Kavaraa shifted uncomfortably as the ship began it's decent into the jungle. They had managed to find a suitable route to get to the planet Kormel pointed out in the map and were on their way down. Kavaraa had left Theron and Kormel to land the ship and hopefully get to know each other better while she got her jungle gear, she had all the best stuff and was ready for anything. She had been was twiddling with the map hoping she could get a further clue on where they had to go on the planet for the majority of the decent. Zooming in there was a marking of seemingly where they had to go but given the size of the planet she wasn't sure that meant a lot, she didn't know a tonne about planet maps but she could probably still work something out. There were a load of numbers on the side but she had no idea what they meant
"you alright over there?" Theron called over from the doorway, Kavaraa was started suddenly and hesitated before turning around
"oh yeah fine just getting my jungle gear together" Theron didn't have many types of gear, he wasn't really known for preparing for danger however he would just jump into it
Theron looked away for a second "are you sure after last night you've seemed a little off"
Kavaraa shuffled her feet "um yeah I'm ok the dream is just sticking with me, don't worry it'll pass" Theron looked concerned it was fair to be, she was still very worried about the state of the alliance but she'd done all she could any further and she'd be no better than them.
"ok it's just you left to 'get your gear' and it seemed like an excuse" Kavaraa couldn't help but chuckle a little "what's so funny?" Theron folded his arms
"yeah that's just genuinely cause i wanted to get my gear i spent a long time putting it together" she made sure to get all the best stuff she didn't want to be unprepared at any moment
Theron chuckled "yeah to be fair it seems like you've gone the extra mile" he said that like it was a bad thing, it wasn't
"I know right I got this cool vest with tonnes of pockets for all sorts of jungle safety nick nacks and also look" Kavaraa bent down "trousers with zips versatile and comfy" Kavaraa beamed at Theron as she unzipped and rezipped the pocket while maintaining eye contact
Theron tried to hold back a smile as Kavaraa continued to show off all the amazing parts of her gear "i guess I shouldn't be surprised you are fully prepared" he looked away for a second
he was about to speak up when Kavaraa stopped him "yeah I know you didn't bring jungle gear" Kavaraa nudged Theron playfully "that's why I brought some for you" Kavaraa clapped her hands "yaaaay" she brought out an outfit and gestured for Theron to take it. Theron reluctantly took it looking like he regretted his decision to not get his own. "go on go on try it on" Kavaraa was excited she had made sure they matched
"fine give me a minute" Theron smiled crossing his arms. He awkwardly walked back into the room 5 minutes later wearing a tight button shirt and long shorts covered in bandoleers and holsters.
"oooo you look great" Kavaraa thought it may be a little bit smaller than she had expected
"you think? isn't it a bit tight" Kavaraa didn't mind
Kavaraa grinned "is that so bad you look like rugged explorer" she winked putting her hand on his shoulder
Theron blushed looking away "um y-you think so?" he's so cute when he's flustered
Kavaraa poked him as she spoke "yes I do you're looking handsome" Theron was so embarrassed when she flirted bless him
Theron composed himself and turned raising his eyebrow "you don't look bad yourself Kav" trying his best to flirt, to be fair he was doing better than usual
"see i told you you'd like it" Kavaraa held him as she teased
"yeah i'm starting to like it a lot more" Kavaraa let out a giggle blushing a bright shade of purple. Maybe she should kick it up a notch she began to lean in.
suddenly they heard a voice from the doorway "Master Kavaraa we've landed" Kavaraa jumped back in fright as Kormel entered the room
"K-Kormel how long have you been there?" Kavaraa stammered as her and Theron both shifted awkwardly
Kormel frowned "um like 5 seconds why did i miss something'
Kavaraa and Theron responded in unison "NO"
Kormel's frown broadened "ok i guess um we've landed did you find any clues on the map?" the map! Kavaraa had completely forgotten about the map
"um ah no I didn't sorry" she picked up the map and pocketed it
"nice vest Kavaraa how many pockets does it have" Kormel grinned
Kavaraa's grin returned "over 20 it's fantastic" Kormel looked just as excited as her, at least someone understood being prepared
"I have one back at home that has over 30, it's the best" wow that's so cool and better than Kavaraa's
Kavaraa tried to hide her jealously "wow amazing you know what else I ha-" Theron cleared his throat loudly and spoke up
"I could take a look see if my spy experience could spot anything on the map" Oh yes the map that was probably more important. Theron had a point he normally was better at that stuff than her
"ok sure" Kavaraa turned it on and passed it over. Theron examined it and frowned looking from Kavaraa to Kormel
"so how in both your Jedi knowledge did you not see these longitude and latitude numbers" ohhhhhh that's what those numbers were, that actually made a lot of sense
"well um I uh don't normally read maps so I" she paused looking at the ground "I didn't know that's what that was" Kavaraa was embarrassed, why didn't she know that
Theron grinned and opened up his holopad "well not to worry because it's not too far from here, at least on speeders" Kavaraa's tune immediately changed
Kavaraa eagerly said "and Mauksy" she jumped on the spot a little
Theron sighed "yes and Mauksy" of course he's annoyed just cause they don't get along
"Who's Mauksy?" Kormel asked with his arms folded
Kavaraa beamed with excitement "oh you're gonna love him"
Kavaraa stroked the technicolour feathers of Mauksy as they lowered the speeder platform "oh you're such a good boy you're doing so well yes you are waiting on the lift like this you're doing so well goood boy" The Orobird was looking around franticly, Mauksy had never liked the lift it wasn't very natural for a bird so it made sense. The lift reached the ground and he instantly bolted off onto the jungle floor leaving a tuft of colourful feathers in his place
Kormel and Theron sat on speeders next to Kavaraa "so Mauksy is an Orobird?" Kormel said with a chuckle
"yes and he's the cutest most handsome fastest bird ever to exist right Theron" Kavaraa continued to stroke Mauksy as he nestled up next to her
Theron sighed sarcastically "uh yeah sure" Mauksy loudly squawked at Theron in response
Kavaraa jumped up onto Mauksy's saddle and continued to stroke his feathers "oh don't listen to him he's just a big meanie isn't he that's it he's a meanie" Mauksy squawked nodding "he's just jealous of you that's all jealous of your handsome feathers yes that's it" Kavaraa grinned at Theron who seemed less than impressed
Theron spoke over Kavaraa's continual praise towards Mauksy "ok so it's not too far from here but at a certain point we're gonna have to ditch the speeders and go on foot" They nodded and Mauksy squawked in understanding as they got ready to go, Kavaraa gave Mauksy a ruffle and they sped off into the jungle