Galaxy's Edge Space Bar (archive)

[Chad32]

"Well I am glad the damage was minimal." Belzar said. "I hope that you are actually in the right, and that I did not make a mistake. I wonder, though, if you have any repair facility on your ship." He said, gesturing to his beaten up plating/

[Gaz]

Andromeda took a look at Silver before gasping.

"Can that really be you?" she asked.

(sorry for the shortness, but I need to find some breakfast.)

[Shenmue654]

Keshin turns to Thordon to ask his opinion when suddenly a vast blast of smoke and pain hits the Bar...and their ears. Keshin staggers but manages to keep his balance, holding his head. "Aaagh! That's awful!"

<You're telling me! Owww!>

Keshin slowly manages to clear his head, but he still can't hear or see much at all. Not a good place for two bounty hunters to be in. Ohhh, the pain. Keshin lays up against the side of the Bar and waits for his senses to return.
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Mar listens closely to what Elayne is saying, but is rudely interrupted by an incredibly bright light and an even louder flash. As Elayne clings to his body Mar drags her into his arms, trying to take most of the damage for himself. The sound is awful and makes even his ears ring. He winces, closing his eyes.

When the odd flash clears Mar frowns, glancing out into the hallway for anything suspicious while stroking Elayne. Bright light of that kind was almost never a good thing for him, though it didn't seem supernatural in nature. Elayne appears to be saying something, but Mar can only barely make it out. "You want to move?" he says a bit loudly.

[KitsuneMarie]

Elayne stuck a finger in her ear and wiggled it, able to see Trey and Mar's mouths moving, but not able to really make out what they were saying. Instead of responding, she wormed her way out of Mar's arms and, still holding their arms, she tugged them towards where she hoped she would find a back exit. Only as she released Trey's arm to reach for the knob of a likely-looking door did she realize that Mar had been... stroking her. The thought made her shudder, although she couldn't exactly say why, and she released Mar's arm as well as she turned the knob and opened the door.

[Midnight_Huntress]

~Silver~
Silver smiled and took her hand. "Yeah, Mom. It's me, I'm here." She said and took her father's hand too.

~Keiko~
Keiko frwned at his words. "What do yu mean I am safe?" she asked. She was not completely aware that she had cmpleted her change. She thought it was just her eyes and nails that had changed, but she now had black ears and tail. "I have to leave here before I'm next!"

[Chad32]

(I had Temrash leave the room in shame, so are we going to assume Keiko followed him to the door?)

[Midnight_Huntress]

~~Oh, yeah, I thought I put that in there....my bad.~~

[Chad32]

"The CG troops experimenting on you were killed, and you won't be harmed anymore. However there is a military force outside belonging to another group that may harm you if they become hostile." Temrash said. "I know this may be a lot for you to handle, but you are no longer a prisoner. Morgan and the others will help you, and hopefully your future will be a bit better."

[Myitt]

Corliss waves a hand to cut off Efaen's snipe, while he focuses on the message.  He listens with increasing irritation, and is about to respond with something about performing a simple bioscan, when the officer on the hail quickly ends the transmission.

He raises his eyebrows and glances at Efaen.  "Well.  That was...surprising.  Might be the first time that's ever 'appened, least to me."  He shrugs.  "Now could you please let her in on what's happening, however you like?"  Corliss gestures toward the portable pool.

[Midnight_Huntress]

~Keiko~
She thought over what he said. "They are helping me?" she wondered. Not many would do that. "Who are you?" she asked him in a softer tone.

[Chad32]

"I am Temrash 946. I'm a member of the Yeerk species, which is a being that lives in the head of a host body. The actual person you see is named Jagill. There are several people inside, most of who are from your area who oppose the CG. There's also Parker, the guy in the suit, who is from a different area from us who is our friend. We came to rescue Andromeda, and since you were on the ship we rescued you too."

[Aluminator (Kit)]

The cloaked man watched from the bushes as more and more of the Yeerk troops filed towards the bar, weapons drawn now. A large number of troops still seemed preoccupied with the empty area of the field where there'd once been a Bug Fighter, but now the two Imperial Bugs also drifted towards him. What he needed was a distraction. He cursed his luck. If the Yeerks had come in, guns blazing, like he expected, he could easily have gotten away in the confusion. It was just his luck that Sergei was the one in charge of his search. He found himself wishing the locals were a bit more volatile. A good gunfight was sure to draw the attention of these Yeerk troops.

He glanced around, looking for something he could use as a distraction. He didn't think he'd be able to hide here long, even with his cloak.

Besides, he thought, I doubt these troops will leave the area until they find me.

He saw a blond woman he knew among the troops. What was her name? Rose, she'd said? She'd been a sweet girl. Southern accent, great sense of humor, but ever since she'd been infested by these Yeerks it seemed all she'd done was try to kill him or capture him. He considered blowing her up, but decided he needed something bigger as a distraction. He didn't think he could take down a shielded Bug Fighter equipped as he was, though.

Across the field, he saw a few ships that looked like scrap. The three scythe-like blades on his gun snapped back to a position lying on top of the barrel. Smiling, he drew an orange cylinder from his belt, tossed it into the air, and fired at it. It flew the thousands of yards, landing next to what might be a derelict Skrit Na freighter.

First try! Either I'm getting better or luckier.

The cylinder began spewing forth a huge cloud of purple-tinted smoke. At the same time, the "blades" snapped back into place around his gun's barrel, and he fired at the ship, though no beam was visible from his weapon. After he held the trigger for a few seconds, the ship blew apart with a deafening CRRAAAACK! raining chunks of Skrit Na freighter and whatever had happened to be inside across the landscape.

"He's over there!" yelled the young man with the Ukrainian accent from somewhere off to his left. The rest of the troops seemed to agree after getting a glimpse of the purple smoke, and most of them began to shuffle off in that direction.

[Gaz]

Andromeda looked at Silver closely.

"So grown up," she said quietly. Then she asked, "how did this happen? Was she with you the whole time, Odysseus?"

Morgan shook his head. "Actually, we met inside at the bar. It was the anniversary of what I thought was your death, and I had your picture out. She saw it and said you looked familiar. Later, we learned who she was."

"Amazing," Andromeda said. "Usually you only hear about such things in fairy tales."

Gaz had wandered out to the ship entrance to talk to Temrash. Tensions were high and it had seemed earlier that everyone was jumping down the poor guy's throat. She overheard Temrash explaining things to the other girl that had been rescued.

"Ya know that tall minotaur guy?" she said. "Morgan. What the CG was doing to you, they did to him. It was a rescue mission for all of you on board, but I think it was partially a personal vendetta. Just glad all of that's over."

[Midnight_Huntress]

~Keiko~
"So you are the good guys, then." she said and then heard Gaz as she came over. "He went throug it also? It isn't fun and causes you terrible pain." she said with the ghost of that pain in her voice as her eyes began to see sometime else.

~Silver~
She nodded and smiled. "I remembered the picture, because I always had dreams with your face. And that lullabye you sang to me, I remembered it too." she said softly. "Though I am not completely the same. It isn't like I got away clean." she told her mother.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

The Yeerk commander sighed. He was apparently not welcome at this bar. This was the reputation the Empire had for its commanders. He was being glared at by some of the bar's patrons, and the robot near him was gesturing to his form and- he presumed- threatening him. He couldn't actually hear the words being said to him very clearly, but he was getting a bad vibe from the people here. He downed one more shot of the terrible vodka he'd been given, and glanced around the bar. Most of the customers still seemed to be feeling the effects of his target's device. He sympathized. There were still spots blurring his vision, and his hearing was still dominated by a dull ringing. With a glance at the Director and Thordon, he turned to leave. As he reached the door, he heard what might be a loud crack in the distance, and noticed a cloud of purple smoke wafting up from the distance. His troops were beginning to move towards it, with a few exceptions. He frowned. Something about this didn't feel right.

"Stay alert!" he ordered, hoping they'd heard him more clearly than he'd heard himself.