Bekkah's "scrapbook"

[Bekkah]

Wrinkled flimsy, scored and with notes hand drawn in.  A simple tune, but catchy, lyrics in childish script beneath.

[Bekkah]

Datapad entry about two and a half weeks ago:

So I went to check out sites for my benefit concert idea. So far, Vreni Island is the nicest. Plus, Dancer Boy has a soft spot for it.  Still need to figure out what it will benefit.

Problem is, booking fees.  I don’t wanna start advance ticket sales without being sure of the venue and I don’t have the cash to front it.

I think I’m gonna have to take a job.  I’ve been trying to get out of The Business but damned if I’m just not amazingly effective at it.  And for the kind of creds I need, I probably can’t go with my usual employer.  I’m gonna have to work for a crime syndicate.  Rubs me the wrong way, but they always have disposable cash.

Hells. Dancer Boy’s kinda law-abiding and stuff.  Can’t let him know about my actual line of work.  Yet.  If he signs on for the tour, he’s gonna have to get used to the way we do things.

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Datapad entry, this evening:

I want to get Dancer Boy a nice present.  Wonder if I can get him to understand that I’m getting him presents because I *like* him, not because there are any strings attached.  I think he gets it, but I'm never quite sure.

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Datapad entry, seven years ago:

Kriffing piles of bantha snot!  I was out busting my tail for the last two weeks working for a vermin exterminator on the west side of Eisley.  Womp rats, rills, stuff rich folk don’t wanna get rid of on their own.  Today was payday… and no credit chip for Bekkah.  Supervisor said I’ve got a two week unpaid trial period.

No one said a thing about a “trial period”!  Not the contract I signed, that’s for sure.  They said if I wanted to appeal it, I’d have to take it to the Imperial court of law in Bestine.

But who’s got money to fight them? Not me, that’s for sure.  Figures I’d finally find something legal I was good at but not get paid for it.

At least tonight I have a paying gig, playing back up for some local singer at some little dive across town.  And I know the owner’s good for it.

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At the bottom of the box:

Worn ticket stub from a concert at the University of Tyrena Arts Center about ten years ago.

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Datapad entry, today:

Great news! The administrator for Doctors Without Sectors gave me the go-ahead for the benefit concert!

Now I just need to figure out where Pip’s gotten himself to, he promised he’d help.

And I need to decide on a time and book a venue. And find a promoter.  And find more band members, and possibly other groups to perform, and someone to do accounting and someone to handle ticket sales and security and… wow, there’s a lot to plan! 

Something totally unrelated, that’s occupying a li’l corner of my mind that’s not busy making plans- Josy introduced me as his girlfriend.  Still pondering that.

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Datapad entry, today:

I almost forgot! Li's going to have her baby any day now and I need to get her a baby present.  ARGH! What do you get for a baby?  Anyone else, and I'd get her one of those cute stuffed bantha toys, but Liath has the singular largest collection of those things I've ever seen.  I don't know any other adult that parades their stuffed animals across their room.  But she could be doing that because of the pregnancy hormones.  Hmm.  As soon as her li'l girl is born, I'll have to take her out drinking again.  This whole impending motherhood thing has made her far too serious.

So, must remember- need to shop for baby things!

But where?

[Bekkah]

Datapad entry, today:

Why is it that when I'm purposefully shopping I can never find what I want but when I'm just kind of wandering around I can find all sorts of things that would be cool to buy?

I'm sure Mom would tell me I just need to find the stillness within myself and let the voice of the universe guide me.  I get the feeling that doesn't work for shopping for baby gifts.  She would also probably tell me I need to visit more often and practice more, drive safer and eat my vegetables.

Speaking of Mom, I should probably send her a message that Li is having a kid.  Li spent almost as much time at our apartment as she did her own.  Should also let her know I offered her babysitting services if Li needs a break from a kid that's too much like her husband.

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Datapad entry, this morning:

Need to remember to restock the galley of the Reckless Abandon next time I dock in a large city.  I sure don’t mind cooking breakfast for Josy.  Breakfast is the one thing I’m good at cooking.

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In the box:

Shard of greenish striated semiprecious stone with a shimmery reflective quality.  It looks like it had once been carved into something and this is just a fragment of the whole.

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Datapad entry, 6 years and 8 months ago:

Work’s taken an interesting turn.  After the show the night before last, I picked up some extra creds from one of my special clients.  He’s a good tipper and doesn’t want anything too kinky so I don’t mind the repeat business.

Today he finds me when I was practicing says he’s so well pleased with my performance and my discretion that he has some extra work for me, and not *that* kind.  Wants someone hard-to-find found and a message delivered.  I really don’t wanna know what’s on that datadisk he handed me.

I think I know every janitor and bartender on this end of Eisley.  Shouldn’t be a problem to find this guy and give him the disk.  This one job, and I can pay my rent for the entire month.  Kinda nice change.

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Datapad entry, today:

I need to be more careful about what I put into that flask.

Getting drunk and embarrassing myself in front of my …boyfriend? and his family probably wasn’t the best idea.  Hopefully I didn’t say anything too awful and scare him off, he’s awful fun to be around.

Glad I dodged the hangover.  And, Pippallandros is an awesome manager.  It’s not the first time he’s had to scrape my drunk butt off the floor of a cantina and probably won’t be the last.  Must show him how to reset the pilot chair settings after he flies the Abandon, though.

Hm.  Liath had her baby, a little girl.  Named her Mayeve.  I still need to find a good present for her.  Stopped by the med center to see them.  Li seemed so happy I can almost forgive that bantha turd husband of hers.

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Datapad entry, two and a half years ago:

I have to leave Rori for a while.  I don’t want to, it's the first place I've been able to call home in years, but these visions are getting more persistent.  And the headaches, I never thought this kind of pain could exist.  I have to learn how to control it before it kills me, or worse, marks me as some Force freak to be broken and used by the Empire. 

There was stuff I had to sort out before leaving, pack my stuff out of the house, find new homes for my pets, say goodbye to friends.  Let Liath know where I was going rather than disappearing this time.  And talk to Li about one of her ex's.  Actually, one of both of our ex's.

Still, I can’t believe Li didn’t know we were both sleeping with him.  I told her, she’s my best friend and I can’t let something like that fester between us.  And it’s not like they were still together.  Hells, he got married months ago, even before she and Harren finally tied the knot. 

I know she’s still carrying a torch for him, though.  It’s that lost look in her eyes whenever she thinks about him.  She needs to find a good man.  One who's actually there and will take care of her. 

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Datapad entry, two days ago:

Josy was right about the casserole; Li really did appreciate it.  I get the feeling that Mayeve takes after her father in certain ways.  She's an awful cute baby, for a human.

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Home-made voice recording, a young girl’s voice singing an odd tune in syncopation with the music playing in the background.