Katan
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The past does not define me.
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Post by Katan on Dec 29, 2008 3:30:51 GMT -5
((ooc: i know it was said it wasn't exactly MO-V, but this seems the best place to put this topic))
Not too much later, the shuttle docked at the rendezvous point. Katan exited first, not so much to protect Alessa from any potential ambush but more to protect her from being in the line of fire for his shotgun.
"We're a bit early." He remarked to no one in particular. It was not that he did not trust his contacts. It was more that he did not really trust anyone besides Alessa anymore.
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Post by Alessa on Dec 29, 2008 3:46:06 GMT -5
"I'm just glad we made it here in one piece." She mumbled the words to herself as she followed after him. Her eyes glanced back and forth down the corridors with a curiousity and a wariness. Though she hadn't had her own weapon drawn, she was ready to protect both him and her if it came down to it.
"Early or not...did they have to pick the creepiest place in space?" She sneered a little as the lights flickered in the corridor and she noticed a few bulkhead panels were either missing or hanging by a hinge.
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Kip
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Machines don't make us kill. We make the machines kill.
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Post by Kip on Dec 29, 2008 23:04:05 GMT -5
Kip was making his way through some of the less used corridors of the massive Asteroid, hoping to avoid running into anyone he knew, and might ask questions. He frowned, as he noticed two of the Haro's who had tagged along were missing. Hachi and Kyū. This could only lead to trouble.
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Hachi chased after Kyū, trying to stop him from causing trouble. Too late.
Kyū flew out toward the people Kip was here to meet, flapping straight at them.
“Osake kudasai!”
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Post by Alessa on Dec 29, 2008 23:24:58 GMT -5
"Do I look like a bartender to you?" Alessa hmphed a little and glared at the flapping Haros. "What a waste of parts..." She scowled at them...she never understood why people kept them around. Outside of perhaps a childs toy, they seemed rather useless to her.
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Katan
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Post by Katan on Dec 29, 2008 23:52:16 GMT -5
Katan glanced towards the person with the expensive toys rather than the toys themselves. "I take it you're our contact?" He said as casually as he could, ready for any sudden movements with his shotgun but not wanting to seem too dicourteous.
"I'm Katan, and this bundle of sunshine is Alessa."
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Post by Alessa on Dec 30, 2008 0:00:06 GMT -5
"You can call me Al." Alessa corrected her companion as she swayed her hand about to shoo the haro away from her. She was a woman of business after all, and especially when it came to the people they were dealing with, she wasn't going to get personal.
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Kip
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Post by Kip on Dec 30, 2008 1:00:06 GMT -5
Kip glared at Hachi and Kyū, and at least the pink Haro, Hachi tried to 'look' contrite.
“I'll deal with you two later.”
Kyū floated around, repeating 'OK!' several times, but at least the brown Haro wasn't running off anywhere.
He gave their ship a quick glance, before finally acknowledging the two.
“It's a minor miracle that you two got here at all in that rust heap. Since you seem to insist on using names, call me Kip. Follow me, and we'll go to my shuttle. We need to hurry, so we don't run into anyone.”
He turned to the blue Haro, then gestured back the way he had come.
“Ichi, run ahead, and send a message back to Zero if there's anyone on the way to the shuttle. Hachi, Kyū, stay with Ichi. If you misbehave again, I'll disassemble both of you, and use your parts to make your replacements.”
Hachi's flaps drooped, before she rolled off after Ichi. Kyū merrily zoomed after him, humming some inane song to himself.
“Let's get this circus on the road, before some panicky OZ officer calls me to fix the paint job on their Suit.”
Kip spun on his heel, walking back down the corridor, Zero happily bouncing along behind him.
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Post by Alessa on Dec 30, 2008 20:25:03 GMT -5
Circus? Circus was right. So many annoying little machines. Alessa glanced over to Katan for a moment. The look said it all. This was his informant after all... But she dismissed her irriation for the moment and followed after Kip. As long as they got the parts they needed she supposed that she could deal. She only hoped that they could steer clear of any OZ officers realizing that they were there. They probably assumed that they were dead...and she liked it that way.
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Katan
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Post by Katan on Dec 31, 2008 1:04:20 GMT -5
"So, not to be a paranoid old man," Katan began,"But I'm a paranoid old man. There've been one too many backstabs in my life. Where're we headed?"
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Kip
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Post by Kip on Dec 31, 2008 2:34:34 GMT -5
Kip didn't respond for a moment, as he listened to something Zero told him. He gave a reply back, and he promptly change direction, heading down a different corridor.
"Right now, we're heading for my ship. It has higher than normal armor and engine modifications. Helps with avoiding Asteroid Collisions. You should be able to take a guess from there."
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Post by Alessa on Jan 1, 2009 15:35:27 GMT -5
Asteroids? She frowned a bit at that thought. Now they were going to trust him to pilot them somewhere? Alessa had trust issues enough as it was...and this man wasn't going to make things easier on her it seemed. She followed after him, glancing around as they moved swiftly. Part of her wondering if she was going to end up shooting some OZ officer today. There was no way she'd allow them to take her or Katan into custody again. She barely survived last time...
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Kip
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Post by Kip on Jan 2, 2009 0:28:28 GMT -5
Kip eventually lead them through the bowels of MO-V, and to the main Shipping dock. A quick warning from Zero a few times had helped Kip hide his 'guests' from accidentally being seen.
Ichi, Hachi, and Kyū were waiting at a small airlock as they approached. Before he let them outside the airlock, he had them put on Junker Union hats. Not much of a disguise, but it would be enough to keep their faces off the security cameras. As soon as they were set, he pried open the Air Lock, and led them to the ship parked a few feet away, it's boarding hatch already down, and facing the Air Lock.
As soon as they were aboard, he gestured for them take the spare seats in the cockpit, while he jumped into the Pilot's seat.
“I suggest strapping in.” He turned to Hachi as it flapped it's way over to the controls, and docked itself into a specially designed cradle. “OK, Hachi. Get us departure clearance, and then I need to to load up the flight path.”
“Roger!”
The pink Haro's eyes flashed red and blue for several seconds..
“Clearance approved.”
Kip nodded, as he powered up the engines, and coasted the cargo hauler out of the docking bay, and toward the designated Space Lock.
“OK, Hachi. Load Scanning program 37-Delta. Feed the information to Zero.”
“Roger!”
Zero himself flew in at that point, and sat himself in the co-pilot's seat.
“This is going to take a little while, so I hope you two are comfortable.”
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