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Post by solitaryprincess on Sept 29, 2004 22:24:09 GMT -5
Lexie smiled at Vic and said, "Thank you. And..." she paused for a moment. Apologizing wasn't one of her strong points. Finally she finished. "I'm sorry I pulled a gun on you."
Sighing, Lexie tipped the glass of liquor to her lips and drank steadily. The ice clinked around in the glass as she finished the drink.
Suddenly, Lexie began gnawing on her fingers, biting her nails nervously. It was one of her worst habits.
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Post by slacker261 on Sept 29, 2004 23:29:55 GMT -5
Vic soon came back with a small sampling from the kitchen for both of them. "Hey, I'm sure you're hungry, but 'll bet this food tastes a lot better than your nails," he chuckled as he set the plates down. he sat across from Lexie at the table and gave her some time to relax before asking her the questions he still had, like how she got on the ship and what exactly the Syndicate wanted with her father. "I'm sorry... if I'm being a bit too curious, you don't have to answer any of those."
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Post by solitaryprincess on Sept 30, 2004 18:19:00 GMT -5
Chuckling nervously, Lexie said, "getting on the ship wasn't very hard. I simply waited until it was empty, and discovered the cargo bay door had been left partly open."
Sighing, Lexie whispered, "I don't know what the Syndicate wanted with my father. He did something to wrong them, and they killed him for it. Now they're after me, simply because I am an extention of my father."
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Post by Arashiko2099 on Oct 1, 2004 8:21:51 GMT -5
Rounding the corner Bob heard Lexie mention the Syndicate. " You know Ill tell you what the Syndicate will pay heavy for any bounty they put out. You know Lexie they wanted to hire me to hunt this young woman that got away from them. I think they said her name was Alexandra. But its to bad I'll never find her that 500,000,000 wulong bounty would look good in my pockets." With a smile Bob opens the fridge.
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Post by solitaryprincess on Oct 1, 2004 19:49:11 GMT -5
Lexie glanced nervously at Bob, then turned to Vic with a pleading glance. Her hand fell to the butt of her gun, and she anxiously fingered the saddlewood grip. She wondered if she would have to shoot her way out of this situation.
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Post by Saturn on Oct 1, 2004 22:09:55 GMT -5
Hammer got back to the cockpit and sat down in his captain's chair. He transferred the funds from his account to pay for the jump abd entered hyperspace with his ship.
He relaxed a bit and began to wonder why that woman had stowed away on his ship.
"I hope she comes to talk to me. I really hate uninvited guest. The more I know, the less uncomfortabel I'll be. The last thing I want to do is jetison her into hyperspace," he said to himself with a little grin...
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Post by solitaryprincess on Oct 3, 2004 0:16:11 GMT -5
Lexie decided she had to escape the kitchen, and the strange man who seemed to pay little attention to what was going on around him. She had always been told she had the look of a woman on the run.
Lexie wandered aimlessly about the ship, until she poked her head into the cockpit and spied a grinning man.
Stepping inside, she cleared her throat, "Umm... excuse me?" Fighting her own resistance to ever explaining herself, she said, "I've come to... erm... apologize for stowing away, but... it was sneak onto this ship or be killed... Personally, I like living..." Here she paused and began to pick at stray lint on her shirt.
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Post by Saturn on Oct 3, 2004 20:23:39 GMT -5
Hammer turned to see his stowaway, the smile disappearing from his face.
He stood, looking rather gloomy at the girl.
"Well, living is better than death. I accept your apology. They call me Hammer, now how about introducing yourself and telling me why your on my ship. I don't want any unexpected trouble."
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Post by slacker261 on Oct 7, 2004 13:08:01 GMT -5
"Now what did you go and say something like that, Bob? I'm sure the last thing that girl wants to think about is the bounty on her head... Especially on a ship filled with bounty hunters! Geez..." Vic said, shaking his head at Bob. He stood up from the table and tried to catch up with Lexie. Eventually he found her in the cockpit with Hammer. "Awh c'mon, Hammer... Don't be such a hard ass. I already introduced you guys, and she just explained what she's doing here. Give the girl a break, huh?" he interrupted, having heard part of their conversation as he entered through the door. He slid past them and slumped into the chair he had been sitting in before. "Now, I'm not really sure what were gonna do with you yet Lexie, but you don't have anything to worry about from any of us. Right, Hammer?" he shot at the pilot. "Meanwhile, we've still got this bounty to get after... I say we worry about that first. Bills to pay, y'know."
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Post by solitaryprincess on Oct 7, 2004 21:40:24 GMT -5
Sighing wearily, Lexie told her story once more. After she'd explained everything, she whispered, "I'll get off on the next planet. I just don't want any trouble."
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Post by Arashiko2099 on Oct 8, 2004 10:55:18 GMT -5
Entering the cockpit with yet another beer. Bob wanders over to his seat. " Little lady if you look closely and these fellers and myself you should see there isnt going to be any trouble. At least unless you start it. Oh and that bounty on yur head dont worry about me trying to get it. I saw you fiddlen with yer gun back there, and trust me I only work for the Syndicate when it is a bounty with a good story. Thats why I didnt hunt your daddy or you. Heck tell ya the truth when I got the paper on the story of your papps I felt alittle sorry for the varment."
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Post by copyKatt on Oct 17, 2004 21:55:18 GMT -5
*Not to long ago, The Black Katt arrived in Europa, with her trusty ship 'The Star Lancer'. currently, shes killing some time before a meeting with a contact on her newest bounty. a real big one this time, 6 million wu long*
*Katt leans on her chair casually, sipping lightly on a sangria. The smoky little bar is dim, so she has her hat laying on the table beside her. She can feel the stares of a booth of people near the wall, and gladly returns with her ice cold glare.*
man at the booth: 'that's The Black Katt, aint it? prolly here on that 6 mil bounty."
man 2: "hah, ill bet you my next paycheck that she'll be the one to get it too. Shes a top gun, that one.''
man 3: 'dont seem to freindly though...'
*Katt just smiles to herself and puts her hat back on*
So my names gotten here before me... that'll make my hunting soo much easier... ugh.
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Post by Saturn on Oct 19, 2004 20:41:12 GMT -5
Hammer had fell silent after hearing the story and let the others talk. He decided to check the ship's systems.
'The Syndicate again,' he thought,'I knew something would bring hem back in my direction sooner or later.'
A few hours had past and they came out of hyperspace, not too late either. Hammer was getting a little uneasy with his new passengers.
"Time to land. Each of you can do as you please. However, if you get in my way, I'll mow you down got it," Hammer said as the ship entered the atmosphere and landed.
Hammer made his way to the cargo bay and got in his jumper. A few preflight checks and he was gone. He knew his ship was safe, no one could get through his ship's fire walls...
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Post by copyKatt on Oct 19, 2004 21:21:42 GMT -5
((cool, people still post here ;D, you guys dont mind me joining do you?))
*Katt sat a while longer at her table, until a waitress started approaching her, looking akwardly at a small envelope*
"are you miss Kattarina De-" Katt cut the waitress off...
"who wants to know?" Katt growled as a response. she didnt even bother looking at the waitress, for Katt already knew that this was about. It was a note from her trusty 'contact', becuase he'd always do little things like that to tick her off. He knew Katt hated her full name.
"well, a funny man dropped this off for you. he left right afterwards though, so hes not here anymore."
*Then the waitress left the table. Katt soon follwed suit, leaving the bar to start looking for her 6 million wu long*
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Post by solitaryprincess on Oct 19, 2004 22:01:43 GMT -5
Stepping out of Hammer's ship, Lexie looked around suspiciously. She had a troubling feeling that her stay on Europa would not be easy. The bounty on her head was likely to double within the next few days, and every bounty hunter in the system would probably be after her.
For the time being, Lexie went in search of Marcus Embry, who had been a friend of her father's. He would provide her with food and shelter and safe passage off the planet, if it came to that.
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