After these events in the Green Hell Beergarden of Islay Base, the story goes on in Le Baron on Narbonne Base, the club of the Legion des Damnes...
The Guilltone, Enzo's personal Asco gunboat had just entered Gallia, through the jumphole in Orkney. After arriving in the Languedoc system, the Guillotine was heading for Narbonne Base, first passing the Montpellier Guard Station, then one Council planet, Quillan.
Enzo took a break from piloting to meet Sequoia and Hikari in the inner room. There was a minibar on the wall, Enzo took out 3 glasses and a bottle of wine. He filled all 3 glasses, and put them on a small table. Sequoia and Hikari were sitting next to it on some small folding chairs. They all clinked their glasses. "Welcome to Gallia, cheers." Enzo went up to a window. "A land where you are nothing but a rat if you don't share the opinion of a little minority. A little minority, that, strangely, has too much power to handle it for whatever reason." Sequoia and Hikari were listening while occassionally drinking from their glasses.
They were just passing Agde, a crater-filled little planet. "There are too many problems in Gallia to talk about. Inequality, treason, greed, conspiracies, murder, "nobility"....which is nothing but an excuse for weaklings, cretins and cowards to boost their little, crippled ego....." Enzo takes another sip of wine from his glass. "And oui, much more. However, for people like us, these lands are paradise. We can do what we want, when we want it, how we want it. And the current situation of war between le Counseil and les Royals makes it even better."
The Guillotine entered a dense asteroid field, buffing up shields to push away incoming bigger asteroids. A Legionaire entered the room "My Lord, Narbonne is in range." "Tres bien. Proceed to dock." He turned to the two ladies. "We have arrived, this is one of the places we call home"
The Guilltoine entered the docking bays, and landed. The passengers left the ship and headed through the main hall of the base to the well-known club, Le Baron.
Etien was waiting in the club for the Sirian guests, wearing one of the casual suits he was so fond of. The cardamine mask on his face was attracting glances from the nearby brigands, as it always did, but he ignored them. Today was much too important to let the curiosities of others faze him.
He took a sip of his wine, swilling it around his mouth to savour the taste before swallowing. He'd procured a supply of wines from 600A.G.S. The collector of those wines hadn't been happy, but that wasn't important. Wine was there to be drunk, not stared at.
Etien took another look at the entrance to the club."They should be here by now,"he muttered to himself. Patience was key here, Enzo was probably taking his time to show them the system. There were probably women coming. Everyone acted like a fool around women.
Those two young girls that even looked a bit underaged for such a place stopped sipping their drinks and began to animatedly converse in whispers when Sequoia and Hikari followed Enzo to the place. While wearing her favourite dress and having thoughts disciplined she still had that special feeling of anxiety and that's why this time she was holding Hikari's hand, slightly squeezing it and exchaging glances with her.
On the other hand, Sequoia was full of curiosity. All the way through Languedoc, all the time Enzo was telling them stories about that unknown Gallia, she was looking at the worlds gliding behind the armored window and thought about how she did it that far and how could she not know about what lays behind the door to the routine life she had before.
Now, stepping on the floor of that "Le Baron", she observed the people around, thought about how will her life change because of all the ongoing events and whispered to herself that everything will go the best way.
As they entered the club, two securities opened the entrance doors wide. Enzo turned back at the two women. "Welcome to the most popular club in this system!" Suddenly, about 5 more more Legionaires approached Enzo. They greeted and embraced each other, all of them happy to see each other. Enzo pointed at Hikari and Sequoia. "Mes amis, meet our guests, those two beautiful femmes from Sirius!" The men then proceeded to greet the two aswell.
"Mesdemoiselles, follow me. Into a more special room for us." They followed Enzo to the VIP section upstairs. On the way there, Enzo noticed Etien and made gesture to follow him. As they finally entered, there was a luxurious room, that looked like some kind of penthouse lounge, with a big round table in the middle, full of wine and champagne.
Enzo, Sequoia, Hikari, and some other Legionaires sat down around the table. "Garcon, pour le champagne!" Enzo turned to Sequoia and whispered "Let's have some drinks first, I still await some guests....later I will show you some very important information." Everyone at the table was having a good time, voices got louder very soon, with the club's music in the background, dumped by the VIP section's thick glass windows. There was a very enjoyable atmosphere around...
As they enter the club, Hikari looks at her surroundings in awe. When the Legionaires come to greet them, she bows shyly at them and blushes.Konichiwa..
She follows Sequoia, holding onto her arm gently, walking behind her. When they get to the room, Hikari looks around the room just like before and smiles slightly.
Hikari sat down and looked at the wines and champagnes. She took the glass that was poured for her and looked at it for a while before sipping it.Hmm...this isn't so bad.She said then took another sip.
She sat back in her chair...not moving too far away from Sequoia and relaxed a little...she was tired.
The wine that filled the glass Sequoia was a nearly perfect one, greatly blended, floral, with perfumed jasmine that dominates the bouquet. One could say that with some time in the glass the wine gains richness as the flavors turn decidedly riper and almost tropical and that ripe apricots, passion fruit and peaches emerge from this flashy, opulent drink. Sequoia just noticed that it was remarkably tasty, not the casual drink even around here, but an addendum to the welcome for the unusual guests which she and Hikari were.
At the same time Enzo's effort to clear the air was completely successful and Sequoia fidgeted around, chattering to Enzo who played the role of master here convincingly, to Eiten who appeared to be a little bit strange from her point, to Hikari, appearing to comment on the stories told by others from time to time.
**A breif time passes before Vulpe returns to Narbonne, strolling with a deepr sense of pride to eaach step as he enters Le Baron...With a deep growl he observes his Lord along with the new company joining them from Edinburgh...Vulpe turns muzzle towards the bartender glaring at him with a flash of teeth, causing him to saulk and scamble around in search for Vulpe's usual order...As the man searches franticly, Vulpe begins to make his way towards the small party in the VIP section..As he reaches Enzo, he takes knee, bowing to his lord in respect** Vulpe: Forgive me my Lord for my lateness...I had business that needed my attention...I shall take whatever punishment you see fit for not obeying your command... **Vulpe remain silent as he awaits the word of his Lord, ready to do as he commands**
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
Enzo was strangely looking at Vulpe. He took a bottle of champagne, and gave it to him. "Here, drink." He signaled him to stand up. "We will talk about this later."
In the meantime Etien was staring at Enzo, through his Cardamine mask, at the other end of the table. "Enzo, where is Brigitte?" he said in a loud voice. Enzo looked surprised "She said she would come. At least I hope she will."
Enzo noticed Sequoia was giving him a curious look. As Vulpe proceeded to leave the room, Enzo gripped his left shoulder. "Come. We need to talk about something." Enzo turned back to Sequoia "I'll be back in a minute."
Quickly, the two left the VIP section, going through the rest of the club....
**With an outstretched arm, Vulpe catches the bottle and returns to his feet, following his lord as they leave the room** Vulpe: Yes my lord... **As they leave the room, Vulpe watches Enzo turn around and face him** Vulpe: What is it?...
-"If we do not learn at least one thing a day....Our minds turn to stupor"- Kyle Sparrgrove -2005
I heard you've met someone on that base. Someone...who wanted to kill you.
Vulpe didn't say a word, he remained silent. I know you want to kill him too. For a long time now.
Vulpe looked at the ground. I know you restrained from it, and you know why. Enzo paused for a moment, looking up at the VIP section. Now, I give you the freedom to kill him.
A big grin on Vulpe's face could be seen. But, do it silently. No one else has to know it. Don't ever forget that.
After a short break, Enzo headed upstairs again, leaving Vulpe standing alone.
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