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I stand abruptly, take a step to close the distance between us, and slap him across the face. "LIAR! You robbed me of her, made me grow up without a mother. But that is not enough for you--now, you want to ruin even my memories of her. Why? So you c…
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“Ewww! I know I said I assumed, but…” I shake my head and mime plugging my ears, grinning at him. After a few moments, I turn serious. In a low voice I ask, “Daddy? How does Harbormaster know my mother? He…mentioned her to me, and it seemed like h…
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I look at him, first with disbelief, then surprised puzzlement. “Hope said you had not…with her. But you are surrounded by beautiful women often. I had assumed…” Daddy hides things from me all the time, but he does not often bother to lie. I did not…
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"The third is not a request. Or maybe it is, but the request would be for you and I to think through something together." Incredibly, I think I am about to be completely honest and guileless with my father, maybe for the first time since...I am not …
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"Two things," I say, briskly. The Admiral likes his conversations brisk, I think to myself as I take on just enough of his manner to make him more comfortable with me. When you have lived your whole life reaching into another people's heads, social …
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“Norvell… I think I have heard the name. I cannot go north–not with Pike to look after. I could send someone, but if Cujo failed to find him…” When Hope asks why I want to find a golden ear and whether it is because Cujo is mad at me, I smile, rem…
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"I am sorry. I was concerned about you, and I overstepped. I will not do this again." I pause and look for acknowledgment in her eyes. "No more lectures. Just know that if the time ever comes that you want my help, you will have it. I am sure the sa…
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“The Home that Harbormaster offers destroys the people that depend on it. None of your friends or family want that for you. You have a real home with Ace and the rest of the Arrows. And the difference is that you can come and go as you like–there ar…
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Harbormaster is a mass of contradictions… “Is he ever…unkind to you–Harbormaster? Or the Admiral?”
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“What is Home like, Hope? Is it a good thing or is it a trap? And what do you mean ‘he fixed your leg’?”
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“It is okay. I know what it is like to be under someone else’s influence.” I reach out hesitantly to touch her arm. “I will just tell you things he already knows,” I say with a smile. “That still leaves almost everything.” I am quiet for a bit, relu…
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Casual brain receptivity: (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 5, 2. Total: 9)
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"My boss. Former boss, really. I used to work exclusively for the Admiral." I immediately feel bad, like I have lied to Hope--which I have not...not really. I want to trust Hope, but I do not understand what she is doing with the Harbormaster. Ac…
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I am glad that the Admiral seems satisfied with how I am handling Pike and is willing to work with me. I absorb his words, all the while my consciousness washing over his. Using the holds from the Casual Brain Receptivity (rolled 13): * What i…
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We never defined Pike. Here's a proposal. All of this is subject to edit. I'm just putting a starting point out there. Since Pike is sort of large, I used the regular Hardholder rules instead of the small holding rules. Would be happy to reverse t…
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Start of session move Wealth: If your hold is secure and your rule unchallenged, at the beginning of the session, roll+hard. On a 10+, you have surplus at hand and available for the needs of the session. On a 7–9, you have surplus, but choose 1 wa…
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Taking the Battlebabe move Visions of death for my advance.
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SeaTac knows me better.
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I give him a tilt of my head and a grimace. "I am new to them, and they were not a loyal bunch to begin with. Some fear me, which only goes so far..." I glance over at Jax, then back at the Admiral. "My right hand has come to value that I value him,…
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“You will act in your own best interests. That is why I am here–to see if we agree on what those are. As for betrayal, only you know what I am doing, and if your interests and mine were not aligned, I would not have long term plans for Pike.” I shr…
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"I understand and agree with you, but you misunderstand me. I have not turned my back on any raiders, including Tax Patrol. I am well aware that Pike's 'walls' are the competing values of the various raider factions and other interested parties, suc…
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I catch Hope looking at me, more there than I have seen her in awhile. The universe keeps mocking me for not learning the Arrows' sign speech. You would think that with the amount of time I have spent around them, I would have learned that. I did le…
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Casual Brain Receptivity: (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 5, 6. Total: 13)
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“I would love a coffee. This is one thing that is not so good in Pike. I guess I took the wrong hold.” I say with a lighthearted laugh–I am kidding–really. “Thank you for saying you are impressed. Your opinion means a lot to me.” Just not in the …
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I am surprised at the Admiral's reaction to me. I had expected condescension and bullying. If anything, this level of politeness from him freaks me out a little. I decide to respond in kind. "Thank you for agreeing to see me on short notice. I fel…
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I do not like the idea that Harbormaster knows what my mother sang often. I do not like that he thinks she would leave something for him. I wonder if there is anything else on that recording... I have listened to her voice over and over these last f…
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I smile humorlessly. "I have no illusions about the Admiral's and my relationship. It is not coincidental that I chose to seek out Home on this visit to Safeco." And that is it. Or so I thought, but then, on impulse, I look back at Jax and Suquami…
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I try and look a little distraught at the notion of giving the vial back, try to let just a hint of desperation enter my voice. “Okay, okay–I understand. I just… Look, things are going okay, but this meeting with the Admiral is a big deal, and after…
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Ha. I was thinking exactly that, but didn't want to push too hard in the wrong direction.
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Wait–I am still holding 3… How can I convince HM to let me keep the vial?