#the invincible crew has definitely set down in the wrong spot but we can forgive them cause it’s not like they knew what to look for

[the-zebra-dragon]

Me? Writing ISWM x Original Brain Story fanfic on main? Is this real? I’ve never talked about these ocs in great detail. I also do be procrastinating on actually writing their thing. Ft. Some main characters and a Captain OC, mostly to mess with the characters’ heads. There’s some lore in the tags also lol enjoy

Summary: After finally fixing the mess with the wormhole, the Invincible Colony is off to a rocky start on a new planet. Luckily, a couple of locals show up.

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So, the planet wasn’t exactly what was expected.

Long range scans showed a lush planet with intelligent life. Landing there showed nothing but desert for the foreseeable horizon.

So that was… a mess.

Mark and Burt were busy with setting up some greenhouses when Celci appeared from seemingly nowhere. “Get out here. You two need to see this, now!“

Outside of the greenhouse, every crewmate was staring up at the sky in varying degrees of shock and awe. When Mark looked up, a massive batlike shape circled above, with a long neck and a tail and-

“It’s a DRAGON.” Gunther snapped. “Where’s the Captain? I need her to authorize some heavy artillery-“

Before he could finish, the dragon gave a powerful sweep of her wings and shot off to just outside of their little camp, pulling into a steep dive and skimming the ground, coming closer. There was something on the dragon’s back. A very human-shaped something.

Mark quickly remembered he was second in command and thus had to delegate. “Cece, go get the captain. Gunther, Burt, let’s go see what they want.”

“On it.” Celci saluted. An unknown lifeform in the middle of the desert was no time for banter. As they approached, the dragon’s appearance became clearer- black and white striped, like an earth zebra; and a big gold bandanna wrapped around her neck.

The thing on her back looked impressively like a human up close- short, maybe even childlike, with a shock of wild green-and-purple hair. The two eased down onto a pile of greenhouse parts the engineers had yet to assemble, the dragon’s rider hopping off but remaining rooted to the top of the pile.

Mark stepped right up to her makeshift platform, holding his hands up. Fuckin… where was the captain? She was better at diplomacy than him! He wasn’t prepared at all, and as such, he opted to rather loudly and slowly declare, “HELLO! WE. COME. IN. PEACE.”

The humanoid’s golden eyes slid from Mark to Burt, then directly over to Gunther. Her eyebrows raised, and her dragon grumbled something unintelligible.

The dragon rider burst into laughter.

“That’s… that’s good, right?” Mark asked. “That’s not bad?” Internally he was simply screaming ‘what the fuck’ in various tones and volumes.

The human straightened up, wiping her eyes. “I- pff!- I’m sorry! I’m soso sorry!” She giggled. “I just- look, you two, I can believe-“ she gestured to Mark and Burt, then at Gunther- “but HIM? No way!” She doubled over laughing again, her dragon reaching a wing around her for balance. “We come in peace- what kind of alien movie did you just come out of? Ha!”

It hadn’t really occurred to Mark that bringing their ADS Lead, who was wearing two belts of ammunition and dual wielding pistols, was not exactly a great impression. “I swear, we’re just trying to find a new home- you wouldn’t believe what kind of trip we’ve had, looking for a planet to colonize-“

“And you set down on the GROUND?” The dragon tamer spit the word with the same contempt as if she was telling him he was trying to colonize hell. “What is wrong with you?”

“Our long range scanners showed vegetation and sapient life.” Burt explained quickly.

“Didn’t expect the first alien we came across to be so sarcastic, though.” Gunther snorted.

The human and her dragon rolled their eyes, deftly ignoring him. “Again. The ground?” She pointed down in a manner that struck Mark as sarcastic. “Couldn’t have picked a nice continental to settle on? That’s where all the vegetation and sapient life is.”

“Okay, well, where and what is that, exactly?” Mark asked.

The human grinned, leaning forward ever so slightly. “Ooh, are you telling me to take you to my leader?”

The dragon snorted and grabbed the back of her shirt in her teeth, teetering her back away from the edge. The human grumbled something unintelligible, the dragon responded the same tone. “Alright, sorry, Zoey.”

At that moment, Celci reappeared, dragging the captain by the arm. “Found her!”

“I can see that.” Mark said. “Captain, good to see you.”

The captain ignored him entirely. The visor of her helmet was directly pointed at the human and her dragon, a hand slowly raising to point.

“Howdy, Cap’!” The human exclaimed, cheerfully pointing back.

The Captain shook her head, crossing and flailing her arms into a very strong NO gesture. She held her arms still a moment, flailing further as she realized she couldn’t easily point and gesture her way through this interaction.

Mark put his arm around her. “Hey, Captain, it’s alright. What’s bugging you?”

The Captain began to frantically scrabble for the release on their helmet.

“Woah, woah!” Gunther exclaimed. “Is that allowed? You feeling okay, Cap’n?” Nevertheless, he rushed up to her back and began to help with one of the latches.

Mark began to undo another one, quietly murmuring to her. “It’s alright, Cap’n. Whatever’s got you so freaked out, I know we’ll get through it. Together, you and me. And everyone else, but you and me mostly.”

Burt and Celci began to pitch in on the latches. The Captain was very specific about her helmet, in that nobody was allowed to touch it or see under it. She’d lost it in one loop, but Mark had refused to look.

For her to be tearing it off now, and accepting the help, something must be very, very, wrong. The dragon and her tamer were weirdly silent.

As the helmet loosened, the other team leads took their hands away. Mark started to take his hands off as his latch gave, but she reached up and brought them back, planting them on the sides of the helmet. She nodded softly, gently pointing at him and then herself.

“You and me.” Mark agreed. “Are you sure about this?”

She nodded vigorously. Gently, Mark lifted her helmet.

He’d only ever seen her eyes through the visor, but they were as kind as ever; so dark black it was like looking into the lense of a camera. She was young, a kiddish face, even. A long scar ran across her throat, the injury that rendered her mute. And-

A mess of green and purple hair.

Mark looked between his beloved Captain and the stranger and her dragon; both equally shocked.

“Hi there.” The dragon rider said, her face splitting into an awed grin. “I’m King.”

The Captain nodded, mouthing two words.

‘Me too.’

[thecipherlegacy]

34 with Noshirr and Ari?

34: A pretend kiss.

So in case you were wondering, these two met through not great circumstances. Noshiirs ship had just been destroyed and he was being chased by bounty hunters. In an attempt to get away he hid amongst Ariannesses cargo. When he was found by her crewmate they immediately disliked him, assuming the worst of him, when in actuality he's just a sweet goof that needs a little help.

This one is a little silly but I enjoyed writing them pre-romance 💛

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Arianness was annoyed. No, beyond annoyed. They were being chased by bounty hunters and for what? Some no-name Zabrak that stowed away on her ship? Luckily she had Chasaadia on board, having one strong bounty hunter to fight by her side would make this easier. But was this idiot really worth the trouble? His charm could only take him so far with the captain before she punched him. Oh and she was definitely ready to do that after all the trouble he's caused.

“Hey! Red!” She called as she allowed her Nautolan hunter to take control of the ship while they had a little talk. She found him elbows deep and covered in grease in the engine room. “Hey! What are you doing to my ship?!” The twi’lek shrieked and pulled out one of her blasters.

He quickly came up and threw his hands in the air. In one of them was a wrench. “It’s not what it looks like! I heard something rattling in there and noticed that your weapons system was a little busted. I’m just fixing it-”

She kept her blaster trained on the man and peered into his workspace. “Oh- yikes- I guess I hadn’t realized how hard a hit we had taken..” She holstered her weapon. “Thanks... I just came in here to tell you we’re touching down on Coruscant. It’s republic space so most bounty hunters won’t go there unless they’re gutsy…. Or invincible.”

Noshiir wiped off his hands on a cloth “Good I need to grab some parts for this if you don’t mind. I’ll buy ‘em since you’ve been putting up with me.” He told her with his usual charismatic smirk.

She had originally come in here with frustration and the intention of kicking him off her ship, but he was so willing to chip in. Currently, her crew consisted of an old imperial droid, Chasaadia, a tauntaun, and herself. Maybe another set of hands on the ship wouldn’t be so bad. “Alright. We’ll head into the shopping district, but you better behave yourself. If you don’t then you can find your own way off this planet."

Noshiir nodded "Noted." He replied "and look… I know you don't want me here… but thanks. I was pretty certain your guard dog was going to throw me out the airlock"

The pink twi'lek crossed her arms with a wicked grin "The night's still young, Red." She teased him.

"Hey now let's not do nothing hasty-" he replied with a nervous chuckle. "Ill show you that I'm worth keeping around" the wink he gave send a shiver down her spine, but she rolled her eyes anyway. He was a handsome zabrak, but also a very annoying one.

"We'll see about that, playboy."was her final response before leaving the room. Arianness rejoined Chasaadia up front and took a seat beside her. Coruscant was straight ahead.

"You hit him yet?" The nautolan asked. 

"Not yet. He was repairing a piece of my ship." Arianness replied as they entered the atmosphere. "But if he winks at me again I might."

Her friend laughed loudly at that. "At least let me be there for it. He stowed away on your ship, he deserves a little smacking around."

"Well, he's at least making himself useful now." The other sighed. 

The ship broke through the clouds and aimed for a landing pad. "So, while we're here I'm going to fuel up and go to the market with our stowaway. He said he'd buy some parts to fix our weapons system and I'm not about to deny free labor." 

"Fair. I guess I'm on guard duty with the Droid then?" 

As they made their landing the captain got back on her feet "Yes, and be nice to Toovee, you know how he gets." 

The wicked snicker she got in response wasn't inspiring in the least. When the bounty hunter spotted her captains pointed look she rolled her dark eyes. "What? It's funny" she argued as they touched down.

"Just… don't overload his circuits. You know how intimidated he is by you" Arianness groaned as she walked back out to join Noshiir by the airlock. "Ready?"

"Woo I get to take a walk with the captain!" He cheered "maybe I can finally have a chance to prove I'm not a liability to you"

She raised a brow at him and opened the door. "You have roped me into this bounty hunter chase. Youve already proven that you are a liability." She stated flatly. "But, I'm an optimist. You're willing to do some work around my ship and pay for it? I'll give you this single chance to earn my forgiveness" 

He watched the captain step put first. Noshiir wouldn't lie to himself. The captain was an attractive woman, and strong headed. He liked that. But she was also ready to throw him off her ship, so he wasn't about to press his luck with inappropriate flirtation. 

The trip to the speeder service was relatively quiet, until the zabrak insisted he pay for the ride, that was when Arianness spoke back up. "Alright I fold." She said. "Who are you and what have you done with the moronic stowaway I found on my ship."

He blinked at her. "Uh… well, technically your guard dog found me-"

"Stop calling Chasaadia that, she doesn't like it."

"Right, well. Anyway. Neither of you really sat me down to talk. I'm wanted for a reason. Some hutts put a bounty on my head a while ago." The mention of hutts caused the captains hands to ball into fists. "Not a fan, huh?"

"Im a twi'lek. You tell me." She muttered. There was a brief silence filled by the passing of other vehicles, then Noshiir spoke again.

"Sorry, I get that's a touchy subject. You'll be happy to hear that I'm on the bounty list because I freed a bunch of slaves and stole some rather valuable goods from the hutt."

She perked up and looked at him a moment. Her face stayed relatively neutral, what he assumed was her poker face, but her eyes were haunted. "Thank you." Was all she said before dropping the subject entirely. "We're almost there, we shouldn't have to worry about being attacked here so no need to be on edge unless you plan on doing something stupid" 

"I'm Wounded that you think so little of me!" Noshiir gasped dramatically as the speeder came to a halt. The twi’lek snickered and punched his arm. 

"Then prove me wrong, c'mon let's go." She jumped out of the speeder and started walking. Noshiir looked around as they walked to the starship vendor. 

"So… Anything you can tell me about yourself?" The zabrak bravely asked after a moment "or is it all hush-hush until I earn your trust?"

Arianness's lavender eyes glanced at him. "The Empire took something from me and I'm trying to get it back. That's about all you need to know for now." She said. They stepped up to the vendor before Noshiir could respond. He quietly picked out what he needed from their selection and paid the vendor. 

"A little pricey here, isn't it?" He sighed once they were walking away. 

"Well, its the capital of the Republic." The woman shrugged "not saying it's right, just saying that if there's one place thats gonna extort you for credits and call it 'just' its gonna be here."

He was a little surprised to hear that. So she seemed to care about the republic about as much as the empire. "So.. where does your loyalty lie?" 

Her shoulders seemed to heave in a sigh. "My family and crew. I couldn't care less about the war going on. Now come on, pick up the pace. Poor Toovee is probably blowing a gasket. He doesn't like being left alone with Chassy" 

Noshiir nodded, but was stopped in his tracks by a familiar young lady while his companion continued forward, none the wiser. "Noshiir! You did come back for me!" She squealed. He studied her face for a moment. Oh he definitely recognized her. He hadn't flirted with this woman, for once, she just became obsessed with him when he had stopped by to shop for gear at her booth a few times. 

"Well, actually I-"

"You don't have to say anything else! Oh I've missed you so much!" The woman was small but strong. "Now you can stay here with me like we planned!"

"We?-" he looked frantically for a way out of her death grip. Arianness had stopped ahead and looked back once she realized he was no longer with her. She spotted him and came back.

"This a friend of yours, Red?" She asked.

Upon seeing the captain the other woman's grip loosened. "Who's this, Noshi?" She demanded to know.

God how he hated that nickname. "This… is…" he looked at Arianness for a moment, then dared to pull her closer to him by her shoulder. "My wife!"

"What?!" Both women replied. The man's eyes screamed for help when he looked at the twi'lek again. She let out a frustrated breath and put on a fake smile. 

"Sorry, I wasn't expecting him to be so upfront about it. Yes I'm his wife." She lied. The girl looked heartbroken.

"How could you? We were supposed to be together!" She hissed.

"Sorry sister, you know what they say about… sparks and… stuff" the Twi'lek replied awkwardly. "Ready to go, husband?"

"Yes. Please let's go-" he pleaded. Arianness gave him a nod, then gasped when the smaller girl slapped the Zabrak. It was hard enough to make him stumble.

"You jerk! You just love to break hearts you soulless creep!" She snapped. Arianness couldn't quite understand her anger. Possibly because Noshiir had admitted to freeing slaves and has been showing how selfless he truly was today. Or maybe she just bought her own con a little too hard. 

She checked the spot on Noshiirs cheek and lay a gentle caring kiss on it, then she turned and punched the woman square in the nose. "Watch who you insult next time, got it?" She growled and started to lead her new crewmate away from the area before security got involved. 

Noshiir was in a daze, she kissed his cheek. It stung from the slap, but damn that tiny peck warmed his skin like no other woman ever had. "You kissed me-"

"Shut up."

"You stood up for me-"

"Shut up."

"You did something stupid for me!"

"Shut up!" The speeder took off and they could hear a commotion rising behind them. "Who was that girl exactly?" She finally asked as they got farther away.

"Some poor soul who fell in love with me I guess.. I just had to keep stopping by her vendor when I was here once. I didn't even try anything." He sighed. "Thanks for helping me out there, by the way… You're… a really great captain" Noshiir twisted the tip of his platinum ponytail between his fingers as he spoke. Was this what real infatuation felt like? He was normally the confident loudmouth, but not with her.

"Thanks." She gave him a smile "you're not so bad, yourself." She then stuck a hand out to him. "Welcome to the crew, partner. But, don't expect me to call you husband ever again."

The man chuckled and took her hand to shake it. "Thanks, honored to be part of it. And don't worry, I don't think i'll need a fake wife ever again."