Ouray Inn (iRP)

[shemkel]

Lancehead was just finishing the post-docking checks when he noticed a security team running through the corridor leading to other docks. He ignored what he saw for a brief moment but then he realised something. Ohshi... - he thought to himself - there's gonna be trouble...
He ran down the stairs of his old pelican to get to the neighbouring dock as fast as possible. Suddenly he stopped, got a few stairs back up and opened the door to ship's toilet. For a while, he stared at his reflection in the mirror, tided up his jacket a bit. "You won't shave yourself right now, will you?" he asked his reflection and left the room in a hurry.

As he entered the dock his corsair guest landed in, he almost started to laugh. There were xenos all around the place hidden behind some crates and boxes, most of them aiming their guns at the corsair pilot. Some of them were even aiming at Ronnie as he ran out of the corridor rather fast. They were all armed and ready as if there was a navy cruiser outside the station launching a boarding party right now. In the middle of this mess, there was his corsair guest standing, with slightly surprised look on her face but besides that, rather calm and - what Lancehead was quite impressed with - not afraid.
"Stand down, people!", Ronnie ordered, "Holster your weapons! You act like a bunch of pirates. It's not how we welcome our guests, is it?" Seeing the xenos relaxing a bit and putting down their weapons, Lancehead turned towards Valeria: "I'm terribly sorry, Miss Benitez. But you must understand them, they live in a lot of stress."
As he walked down towards his guest, Lancehead noticed the dock security chief trying to manage the other xenos and send them back to their work. As he walked by the man, he patted his shoulder and whispered "Good job, man. You've earned yourself a bottle". This made the officer relax and smile as he thought he would rather get yelled at.

"I hope you don't mind this... mess?" Ronnie asked as he aproached Valeria "The bar is that way. My boys will handle the ship and refill whatever is needed."

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Once a Xeno - Always a Xeno