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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Luka shuddered. "Sick freaks, I hope they all burn." Her eyes narrowed.

Rigel nodded and frowned "Yeah, raising a kid up to follow your instructions would be easier than trying to make Starr do as they want"

"So they just use her as breeding stock." Luka spat, shaking her head. She couldn't talk about this any more, it was making her too angry and disgusted. "I'm gonna go find something to punch."

"One keeper is dead, the other will die at some point. And we will ensure that the Hold is razed as well," Tala said. "Yes, go and release your rage, Luka, this has been a disgusting revelation."

"At least the once, they only need the one kid that will be a royal after her." Rigel said with a frown. Yeah, he was not happy about it either.

Tala snorted. "As if they would stop at one. It is well that we found them when we did."

Luka went to go explore the station some more.
She'd find a bar and get drunk. And probably pick a fight. Oh dear.

Rigel shrugged then looked after Luka "I should probably keep an eye on her, she doesn't hold her anger in too much check"

"Go keep an eye on her. I will watch the ship," Tala said.

Rigel nodded and patted her arm "Things will turn out alright. Starr won't let even this get her down." He said then left the room to catch up to Luka

Luka paused when she noticed Rigel following her, she shook her head. "I'm going to drink copious amounts of alchohol and if you're going to get all judgemental about it, stay with the ship."

Rigel caught up to her and smiled "No judgement, I'm just going to try to keep you out of jail and make sure you get home safe after."

Luka sighed. "Fine. But if anyone really deserves it, I still get to punch them."

Tala settled herself in the living area to keep an eye on her ship. She believed in Star and Starr's ability to recover. But while Starr was going through this, she'd protect the dragon very well. It was her duty as captain, and as a friend.

"Sure" Rigel said with a shrug and a smile

"Good." Luka nodded and kept walking, deciding not to talk about the wierdness between them earlier.
Yep, better to ignore that and focus on the rage drinking.

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Swarm watched Starr, they would keep an eye on her and the eggs.

Sawna looked from Swarm then back to Tala then shook her head, going to find something to do while the new mother slept.

Ethan came out of his hideout and looked around. "Where are they going?"

"To get drunk," Tala said.

"I want to go with them," Ethan told her.

"Then go. Enjoy watching the consumption of alcohol!" Tala told him.

Ethan pinned on his badge and followed Luka and Rigel out. Hey, their rage probably wouldn't be directed at him, so he could enjoy it vicariously.

Luka found a dodgy looking bar, took a seat and ordered a line of shots which she immediately started knocking back.

Rigel took a seat beside her and found something non-alcoholic to drink on the menu. He would calmly drink it, watching the others in the bar curiously.

Ethan took a seat next to Rigel, and watched Luka with interest. Well, this was a girl who knew how to drown her sorrows.

Luka stared right back at Ethan. "Got a problem?" She wiped her mouth.

Ethan flinched a bit, that was the sort of question people asked right before they decided to beat him up. "No problem," he said, hastily finding somewhere else to look.

Luka rolled her eyes and took another shot. She was in a bad mood.

Rigel shrugged ad settled back in the seat for the duration

Ethan watched the other people in the bar as they drank, trying to not piss off Luka enough to hit him. Well, this was better than staying on the Tiger and stewing in his irrationally squicked out thoughts, at least? He kinda wished he could get drunk too though, bah.

Luka made it through about 10 shots before she paused, huffing in annoyance. "When I was a cadet, I could drink most of the guys under the table long before I started feeling drunk." She indicated the barman pour her a beer. "Drinking alone is just depressing." She looked at Ethan. "Why are you here?" That might have come out a bit more hostile than intended.