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 Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:07 am
Eric waited outside the cockpit, listening, and waiting, before waiting.
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:08 am
Hattie stood there, stunned with the news. Sigil made no move to defend his honor. "It's true?" She shook her head. Now wasn't the time.
"Look, blondie, I came here to make a deal for my crew." She crossed her arms. "Fine, fine. I'm sure we'll hear all about your thrilling life story later." the blond rolled her eyes and leaned against the front console. "I want you, your boyfriend and the Pendari girl to help us get aboard a Kore ship. You all seem rather slippery when it comes the Kore, anyways. We want that rock and saying we captured Gilgamesh wannabes, we'll get access. Then, if we get the rock and Absinthe collects her bounty, we'll help you escape. We're not down for helping out the Kore." Absinthe nodded beside her.
Hattie sighed and shook her head. "That ain't gonna fly with my boo, trust me."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:17 am
At that, Eric stepped into the room, is crossbow pointed squarely at the blonde's chest.
"Your plan for getting this Godstone is lying to the Kore about having Gilgamesh survivors, and going after their most precious possession with just the handful of us? You're aware the Hunters stood against the Kore, and rumor has it that they used the Stone to turn them on themselves and tear apart the largest military force on all the Orion Arm. You HONESTLY think the few of us are going to fare better than the Hunters? Or, for that matter, any other group of morons that thought going against the Kore was a great idea?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:32 am
The blond smiled at Eric. "I know it will be difficult, even for a thief as skilled as I, but I think it will come out fine." She looked up at her sister. "If you decide not to help us, we have a beacon ready to hail the Kore and we'll slip away and try the plan ourselves. Though we would fair better with all of you." She paused, looking idly at her polished fingernails. "Except the blue one, of course."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:35 am
Tsukiyomi Morningstar The blond smiled at Eric. "I know it will be difficult, even for a thief as skilled as I, but I think it will come out fine." She looked up at her sister. "If you decide not to help us, we have a beacon ready to hail the Kore and we'll slip away and try the plan ourselves. Though we would fair better with all of you." She paused, looking idly at her polished fingernails. "Except the blue one, of course."
"Okay. You SERIOUSLY have some thrill issues, lady. We'd need all of Thesys backing us to even stand a prayer of getting to the stone. Not to mention the Stone is fully capable of handling itself, as we all found out on the Gilgamesh. The Stone wants to stay with the Kore, and we won't be able to pull her away from them."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:40 am
"That won't stop me from trying." She giggled. "You see, Mr. Chase, I have stolen just about everything that cannot be stolen. I have boarded ships that are rumored impenetrable, and I have found outlaws, with the aid of my dear sister here, that are said cannot be found. I found your dear wife, but I must say that finding dirt on the lot of you did prove difficult." She looked at Sigil. "Especially him."
She step forward and gave Hattie's face a caress. "I know you'll help us to protect your crew, but I'm going to need everyone I can get." Hattie clenched her fists, but resisted the urge to deck the b***h.
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:47 am
Tsukiyomi Morningstar "That won't stop me from trying." She giggled. "You see, Mr. Chase, I have stolen just about everything that cannot be stolen. I have boarded ships that are rumored impenetrable, and I have found outlaws, with the aid of my dear sister here, that are said cannot be found. I found your dear wife, but I must say that finding dirt on the lot of you did prove difficult." She looked at Sigil. "Especially him."
She step forward and gave Hattie's face a caress. "I know you'll help us to protect your crew, but I'm going to need everyone I can get." Hattie clenched her fists, but resisted the urge to deck the b***h. "Then we wait. You found dirt on us, and got us by the nipples, that's fine. But, we haven't hid from the Kore this long on our own. Hattie's crew seems awfully nice, but what if I said that I could get a few units of the former Hunters backing us? Doctor Mizrahi? Maybe rattle the cage and possibly even have the Matron and her outfit to help? And all you have to do is make off with the stone in the confusion, and dissapear. We do all the work and you get all the reward."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:51 am
"And I am to trust you?" She looked past Hattie to look at Eric. "I am sure you're sweet talking me into your little Hunter lair and I will be caught. I, Piper, I have yet to be caught and have no plans of doing so." Absinthe's hand was beside her, her gloved hands curling around the hilt of a gun.
Hattie sighed heavily, batting Piper's hand away from her face.
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:57 am
Tsukiyomi Morningstar "And I am to trust you?" She looked past Hattie to look at Eric. "I am sure you're sweet talking me into your little Hunter lair and I will be caught. I, Piper, I have yet to be caught and have no plans of doing so." Absinthe's hand was beside her, her gloved hands curling around the hilt of a gun.
Hattie sighed heavily, batting Piper's hand away from her face. "You're gonna trust me, because if you don't, I'm gonna pull the firing stud on this crossbow and Absinthe here becomes ground zero for the Galaxy's smallest nuclear weapon, and you develop some kind of terrible, unnatural cancer from it."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:03 am
"You're positive you can kill my sister?" Piper giggled once again. "She's pretty quick, and I have my hands very close to your wife, Mr.Chase. I'm almost positive Absinthe could fire right into your spouse here before your bolt hits her. I may be out a sister, but you'll be out a bedmate. We could mourn together."
Hattie raised a brow at the blond. "You're nuttier than squirrel s**t, lady." Sigil walked smoothly up behind Piper and grabbed her shoulder.
"No hostility, please. We can all be civil. Give the Hunters a chance, Miss Rothwaite, and Eric," His white eyes turned up at said person. "Do not make any more threats. They are obviously not an effective approach to the situation."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:06 am
Eric tossed Sigil a cold look.
"It's a big explosion, Sigil. I'd advise you to not be near it. Hattie wants your a** more than I do." Eric turned back to Piper, "I wouldn't put my wife' life on the line if I wasn't certain that it'd work. I like to cheat, Piper. So, I'd suggest your sister gets her hands high up in the air, I lower my bow, and we all talk like grown-ups, and no one has to get cancer or turned into a scorch mark. Sound good?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:23 am
Absinthe slowly gave a smiled and raised her hands as instructed. Piper remained where she was, close to Hattie, but not in a threatening way. "Fine, fine." She waved her hand. "We'll do things your way. But if you cross us, it will be War."
Sigil backed away from the group once more as Hattie spoke up. "Babe, we'll need to tow the 'Reet. Ship's fried. Your Hunter friends can fix it up, I suppose." She felt a sharp pain in her arm and turned to look at Piper. "Ow!" She glared. Piper shrugged. "Sorry. Accident." She back away to stand near her sister.
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:25 am
Eric nodded, raising an eyebrow to the others.
"Follow me. We'll keep you two on my ship, where I can keep an eye on you both."
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:36 am
Absinthe and Piper followed past Eric, Hattie and her crew in tow. Hattie slunk back with Sigil and started to yell in a hushed tone. She didn't want people privy to their conversation and once she was on Eric's ship, she disappeared to Eric's bunk.
Sigil came up to Eric. "It seems I must leave Hattalia for a small while. I am sending a good friend to watch over her, but until he arrives I expect nothing will happen to her. Am I correct?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:21 pm
Pen walked back in having tried to slip away from Magellan and anything that had to do with pills, needles, and other medical junk. She tilted her head as she made note of the new ship occupants, the beads on her braids making a gentle clicking sound. Pen had found time after her escape from the med-center, to fix her hair and put on her standard clothes. "What's going on?" She asked of anyone who'd answer.
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