No Good Deed

[TheJarl]

Freya Eistochter

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It were the small things. A glance, a little nod. A nod back. Looking, turning away, leaving out details that Jana knew Freya did know. Freya was at her best like this. Sparks and Vaelin didn't just walk into an office, they walked straight into a witches' coven. To outsiders Jana might appear almost the complete opposite of Freya. One was calm and calculated, the other fierce and unpredictable.

Those outsiders wouldn't be wrong in that observation, but they would likely be mistaken in their conclusion. Despite her traits, Freya was still a politician as well, just like Jana. She knew their differences, she also knew that they were a frightening team to have against you, exactly because they were so different.

Poor Sparks. There was no escape. The prosecutor had spoken and the judge had not objections.

"It is unfortunate, McFarlen." Freya didn't even bother responding to Vaelin. He was a mere nuisance to her. There was no difficulty in deciding his fate, he could have known as soon as he set foot on Bruchsal station that this would be his only time visiting it. He was lucky though. If it wasn't for the involvement of Sparks he'd probably be detained for a while. Now his fate is the same as Sparks's.

"Exile it will be."

She called it unfortunate but she did not pity Sparks. She was not some recruit fresh from a Neu Berlin university. When you're a former rogue and with the Widerstand for quite some time, you should be able to expect the consequences of your actions. Even if she did pity Sparks, it wouldn't matter anyway. Freya was a guerilla-leader not a kindergarten-teacher.

She looked at Jana and gestured towards her. "As Frau Achen explained to you, you have a history of disregarding security protocols and as she also explained those security protocols exist for a very good reason." She turns back her gaze to Sparks occasionally shifting to Vaelin and back again. "Your friend here might act tough, but even if he was ten times more dangerous than a single man could ever be, he would be but an ant among our vast collection of enemies. The Military wouldn't think twice about calling a capital fleet back from the front lines if they were certain they could wipe us out." She pauses for a moment.

"As such, I have no choice. For repeatedly breaching security protocols and endangering the lives of fellow party members I, as Vorsitzende of the Bundschuh Partei, declare you, Aktivist Sarah McFarlen, exiled from all our stations and expelled from the Bundschuh Partei and affiliated paramilitaries, political factions, platforms and tendencies. You'll have to leave the station within two hours after which your docking rights will be revoked. "

Freya turns to Jana. "Jana, contact base security and let three guards come over." She returns her attention to Sparks. "The guards will escort you to your quarters to gather personal belongings after which you will be brought to your vessels. Don't try to pull off any stunts and just comply with the guards, that goes for Herr Darklight as well, who by the way never had received any docking rights in the first place so is simply as unwelcome as he was before only now we know him as a specifically unwelcome individual to look out for."

Freya leans back in her chair and smiles.

"Tschüß!"

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