Fine silks and tapestries cover the harsh metal walls of one of Destiny's two shuttles.  The room is normally basked in a warm and inviting glow of candles and dim lamps.  Chinese calligraphy paintings hang on some of the walls and the faint smell of incense floats on the air.
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Kyoko sighs as she brings the brush to paper, seemingly flowing at random over the paper. It had been a busy week, the information she'd collected on the last two stops had been quite copious and had taken much of her time. In addition her duties about the ship, which she had offered to help maintain her certifications, had been fairly common. A ship as old as the Destiny took quite a bit of care to maintain.

Still, she mused as she finished the figure in the picture and felt the stress fade from her, it was definitely a change from helping the factors at the charter house or wondering how to politely decline clients when she found out she didn't have time enough. She looked down at the figure and smiled in a content manner.


_{The figure is a freehand/manga stylizd version of Daffy duck}

Focused and centered she puts aside the brush and gets up. With her focus renewed she was ready to face her quarry and see about discuss plans. She pulled on her silk robe and damped down the burning insense stick.

Now focused,perpared and dressed she strode from her shuttle to confront her problem.

Kyoko sat down in front of the console, and smiled to herself. It was truly amazing how folk DIDN'T notice a companion that often, she had watched the whole event in the hangar. The gunman and gentlemen bristling at each other. Not even a day into the dark and folk are already bristling, she considered as she mulled her options over. Best to stay in her ship and let the others come to her for a bit, a companion's skills could be used to help them get at ease, but her presense could disrupt more than aide.

She looked at the console and considered what to do. She tapped on the keys and waited while the query she entered was processed. Valon

There was a slight knocking at the opening to the shuttle, and Charlie's head popped in through the door, looking around.  "Kyoko?  You...are you here?  She whispered just in case Kyoko was contacting a client, or even sleeping.

Closing out the enquiry and saving what she got, Kyoko gets up and smooths her robes into place. "Of course not Charlene, feel free to enter." Kyoko says as she pulls out the small sugar cookie and sets the kettle to boil, always to have the ships Engineer visit. "Is this a social call, or do you want me to help you check the baffles again? she asks with a genuinely 'happy to see you' smile.

"What?"  She quirks an eyebrow, stepping in again.  She's still dressed in her clothes from yesterday, one of the few things that she owned that wasn't a work setup.  However, it's easy for her to smile.  Kyoko was the only person on the boat that didn't call her Charlie, and after yesterday, anything that makes her feel more like a woman is wonderful.  "Oh no, we're okay.  Destiny's running like a dream, I won't even think of doing any work on it until we dock on Valon.  Course, that all depends on whether Kale'll let me leave the boat or not.  No, I'm just saying...you know, saying hi and all."

"Of course.. I figured I would discover the tone of the visit first. Would you like honey with your tea?" Kyoko asks as she sets out the tea settings, it was always refreshing to spend time with Charlene, she was so enthusiastic and joyful most times. "I assume you met our new crewmate? He .. introduced himself to me in the dining hall."

Charlie sat down, crossing her arms on her knees, leaning over as she sat.  "Honey, yes.  I did meet him, the hired gun.  He's a bit rough, I guess...but I think he'll be alright.  I'm more worried that he's gonna get bored sitting on the ship, maybe have a few drinks and take off a shot, let the water in, you know?"  She shrugged a bit, taking a cookie off the tray and nibbling off the end.  "If the Captain trusts him, though, I trust him."

"We shall see," Kyoko says as she pours the tea and adds a dollop of honey to Charlene's cup and a little bit to her own. "I would say that it might be prudent if you'd let me teach you a few holds, he is .. quite grabby with me. As for my views of the captain, they aren't quite as high as yours.. he knows I need a few days to work."

"He seemed nice with me.  I mean, he is rough around the edges and the like, but never got out of hand.  I suppose if it makes you feel safer, though, I would learn.  Maybe after we've done our business at port, back out at sea again, depending on how long we're out."  She set the cookie back down, picking up the tea and holding it between her hands, smelling it and letting the steam warm up her face.

"The captain probably just doesn't want to stay on the planet for long, it must be rough.  He probably just doesn't want you getting hurt.  He looks out for all of us like that...he's got good intentions, you just need ta trust them, that's all."

"Charlene.. of the three women staff members on the Destiny, who among us knows more about self defense?" Kyoko says with a wry smile, knowing that Charlene already knows the answer. "After all you saw me put that drunkard on Whitefall down with a single blow.

"Yeah, well, Whitefall don't count.  I know how to stay out of the way of trouble there, being as I hail from the low side of it.  'Course, we weren't in the smalls, but that don't matter.  Acacia...she can handle herself.  I don't think she could take a man twice her size to his knees, surely like you could, but...that don't make me defenseless.  It just makes me...well, something else that doesn't have a word."  She managed another smile, taking a sip of the tea.

"Touche." Kyoko says as she sips her tea. "I think the word is.. more diplomatic." Kyoko's smile is relaxed and with a bit of teasing. "So, what have you seen of our passengers?"