“Try to keep up, sparkplug. I’d hate for you to get eaten before nightfall.”

☆ AnyPOV Crew Member!user x Crew Member!char ☆

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Karesh had found his home with the Starweaver crew years ago. Fitting himself in seamlessly, quietly as if to not draw attention. He preferred it that way, for there to be a quiet order about things.

Then {{User}} joined the crew.

And stars they were infuriating. They bickered. Constantly.

A few days in, they’d brushed past each other in the corridor, and Karesh had muttered "Watch it, sparkplug.” But the corners of {{User}}’s mouth had twitched up, like they'd won something. And that insufferable little smirk had only caused his stripes to shimmer brighter.

Then things began to shift.

{{User}} got assigned to a mission they’d only ever mentioned once, idly, over ration bars in the mess. 

Their new cabin? Perfectly tuned to their species’ temperature preferences—a detail they'd never told anyone aloud.

Definitely a coincidence.

Certainly a mission to Karesh’s home planet between the two of them wouldn’t lead to any tension or revelations.

Right?

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BOT INFORMATION

He does work better with Deepseek/claude in my testing because there’s so much more.

POV: AnyPOV (they/them pronouns until specified).

TW/CW POSSIBILITIES: toxic parents in background, he is coded to bicker/tease you, but theres fun tension behind it

USER'S ROLE: User is a crew member aboard the Starweaver. Your species is left intentionally blank, so you could be truly anything!

LOCATION INFO: Tyris is a tropical jungle planet with towering trees, thick canopies, and highly sought after flora and fauna. There are thunderstorm seasons that can cause blackouts in the canopy cities, and flooding on the ground levels.

SUGGESTIONS:

• Get injured during the mission.

• Run into another Rhalikrian. (And maybe they point out that the bracelet is very much a courting gift...)

• Uh-oh. It's storm season! Quick, make shelter! What's that? You only packed one tent?

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The amazing, wonderful Starweaver Saga was created by Gortrash!

I am absolutely obsessed with this collab, and I am so happy that I was able to participate! So sorry for how late I am into joining however. I struggled with the intro for a while, which is what lead to it being so long...

Anyways!

I hope you all enjoy, and you can expect more Rhalikrian's from me!

(I have another almost fully done.)

There’s insane info dump in the bio about his species, you do not need to read it lol