"Oh there's no doubt we can survive this." Nyrette said, sitting down next to Quin by the fire, placing her hand over hers. "We just survived what is probably the worst crash in all of our histories combined. Look at the ship, we should be dead. In fact, I'm pretty sure we are dead right now and we don't know it yet. That crash was [u][i]BAD[/i][/u]. It was worse than when the Imperius crashed into the senate building on Coruscant two cycles ago and hundreds died in that crash. The planet could be rigged to explode and we would end up alright at this point. We'll be fine." Hearing a whistle, she stood up and walked away for a few moments before returning with a steel canister and two mugs. She placed down a fresh, scalding, cup of coffee in front of Pike're and smiled. "Was going to surprise you on your birthday but you know how it goes. Constant danger and very little sleep. I'm certainly not getting any tonight. Cheshik?" She said and saw the Trandoshan holding a knife over two meters of log and carving it. "I am too excited for hunting. It has been decade since last hunt. Spear will not be ready by morning but it not matter. Iisska and I shall...." Realizing that Cheshik was going to talk about hunting for the next six hours, Nyrette looked back at Pike and shook her head before taking the cup she had to herself and downing it in one go and standing up. "I'm going to go scout the area a bit. I see better at night anyway, so I'll be around in the morning." She bent down and kissed Quin on the cheek before walking off and into the darkness, leaving Quin to Cheshik's ramblings.

Over the night, Cheshik could not hold himself back any longer and took off to hunt with his sword in hand. Though he wanted Iisska to hunt with him, the Togruta refused multiple times before Cheshik just grabbed him by his collar and dragged him off into the woods to make him do horrible things to possibly adorable or incredibly dangerous animals, denying him any sleep he was possibly going to get. Marquis came out in the night as Quin was left alone by the fire and sat with her. He tried to strike up a conversation, but an incredible weariness came over the woman and she just sort of fell over and lay in the grass. He chuckled silently and shook his head a bit before grabbing an emergency blanket and covering her up so she wouldn't freeze in the night air. The droid was silent, melencholy, as he stoked the fire and kept it alive with a little more wood. His best friend and lover sacrificed the entirety of the ship's power, including her own and the emergency power, to overcharge the shields and keep them alive. Circuits were fried all over the ship and the A.I. core was heavily damaged as well. He refused to think about it or worry himself more than he already was, but deep inside the robot's core, nagging away at his subconscious, was the feeling that Trinity may have sacrificed more than just the ship's power. Time would tell as the solar panels would gather the energy needed to repower the A.I. core and the ship itself, but Marquis couldn't predict when that would happen. Or if that would happen, for that matter.

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In the morning, Cheshik and Iisska were the first to return. Cheshik had two large bags over shoulder full of fresh meat. Iisska was behind him, barely able to stand from how tired he was, carrying Cheshik's sword. The Togruta dropped the sword by the burned out fire and collapsed near the ramp to the ship and was very quickly starting to fall asleep...that is before Marquis spoke. "I got the beds ready over the night. Your room is all-" He didn't get to finish before Iisska started to groan and heave as he refused to stand up and instead used his hands to drag himself up the ramp and into the ship. His groans echoed out of the ship before a soft snoring replaced it.

"Wow." Cheshik said, lowering the bags to the ground. "That is most I see out of him all night." He shrugged and picked up the meat. "Is cold place for meat ready in ship?"

"Uh..." Marquis started. "Not fully. The [i]freezer[/i] is only partially powered. But it is enough to keep the catch cold and preserved until we need it," He said as Cheshik took the bags to the ship door and whistled. Snickers poked her head out of the door and saw her master below with food. She crawled out onto the grass for the first time and took it slow at first, but, seeing as the planet's changed atmosphere wasn't affecting her, quickly grabbed one of the bags of food and went onto the other side of the ship to hungrily tear it open and bury her face in fresh meat, leaving Cheshik to place the other bag into the freezer, leaving some for Kobel as well. He would have to go hunting again soon, but he didn't mind.

Last, but not least, back to the camp side was Nyrette without her shirt on, holding something small in her shirt underbreast. Whatever she had was wrapped up in her shirt and she whispered to it as she entered camp. She looked up to Marquis, who's eye had gone a bright green with inquiry. "What do you have there, Nyrette?" He asked as Cheshik came down from the ship to join them and clean his blade.

"I'm not sure what species he is, but he looks like a dog." She let the [url=https://i.imgur.com/vwoD1rB.jpg]Little thing's[/url] Head loose to show the others. It's tongue lolled out and it panted with happiness. "I found him a few hours ago, his parents were killed by hunters, which, incidentally, means we're not alone out here. I toted him all the way back and he seems happy enough. He was really scared of me until I got him into my arms, then he warmed right up to me." She smiled and placed him down. The little puppy walked around, sniffing the various things and debris of the ship that was around the camp before finding Quin still bundled up next to the fire, sniffing her a bit, and snuggling with her. He was exhausted after a long night. Cheshik looked at the little creature with a massive sense of guilt washing over him and dinner plate level pupils as he realized that the meat he had given to snickers most likely belong to two larger creatures that looked like the puppy.

"I see the coffee didn't do her much during the night." She said, finally seeing Quin.

"Not at all, it seems. She passed out shortly after you left. She tossed and turned a bit, but settled into that position around midnight...least what I assume is midnight via judging the rise of the moon. It is strange to see a moon in the sky that is not surrounded by buildings, stations, ships and transports of every size and shape possible." Marquis said, still melancholy.

Nyrette shrugged and sat down, feeling the weariness of the night starting to drag her down. 

"I see you still can't get much sleep." He said.

"Yeah, but not nearly as bad. I found a tree to nap for a couple hours in during the night and...yah-curiously, Iheugh...I didn't have any bad dreams." She said, yawning at the same time.

"You had nightmares every night until Zen gave you those pills, right?" He remembered, crossing his arms.

"Right. Every night without stop. Last night I actually had a good dream. I'm not sure how to handle it to tell the truth." She admitted.

Marquis looked between her and Quin for a moment before making an apt suggestion. "I would take it as a sign and catch some sleep with Pike there. She has been a bit tossy-turny all night."

She nodded slowly and stood up, finally coming to a rest next to Quin and the puppy, leaving Marquis along with Cheshik. Marquis could tell Cheshik was about to burst from excitement and wanted to say something, so he obliged. "Alright...tell me all about your hunt."

"YES! Iisska and I went out into woods correct? We saw many creature that I have never seen before and it...."

And that's when Marquis turned off his hearing receptors and let Cheshik talk until his vocal chords gave out.

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Right around midday, about 2Pm by Marquis' time, the crew finally started to awake from their slumbers and Cheshik finally shut up. Iisska refused to climb out of the ship and thus Kobel had him on his back to hop down from the ship. Nyrette tried to get up, but Quin's arm was cemented around her midsection and the puppy was laying on top of them, so she was stuck. The camp had been pretty nicely cleaned up, most of the smaller bits of debris was gathered in a pile in the back of the ship. Marquis and Cheshik enlisted the help of Kobel and Snickers to use their size and strength to tip the ship back into position so everybody can get up the ramp without crawling now. The landing gear was shot, but the ship was able to be held up at the very least.

After Nyrette instructed Marquis on how to properly brew coffee from coffee beans and mugs were passed around, a...very strange thing happened.

A mysterious woman showed up to camp.

The most striking thing about this woman was the bright blue mask she had on her face with a large pearl on her forehead. She had loose, yet angled, light pink hair and light yellow skin as well as a long, beautiful, yet angular like her hair, dress that was a mixture of light and dark pinks, but had two stripes down the front from collar to foot that was bright blue like her mask. Her hands were together, concealing the bright blue gloves underneath.

As Quin started to stir, Nyrette looked up to the woman and Marquis stood with cane in hand, approaching with a defensive posture in mind. "Who are you and why are you here?" He said.

Her voice was a mixture of robotic and human, yet it was pure and beautiful, high pitched yet not annoyingly so. "My master from across the lake. He requires your presence, outlanders. He means no harm towards you nor your party." She stopped, as if awaiting a command. "I must accompany you to my master's home. When you are ready, please say so."