January 5th 2973 Earth Calendar -Commercial Stellar Orbit, Alpha Centauri

[jla_legion2]

"...Attention valued passengers. We have completed transition into Realspace and are now awaiting our gate window in the Alpha Centauri system. First and second class passengers may wish to gather in the observation deck for refreshments and a view of the stellar tide. Fourth class passengers must now return to their sleep closets.

Thank you for

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[jla_legion]

Sleep closet??? Sprock that.

Winath was mostly farms, farms and then some more farms. You just didn't see views like these where he came from. So yeah, sprock the sleep closets.

Getting to the observation deck turned out to be allot easier than he thought it would. Just acting like he belonged there seemed to be enough for security.

Staring at the unreal display of colors and lights, Garth Ranzz let his jaw drop just a little.

[macchio_man]

"First time on an interstellar liner?"

Like many of the other passengers, Val had found his way to the observation deck. The view of the stars in motion was a favorite image to meditate upon.

[jla_legion]

Garth's back stiffens a little and he scrambles to cool up.
"Oh hey, you know. Never gets old right?" he replies with an affected bravado.

He looks around, and finding security is not in fact marching their way over to him he relaxes a little.

"Yeah, kinda new to me." he concedes a little quieter.

Never one to remain subdued for long, Garth sticks out his hand and grins.

"Garth. Garth Ranzz."

[macchio_man]

Val takes the offered hand for a quick shake.

"Val Armorr. So which planet are you coming from, Garth?"

[jla_legion]

"It's a little mudball called Winath, but you might mistake it for a floating farmer's market." comes the rejoinder.

He shrugs his shoulders and nods his head to the scene outside.

"This old hat to you?"

[macchio_man]

Val nods.

"I know Winath. I was there for a month, about two years ago. Nice place - very peaceful. As for space travel - I do get around, so I suppose you could say I'm used to the sights, but how do you ever really get used to an infinite black void decorated with billions of lights? No matter how many times I do this, there's always going to be a star I haven't seen."

[jla_legion]

Garth looks at the view with again with even more wonder, but then quickly gets his gawking under wraps. He hates coming off as a backwater bumpkin.

"Yeah I guess that's true." a little artificial bravado in his voice to maintain his 'cool' factor. It doesn't last too long though. This Val guy seems to know his way around.

"You travel around allot then? What do you do?"

[macchio_man]

"I'm a student." he answers simply.

"I have been studying certain aspects of galactic culture for several years now - basically as soon as I was old enough to navigate a spaceport on my own. I'm heading back towards Earth to look at some employment opportunities that might allow me to continue traveling the galaxy."

[jla_legion]

Garth looks at Val with a little more respect than he already had for the seasoned traveler.

"Grife Val, that's..."

Then his eye catches a striking sight of gold at the far side of the room. His train of though suddenly derails.

"Guh..." he says eloquently.

Val can track Garth's eyes to the blond speaking with a sports celebrity

[macchio_man]

Val raises an eyebrow at the sudden shift in Garth's focus - he follows the turn of his head and zeroes in.

"Rokk 'Cosmic Boy' Krinn, right? And it looks like he's got a fan. You may want to go over and say hello while you have the chance - they'll have us back in the main passenger areas soon enough."

[jla_legion]

Val's insight elicits a guilty grin from Garth, who nods with an embarrassed but undaunted look. Spurred on by the admission and also a bit by Val's frank attitude, he straightens his shoulders.

He looks back to Val, "Uh, wing-man me?"

[macchio_man]

Val laughs quietly, and nods.

"Lead the way."