Alderaan - Love and Intrigue

Walking up to the outside of his ship in the bright light of the nocturnal spaceport hangar Riss dug a finger underneath the cascader she wore on her wrist. All day it was working overdrive to undo the bags under her eyes. Plenty of tears shed, exhaustion from both activity, heartbreak, and lack of sleep. All of it was written on her features as if reading an advertisement for sleeping pills or something. Pulling it free from her wrist, she let it hang on her finger but the moment it left her arm all of those tells in her features became incredibly apparant. Riss was shattered after the last day, though she wasn't really sure where to mark the beginning of the day. Everything almost felt like it started with Bryson's death and just dragged her across rock bottom for a while without relenting.

Things worked out though, the information she'd gotten paid off. Bryson death wasn't some pointlessly jarring even in her life, the result of it still saved people, but the hollowness didn't quite go away. Thoughts which hit her as she waited for her brother. Resting her head on the hard metal beside the door of the ship she keys for the greeting intercom and has it page her brother inside. Having shot a message ahead she hoped he'd be here.

Bo lowered the ramp to the ramshackle ship he called home and sat on a transport crate drinking some swill that passed for alcohol. He said, “Welcome to my castle the ladies are out so it’s just me. Happy insurrection day. I’m guessing this is more than a social call?”

Seeing him got that well of emotions worked up again, she mostly just barely managed an, "Mmhmmm," before steps nearly became leaps as she got near enough the crate to take him into a hug. Pulling him in tight, awkwardly, she
squeezes him a bit. Giving her a moment, she manages a second to compose herself after.

"Way more than a social call," she says, a half-awkward laugh. "I'm glad you're okay."

"You are way too emotional," he said returning the hug before sitting. "So what is it now? What's her butt left, it was mutual she was hot but a little crazy, slightly murderous, maybe a Sith? But she was hot."

Leaning back she laughs, and there's some pain to it, "You have no idea the day I've had Bo," she shakes her head. Finding enough room, making him scoot over if she had to, she took up a seat right beside him on the crate.

"She was also using you for.. whatever kriffed reason she was using you," she half chuckles. "Oh Bo, glorious heroic Bo, my Hero," she mimics with a very put on ugly sounding Imperial voice, "You weren't actually believing any of that were you?"

“I mean kind of, I am a pretty cool guy when I am not being strung up by assassins,” he said honestly.

“Assassins really are the worst.”

"Woman was faker than a holo-drama actress," she laughs, warmly and gives her younger brother a nudge with her shoulder. All enough to lean her head on his shoulder.

"I'm.. you wanna curl up on the couch and watch a holo-vid like we used to when we were way too little? Before I started finding any way I could to make one of our parents angry and you.. did whatever it is you did all the time," she chuckles, there's a bit more distance infecting it.

"And.. I can tell you all about my day? And.. offer you something. Something I- I actually have the ability to offer. Since I'm not quite so sure how this ship is still working out for you?" she asks, glancing around it a bit as she did to just get a sense of the place for herself.

He gave her a dubious look about the holo-vids and then said, "Tell me about your day."

"All feels like forever ago.. and give seconds ago at the same time. Kriff.. I," she laughs, there's not much mirth to it. Leaning up off his shoulder so she could tell the story better, her hands come down to either side behind her as she leans back against the box. "It started.. when I went to Bryson Rist, and tried to convince him to come back with me. To prove.. to prove he was just a good person, mislead into doing bad things," she speaks, but there's that put on-eveness to mask her voice getting more shaky as she continues.

"He.. died, last night. You.. probably heard?" she asks, raising a brow but doesn't look toward Bo and just continues. "He was shot, Kriff he was right in front of me. One second I was getting ready to yell at him for being thick headed, and not thinking about the people who care about him and the next-" she chokes up.

"The next he was dying in my arms and.. somehow, somehow I've made it through today with that still.. fresh for me," she says, looking down. "Warned a prince, helped.. save the royal family. Warned a Duke and a Duchess they were making the wrong call.." she rattles off, shaking her head, "went to a meeting that settlea the Lanar and Thul score? Giving me a chance to be.. Duchess Lanar?" she shakes her head.

"None of it feels kriffing real, but every time I think to shut my eyes it's just.. I'm right back there," she finishes, a hollow and deep pain sitting atop the last few words which permeates into the following silence.

Bo listened and listened and listened some more with growing shock and then just placed a hand on her shoulder unsure of what else to say.

With the hand touching her shoulder she breaks put of a small reverie she didn't even realize she entered. A detachment from self, she looks to him but her eyes start to well and so she looks away, hiding her face from view. Slowing her breathing she manages, barely, to maintain a calm, "I.. cared about him Bo," she admits, voice shaky. "A lot.. he meant so much to me. Loved him even, maybe- but now that he's gone it just- it just hurts," she says, exhaling deeply as she tries to find composure again but this time she only shudders.

Bo just nodded, "Well, I am sorry to hear that."

"But-" she shakes her head, wiping away tears as she looks back. Sniffling, "Kriff.. you're.. not too great at this Bo," she chuckles a bit, some sort of mix of mirth and pain to it. A light tease to distract herself she nudges his shoulder a bit.

"But.. I have something to offer you, mm? I'm, like I said in that whole mess, gonna be staying. I could use.. family around, mm? You uh.." another sniffle, looking up a bit to stop the tears, "you think you might like to do something like that?"

"I always need some creds for something, sis," he said honestly.

"Creds.. can always do creds," she manages through, voice evening out a little with the more business like tone for the moment. "But.. what do you want Bo? Still.. wanna wander around the galaxy a while? Cause- think I could help make that possible. Sure most the work we need is back here but," a sniffle, "I could probably use like.. an agent, running around the galaxy getting things done shaking hands with the right folk stuff like that?" she asks, a slight rise to her voice with a soft laugh.

"Agent Bo, something like that?" she chuckles again. Shaking her head, "Or.. we could always figure something else out. I just- family, mm?"

"Can you just tell me what this is about, I hate questions," he said.

"I'm.. taking dad's title back. Met with the queen and everything, made a deal with Thul- nothing bad," she shakes her head a little, inhaling deep and then sighing. "Not sure how Neas is gonna feel about it if he ever does come home- would like him home too," she shakes her head. "But, I'm kinda in this all alone right now, right? Lanar.. back on the map. Like you said when you were feeling high on your own vibe but this time it's real.. soon, very soon, it's gonna be real. And it's gonna be me," she says, leaning forward, putting a hand over her own chest.

Letting the hand fall, "I just want family.. around. Need folk I can rely on and even though you're.. you, you're still family, mm?" she says with a light tease to her smile, it falls quickly. "I would like to be able to rely on you from time to time. I know you've left same as I did, don't really care for the whole checking in with family thing but- maybe that'll change? I'll have the old house.. gotta get it rebuilt but- we'll have home again. Could really use you.. Neas, and gotta track down Hir and Meiss eventually, hopefully."

"It could be ours, again. Not just mine."

"Sounds good, when do we start?" he said. "I don't need long speeches."

"Tomorrow?" she says, giving a shrug. Putting herself on her brothers arm she leans her head against his shoulder, "Sooo.. how about those holo-vids, mm? I could really use it," she says with a rising tone, the almost teasing nature of it masking that inner need to have something to distract her awhile, something good.

"Yeah sure, whatever," he said with a nod. "Good to be back, I better get a cool title."

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