Star Wars: Exodus

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The first few days of the rehearsal were hell and that was putting it lightly. Vague Durin had turned out to be such a taskmaster when it came to getting every little detail correct right down to the timing of it all. He'd been harder on Tsivoin and Nova since they were the newest members of the gro...

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Nova and Tsiv stood off to one side as they waited for Ansel. The Forger had a few more details to go over with Vague before meeting them for their strategy session. Tsiv sat with his head in his hands while Nova leaned against a nearby craps table yawning. Every now and again she would catch Tsivoi...

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The next morning Vague got everyone up early in preparation for the walkthrough. Tsiv looked the worse for wear after his night of drinking, but no one showed him any mercy. Nova handed him some pain killers for his headache and shoved him out the door all the same. Everyone lined up next to the mak...

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It took some time for the pair to make their way back to the camp. The front of the ship had taken the brunt of whatever conflict it had been in. That meant a good portion of the outer hull had been breached and many of the upper and lower decks had been completely vented into space. Nova relied on ...

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When Masilda's eyes fluttered open she found herself lying on her back staring up at Nova who had been tending to her injuries. All at once she remembered what happened and tried to shoot up to her feet only to feel a sudden spike of pain from her ankle that forced her back to the floor. "Careful," ...

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Nova found herself wandering alone again. The others had all finished up eating and were back to working on whatever. Tsivoin had headed off somewhere with his new pal and Nova had caught him carrying a six-pack of canned ales. Whatever, she thought, she wasn't his mother so she wasn't about to try ...

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Nova followed Rossi back to the main room where Orev and Vague were still working on the mockup. Orev was busy finetuning a few of the mechanics on the vault door under Vague's supervision when Rossi and Nova walked up. Vague took his eyes off the datapad just long enough to level a stare at Nova. "...

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A day after leaving Chandrila the crew found themselves aboard an old derelict ship. Nova had first suspected the ship had been around since the Galactic Civil War almost thirty years ago but Vague mentioned it had been here even longer than that. It was an old Venator-Class star destroyer from the ...

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Nova felt the tension from her body release after he had left. There must have been some kind of visible sign because Rossi had been looking at her afterward trying to assess her. Nova hoped the Kessurian would assume she was just nervous from telling him the truth rather than what actually scared h...

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Nova was on her way back to the med bay when she passed Rossi in the corridor. The Kessurian glanced down at the girl's waist, noting with some pleasure that she now wore her laser sword openly on her belt. "Vague knows," she asked and Nova shrugged. "Kind of hard to keep it a secret after taking do...

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Nova felt a bit relieved when Vague had ordered her to follow him into a private room. By now she had come to trust everyone on the crew, but she had just met Ansel and barely knew anything about him. Exposing her powers to him was perhaps the worst thing she could have done. There were plenty of pe...

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The moments following take-off were tense as the Bedlam rocketed into space. Nova half expected the Republic would give chase but somehow Slackjaw and Rossi managed to keep the ship off their scanners, at least until they hit the edge of space. Out in orbit around the planet was an old Mon Cal cruis...

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"I don't know. I don't know why," Nova told him. She was back in panic mode again as she watched the Duros lean forward and perform some kind of operation. First he placed his mouth against Tsiv's then began to rhythmically press on the Zabrak's chest. Nova had never seen this operation performed be...

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"In trouble?" Nova repeated, "What do you mean?" "Looks like the kid was lying about being able to swim," Orev told them, his voice sounded strained and he spoke to them in starts and stops. Damn it, Tsivoin, she thought to herself. You lied to them for my sake, didn't you? She pounded her fist agai...

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"I don't really have time to explain," Nova told them as she directed the transport towards the New Republic response team. It did not take long for them to cover the distance between them and after she maneuvered the transport into a position above the Republic vehicle she locked the controls in pl...

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Nova felt the tension in Tsiv's body release and the Zabrak felt more determined now. She broke the link between them and opened her eyes before glancing up at Vague. He'd been looking right at her, though for how long she couldn't say. "What," she asked. "Resting your eyes?" He said. "It's a breath...

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Nova had known something was wrong even before Rossi's call came over the comm. She could feel it in the Force and the look on Vague's face only confirmed her worst fear. He seemed to take a moment to compose himself and then barked some orders. Nova stared at him wide-eyed in surprise. "You're send...

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Nova couldn't even begin to describe the amount of relief she felt once they had left that room. She half expected any number of things to go wrong. Maybe Rossi's recording didn't work, maybe someone might hear Vague speaking to Ansel, maybe their identification would get checked again and then flag...

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For a moment Nova could have sworn that Vague's expression seemed pensive, but it had flashed by so quick that she couldn't really be sure. It bothered her that she had such a hard time reading what he was thinking. Most other people weren't as well guarded around her, unaware that just by looking s...

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There wasn't much left to the briefing after that. Everyone broke into their assigned groups to work on whatever project they were ordered to. Nova was quite surprised by how elaborate the plan was. She'd considered herself a pretty decent con artist thanks to her success over the past four years bu...

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By the time Nova headed back to where Rossi was working the other woman was giving her a look that seemed to say she was holding back a smile. Nova rolled her eyes at that and shook her head. "Not a word," she grumbled. She was still a bit flustered after being caught off guard by Tsivoin hugging he...

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"Did none of that seem weird to you at all," Nova asked Rossi while she had been working on some kind of electronic device. She'd been sitting on a box, her back propped up against a larger crate with one foot on the floor and the other on top of the box. Rossi's toolbox was nestled between her foot...

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Lyshani made a face. She should have expected that from him. In Vague's opinion if you weren't in his inner circle then no information was the best information. It was interesting, though, that a man who trusts so little would be so overprotective of two children. Obviously, there was something more...

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"What exactly was that," Nova asked. She had seen Tsivoin turn away from her after meeting her eyes for a brief moment but made a note to address that later. More importantly, something that woman did seemed to affect Rossi and apparently Tsivoin as well. "You stood there slackjawed and just stared ...

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Lyshani looked indignant. "Aw, come on, Sparky. I travel all this way and you're not even going to invite me on board? Don't tell me Durin is still mad. That was a long time ago." "The Captain has a long memory and you are... Well, you." He had her there. She wasn't going to admit it, of course, but...

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Over the next couple of days, the crew set out accomplishing their goal. Nova spent most of that time with Rossi and rarely saw Tsivoin except when they returned to their cabin to sleep. The Zabrak was still left wondering what exactly he had done to change Nova's behavior around him, but he had lit...

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The next few days were kind of a blur. Vague and the others had made good on their promise to make sure the newest members of their crew were familiar with the ship's systems. Nova and Tsiv were given a far more extensive tour of the ship and all its ins and outs. After that the crew had discussed i...

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But of course it always ends, Nova thought to herself but she refrained from saying it aloud. The two of them were almost polar opposites in a way. She could understand his desire for connection since for awhile she had something like that herself. At least until it was taken from her. He understoo...

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Nova entered the cabin and the first thing she noticed was Tsivoin looking up at her. It looked like he had something he wanted to say, but whatever it was he kept it to himself. She watched him stare dully at his boots, whatever question he had in mind lost to the void. Nova had a suspicion of what...

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Nova paid barely any attention to the conversation as she ate. She didn't even notice Tsivoin looking in her direction as he spoke. If she had she would have directed him to look away. The crew already knew they were keeping secrets, he didn't need to look to her for permission to speak. Especially ...

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Nova waited until everyone else had taken a bite. The others seemed to be enjoying it and Tsivoin was already on his third mouthful. She allowed herself a slight smirk at that. The boy was liable to choke on his food if he kept swallowing like that. Her smile quickly faded away, however, as she look...

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As soon as Orev appeared Nova noticed Rossi giving her an alarmed look. The girl didn't share the Kessurian's apprehension, however. Rossi was simply overreacting. Either the Duros heard something or he didn't, it was that simple. If he had heard something then it didn't matter. The Force was never ...

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Nova was only half paying attention when Rossi turned to her and asked that question. She very nearly missed the gesture she made but caught it just in time. Without lifting her head she shrugged. "I don't think I'm supposed to be," she admitted, "but it's not like there's anyone left to tell me I c...

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"I think that has more to do with--," she paused and made a gesture with her finger that encompassed the whole ship. "Anyway, the kid's fine," she added. She was getting a little tired of people asking her about him. Yes, she felt responsible for him. Yes, he was here because of her, but she wasn't ...

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He might have spoken too. Maybe he read aloud as he was typing. Like in the movies.

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Nova was surprised to see Rossi in the galley. She could have sworn it was Orev's duty tonight but admittedly she might have read the schedule wrong. There were a lot of things on her mind. "Need some help," she offered and Rossi shook her head. "It's almost ready," the Kessurian replied, "Everythin...

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Tsiv took his hand away from his horns as she showed him the bruise on her side and he bit the inside of his cheek a bit, feeling a bit ashamed that because of his own phobia and shortcoming she'd had to put herself in harm's way. He scooted a bit to the side when she sat down next to him to give he...

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"Well, maybe more so for you than me," she said, then she turned her back to him and lifted up one side of her shirt to reveal a massive bruise on her side. "I lost my grip right before we jumped to lightspeed, but I managed to put myself between you and the bulkhead. Problem is I couldn't brace for...

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"Come in," Tsivoin heard Nova call and a moment later the Zabrak opened the door to find her busy trying off a rope. She had stretched a rope across one corner of the cabin and was now throwing a blanket over it to create a kind of curtain. "What are you doing," Tsivoin asked. "It's a folding screen...

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Rossi's last remark genuinely threw Nova off her game and her carefully aimed throw that she had planned to miss flew wide of the board and hit the bulkhead. It was the first time the girl had missed the board completely. The first time she actually, genuinely missed. Rossi and Slackjaw looked down ...

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