Galaxy's Edge Space Bar (archive)

[Chad32]

"You know, Rover, Sukohn and I came here for vacation. This vacation sucks, though." Cody said. "I want to rest, but my leg hurts and I'd like to get some painkillers out of my ship." He then heard something coming towards him. It was Claxter.

<What are you doing? No one gave you permission to leave the bar.>

"Oh, shove off. I'm just trying to get something out of my ship."

<Where is Tamora? You two left together.>

"Really? I barely noticed."

<We need to go back.>

"No. I need some painkillers in my ship. I'm going there."

<You can't say no to me.> He said menacingly.

"I just did."



Temrash came in behind Parker, and stopped when he gave a signal. He readied his firearm for action, thinking to test out a non laser rifle.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

((Ah, got it.))

Ossanlin raises an eyebrow, but does not look at Terenia with his main eyes.  He directs a stalk eye towards her and sends a private thought back.  <<I figured he had done something.  He has technology the likes of which I've never seen, he must be from a future existance.  I wouldn't have thought my people would develop something as nefarious as a psychic attack, but I think that may be the case.  Such a weapon could cause insanity in mere minutes, perhaps hours depending upon the mind.>>

Ossanlin keeps his main eyes locked on Salem, continuing his private thought to Terenia.  <<I understand your feelings.  Attempted murder is not something one can easily forgive.  Keshin is a rogue and lives for money and that special drug, but if he is to face true justice, he must be tried and incarcerated.  And at the end of the day money and pharmaceuticals are the only things he cares about.  He's a bounty hunter, anyone with enough money or a supply of his drug will find a new ally quite easily.  The root of the problem is the person who hired him, and we have a pretty decent idea of who that is.  At least Keshin is subdued.  This future human however could pose a true threat.  Especially if he's allies with Keshin...>>

Ossanlin smiles a bit towards Salem whom had walked towards his ship, the human making laughable attempts at provoking his ire.  <Well, at the end of the day I'm still mortal.  However I very rarely make the same mistake twice.  You have some very advanced...and very dark...technology.  Psychic attacks?  The danger of this, especially to minds not adapted to thought-speech, is quite evil.  I don't know what sorts of ties you have to my people in the future, but I can assure you that here and now, your prior alliances mean nothing.  Let me ask you something, Salem...do you ever tell the truth?  Do you ever speak without thinking of subversion?  Do you ever spend any time with people, without thinking about how you can try to manimpulate them?  I've met your kind before, and I frankly do not understand how one such as that can live with himself from day to day.  I pity you...I would not be alive or at all happy without any friends.>

[warren_bearclaw]

Carson turned when he heard the girl slump to the floor. The walking swiss-army-knife thing picked her up and carried her on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He hadn't ever seen that kind of creature before... "Hey Lennan." He whispered. "What do you call that guy?"

"That is a Hork-Bajir, Carson. Naturally, they are passive and um, not generally very bright. But this one seems rather intelligent. Most likely, it is a Controller." He answered in a low whisper.

"It sure doesn't look to 'passive' to me..." Carson said.

(((Is everyone else out of the ship? )))Rayker and Jackson both blinked, surprised at how easy it was to find help. "Oh. Let's not keep the man waiting, then." Rayker said as they followed behind. "I don't know how we're gonna move the dinosaur though" He felt disrespectful calling his friend 'the dinosaur'. "You got a plan?"

[Myitt]

"No worries, mate," Corliss says to Ossanlin, ignoring Salem entirely and pushing Keshin along toward the tree line.  "Come 'ead, then, Tora.  We'll see if we can't get some pills for 'im before it's too late.  Ugh...and before my bloody head explodes.  Christ..."

<It's all right, Cor, y'know,> says Mike.  <Reckon every bloke's got to experience a good kick to the bits, so he knows why to avoid it.>  He pauses.  <Just wish they weren't mine, is all.>

<I can tell from your memories quite to avoid it well enough, thanks,> Corliss grumbles.

<'ey, last time I chucked me breakfast,> Mike says helpfully.

<Last time you were in 8th year,> Corliss retorts.

<Yeah.  Still not long enough between goes,> his host sighs. <Don't reckon I fancy a girl who goes round treating one's nethers like bloody mash.>

<They're not my nethers,> Corliss says with an inward smirk.

<Oh, that is so not fair.>

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Myitt watches her brother leave, then turns to Terenia.  Tara takes control.

"Really, I've been waiting for someone to give him a good shot to the sack," she sniffs. 

Then Myitt turns to Salem.  "So," the Yeerk says conversationally, plastering a grin on her face.  "How's the family?"

[Cobra (Gymn)]

When the andalite walked up I started growling and barking. I bared my teeth and my hackles rose. I put myself in front of Cody.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Salem turned and waited as Terenia said something to Ossanlin, and crossed his arms as, judging by both of their silence, Ossanlin responded to her. When Ossanlin spoke to him, Salem smiled. If the Andalite wanted to believe he was some psychic warrior from the distant future, Salem saw no point in correcting him.

Salem: Psychic Warrior. There's a nice ring to that, he mused.

When Myitt spoke to him, he almost laughed. He wasn't sure she seemed entirely stable, mentally, but it was a nice change of pace to deal with somebody who was acting a little less tense. "Same as always," he said to her with a wink. He turned to Ossanlin. "I've no idea what you're talking about. I never lie. If I were the subversive type, though, it'd be to my advantage to tell the truth most of the time, don't you think? Lies carry very little weight when they're all that one speaks."

"Ossanlin, I hope you don't mind, but I need to do something about my headache, and change my clothes," he said, indicating his torn jacket. "An Andalite I know got injured and needed cloth strips that are worth more than the power core of an Andalite fighter," he said with a wink. "You're welcome to come aboard the ship, or wait out here. Then I'll buy any of you who want it a drink and we'll have this chat you're so intent on," he said to the four people still gathered around him.

[Myitt]

Myitt snorts derisively.  "You lied about harboring the bounty hunter," she says with a smirk.  "I suppose there's a first time for everything, yes?"

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Ossanlin huffs a snort.  <A certain andalite would not have needed any bandages had a certain human's pilot not severely injured him in the first place.  Full circle, wouldn't you agree?>

Ossanlin is hesitant to enter the ship, but does not show it.  He would prefer that Salem not enter the ship either...but there was little for it other than to stun the human and then he wouldn't be any use anyway.  After the brief interchange of dialogue, Ossanlin steps up the ramp to the strange ship, allowing his stalk-eyes to wander over the ship.  Anything he picked up might be useful information if worse came to worse.  <So is your pilot invisible or is he outside plotting an ambush on Terenia and Myitt?>

[Chad32]

Cody was a little surprised when the dog started growling at claxter, and Claxter himself just started noticing the animal after it moved in fron of Cody.

<What is that?>

"It's a dog. humans use them as pets and guardians. Seems it doesn't like you."

<Where did you get it?>

"It followed me out of the bar after some other guy brought it in." Cody stood up after his short rest. "If you really want to keep watching me, you can follow me into my ship. I just need some painkillers, and I may also want to use it to look for your Prince. I have unfinished business before I take my leave."

<I don't know. I don't like the idea of you taking off with me on your ship.>

"Don't be a wimp. I won't try anything that would wind up with me being chased after." He said. Then he spoke to the dog. "Heel boy. We're going for a ride."

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Salem shrugged at Myitt and said with mock innocence, "Gotta start somewhere, right?" He stroked the wall of the ship and a door opened near him, revealing a walk-in closet. He stepped inside and shut the door, but his voice continued coming from the walls of the craft as he took off his clothes.

"Couldn't it be both?" he asked Ossanlin. He decided to try morphing, as Ossanlin had done, and see if it made him feel any better. He concentrated on the Kafit bird and the changes began.

"Neither," said Al from within the ship. "Some of us just like to get away from our bodies occasionally," he laughed.

[Chad32]

(I don't know if Oss and gang are in the same area and Cody's group, or if the CG ship will engage Sukohn's ship if it takes off into the lower atmosphere, but if it's possible then I'm up for that interaction either way.)

[Myitt]

"Hey, whoever just said that, and I assume it was the real android hologram creature," Myitt calls, "I know how you feel."  She grins in spite of herself.

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver felt like her body would explode if she moved. She was racked with spasms within her muscle from over exertion. With her last thoughts beong of her loved ones, mumbling their names, she drifted to sleep.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Ossanlin continues scanning the ship with his stalk eyes as both Salem and the new intelligence speak.  <You have advanced technology, and I will certainly be cautious around you, however that does not mean you have unlimited resources.  Aside from Keshin and your pilot, I don't believe there is anyone else with you.  And as for your pilot...obviously he can 'hear' me...why did you choose to impact me with your ship?  Everyone seems to claim I wasn't on your hit-list...if that's the truth then you must have some other reason for attempting to destroy me.>

[KitsuneMarie]

Tora follows after Corliss, satisfied by Ossanlin's response. <<I did not realize an injury in a place such as that could cause a headache,>> she remarks to Corliss, <<but then again, humans do seem prone to them. They are caused by the strangest of intakes, from alcohol to stress.>> She hesitates a moment and then adds, <<I revealed my species to the War Prince. I hope he is as friendly with our rebellion as we think.>>