News From Poughkeepsie – Day 143

Road trip..though space
Barnaby wanted snacks. Toloro had told him no stops–the trip to Xiston Beach was 37 lightyears, after all. With no stops on the way, the boomdrive should get them there in about 6 hours. But for Barnaby, 6 hours without snacks was unthinkable.
So against Toloro’s better judgment, they stopped at Wegan’s Buy Cycle on Nesak Prime. Unfortunately, the rotating fuel station was being held up by none other than the Chinga and Slingo, the Slaughter Sisters. And they took a shining to Toloro’s XJ61 VW shuttle, which, as it turned out, made a more than adequate getaway vehicle, even with Toloro still behind the wheel.
Turns out, the Slaughter Sisters were planning on hitting Xiston Beach themselves, they just have to make few detours on the way….
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