noticing her expression. "Well maybe you'll get the chance to do it yourself this way," he said. That was a reassuring thing to say. Maybe.

Starr frowned and looked at the blanket covered eggs. "I have to try to keep this one safe from them. That means avoiding them."

Ethan nodded. "True enough." He thought that sounded infuriating, but maybe Starr was less angry than he was. Or just better at hiding it. "Well, there's plenty of time." He headed for the door, "I have lots of books, whenever you're done with that one. Just take them if you want, we're not in the library any more."

Starr blinked out of her thoughts then smiled at him. "I am glad you are my fried Ethan, and, no, I don't have any library books in my room" She said, chuckling at that last bit.

Ethan smiled his unnatural smile. Friend. People saying that always felt so strange, but sometimes he almost dared think it might be true. "Well don't worry if you do. I'm not enforcing late fees currently," he said.

Starr chuckled and nodded at that "That's good to know, we can tell the others that may have your library books."

Ethan smiled his odd smile at Starr, then headed out without further discussion. He wasn't great at conversations.

Starr watched him go then looked to Sawna before returning her attention to the book she had been reading.

Ethan prowled away to the cargo hold, to stow the books for travel.

Rigel returned when he had found all he could here to make this incubator from. He went to his room to stow the stuff and check on Luka.

Luka opened her eyes and looked at Rigel groggily. Her head still hurt, but not quite as much thankfully. "You went shopping?" She asked weakly.

Rigel glanced to her and smiled a little "Yeah, Starr has a project she wanted my help with. How are you, you want some toast or anything?" He didn't think Tala was back yet, he hadn't seen her when he came in.

Luka pulled herself into sitting position, tucking her pillow behind her back for support and rubbing her eyes. "Mmm.. maybe." She winced. "Thank you."

Rigel smiled at her again and went to get her some toast and water.

Luka rubbed her temples, her head still hurt. And there were big gaps in her memory of last night. Still, Rigel wasn't being weird so she can't have humiliated herself that much. Or he was just being nice, eugh.

Rigel returned with her toast and water, setting it beside her bed then checking the time.

Luka frowned. "What time is it?" She asked, sipping the water and nibbling the toast carefully.

"Almost 10" Rigel answered with a shrug