Catcher in the Ra

[Ra'a'mah]

They headed in the direction of the restraunt. It featured mostly local items with a few that were a bit more exotic. There was a table open in a corner of the patio and Ra headed in that direction, a server droid came over to offer them drinks and the menu.

Ra sat back in her chair, looking over the menu, she saw most of the items contained lots of spice and heat. In the end, Ra picked something called a kabob kubidae...some sort of meat on a skewer and served with yellow rice.

After a few minutes, the droid came back to take thier order, bring them drinks, chips and a dip to go with them.

She places her order, handing the menu back to the droid, she looks across at Flinx, wondering what he's going to get.

 

[Ra'a'mah]

They headed in the direction of the restraunt. It featured mostly local items with a few that were a bit more exotic. There was a table open in a corner of the patio and Ra headed in that direction, a server droid came over to offer them drinks and the menu.

Ra sat back in her chair, looking over the menu, she saw most of the items contained lots of spice and heat. In the end, Ra picked something called a kabob kubidae...some sort of meat on a skewer and served with yellow rice.

After a few minutes, the droid came back to take thier order, bring them drinks, chips and a dip to go with them.

She places her order, handing the menu back to the droid, she looks across at Flinx, wondering what he's going to get.

 

[yancep96]

"ill have what she is having" Flinx handed the menu back to the droid. "So we head back to your ship, fix it, then to ossis"

 

[Ra'a'mah]

"Well, we have the food yet to get for your galley and I'm sure mine could use more too."

Ra reached out a hand to start munching on the chips and dip while they waited for the food to arrive.

"Wow, you should really try this."

She made up chip, covered it with the dip and handed it across the table to Flinx.

The chill of dip, mixed in well with the warm crispness of the chips and blended into something she just could not describe.

They finished off the small portion of chips and dip just as their food arrived. The server droid set the plates on the table in front of them and suggested the cut the friend tomato up and eat it with the rice and the fruit along the side of the plate was for clearing their palates between eating and drinking. It walked away and Ra started cutting into her mouthwatering food.

"This food is almost too good to eat. I'm not sure if I could ever reproduce this. Though I would certainly like to try."

Ra mumbled this through her bites of food, not even thinking it strange to express her enjoyment while eating.

 

[yancep96]

Flinx calmly munched on his food while he listened to Ra talk. "Sorry if I don't talk much. I find I listen better when I'm silent."

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Flinx told her he was listening to what she was saying and apologized for being so quiet. Ra pointed at him with her fork between bites.

"You should open up a bit, you know."

Like it's her place say anything about that, being one to keep her own emotions close and rarely speak out of turn. Her trust was difficult to earn, but this young man had done quickly. The fact he had rescued her a major contributing factor.

They finish eating and the droid comes over to take their plates and payment for the food.

"My compliments to the cook."

Ra looked at Flinx with the look of her being ready to leave.

 

[yancep96]

Flinx got up and offered her a hand up "lets finish up and get you back to your freighter." Flinx is as calm as he can be, but he hates crouds. in his mind everyone looks down on him for his lack of eyes.

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Sliding her seat out from the table, Ra takes the hand Flinx offers to help her stand up. She gives it a gentle squeeze and lets go, blushing slightly. She looks around to make sure they gathered thier packages and not leaving any behind.

"How long do you think it'll be to get back to my ship?"

Ra asks this as they walk further into the market area, looking for a store that sold real food and not something for a reprocessing unit.

She found a small market building and lead the way in.

"This is exactly what I'm looking for."

Bags of spices, meat cutters, canned goods...anything and everything needed to cook was here. Even cookware to prepare the food.

 

[yancep96]

"It should take about a day through hyperspace"
Before she let go Flinx kisses the palm of her hand and then places the back of her hand to my cheek. Flinx then follows Ra into the market.

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Ra is a little surprised at kiss and when Flinx touched the back of her hand to his cheek. She allowed her fingers to lightly trail along his cheek bone and jawline. He lets go of her hand and follows her into the market.

Inside, she gathers the packaged items first, then went about picking out the best items of the offered selections.

"Oh look at this."

She pointed to some real bantha steak and hand picked out two of them.

"The stuff I prepared on the ship wasn't real bantha steak. This is the real deal and will taste that much better."

After getting together all the grocery items, Ra heads up front to start the sometimes long process of bartering. Letting out a small sigh, she gets into the line of people waiting to pay. She turns to look at Flinx.

"If you see something you want to try, pick it up."

 

[yancep96]

"That's funny, if I see anything, you will definitely be the first to know." Flinx snickers and sees a cake and points it out. He picks up the vanilla white cake and continues to follow Ra (hey my power is out for the night and I don't have discord on my phone so I'll talk tomorrow)

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Ra didn't even consider her comment would be interpreted that way, but see Flinx took it in stride and turned it into a small joke. She chuckles a little with him and watches as he picks up a desert cake and gets into the line with her.

Making a quick mental tally of the items she's going to get, Ra decides on the price she's going to offer and go from there.

They quickly reach the front of the line and buy the items. Thier arms now totally full, they start making the walk back to his ship.

(Ok, have a good night and see you later.)

 

[yancep96]

Flinx loved having someone to spend time with and hoped that when they got her ship fixed she would choose to stay. Flinx helped the young lady put the stuff away while bb-3 got them underway.

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Once they returned to Flinx's ship, they worked together to get the items put away. There was one Ra kept out though. She wrapped it up in one of the paper bags and planned to present it to her new friend at dinner.

The little droid beeped at them, indicating he needed one of them to come to the cockpit for clearance from the spaceport attendant.

"You want to take that call or me?"

Ra stood up, but held one of her hands behind her back, hiding the small package for Flinx.​

 

[yancep96]

Without answering Ra, Flinx gets up and goes to the cockpit and finished their clearence. "ok now can i help with supper or would you rather me stay out of it so you can suprize me?"

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Ra followed him into the cockpit, watching him and his droid on the buttons to push during take off. Flinx turned to her once they had thier clearance and asked about helping with dinner.

"You want to learn how to cook so, I'll be showing you what to do. First though I have something for you and the ship."

She held out the small package to him. Inside was a round object with what looked like a spider web design in side the circle. Attatched to the webbing were small trinkets and items. A bright and vibrant purple crystal was in the middle. Among the trinkets were a feather, a peice of wood, a match and a green stone dung beetle.

"This is called a dream catcher. Each item in it represents an element."

Ra pointed out the dung ​beetle.

"The beetle is a form of Ra."

 

[yancep96]

"As is a Falcon and Ram, and the most popular ship of the yt class is the Millennium Falcon. Ironic isn't it? I guess that makes me stubborn as a ram." Flinx smiles at his round about joke. He takes the dream catcher and places it over his bunk with reverence and importance. "Now I shall try to learn to cook. "

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Ra watched Flinx placed the dreamcatcher above his bed and turned to face her. She lead the way to galley, looking back once to ask what he wanted to try to make.

(Sorry it's so short. Need to go for a bit. BBL)

 

[yancep96]

"you decide." Flinx didn't know about food enough to know what he waned to try to cook, so he just sat back against the counter as he waited for Ra to decide the meal for tonight.

Flinx looked at Ra, for the true first time, he saw the graceful smooth movements. I see the skirt swish against her long legs, the way the shirt clung to her fit upper body. The way her braided hair traveled down to a slightly discolored portion. He wandered what went there. He liked how her hair framed her face.

Flinx stopped himself before he went further, knowing that no one could love the mentally and physically scarred blind boy that he is. Upset Flinx silently retreated to his bunk. Now he needed to try to clear his head but now everything reminds him of her and his hurt and anger rises. He knows that he doesn't have a chance yet he doesn't care yet he needs to feel loved. his heart yearns for some kind of love. His whole life is just him trying to find his place where he can be loved and fit in. Now he has what, in his mind, seems like the perfect person, and he has no chance.

 

[Ra'a'mah]

"I would like some idea of what you want to try. There are a few things to know. First..."

Ra turned to face Flinx and felt him looking at her, almost looking through her. As if he was trying to memorize her features, like he was afraid she wasn't real or just a dream of his mind. She could feel in him when he stopped looking at her, like he had closed himself off into a little box. It was like looking at herself. However, her box was open to him. Watching him turn away from her and leave the room, she saw he headed in the direction of his bunk.

Letting out a sigh, she quickly placed whatever food they were going to prepare together away. That will be there for them. Right now, she feels the need to somehow comfort him.

She followed him to his room and looked at his prone form on the bunk. Knocking quietly, Ra walks into the room and sat down on the bed next to him. Not knowing exactly what to do, she reaches out her hand to caress his cheek gently. The lighting is dim, as he hot not turned any on in the room. The only light coming from the hallway.