Nex did not speak anything more of his reddened face, he did not want to revive it again just in case. "As for somewhere I need to go... Well.... I crash landed here, I have no business negotiations to take care of and I have no idea where I even am... So somewhere I can grab a bite to eat and somewhere I can rest... An Inn and an eatery." he did not know if this planet had any areas like that, but most planets had inns, as for diners, he noted that most planets he went to people have to harvest their own game, rather than have it served to them on a white plate.

Cara nodded, she had never heard the word 'eatery', but she knew what he meant. This was one of those few towns on her rather empty planet that had a bakery, an inn, and a few taverns. "There's a tavern just down this street, next to it's an inn. Do you think those would suffice?" Cara had only been to tavern once in her life, her family had been farmers and she was not used to staying in inns and going to taverns. However, luckily she knew what they were and where they were found in this particular village.

Nex thought to himself quietly as she thought herself, he wondered exactly how long it would take to travel 400 miles in this lands, horses would indeed make the trip quicker... But the quickest way to get across this land would be a hovercraft. Ah... A hovercraft, such a beautiful piece of machinery in which he had always loved the most out of land vehicles, probably because it has similar controls to most of the fighters he drove, after all his expertise was in space combat. "It will suffice, it will more than suffice, although with my current clothing I doubt I will get a healthy amount of attention." He said, looking toward the trees he walked in that direction until he was behind them.

After a flash of blue light he exited out of the other end of the tree and smiled at Cara as he was now in his new attire that was fit for this land. He had an odd sun-hat, something that he had seen on other planets with large amounts of sun, but it was such a low-tech item that there should only be a bit of laughter at it. Other than that he had brown pants and a tan shirt with thick, black boots, he looked like a common everyday civilian. The belt around him looked simple as well, a belt with a buckle with only the button somewhat seen by it being a lighter shade then everything else. The tear in his shirt was no longer there as well.

Cara couldn't help but giggle at his hat. From white leather to that attire was big change, but it seemed to be unnecessary. Smiling Cara filled him in on how this town viewed 'space pigs'. "Actually, this town has no prejudice against space..travelers. The mayor is actually form somewhere else..most of the people that are in town are just visiting from other places..However, if you'd rather wear that, be my guest." She had no intention to change, just getting this outfit, she'd rather get mauled by space pirates than get out of it. Of course, there would be no mauling, for when she walked into the street of the town, she didn't stick out.

Many of the people surrounding her had different colored skins, multiple sets of arms, most were adorned in crazy colors of leather. The ones that seemed to stick out were ragged-clothed, and even they were different from the other village's people. Smiling sweetly, she turned to him. "Coming?"

This poked at Nex's interests rather quickly. "A mayor that is not from this planet? Wow.... I heard that this planet was rather hostile against space travelers.... I guess I see the opposite." As he walked into the village he caught even Cara giggling at his massive hat, a few people eyed him, and it didn't take long for them to start laughing themselves, this village was an open village.... Nex's face quickly showed signs of frustration.

Instead of attempting to hide it, he changed quickly back into his white leather, overcoat, and hat, all of which consealed his form just as before. The group then smiled for a moment longer and proceeded to mutter amoungst themselves about various topics and lose interest in the space man. Nex grumbled something under his breath as well, he was frustrated, although he knew that it was not Cara's fault at all. "Yeah... I'm coming." He said as he walked to follow her, "Later I want you to bring me to this mayor you speak of, chances are if he is from another planet he might have some things brought to him from previous planets." Nex was already eager to see this major... As these people were a bit of a shock to see in an underdeveloped planet.

Cara slightly smiled, then looked at the group laughing amongst themselves. "Well, most of this planet despise people from other places..I don't see the need to...that's why i like this particular town. Sorry about not warning you.." Watching his outfit change, she frowned disappointedly. He seems to like hiding himself...not showing much...not that i want him to.. She mentally slapped herself, forcing the thought back. She continued walking to the end of the street, ending up in front of a rather large, some-what clean building. Nicer than most buildings here. "Sure..Let's eat first, though." Cara walked to the building's door, opening one of them, and waiting for Nex.

Nex was not one to be blunt, he wore white because it was more accepted by the IPA, if it wasn't for that he would most likely be the mysterious black person who was always at the side, he helped... But he never wanted to get too emotionally involved, because he knew that when he was done with his work... The IPA would summon him back home. Nex allowed the whole idea that this woman he was growing even closer to every minute sink into his head. A piece of him... A rather big piece of him did not want to leave.... She did not demand him to save his planet... And that compared to his previous encounters with the members of the planet... He appreciated it greatly.

As he thought to himself he looked up to the large building in front of him, this was the eatery that he had wanted earlier, she did know the area... Which was oddly convenient, he found it to be a bit of a godsent that he met this woman, otherwise he would be wandering the landscape and most likely die within a few days. He spoke nothing at all in response as he stepped into the friendly atmosphere of this place, like most public areas of this time it was full of merryment and talking from all tales. Friends of all races gathered around tables laughing and telling stories of lore and legend, this fit so many stereotypes from the books he always read. Nex wasted no time and found an empty table, another seat on the other side of the table and a candle dimly lighting the area between them, it was not romantic, it was simply a white candle in a bowl between them, smoke rising lazily inbetween the two of them.

Cara sat in the chair opposite him, watching the candle in the middle flicker. The groups at the tables around them were talking amongst themselves, and she became aware of the awkward silence. Half of her wanted to try starting a conversation, the other half willed her to not get any closer to him. Say something..No, bad. He's leaving, remember? Don't get close to him. She frowned, still fighting herself in her thoughts. A waitress came within a couple minutes, laying down a small menu. She was one of the colorfully-skinned creatures, bright green skin contrasting against her light pink hair. "Do you two want anything to drink?", the lady asked, looking between the two of them. "Water, please." Cara softly replied. The waitress turned to look towards Nex, awaiting his request.

Nexion did nothing to remedy the silence at the moment, he looked up as he saw the waitress, thinking to himself at exactly what he wanted. In this state he would normally get a small thing of alcohol just to sample the local wares, but with Cara here he would not want to encourage any bad behavior, so he simply asked for the same thing as her, "Water... Thank you..." he said, watching the colorful creature step away for the moment to get the menus.

Nex knew this silence couldn't go on, so he quickly did what he had been wanting to do for a while, the two had already hugged multiple times, so he thought it would be best if he did not just cut off this great friendship. Nex was never good with age, so he asked her something he had wondered from the first time he had seen her. "Cara, hold old are you?" he said, his own age was a rather young 22, and to be such a decorated space policeman might raise some questions.

Cara blinked, a little taken back by his question. "Just turned 21..and you?" She remembered her birthday with distaste. Her father was the biggest idiot. Taking her to bar...Good God, she doesnt even remember what happened. Quietly sighing, she turned to the waitress as she set their waters down on the table, thanking her, before taking a small sip. Bet he's older..he's obviously intelligent. Can't tell from his body, cause he keeps it hidden.. She was actually quite curious about his age, and cut off her thoughts to hear his answer.

Nex kept his seat and listened to her words, she was 21, not too much younger than him, only by a single year, and he was turning 23 in a few months. "I'm 22.... I'm turning 23 in a few months...." he paused, smiling a bit as she said it was her birthday, although he felt sorry for her situation with her father. "Tell ya what.... I dont' want you to have a completely terrible birthday.... I want you to keep that belt... Think of it as a birthday present from me." he smiled, noting that the colorful women came back with their menus. He flipped to the deserts, he was thinking of suggesting her a cake... As most people ate cake for their birthday, "Hey... It is your birthday... Do you want a slice of cake?" He said with a bigger smile than before, although it was kind of hard to see behind his cloaked figure.

Cara was caught off guard, yet again, by his sudden change in mood. He went from...well, secretive...to..dare i think, happy? His mood swings are gonna start giving me whiplash. "Well, hopefully you can be home in time for your birthday.." Her expression fell a little, remembering that he was leaving. Don't get attached. She smiled brightly, pushing that thought back again. "The belt? Really?Thanks.." She usually opposed to celebrating, especially getting gifts, but she was overjoyed at the moment. She looked at Nex, seeing his smile, and returning it. She then became slightly confused. "Cake...?" She glanced at the menu, indeed seeing the word 'cake'. "Uhh..I've never had it before." See? You're different. This is why you can't get close.. Cara quietly cursed at herself; "God dammit, why can't I get over it.."

Nex enjoyed the responses at first, yet as he continued to watch her there seems to be something bothering her. He continued to listen to her, seeing as her mood changed to happy as she now had the belt all to herself, he did nothing more but smile to respond to it. "You've never had cake? Well... I now have decided on what we are having..." the colored women returned to the two, "A cake please! This one is celebrating her birthday!" the colored woman smiled a bit, "Alright! Well, Happy birthday! Anything else you want...?" Nex had plans to ask her what was wrong as soon as the woman had left, he shook his head though and the woman turned to Cara.

Cara managed a smile at the waitress. "Thank you..no, nothing else for me." Still somewhat pondering what a cake was, she shrunk a bit in her seat, embarrassed. "You didn't have to say it so loud.." She sent a slight grin at him, before watching the candle's flame again. Admit it, you like him..No. A million times no...God, I'm an idiot. A Complete idiot. Smite me. Please. "So..after this I guess I'll go get us a couple of rooms at the inn, then I'll introduce you to the mayor..Sound good?" You could save money and share a room..Oh, who am i kidding the planet's doomed, why would I need to save money?..You know you want to.. Really wanting to hit herself, pull her back to reality, Cara settled for turning her gaze at the wooden table they were sitting at. Plain. Ordinary.

Nex knew something was wrong as time went on, and as the cake finally arrived, Nex uttered a quiet thank you and focused on the matter at hand. "Yeah.... It sounds good... Thank you... But... Cara..." he looked her in the eyes and reached over to place a hand on her own hand, trying to comfort her with his touch, as it worked before. "Something is on your mind... If you want to speak it out loud I am here to listen..." He sounded worried, and it was evident with the way he tipped up his hat so she could see his face, and his eyes spoke of worry as well as his voice.

Cara, surprised by his hand touching hers, slightly flinched. Tell him..you like him, you want him to stay..He has a job..besides, he doesn't care, remember? He's just a blunt person. Blushing from the contact, she looked at him. He had tipped his hat up, allowing her to see his face. His expression killed her, it had worry all over it. He's worried about me..Oh c'mon he's making this harder than it has to be. Just..avoid the subject. "I..um. The cake looks good." She grinned, hoping to avoid his comment.

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Nex awaited her response, staying silent and keeping his eyes locked with hers for the moment. The response was not one that he had hoped would happen, but it seemed that whatever was on her mind... She preferred to keep it to yourself. "Yeah..." He paused, pulling his hand back and crossing his arms for the moment. "I can still tell you have something on your mind... But I wouldn't dare one to push it... I apologize for trying to invade your thoughts.... I just... worried" he stopped entirely, reaching for his fork and turning to see the cake finally arrive at the table, they set it down slowly, Nex jabbed his fork into the cake and said nothing else.

[okie..you too :3]

Cara looked at the cake. So..this is cake? Huh.. She willed herself to tell him what was on her mind, but what came out was different. "Why do you care? You're just gonna leave anyways, right? So I shouldn't...get close to you." Her words were not harsh, her voice came out weakly and softly when she said it. "And I don't mind...that you worried. I just kinda wish you wouldn't worry about me..it makes things difficult." Grabbing her fork, she took a small bite of the cake. Savoring the taste, she tried pushing back her thoughts once again. "Yum." She half-heartedly smiled at Nex, trying to brighten the mood a bit.

Nexion felt this conversation tugging at his heartstrings, he paused and did not take one piece of the slice of cake in front of him, not yet. He heard the weakness and softness in her voice, it was evident that she did not want him to leave as well. He sighed softly and couldn't help but speak, "There is a slowly growing piece of me that tells me not to leave... Even if I did leave... There would be no way i wouldn't take advantage of not visiting whenever I could... I enjoy spending time with you... I was hoping to get to know you better... But if you would prefer us not getting any closer..." he paused and looked downward, not liking the idea one bit, because if he had no human contact, this was going to be a very depressing journey, "I understand and will not say anything more..." he looked at the cake in a tired way, he took a single bite of it with his fork, the sweet taste temporarily distracting him from his racing mind. He awaited a response still... Then heard her say something else, "I always worry about my friends... Its a part of me that won't go away anytime soon."

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A small smile spread onto Cara's face. She looked into Nex's light blue eyes. "Of course I want us to get closer..But most of family and friends are already gone..I just don't want to get too close, then have you zoom out of my life. If you visited, though..I would love to get to know you better." Gently poking her piece of cake with her fork, she took another small bite of it. He'll visit? This disgusting planet? Wow..

[lol, its alright XD]
Nex thought for a moment, "If we ever make it out of this with my ship in tact... I would like to take you for your first starship ride if you would be willing. I would take you to my home and show you where I live in my natural element... But until then we are kind of stuck right now." The only reason he had to come back to this planet was because of her, he had no desire to really come back for the planet itself, he had seen millions of planets like this, and he was unimpressed by this one like he was so many others. It was the people which impressed him of the planet, and although he had seen a few creatures which were a bit different than he was used to, he did not see much he was impressed by in this planet.

Cara's expression brightened. "I'd like that..a lot. I've kinda always wondered what..flying was like.." She knew she probably sounded rather childish. He owned a starship, so flying was probably as common as walking. Her ind then wondered to think about what his planet, his home, are like. Space travelers and pirates were always calling this planet 'underdeveloped', well, then what the heck was a 'developed' planet like? "So, you know what my planet's like..would you mind telling me about yours?" The waitress had come by with the check, and Cara took it. Looking at it, she slipped some coins into the pocket, then set it on the edge of their table. She turned back to look at Nex, waiting for his reply.

Nex remembered his own home, it had been a while since he had been anywhere but his starship, but he remembered his own home planet as though he had only been there yesterday. "Well, I have spent most of my time on my starship... Eventually after you spend enough time on a starship it basically becomes your mobile house... As for my actual home... Well." he paused for a moment, thinking of the best way he could explain it with. "Well, its a lot more advanced than this planet, you see common things such as plasma tools, weapons, and other things like that every day. There are hovercrafts and cyborgs and robots everywhere... In fact, you can't really take more than a few steps without seeing some cybernetic enhancements on someone." he paused for a moment, "My own house, well... I was never able to keep it clean..." he laughed a bit, "But it was small, It held everything I owned, but I moved most of it into my starship... The stuff I had no need for is still at the old house... All of my family lives on that planet.... If we ever go there you would have to meet my family... I always say hello to my family everytime I go there... I don't get to see them a lot lately."

Cara listened to him intently, slight confused about a couple things. Rather than ask, she kept quiet, taking another sip of water. "Sounds a lot different..Its nice that you still talk to your family..Even if you can't do it very often." She finished eating her piece of cake quietly, having a lot on her mind. The waitress came to their table with the bill, and Cara took it, looking it over. Slipping the necessary coins into the pocket meant for money, she set it on the edge of their table. "I'm going to go check us into the tavern.." She stood up, pushing her chair in, turning to walk away. Cara paused, turning back around to face Nex, smiling. "I'm really glad I met you." She gace him a quick kiss on the cheek, then left, thinking nothing of it.

Nex looked at his own hand for a moment after speaking of his own home, there were several things which he wished to say beyond this, but it was nothing that she wished to overload her mind with. He was pretty sure this was a lot for someone from another world to absorb, he knew if he was interested in something he would prefer to take it in slow doses, rather than absorb everything at once. "Yeah..." he said in agreement at her first words, there was nothing much he could say beyond that, nothing he really felt like saying out loud. The subject had suddenly died as she paid the bill and went to check on the tavern, he lifted his head and nodded gently as she spoke again.

Nex rose an eyebrow as she paused, did she forget something? Nex felt her grow abnormally close than any other time before then as her lips now pressed against his cheek, he stayed motionless, hearing her words added a bit more than most simple kisses to the cheek would mean. He responded back, however quietly before she was able to get out of earshot. "Thank you... I'm glad I met you as well..." Nex did not return with his own affection, just simply sat there at the same table. He felt his legs quiver soon after, his heart melted as everything caught up to him at once. Nex hid his face as well as he could, which was rather well with his current attire. He would simply sit there and await her return, his mind racing with various thoughts as his heartbeat continued to race at a rate faster than before.