[ 1x1 w/ blackpearl ✧ ]

[`sappho]

the pilot shrugged. "well when you're thirsty, don't come crying to me," he huffed with a smirk before standing up. "well, let's just be on our why then," he said before walking out of the bar coolly. thea looked over at poe. she hoped this would go well, but knowing them something would go wrong.

her legs couldn't move fast enough as she ran onto the ship. echo looked around and watched as rey walked straight towards the cockpit. finn made his way into the gunner position. she prayed to the creator that he knew how to shoot. she smirked. "well, im always here," she said before sweeping her way down the hall and into the cockpit, sliding into the chair beside rey.

--- ahh, sorry for taking so long, i got swept up in somethings that i had not planned for cx

[danheng]

>> <3

letting a strained sigh escape his lungs, poe refrained from snapping at the pilot, figuring it was in their best interests to stay as much on his good side as they could. "come on," he prompted to thea, following the pilot.

"great-!" rey called as she slid into the pilot's seat. the console was full of different switches and buttons- so many things she had no idea how to use. a deep breath. "I can do this, I can do this..." the scavenger muttered to herself as she raised both hands, ready to press anything she felt was right to help the ship take off.

[`sappho]

theodoisa nodded and quickly followed after the pilot. he seemed to be walking slowly, like he didn't really care, and thea guessed that he really didn't. it didn't matter to her, as long as they got off of this damned planet. she started to see the pilot's ship ahead of them in the sandy distance, the sunset not far off.

the scavenger dashed into the control room and planted herself down in the seat beside rey. echo placed her hand on rey's shoulder. "i know you can do it," she said with a supportive smile. she looked across the control panel, trying to find any button that looked right to help them take off.

[danheng]

>> aa love I am so sorry for the wait. I thought I had responded.

poe was already quite fed up with the pilot's behavior, but he kept it internal, not wanting to spark conflict when they were already on such a fragile arrangement and the pilot could kick them out at any moment. but, as the sun touched down on the sand dunes, they reached the pilot's ship, and boarded. poe didn't recognize the model, but it was interesting for sure- as he stepped into the main cabin of the ship, peering at various switches and compartments lining the walls.

rey took a fleeting moment to blink over at echo, a soft smile melting across her features. "we can." she corrected, and waited no longer before she jammed forward on what seemed like a takeoff sequence and the ship lifted, uneasily, into the sky. she pushed forward and was instantly nearly thrown off the chair with the rocking of the ancient ship at her amateur takeoff.

[`sappho]

--- it's totally fine! <3

theodoisa looked around the ragged looking ship and saw all of the strong artifacts that were littered around it. this man sure was the adventurous type by the looks of his ship. "don't linger too long, sweetheart, or we'll miss our window of opportunity," the pilot said in his gravely voice. she clenched her fist but decided to let it go. this man was trying to get on her nerves but she couldn't let him get to her.

butterflies fluttered in her stomach as rey looked at her. echo quickly looked away before nodding in agreement. what had gotten into her? she had never had this feeling before and it had always just been her and rey. what was so different now? she was shaken out of her thoughts when she was pushed back against her chair. "well you definatly found the liftoff button!"

[danheng]

poe was less enthralled with the various artefacts and supply crates lining the walls than the technology beyond, one hand touching to the wall to feel the mechanic hum of the ship's engine, the heartbeat, as the x-wing jockeys so affectionately referred to the feeling as. "this is a good ship. what model is it?" he asked aloud as he passed by thea to stop by the cockpit as the pilot settled down to start up the craft and open communication lines. the sooner they got out of here, the better.

just as soon as the ship lifted off, shuddering and threatening to throw both pilots off of their chairs, the enemy ships were on their tail. rey grabbed for the headset to her left, throwing it on to try and communicate with the gunner. "get ready!" rey warned, looking to echo as if to reassure herself before she kicked the ship into a higher speed, and began to chase across the sands of jakku.

[`sappho]

theodoisa shook her head. "no idea," she said to poe. "it doesn't look like anything ive ever seen before on the base," she told him. she was pretty sure the pilot wouldn't even know what model this was. he didn't seem to be classically trained and he was obviously some sort of criminal. "i guess we should just settle in and let him do his job," she whispered to poe. she looked around and saw a hallway that lead into another room. she was curious and decided to go that way.

echo nodded. "im as ready as ill ever be," she told rey, giving her a reassuring smile. she closed her eyes for just a moment as she tightly gripped onto the arm rests of the chair. this was the first time she had ever been on a ship like this before. this was the first time she had tried to leave jakku and she was extremely nervous.

[danheng]

"yeah," poe agreed with a bit of hesitance, following her through the hall but pausing to look at open panels of mechanics or wires. while it was a good ship, it wasn't well taken care of, and poe could tell the pilot didn't much care the state of his craft. at least it could still fly, hopefully, and get them out of here.

a voice crackled over the ship comms, and rey threw on the headset to hear the gunner's voice crying out to her. "just keep them off of us! I'm getting us to cover!" she told him, taking an unsteady sharp turn into the shell of one of the massive destroyers, her heart lurching into her throat at the sudden change in altitude and direction.

[`sappho]

theodoisa didn't really care about the state of the craft as long as it could get them off of jakku and back to their base. she sat down on the long couch, starting to get a bit worried about what they would do when they got back. would they have to go back to jakku? well of course, they needed to get bb-8 before someone else found him. she sighed and looked up at poe, he seemed worried. "are you doing alright?" she asked.

echo clenched her fist and her eyes closed as rey sharply turned the ship to plunge into the huge shells of the destroyers that were scattered across the barren landscape of jakku. "are they on us?" she asked rey very nervously. she didn't want to take her off of her focu but she needed to know what was happening.

[danheng]

poe stayed standing, watching the pilot warily. he felt unsure about all of this. if he'd just stayed with bb-8, they could have avoided everything... and now his droid was gone, and thea in potential danger. her voice broke the silence, and he looked over. "yeah." poe lied, smiling softly. "I just want to get back to beebee. get everyone somewhere safe."

rey could barely focus on the controls, let alone echo as her friend anxiously gripped at the seat, hoping not to fall off. she took a dip upwards, out of the shell of the destroyer, just as several bolts of plasma rocked the ship as the stranger fired rounds back at the ties. "did you get them!?" she cried into the comm, looking to echo anxiously. an affirmative whoop of success rang through the headset and for the first time in what felt like far too long, rey relaxed. "we're alright!" the scavenger cried in response to echo's question.