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Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:17 pm
#332
by Talvieno
Alpha
Buck shows Brom what he's found: A list of various adventures, rumors, tall tales and the like involving everybody's favorite restaurant-owner-gone-mobster-except-not-actually-mobster-but-more-just-a-guy-with-a-reputation-for-not-liking-to-be-screwed-over, Men'ko Mokila. It seems he has a place he keeps up on the northside of downtown, down a side street that is fairly well-marked and ends in a nice little cul-de-sac. He's a restaurant owner. He has a restaurant. People go there. It's supposed to be pretty popular. The English version of his place is "Mokila's Mimosas", perhaps referencing the drink (although it should be noted, by the look of his menu, he may not even have a clue what a Mimosa actually is - it looks like he just chose the name specifically because it was 1. related to alcohol and 2. happened to be in Galactic Standard).
There are no articles or pages mentioning Men'ko Mokila and Squigg being buddies, but given that the only pages Buck can really find on Men'ko are the advertisement for his eatery and an opinion column in a local news site... well, that's hardly surprising. He's a squid - a big, well-built looking one at that - but still just a squid. Neither Brom nor especially Buck have much respect for their kind.
Beta
"I-is Ms. Kaquyu allowed knowing you sent us to take her?" Saoirse asks.
The bhezian translates, and Big Daneelo responds with a stern "Peta." As it soon turns out, this means "no".
A bit worried, Frank queries, "They'll let us in without asking questions...but will they let us take her just as easily...? Or should we expect hostilities from the start?"
"Be prepared for all things," Big Daneelo replies. "Bringing them a gift from Hosef'Wa may help things flow more smoothly, but be aware that I and Hosef are on uneasy terms."
Gamma
Vynkor, her head pounding, assesses the state of her limbs. Her right leg, upper calf, feels like it's burning violently. Her limbs are all there, at least, and they all feel functional... so that's an improvement over last time. She opens her eyes slowly, and starts feeling around for her gear - only, she doesn't find any. At all. Where's my shit? Void take them, where's my medkit? While fairly pissed off at this development, she decides to start unwrapping the bandages around her chest to fix the wound on her leg - only to find it's already been patched up... rather messily. Some kind of slimy, chemical-smelling substance has been smeared all over the spot where a worryingly large chunk has been taken out of the muscle... and it still hurts like hell, but it doesn't seem to be bleeding anymore. Maybe it'll even heal eventually. ...Sort of, anyway. It looks like discount stopgap medigel - and smells like it, too. The stuff is almost as toxic as it is beneficial. Vynkor quickly decides that a layer of bandages over it probably won't hurt anything - but as she's wrapping it up, she notices the hiltorel girl huddled in the corner. "Hey, you alive?" Vynk asks, not really expecting a response. The hiltorel shifts slightly, but says nothing.
But she does receive a response - from Sukava. "Yeah, I'm fine," she groans, putting a hand to her aching head. "Just a hangover. Crazy party last night."
Vynkor grunts her agreement.
"I think I got two," Sukava says, opening her eyes and taking a look around. "How many did you get?"
"Just one. They fried my gun when they knocked us out." Then she turns to the squid in the corner again. "I hope you speak Standard. I've had about enough of the language barrier thing."
"I do speak Human, yes," the girl replies, after a lengthy hesitation. She seems... well, very nervous and afraid. There's no telling what she's been through while she's been here, especially given her condition, so it's hardly any surprise. "I'm Mofaet."
Delta
Still not having moved, Yuuji idly kicks a pebble. Or something. There aren't really any pebbles here. It's a goddamn space station, after all. Maybe he kicks a broken piece of metal or something -- the important thing is that he kicked it. Why? Because he's bored as all fck and certainly not doing anything else right now - certainly not doing anything important, like trying to prolong his immediate lifespan. But he's bored, so he kicks a rock. Er, piece of scrap metal. It's a thing people do. Probably. I mean, it's a big galaxy.