Week 12 - 12/1/08 - UDC 3


56. Comet


He dropped out of hyperspace to change his vector and paused for a moment. Out there in the distance was a chunk of rock with a tail that just seemed to be falling through space. It wasn't often that he stopped to look around, notice the wonders, but this… it was beautiful. From a distance, it was majestic. From a distance… but up close, it wasn't that way. Up close, it had the potential to create disaster.

Shaking himself out of his reverie, he moved to help his R2 unit plot the next jump. Hyperspace, like a comet, was also as dangerous as it was beautiful.


57. Star


"What is this for?"

"It's a mark of achievement. A positive one."

"Hmmm… does it have to be so cute?"

"You're troubled because of the cuteness?"

"Yes."

"Come here."

There was giggling. "Luke! Stop it! Stop tickling me!"

Silence. "All right, Mara. I'll stop tickling you… You're cute when you giggle."

Mara didn't have the chance to retort because at once he was kissing her and she clean forgot what she was going to say.

Abandonded on the desk beside them was a sheet of flimsy where the achievements of students were listed. Luke had given her a gold star.


58. Planet


She didn't like this place, with the odd smells and the creaking and the disgusting habits shown by it's people. Of all the planets on all the trade runs… she'd have rather gone to Msst and gotten clobbered by a blob than come here.

Trudging through the streets, she tried to ignore the filth and the grime. Just do this, get the information she came for, and get out. That's all she wanted to do… but just finding the contact was turning out to be a chore unto itself. That made it even more miserable.


59. Moon


"This place has no atmosphere," the teenager said as he plopped down into a chair beside him. "Absolutely none."

Ben rolled his eyes at his cousin. "That's usually how moons are, you know. Lacking of atmosphere."

"Thank you." He shifted, looking at what Ben was doing with a frown. "Are you playing solitare with Sabacc cards?"

"As you said, this place has no atmosphere," Ben told him with a smirk as he laid down a card only to have to pick it up again when the pattern changed.

"The suits won't stay the same."

"That's half the fun."

"You're bored," his cousin realized.

"Very."

"Ah."


60. Nebula


The interstellar gas that made up the nebula was breath-taking. That was the first thing she noticed when she entered the bridge and looked out of a portal. The colors shifted and danced across the panels, and there were little spirals that completed it. To be so close… it was amazing.

Presently, Karrde cleared his throat, and Mara blinked at him. He motioned her in with his head, and she nodded. Right… they were here to work, not admire the things outside.