Hunger Pains

[Leira Rhys]

It was winter; It was cold.

Cold meant things stopped growing, things hid and hibernated. There wasn't a whole lot of game or edible plants for Leira to scavenge. She had been looking for hours, only able to kill small animals that happened to be unfortunate enough to peek their heads out long enough for her to put an arrow through their skull. A few minutes later it had come down in a hard pouring rain that soaked through Leira's layered jackets and absolutely chilled her to the bone. She retreated under the only dry place she could find, a bridge, and had herself a long frustrated cry before letting her anger out by throwing broken pieces of cement at the ground as hard as she could.

After she'd gotten it out of her system, she pulled herself together. She had to find more to eat tonight. Leira was steadily losing weight and was beginning to look like skin pulled over bones instead of an actual person with shape and form.

She thought of her options. Hunting for food was unlikely to be fruitful. She didn't have many credits and couldn't buy food. She thought of selling her possessions so she could buy food but she didn't own anything she didn't need. Then she remembered that there was a junkyard nearby. Sometimes people threw away old droids, it was possible she could scavenge parts out of them and sell them. It was worth a try, anyways.

Leira began her walk towards the junkyard with her hands in her jacket pockets. She felt cold and uncomfortable due to her clothes still being damp and her wet hair had frosted over.

She arrived at the junkyard and began her search, rummaging through piles of trash and hoping to find something good. Lucky for her, she found an unopened can of pet food. It was already expired but Leira was ravenous. She cracked it open and took its' contents in her hands like an animal, shoving it into her mouth. It tasted horrible but it would dull the ache of her hollow stomach.

She figured she could spare a few moments from her search to sate her hunger.

 

[Bo Lin]

The ship had set down for refueling, though Bo didn't particularly understand what ships used for fuel he was confident the ship's pilot and small crew did. Which was good. It meant he could walk around and spend his pay on other things, like food, and maybe a drink or seven. Which would be helpful for washing down the food.

He walked to the nearest market, rain beat down in waves as he hurried along. His heavy body was soaked by the time he entered the market so he shook himself furiously and went inside. The many beings within stared with fascination for a moment and the huge Pandyn waved a fur covered paw awkwardly before he toddled off to look at the selections of fruits and vegetables. There was an odd assortment. He found many things he had not tried before so he loaded up and paid. However, at the door he realized he didn't want to go back out into the rain without a better barrier for his person.

He walked back to the shops and purchased a new wide brimmed hat and a heavy poncho before exiting back out into the rain. He stuffed the new foods into his mouth one by one as he walked along. Rain ran from his hat in streams as he moved down the street and only stopped when a crew member ran up and informed him they needed a new part for the ship. They had a leak in the hydraulic lifts for the loading ramp and couldn't refuel with out it.

Bo nodded and wandered off to see if there was a parts place. There wasn't. Instead he was directed to a junkyard a few blocks outside the starport proper. He nodded to the man for the directions and off he went. It should be easy to find a part but the force rose in his ample belly and he knew that there would be more than a new line tp be found. Maybe it would be more food. He hoped that was it.


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