Login

Infernal · (This post was last modified: 12-03-2024, 08:41 PM by Infernal.)

¤ Source: Brunswick Provisional Province, Planet Harris, Tau-31
¤ Author: D.Adenike
¤ Mood: Droit
¤ Hunger: Satiated
¤ Subject: Ruminations

UNCLEAR SKIES

Miss Elise is another of the wayward, if congenial, souls in this suppressive region.

An ostensible pirate, racer, and mechanic in one. Large life for a Bretonian girl. I would mistake her for a Junker if it were not for the iconography.

She purports to be a member of a "Sisterhood", though she maneuvered around the subject. Trouble at home, I take it. We all have enough of that.

I suspect it would do me well to make her acquaintance again. If not for the fact that Bretonia is an ever-darkening place, then because I suspect my dealings with Venus may draw me into undesired conflicts. A friend on the skeptical end of morality would be necessary in any resolution.

Attachment(s)

[02.12.2024 21:56:08] Infernal: Salutations.
[02.12.2024 21:56:12] Yellowfin: Hey, Junker. Fancy ship.
[02.12.2024 21:56:24] Infernal: Thank you. Miss...?
[02.12.2024 21:56:34] Yellowfin: Elise.
[02.12.2024 21:56:39] Infernal: Adenike.
[02.12.2024 21:56:43] Infernal: Charmed.
[02.12.2024 21:56:59] Yellowfin: Little early to say, but I'll go with it.
[02.12.2024 21:57:23] Infernal: And what brings you down from the glorious blue, then?
[02.12.2024 21:57:45] Yellowfin: I had to get some stupid paperwork from home.
[02.12.2024 21:57:55] Yellowfin: Now, I'm....actually not sure where I'm headed.
[02.12.2024 21:58:11] Infernal: I did not take you for such a dull task.
[02.12.2024 21:58:18] Infernal: Racer?
[02.12.2024 21:58:53] Yellowfin: I've done some. Not really my main occupation, but it's something I like.
[02.12.2024 21:59:23] Infernal: What does one need such an interesting vessel for, then?
[02.12.2024 21:59:51] Yellowfin: It was a gift from my girls for a very long friendship.
[02.12.2024 22:00:03] Infernal: Interesting girls, then.
[02.12.2024 22:00:10] Yellowfin: Well, I asked for it and they gave it to me. I don't know if that counts as a gift.
[02.12.2024 22:00:28] Infernal: Many Junkers would agree that it is.
[02.12.2024 22:00:44] Infernal: They were pirates, however.
[02.12.2024 22:00:57] Yellowfin: Hah. Well. I do mean in an amicable way, not like that.
[02.12.2024 22:01:30] Infernal: Mm. Kusari?
[02.12.2024 22:01:56] Yellowfin: I'm not from there, but I've spent a lot of my life there. Thus the girls and the ship.
[02.12.2024 22:02:06] Infernal: I assumed. But you know the phrase.
[02.12.2024 22:02:22] Infernal: Admittedly I do not know much of the local ettiquette to comment on gifts.
[02.12.2024 22:02:41] Yellowfin: What about you? I've known some rich Junkers, but that's still a pretty unusual ship to be flying.
[02.12.2024 22:02:56] Infernal: Ah. There's a very sad Bretonian boy in Newcastle, now.
[02.12.2024 22:03:00] Yellowfin: Also, hey Corse.
[02.12.2024 22:03:06] Revendeur.II: Hey!
[02.12.2024 22:03:17] Yellowfin: Ah, another gift then? But of the other sort.
[02.12.2024 22:03:33] Infernal: No. He made a bet, and the odds were in my favor.
[02.12.2024 22:03:36] Revendeur.II: Damned, you scared me with the Chrystantenum IFF!
[02.12.2024 22:03:59] Infernal: What the hell is a chrys-tan-tan-um?
[02.12.2024 22:04:09] Yellowfin: What kind of bet? Or is it the sort you have to swear not to tell people about?
[02.12.2024 22:04:31] Infernal: That depends on the kind of oath you're willing to make.
[02.12.2024 22:04:56] Infernal: In confidence?
[02.12.2024 22:05:01] Yellowfin: Well go on then, give me a hint at least.
[02.12.2024 22:05:20] Infernal: I don't know the game. Something from the edge worlds, I assume. But I did know the dealers.
[02.12.2024 22:05:54] Yellowfin: You know, if you had said Cambridge instead of Newcastle, I would have suspected my brother.
[02.12.2024 22:06:09] Infernal: The house always wins as they say, and luckily it was for rent.
[02.12.2024 22:06:22] Yellowfin: Because he's rich, he owns one of those ships, and he is absolutely the sort to make an ill-advised bet.
[02.12.2024 22:06:37] Yellowfin: Obviously that's a one in a billion chance, but it'd fit him.
[02.12.2024 22:06:44] Infernal: Bretonia is a lovely place in that way.
[02.12.2024 22:06:57] Infernal: In many ways, as it turns out.
[02.12.2024 22:07:16] Yellowfin: I don't find a lot of charm in it. Only came back for the paperwork.
[02.12.2024 22:07:29] Infernal: We're all running from home, then.
[02.12.2024 22:07:40] Infernal: And where is that for you now?
[02.12.2024 22:08:30] Yellowfin: *she blows out a long breath, tapping the dash*
[02.12.2024 22:08:32] Yellowfin: Good question.
[02.12.2024 22:08:51] Tip: Are you new to our server? Introduce yourself on our forums in the Welcome Section at Discoverygc.com
[02.12.2024 22:09:04] Infernal: Mm. Kusari has not been the most welcoming to me either, if that's the implication.
[02.12.2024 22:09:18] Yellowfin: I mean, I can always go to the girls. They took me when I was a teenager, they'll take me at thirty-five too. I'm sure of it.
[02.12.2024 22:09:39] Yellowfin: But I'm not too happy with some of the directions the Sisterhood has taken.
[02.12.2024 22:09:50] Infernal: And these girls are the type to take in any stray that shows up? No offense intended, of course.
[02.12.2024 22:10:00] Infernal: Maybe a word ahead?
[02.12.2024 22:10:12] Yellowfin: Apparently so? It sort of happened by accident.
[02.12.2024 22:10:29] Yellowfin: I was all young and chaotic and being an outlaw in their territory.
[02.12.2024 22:10:44] Yellowfin: But they didn't have a problem with it, instead, they gave me a place and supported me.
[02.12.2024 22:11:04] Yellowfin: I'll always be grateful to them, no matter what I think of their more recent...developments.
[02.12.2024 22:11:08] Infernal: Ah, I cannot sympathize. One of the perks of being with the clans, as it turns out.
[02.12.2024 22:11:25] Infernal: The proper authorities are always willing to bargain for us.
[02.12.2024 22:11:36] Infernal: Well. Unless you're in Kusari.
[02.12.2024 22:11:53] Yellowfin: I like to keep that very much separate by nation.
[02.12.2024 22:12:08] Yellowfin: I'm a Bretonian citizen and I do have to return sometimes, so I don't start shit there.
[02.12.2024 22:12:19] Infernal: That worldview may well have trouble in the less civilized places.
[02.12.2024 22:12:22] Yellowfin: I also don't start shit in Rheinland, for....unrelated reasons.
[02.12.2024 22:12:38] Yellowfin: In Kusari and Liberty, I'm fine with being on the wanted lists.
[02.12.2024 22:12:46] Yellowfin: And Gallia? Who knows. I don't go there.
[02.12.2024 22:12:52] Infernal: Do not go there.
[02.12.2024 22:13:35] Infernal: This sisterhood is of what persuasion, exactly?
[02.12.2024 22:13:50] Yellowfin: The Golden Chrysanthemums? You've heard of them, I assume.
[02.12.2024 22:14:03] Infernal: I have been quite sequestered in my dealings.
[02.12.2024 22:14:25] Infernal: But most religious figures don't have fully-armed ships.
[02.12.2024 22:14:45] Infernal: And neither do fancy junkers, for that matter.
[02.12.2024 22:14:59] Infernal: Or is that just a wayward sister thing?
[02.12.2024 22:15:16] Yellowfin: It's not really- well, I guess it's a little bit religious.
[02.12.2024 22:15:31] Yellowfin: But mostly it's a women's rights movement, which aren't too great in Kusari.
[02.12.2024 22:15:57] Infernal: I assumed that any brotherhood is religious in nature, godly or not.
[02.12.2024 22:16:06] Infernal: But there I go assuming again.
[02.12.2024 22:16:29] Infernal: You would be welcome to set the record straight.
[02.12.2024 22:16:44] Yellowfin: You're not entirely wrong. They have this whole thing about a prophesized chosen child who will become Empress or whatever.
[02.12.2024 22:17:13] Yellowfin: But how many Chrysanthemums *actually* believe in that stuff? I dunno, a minority for sure.
[02.12.2024 22:17:28] Infernal: As much as I would hate to admit it, some of our own legends are of similar nature.
[02.12.2024 22:17:40] Infernal: And I am not currently predisposed to question them in recent times.
[02.12.2024 22:18:16] Yellowfin: That's an ominous statement. Go on, clarify.
[02.12.2024 22:18:38] Infernal: I would prefer not to ruin my mood. Another time maybe.
[02.12.2024 22:19:00] Infernal: Suffice to say that Bretonia has changed since your childhood.
[02.12.2024 22:19:28] Yellowfin: Well....yeah. You could say that.
[02.12.2024 22:19:55] Yellowfin: I'm from Cambridge so we didn't get the worst of it, but...yeah.
[02.12.2024 22:20:07] Infernal: Ah. Another Cambridge 'git', as they say.
[02.12.2024 22:20:36] Yellowfin: It was an environment I couldn't wait to leave.
[02.12.2024 22:20:39] Infernal: At least you have better taste in ships.
[02.12.2024 22:20:42] Infernal: If gaudy.
[02.12.2024 22:21:51] Infernal: What was so urgent that it brought you home for mere paperwork, then?
[02.12.2024 22:22:08] Infernal: Could they not have been authenticated and sent off?
[02.12.2024 22:22:34] Yellowfin: Nothing particularly interesting, really. Some early medical records.
[02.12.2024 22:22:55] Infernal: I won't pry, then.
[02.12.2024 22:23:04] Infernal: And the Gin?
[02.12.2024 22:23:23] Yellowfin: Well, I picked that up because I just like drinking.
[02.12.2024 22:24:33] Infernal: Mm. I'll ask it.
[02.12.2024 22:24:38] Infernal: Nobility?
[02.12.2024 22:25:06] Yellowfin: Fair guess, but no. Just a really, really rich common family.
[02.12.2024 22:25:20] Infernal: Corporate, then.
[02.12.2024 22:26:29] Yellowfin: Yeop, but not one you're likely to ever have heard of. Unless you're somehow really interested in the packaging industry.
[02.12.2024 22:26:47] Infernal: I might be.
[02.12.2024 22:26:57] Infernal: Depending on the task of the day.
[02.12.2024 22:27:38] Infernal: Do you hold an interest in the venture?
[02.12.2024 22:28:24] Yellowfin: My interest in packaging extends to its ability to keep my stuff in place and no further.
[02.12.2024 22:28:58] Infernal: So you hold no ownership, then.
[02.12.2024 22:29:52] Yellowfin: Nah. Even if I had followed all the education and all that shit and gone to meetings, I really doubt I'd have gotten in there.
[02.12.2024 22:30:10] Infernal: I would wish you luck in your travels, but I fear it would be perfunctory without knowing your destination.
[02.12.2024 22:30:27] Yellowfin: I don't know it myself.
[02.12.2024 22:30:41] Infernal: Surely you intend to return to your sisters?
[02.12.2024 22:30:43] Yellowfin: You know what, maybe Baffin. I could use a nice relaxing trip to those crystal caves.
[02.12.2024 22:30:58] Infernal: Ah. Now those I know of. Not in Baffin, though.
[02.12.2024 22:31:14] Yellowfin: Hm?
[02.12.2024 22:31:35] Infernal: An associate-employer of mine showed me a rather interesting formation in Coronado.
[02.12.2024 22:31:59] Yellowfin: Coronado? What, on Pecos?
[02.12.2024 22:32:00] Infernal: Not far off of the local freelancer installation.
[02.12.2024 22:32:06] Infernal: No, this was void-formed.
[02.12.2024 22:32:18] Yellowfin: Huh.
[02.12.2024 22:33:18] Infernal: Barrier gate may well have the lodgings you need. I would be more than willing to show you the way.
[02.12.2024 22:33:49] Yellowfin: Well, I know the way of course. I've been through the Barrier pass plenty of times.
[02.12.2024 22:34:00] Yellowfin: But I'd be happy to travel at least to Baffin together.
[02.12.2024 22:34:07] Infernal: And you've seen the crystal cave there, then?
[02.12.2024 22:34:24] Infernal: Very well.
[02.12.2024 22:34:32] Yellowfin: Alright!
[02.12.2024 22:35:19] Infernal: I would offer you a place to stay, but I fear trenchworks in the middle of a minefield are a touch hazardous.
[02.12.2024 22:35:40] Yellowfin: It's alright, Shasta should have space.
[02.12.2024 22:37:03] Yellowfin: Fuckin' watch it, fatty!
[02.12.2024 22:37:11] Infernal: Damnable gallics.
[02.12.2024 22:39:10] Yellowfin: Well, here's my stop.
[02.12.2024 22:39:46] Infernal: Miss Elise, before I go.
[02.12.2024 22:40:06] Infernal: What is the nature of your employment?
[02.12.2024 22:40:07] Yellowfin: Being called miss is so strange. But go on.
[02.12.2024 22:40:17] Yellowfin: Uh.
[02.12.2024 22:40:35] Infernal: Keeping in mind that this is a freeport, and therefore safe.
[02.12.2024 22:41:04] Yellowfin: I've done a lot of things. Pirate, mercenary, job I can't tell you about or I'd have to kill you.
[02.12.2024 22:41:28] Yellowfin: And of course, fighter and mechanic for my girls.
[02.12.2024 22:41:53] Infernal: Mm. It has been a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I shall reach out if I find anything that needs your requirements.
[02.12.2024 22:42:20] Infernal: Do keep safe. Good day.
[02.12.2024 22:42:24] Yellowfin: Cool. I wouldn't mind a job, I've kind of been coasting on occasional tasks.
[02.12.2024 22:42:31] Yellowfin: It was nice talking to you, Adenike.
[02.12.2024 22:42:37] Infernal: Ciao.

Login
Username:
Password:	Lost Password?
	Remember me