Deadbeat Stripper Moms, JARO and MACK

[Daniel Jankovich]

Janks, drunk enough not to give a shit, stayed put. The men shrugged and turned away, dismayed but some of the women were still gawking and making sounds.

"I don't know. We need a hot tub. Does this ship have a hot tub? We need a hot tub. We're going skinny dipping.Yep. Sounds like a plan." A few men within earshot turned back, hoping Leveaux would comply.

[Mackenzie Leveaux]

She needed more shots. Raising her hand, three more appeared, one in front of each of them. "No hot tub, just the lake," she said, throwing the shot back and reaching for her clothes.

[Jaro Hawke]

"There's a lake-slash-water reserve!" he shouted, stumbling to his feet.

He knew that because he'd had this conversation (minus the hot tubs and rampant nudity) a while ago, with a different kind of girl. She told him about the lake-slash-water reserve and he'd told her about a lot of stupid things he couldn't remember now. Well, except one stupid tiny thing.

He liked my ship.

Lars liked his ship.

[Daniel Jankovich]

Janks downed his shot and stumbled to put his pants back on, leaving the boxers. Well, forgetting about the boxers.

"Lets goooo," Janks said, wrapping an arm around the two of them, trying to lead them out the door so they could go to this lake/water reserve thingie.

[Mackenzie Leveaux]

She managed to pull her pants on before he grabbed her and urged her towards the door. "Wait." She tossed a handful of credits at the bartender and snatched a full fifth of liquor. It was going to be crucial.

"Hey, that's not nearly enough--" the man started, but he cut himself short when she threw another wad of credits at his face.

Then she was moving towards the door again. "Let's go."

[Jaro Hawke]

Aside from the fact that this was a bad—and probably fatal—idea, Jaro was actually looking forward to a swim. He hadn't actually done something this stupid in a long time and he felt ready to fix all that. Being stupid was what he was good at.

That and winning over the dredges of humanity with a wink and a smile.

Making for the door, Jaro parroted the same two words the others had.

“Let's go.”