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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3540 on: July 13, 2012, 08:28:06 PM »
Esreth nods. "Terenia says that living by the law is overrated," she relays with a smirk. "But I can admire the desire to do so, so long as those laws don't involve wreaking havoc on other species. I break my people's laws every day, and I'm proud to do so. I hope the ones you try to uphold are a bit more worthy than the Empire's."

<<Oh boy, here we go,>> Terenia mutters.

The Yeerk smirks a little. "You'll have to excuse me, I think I've overstayed my welcome in the driver's seat. I'm going to hand it back to Terenia for a little bit." She winks and slides out of control.

The smile immediately turns into a scowl, and Terenia rolls her eyes. "Yes, she's always like that," she mutters. "Too damn nice for my --" Her eyes narrow a little as she realizes they are being watched.

"Hey," she calls to Jocun. "Find something interesting?"

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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3541 on: July 13, 2012, 08:38:28 PM »
"I'm highly interested in rebels, actually." Jocun said. Given her scowl, he assumed she was being snippy, rather than friendly. "Some are friendlier than others, obviously. Name's Jocun 119. This middle aged Human is Simon. I don't mean any harm, though." He decided to stop there. She might dislike it if he went on and on, like when Terliss became annoyed when he just wanted a quick answer from Jocun.


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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3542 on: July 14, 2012, 02:21:15 AM »
A lone, well-kept Bug fighter melts into real space not far from the bar's orbit.

It careens a little too quickly down towards the building, circling in a wide arc above it as if trying to decide whether or not to land. Whoever is piloting the ship seems to be having difficulty doing so very smoothly, but eventually it does wobble itself down towards the far end of the gravel parking area--where there is much more room for a ship to land without hitting anything.

After a lengthy pause the lights fade to darkness, and a man in his early-thirties steps down the ramp, staring wide-eyed up at the strange sky.

He seals the ship and weaves his way through the graveyard of dead and half-living ships, marveling at some of the machinery that is very much alive and very foreign to his sensibilities.

His black boots crunch along the gravel as he approaches the bar, and he keeps his Dracon at his side holster, stuck to the belt of his faded jeans. His crimson--or perhaps it was once crimson--polo shirt looks like it has seen better days, and it is smudged with black oil stains that simply will not come out. He is tall and skinny, with pale skin and an angular, amiable face. The most striking thing about his appearance, as he steps cautiously into the very Earth-like building on a very alien planetoid, is the mess of brown ringlets that sprout from his head. His curly hair frames his face and ends just short of his shoulders, and he pushes it out of his wary brown eyes as he inspects the bar's occupants.

The sea of strangers--some of whom are dressed in armor or other clothing that smacks of a lack of humanity--makes him frown, and when he spots the Andalite his heart nearly stops in his chest. He briefly considers stepping back out the door, until he spots Terenia's familiar face.

Skirting around the Andalite with a wide a berth as he can give, he makes his way towards her seat at the bar, staring at the thing to which she is talking.

"Terenia," he breathes with relief, eyes wide as saucers. "Thank God you're here, I didn't expect...would you look at this place?" He laughs, looking around, his eyes meeting Jocun's gaze briefly before stopping at Parker's form again. "Sorry, but what the hell are you?" His thumb runs along the edge of his Dracon, cautiously.
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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3543 on: July 14, 2012, 08:05:22 AM »
Jocun watched the seemingly paranoid controller come in. Obviously he didn't care for Andalites, but he was a friend of Terenia's. Given Myitt's comfort around Ossanlin, he wondered why this one had a completely different reaction.

<Maybe you should brush up on your history.> Simon said.

<Our history books don't tell us every detail on each rebel and their relationship with everyone else.>


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« Reply #3544 on: July 14, 2012, 09:41:45 AM »
Terenia frowns a little, noting that Jocun introduced his host. "You know eavesdropping is rude, right?" she finally settles on saying. "If you're going to join us, come join us. If not, go away."

She shrugs a little apologetically to Parker, as if the eavesdropping Controller were her fault. "People around here..." she mutters, sipping her beer. Her attention is drawn away again, however, by the arrival of a familiar newcomer.

"Gene?" Terenia asks in surprise, pulling out a chair for him. "What the hell are you doing here? Is everything okay?" She glances between him and Parker. "Oh, he's fine, he's just got a really elaborate suit of armor. Um...Parker, this is Gene. Gene, Parker."

<<You think everything is okay?>> Terenia wonders inwardly, immediately flashing back to the partially overheard conversation from earlier. <<You don't think Reven is in trouble, do you?>>

<<I'm sure everything is fine,>> Esreth murmurs. <<And if it isn't, Gene will let us know.>>

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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3545 on: July 14, 2012, 09:48:13 AM »
"Thanks." Jocun said, and came to sit at their table. "Honestly I'm not used to people minding me eavesdropping on them or including myself in their conversations. I'm rather popular where I'm from. Then I got this bright idea to vacation in a place where no one knows who I am."


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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3546 on: July 14, 2012, 11:32:12 AM »
Salem rolled his torso so he was on his back and turned his head. He watched with nothing but a detached curiosity as Rathien approached. Was he looking at Salem? No... he was looking past him. Into the hollow in the tree. Salem turned again and looked back at the hollow, his copper gun still lying out in front of it. It was an interesting tree, wasn't it?

<<Way I see it, you only lose one kill,>> he said, the words flowing from him seeming to bypass his current thought process. <<Whereas I gain my entire life.>> That made sense, didn't it? Did it? Salem felt himself aiming his gun at Rathien, and frowned. He shouldn't shoot him now, right? But why? That was what you did with Rathiens. You shot at them, and then they shot back. That was just how it was done.

But this one... he shouldn't shoot this one. Not now.

And Rathien looked mad. He should be, shouldn't he? After all, Salem had just prevented him from making this kill. Salem had the feeling that Rathien didn't let many bounties get away.

Or maybe he was just mad at all the chaos and anger in the world. The way no one could change things, not like they wanted to. Even those with power could do little beyond finding a niche. And when that niche was smoked out, there was nothing to do but find another. Sometimes in another world altogether. It wasn't fair, but there wasn't anything anyone could do about it, right? So there was no reason to get mad.

<<You look frustrated,>> he said, doing his best to sound authoritative and doctoral. Best person to diagnose madness was probably a doctor of some kind, right? But doctors gave medicines and cures. What kind of cure would be best? Salem didn't know, but he did know some good cure-alls.

<<Maybe you need a drink.>>
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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3547 on: July 14, 2012, 12:19:23 PM »
Parker waved a dismissive hand at Terenia's apology and was about to reply when a strange man began blurting at Terenia about the planetoid. He raised an eyebrow at "Gene", apparently a friend of Terenia's. He didn't like meeting new people without his helmet on. Parker moved his hair from his tanned face to get a good look at the person. When Gene asked what he was, he noticed Gene's hand massage his weappn. Parker raised his gaunleted hands and said, "I believe it's obvious that I'm Human; though a tad more protected than a normal soldier."

He slowly leveled his right arm to shake Gene's hand and said, "Officially, I'm a SPARTAN-II. My name is Parker-821. Nice to meet another acquaintance of Terenia's."
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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3548 on: July 14, 2012, 06:29:45 PM »
"Hang on, take a breath already," Gene says to Terenia, smiling. "Yes, everything's fine. I'm just here to, you know, see the place." He shrugs. "Maybe pick up a few, uh...supplies."

He blinks at Parker. "I've never seen an actual human dressed like...like that," Gene replies, gesturing at the SPARTAN soldier's armor. "If Terenia thinks you're okay, then I guess you're alright. You just...look like a Transformer." He smirks. "Gene Tannenbaum." He hesitates before shaking Parker's hand. "What's with the numbers? Parker..two...all that? You sound like a Yeerk." Gene rolls his eyes good-naturedly.



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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3549 on: July 14, 2012, 06:45:35 PM »
"So Terenia, have the rebels had any recent successes against the Empire?" Jocun asked. he was curious to know where in the timeline the rebels were, and if anything matched his history.


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« Reply #3550 on: July 14, 2012, 11:36:27 PM »
Terenia raises her eyebrows at Jocun. "Sorry," she says, not sounding sorry at all, "but I'm not particularly in the habit of discussing the rebellion with people I met five seconds ago. You'll have to forgive me if I don't trust you."

She glances at Gene, smirking a little at the mention of 'supplies'. "Parker's come in handy," she says. "He saved me from some dapsen turelek that shot my arm off."

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« Reply #3551 on: July 15, 2012, 08:19:22 AM »
"I don't think it would be much of a breach to talk about things that have already happened, and are likely already publicly known." Jocun said. "I'm not asking about secret missions and the like. Just some general stuff."


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Re: Galaxy's Edge Space Bar
« Reply #3552 on: July 15, 2012, 06:09:04 PM »
Parker looked to the man who was earlier conversing with the bounty hunter, and was now inserting himself into their conversation. He gave him a serious look and said, "I believe the lady told you to change your topic of conversation. If she doesn't wish to discuss the inner workings of a secret organization, it would be best to leave it at that."

He turned to Gene and replied, "And you Yeerks sound like Spartans, except for the whole parasite bit." His eyes narrow as he says, "Except she called you 'Gene', so you very well may not be a Yeerk; unless you too are a vessel. Either way, I used to have a last name, but when I was recruited, it was replaced with my Spartan number. Officially my name is SPARTAN-821. Not many people know my birth name."
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« Reply #3553 on: July 15, 2012, 07:18:54 PM »
"You know it's kind of insulting to call us vessels. That's something you call an object." Simon said. Jocun didn't respond to his comment, and waited for Terenia's response.


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« Reply #3554 on: July 15, 2012, 08:14:19 PM »
"I don't particularly like the term 'vessel' either," Terenia mutters. "But that doesn't mean I want to talk about the rebellion with you, Jocun. Anything that might have happened in the past year or so since I've been with them hasn't been significant enough to mention."

<<You're lying,>> Esreth observes.

<<You really think I'm going to bring up the barium incident with Gene here?>> Terenia snaps. <<Besides, the Empire doesn't know that came from us. It could have come from anyone, and if this Jocun person works for the Empire I don't want him bringing down his forces on us because I slip up.>>

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