Beach Planet

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Scott's probably around here somewhere, trying to recover from James.

The water's pretty nice.

Perfect place to dump slavers.

"Yeah, we totally need to ask. Spitting on food before eating it IS pretty gross," Ellie said. "Spider people, man."

Shane nodded then glanced around "Yeah, I didn't think it was something to say in a public place though. You two want to head back before we have to carry anyone?"

Matt shrugged. "Sure." He eyed Shane. "You okay man? You seem a bti jumpy."

Shane looked to him then dipped his head and shrugged "Yeah, I'm fine. I guess I'm half expecting Matthew and his crew to just be here still."

"They must have left months ago, off to go bully other people," Ellie said, voice dripping with loathing. "Or better yet, they ran at the sight of us cause they know we can fight now."

Shane smiled then shrugged "Yeah, probably." Maybe it was just paranoia from Starr and the way she was now. "Anyway" He stood, going around to help Ellie up. "Shall we head back?"

"I doubt they stayed here, terran empire's hardly that forgiving of slavers, even ex ones right? Hopefully they've fucked right off." He didn't really believe those assholes would ever be anything but scum, not matter how much they claimed to have changed or become different. Scum was always scum, no matter how you dressed it up. grr.
He nodded. "Yeah, let's go do something fun."

Ellie got up unsteadily. "Maybe the Terran Empire's already arrested them all. That'd be awesome." She leaned heavily on Shane. "What fun thing should we do?"

(desynching whoooo)

Luka followed James into the town, looking around warily.

James looked around at the place, catching the eye of a random passer by and smiling winningly, and ignoring the way the woman frowned back. "All right, wanna see town stuff, or beach stuff?"

"We already did the beach so.. town?" Luka shrugged. "I don't really mind. You're okay with sand and water and stuff right?"

"I'm okay with water and stuff, yeah. Although it's kinda gross to get sand in your clothes." James nodded sagely. "Right, let's take a look around. I think we can take a bus to the boardwalk, I've never been there but it's supposed to be pretty great."

Luka nodded. "Alright, you know a little more about this place than I do. Lead the way... Captain." She smiled, nudging him gently. It felt good to be back around familiar faces and friends.

James laughed and stood up a bit straighter, trying to project the air of a captain. "Right, let's see if we can locate this boardwalk." He led the way for the nearest bus stop he remembered seeing last time he was here.

Luka followed along, looking around warily as if she expected someone to yell something derogatory.

People did look at them kind of funny. A tall, dark-skinned girl with red hair, and a shorter guy with an android badge? They didn't exactly blend into the crowd. Thankfully nobody seemed to want to confront them right now. Someone did snicker though.

James rolled his eyes and kept walking.

"What's so funny?" Luka whispered to James, annoyed by the snicker. Eugh, she hated other people, seemed everyone who wasn't vestia were assholes.

"Yeah, I don't know, and I don't think I want to know," James lied. He suspected it either had to do with the height difference, or with the person assuming Luka had hired him as a sex bot, but he didn't think Luka needed to hear his suspicions. He'd rather not have her get in a fight for their honor. He spotted the bus stop and went to sit down on the bench to wait for the bus.

Luka frowned, looking annoyed. "Fine." She huffed, sitting down on the bench.

James patted Luka's shoulder. "Some people are just dicks, and you gotta ignore them unless they go out of their way to be dicks to you. But look, a lot of them aren't even looking at us. We're not that interesting."

Luka grumbled. "I hate feeling like a freak. " She muttered, tugging at her sleeves. it felt weird being all covered up.

"Yeah, it kinda stinks," James agreed. "Let it roll off you, like water off a duck's back. They're not even worth thinking about."

The bus arrived, and he got up to climb aboard, paying their fare. The bus driver blinked, then shrugged. He'd seen waaay weirder things than a robot and a tall girl board his bus.

Luka tried to ignore everyone, sitting down toward the back of the bus and folding her hands across her lap. "What IS this... boardwalk?" she asked James

"It's like... An amusement park thingy I think. It's not really on a board walkway, as far as I know, it's just fun stuff by the beach," James said. "I've never been there, but that's what I've heard anyway. It's pretty popular with the tourists." He sat down next to Luka.

Luka nodded "like.. a fun fair?" She asked. "Rides and stalls and that sort of thing?"

"Yeah, that sounds about right," James said. "Rollercoasters, carousels, places where you can win stuffed animals, all that good stuff."

Luka nodded. "sounds good." Yep, they could ride rides till she hurled and win the biggest, crappiest cuddly toy at the probably rigged games stands.