driftfleet | The Huntress

Who: The Huntress
Broadcast: Huntress Only
Action: The Huntress
When: Effective Immediately

[The intercoms for the Huntress crackle to life as Greed hijacks the comms station to make an important announcement for the crew.]

Attention members of the crew, this is your captain speaking. It has come to my attention that there may be some confusion regarding ship policy in regards to slavery and the ownership thereof. To make sure there is no confusion whatsoever, there will be no practice of slavery or ownership of existing slaves on this ship while under my command. Anyone who feels the need to have a slave do all their work for them can fuck off.

Members of the crew should continue to fulfill their designated positions until further notice. Furthermore, we will be instituting a new weekly policy - from now on, Sundays will be steak night. I am also promoting our former backup pilot, Han something or other, to the position of co-pilot. Feel free to pat him on the back if that's your thing. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the rest of your voyage to wherever the hell we're going.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

[ He catches the broadcast, listening to it quietly until he can't help smiling. It was nice to know, despite everything that's been happening lately, that his words can reach someone. ]

Well done.

Oh stop, you'll make me tear up.

[He likes praise. He really does. But he's certainly not going to react the way people are supposed to act. No, he must mock, because that is how he do.]

That would be a miracle in itself.

[ han is in his room and does not feel like leaving it rn because HIS WEEK HAS BEEN SUPER STRESSFUL

but ]

How much did Obi-Wan pay you.

[ seriously ]

That's around the time you should really start being worried.

[HE COULD HAVE GOT PAID FOR THIS???]

Paid? For what, the steak night? That's all free, buddy.

[ SIGH ]

Nevermind. It doesn't matter.

Thanks for the notice, I guess.

[ and his promotion. which is stupid. becaUSE HE WAS NEVER DEMOTED IN THE FIRST PLACE!! ]

Oh, I am perfectly aware of that. Still, I think I'll enjoy the moment.

The pleasure is all mine!

[Oh, what should she say to this?

She wants to cry all over again. But maybe, just maybe, she's starting to wrap her head around it. The idea that she's perhaps not quite the slave here, that perhaps — these people are honest, as the fishmen were. She squeezes the handle of her broom and listens with a pounding heart, eyes burning and without a smile. Nobody is around to see it, after all.

So... she will continue her work. As payment. She's maintenance, and she should still do her job aboard the ship. Keeping things tidy, fixing things up that need a scrub or a decent brooming. She hopes it's not a big lie. She hopes Greed's name isn't also a measure of his character entirely. After all, aren't greedy people liars?

But... But...

She puts her broom down. For. Just a break.

... Just a small one.]

[She takes a deep breath, and calls out eagerly:]

Congratulations for your promotion, Mr. Solo!

[Ah, there we go. Greed can hear that from the comm station and knows that it's a job well done. And he can also be satisfied knowing that this will probably annoy Han Solo even more. Somewhere deep inside, Ling Yao is smug as shit.]

[ goddd he can hear that all the way from his room, and there's a faint shout from down the hall -- ]

Thank you!

[ but han goes right back to flopping back on his bed, closing his eyes with a huff.

he shouldn't have been demoted in the first place. >:c ]

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