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Post by Helios Hamilton on Oct 15, 2022 12:32:48 GMT -5
Osirus, Riley's Peak
June 19th, 2518
Local Time: 6:30 PM
AST: 12:30 PM
Helios was crouched in the alley patting his pockets for his lock picks just incase he saw something locked that could be worth some decent money. He fished them out of his inner coat pockets, feeling his smoke grenade as well. He checked the holsters that held revolvers on his backside hidden under the duster coat. Helios began tying his hair up and putting his hood on before checking the duffle, empty besides the shotgun, it'll do.
Helios zipped the bag up before heading inside the shop, he entered quietly and stuffed a gamebox in the bag as well as a few gamedisks before taking another look around at the other items in the shop. His eyes landed on the holotable, it was large not going out the door easily.
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Post by Jace Cisco on Oct 15, 2022 22:19:18 GMT -5
Jace meandered down the street just a bit from the bar as he hastily counted his credits in his hand to make sure he had enough for that holotable. From his estimation of the taxes this place would charge he felt like he had enough. He couldn't help but be excited. He hadn't played on a holotable since before the war. He never had a permanent home to keep one let alone steady income to afford one. Jace chuckled to himself, he was really going to be calling this ship home and this crew family. He didn't expect that in his time here.
Jace finally found the store again with the sale. He had to smile and look the shop over making sure it said exactly what he saw before the brief meeting. He wondered if Ilana would be willing to come get the table for him since he didn't calculate delivery with the table. He was tempted to ring her, but decided to walk into the store anyways. Jace opened the door and strolled in eyes scanning the shiny appliances and electronics. Jace began to notice the store was eerily quiet and not much traffic, but there seemed to be some sound coming from the back of the store. Jace didn't think anything of it and kept scanning the goods. Perhaps he could find some good items for the ship that he could have enough credits for still after the table.
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Post by Helios Hamilton on Oct 15, 2022 22:46:02 GMT -5
Helios made his way to the shopkeeper and was about to knock him upside the head when Helios tripped. Helios slammed into the shopkeepers checkout station. Helios heard a shriek and then felt a knife pierce his left hand, Helios yelled as he stared down the barrel of the man's pistol. He moved his head feeling a bullet graze his right shoulder but heard another two shots fly past him. Helios let loose a large array of curses at the man.
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Post by Jace Cisco on Oct 16, 2022 6:55:30 GMT -5
Jace had just found a nice dehydrator for protein paste to make what farmer on the outer rim to call jerky, expands the paste for a miniature snack, when he heard a loud commotion towards the back of store being to see the counter gunshots interrupted the quiet store as he felt the heat fly through the air nearly hitting him in the face and the familiar jerk of his shirt being tore as another came a near miss. Seeing the commotion at the counter and the all too familiar yellow hair. Jace took off running towards the counter.
"Captain! Fire up the ship Helios done and did stupid get us out of here! Shots fired feds will be on us quick!" Jace contemplated leaving the idiot, but he knew he wasn't going to do it.
From the angle he ran he came behind the the counter the shopkeeper immediately raised his gun to fire on him again as Jace delivered a knee strike to the shop keeps' common peroneal nerve his left leg starting to buckle in on him as he delivered the strike to his jugular notch. The shop keep was out before he hit the ground. Grabbing the knife and yanking eyeing the counter Jace struck the bottom of the flimsy counter as hit broke the counter top and pulled it loose. Jace took any and all liquids from behind the counter that resembled cleaning supplies and chemicals and poured them on the area surrounding the place. Grabbing Helios by the scruff of his neck Jace pulled his own gun out and started escorting Helios out.
"Keep the board you yi da dwei bun chou roh, and try not to bleed everywhere!" Jace shouted at the kid as they headed for the door.
"Captain! We are humped please say your near, its tian fan di fu." Jace called over the comm link as the newest array of Alliance security systems began going off. Standing at the door watching for the our escape chance with that new alarm shrieking he knew he had less than two minutes before the Feds arrived and he would have to make the choice to be a prisoner or go out shooting. He knew he made his promise he wouldn't be an Alliance prisoner again, not after the war.
Gripping his pistol in one hand tight Jace muttered to himself, "Ai Yah Tien Ah." Then spoke a silent prayer knowing what he was about to do was as dumb as the shit Helios just pulled.
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Chinese Phrases
yi da dwei bun chou roh - big pile of stinking meat
tian fan di fu - sheer pandemonium
Ai Yah Tien Ah - merciless hell
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Post by Helios Hamilton on Oct 16, 2022 9:56:31 GMT -5
Helios saw a familiar face, Jace, who came to his rescue.
"Shit." He muttered to himself as Jace kicked the guy out and broke the counter, Helios was pulled away with the counter and knife still attached.
"Mei Yong Ma Duh Tse Gu Yong!" He shouted grabbing his hand as Jace dumped something on the counter before dragging Helios to the door. Helios heard him talking and used this opportunity to use his non bloody hand to stuff an extra gamebox and a bunch of gamedisks into his duffle, he closed the duffle before grabbing a jacket off a coat rack. He put it one over his sleeveless duster to hide the blood running down his arm. While he has been doing this he heard Jace talking, there were two possibilities, Jace was either contacting backup or Helios had just drove him to insanity with this stunt. Helios quickly moved with Jace by the door.
Translation
Mei Yong Ma Duh Tse Gu Yong- Motherless goat of all motherless goats
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Post by Ilana Logan on Oct 16, 2022 10:52:02 GMT -5
"Captain! We are humped please say your near, its tian fan di fu," Jace shouted.
"Jace! I'm on the mulebike. I'll be there in a few seconds. Throw Helios in the trailer on the back and climb on. Be ready!" she called to Jace over the wind.
Ilana raced away from the ship as fast as she could manage. It wasn't a far ride really. Just a couple of blocks down and around a corner. She was still cursing angrily to herself as she skidded to a stop in front of the store.
She gave the engine a little rev to get the attention of those inside, hopefully that was Jace and Helios. She felt like she'd been sitting there entirely too long, but in reality she couldn't have been there more than a few seconds. She couldn't see much going on inside, but she thought she saw Jace beating the shop keeper.
"What the fuck is happening?" she wondered. She'd give them a couple of seconds to get outside and then she was going in after them. They didn't have a lot of time before the feds would be crawling all over this place.
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Post by Jace Cisco on Oct 16, 2022 12:15:44 GMT -5
Jace couldn't help be breath a sigh of relief as he saw Ilana roll up. Jace grabbed Helios with one hand partially dragging him, pistol in the other kicking the door open as he rushed out to the mule. He shoved Helios in the back of the mule and began firing into all the windows of the shop. His hope was to get this area locked down and keep the feds too nervous to be too quick to go in. Jace then jumped into the back of the mule beside Helios.
"Captain let's roll! Hopefully that will slow them or scare them a bit." Jace yelled grimly as he began reloading his pistol just in case.
"Cap'n we got to get this bird in the air as quick as possible. If your job is legit we can't get tagged or were done! If it's not legit we really can't get tagged.
Jace was rambling at this shook and nervous. He hated the Alliance but he was never stupid enough to get into a shoot out on Core.... Bar fight sure, but arguably this had to be the dumbest thing he had got himself wrapped up in.
"Is everyone ready to roll out? We will have to...." Jace looked down at his blood soaked tattered shirt and the chemical burned pants and a new wave of annoyance crept across Jace.
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Post by Helios Hamilton on Oct 16, 2022 13:03:55 GMT -5
Helios was dragged out of the shop by Jace and was tossed onto the mule that the captain had parked out front. Helios was on the back of the mule, as he shoved the hand with the knife and the counter chunk under his jacket. Jace fired into the window a bit and explained his reasoning. It was a pretty smart play, Helios kept his head down as Jace began shouting to the captain. Helios checked his bag and made sure his haul was still there. He cursed under his breathe as he felt the warm blood on his arm, he shouldn't have been so careless. Jace began to ask if everyone was ready but Helios didn't really think his answer would matter at this point.
"Was trying to grab the bigger one, but you saw what happened." Helios said as he slipped one of the gameboxes to Jace with a smirk on his face to try and hide the pain he was feeling.
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Post by Marina Kseniya Sebastien on Oct 16, 2022 16:00:57 GMT -5
Trusting Samantha to find her way to Eden on her own, Rina hustled to the corner to join her crewmates in bailing Helios out of trouble. She grabbed a pipe from an open garbage bin along the way, holding it flat against her forearm as she ran. She cursed under her breath and passersby with sharp hearing might hear an interesting blend of Chinese, Russian, and English.
But it was a short run to the corner and Rina skidded around it, narrowly avoiding the broken glass--which was everywhere. The sputtering roar of a mule bike drowned out the noise from the quickly-gathering crowd. Rina spied Ilana's hair whipping in the wind, then focused to see her captain pull up to the sidewalk. Jace and Helios stumbled out and piled into the trailer behind the 'bike.
Rina closed the distance at a dead run and jumped aboard before Ilana could stomp on the gas. She put her back to her crewmates and kept her eye on the street. No telling who would try to climb aboard after them. If anyone did, she'd be ready with the pipe.
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Post by Ilana Logan on Oct 16, 2022 16:29:13 GMT -5
Jace came barreling out of the shop, dragging Helios behind him, both men covered in blood. "What the fuck?! she shouted. Jace all but threw Helios into the trailer, quickly jumping on behind him. Jace fired a few rounds into the front windows of the shop, and glass rained down in all directions.
"Captain let's roll! Hopefully that will slow them or scare them a bit." Jace yelled as Rina jumped on board as well. "Cap'n we got to get this bird in the air as quick as possible. If your job is legit we can't get tagged or were done! If it's not legit we really can't get tagged."
Ilana cursed under her breath, knowing Jace was right. She tore away from the store as fast as possible, hoping they hadn't been sitting there long enough for anyone to get a good description. "Rina, keep an eye out for feds. The ship is just up the block," she called into her earpiece as she wove through the streets, around pedestrians and vehicles alike.
Ilana drove up the ramp without slowing, narrowly avoiding Sam and screeching to a halt in the middle of the cargo bay.
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