The Sereni-Tree, an evil doll, and a showdown on Boros

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UPDATED: Saturday, February 11, 2006 06:02
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SCORPIONREGENT

Sunday, February 5, 2006 8:58 PM

Boros:

SR taps on the window of a taxi.

"You on duty?"

"Hop in."

SR climbs in. The cab pulls away from the curb.

"Where to?"

"The Stadium. There's an extra thirty in in for you if we can get out of the neighborhood fast, There's a jealous husband not far behind me."

"Easy Money!"

The cab accelarates to a crisp speed.

SR eyes the hack's license.
"Tell me Wally, is it true that cab driver's know where to find everything?"

Wally gives his fare the once over in the mirror.
"It's possible to find almost anything for the right price, hypothetically speaking."

"Well consider me a investor in your childrens college fund then." SR holds up a diamond the size of gapefruit in his left hand. "This is the object that will pay for the deal that you will help set up." SR then presses a lump of plastic explosive the size of a tennis ball onto the safety screen between the front and rear seats. "This is the bomb that will kill you if you decide to rip me off or double cross me." SR holds up a fat wad of cash. "Here's your finders fee from my end, what you get from the otherside is none of my concern as long as it doesn't come back to bother me."

Wally begins to sweat heavily. "What do you want."

"You have connections at the space port. I want to meet the guy who get's stuff in and get's things out. The direct source, no middle men, after all that would cut into your share. Go ahead and call him first. I know how jumpy these sort of people can be when visitors show up without an appointment."

Scorpion Regent

SERYN

Sunday, February 5, 2006 9:23 PM

climbs down off the nose of the fighter and comes to meet them.

yup, its close, and well, its close.

After tying the arms of her suit around her waist so that they don't get in her way she eagerly tucks into the food, then sits sipping a cup of tea, sighing with pure joy...

*blinks*

oh, right, ok, I had an idea

*challenges them to make a sarcastic comment with her heardest pooh-bear stare*

Its your name tags, I just never thought them through properly, they can transform you into anyone right? Even someone we don't know that well, just someone we have a good enough idea of? Even if they are not real?

the guys stare at her like she's grown another head.

I mean... those guys we were going to impersonate, we didn't know them, they might have well have been characters in a book? right?

riight....

well I have another character, one I remember so well from my childhood, and she had this great ability, one that could get us what we want - no mess, no fuss

okaaay...

Either of you heard of Penny Crayon?

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

JADEHAND

Sunday, February 5, 2006 10:00 PM

Penny Crayon?

No I got nothin'.
The more you know about the person/character and if you use their real name/ full name, well, the better it works and the longer it lasts.

Who's Penny Crayon?

Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

SERYN

Sunday, February 5, 2006 10:56 PM

she was a character in a tv show, she had the ability to draw anything, anything at all, and it would become real, all corporeal in full shiny 3D...

I figured if you bacame Penny Crayon, thats her full name by the way, you could just draw us a version of this ship. It would last as long as no-one let a pencil eraser near it. Long enough to get us what we need to build a real one, any hoo. I also thought about gettting you to draw a big wad of cash, but again, that kinda feels like the easy option.

So if I write you out a label would that work?

*grin*

I reckon you'd be good as a blond...

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
Xander: "Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person." *grin*

JADEHAND

Sunday, February 5, 2006 11:31 PM

Wow, ok. interesting. So the things that she draws, Are permanant or temparary? Stable or unstable?
I take it that she's a good artist? 'Cause I like art, but have no ability to create it, Having things in common with the person helps too.
* looks Seryn up and down*
like, female, blonde, artist, having knowledge of the person. these things make you the best person for the job. 'Sides I'm not sure me in a dress is really the way to go here. never tried it.
If the drawing thing will last long enough for us to get our parts, and you're willing to be Penny long enough to draw Ocean Cloud, we may have a plan......Rat? Input? modifications to Blueprints?
Once we have the parts, I can just write 'Forge' on a tag, and put her together.

Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

CITIZEN

Monday, February 6, 2006 1:51 AM

"Okay let’s go, now!" Citizen shouts as the grey suit makes for the door of the house.

As they scramble into the tunnel Citizen unhooks a grenade from his belt and rolls it toward the front door. "Something to remember me by." He mutters as he pulls the door shut and the percussion of the grenade rings in their ears. Citizen Jams the door to the tunnels shut, while setting a few more grenades around the door so they’ll go off when the door opens.

The four of them head off down the tunnels, before Citizen’s com begins beeping. He pulls it out and answered it as they continued down the tunnel network.
“Now’s not a good time.” He says with some understatement. The com buzzes for a few seconds. “Well you can deal with… they want to deal direct… have what…” Citizen looks at the other three. “Okay I may be able to do something, tell him to meet me at the old town hall in thirty minutes.” Safe shoots Citizen a ‘what do you think your doing’ look on his face.
“Relax, I’ve got someone who seems to want things on or off this rock, quite like.” He pushed the com back into his jacket. “If it pans out this we could use this to at least get out of here.”
“And if it doesn’t pan out?”
“Well, the way I see it, it’s either legit, or a trap. If it’s a trap we’ll shoot who ever turns up. We’ll be there in a moment, plenty of time to set up.”

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

CALLMEATH

Monday, February 6, 2006 3:53 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Ath touches a few of the control surfaces in front of him and twists a control grip. The Sereni-Tree pivots slightly and its engines flare to life. The ship starts to accelerate away from the derelict.

*Having shown himself competent with the Sereni-tree's controls, Ath leans back in his chair and smiles.*

"Good work Ath", says TRM. "You should do just fine. Now, if you don't mind, I have to interview LMD about the animal handler's job.*

*As TRM leaves, Ath follows him out. On his way, he notices Kelly's absence. A little upset that Kelly didn't stay to watch, Ath nonetheless decides to find her and tell her the good news. After checking the computer for Kelly's location, Ath heads for the cargo bay.

Upon arriving in the Pifflepony area of the cargo bay, Ath doesn't find anyone. Just as he's about to leave, however, he hears the sound of female voices coming from the forest. Ath walks into the forest to find a tree unlike any he's ever seen, with silver bark and silver and green leaves. As Ath gets closer to the tree, Kelly steps out from the branches of the tree, walking down roots that have somehow formed into steps.

Any annoyance at Kelly for leaving vanishes when she sees him and smiles.*

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

KELLYOFLUTHIEN

Monday, February 6, 2006 4:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CallMeAth:
Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Ath touches a few of the control surfaces in front of him and twists a control grip. The Sereni-Tree pivots slightly and its engines flare to life. The ship starts to accelerate away from the derelict.

*Having shown himself competent with the Sereni-tree's controls, Ath leans back in his chair and smiles.*

"Good work Ath", says TRM. "You should do just fine. Now, if you don't mind, I have to interview LMD about the animal handler's job.*

*As TRM leaves, Ath follows him out. On his way, he notices Kelly's absence. A little upset that Kelly didn't stay to watch, Ath nonetheless decides to find her and tell her the good news. After checking the computer for Kelly's location, Ath heads for the cargo bay.

Upon arriving in the Pifflepony area of the cargo bay, Ath doesn't find anyone. Just as he's about to leave, however, he hears the sound of female voices coming from the forest. Ath walks into the forest to find a tree unlike any he's ever seen, with silver bark and silver and green leaves. As Ath gets closer to the tree, Kelly steps out from the branches of the tree, walking down roots that have somehow formed into steps.

Any annoyance at Kelly for leaving vanishes when she sees him and smiles.*

"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

*KellyofLuthien smiles and begins walking down the root stairs to greet Ath.

"Hi, Ath! Valinyë ná cenelyë ata--I am happy to see you again! Welcome to my home! Piffle was kind enough to allow me to grow a mallorn tree here to live in. How did your flying go?"

Ath grins. "TRM says I got the job!"

"Ai! Congratulations, Ath! We must celebrate! Would you like to finish that tea?"

Ath nods. "Sure."

Kelly gestures for Ath to come up into the mallorn. "Come on up, I'll show you around."

Ath follows her into the upper boughs of the tree. The limbs have twisted and grown to create all sorts of rooms and landings. Kelly gives a small tour, talking as she walks.

"This is my main room, with a fireplace, and here is the kitchen area. I found an extra stove and refrigerator and brought them in. Here is a sitting area, and a dining area. Here's the bathroom; I had a shower installed. Here's Piffle's room! Hi Piffle!" Piffle waves to Kelly and Ath. "And here is my bedroom. Er, how about that tea?"

Kelly heads over to the stove and sets the kettle on. Soon the water is heated and Kelly makes two cups of tea. Turning around with the cups in her hands, Kelly looks over at Ath.

"So, where would you like to sit down?"

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I love my Captain

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BLUEFISHIE

Monday, February 6, 2006 5:15 AM

*realizes she's getting left behind in the threads, and writes her name on the wall for reference, in chalk, not magic marker*

^by my friend Yoko, an interprentation of me

THEREALME

Monday, February 6, 2006 5:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
TRM's Office on board the Sereni-Tree;
Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
TheRealMe picks up his com-link to see if Safe or Jack left some clue as to their intended destination in the Sereni-Tree’s computer records when they departed in the General Grant.

COMPUTER...

Access General Grant On Board Navigational Computer records...

ACCESSING PLEASE WAIT...
ACCESSING...
CURRENT CONNECTION UNAVALIABLE AT THIS TIME...

Access General Grant O.B.N.C.'s last recorded information...

ACCESSING PLEASE WAIT...
ACCESSING...
LAST INPUTED DESTINATION, PLANET BOROS, CENTRAL SPACE TERMINAL...
CONNECT TO BOROS SPACE TERMINAL FOR CONFIRMATION?(Y/N)...

Never wanting to give too much information to potential enemies (or a trail for them to follow), TheRealMe enters "N".

TheRealMe goes to the Bridge and sits in one of the control stations. He configures it for navigation, and appropriate displays and control surfaces start appearing on the panel before him. He touches one of these controls, and a three-dimensional star-chart appears in his view, rotating slowly, space lanes marks in colors indicating the amount of traffic on each route.

TheRealMe begins plotting a course for Boros, but not a direct, obvious course. Something a bit unexpected. Tricky.

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

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