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From Here To There

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Deziarra

Deziarra

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It was a space shuttle just like any other space shuttle. Being older and louder than most space shuttles, just made it an inexpensive way of getting from here to there. They pilot and crew certainly were not the best pilot and crew in the galaxy, but they were adequate enough to keep most people from complaining especially considering the discount rate they charged.

The shuttle was currently travelling through neutral space meaning many different species were on board. About the only thing they had in common was there desire to get from one place to another for as little money as possible.

Deziarra was seated next to the window looking out at the stars. She was an NH-33 Nekovalkyrja with white skin, red hair, and blue eyes. As she looked out the window, she noticed the stars did not appear to be moving despite the speed they were travelling. She knew this was actually because the stars were very far away, but it felt like they were going nowhere at all as if the stillness really was accurate.

As they moved, the engine continued to be loud than the people on board.
 
Rin was watching the other people on the shuttle, and starts fiddling with his hands "why does this place have to be so crowded" he was a Yamataian with pale skin, white hair and purple eyes.

He hears the shuttle "god they really need someone to completely strip and repair this thing" he didn't want to use the word shuttle for this heap of junk

he sits next to a girl with white skin, red hair, and blue eyes because it was the only seat. He mumbles a greeting to her "hello" and starts messing with his tool belt
 
Deziarra continued to look at her own reflection against of seemly unmoving background of the stars until she heard the first word louder than the engines. She turned to face the person seated next to her. The tool belt he was wearing probably meant he was an engineer of some sort. Although her specialty was mathematics, she had some engineering training so she could probably understand some of the things he said. If nothing else, she knew enough about engineering to start a conversation with him.

"Hello, my name is Deziarra," she said. "You look like someone who could fix this noisy engine or at least tell them where they could get a new one."

She gave him a meek smile.
 
Rin turns to her with a slight smile "i'm called Rin, i could fix that engine but i need certain materials to help me and a second person would help a lot as well"

he sighs "the second person needs to know about engineering as well or know a little about it enough to understand what i need" he smiles at her "do you know anyone who knows any engineering that would like to help" he pushes his hair out of his face.

He starts fiddling with his tool belt taking out a screw driver, looks at it and shakes his head putting it back in his tool belt and lays against the seat "this thing isn't that comfy to travel in, if i can i would strip the engine and put in a new one".
 
"I'm a technician so I've had some engineering training," Deziarra replied. "Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until we've arrived at our destination before we can actually do anything."

She paused and listening to the engine once more. This time she payed close attention to the details.

"At least the noise is consistent," she said. "It's not sputtering or turning on and off or anything like that. If you have a computer or just a plain old piece of paper, we can start planning what to do. My computer is packed away in the luggage compartment. I didn't think I'd actually need it for a trip like this."
 
Rin looks at her "so you want to be my second, hmmm i think that you are adequate for the job" he smiles and flicks his hair out of his face again and searches in the tool belt "i should have some paper in here".

He pulls out something that looks like blueprint paper and looks for a pencil or pen "do you have any writing equipment, i can't find any" he continues to look through his tool belt getting annoyed by his hair falling in front of his eyes every other second.
 
Deziarra handed Rin a computerized pen capable of printing with many different thicknesses and erasing what it printed without a trace. It also kept track of some basic information like time and location.

"That at least I kept with me in case I had to sign something," she said. "Are you skilled enough to get some idea what is wrong merely by listening to the sound?"

When she first boarded the shuttle she had no idea she would be assisting with the repairs, but it was far from the biggest surprise she had ever experienced.
 
Rin smiles taking the pen and starts to scribble on the paper "I'm not that skilled but we can get a few thing by the sound" he smiles at her "from the sound i can tell what engine it is". He frowns rubbing out something he wrote and sighs "if i could see the engine i could asses it and know what parts we need". He was lost in the paper more talking to himself than her.

He stops and looks at her "sorry I'm getting too caught up in this work" he looks at his tool belt "i would like to know my second better" he looks at her "I'll tell you about me to if you would like".

the engine makes a loud grinding noise and Rin sighs "what are they doing to this thing it sounds like the engine is sliding around the place"
 
"I think the problem with the engine is the same as the problem with the ship itself," said Deziarra. "This ship and its engine should have been retired years ago but they kept it around to provide cheap transportation to people like us."

She told Rin some things about her socialization training her schooling and some of her most recent experiences. Looking over his notes, she wondered if she could add any details. At the moment she could not. Her best comment so far was the age of the ship.

"I wonder when the last time the safety inspectors were here," she added.
 
Rin smiles and nods "this thing is old it would be better to completely strip all the usable materials and leave the rest somewhere to rust" he sighs hating to see good machinery go to waste, he writes down some thing and sighs.

While he is writing he tells her about him and his fascination for engineering and other thing "i want to join the YSS Eucharis or the YSS aeon" he smiles looking at her "i love those two ships and i would love to fly on them".

He sighs "i don't think that it will happen anytime soon though, so I'm just doing odd jobs at different planets until i can find a place on one of them" he looks at the piece of paper "its going to be expensive to make the repairs though" he turns to face her and flicks his hair away "are you sure you want to help, you just met me and I've already made you the second for this job" he shakes his head "you don't have to help I'll ask the crew to help if you don't want to"
 
Rin smiles "you seem like you would be awesome at the job so i ask you to stay and help with the repairs" he gives her back the pen "i think to get more we will have to look at the engine and everything around it".

Rin passes her the paper so she could see what they need, it was all very expensive "yea i think we will have to improvise for most of the materials".
 
"I'll stay," said Deziarra. "We should also get the crew to help out. After all it is primarily their responsibility. They might even reward us in some way. It is unlikely they have much money though. Otherwise this situation never would have happened. This could also help you with get a job somewhere."

She looked out the window once more. The relative positions of the nearest stars had changed slightly. Even when they got to their destination the positions of the more distant stars would be roughly the same.
 
Rin looks out the window "it is nice isn't it" he was referring to the stars and looks down at his belt, he sighs a bit "there isn't that much to do on this thing is there".

He turns to her "so why are you on the thing" he pulls out a screw driver and starts playing around with it and sighs loudly not sure why he was on this shuttle
 
"One of my old classmates, Yori, gave me a free ticket to see The Travelling Carnival while it is in the Moriva system," Deziarra explained showing Rin her ticket. "I'm not sure I really want to see The Travelling Carnival but it can't be worse than this nosy shuttle ride. At least you gave me something to do on this trip."

She checked her computerized pen for their current location and then looked out the window once more.

"We should be arriving soon," she said. "You should gather together the crew or the owners or whoever it is you need and let them know your plans."
 
Rin smiles and nods "that carnival sounds like fun maybe I'll get a ticket as well" he looks around "one problem with that i didn't exactly have a nice talk with them when i came on board and i think they won't let me near the engine now".

He laughs and looks at her "i said that this shuttle is more use to us as a kamikaze ship" he looks down and fiddles with his screw driver more not wanting to look at her anymore.
 
"I doubt they would refuse your help for saying that," said Deziarra. "Especially if you offer to repair the ship for them. Well, like to said, I don't have to repair this and you don't have to either but someone should check the engine and make sure it is safe enough for continued use. If you decide not to repair it maybe I'll talk to the safety board or something."

The noise of the engine continued to be loud but consistent. If nothing else, the engine would last long enough for them to reach their destination.
 
Rin sighs at the noise of the engine but couldn't be heard over it, he pays the seat he is on "not feeling 100% dear" he smiles at the shuttle "I'll fix it for you, so you feel better than new" he giggles to himself and looks around then at her smiling "so lets find one of the crew".

He stands looking around "there are too many people to tell" he sighs "i can't see any shuttle crew" he looks at his feet and sighs loudly "I'm sorry i didn't find anyone yet but soon i will"
 
The only person wearing a crew uniform who could be seen was a middle aged woman humaniod in appearence. She was doing her best to meet the needs of the many passengers who were overwhelming her. With the roar of the engines and the shouting of the crowd, Rin and Deziarra remained unnoticed, neither seen nor heard.

Deziarra gave Rin a gentle nudge.

"Over there!" she said pointing to the woman.
 
Rin sees the woman and smiles "thanks partner" he laughs a bit and pushes through the crowds of people and reaches the woman, he smiles his hair all over the place and his eyes extremely bright like he just opened a present at christmas.

"excuse me miss" he looks at her and taps her shoulder "I'm an engineer and was wondering if you wanted someone to repair it for you" he smiles wondering what was going to happen
 
"In a few more minutes, we are going to land," the flight attendant explained. "Please take a seat. When we land I'll let you talk to the ship's owner. The two of you should be able to work something out."

Although she was trying to be polite, with dozens of passengers and only one of her, it was clear she was being overwhelmed by it all. The constant roar of the engine was only one of the problems she had to handle.

"We're landing!" exclaimed Deziarra looking out the window.

In the distance, a large asteriod could be seen. The asteriod was roughly spherical and full of many different types of craters of various ages and sizes. In one of the larger craters was a city full of buildings including a large one in the center that looked like a space station. That was where they were headed.
 
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