Special Branch: Motherhood for Heroes
POSTED BY: WashsYoungerSexierBr
UPDATED: Friday, May 4, 2007 17:36
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OOC: Woah, some excellent posts. It gets better and better!!!
Julie stepped outside of her room, and peered outside
It seemed the two crews were bonding quickly, from what she could make out.
"Julie" Linda's little voice called out from inside the room
"Hang on baby." she replied warmly "Stay here for a sec, I'm just going to check on something"
Sneaking outside, and shutting the door as quietly as possible, she looked down the corridors for a familiar face.
Instead she saw in the distance two figures walking towards her, one male and one female.
The couple were youngish, though still older than her, perhaps in their early to mid twenties.
Before she had a chance to think how to react, the pair were beside her.
"Hey. Needy... my name's Needy" the friendly man said, holding out his hand for her to shake.
Apprehensive, but submissive nevertheless, Julie took his hand and shook it. "Julie." she announced.
"Kyra" the other stranger identified herself, a genuine smile on her face.
Julie smiled back, but the confrontation had taken her by surprise and she wasn't sure how to act.
And so, entire seconds of silence filled the air between them.
Then Needy broke it. "Nice to meet a new friendly face out here in the black."
"Likewise" Julie responded simply.
Needy obviously wasn't going to get anywhere with this one, at least not yet. And so Kyra lent him a hand.
"So, you been onboard long?"
"Long enough"
The vague answer did nothing to answer their questions, but Kyra wasn't put off so easy. "Tell me about it. Out here... space can look old real quick. So, what do you do? You the pilot?"
"Oh no," Julie answered "no I'm just, just a passenger. Liam, the captain, he's my father."
"Oh, a family vessel." Kyra asked
"You might say that." Julie responded ambiguously, then: "It's not too bad though, I can't complain. We're friends and family. Can't ask for anything more when it comes to picking a crew"
The girl both looked and sounded young, but she didn't act it.
"Well, we've got an odd bunch on board here, ain't that right?" Kyra said looking at Needy, not letting the girl know that the reporter had only been on board the Epsilon for a short period
"You got children?" Julie interrupted
Needy and Kyra looked at each other and smiled. The thought of them having kids... it was still a long way off.
"We... no we..." Needy started
"No, I mean, like on your ship?" Julie clarified
"Oh, yes we do actually. Got a handful of them." Needy smiled, whilst Kyra let out a huge sigh of relief. "They keep us on our toes."
"Are they about? I mean... can I meet them?"
Needy looked at Kyra, not quite discerning the girl's motive.
But before any questions started, Julie explained. "I've got... well, we've got a girl on board who's quite anxious to meet some... erm... non-adults. You might say she's been out here on her own for a long time"
"Sure, I guess" Needy started. "Your girl got a name"
"Yeah, Linda. Her name's Linda"
*****
Elsewhere, SR stood staring into space, wondering how the hell he got given the lousy job of guarding a door.
"Oh hell" he muttered to himself "Give me something. Action, drama... a gorram drink"
"Hey" a voice called out
The face was unfamiliar to him, though he soon would find out her name was Maxine, and she was the small vessel's pilot.
"Hey" SR replied reluctantly
"You say you want a drink?" she asked him, her demeanor friendly enough.
"Yeeeeah", he uttered, his words drenched in both curiosity and suspicion.
"Huh, you and me both buddy-boy"
"Buddy boy?" SR thought to himself.
"I thought you guys were the ones that had the supplies. You ain't got no drinks?"
"No," SR began to explain "We do but..."
"You have? You wouldn't have any... strong stuff would you?"
"Well, actually"
Maxine mouth gaped open and she smiled. "Well dammit buddy-boy, lets go get some"
Taking his hand, she dragged him away from the door
SR thought about telling her that he really should be standing guard, but as she led him away and t
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OOC: Sorry Needy but SR is a old and cynical pirate who is not easily swayed buy a sweet face or the rumor of drink. He might flirt and make small talk, but like the bad ass bouncer at the door of the club he knows his job. He might be the last line of defence for Seryn and her child, and he's not going to forget it. Thanks for the jumpstart.
IC: Maxine suddenly felt the grip on her hand tighten and she was nearly pulled right off her feet as SR stands his ground.
"As much fun as all that sounds, I'm on the job and that job is to watch this door. I don't know you and unfortunately that's the thing. We are here to render aid, but that don't mean we're a bunch of saps. Now if all this works out I imagine we'll follow you to the next comfy patch of dirt where your captain and mine can share drinks and swap lies. If you want to hang out and jaw, shiny, but I'm not leaveing this door and you're not getting through it till I'm told otherwise. Nothing personal you understand. You're all sorts of welcome to just stand there and tell me your life's story, cuz my eye's could ask for a better place to rest."
Scorpion Regent
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“I don’t get it.” Safe says as he pushes himself back out from under one of the Dwarf’s two main engines. “We’ve found a number of minor problems, mostly just maintenance issues, but nothing that would cause the engines to quit. Even with all of them combined, it’s not enough… Versa, what did you and Colm find?”
“The wiring is all intact. In fact it’s set up better than what the manual describes.” Versa replies waving a rather large book.
“You’ve read that entire book??” Liam asks incredulously.
Versa just shrugs off the comment, “In fact, there’s been a fair amount of high-end stuff added on.”
“This ain’t no run-of-the-mill tramp hauler.” Safe levels a stare at Liam .“When we’re done here, you ‘n me are gonna have a nice long chat as to how come that is. BUT, right now we have bigger fish to fry. Versa let’s roll her over again and see what happens.”
Versa nods at Colm, who stands in front of a consol identical to hers. They both key in the start-up sequence and hit enter. The engines whine and slowly begin to turn but no ignition.
“Shut ‘em down.” Safe calls over the noise to Versa, shaking his head.
As the engines wind down Safe suddenly cocks his head to one side. “Did you hear that?”
Liam looks at Safe puzzled. “No. What did you hear?”
Intent on finding the source, Safe doesn’t answer, instead he directs Liam to climb up on top of the engine, while Safe grabs a trouble light and slides back under the engine.
“Why didn’t I think of this before?” Safe mutters to himself. “Liam, see where I’m shining the light? Follow that hose up to where it connects to a box. Six other hoses connect to the same box. Check all the connections.”
Safe’s suspicions are verified by Liam’s gasp of shock. “Safe, 3 of the hoses are worn through!”
“Ya, I don’t think so…”
After cutting out the damaged sections and reconnecting the hoses, they try again to star the engines. The engines whine and start to turn. After a few tense seconds they start spinning faster and the whine diminishes to a stead hum.
“Safe, you’re bleeding!” Versa says indicating Safe’s hands and forearms.
Safe looks down and sure enough, visible through the grease and grime, he has several cuts.
“It ain’t fixed right unless you’ve bled fixing it.” Safe grins at the ecstatic group.
“Contact Wisp and let him know we’re done. I’ll help Liam clean this up.”
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Safe keys up his comm., "Scorpion, Jack, nobody gets off this ship what ain't our crew. The engine didn't break down by itself. It had help."
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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OOC: oooh, exciting stuff.
SR - thanks for letting me know. Sometimes I can slip into writing the characters all the same, but obviously not everyone onboard is so erm... piratey (yes thats a word... I think)
I'll see if I need to adjust anything in the previous post, I just hope this post is more your character
Needy and Kyra led Julie and Linda into the bowels of their ship, showing the pair of them around whilst searching for the youngsters.
"I'm sure Linda will make a friend or two here." Kyra started "the kids... well, some are a bit shy and some may put on a show of being guarded, but I'm sure they'll welcome her. She seems nice"
Linda looked up and smiled at the nice lady. "Where are they?"
"I'm sure they're around here somewhere" Kyra smiled. She had told young Linda the children's names: Ghost, Shadow, Truth and Spider. Linda had said their names were strange, and Kyra had to agree.
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Maxine found the man standing before her intriguing. He certainly was not a man to be swayed so easily. A man with military sensibilities, loyal to the mission.
She started to talk to him about her life, the story of how she came to be on the ship, but she suspected he wasn't listening. Or at least that was the impression he gave off.
Instead of being offended by his ignorance though, she found herself more attracted to him. Who was this guy?
The man didn't divulge much, not even when she asked him questions. He kept them short and succint.
When she jokingly asked what was behind the door he was guarding "your porn collection", he responded by giving her a stern look.
"Sorry. It just must be something really important"
He confirmed it with a blank look.
A man of few words perhaps, or maybe one that didn't trust her.
"Sorry, I'm prying. Forget it. So tell me about yourself. Ex-Alliance perhaps?"
"That's prying" he stated matter of factly. He didn't trust this woman. And maybe he was right not to.
"I guess. So should I talk about me more?"
SR didn't respond.
"Or I could help you guard this door if you want."
No answer
"Yeah I'll do that then"
After moments of silence, SR finally opens his mouth again.
"Why aren't you with the others? You're the pilot right? Shouldn't you be helping my friends figure out what's wrong with your ship"
Now Maxine seemed to be the silent one.
"Well, I uh. I've taken a look at it plenty. Figured I'd deserved a change of scenery"
"Hmm." was SR's only response.
Then:
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Safe keys up his comm., "Scorpion, Jack, nobody gets off this ship what ain't crew. The engine didn't break down by itself. It had help."
SR eyes Maxine now with more suspicion than other.
"What?" she gasps, feigning shock. "It's not..."
"Who are you? Really!"
"Wha..."
"What are you looking for?" SR demands.
He was beginning to see through her little charade.
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Needy. Male Companion: Chosen One?
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OOC:that's not me either! Talk about defamation of character. It's a good thing I don't take this stuff seriously. No worries Needy, you don't know me well so there is no reason to expect a perfect mimicry of me.
IC: SR listened to "Maxine" with one ear for the actual story and the other listened everything else: how she prounced her consonants and vowels, her choice of words, intonations and accent. He watched her body and it's language, looking for that elusive "tell" that would reveal the truth within. When she asked him questions he dug down into a bag of tricks to keep her out. Sometimes he would play it vague, he made jokes and occasionally he would reverse the question back on her. He kept his lies few and far between to keep is credibility up to snuff. She tried to weasel her way through with pleas and bribes he was firm. His boss wouldn't have it and if he didn't do his job he would be terminated, literally and besides he had his proffessional pride to consider. He he found her story interesting though he didn't necessarily believe it. He kept thinking that alcohol would make this game easier, but he couldn't trust anything she might offer and he couldn't leave his post to get his own so he simply had to play it sober. The conversation had lulled and they were exchanging looks that hinted at the possibility of chemistry when they were rudely interupted.
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Safe keys up his comm., "Scorpion, Jack, nobody gets off this ship what ain't crew. The engine didn't break down by itself. It had help."
SR didn't even blink when her heard the message. He had been half expecting trouble anyways so he played it totally cool and decided to see what "Maxine" would do. If she was a amatuer his poise might throw her off her guard, though that seemed unlikely.
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: Gorram it! To tell you the truth I was gonna keep my last post of you short and sweet, so that I didn't wrtie so much for your character and risk screwing it up... but I got carried away.
I'll let you write your stuff until I work out how to write your character better
Nothing to add storywise right now
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Needy. Male Companion: Chosen One?
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Originally posted by NEEDY:
OOC: Gorram it! To tell you the truth I was gonna keep my last post of you short and sweet, so that I didn't wrtie so much for your character and risk screwing it up... but I got carried away.
I'll let you write your stuff until I work out how to write your character better
Nothing to add storywise right now
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Needy. Male Companion: Chosen One?
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OOC: Ball's in your character's court, make a play.
Scorpion Regent
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“Safe, Wisp isn’t responding.” Versa called out.
“He’s probably just caught up in his work.” Safe replied wiping his hands with a rag. “Liam and I are about done here. We’ll take a stroll up there to see how he’s doin’.”
As the two men walk down the corridor, they pass a door, bolted and padlocked from the outside.
“What’s in there?” Safe asks, slowing down a bit.
“Ummm… fire damage from a candle. Careless mistake. Plan on having it repaired when we reach our destination.” Liam replies, grabbing Safe by the elbow to urge him onward.
Safe looks down at the offending hand and back up at Liam, who swallows and releases Safe’s arm.
“Why lock it up?”
“We have children aboard. It’s to keep them out so they don’t hurt themselves.” Liam says matter-of-factly, his composure returning. “Now, lets see how your friend Wisp is doing, shall we?”
Safe looks at the door once more, and continues on with Liam.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Safe keys up his comm., "Scorpion, Jack, nobody gets off this ship what ain't crew. The engine didn't break down by itself. It had help."
SR didn't even blink when her heard the message. He had been half expecting trouble anyways so he played it totally cool and decided to see what "Maxine" would do. If she was a amatuer his poise might throw her off her guard, though that seemed unlikely.
Scorpion Regent
'Maxine's' eyes went slightly cold and she slowly backed away from SR and deeper into her own ship.
"I should go see if my captain needs any help with that." she said as she sidestepped out of sight into a nearby door. SR was ready to duck back into familiar territory if she were to reappear with a shotgun, but after three minutes she showed no sign of returning.
Scorpion Regent
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