"Name my price? Standard fare is nine-thousand credits." Naturally, she was curious about the contents of the cargo hold, but a few scars told her not to ask more than she needed to know to complete the job. "I can work with a partial initial credit, then the rest upon completion."

radiation surged from the freighter.

With a flick of her wrist, a dimmer blocked the hypnotic blue simu-tunnel of hyperspace from view, and she reclined in her seat, taking a holo from the dashboard and settling back to do some reading.

the room, then disappeared into the cockpit. The preflight checks were all done; there was a rumbling, then the ship took off and they were shooting into the atmosphere, and then out of the gravity well of that world. The stars warped as the pseudomotion came into an effect, and a wake of Cronau

"Uh huh." Her tone was even, not really inclined to believe him or disbelieve him. Instead, she cracked open a bag of snacks and then nodded to the cockpit. "We'll kick dirt in about five, then we'll be on our way. My policy is to give you privacy til we hit the gravity well."

She traipsed across

mini kitchen.

"Snacks in here if you want any. I won't charge you for 'em. Drinks, too, boring stuff, synthehol, real alcohol but it'll cost you extra."

She straightened, popping up from behind the counter with a curious expression she leveled his way. "Can Jedi get drunk?"

"I figured either you were a Jedi or some kinda cultist. Same thing to me, really." Ailey grimaced, shifting her weight from one leg to the other. "Not my business who or what you are."

But she should still try and be a good host. She pushed herself off the bulkhead, then made her way over to the

overhead, dripping off her poncho and gathering in the mud at her feet - and judging by the black clouds extending as far as the eye could see, the rain wasn't going to let up anytime soon.

"If you need a ride, I'm leavin' 'fore my clothes are soaked through and my bones get cold, you hear me?"

courtesy extended toward me as well. I would much rather talk things through than let things fester. If you have a problem with me, please communicate it with me.

If you do need to block me, please use this moderation list and block all of my accounts.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

I reserve the right to block anyone for any reason.

I only roleplay on the timeline. My DMs are strictly OOC.

I will likely message someone first before I DM them as a courtesy.

I would like the opportunity to talk through any potential drama privately before blocking anyone and would like that

(also starting to laugh) yeah I should start thinking up a better name!

Hey! Keep it under the table, shortstack, you want me to get shot? Kriff.

It's Ailey. My name, I mean.

If someone could wrangle a krayt dragon, that would immediately land em in some songs, maybe a few news stories...

It's not like no one's ever tried. Maybe the sand raiders.

Pretty nova you haven't been eaten yet. What's your name, anyway? I just keep yappin without basic rules o' politeness.

So you only ride em, not hunt em? Seems like a risky business.

How'd you get into all this monster wrangling?

any turbulence."

Her hands slid into the back pockets of her trousers and she leaned against the bulkhead, waiting for some kind of acknowledgement from him.