Butch

Adrift In The Endless Sea

Ready and waiting.

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@Midori

Yeah, I can't let the IC go without post for a week. So I made a short post, although I'd rather not hijack the RP and write every third or second IC post. I get that its Christmas and new year but please let us keep the ball rolling a bit. <- Or a better arrangement of words which makes more sense. I really like this RP.

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Janet entered the bar, closely followed by her new acquaintance who was carrying the still unconscious Cestus. His wound had stopped bleeding, hopefully meaning that her improvised bandage worked, but he was clearly still in need of medical attention. It didn't take more than a quick glance across the room to identify the table her captain and a few of her crewmates had hijacked. The female android, Cyl, if her memory served right, was obviously crying, the reason for which Janet could only guess sat next to her. The captain had so far not done much to impress - at least not in a positive way. Impressive was only how he had managed to get himself, and probably everyone else, into trouble that quickly and just by selling Nickel, a task usually as mundane as watching an amateur snail race. Yet he seemed genuinely sorry or concerned enough to do his best to cheer up Cyl - well he tried at least. Right across them stood Andreas by the table with a, what she interpreted as, puzzled look on his face. Janet pointed at him: "This is the android we are looking for." The big rikari followed her to the table. "Sorry to interrupt Doc, but Cestus really needs your help." The rikari carefully placed Cestus on a chair. "Sir, we were attacked, but Cestus took them out and caught a bullet in the process. I am pretty certain they came after us because of whatever you did, no offense sir. Now you'll need to excuse me for a moment, I promised my new friend here a drink." She nodded towards the still crying android, "Cyl" and turned away to go to the bar.

"One beer, whatever this fine reptilian gentleman wants and the drink you would give a man you owe your life to. Oh and make that one a double." The bartender stared at her for a moment before he turned to the rikari to take his order. "The usual?", he asked. He got a short nod as an answer, after which he went away to get the drinks. Finally Janet felt somewhat relieved, Cestus was in good hands and about to get the best drink on this damned station. He had saved her life without even really knowing her, which spoke volumes abut his character, but Janet was not really sure how to feel about it. She had managed to report to her captain, without riddling her sentences with curses, although she would have felt better otherwise. "Thank you." she said to the rikari. "It was nice of you to help us out, evidently not everyone would have done the same, or anyone else for that matter." The snake-like creature just smiled at her, in a predatory kind of way. The bartender returned with the drinks. One beer, one double bronze-honey colored liquor and a tall glass filled with green liquid and some junky bits. Luckily he gave the green one to the rikari. "Thanks, the guy with the jacket will pay for them." She almost felt bad, as she pointed at her captain, but he had made her a promise and the other two had earned it. "It was a real joy to meet you. I suppose we won't see each other any time soon again. Enjoy your drink and thanks again." She gave the rikari her hand, which he shook after looking at it for a second, still smiling.

She returned to the table just in time to catch the first mates last statements. She placed Cestus' drink in front of him, gave Glargh, who looked a bit shaken, a greeting nod and sat down, sipping on her beer. When no one seemed to eager to speak up first, Janet decided to pick first: "Either way we'll probably get shot at and I'd rather not get into trouble with the authorities too, so I guess I'd choose the bounty. Although I could go either way, if the rest would rather avoid fire for a while." She looked at Cestus and Andreas: "Speaking of which, how is he doing, Doc?"

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I feel like we are all waiting for someone else to post something.

@datadogie We could collab with our characters they are right near each other in the IC currently.

@Heat

@Heat
Sure thing! If you wanna, send me a PM! ^_^

@datadogie

Are the two of you working on that?

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I shall join the wait. Although I insist on drinking tea very slowly and slurp, in a eagerly awaiting kind of way, every now and then.

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Janet hadn't expected to - literally - run into Cestus and neither did she expect to get into a fight. But the day had turned into one full of surprises. After she had apologized to the brute man, whose scares were only outdone by Glargh Blargh, as Cestus insisted to call him, he started to show a keen interest in talking with her. Mostly small talk, but she was nonetheless glad to finally converse with him for a bit, since it would make it less awkward to work with him in the future. She once spent three months on a vessel without talking to its loadmaster, when she finally managed to meet him he just stared at her as if she had declared war on his gigantic nose.

Suddenly they had both gotten a message from their captain, who somehow had managed to get himself into trouble by selling nickel. Serious trouble, then as she was still wondering how "Merlin" could have managed such a feat, Cestus suddenly emptied his gun into two thugs and ran straight at the other three. Janet jumped up and was about to follow him, but realized quickly that she needn't bother as the cook took them out without trouble, a possible hint to the origins of all his scars. Janet made a mental note to ask him about them sometimes, as well as his impressive hand-to-hand skills. The fight made in fact for quite a show and she was sure some people would pay good money to spectate.

"I don't know who our beloved captain pissed off but they are pretty serious." He handed her a knife. A well made knife, which she decided to keep, since she was unarmed at the moment, plus she once heard that you couldn't posses too many knives. All of a sudden she was abruptly lying on the floor, the second time this day and her ears rang from gun fire. When she got up and noticed the worsening condition the big man was in, she felt bad for a moment. He had to save her life, because she was just standing there, busy getting shot at. But there was no time like the present to repay her debt. Following the, hopefully not last, wish of her comrade Janet grabbed the bottle of liquor and poured it into his wound. Then she took her newly acquired knife and cut off a good piece of her tank top, the only clean one she had left. She quickly improvised a bandage which she covered in the rest of the alcohol. As she took the cloth and bandaged his wound, she noticed a rikari who idly stood by closely, just starring at her while everyone else had fled. "Hey Cobra Commander, how about you move your scaly ass over here and help me carry my friend here to a fucking doctor?" She wasn't sure the big lizard understood her, but he actually came closer and lent her a hand. After she made sure the reptile had hold of Cestus she turned back and grabbed his gun of the floor, when she stood up she noticed that she was covered in blood. There went her last set of clean clothes. "Come on, let's get him to the bar before someone bothers to come looking. Oh and thanks, I know someone who owes the three of us a drink." The Rikari just nodded.

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Still you could fuck up worse. Like whoever wrote the ending of Mass Effect 3 (first quote).

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True, but from a story stand-point I suppose the writers had a feeling it would make for a heavier ending.

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The end of four? Because jeesh, I don't think so. Suicidal bish. XD

@datadogie

Oh but she sacrificed herself AND she loves him AND he loves her. Real chick-flicks these halo games.

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@Butch
I only recognized one. "Wake me... when you need me." When she did wake him, she was a jerk face. XD

@datadogie

Oh and yes she was, although she made up for it in the end.