Opet and the Tales of Heroes

Chapter 14: December 13th, 2349

"There you are," a familiar voice came near Raavi's location.

Raavi was busy looking at the porthole that showed the emptiness of space. He felt calm and composed with his environment. Another month had transpired. He was standing in the passageway that was near the bridge of the UHN Opet. The sound of a familiar female voice was one that grabbed his attention.

He already knew who it was as he turned to look at Akari. It was during her off-hours as she was dressed in a pink silk dress with red and blue flowers on it. Her clawed padded feet would tap the floors as her tail would slink along with it.

"Akari?" Raavi reacted. "I wasn't expecting seeing you here."

"Why would you?" she said with a smile. "What? You are not tired of my own antics already?"

He smiled back at her as he saw her walk up next to him. Her rodent eyes were scanning at what he was looking at.

"Nah......just expecting you and Jabr being together as usual," he told her.

"Hey. I have to give the big guy some time. Besides, he is on duty at the moment and helping Nanook and the Ibeji twins with something. Sometimes even I have to get around the ship every once in an awhile......just as you are yourself."

"Ugh......" he said as he put his hand to his hips. "I still can't get that polar bear to crack a smile at me, and your husband managed to get him laughing at a joke within a month."

The rat woman shrugged. "Nanook is a hard man to please. He also knows that Jabr grew up on New Olympia compared to you."

"That's right. Jabr was adopted."

"Yep. Grew up on the streets of Oshun and was rescued. He was part of the orphan exchange program that was made to New Olympia. He was just a kid as he grew up here in New Olympia. Then of course, we met.....and well.....you already know this."

"I haven't heard much about Oshun. I hope they are doing alright after everything."

"I am sure that they are. They are probably feeling some relief after the recent treaty."

She gave a brief yawn as Raavi could see her large two incisor teeth before she closed her mouth.

"Yeah, I just needed to see the place a little bit," he said. "Opet is currently on watch, and I needed to stretch my legs a little bit."

He turned to look at the porthole as he looked at the emptiness of space. He could see a closer view of the lifeless surface of New Olympia. He could even see in greater detail one of the craters caused by some asteroid long ago. He could tell that the ship was much closer, almost as if it was trying to get somewhere.

"So happy...." Akari commented near Raavi. "Finally, get a chance to start exploring again."

"A part of me feels the same way," he replied. "I still can't believe that your mother managed to perform that stunt of hers a couple of days ago."

"Yeah.....my mother still has it," Akari said as she gave a big grin.

"I think that she might have made a big contribution to the peace treaty between one of the Itrean clans."

"Well.....she didn't exactly do much."

"Nonetheless, I feel that I might have seriously misjudged her in the last month. She seemed a little bit cold-hearted in her actions with the battle last month......and the battle after that."