I glance from Kali to Captain King and back to the dissolving party. Word certainly travels fast. A bomb? It's a terrifying prospect, but I also feel..possessive. How dare they? When would they have planted it?
I wait to see if Kali is particu…
Admiral and me came to a simple agreement - I get some token jingle up front, he gets me a lead on some water filters and first pick on whatever gets found with the Tax Patrol, no questions asked. They take a lot of loot raidin' and scavvin' and ta…
"Thank you, Captain." I wrap an arm around his smoothly and listen. My eyebrows rise up slightly at his comment about my post before I can regain my neutral expression. "Ah, I see."
As I follow Allevard's lead, I also use my free hand to 'ping' …
I've been vaguely aware of Rajari's tense conspiracy with Allevard until now, when my awareness needs to become precise. "Pardon me, my Lord, I should withdraw and confer with the Captain rather than impede your safe return to quarters with clingin…
I don't comment on Lord Askira's advice, mostly because it is beneath comment. I do need to have a word with her, and those words will be my own. I make some affirmative noise for my Lord, of course. I'm young and need the advice and all that.
"…
This is really prickling at my sprezzatura. Needling my assistant like she is his to make sport of. Well, if I've made Lord Kaluga a point of interest for the other three accidentally, I can do the same to Askira on purpose.
I bring to heart the …
August, I always like the way you think. You stay curious. So stay Sharp.
Bon,
I guess the person who's most surprised I'm doing a good job here is me. But it does make me happy, both doing this work and seeing myself get better at it, makin' s…
It's a gorgeous ship, it truly is, though I was shaken a bit when the FBA couplers needed to be replaced. Naturally we're keeping the old ones in the hold - company rules for a prototype - and I'd like to tear them down and see what happened. I'm …
Bon, I've known you were serious about the clinic from the beginning, when you took mad and left the gang for a while. In no time it was running - your skill got you all set up in SafeCo. You're way more than they had before.
So what's the future…
My Hx resets with Bon from her Special, I take 1xp from the reset (5xp).
I'll take +1 Hard for my Advance, simple and effective.
Bon sets to +3 Hx with me and chooses if I get an additional +1 or a -1 from the Chopper special.
I think Bon also kn…
I take things slow with Bon and when she seems most uncomfortable I try to keep it fun, low pressure, talk it out a little. Was August her first? I'm curious, but I put that aside. Bon is so lovely and sweet with me, and it doesn't matter.
When …
I keep my eyes up to Bon's as she gives the edge of my bruises the lightest touch. No way it could hurt, it just feels thrilling. A chill and a fire follows her fingers. I'm still amazed Bon feels for me this much. I want to make the most out of…
I've seen luxury like this before and if I'm being fully honest about it there's just something about this kind of comfort I don't trust. It never feels..reliable. In my control. But for just one night? Flood it, I'll play.
Chance's got my back…
I let the Arrows carry me down the halls a little bit, mostly for laughs and fun - it's a weird feeling! Then I'm back on my feet because it's too funny, and I miss Bon, and I can tell she misses me back.
This arrangement makes me smile broad. Bu…
"Awright, then." I give Bon a squeeze and then loosen up, change my grip to her shoulder so I have a little support while I stand. With a grunt, I get on my feet and straightened tall. "We got any walking sticks? I could use Balance's shotty but…
I let Belka offer me comfort, then roll my eyes at her antics. Oh, these girls.
"Winn, if you can make time with Buck, go ahead. August won't yell at you or nothin'." I shift my butt a little. I'm not ready to stand up or move or let go but I'm…
I just can't keep it in, this is soakin' agony! That bitin' stick gets some abuse from me, more with every wiggle and scrape. Poor Mox, I can't even laugh at his cute joke, though I try. He's gotta get used to this stuff, though.
When it's done …
Keep off of it? Well, I'll do my best.
I lean into Bon, hold her hand and the stick. "I'll take it without the stab. I wanna sleep when I sleep." Shoot, with all the noise I'd forgotten it was raining. Raining pretty big, too. Well, still. I…
I'm patient with the doctoring. If there's anything I've learned when I've been fortunate enough to have it (which is most every time, really), it's that you hold still and listen. Sometimes I take a pause to breathe out the hurt of being prodded …
Is she half-serious? I shouldn't gamble on that. "Hah, being a hero is a generous state isn't it? Maybe I put on too much of a show.."
I sit down on the table as Bon leads me and take off my jacket, then pull my little bitty work knife out of a …
I soak it up, of course. But I take it light on the booze, it'll make me bleed more.
Rainey gets hugged back, and I grunt and laugh when Winn-Dixie punches me - in my good shoulder because bloody flood. "Hey, Arrows! Quite a big show, yeah? It …
::Thanks!:: Balance was no joke.
I raise a fist to Grunge and Rainey in return.
::My leg's a bit soaked. I don't want people seeing me limp, so let's ride, but slow.:: I also don't want to leave my bike someplace with nobody competent to watch …
Balance's second is safe from me as long as he's not starting any floods. I promised Bon I'd see her after, and even though I know it's complete bloody muck there's a sacredness to the ring I won't violate. I ain't startin' nothin' with anyone til…
I keep my gun trained on Balance till I see his headwound and how it's not for play-play. My gun gets lowered slow-like and holstered as I watch the buggy ride forward and stop against the side of the arena, wheels pushin' mud. I ride alongside it…
Balance is making a chase out of this! Fun. I follow, trying to line up beside him, dodging the blood rain spilling down through the roof. Though if I try to ride that embankment I'll have some height on him. A jumping drive-by would make the au…
After that bit of fun, all things being equal I'll be pressing my advantage and shooting up Balance and his moist little buggy. I take things a little slower to baby my bike and get a better shot.
I realize I didn't include my armor on the roll …