I just keep crap running, that's always been my job. [ and a proud one too! she even maintains actual ships now! ] My girlfriend's more important to that stuff. She's the head engineer on the Groundbreaker -- and it's Captain!
[ swoon. sorry akechi, she misses her wife. ] Junlei's been maintaining it to be a space station, it's been in her family for years. And she greases it up something fierce, ain't never seen a tighter run ship.
[ parvati's more like a princess who got rescued, whisked off into an exciting life, than anything else. ]
Most folks ain't lucky enough to get any kinda exciting life. Being a freelancer has it's perks, but most people can only dream of that. [ the corporations owned them, after all. ]
Something like that. Were indentured to corporations -- Spacer's Choice, in my case -- on the Board. Can only buy their product, stuff like that. Some people live and die working in the same place. [ like her dad. ] I only got out because my Captain shook things up.
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[ swoon. sorry akechi, she misses her wife. ] Junlei's been maintaining it to be a space station, it's been in her family for years. And she greases it up something fierce, ain't never seen a tighter run ship.
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[Why, yes. He is teasing a little. Don't mind the tiny smirk taking form.]
Still, it all sounds rather thrilling, in a way. The sort of life only dreamed up by humans in my world.
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[ parvati's more like a princess who got rescued, whisked off into an exciting life, than anything else. ]
Most folks ain't lucky enough to get any kinda exciting life. Being a freelancer has it's perks, but most people can only dream of that. [ the corporations owned them, after all. ]
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[Grunt jobs, then? Menial tasks? Or are they simply grounded? The plot thickens...]
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