A Pirates life for me:Episode II (IC)

Harvey had sat himself down after the fight at another table where he would be able to watch the two Jahad and not be obvious about it. However, he was noticed, but not for him watching the two Jahad, but for the little altercation that had occurred only moments ago. And he wasn’t noticed by the Jahads, but by the female Felinoid that was lounging on the table next to the two Jahad; she had apparently pointed Harvey out, and now he was being called over, which was exactly what he was hoping for.

Harvey stood up and picked up his two cases, the large ballistic trunk and the smaller briefcase, and made his way over to the Jahad, going slowly so as to not disturb other patrons who would want to pick a fight over being bumped. While he was taking his time to be careful, Harvey was also analyzing the Jahad that had called him over a little closer. Apparently, the man had prosthetics, given that one of his arms was quietly obviously artificial. Closer inspection revealed that one of his eyes and a leg were also artificial.

Harvey also managed to identify the make and model of the Jahad’s artificial arm and what it was capable of. It was a fairly new model, only having been on the market for about two to three galactic standard months; also it was a mid-level product, available to people who had money but weren’t drowning in it like the wealthy elite. According to the specs, the Jahad’s artificial arm could do many of the same things that Harvey could do, such as acquire vital signs and racial identification, as well as store information for recall at a later time, but it was not wireless, requiring physical interaction for many of its operations for function. Not being a wireless device, Harvey couldn’t hack it from a distance; he’d have to shake hands with the Jahad in order to do so.

By this time, Harvey had reached the Jahad who was in a light hearted conversation with the Feliniod and another woman that had walked up before Harvey could get there. So, Harvey patiently waited until the Jahad was available, and it was quite obvious that he was waiting due to having good manners.
 
Larinya smiled, "Oh I'm not that bad," she gave a wide eyed, innocently mocking expression, "I swear it!"

Then she smiled, "You will always have an opportunity to question me, whether I listen will be something else entirely." She switched her attention to the man that was the owner and smiled, "You sound like my kind of..." she paused and grinned, "... girl, Xirena."

Switching her gaze back to the captain as he spoke, she glanced towards the odd male she had pointed out to Ren earlier. "I believe he's been waiting to speak all this time," she said quietly, "Or he might be shy," she flashed a little smile at the man but there was little warmth in it. Obviously, though she recognised his potential, she wasn't about to warm up to him as easily as she had Xirena.

"What's your name?" she asked, fielding the question away from the Captain, giving him a chance to observe Harvey's nature from his interaction with her.
 
Genifur

IC: I slumped down onto the seat trying my best to listen over the booze I had ingested.

Larinya asked the first question. 'Whats your name?' The lovely feline was an excellent member of our crew especially when the crew wasn't on the ship. She was a smart talker and a subtle rouge when needed. Best of all she has only gotten us kicked out of two ports so far, no where close to the number Ren has managed to get us kicked from. They were all PCG heavy any how.
 
“What’s your name?”

Harvey looked at the Felinoid as she spoke. He guessed that she wasn’t the one in charge, only that she was allowing the one in charge to observe how Harvey behaved. Harvey decided to play along; it wasn’t like he had anything else to do.

“Harvey Guilanger, miss,” replied Harvey. “And you are?”

Harvey put his luggage down and then folded his hands over his belly, a typical pose of patience, which also displays his distinctive steel-gray fingers. Also, at his 5’3” height, Harvey was eye to eye with the Felinoid, with a few feet separating them of course.
 
Xirena leant back in her chair one ankle resting on the knee of her other leg. Holding up her hand again she was quickly supplied with another of her usual and sipped it slowly. Watching the newcomer she scooted her chair back and to the side slightly so she was more sitting next to Striker instead of in front of her now, allowing the newcomer to take centre stage.

She murmured quietly to the other feline..."I thought I should move...you know being such a nice 'girl' and all." With a very quiet chuckle she leant back and watched the new interrogation.
 
Genifur

IC: While trying to sit intently and listen the best as I could I quickly found myself distracted by the most basic of functions.

I ment to softly say I'll use the restroom and be back swiftly but instead I loudly stated "I'm gonna pee." I then moved to the restroom with many eyes fallowing me.
 
Larinya smiled briefly, "Larinya Striker." She gave another brief nod towards Xirena in acknowledgement of what she had said and then flicked her gaze to Gen as she announced her intentions to pee. She did not feel the need to acknowledge her, however.

"So, Harvey, what brings you so this backwater?" she smiled again.
 
"That was quite an impressive tumble lad, those boys would have been big on Zaterra herself!" Ren said, chuckling and sipping his ale. "Cap'n Rengakus Sejisilic Navarone'naya'gall, but most simply call me Cap'n Ren." he said holding his hand out to shake.

There was something funny about this one, but Ren couldn't quite put his finger on it.
 
Harvey

"So, Harvey, what brings you so this backwater?"

Harvey flicked his gaze over to the drunken woman who had just announced her intention to relieve herself quite loudly, gave an “Uh, okay” sorta look, and then returned his attention to Larinya.

“Oh, nothing much really,” Harvey replied. “Just finding out why some planets aren’t found on travel brochures.”

“That was quite an impressive tumble lad, those boys would have been big on Zaterra herself! Cap'n Rengakus Sejisilic Navarone'naya'gall, but most simply call me Cap'n Ren."

Harvey now turned his attention to the Jahad with the prosthetic arm who called himself Captain Ren.

“Captain Ren?” said Harvey, as he took the captain’s hand. “Captain of what, may I ask?”

As soon as Harvey had made contact with Ren’s artificial hand, he began the hack. The sensors in the prosthetic limb would report absolutely no data whatsoever for a few seconds longer than normal, and would then start providing data, some of it not true, such as Harvey’s vital stats. Being a cyborg, Harvey had no heart beat, nor anything else that would indicate a living being. However, due to Harvey’s hack, which in all probability would go unnoticed by the captain, the sensors in the captain’s arm would report that Harvey was alive and well. It would also report that Harvey was a member of the Elatani race, which in and of itself was unusual for Elatani normally didn’t travel the galaxy.

However, if the good captain had access to further information on the Elatani, he would come to realize that most Elatani would not have survived a hand-to-hand fight, let alone come out unscathed against three big Zaterrans. In fact, Harvey looked like he shouldn’t have been able to win that fight against the Zaterrans, him being so scrawny and all.
 
"I have the honour and privilege of captaining Ogdru's Vengeance and no finer a ship ever sailed the stars." Ren said. "Elatani eh? Awful funny, you fought damn well for an elatani, although i suppose since my experience is limited with them i cant really pass too much judgement. Looking for work?"
 
Larinya raised an eye ridge at the cyborg's answer. She gave a little sidewards glance towards Xirena and shrugged. This guy seemed like a pretty cool customer and it wasn't at all surprising that the captain was already offering him a job. She would just have to wait and see if her sense about him were correct and whether or not she had been right to single him out.

Sitting back, she sipped her babied drink and awaited his reply.
 
Harvey

"I have the honour and privilege of captaining Ogdru's Vengeance and no finer a ship ever sailed the stars. Elatani, eh? Awful funny, you fought damn well for an Elatani, although I suppose since my experience is limited with them i can’t really pass too much judgment. Looking for work?"

Harvey released the Captain’s hand, leaving behind no trace of the hack, before answering.

“Not so much looking for work as I am looking for a ride home,” replied Harvey. “And by the way, what does the good Captain do with the Vengeance? I would hardly believe you run a freight service with her.”

Harvey took that moment to cast a meaningful look at the others that surrounded Captain Ren, a look that dared them to deny that they were anything other than pirates.
 
Genifur

IC: I had made my way from the restroom happy the eyes where no longer on me. It wasn't long before I was back in ear shot. "...am looking for a ride home, And by the way, what does the good Captain do with the Vengeance? I would hardly believe you run a freight service with her."

I spoke up on my way back. "The captain does the very thing the Vengeance is named for with her. We take revenge." With far less alcohol in my system I was feeling better.
 
Ren smiled, "We're the terror of wildspace lad, the sharks in the transitory mists, the kraken of the galactic ocean." Ren said, with a smile exposing his fangs. "Bootleggers, gunrunners, practitioners of the larcenist crafts, and mighty warriors." Ren's voice turns a bit singsong. "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for we!"
 
Larinya quirked yet another eyebrow up at the captain's reply, he certainly was being awfully free with his information today. But then again... this wasn't exactly a lawful part of the galaxy.

"What we do may be considered illegal in some parts of the universe. In others," she shrugged, "It doesn't really matter." Then she grinned, "The captain usually opts for the first sort."

She shrugged, in a sort of apologetic way, "But that's just the way he is. Don't like it, don't take a ride." She leaned forwards, "But if you're just looking for a way home and you don't particularily care about your mode of transport, we could happily take on the job.... for a fee, of course." She grinned, flashing fang.
 
Harvey

Harvey looked between the three speakers as they spoke, but then returned his attention to the captain.

“So, you are indeed pirates,” said Harvey. “Who do you pirate?”

Harvey was hoping that the captain would say that they target both the PGC and the Kreeyar, or else this whole endeavor was for naught.

“As for the fee for transportation,” continued Harvey. “I’m willing to pay 2 thousand up front and another 15 when we reach the Elatani star system.”
 
Larinya quirked an eyebrow. This one had some serious dough, and only people who had serious dough who were willing to cash it out even after being informed that his main transportation were in fact pirates, were obviously people who didn't want to be found. Question was, who was he on the run from? And just what was in the breifcase?

"Just two up front?" she asked arrogantly, stretching her claws out a little, absently scratching neck, "And seventeen all up? Surely you could make it an even 20 - ten up front and ten later. After all, how do we know you can pay up? -" she stopped, "Or are you worth more to us as a bounty?" her eyes gleamed as she casually sheathed and unsheathed her claws, "That is, if you have one...." she flashed him a feline grin.
 
Xirena's mind was racing as she appeared to most observers to be simply sitting back and relaxing. Her urge to change was becoming very strong now. She had the control over her change to simply change parts of her body or all of it any time she wished, however if she went too long she would begin to feel the 'effects' of this negligence. After approximately two weeks without a change her body would start to itch all over like her skin was crawling, her eyes would morph between cat and human and her canines would elongate at any stimulus be it food, smell sensation etc. If she still did not change after this occured her muscles would start to seize and cramp, contorting her into some very painful positions. If she still didnt heed the warnings her body would take over and change at will.

Taking a deep breath she studied the burn in her muscles and ascertained she had approximately two hours before her body took matters into it's own hands. She had not been able to change of late due to numerous hunters prowling around the place trying to find her. But soon she would have no choice.

A fine sheen of sweat covered her brow and she had to force herself to breathe deeply.

"Oh I don't know Larinya, If he doesn't have one I am sure one could be arranged fairly quickly." Her eyes flashed to cat and back again. Gritting her teeth she smiled. "So, If we aren't leaving anytime people I would suggest you tell me when we are and I will meet you there and I will take my leave."
 
Genifur

IC: "Cap'n I believe I am also best away from the temptations of ale for now. Perhaps it would be best for my to get our new crew member situated on the vengeance, while you finish negotiations with this gentlemen."
 
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