The Sereni-Tree, More Shopping, and Some Peril
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 02:08
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"Wow that's new" says wisp as the group walk through the opening
Inside is a long grotty stone corridor with a stairway leading down next to the door that JH so kindly constructed.
"now whats a gosa pile like this doing in such a classy establishemnt?" Wisp asks to the group being wary to avoid the Tiger (it looked mad as hell) "I vote we go down. They always keep the kipnapee below ground its the stereotype" He swings around just to finish off one of the thugs who'd escaped the hail of grenade.
"Also i vote we move quickly before the local nasty hear about our little skirmish and come to take us away?"
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/me lowers another empty flask and looks to cozen seated next to him in the shuttle
hey, did'ja know murder is a family value in almost every home? yup, three times a day it is -
wait, what's going on with serenity? was that mai on the comlink? does my mai mai need help?
is that a banana sitting next to me?
/me cocks his head quizzically, his unsteady gaze on a rather large and rather yellow fruit strapped in on his other side.
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For what seems like a stupidly long amount of time they move through ally ways, false turns and dead ends slowing them down, until Seryn is just about ready to scream.
Citizen pauses, holding his fingers to his lips. He nods his head and slowly she slides along the wal to observe two more guards, leaning against the walls and smoking.
She looks at Citizen, a silent question of how he wants to handle them.
Then she forms another idea. Pretty much the usual one, ill concieved, ridiculous and with a complete lack of thought for the consequences, but with a real chance of working.
She pulls off her communit and starts working the small beacon section loose, prying it up, and after checking Citizens unit to make sure it still works, wraps it securely in a small piece of plastic and swallows it whole.
"Hey, i'm off over there. Don't follow me, get the others here"
With out waiting for a reply she dives out, guns out, shooting, catching one guard in the arm and knocking the other guards hat off.
She doesn't really fight, she just spends the few seconds before they knock her out yelling at the top of her lungs and as incoherantly as possible.
As she hits the mud yet again, she curls up, automatically protecting her stomach, and reflects how its really not fair how blows to the head always hurt way more than you remember.
well heres hopin it works at least
(ooc- this is purely the quick way to find where Serenity is, no body, and I maen NOBODY is to write me in some torture this time, ok?)
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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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"If wishes were fishes we'd all be eating sushi. Blinky thing has no predictable destination, I could wind up on Ariel, Whitefall or goddess knows where. It will take time for me to get to you, but I'm on my way." SR breaks the connection. He waits to see that MCQ has a chance to finish his sandwich which he does in short order.
"Yes McQ we are leaving, quickly. If you would be so kind as to see to secureing those two," SR indicates LMD and Cozen "in the passenger compartment of the Nelson, I'll fire up the engine."
SR turns to the drunks as McQ approaches them and yells. "Boys we have to get back to Commerce, now! McQ will see you to your seats."
McQ lifts LMD and Cozen by thier jacket collars and carries them into the Nelson.
SR runs a lightning pre-flight and sends the Nelson skyward. The inertail dampers are unable to compensate properly for the acceleration and SR accutally feels G-force for about a ninety seconds. As he is doing this he sends the following message over the comm-link on a open line so the entire Tree is in the loop.
"This SR I am enroute to Commerce with the Nelson, ETA forty minutes with the engine at the limit."
Once clear of atmo and the sub-orbital traffic SR plots as direct course as possible at maximum speed and locks it into the the autopilot. He finally takes the opportunity to eat his sandwich, once finished he takes the last two sandwiches to Cozen and LMD and finds them both passed out in their seats. He looks to McQ
"You didn't...?" He starts to ask.
"They're just sleeping it off." McQ answers.
"I hope it isn't necessary, but you might want to clean your guns for this one." says SR as he pulls a bag out from under one the seats and opens it revealing a small but tidy collection of weapons and equipment: A dagger, a cutlass, a pair of compact binoculars, a pump action shotgun with a folding stock and a varoius assortment of shells, a bullet proof vest, a pair of automatics with six spare ammo clips and revolver with three speed loaders. Everything is old, but extremely well cared for. SR takes off his jacket and dons the vest and then a double should holster rig followed by a heavy belt with a holster on the right hip, and various pouches. SR loads and checks the pistols and puts them in the holsters, automatics in the shoulder rig and revolver on his hip. The cutlass scabbard has a clip to hook onto the belt, but he chooses to leave it off for the moment (sitting with swords is uncomfortable.) As he is gearing up SR though focussed on his work begins speaking to McQ.
"You don't have to do anything once we arrive on Commerce. I'm not an officer, I can't give you orders, but I can tell you this, any help you can provide will go a long way. As a team we can do a lot. I should warn you that politically speaking when this is all over you would be well advised to keep your distance from me, as I am sure to get a large share of the blame for CMS going missing. It won't matter a fart in hell, that the ladies would be safe right now if they departed when I asked them to. The only thing that will be remembered is that I left them there. Even if I don't get hung, I'll get flogged for this for certain. I hate floggings, they teach a man only one thing, how to turn his back."
Scorpion Regent
McQ nods to let SR know he understood what he just told him and then starts checking his weapons to make sure they were all loaded and ready to go. He restocked the assortment of weapons on his left arm component and made sure his blaster rifle and hidden pistols were ready to go as well. He turns to SR.
"I'll be going with you. My infrared capabilities will help us find our way faster than trying to guess our way around. If you prefer me to be arial support I can enable my jetpack for a bird's eye view. I just have one question."
"And what would that be?" SR asks as he eats his sandwich.
"Who are these people we're looking for?"
SR fills in McQ on what has been going on since he seems a little out of the loop.
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Citizen watches as the guards take begin to tackle Seryn. "You know I could of just killed them all" he thinks to himself. "oh well sometimes you just roll with the punches.".
He watches as the guards start to take Seryn away. "I hope they don't torture her." he laments, "Tortures no fun, especially if you’re the Torturee".
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by LightMeDark:
/me lowers another empty flask and...
is that a banana sitting next to me?
Yeah, well, they're *hic!* just adventurizin'.
Murder, eh? Well, we got time to flesh out the details of that....
*points to his flask* Um, say: any more where that came from?
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Originally posted by McQ:
McQ nods to let SR know he understood what he just told him and then starts checking his weapons to make sure they were all loaded and ready to go. He restocked the assortment of weapons on his left arm component and made sure his blaster rifle and hidden pistols were ready to go as well. He turns to SR.
"I'll be going with you. My infrared capabilities will help us find our way faster than trying to guess our way around. If you prefer me to be arial support I can enable my jetpack for a bird's eye view. I just have one question."
"And what would that be?" SR asks as he eats his sandwich.
"Who are these people we're looking for?"
SR fills in McQ on what has been going on since he seems a little out of the loop. McQ listens and records what SR says for his records since there was a lot of information being explained.
"Did you get all that?" SR asks after his explanation.
"Affirmative," McQ responds.
"Well Commerce city is a large place and I suspect there will be a lot of infrared to deal with, but It can be very helpful. i have a suggestion though. TRM is working with Mai and Seryn from the point of abduction. I propose that we stake out the spaceport area and look for anyone trying to take CMS off planet. We can stay relatively close to the shuttle in case TRM wants us somewhere in a hurry. We are really backup. Don't get me wrong we are not sitting this one out. This is just the quiet part of the hunt. As for flying let's stay on the ground right now, let the bad guys get all the attention for once."
At that point as SR finally ses the Nelson back down at Commerce space port. He sends a message by comm-link, "This is SR I have arrived at Commerce space port and MCQ and I are standing by and keeping our eyes open. Let us know if you need us for extraction, tactical support or pep talk."
As SR signs off he has a idea.
"McQ let's take advantage of that Infrared of yours. We suspect that the troublemakers arrived recently on a shuttle. See if you can spot a small ship or shuttle warm enough to be theirs. If you find something we can keep a eye on it".
Scorpion Regent
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TRM, Ill stay here with and go along with Seryn. I know the shuttle is faster but I'm think its best if a few of stay here on the off chance they are still in town.
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com
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Originally posted by seryn:
(ooc- this is purely the quick way to find where Serenity is, no body, and I maen NOBODY is to write me in some torture this time, ok?)
*Ath whistles innocently.*
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Originally posted by mai:
*gets on com
Attention Soul, Ath and all SereniTREE crew Serenity has gone missing with the help of some very disreputable man.She not been gone but a few minutes but its not looking good. PLEASE GET DOWN HERE NOW! Looks like we're going to need all the help we can get!
*Ath leaps out of the chococuzzi and runs full speed to the Bridge, intending to take the Tree down for an immediate rescue attempt. However, upon seeing the status readings of the Tree, he thinks better of it, and waits, rather impatiently, for TWG's orders.*
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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