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Post by raikenclw on Jan 18, 2022 11:36:57 GMT -5
At this remark, Peng stops short and slaps his forehead, then replies: "Well, yeah! How silly of me! We should definitely be in our liberty suits for this sorta 'work.'"
So saying, he turns sharply and leads the little parade back to [wherever it is that the group is staying while their new ship is being rebuilt. Ekhunoz leaves and comes back wearing his liberty suit. He is wearing a mish mash of the high end of a thrift store. A red and white flowered 'Hawaiian' shirt, covered at the top with a 'Bishops mantle' over his upper chest and one arm to elbow of sturdy light blue fabric. Grey and white plaid jeans and a black hat that is at least 20 years old in fashion. "Oh I misunderstood humans again, ah well. So your liberty suits are light duty work clothing with colorful bits. Thank you, shall we go?
EkhunozPeng - decked out now in a very brightly decorated shipsuit, plus knee-high zip-up black boots with 3" heels and short metallic cloth cape of dazzling purple hue - shrugs as he considers Ekhunoz's attire, then nods in approval. Leading the way once more, he says in an off-hand tone, " It's all good. We aren't supposed to match. That's sorta the point." |
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Post by erisred on Jan 21, 2022 16:13:16 GMT -5
Peng, Ekhunoz, Eric, Josef (any other PC's?)
OOC: There's a bar called Pirate's Last Stand in town owned by a retired Chief Petty Officer named Sam Jones. The bar's decorated with mannikins all dressed like pirates.
Your group gathers in the small lounge of the barracks you've been assigned. There is another small group here made up of marine enlisted who seem to be heading out for a bit of liberty. Nobody has transportation, so consulting their comms you find that you can catch a Bus at the main gate which is about 500 meters north of their location. There should be one there in 15 minutes, so there's no big rush.
"Everybody got their base passes?" calls out a marine to his group, and it occurs to you that you should have yours on you as well so you can get back on base later.
The marines are 20 to 30 meters ahead of your group as you walk along toward the main gate, but the two groups sort of merge as you pass through to wait at the bus stop.
"Hey?" one of the marines says to his fellows after looking Ekhunzo up and down, "I ain't never seen one of them not on the wrong side of a gun, guys, have you?"
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Post by raikenclw on Jan 21, 2022 20:30:43 GMT -5
"Hey?" one of the marines says to his fellows after looking Ekhun[oz] up and down, "I ain't never seen one of them not on the wrong side of a gun, guys, have you?" Peng moves so as to put himself as much between Ekhunoz and this potential troublemaker as possible, but does so in a pointedly relaxed and casual manner. Once positioned, he smiles blandly at the marine . . . but the smile doesn't make it up into Peng's flat, calm eyes. He says nothing, merely waits patiently for a senior non-com's [hopefully tension-defusing] reply to the statement. *********************************************** OOC: Since there was no information provided to the contrary, I assume that the conjoined group is still moving at a leasurely pace toward the bus stop? |
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Post by Terry Mixon on Jan 21, 2022 21:47:25 GMT -5
"Hey?" one of the marines says to his fellows after looking Ekhun[oz] up and down, "I ain't never seen one of them not on the wrong side of a gun, guys, have you?" Peng moves so as to put himself as much between Ekhunoz and this potential troublemaker as possible, but does so in a pointedly relaxed and casual manner. Once positioned, he smiles blandly at the marine . . . but the smile doesn't make it up into Peng's flat, calm eyes. He says nothing, merely waits patiently for a senior non-com's [hopefully tension-defusing] reply to the statement. *********************************************** OOC: Since there was no information provided to the contrary, I assume that the conjoined group is still moving at a leasurely pace toward the bus stop? Eric guestired for the others to keep going. “Wrong side, marine? You mean other side. Weapons don’t have a wrong side. It’s the fighter that makes the weapon not the other way around.” He’s using his senior noncom voice. The kind that says he might like to get interested in the marines but they wouldn’t enjoy it. Eric |
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Post by ateno on Jan 24, 2022 16:38:23 GMT -5
Ekhunoz looks at the marine, tenses his legs and ankles and fluffing his neck and shoulder fur under the clothing. "I see you now, without a gun, this is the first time for each of us, I fight with them, where does that leave you, youngling?"
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Post by erisred on Jan 28, 2022 14:24:34 GMT -5
One of the marines steps in pulling the mouthy one's arm back, "We want no trouble with you folks. Just want to go into town and blow off a little steam, grab a few beers, you know. No trouble.""Not unless you start it." says the mouthy one from behind two more of the marines now. It looks like he wants a fight, but the others aren't going to oblige him...at this time.  The exchange is interrupted by squealing breaks signally the arrival of a large boxy ground vehicle, a bus, with a lighted sign on the front reading Startown. That's your ride! |
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Post by Terry Mixon on Jan 29, 2022 16:04:12 GMT -5
One of the marines steps in pulling the mouthy one's arm back, "We want no trouble with you folks. Just want to go into town and blow off a little steam, grab a few beers, you know. No trouble.""Not unless you start it." says the mouthy one from behind two more of the marines now. It looks like he wants a fight, but the others aren't going to oblige him...at this time.  The exchange is interrupted by squealing breaks signally the arrival of a large boxy ground vehicle, a bus, with a lighted sign on the front reading Startown. That's your ride! Eric said. "Don't dig a hole so deep you can't climb out before an officer hears about it."Eric watches them as his party gets on the bus. |
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Post by erisred on Jan 29, 2022 18:09:07 GMT -5
Your party loads first and move toward the back of the almost empty bus. The marines enter after you and stay at the front of the bus.
The ride into Star Town is short, but somewhat bumpy as the bus bounces along the road. The marines exit at the edge of the "entertainment district." Other folks get on and off, but your group continues to an exit near where the tavern is located, according to your comm anyway.
As the bus pulls to a stop, Josef stands and says pointing across the street, "Here's our stop guys. The Pirate's Last Stand is right over there."
After all of you exit, Josef says to you, "So, how do you want to handle this? Play it cool, maybe have a beer or two, ask to examine the displays more closely and let Ekhunoz see if he can tell if the rife is the real thing?"
"Or do you just want to go to the owner and put it right out on the table that we want to buy that rifle if it's the real thing and see what her reaction is?"
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Post by Terry Mixon on Jan 29, 2022 18:14:54 GMT -5
Your party loads first and move toward the back of the almost empty bus. The marines enter after you and stay at the front of the bus. The ride into Star Town is short, but somewhat bumpy as the bus bounces along the road. The marines exit at the edge of the "entertainment district." Other folks get on and off, but your group continues to an exit near where the tavern is located, according to your comm anyway. As the bus pulls to a stop, Josef stands and says pointing across the street, "Here's our stop guys. The Pirate's Last Stand is right over there." After all of you exit, Josef says to you, "So, how do you want to handle this? Play it cool, maybe have a beer or two, ask to examine the displays more closely and let Ekhunoz see if he can tell if the rife is the real thing?"
"Or do you just want to go to the owner and put it right out on the table that we want to buy that rifle if it's the real thing and see what her reaction is?"Eric shrugs. "Can't we do both? Drink some beer so we don't stand out, check it out, and then make an offer if we like it?" |
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Post by ateno on Jan 31, 2022 5:32:37 GMT -5
Eric shrugs. "Can't we do both? Drink some beer so we don't stand out, check it out, and then make an offer if we like it?"Ekhunoz looks over the shoulders of the humans towards the front of the bus. *I wonder if that was correct, protecting the humans, the other side backed down without a fight, that usually means we won, though these humans are a strange bunch. "I would like to get close to look for id numbers and smells, if possible, also...He stretches his hand, fingers and claws. "There are usually claw markings on the handle from claw ends on a well used rifle.
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 4, 2022 21:37:56 GMT -5
Ekhunoz looks over the shoulders of the humans towards the front of the bus. *I wonder if that was correct, protecting the humans, the other side backed down without a fight, that usually means we won, though these humans are a strange bunch.[*] "I would like to get close to look for id numbers and smells, if possible, also...He stretches his hand, fingers and claws. "There are usually claw markings on the handle from claw ends on a well used rifle.
We play it like we have nothing to do, to start, right?"Peng nods and allows: "Yep. That's about right, I think. But just had a thought . . . this guy likely dudn't want to mess up his day-core. So if it IS a real rifle, we might better offer to trade him a reasonable-looking mock-up in addition to payin' him. I'm sure what's her name . . . our engineer lassie . . . can come up with somethin' suitable, if we ask nice." |
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Post by Terry Mixon on Feb 4, 2022 22:55:09 GMT -5
Ekhunoz looks over the shoulders of the humans towards the front of the bus. *I wonder if that was correct, protecting the humans, the other side backed down without a fight, that usually means we won, though these humans are a strange bunch.[*] "I would like to get close to look for id numbers and smells, if possible, also...He stretches his hand, fingers and claws. "There are usually claw markings on the handle from claw ends on a well used rifle.
We play it like we have nothing to do, to start, right?"Peng nods and allows: "Yep. That's about right, I think. But just had a thought . . . this guy likely dudn't want to mess up his day-core. So if it IS a real rifle, we might better offer to trade him a reasonable-looking mock-up in addition to payin' him. I'm sure what's her name . . . our engineer lassie . . . can come up with somethin' suitable, if we ask nice."Eric: “Or if it’s real, maybe slip a fabricated one into place overnight. He might not want to sell. We probably should judge his temperament before we commit to make an offer or go covert.” |
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Post by erisred on Feb 13, 2022 16:07:49 GMT -5
The shore party walks through the door, into the bar. The late afternoon crowd is somewhat sparse with only a couple of men leaning against the bar rail, a youngish man at a table by himself with a half filled mug in front of him (Isaiah Gonzalez), and a table in the corner with an old man also nursing a beer. There is soft music playing in the background. (Think classic country) Scattered around the walls of the bar you see several mannequins wearing colorful clothing and carrying cutlasses and side arms of various sorts. You don't immediately see the Vargr mannequin as you walk in. Behind the bar you see a late middle aged woman with short grey hair and burly looking arms. She is wiping the bar with a towel and chatting amicably with the two men at the bar. She looks up when you enter. "Welcome, to my bar!" she calls out, "I don't recognize any of you so you must..." she stops spying Ekhunoz. "Well, I'll be damned! You've got a bloody Vargr with you!" she finishes. She doesn't sound angry, just very surprised, as a grin splits her face. "Ain't seen a live one in, must be going on, 8 year now! Come on in and have a beer."
Vargr your first one's on the house!" she says as she rummages under the bar counter and pulls out a drinking bowl. She wipes it out with her bar towel and draws a foamy beer filling the bowl before placing it on the bar top. "My name's Sam, what be yours and what brings you to this world?" she says to Ekhunoz and then looks at the group as a whole so the question is for all of you...but mostly Ekhunoz. |
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Post by Terry Mixon on Feb 13, 2022 21:47:30 GMT -5
The shore party walks through the door, into the bar. The late afternoon crowd is somewhat sparse with only a couple of men leaning against the bar rail, a youngish man at a table by himself with a half filled mug in front of him (Isaiah Gonzalez), and a table in the corner with an old man also nursing a beer. There is soft music playing in the background. (Think classic country) Scattered around the walls of the bar you see several mannequins wearing colorful clothing and carrying cutlasses and side arms of various sorts. You don't immediately see the Vargr mannequin as you walk in. Behind the bar you see a late middle aged woman with short grey hair and burly looking arms. She is wiping the bar with a towel and chatting amicably with the two men at the bar. She looks up when you enter. "Welcome, to my bar!" she calls out, "I don't recognize any of you so you must..." she stops spying Ekhunoz. "Well, I'll be ed! You've got a bloody Vargr with you!" she finishes. She doesn't sound angry, just very surprised, as a grin splits her face. "Ain't seen a live one in, must be going on, 8 year now! Come on in and have a beer."
Vargr your first one's on the house!" she says as she rummages under the bar counter and pulls out a drinking bowl. She wipes it out with her bar towel and draws a foamy beer filling the bowl before placing it on the bar top. "My name's Sam, what be yours and what brings you to this world?" she says to Ekhunoz and then looks at the group as a whole so the question is for all of you...but mostly Ekhunoz. Eric does a double take and frowns at the man at the table. “Be right back,” he says to Peng and the rest before walking over to the table. “Gonzales?” |
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Post by thefallenson on Feb 13, 2022 23:38:24 GMT -5
“Who wants to…As I live and breathe…Sergeant Major Marston…Sergeant Major ‘Put that Weakness in Your F***in Pocket’ Marston!”
Isaiah hopped up and moved to shake Eric’s hand. The suddenness of it jolted the table and and knocked his mug over spilling the remnants across the floor with a clatter. He chuckled and gripped the older man’s forearm.
“I had heard you were killed fighting pirates. By the twice blessed stars. They said you had gone down covered in the blood of your enemies singing the corps anthem and using a grenade launcher as percussion.”
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Post by ateno on Feb 14, 2022 5:55:59 GMT -5
Vargr your first one's on the house!" she says as she rummages under the bar counter and pulls out a drinking bowl. She wipes it out with her bar towel and draws a foamy beer filling the bowl before placing it on the bar top. "My name's Sam, what be yours and what brings you to this world?" she says to Ekhunoz and then looks at the group as a whole so the question is for all of you...but mostly Ekhunoz.
Points over his shoulder.
"Some humans wanted to use me as a exhibit, if I understood right. "
"I am warmly welcome and I am Ekhunoz."
He offers his paw in the learned human way and grabs the bowl with another. His nose breaths widely
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Post by Terry Mixon on Feb 14, 2022 19:05:35 GMT -5
“Who wants to…As I live and breathe…Sergeant Major Marston…Sergeant Major ‘Put that Weakness in Your F***in Pocket’ Marston!”
Isaiah hopped up and moved to shake Eric’s hand. The suddenness of it jolted the table and and knocked his mug over spilling the remnants across the floor with a clatter. He chuckled and gripped the older man’s forearm.
“I had heard you were killed fighting pirates. By the twice blessed stars. They said you had gone down covered in the blood of your enemies singing the corps anthem and using a grenade launcher as percussion.” Eric firmly shook his hand with a grin. "All true, except the dying part. I'm retired now, though still up to trouble."He gestured back toward his companions. "You spilled your beer. Come on over and let me replace it." |
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Post by erisred on Feb 15, 2022 14:13:43 GMT -5
Vargr your first one's on the house!" she says as she rummages under the bar counter and pulls out a drinking bowl. She wipes it out with her bar towel and draws a foamy beer filling the bowl before placing it on the bar top. "My name's Sam, what be yours and what brings you to this world?" she says to Ekhunoz and then looks at the group as a whole so the question is for all of you...but mostly Ekhunoz.
Points over his shoulder.
"Some humans wanted to use me as a exhibit, if I understood right. "
"I am warmly welcome and I am Ekhunoz."
He offers his paw in the learned human way and grabs the bowl with another. His nose breaths widely
points over his shoulder.
Sam says grinning, "That was a couple sub-sectors spinward of here, I don't even remember the name of the place now."She laughs, "It wouldn't have meant anything to me then. It was just another mission I'd been sent on.""What can I get for the rest of you?" Sam looks at Peng, and who else is on this little expedition? |
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Post by thefallenson on Feb 15, 2022 20:31:25 GMT -5
EricEric firmly shook his hand with a grin. "All true, except the dying part. I'm retired now, though still up to trouble."He gestured back toward his companions. "You spilled your beer. Come on over and let me replace it."
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Post by Terry Mixon on Feb 15, 2022 20:37:37 GMT -5
EricEric firmly shook his hand with a grin. "All true, except the dying part. I'm retired now, though still up to trouble."He gestured back toward his companions. "You spilled your beer. Come on over and let me replace it."
He moved towards the bar and Eric’s companions. Ready to drink and relive some of the glory days with the Old Man. Eric will bring Isaiah back over to the group and make introductions. He'll tell them he's a marine medic he helped through commando school. |
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 15, 2022 20:43:33 GMT -5
"What can I get for the rest of you?" Sam looks at Peng, and who else is on this little expedition? Peng smiles politely . . . [Internal Thought] Ah, well. Wudn't ya know it? *Another* Marine . . .[/Internal Thought] . . . and says, " Your best draft, barkeep. In fact . . . " he slaps down a [high value] local coin " . . . a round for the house. On me." ************************************************** OOC: Peng is seldom this generous - in fact, he's normally somewhat parsimonious - but given how few "the house" currently numbers and that the party wants the proprietor in a good mood, he figures it worth the cost. This once, anyway. |
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 15, 2022 20:47:53 GMT -5
Eric will bring Isaiah back over to the group and make introductions. He'll tell them he's a marine medic he helped through commando school. [Internal Thought] And still *another* Marine. Will it never end?[/Internal Thought] Peng offers his hand to the newcomer for a shake, adding along with it: "Peng Silva. I tend to get called 'Ha'penny,' due to my lack of vertical vector." |
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Post by thefallenson on Feb 18, 2022 10:34:30 GMT -5
“Isaiah Gonzalez, Medic, Commando, Caff entrepreneur. Most folks call me Doc Gonzo…on account of well…you get it.”
He shook Peng’s hand and offered the same to the others gathered together. He couldn’t believe his luck.
“In fairness…some navy spooks pointed me this way, said some old friends and new one were looking for pipe hitters to handle a pirate problem. Didn’t know who they meant in particular, but if I was a gambling man. Ild say it was you lot.”
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Post by erisred on Feb 21, 2022 15:51:58 GMT -5
“Isaiah Gonzalez, Medic, Commando, Caff entrepreneur. Most folks call me Doc Gonzo…on account of well…you get it.”
He shook Peng’s hand and offered the same to the others gathered together. He couldn’t believe his luck.
“In fairness…some navy spooks pointed me this way, said some old friends and new one were looking for pipe hitters to handle a pirate problem. Didn’t know who they meant in particular, but if I was a gambling man. Ild say it was you lot.”" says Jo as he shakes Isaiah's hand, "I'm ex-Army, not Marine. He adds, "My role is a little of this, little of that."Turning to Sam Josef says, waving his hand at the mannequins surrounding the edges of the room, "You've got an interesting display here. Mine if I take a closer look?""Sure thing." Sam replies, "Took me years to get all the gear right."
Jo looks over some of the mannequins and waves Ekhunoz over as he walks over to the Vargr mannequin in a little alcove not visible when you enter the bar, "Ek, take a looks at this one. Does it look like one of your pack?"OOC: Taking a close look Ekhunoz sees that the laser rifle is the real deal. The power pack attached to it by a cable is fake, but the weapon itself appears to be an actual laser rifle. If any of you examine the other mannequins closely you'll see that their rifles and pistols are not replicas, they are the real thing. You will also note that the cutlass, sabers, knives and other blades the mannequins are brandishing are real, but have blunt points and edges."Nothing is loaded or powered." calls Sam from the bar, "I keep the real power packs and ammo locked up in the back room, but all authentic gear! Took me years to round it up, too." |
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Post by ateno on Feb 22, 2022 7:39:37 GMT -5
"Nothing is loaded or powered." calls Sam from the bar, "I keep the real power packs and ammo locked up in the back room, but all authentic gear! Took me years to round it up, too." Ekhunoz gets just a bit to close, trying to sniff anything out of it, pass the years of booze and vomit. Ekhunoz |
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Post by erisred on Feb 22, 2022 16:45:28 GMT -5
"Nothing is loaded or powered." calls Sam from the bar, "I keep the real power packs and ammo locked up in the back room, but all authentic gear! Took me years to round it up, too." Ekhunoz gets just a bit to close, trying to sniff anything out of it, pass the years of booze and vomit. Ekhunoz says Sam, "Bought, traded, a few pieces from opponents that I killed, not many. I was usually too busy to worry about picking up trophies."Ekhunoz can't place much useful in the way of scent on the weapon. It's been cleaned, handled, cleaned, handled, so many times it just smells like disinfectant and humans now. It's a real laser rifle, though, Gorin Clan manufacture from the design and writing on the barrel. It's old with obvious wear on the stock, claw marks as well as scuffs and scrapes, probably older than Ekhunoz himself, but it actually looks functional...if it had a real and charged, battery pack attached. |
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Post by thefallenson on Feb 22, 2022 22:29:59 GMT -5
“Well met Hinkle. I’m army actually. The old man forgets that the best medics come army trained. We deal with more…well…sometimes our infantry boys don’t grasp the concept of cover.”
He chuckled at his own joke as he looked the group over again. Pretty solid looking crew. He would need to see some more of the troops.
“So, you boys taking on ships troops?”
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Post by Terry Mixon on Feb 22, 2022 23:42:04 GMT -5
“Well met Hinkle. I’m army actually. The old man forgets that the best medics come army trained. We deal with more…well…sometimes our infantry boys don’t grasp the concept of cover.”He chuckled at his own joke as he looked the group over again. Pretty solid looking crew. He would need to see some more of the troops. “So, you boys taking on ships troops?” Eric Eric grinned. “Being a commando cures many ills.” |
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 23, 2022 0:38:23 GMT -5
Peng - long-service fringe-system Ethically Challenged Merchant - grunts at the exchanges about prior careers . . . [Internal Thought] People who actually sign up to get shot at . . . what a career concept . . . yeesh . . . [/Internal Thought] "Little of this, little of that." says Sam, "Bought, traded, a few pieces from opponents that I killed, not many. I was usually too busy to worry about picking up trophies." Whispering to Ekhunoz: "G[al]'s serious 'bout keepin' it real, so tradin' h[er] a fake ain't happenin'. Break in 'n take it later?" |
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Post by ateno on Feb 23, 2022 8:34:53 GMT -5
Whispering to Ekhunoz: "Guy's serious 'bout keepin' it real, so tradin' him a fake ain't happenin'. Break in 'n take it later?"Louder to the Bar owner. "Your rifle is a Gorin Clan, an old piece, probably a corporal's weapon. Might I take the helm off so I can smell inside?"
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