Interject:Hema wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 2:21 am"I can't afford to wait around for you to come to your senses, Buck.
Fame and glory wait for no man! If you can't be swayed to apologize then you'll have to find your own way down.
Gene and I will be taking the shuttle over just as soon as I have a word with our pilot!"
Radio the shuttle pilot
"Greetings to your good sir!
This is the legendary Brom Keegan speaking!
I'd like to apologize for the horrible behavior of my crewmates.
They're all a bit cranky, but they're decent fellows most of the time.
Of course I understand if you would like to avoid interacting with them.
With the way they were acting, who would?
Two of us (including myself) were fairly well behaved however.
We'll be willing to pay for a trip to the station, as well as take care of any business you might have there as an added bonus.
That's right, you'll have the great Brom Keegan taking care of business for you. Not an offer that one gets often!"
"Wait a damn second - "
Look back at the other team, leaping across the chasm, then turn around reluctantly:
"I'm- I'm comin' with y'all. I was just jokin' with the guy, for God's sake, he should lighten up a bit. Sheesh, why's everyone so serious!? Tell him we'll pay him 400 tin up front, you n' me. For just three people, that's a bargain! He can even sell our info, for all I care! Just get us off this hunk o' junk, 'cause there's no way in hell I'm doin' that"
Gesture towards the other squad
Curse the fact that the squids are screwing me over again under my breath, vowing terrible retaliation
if, while Brom is talking to the pilot, I can hear him make a fuss about me specifically, butt in and shout:
"Oh C'MON, that was just a, a- prank, yeah, just a funny lil' prank! I ain't tried to kill you or nothin'! It ain't my fault y'all ain't got no sense o' humor. You really thought that that was me tryin'a pull a fast one on you? No way!"
Resist the urge to insult the pilot