OOC: Devi's a canine lol.?
? ?Devi had seen the one man come in. He moved to sit in the back in a dark corner. She watched him till he noticed her. He gave the two fingered salute, she nodded then turned towards another who had just walked in. He walked to the bar and ordered a warm saki. Devi had not seen Ace in quite a long time. She hadn't been sure he would show. So when he looked over and spotted her, she gave him a grin.?
? ?"Long time indeed." She took a sip of her cold milk. "See you are still drinking that warm piss water." She grinned.?
Tag Ace
? ?Devi looked down at her com screen when it buzzed. ¡®Until further notice all outbound flights are grounded. You will be notified when departures are permitted.¡¯ Devi shook her head. She had been about to say something to Ace when she heard the man from the corner approach. She turned to grin at him. "Yes, I am currently looking for a crew." She looked him up and down for a moment, took in his scent. "Straight to the point. I like that." She looked to the Frame (AI) behind the bar. It was an old Frame, one of the very early models. She pointed to a nearby table, held up her drink, then looked to both Ace and the new guy. (Dale) "Lets sit. Better than sitting up here." She moved to sit at the table. Once the two others sat, Devi looked at the new guy. She introduced herself. "Devi."
Tag Ace, Dale, open
On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:54 AM, Scott via groups.io
<liturgy_fio@...> wrote:
Things had changed when
the Alliance had decided to go into genetic enhancements.
Though not very successful there had been some that went
beyond expectations. Canines, felines, lizards and one that
was buried so deep, even after the war, was never found.?
? ?What had ended the war between the resistance and the
Alliance was the finding of Wormhole 42 (WH-42). Once it was
discovered there was a mad rush to see who would see what
was on the other side. The Alliance won that race and has
been the one to blame for the arrival of the?Dhigra. A war
like race that follows the Alliance back through the
wormhole. The Dhigra ravaged the outer rim. They were
stopped when the eventually found their way into the inner
world's where a massive fleet, comprised of both Alliance
and resistance ships, rallied to take out the Dhigra.?
? ?It has been some years now since the Dhigra showed up in
our solar system. The Alliance and resistance have slowly
started to drift back to grumbling about each other. There
are rumors of the resistance building up again. It is also
during this time that the hybrids had been given the right
to live. Those that were left, the majority moved to the
outer rim. This is were Devi was born.?
? ?Devi had had enough of working for someone else. Her last
job had put a bad taste in her mouth so she decided to
strike out on her own. So to speak. She had come to Harvey
because she knew of a place where she could find a ship.
Honest Athena's Boneyard. Those that knew, knew that?Honest
Athena's always had a gem somewhere in her Boneyard. Devi
had put out, through the usual channels, that she was
looking for a crew for possible jobs. So here Devi sat in
the Amber Dragon sipping on a nice ice cold milk.
(Enter Ace Inamura)
Nowhere Man.? It was a song popular in the pre-Expansion
era.? An old man Ace knew as a kid used to sing it a lot.
"Nowhere Man" was a song about a screw-up.? He was holed
up by himself, making schemes, and generally getting
nowhere.? He lived in an imaginary world called
Nowhere-Land.? It described Ace to a tee, the way he had
been living for the past few years¡ªall alone, no one to
share the Game with, locked up with dreams of old.
There was a time for everything, and for Ace Inamura, the
time to leave Nowhere Land was today.? It wasn't that
staying in the realm of hacking wasn't lucrative, but the
effort and risk was¡underwhelming.? And he wasn't any closer
to avenging his brothers in arms.? All his contacts in the
USSA had gone doggo.? Even his underworld contacts in the
Mother Lode were skittish of late.
It was time to engage the world again, and the email from
Devi offered that chance.? On the surface, meeting on Harvey
was a bit odd, but if you wanted to find yourself a ship
under the radar, there were few places better than this
out-of-the-way moon¡at least that's what he assumed,
considering this bar was a short hop away from Honest
Athena's.
He walked up to the bar, and ordered warm saki¡ªhis first
in a long time.? He cast a glance sideways to a familiar
wolf hybrid.? "Long time, no see."
(Enter Dale)
Dale was tired. The scooter that had dropped him off was a relic. He was stiff and sore from the flight. It hadn¡¯t been cheap. He ordered a stiff drink and huddled down in a dark corner to wait.
There had been a freighter in the main dock. They¡¯d needed his services. It was just what he was looking for. There was only one problem, the captain was Avery Peck. His reputation had gotten around the spheres and it wasn¡¯t good. Maybe he could have taken the job. It would have been likely he never had to even come into contact with the ill-mannered Captain. Another job had crossed the notice list, and he thought it wise to check it out. He could always go back to Peck.
The crowd was light with mostly mechanics and dusters. He didn¡¯t like landers much. They didn¡¯t think or act like spacers. Everything had to be right now. They were very impatient. Something he was very good at.
His telecom beeped. The contact had entered the bar. No, they were already in the bar but had initiated the contact trace. He looked around the room. It wouldn¡¯t be a lander. He spotted the FemCat. She was looking right at him.
He felt the hairs rise on the back of his neck. She was the contact. He gave her a two finger salute. He was about to get up when a caution flag crossed his screen.
He studied the notice. ¡®Until further notice all outbound flights are grounded. You will be notified when departures are permitted.¡¯
¡°Vercet Lute!¡° Dale said under his breath. What was going on now? He looked back up at the FemCat. She seemed preoccupied.
He wandered over to her seat. ¡°Are you looking for a crew?¡° He felt silly asking a FemCat this straight forward question for some idiotic reason.
(tag Devi, Ace, open)
