Velius sat back, letting is mind wander as he stared off into space, thinking of the stars, the planets, his home. Looking into the darkness and finding tranquility. Velius listened to all the tiny voices around him, waiting for one to say his name. One to comfort his homesickness. Velius reached into his pocket and pulled out a small picture of his parents. He grinned as he looked at his mothers small smiling face and his fathers old worn expression of joy. 

    “Was  coming out here a good idea?” Velius thought to himself. “Will mom and dad be ok without me there by their sides? What if I am not excepted on Lianna? What if...” Just as Velius was finishing his thought, the Taylander shuttle he was riding  lurched forward, causing Velius and many other unhappy or sleeping passengers forward in their seats. A quiet voice  echoed over the speakers in the cabin.

    “Hhhello, this is your your co pilot speaking. We have experienced a small amount of solar wind. We shouldn't experience anymore. Thank you.”

    The voice quickly cut off, replaced by a low hum.

    “Well that was a show of pure skill.” Velius said to himself. “It sounded like the person was scared half to hell. Is it even possibly to experience turbulence in space?”

    Velius yawed and got up. Trying to be vary careful not to wake the man sitting next to him, Velius wiggled past him and walked down the isle of his cabin, looking for the stewardess. Upon finding her, Velius asked one straight out question, Wheres the fun at? The stewardess smiled. She was young, maybe 24, and very pretty. Velius starred, transfixed, into her eyes waiting for an answer.

    “Well, this is no cruises ship but there are some “fun” things you could do.” The stewardess replied. “We have some movies playing in the lounge a deck down and we have a dinning area down there too.”

    Velius thought for a second then smiled. “The dinning area would not be alone, would you go with me when you shifts over? I'll pay.”

    The stewardess thought to herself for a second then replied, “Yes, let's make it a date. I get off in an hour. Will you meet me there?”

    “Yes,” Velius replied, “I will meet you there. My names Velius, what's yours?”

    The stewardess smiled and started to walk down the isle, pushing a small cart with a wide assortment of foods. “My names Uino, see you in an hour.” The stewardess winked, then turned her back on Velius,  leaving him grinning as he walked down below deck to the lounge.


    Velius stretched as he rose from his seat in the small theater crowed with a mass of chattering bodies. The lights in the room flashed on, blinding Velius for a fraction of a second, but his eyes adjusted to the light and Velius remembered his dinner date with Uino. He began to push his way through the group, emerging at the rooms door. A robot at thanked him for coming as he walked out into the empty hallway. He stood there for a second, his eyes closed. Trying to readjust him self to being alone.  He half expected his parents to walk out of the room behind him, asking if he liked the movie. This did not happen and Velius was left, looking like a fool in an empty hallway.

    The dinning area was empty and light with low hanging orange light which made everything look dark and unhappy. Velius sat at a table by the window, watching the stars float in space. A slender robot rolled over to his table and asked if he wanted anything.
   
    “No thank you,” Velius replied, “I am waiting for somebody.”
   
    The robot turned and rolled back to the bar of which it came. Velius looked around the room looking for Uino. He then looked at his watch, 20 minutes I have been sitting here. Velius thought to himself. Is she coming? I haven't been here to long, I'll wait a little longer. Velius glanced to the bar and notice a bounty hunter, hunched over a small glass. Velius looked harder at this bounty hunter and realized that it was a female Mandalorian. A hood covered her eyes but Velius could see that she was unhappy. She raised the glass to her lips and tilted her head back. The contents of the glass vanished and the bounty hunter cleared her throat.

    “I can't believe that some people try to solve their problems with drinking!” Velius thought to himself. “I will never drink to try to solve a problem, I will take the problem head on.”

    Velius grinned to himself, happy with his new goal. He looked down at his watch again. 45 minutes I've waited, is she coming? Velius shifted in his seat. And why are these chairs so damn unconformable!

    Velius sat at his table for 20 more minutes, waiting for Uino to walk through the door. She never showed and Velius sadly left the dinning area.


    Velius returned to his seat, unhappy and depressed.

    “She was probably just very busy thats all.” Velius thought to himself. “I shouldn't be unhappy, it was just a spur of the moment thing anyway.”

    Velius close his eyes to sleep. Thinking of his home, The planets, the stars, and his new freedom as an adult. I think I am going to like this. I think I am going to like this very much. A grin spread across Velius face as he drifted into a peaceful slumber.

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Note: I am not a very good writer and I am doing my best. I am planning on writing about Velius time traveling to Lianna and his time on Lianna before joining the army. Any and all criticism is excepted and asked for. I want any tips people may have on writing to improve my own. Thank You
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Day 2- Today I found a job near my hotel. It is a small job at a local shop. Right now all I have to do is open and run the counter for 5 hours. Pays pay and it is enough to pay for food and my hotel. Aside from that, I get to meet lots of people, but I have notice many of them seem tired and quiet. It disturbs me, is this what awaits me as I live in this city? If so then I will force myself to move somewhere else, but that may not be a bad thing? It may lead me to more experiences which I have yet to discover. All in all, I am happy and hope I can get am apartment at some point. Now that would be excellent.

        For a second time this week, Velius turned of his small tablet and sat back. I as so glad Greta's had an opening. Velius sat on the couch in his hotel room and decided something. He decided that tonight, he would go out and find a person to talk to, a friend. Velius slowly nodded to himself, Yes, I will find a friend. Maybe I should try a bar or maybe a dinner? I don't know, I've never had to "find" a friend before. Velius slowly rose from seat, stretching every muscle in his body, finally coming to a motionless stand. He stood here for a second, wondering why he had never had any friends.

"Is there something wrong with me?" Velius called to the emptiness of his room, awaiting some unseen person to call back. "What have I done wrong?"

Velius raked his mind, searching for a place wee he had gone wrong. Nothing came to mind, he was smart, had an interest in gun, he was strong and athletic. He remembered how all the children in his neighborhood would laugh at him and call him names like "Big Brain" when he was transferred into his "special" level of learning. Could that be why I had no friends? That seems like an odd reason to not be friends with some body though. Just because I was smart people didn’t like me? Velius wrinkled his nose, disgusted at the thought.

"Well, I didn't need them any way." Velius laughed at them for the situations they must be in now, stuck at home with there parents. "Look at me now," Velius boomed in his small hotel room.  "I am on my own, I have a job, and I’m trying new things."

Velius shook his head disgusted at his childhood. He snapped out of his trance of thought and continued with his new life.

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The night air was dry as a desert against Velius already parched throat. Small clouds followed everyone walking the streets of Lianna City. Velius himself had a small white cloud trailing behind his head and he found it very amusing, he even named his. Now I real am losing my mind. I named my steam cloud just so I would have somebody to walk with on the street. Velius shook his head out of his own embarrassment of himself.

After walking for a good time, Velius came to a small bar. The flashing light above read The Notch. Velius stood out side for a few minutes, trying to judge the bar by the patroness entering and exiting. After a few normal looking men and woman stepped in and out, Velius decided it looked fine and entered. A cloud of light blue smoke crept out the door as he opened it. Velius body was over-whelmed by intense heat as he stepped in. The bar was crowded with tons of people and Velius headed straight for the bar. Behind the counter stood a large middle aged man cleaning a glass with a rag. He saw Velius approaching and grinned to himself. As Velius sat down on a stool in the middle of the bars counter the bartender walked over to him.

“Hey kid.” The bartender tapped Velius on the shoulder to get his attention from the bars surroundings.

Velius turned his head at once and found himself looking straight into the eyes of the bartender.

“Yes?” Velius replied.

“Aren’t you a little young to be in here, the drinking age is 21.”

“Yes, sir, but I wasn’t planning on drinking. I am just here to be more “social”, I am new in the city and thought I might try to get to know some people. 

The bartender gave Velius a very smug look and snorted to himself. Velius in return gave him a very questionable look then he realized what the bartender was implying.

“No, no not that kind of people.”

The bartender rolled his eyes and patted the Velius on the shoulder, “Kid, I think you’re going to be all right, what can I get you?”

Velius smiled, “Can I have something nonalcoholic?” Velius asked the bartender.

The bartender nodded and vanished behind the counter. Velius sat there, on the, in the bar, waiting for something of meaning, waiting for a sign that something was going to happen. The bartender returned from under the counter with a glass of pink liquid.

“So kid, how old are you?”

“I’m nineteen; I just left home and I am now on my own.”

The bartender nodded and just as he was going to reply, a customer from down the counter called him.

“Hold tight kid, I have just the group of people you may like.” The bartender turned and briskly walked to the other end of the counter to attend to the other customer.

Velius hunched over and slowly sipped the drink the bartender gave him. Should I trust the bartender? This drink could be poison, but what am I saying. He wouldn’t poison me, he doesn’t even know me. Why am I thinking about this, it’s weird! Velius shook his head, wanting to clear his head of these thoughts.  He finished his drink and sighed. This is nice; at least I’m not cooped up in my hotel room. The bartender walked back over to Velius.

“Hey, what’s your name?” the bartender asked as he took Velius cup.

“My name is Velius, what’s yours and how much is the drink?” Velius pulled some money out of his pocket.

“My names Amino and these two are on the house.” The bartender smiled and gave Velius another cup of the sweet pink liquid.

“Oh, well thank you Amino.” Velius smiled and began to slowly drink his drink.

“Hey kid, about the group of kids I was going to tell you about, they come in every other night. They will probably be in tomorrow. Would you want me to set up a meeting, just so you could get to know them? My son is sort of their leader and you remind me of him.” Velius saw a kind twinkle in the bartender’s eyes.

“You’d be willing to do that, for me? You just met me.” Velius was dumfounded, he might actually get some “friends”.

“Sure kid, you just come in here at around 8 and I’ll have a table clear in the back.”

Velius smiled, “Ok, I’ll be hear. Well I think I’m going to go home, I got work in the morning. Goodnight Amino, thanks for everything.”

“Your welcome kid, I hope to see you tomorrow.”

Velius got up from the stool and walked out into the streets of Lianna City and he was happy. 

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I am extremely sorry for anybody who read this but I didn't notice the problem with italics. Anything were Velius thinks to himself, makes a journal entry...ect is supposed to be italics... Sorry.