The Sereni-Tree, More Shopping, and Some Peril
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 02:08
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TheRealMe walks up to Seryn and investigates the marks presumably left by Citizen.
"Seryn, the Napoleon has shrinking technology that SR in the Nelson does not. I could shrink this shuttle, put it in my pocket, and proceed on foot. However, if they are departing in a ship NOW, SR could not get here fast enough to track it. Very well, I will go after them, and hope I find the right ship. Mai, are you going with Seryn or with me?"
TheRealMe turns to Sparky. "I want you to stay here."
Sparky pauses. "No."
"Sparky, I don't have time for this. I gave you an order. Walk in that direction. I invoke Second Law."
Sparky takes a reluctant step away, but then stops. "No."
TheRealMe sighs. "Sparky, go help quell that riot. People might hurt each other."
Sparky runs off toward the riot.
TheRealMe shakes his head as he heads back to the Napoleon. "That was tougher than I thought. I'll have to remember to make the next one dumber."
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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*Diving into the corner of the wall and a large dumpster to avoid the blast, JadeHand extends his arms bringing Duece and Wisp out of the blast as well. He pulls his coat up over his head, in an attempt to not be completely covered in the raining ninja bits. Getting a leg under himself and coming to one knee, he fumbles in his bag for another grenade with one hand while pressing a button and spining a dial on the gizmo on his belt with the other. The small SEP field comes to life and the alley suddenly seems to have only the thugs and the dumpster within it. Jade pulls the pin and rolls the grenade under the dumpster, out the other side. In a panic the thugs scatter, two of them, unable to avoid the blast, are flung lifeless against the wall. As the smoke clears, a damaged section of false wall crumbles to the floor. JadeHand sticks both hands into his coat pockets and draws both pistols. Nodding and the not-so-secret doorway, the four move towards the opening.*
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On a back alley of Commerce, just as TheRealMe is about to lift off in the Napoleon, he sends a wave toward Sereni-Tree.
"Hi, Weirdgirl? I need whatever data you collected from that suspicious ship, because I'm going to have to track it. It's nav beacon signal would be ideal. Also, you are in command, of course, but I suggest that you make ready to jump Sereni-Tree away if an Alliance warship enters the system. We are really in no shape to fight right now. I left six more plots for you in the nav computer. Pick one randomly or make your own. If things go south, we'll rendezvous in two weeks among dandelions."
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Seryn came running up the twisting Alleyways and streets of Commerce following Citizen's path. She was so engrossed following the path that she nearly ran square into Citizen. Citizen side stepped and caught her arm spinning Seryn around. Her hand came up to strike as Citizen grinned.
"Careful, don't want to be spoiling my good looks." He said pulling her down into a crouch. Seryn pulled her arm free.
"Where's Serenity?" She shouted. Citizen's face took on a more serious look.
"I lost them entering a tunnel network." He said. "There also seems to be a little extra security, Camera drones have been buzzing around this area, So if you could keep your voice down that'd be great."
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No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
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Quincey is suddenly alert as her cell door opens. Her captor enters, gliding in gracefully. He is flanked by two guards on each side. He approaches her and produces a key from his fine robes. He begins to unlock the manacles holding her to the wall.
"What's going on?"
"Mei-ling, you are being moved to a more secure location."
She is incredulous as she looks around her dungeon cell. "More secure than THIS?"
The man's face remains impassive.
Quincey smiles. "So, somebody's come after me, right? And they're getting close!"
"Come, Mei-ling," her captor repeats.
Quincey suddenly knees the man in a very delicate place, just to see if she could disturb that infuriating calm of his.
His eyes flutter and he gasps, but that is about it. "Take her!" he squeaks to the guards.
Quincey, Bride5
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A little way away from where Seryn and Citizen crouch a guard stands, waiting for the signal that means he can get back to the mess room he was pulled out of.
A cry goes up, high pitched, his partner comes back down and they exchange a look. "Cat?" his partner thinks, then nods. and they make to switch their places, but he pauses again, a low murmuring, to quiet to make out words, but from its snarky tone he can tell its human speech.
Not breathing he creeps slowly back down the allyway, until he can rest the muzzle of his gun just behind the ear of a sharply dressed guy with too many weapons for one ordinary shooper. next to him crouches a woman, barefoot and carrying two antiquated looking pistols.
He figures the man to be the bigger threat, yelling at him to drop his guns as his partner points his own as the woman.
The man resists, another quip about to trip off his tongue.
The guard, thinking only of the grilled cheese sandwhich waiting for him back at the mess, kicks him in the back of the knees, and the guy drops like a sack of potatoes into the mud.
(ooc- nah, thats the punishment, you are now as muddy as me. Now, lets play nice, and no more talk of how you spell castration)
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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{OOC: Evil evil woman, my poor new suit 
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BTW it wasn't you who was the scary eastern European you were talking about, was it?}
Citizen hit the ground hard. He'd had just about as much as he was going too take from Security guards today. This was his best suit, well after the rest of his suits got blown up on Boros, it was his only suit.
Ruining a guy’s only suit when all his other clothes have been vaporised is one way to really annoy him. Citizen slowly unhooked a flash bang from his belt. While the Guards discussed what they were going to do with their prisoners Citizen slowly raised the metal cylinder, and finally launched it at the head of the Guard covering Seryn. It hit him in the centre of his forehead, knocking him to the ground.
"What the..." The second Guard exclaimed as the Flash bang ignited, blinding him and his colleague momentarily. Citizen pushed himself to his feet, pulling a pistol from it's holster and firing into the two immobile forms in a smooth fluid motion.
"Blinding." Citizen said grinning. "Right, you ready to go?" He asked Seryn, offering a hand to help her up.
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(OOC - First rule, get em where it hurts. And i'm not the scary european guy, i'll bring him up later)
She stands, brushing mud of her hands and the gun.
"yeah, i'm ready. Lets go."
She follows close behind as he moves off, allowing herself a brief moment to smirk at the heart-shaped smudge of mud highlighting his ass.
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Hodgins: Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn it stops. You tell it to stop it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage it watches reruns of Firefly.
FozzieWash, You know what I always say: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug!
KermieMal, I never Know what the heck you're talking about.
FozzieWash, Hey, look! They're sending us free lumber!
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Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
OOC: Jake7, sorry that I freaked you out. It is my understanding that Mei-ling is a very common female Chinese name, and happens to be the only authentic one that I know!I picked the “Kuin” name to allude to “Quincey”.
OOC: It's OK, TRM. I just haven't heard that name in a really long time and it basically startled me to see it after all this time. Only problem is, now I'll see her face when I read about this "new" Mei-Ling.
**jake7 listens to the chatter from the commerce planets on her comm. She shakes her head and sighs sadly**
Guess we just can't go ANYWHERE without getting into trouble!
**She stays by the pool table, but is ready to move to the gun turrets if needed.**
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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*A large cat and 4 people move quietly down the hallway past the broken secret entrance. Within the SEP field, no one seems to notice them. There is a noise behind them as rubble is kicked down the 2 steps leading into the hallway, by the thugs outside finding their feet and their nerve once again. In a blur NOSkillz and JadeHand spin around and fire 3 rounds each. Three thugs fall backwards, lifeless. NOS turns to JadeHand with a disappointed look.*
NOS: "I can't believe you missed all three of them."
JadeHand: "What are you talking about I hit everyone of them, it must have been you that missed."
NOS: "No way, I always hit my target."
*JadeHand shrugs and tilts his head back in the direction of the hallway, leading them deeper inside. Deuce inches up the hallway, blades drawn low, A doorway opens and a guard steps out to investigate the noise, gun leveled in front of him. A flash of steel. His gun, still in his hands, drops to the ground. He tries to scream. Another flash. and he falls back into the room from which he came. Shadow nudges NOSkillz and tilts towards another hallway leading off of this one.*
"That way."
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