Hotaru no Haka

[Eppy]

"You're shorting us by two million credits."

Kyosuke looked over at Hotaru, who was staring with distaste at Kyushu's leading diamond buyer. "What?"

"He's shortchanging us by two million. Leipzig charges more than he's paid us for this junk. In essence, we're receiving about two thirds of the agreed-upon shipping fee."

"Mishima-san, this is highly irregul-"

"Yoriami-san, if you are not prepared to pay in full, on the spot, I will be pleased to take my order to the conglomerates on New Tokyo or Honshu. Hotaru, have the lifters canceled."

"Yes sir." She lifted her phone and hit the speed dial. "Yoko, tell the loaders not to bring down the diamonds. We're having some-"

"Very well, very well." Yoriami sighed. "I'll pay, despite these ridiculous price hikes..."

"Scratch that, Yoko, compliance has been enforced." Hotaru smiled as she closed the phone.

*****

Tanto's sleek black EVA stealth suit slid along the edges of the Kisaragi's hull, pawing for the old-fashioned maintenance airlock on the backside of the Train's main body. He wrenched at the circular valve and got it open; slipping inside of the darkened ship, he closed the hatch, ordered the dusty control panel to pressurize, popped his helmet and slid into the hatch. He'd infiltrated Trains like this several times; it was a rather major security flaw. Not that he was complaining...he could use his signature weapon on jobs like these, instead of having to rely on crude, indiscriminate explosives. There was little so artful as a proper incision across the throat...

He popped a broom closet on the darkened corridor and slid inside. The pneumatic doors closed automatically; the only illumination was the soft green "Escape!" button on the inside of the right wall. Hopefully he'd make use of that soon enough.


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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.