[MillietheWarrior]

('Human' Form)

Resmi leaned her entire body onto the valve lever, trying to close one of the main hatches in the ship. She grunted, pushing down as hard as she could before the valve came to a grinding halt. Resmi felt the breath knocked out of her at the unexpected stop of the valve, her stomach colliding with the bar painfully. She wheezed softly, lekku twitching in pain, before she collapsed into the co-pilot’s seat, holding one hand against her stomach. Ouch. Now that was going to leave a bruise. Resmi sighed gently, her eyes drifting closed as she leaned her head back against the cool leather. She’d been through worse; one little bruise wasn’t going to matter. Just another to add to the collection.

Resmi shuddered as a thousand different unpleasant and painful memories rose to the surface, but squashed them down with a firm hand, trying very hard to forget everything her mind desperately wanted her to remember. Resmi growled, angry at the fact that she couldn’t forget. It should be easy; Annix had forgotten all about the old life they shared as children back home. So then, why couldn’t Resmi forget about the life she’d lead for years after that? Because it was too painful; she wore the reminders constantly. Her eyes drifted down to her wrists, where she’d pushed her sleeves up to the middle of her arms. A myriad of criss-crossing scars covered her light brown skin, but the scars were a dark, chocolate brown. They didn’t look like scars; they were more decorative than anything, and most people who happened to see them thought they were simply strange markings adorning her skin…Just like on her head-tails.

One hand shakily reached up to rest on one twitching lekku, eyes roving over the dark, decorative scars that marred her flesh. How pretty they were to everyone who saw them, and how painful they were to her when she looked. Annix was the only one who knew what they were, and she had wept when she’d found Resmi, crying that she was sorry, and that no one would ever hurt her again. And Resmi now found herself here, stashed safely away in the hangar where Annix could keep an eye on her, and she could work contentedly on the ships she so loved. Resmi lifted her booted feet and set them on the console, when something rattled beneath it. Blinking, Resmi leaned down and felt beneath the console.

Her fingers barely touched the end of something that felt a little bit like paper. Curious, Resmi slid out of the seat and turned over on her back, sliding beneath the console. Her entire upper torso disappeared beneath the console as she hummed to herself, steadily working at the small compartment she hadn’t known existed beneath it to remove three wrapped pieces of chocolate. Confused, Resmi lay there for a few moments, holding the bars of chocolate in her hands and studying them. “How did these get in here?” she wondered aloud, wriggling slightly to get more comfortable. It was actually rather nice just laying down and forgetting about work for a while…even if she now had to figure out why there were three chocolate bars in a hidden compartment in one of the ships. How odd.

[1]

[Kallile]

Axel (Human Form/ Temporary Relowockee form. To be Lucain one day)

Well now...wasn't this just awkward? He knew he was here for something; Mech had sent him on a mission to find....

Therein lie his problem; Axel had more recollection of what he was actually here to get. Truth be told, the instant Mech had said the word 'hangar' Axel's mind had raced back to their last mission. He'd nabbed some candy bars from a partially blown-apart house that just happened to look lonely and in need of a friend to savor their chocolately goodness. He, being the kind and caring guy he was, had decided that he could be just that friend.

Unfortunately...he couldn't quite remember what ship they had taken....or where he had stashed it. When travelling around with three brothers it was hard to hide sweets. All he knew was that it was safe--because he hadn't been driving yet no one had found it. Which meant it had to be in a cockpit somewhere. No actual drivers ever went digging around for random bits of candy-coated happiness on a drive home.

Looking around the hangar, Axel put his hands on his hips and grinned. Well...pick a number, any number. So how about...that one.

Taking the ship closest to him, Axel started making his way up the ladder to get into it. The small golden plate on his head contrasted greatly with his pitch black cropped hair, as did the gold plate peeking out from  just below his fatigues. He grasped the bay door, grunting as he forced it's wheel to open. Man...someone sure cranked that one closed.

The door creaked open and Axel stepped inside, oblivious to the Twi'lek woman on the floor of the pilots cabin. "Now...if I were my candy bars...where would I have hidden...me."

He blinked, furrowing his eyebrows and grinning at his own logic. Mech was going to kill him...but he was sure the call of chocolate would be a good enough excuse. Well...he hoped.

[1]

[MillietheWarrior]

Resmi was staring at the chocolate bars, two resting on her stomach and one in her hands, held above her face. She was wondering if it would be a bad thing to eat one…or two…or all of them. She hadn’t eaten chocolate since she was a little girl, and the bars were too tempting to ignore. Slowly, she unwrapped the first bar, sniffing it curiously. It didn’t smell poisonous, and it seemed as though it were in good condition. Tentatively, she took a small bite, nibbling on the corner, and her eyes went wide. She sighed sweetly, her head hitting the floor as a dreamy smile spread across her face.

“Chocolate,” she murmured. She’d missed that taste. Needless to say, she polished off the first bar in a matter of seconds. She eyed the two remaining bars, before deciding to eat the next one. She unwrapped it quicker than the first, but took her time to savor  this one, even if she devoured it as fast as she could. Sighing happily, Resmi folded her arms across her stomach,, just above the last bar, soaking in the aftertaste of the chocolate. The sound of boot falls on the ladder didn’t register with Resmi until it was too late.

She jerked her head up, the chocolate bar falling to the floor, and her head cracking painfully on the top of the console. “Ow!” she cried loudly, inching her way out and curling her hands around her head in pain. Her lekku writhed painfully, and Resmi was barely able to lift her head to stare at the door. “W-who…” she managed, but even speaking made her head throb painfully. “Owwww….”

[2]

[Kallile]

A scary thought occured to Axel as he listened to the crinkling of foil paper from somewhere in the ship. What is someone other than him found where it was hidden?

The Clone's heart froze in his chest and he inhaled sharply. Ah man...he'd never thought of that. He should have put it in his belt. Yeah--he would have at least had it then. But...then Grind would have found it, because he was always forcing his more forgetful brother to clean and polish his armor and gear. More, in Axel's opinion, than was entirely needed.

He took just one step before he heard the distinct "thud" of solid objects colliding. He quickened his pace, peering into the cockpit with wide, nearly blinding yellow eyes. His eyes fell onto the strange looking Twi'lek sprawled out on the floor...and then to the bar in her hands and the two empty wrapped on the floor beside her.

"Ah shab!" He muttered, moving forward. At first it seemed as though he may be heading to help the woman to her feet, but as he got closer he picked up the empty wrappers instead and stared at them forlornly. "Man...now I have to find a new hiding spot..."

He looked then beside him and blinked, seeming to realize that he was kneeling beside a woman and that she was in fact the one who had apparently collided with something. Her forehead--from the looks of things, had taken the hit. "Oh...uh...hi. You alright?"

He still held both empty wrappers in his bare hands as if by some miracle he might savor even the tiniest bit of flavor left over through osmosis.

[2]

[MillietheWarrior]

Resmi froze instantly the moment the man walked through the cockpit door. Her bright teal eyes went wide, and for a moment, she could hardly breathe. Then he was kneeling beside her, only inches away, and Resmi slowly turned her terrified gaze towards him. She clutched the last chocolate bar in her hand, and instantly leapt to her feet, darting across the cockpit to press herself against the wall, lekku twitching and writhing over her shoulders. She knew he was a Clone, but she’d never seen anything like him before.

He had…he had metal attached to parts of his body! She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, her body trembling against her will. If she’d been anyone else, she might’ve chucked the candy bar at him and run, but her mind was frozen in a state of panic, and she could do little more than clutch the chocolate bar and stare at him with wide, fearful eyes.

“G-get…” She wanted to say ‘Get out of here before I pass out’ but she couldn’t even manage to get the first word past her lips. Her free hand fumbled blindly at her side, finally landing on a wrench she’d used earlier to tighten a loose gasket. She lifted it, holding it in front of her like a weapon, though she doubted it’d do much but dent his metal plating. “D-don’t come any cl-closer…” she whispered, her voice stricken and hoarse with fear. “I-I’m not afraid to-to use this, y-you know.”

[3]

[Kallile]

Her wild and frantic flailing to get to the wall furthest from him seemed to confuse Axel, because he stared at her for a long moment in complete loss for words. Alright....well she was definitely not one of the normal base-women--most of them would have just ignored him...or something like that. The thought of the unspoken latter thought made him shake his head slightly to get the very idea out. So people...

When the wrench came out he smiled slightly, looking up at her from his still kneeling position across the cockpit. He could almost see the weapon wriggling with her own shaking nerves; what the heck was wrong with this lady? Then he laid eyes on what he had come here for clutched in her hands. His last surviving candy bar.

"Hey, you found it!" The wrappers returned to their original discarded spots on the floor and it seemed he had already completely forgotten that someone had already eaten over half his stash to begin with. No, the important thing now was that not all hope was lost. Getting quickly to his feet he too a few oblivious steps forward before his eyes returned to the wrench and he took those steps again, but in reverse.

"You wouldn't by chance be planning on...eating that...would you?" He asked hopefully, carefully pointing towards the foil-wrapped treasure in her hands. He offered her a lopsided grin, still not really sure what was wrong with her or why he of all the people around here might be considered scary enough to threaten with a wrench. Oh well, he supposed he'd figure it out sooner or later. "Because if you're not...I'm not opposed to taking it off your hands."

[3]

[MillietheWarrior]

Why was he just staring at her? What kind of evil things was he plotting? What was that look for? Resmi watched him with studious, wide eyes, her fingers clenching around the wrench every time he moved, even if it was only slightly. He didn’t even seem threatening, but looks could be deceiving. And Resmi, of all people, knew that far too well. Her eyes remained trained on his face, occasionally darting down to his hands as he rose off the floor to his full height. Resmi’s body shuddered; she hadn’t realized how tall he was. He was nearly a good foot taller than her, and towered over her in a frightening way (Which wasn’t actually frightening; it just was in Resmi’s mind).

When he stepped towards her, she pressed herself against the wall as flat as she possibly could, heart racing wildly and the wrench shakily lifted in front of her as if she’d beat him back with it (Which she’d never be able to do; it just wasn’t in her to harm anyone, no matter how frightened she was). Then he stepped back, as if he knew it was a bad idea to approach her, and his exclamation made her jump. “F-found…f-found w-what?” she whispered hoarsely, before her gaze followed his to the chocolate bar in her hand.

“Oh-oh…Is…is it yours? Er…You can…h-have it back if you want…” She’d eaten his other chocolates, taken something from him that didn’t belong to her. She was a thief; Resmi closed her eyes briefly. She knew she’d probably be punished for what she’d done. Slowly, she opened her eyes and let them rest on his face, her fingers shaking as she held the bar out at arm’s length, as far away from herself as possible. “H-here…T-take it…please…I‘m sorry for-for eating your others ones…But I…Never mind.”

[4]

[Kallile]

Axel looked torn between diving on the chocolate and devouring it and tearing up and embracing Resmi for returning the savory delicacy. He settled for neither; instead reaching out as if to accept an explosive from her. his eyes, however, did tear up from the sheer joy of a mission not completely lost after finding the two 'comrades' dead. "You mean it? You don't care?"

He watched her features change but paid little mind to what they might mean as he made quick work of the wrapper. When she said she'd been the one to eat the other bars, Axel seemed to snap out of his blissful daze and truly focus on her. "Aw...that's alright. If you're good enough to find it then you deserve to have it. Not that...I hide it all that well."

He continued watching her curiously--suddenly she seemed less afraid and more ashamed of something. Was it something he did? He looked between her and the chocolate bar in utter torment. Did he savor his carefully  hidden (and very illegal) bit of outside food...or did he do something to help make her feel...less whatever she was feeling? He heaved his shoulders in a sigh that never escaped his lips and grinned.

"Well...it's something we're not really supposed to have--that's why I hid it. Reps don't like their boys ruining our manly figures." He grinned, taking a testing step forward as he broke the bar in half and offered her the still-foil-covered half. "But, you must really like it to, so here--"

He jiggled the candy bar at her a little, silently begging her to take it back. He hoped she wasn't upset that she couldn't have had all three. "I don't mind sharing. ...By the way, where did you find them? Once we got back I completely forgot where they were at."

[4]

[MillietheWarrior]

“Er, ah…” Resmi was at a loss for words. Everything about this man was so incredibly open and honest and child-like, that it was almost scary. He was happy just to have his chocolate bar back, apparently, and could care less about Resmi herself. Resmi breathed a mental sigh of relief, her body loosening slightly as her muscles relaxed. She continued to watch him, but let herself slide down the wall until she was sitting carefully at the base of it, wrench still clutched close to her chest as she drew her knees up against her. She stared at him in confusion as he looked between the chocolate and her. What was he trying to decide? Resmi clutched the wrench tighter, body shivering involuntarily. She didn’t think she wanted to know.

She might’ve been relatively okay with him being here, but she didn’t trust him, and one wrong move would earn him a huge dent or a black eye…He still frightened Resmi to her core, and she sucked in a sharp breath when he broke the chocolate in half and offered a piece to her. She blinked, confused; it was almost as if he were offering it to a wild animal, which, in essence, he might have been, for all intents and purposes. “I…I…” Her lekku twitched as if silently communicating some unspoken language, and she reached out a shaking hand to take back half the chocolate bar, staring at the foil covered candy for a few good moments, before glancing back up at him.

“I found them…u-under the console. Over there.” She pointed with a shaking finger towards the control panel. “I was going to repair a-a few short-circuited w-wires…and…and I found them…” She paused, still staring at him with wide, confused eyes. “You’re a…your one of the Clones but…I’ve never-never seen anyone who looks like you before.” She pointed at the gold plating on his body. “A-are…are you okay…? It-it doesn't...hurt, does it?”

[5]

[Kallile]

With the secure knowledge that now she was no longer chocolate-less and had at least relaxed to the floor--Axel followed suit and let himself sort of...fall into a sitting position with a "thunk". He eyed the chocolate slowly melting between his warm fingers and, lopsided grin still in place, carefully and quickly shoved the entire half of the bar into his mouth. He sat there, slowly chewing and taking survey of just how much chocolate was left for him to lick off later.

His blinding eyes flashed up to Resmi again as he carefully swallowed and licked the chocolate from his thumb and index finger. He blinked at her finger, his eyes oving along the invisible line it drew towards the control panel. The features of his face lit up instantly. "That's where it was!"

He looked back to her in sheer excitement; like a child who had just opened their most wanted christmas gift. " I knew it was somewhere good where no one...er...well, almost no one else would look. Guess you kinda proved me wrong."

He didn't seem the least bit upset about anything. Not her finding his hiding place, or her eating over half of his prized candies. He just seemed...content with the world and whatever happened to be going on. At the mention of his plating, Axel chuckled and rapped on the plate on his head--the most visible one he possessed.

"Nah--not anymore. Keeps the important stuff in, so that's all that matters." He grinned, pulling down the collar to his fatigue shirt a little so that he wouldn't have to go cross eyed attempting the impossible feat of seeing the plate on his head. "I even got them custom made too--they're a lot nicer than just the steel, right?"


He looked at her expectantly and hopefully--wanting her approval of his choice in metals even though he didn't even know her.

[5]

[MillietheWarrior]

Resmi watched him carefully; he seemed content enough to sit in a heap on the floor in front of her. Her eyes went slightly wide when he shoved the entire piece of chocolate in his mouth, and she looked down at her own, carefully picking it up in her small hands. She followed his example and unwrapped it, carefully nibbling on the edge, though her eyes stayed riveted on Axel as if he might pounce on her at any point in time.

Her eyes widened to almost near impossible sizes when he rapped on the plate on his head, and she twitched towards him, as if wanting to stop him from causing any harm to himself just to show her his strange additions. Her body froze, however, when he tugged down part of the top of his fatigues, and she blushes, feeling almost as if she was intruding upon something private. She stared at the gold plating, and then let her gaze shift to the floor. What kind of…of attack had forced him into having metal attached to his body? What had happened to him?

Resmi instantly felt bad for wanting to dent him with the wrench, and curled in on herself a little as she lifted her gaze to stare at him. “Um...Um yes, they are. Very nice, and very…er…pretty…and…um…shiny?” She stared at him in total confusion, head tilted to the side. “T-thanks…” she said at least. “F-for…sharing your chocolate…with me…Mr…um…?” Her lekku twitched slightly, and she frowned.

[6]

[Kallile]

Her reluctance to look at the plating he revealed confused him even more. She had wanted to see it...right? Oh shab...had he done something wrong again? This evening was just not going well. He released the material and let it reform lazily around his neck. He offered her an apologetic smile, though he wasn't entirely sure what he was apologizing for. he just felt he needed to. She seemed so upset with him around.

But his gaze was brightened again by her approval, despite how weak and unsure. "Thanks! I figured I might as well look different from my brothers...and this looked the coolest..." He trailed off as she did, staring at her obliviously. Mr? Who was Mr....oh. Oh. Oh! That was him!

"Axel!" he announced, leaning quickly forward to extend a hand to her (the hand that, at present, had not been licked clean of chocolate). "That's...um...my nickname anyway. My real name is just a number...but it's pretty boring."

He smiled brightly, showing his teeth in the grin. Open and honest--that was about all that could describe him. "So...who are you? I've never seen you before. But...I'm never in the hangar much." He sighed, looking mildly downcast for a moment. "Mech never let's me drive anywhere."

[6]

[MillietheWarrior]

Resmi had to admit that his smile did make things a little less frightening for her. But she wasn’t about to openly trust anyone, especially not a man. It wasn’t as if she had anything against him personally; it was just her own past experiences that kept her from smiling back at him with anything more than a timid shyness and a fear that she may have to use the wrench at some point. She was surprised at how easily he could switch moods; it startled her to see his face brighten in the way that it did, and she found herself mesmerized by him, almost forgetting that he had spoken to her. “Y-yes,” she whispered. “The gold…does look good…”

She flinched violently when he leaned forward, his hand stuck out to grasp hers in a shake. Resmi stared at it for a long moment, before timidly wrapping her smaller hand around his, and instantly regretting it after feeling the chocolate on his hand coat hers. She made a small face, momentarily forgetting what was going on around her, and just lightly shook his larger hand. “My name is…Resmi Bela-Trepada. But…my sister just calls me…Resmi.”

She withdrew her hand, staring at it for a long moment, and frowning. She carefully behind her to pull a rag out of her back pocket and wipe her hand off, before timidly offering it to Axel to clean his own hands. Her shaking had subsided, though there was still a noticeable quiver in her fingers. “I’m…I’m a mechanic of sorts. I help Annix…my sister, to take care of…the-the ships. I do small maintenance…and I clean.” She shrugged one shoulder. “Just small…um, insignificant jobs…I’m not too important…Uh…w-what do you do?”

[7]

[Kallile]

He titled his head at her at the faces she made at the handshake...then realization dawned on him as she offered him the rag. He offered up a light-hearted smile and took it carefully from her, wiping off the remaining chocolate that he'd apparently missed in his quest to devour it as quickly as possible. At first he seemed almost obsessing with getting every little trace of chocolate gone, then he became more fast-moving as his train of thought began moving to a different subject.

"Resmi is a nice name, sounds pretty enough to fit you." He said, not realizing that maybe she wouldn't care for being called pretty. Although...Axel didn't exactly seem to realize that he'd even insinuated that she was pretty. His child-like nature kept him from seeming like some sleeve trying cheesy pick-up lines. He was simply telling her what was on his mind. His face fell a little at the mention of Annix and he gave a small shudder. "Oh, I forgot about her. Man...she's going to kill me if she knows I hid chocolate in one of her ships."

His eyes flickered up to her like a puppy about to get whacked with a newspaper. "You won't tell her, will you? She's scary when it comes to her ships." He glanced over his shoulder to the door, almost as if he was expecting to find the teal-skinned Twi'lek woman standing there and tapping her foot irritably at him. His shoulders gave a small heave when she was, in fact, not there.

"Oh, I'm part of Death Squad. My borthers and I...we're not supposed to really...be here anymore." He tapped again on the plate on his head as indication to what he meant by that. "But the Reps fixed us up and gave us specialized training and now they send us in when something goes wrong. We're kinda...the mission mechanics, I guess. We fix them in our favor again."

[7]

[MillietheWarrior]

Resmi watched him carefully; he seemed to have a habit of zoning out for a few moments before refocusing his mind on the task at hand. For a moment, she nearly reached out to prod him back into reality, confused as to why he felt the need to drift off during their conversation. Well, maybe she didn’t want to know; if she were him, she’d have drifted off too. Resmi considered herself terribly horrible company for anyone. She blinked in surprise when he suddenly snapped out of his daze and inadvertently insinuated that she was pretty. She blushed lightly, and her brown cheeks lit up a brilliant teal instead of the normal pink. “Er, ah, t-thank you?” she said, not really believing that he meant what he said.

He was too child-like to know he’d insinuated he thought she was pretty, so while it made her embarrassed enough to blush, Resmi didn’t think his inadvertent compliment held any water. The mention of her sister, however, had his face falling, shoulders sagging a little, and Resmi felt bad for him. “No, no,” she said, trying as hard as she could to sound comforting; it was hard to sound anything more than timid and afraid when your voice was a constant squeak or whisper that one had to strain to hear. “She won’t come in here…She-she’s really nice if you g-get to know her. She just seems intimidating.” She smiled shakily, knowing that a lot of people had always been intimidated by Annix. If she’d had a normal life, would Resmi have been the same? The thought often haunted her.

She snapped out of her thoughts as he mentioned ‘Death Squad’ and she shuddered violently. “D-death Squad? You…You don’t…K-kill people too do you?” Mission mechanics. It didn’t mean they weren’t assassins or something of the like. He reminded her of a bounty hunter; they had often come through the places she’d been ‘employed at’ for a bit of entertainment. Resmi shuddered at the thought and closed her eyes, hugging the wrench closer to her as if it would offer some sort of comfort. She didn’t want to think about her old life anymore.

[8]