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Mar 22, 2005 12:59:26 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 22, 2005 12:59:26 GMT -5
The black shuttle come through the atmosphere at a high speed and spins around, landing on the tarmac with a gentle thump. Damien looks out teh front window, looking for the medical crew and shakes his head.
"Never around when they are needed, kind of like the police." He growls.
HE spots the small trio and sighs.
"Frell, can't i ever get a dang break." Damien mutters.
He heads to the back, grabbing a turret targeting headset as he goes and puts it on, activating it. OUtside a small light clicked on on the front rotating turrets.
TBCB Anyone
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Mar 22, 2005 22:26:45 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 22, 2005 22:26:45 GMT -5
The three waited. MacGruder leaned forward, trying to peer in through the windows from this distance. "What's the matter?" he asked. "He's not coming out?"
"Something stinks," said Saul. "You two wait here." The fox then started towards the ship alone, doing his best not to look suspicious.
TBCB Damien
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Mar 23, 2005 2:56:12 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 23, 2005 2:56:12 GMT -5
As Sual approaches the shuttle, the turret turns towards him. The light blinks a couple of times. Inside Damien stops and veiws the appraoching fox on the eye piece.
"Frell! What does he want?" Damien growls and turns tot eh hatch.
As he walks, he unhooks his blasters and reaches into his vest. He fumbles with something and pulls out his hand, empty. He opens teh hatch and stands in it, watching Sual.
"What is it?" He growls, crossing his arms. "I have a matter to deal with and you are standing in the way of it, by approaching my shuttle, apparently to speak with me about something."
HE waits and is glad the ear piece is on.
In her Room, Ayla looks up as she hears Damien's voce over the speaker of her set. She looks at Drake with concern in her eyes. SHe starts getting up weakly.
"Something is going on and Damien doesn't sound happy." She says groggly as she staggers a little bit.
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Mar 23, 2005 3:08:01 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 23, 2005 3:08:01 GMT -5
Saul stood there with his hands on his hips, looking indignant. "We had a deal, as I understood it. Where's our shipment?"
TBCB Damien
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Mar 23, 2005 4:21:44 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 23, 2005 4:21:44 GMT -5
"Yeah, i remember you approached me with a deal. I also remember my gunner informed you half up front. There was no exchange. No exchange means no cash to help me pull off the mission and tehn i get stuck dealing with problems like this." Damien growls pointing at the hull of the ship, where there are dents and burns from toad maser cannons. "Now the repairs are coming out of my pocket You want a deal, you follow my rulse i play by. Those same rules thta have kept me alive and still running. I don't change them for anyone. Even if the UAC made a deal and backed out, i would hold them to it as well. Now unless you want to start and make teh deal correctly and by the guidelines TEXTITEXT set, which means answer a few simple questions and paying half up front, i suggest you leave and let me tend to my injured. If you want to talk business, place your money on the frelling table and let's play by the rules."
Damien keeps watching teh fox and waiting for the response, hands by blaster handles.
"I expect he is going to state i backed down or double crossed them. Let tehm think that. My rules are set and i stick to them." Damien thinks why waiting.
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Mar 23, 2005 5:56:05 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 23, 2005 5:56:05 GMT -5
"That she did," Saul said, giving a small nod of his head, "and I said that everything would be handled on Planet Urgonia. Nobody said anything about you getting the money here. MacGruder and Jones waited with the half of the money on Urgonia, but you never came."
"Yeah!" said Jones, who was then elbowed by MacGruder. "Oof!"
"Shut up!" Saul snapped at him, then turned back to Damien. "Instead of Urgonia, you go flying off to Toxus Two. We wanted agracite, not whatever worthless mineral you dug up for the UAC. Thusly, not only didn't you come through for us, you went and flew an even more dangerous mission for somebody else entirely. I'm afraid I don't follow your twisted sense of logic, Mr. Damien."
TBCB Damien
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Mar 23, 2005 16:10:39 GMT -5
Post by Drake on Mar 23, 2005 16:10:39 GMT -5
Drake looks out the window at the commotion.
"Feh... frellin' crooks. No honor among theives it seems..."
He looks over at Ayla.
"Now, you either lay back down voluntarily or so help me, I start bringin out my knockout drops. Your in no condition to be movin, at least not yet. Worse comes to worse, I should be able to jerry-rig the guns to fire from here, so keep your cool Ayla."
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Mar 23, 2005 18:46:47 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 23, 2005 18:46:47 GMT -5
"Call it twisted if you want, but their my rules. You work with me, you follow them. Deal was money up front, not on pick up. No exchange of money, no shipment. Plain as day. Now, i am guessing you are young in this line of business, so i will be nice. You want a deal, come back in four hours or find me around. No contact means no deal then. Then we sit down and talk about it and the money is dealt with up front. Not on pick up or anything else." Damien growls and turns to walk into the shuttle.
He stops and looks over his hsoulder, "I also would advise you not to do something stupid like tampering with the shuttle. That will get your head removed and shipped back to your boss."
HE walks intot he shuttle and sits down on a bench, watching the air lock.
In her room, AYla looks at Drake and sees he is serious.
"Any other shape and i know icould take you." She whispers and lays down. "Right now though i see to many of you."
She takes a deep breath and looks at him.
"GO help Drake out. I don't trust those goons." She says quietlys, "And i promise to stay laying down."
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Mar 23, 2005 19:20:48 GMT -5
Post by Drake on Mar 23, 2005 19:20:48 GMT -5
Drake grins and turns to go.
"Many a person did say so, and I've had to patch them up afterwards. I'm old, but I anit that old yet."
He shuts the door behind him, then heads to engineering, grabbing his maser rifle and joining Damien at the air lock.
"Hmm... the natives do seem restless. Oh, before ya ask, Ayla's fine. Stubbern as always, but fine for now."
TBCB Damien
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Mar 23, 2005 20:17:34 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 23, 2005 20:17:34 GMT -5
"Talk about being full of yourself. 'Oh, they're my rules, my way, blah, blah, blah, me, me, me!'" Saul mimicked as he watched Damien walk off. "You know boys, I think we've just met the most bloated ego in the entire Aniverse."
"I guess he doesn't want his money, then," said MacGruder, who was holding a black briefcase. "Should we leave it for him? Mr. Raynham said--"
"I know what the boss said," Saul sighed, then turned and walked over to MacGruder and took the briefcase from him. "Hey, yo, Mr. I-Love-Myself!" he called over to the ship. "We'll play it your way. We'll be back in four hours."
The three then turned and left.
TBCB Damien
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Mar 24, 2005 2:01:11 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 24, 2005 2:01:11 GMT -5
Damien sighs as he listens to Sual's mimickery of him. He grits his teeth and storm out of the shuttle and up to the group as they leave.
"Hey vulpine!" He calls as he walks up. "In light of my current situation, i made a quick choice. I"m not taking TEXTanyTEXT jobs right now. So you can go right on ahead and tell Mr. Whoever-He-Thinks-He-Is that he can pass this job over to Wrenches to find a different runner. I'm really not interested."
WIth that, Damien turns around and walks back to his hsuttle, with anger etched all over his face as he clenches his hands into fists. He steps in and shuts the door behind him. He looks over at Drake and sighs.
"I am glad your on this shuttle, Drake. your the first piece of stability in mine and Ayla's travels." He says and pats Drake on the shoulder. "I'm going up front to wait for the medical crew. THen i need to talk with the Council and inform them of how much we were able to get. It ain't much, but hopefully we can get something for it. WHen teh medical get here, we're going to take AYla to the hospital to get her fully checked and then i believe yousaid something about having a talk?"
He walks up to the front tiredly anddrops into the pilot seat.
In her room, Ayla is listening to teh entire scenario on her hed set and curls up gently.
"I'm glad he didn't take the job. I had a bad feeling about those three from teh get go." SHe whispers as she closes her eyes.
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Mar 24, 2005 3:28:23 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 24, 2005 3:28:23 GMT -5
Dropping the briefcase, eyes wide with fury, Saul, who has had all he can stand of Damien, spins and reaches into his suit for his maser pistol, kept in a shoulder holster. Before he can draw it however, he is grabbed and restrained by MacGruder. "Lemme go, Benjie," he hisses furiously, "I can take him!"
"I don't doubt that you could, but it's not worth it, man. You wanna commit cold-blooded murder in the open like this?!" MacGruder hisses back, somehow managing to keep the much bigger fox from breaking lose. "Just cool it, Saul. I'm not gonna clean up another one of your messes. And neither is the boss!"
Growling, Saul breaks lose from MacGruder, but instead of charging Damien, turns and walks off without saying anything. Sighing with relief, MacGruder, looks back at the shuttle. "Boy, if you know what's good for you, you'll seriously think about taking back what you said," he muttered, mostly to himself. Then, picking up the briefcase, he turned and trotted after Saul.
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Mar 24, 2005 4:27:12 GMT -5
Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Mar 24, 2005 4:27:12 GMT -5
As Saul and MacGruder walk away, a figure steps in front of them. He is a panther with jet black fur, wearing a steel eye patch over his right eye, and several scars running along his body. He is shirtless and wearing a pair of battle fatigues. He has a wide leather belt around his wiast. Hnaging on side of it is a large blasste and on the other side looks like a tube like handle with an opening on one side and black leather and rubber grip down teh length. SHining brightly is a blood red button on the handle.
"Well, looks like the cub scouts has got you a little peeved there. What's wrong, fur getting knotted up because of his righteous attitude?" The Panther chuckles
His eye fall on the briefcase and he smiles.
"Well, looks like you came here to do business and judging by your attitude..." He chuckles looking at Saul, "I would say it didn't go so good.Let me guess, smuggling? Assassination? Or even better, kidnapping? Hell, your waisting your time with him. Come with me and we can talk."
He turns and walks over to a fighter, that looks modified. He sits on the landing gear and looks at tehm.
"You won't get anywhere with Damien. He is more worried about his little ship and that hussy he has for a gunner. You want a job done with little to no questions, talk to me. Hell, by your reaction, tell your boss, i will do the job, whatever it is, and if he wants to add about another six thousand on top, i will kill that frelling squirrel as well. Have to have some fun and i owe him too." The Panther says and taps the eye patch.
"INterested in hiring or am i waisting my time?" He asks and spits on the ground by the landing strut.
TBCB Saul andMacGruder
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Mar 24, 2005 10:14:45 GMT -5
Post by Drake on Mar 24, 2005 10:14:45 GMT -5
"Frell... no need to start goin soft. I'll be in engineerin if ya need me."
Drake slings his rifle over his shoulder, then starts heading to engineering. He pauses at Ayla's door.
"As for you hon, best be belivn when the docs get done with ya, ya will tell Damien whats been goin on. Till later, Ayla."
Drake walks into engineering and relaxes, tinkering on the mark-4.
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Mar 24, 2005 10:47:44 GMT -5
Post by Kooshmeister on Mar 24, 2005 10:47:44 GMT -5
Saul, MacGruder, and Jones all exchanged glances at the sudden appearance of this bizarre panther. But Saul's mood changed for the better when the panther mentioned he was an enemy of Damien's. "Well," he said, "this is short notice, but I believe we can sit down and talk, Mister...?"
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