Post
6 of 20
Objective: BYOO - The Year of Blood, Part 1 SLEEP!
Location: Dinbar
He didn't even remember going to bed.
Amber eyes fluttered open. The youngling gave a muffled sigh as his body shifted within the confines of the shipboard cot. The bed was a thin mattress, supported by a rack that was built into the bulkhead of the chamber that was barely larger than the bed itself. But it wasn't a flimsiplast box. And it was the closest thing that the Pantoran had known which resembled anything like a home.
Raising his head from up off the pillow, the bed-headed youth gazed vacantly out the doorway into the central round at the heart of the small transport. He wasn't certain just how long he'd been out for, but he had real life-saving stuff that he ought to be doing...
...wait a minute.
He was eleven. The galaxy had
adults who could do the galaxy preserving, soul redemption, or princess saving. If any should be required.
His job? Well, he didn't have a job. See above regarding age. There were, after all, youngling labor laws. So what that meant was... he was going back to bed.
Turning on his side, the young Pantoran curled up against his pillow and quickly fell back into slumber...
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Post
6.5 of 20
Objective: BYOO -
The Year of Blood, Part 1
Location: Dinbar
"...weather for the Dinbar Region: Cloudy with a chance of undead..."
Munching on some dry phraig mixed with dehydrated breakfast fruit bits, the Pantoran sat on the floor in his underwear using his hand to shovel the autochef-supplied granola into his face. The amphistaff was stretched lazily across the boy's lap, occasionally hissing its disapproval of the fact that the boy had moved from a perfectly good, warm bed to the upper section of the ship, which housed the lounge, communications, and primary controls for the ship. The local HoloNet feed was displayed over the multi-purpose table which served as both a communications terminal and djarik board.
"...breaking news today, as authorities report an amphistaff attack occurred yesterday in the industrial sector. Our own Kel-Urk Gromar has the report, live from Dinbar University MedStar."
As though responding to the name, the Pantoran was vaguely aware of the amphistaff lifting her head up, as though to watch the hologram feed. Fingers scraping against the faux ceramic of the autochef serving ware, the boy pulled another handful of dry cereal into his palm and tossed it back into his mouth.
"...thanks, Jyan. I'm here at the Dinbar University MedStar, where doctors told authorities late last night that a woman was admitted into the emergency room suffering the effects of what may have been an amphistaff bite. This creature is not native to Elrood and, in fact, isn't found in nature at all. Though it may appear to be a normal snake, the venomous biot - as its known - is the product of Yuuzhan Vong genetic engineering, and extremely dangerous. If anyone should see, or suspect, the presence of such a creature, they should contact local authorities immediately. Animal and poison control experts are standing by and on high alert this morning..."
Wiping his palm off on his boxers, the Pantoran cupped his free hand around the amphistaff, just below where the head joined the serpentine body. Two fingers dug into the supple flesh, as he scratched the biot's chin.
"Who's a deadly snake?" the boy asked, ignoring the remainder of the report as he turned his attention down to his pet.
The sound of a tail slapping against metal grating echoed faintly, as the amphistaff lifted up its head and closed it's eyes.
"Huh? Who's a deadly snake?" the boy asked, discarding his cereal bowl and using both hands to pet the Yuuzhan Vong weapon. The snake-like animal suddenly convulsed, flipping it's body so that the belly was exposed, allowing the boy to massage it's sensitive underside.
"Yes, you are. Yes, you are..."
He was never quite certain how to describe amphistaff pet ownership.
It had the head of a dragon, the body of a snake, the personality of a golden retriever, and was currently
hiss-mewing while vibrating like a cat that was purring.
And this was the Yuuzhan Vong's deadly weapon.