"Directly across from you Cassie is my goddaughter Isabella, or Izzy. Diagonally left from you is Strix, and next to her is Violette. And to my left is Kaylynn."
Alex scopped stew and rols and all onto,people's plates.
"Enjoy."
Natsumi Hideyoshi (The Order) | Alexis Hunter (Liberty Navy) |
"Oh I uh... I think I met Izzy once before, outside LA when that er... Outcast showed up and then you came in the Grace..." She took a bite of the stew and smiled. Something hot for a change and not laced with excesses of artificial flavours.
"This is r-really good Alexis... If its okay for me to say so..." She took another bite.
"But uh... I don't think I've um... Met the rest of you..."
"Well, Strix is part of the IMG. She's a recon pilot. She's like all of us. Nice. And, um...Violette...is Strix's girlfriend. The only other one you might not known is Kaylynn here."
She took a bite of a roll.
"And thank you Cassie. I don't get to make dinner for people alot."
Natsumi Hideyoshi (The Order) | Alexis Hunter (Liberty Navy) |
Kaylynn looks down at her plate, watching it the entire time everyone is talking. As soon as Alexis introduces her, she looks up. "Yea, I've met you before. A few weeks ago when you two caught that smuggler. I recorded it." She looks back down to her plate and starts eating again. "And yes Alexis, the food is very good"
"Smuggler... Oh yes, the one that killed himself right outside Sugarland. So you must fly the uh... Let me think... Oh yes, you fly the Dusk right?" Cassandra took a moment to eat a bit more. "Its a nice ship, but uh, I'll never be able to afford anything like that..."
"Yes that's my ship." She takes a bite of her roll. "I couldn't afford it either. I took over the ship when....the last captain died..." She stops eating and stares down at her plate, obviously remembering a hurtful memory.
"I wouldn't know much about that..." She answered slowly. Cassandra had not had very many friends in her life and the few she'd had had slowly drifted away instead of being taken suddenly.
"Was he erm... Was the Captain killed or did he... Just get sick... Er that is if you don't mind me asking..."
"Um... Right of course... I'm sorry Alexis..." Cassandra lowered her head and stirred her spoon around the stew for a minute before taking another bite.
"I uh, erm..." Cassandra stumbled over words for a while as she tried in vain to come up with a new subject. After some more stumbling she gave up resigning herself to silence as she continued eating. She reminded herself just how bad she was with other people and waited for someone else to start a new conversation.
Chitchat,had been the talk of the,table. All was simple as they ate, and as they waited for Cassandra to regain her sight. Alex would leave, then Izzy and Rika would help Cassandra as best as they could. When Alexis returned, she would make snacks for everyone. And if Kaylynn showed up, she would make more. At night, Alex would sit with Cassandra and wait until the blind girl went to sleep before heading to bed.
The week went by normally. For once.
Natsumi Hideyoshi (The Order) | Alexis Hunter (Liberty Navy) |