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<blockquote data-quote="Ao the Overkitty" data-source="post: 2816441" data-attributes="member: 9758"><p><strong>Synopsis of 8/29/05 Session</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong> “Episode 3 – Bounties” – First Session </strong></span></p><p></p><p><em>Synopsis of 8/29/05 Session</em></p><p></p><p>It had been two months since the retrieval of the bank heist gains. While they had received a job or two early on, they were fairly small scale. Since then, most people just didn’t have anything for them. They’ve had dry spells before, but usually not after some good jobs.</p><p></p><p>The Orasca stopped on Santo to refuel before heading on to the Georgia System, where they hoped to find some work. The Alliance chooses to pay more attention to nearby Persephone, leaving only a small post here, making this a nice stop over point. The crew set off their separate ways to run a few errands during their stay and took advantage of a few of the place’s wonderful amenities.</p><p></p><p>Campan ended up at the local whorehouse drinking some booze and chatting with the women. He managed to pick up news on a small bounty. Kenny ended up chatting with a friend of his, the head of the local Alliance post. He picked up some news on two possible bounties. Take used the quiet time on the ship to play with his dinosaurs. Daniel ended up at the local smugglers den chatting with the bartender. He too picked up some news of possible work, though was distrustful of the source.</p><p></p><p>Mort visited the local junkyard looking for parts. He found the man’s goods third rate and prices outrageous. Mort got into a shouting match with the man and threatened his life.</p><p></p><p>Asta approached the junkyard in hopes of finding some medical equipment for a portable crash cart. She passed a seriously annoyed Mort on the way there, but Mort in a pissy mood was nothing she hadn’t experienced before. She got to the junkyard ‘office’ a few minutes later and looked around for the caretaker. She found him lying on the ground, moaning, with blood pooling out of his shoulder. She quickly proceeded to stop the bleeding and patch him up. When she asked him what happened, he told her some lunatic shot him, describing Mort. When asked why, he said the nut job didn’t like his prices threatened his life. When he wouldn’t change them, the maniac shot him. Asta took him back to the Orasca to get him better taken care of and to get him a beer.</p><p></p><p>There, she set him up in the med bay and called Take over the intercom to come down to med bay with a beer, since they had a visitor. Take got the skunked beer out of the fridge and brought it down. When Asta filled Take in on Mort shooting a guy, they compared notes on Mort’s homicidal tendencies. Take immediately got the guy a better beer from Daniel’s cache and they did their best to placate the fellow (in an effort to keep the authorities out of it). Now mellowed a bit more, he went back into business mode and asked Asta what she had wanted from his yard. They headed back there to look to see what he had (with her radio off).</p><p></p><p>Campan and Kenny returned to the ship about this time, from their separate treks. They discussed their potential jobs and Kenny asked whom he should bring them to. Campan told Kenny to tell Daniel while Take was in the room, to cover all bases. They headed into the ship to find Take or Daniel.</p><p></p><p>Take then called Mort over the walkie-talkie.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong><em> Umm Mort, could you come back, right about now and… make sure no one sees you.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> Okay.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong><em> Particularly that mechanic who, you know, got hurt.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> I didn’t shoot anyone!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong><em> Who said anything about you shooting anyone?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong> <em>Nobody. And I didn't do it.</em></p><p></p><p>Hearing this, Daniel also hastened his way back to the ship. Getting back on board, he quickly made his way to the bridge and got Take to fill him in. Take was very careful to use the word someone instead of saying Mort.</p><p></p><p>Hearing lots of people in conference, Campan told Kenny something important was happening on the bridge and gestured to Kenny to follow him up. Arriving, Campan announced they had work. Asta countered by announcing to Campan that some beer was missing from the fridge. Campan immediately forgot about the work and started demanding they search for the beer thief, even if it was just the back-up beer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong><em> So, what work have you found?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Campan:</strong><em> Uh, whores, sir.</em></p><p></p><p>Campan wanted to be paid in beer, but the whores offered services or some money. Seems they just wanted them to beat up or kill a guy or two.</p><p></p><p>(breaking in) <strong>Kenny :</strong><em> I also found something to, sir. Apparently, uh, the authorities are looking for a man named Jardin (said with Texan pronunciation). There is a, uh, reward on him. And I heard it through the grapevine that he can be found on Ebbon. If, we didn’t want to work on the whores.</em></p><p></p><p>Daniel showed interest in this case. Kenny also relayed info about an official looking for a guy named Jasp. The crew ignored that one and Daniel then started to say something about the whore job, but got distracted by Mort walking in.</p><p></p><p>They were fairly quickly able to determine, upon questioning and examining of his gun, that Mort hadn’t shot anyone. Of course, Mort’s solution to stopping this guy from spreading around rumors about Mort shooting him was to kill him. Since no one liked that idea, he suggested they leave.</p><p></p><p>Now, the ship needed some money for refueling, so they were stuck at a bit of an impasse.</p><p></p><p>Coming back to the whore discussion, thanks to Campan, Daniel relayed that the whores wanted someone to kill the guys, and that they didn’t have any money. He heard there was a third party hiring people to protect these men from the whores’ friends.</p><p></p><p>It was decided that Asta would bring the junkyard guy back to the ship where Daniel could interrogate him. Meanwhile, Mort and Take would sneak into the shop and check for surveillance equipment to incriminate Mort. And Kenny would arrange a meet with his contact about the Jardin job at ‘the bar people don’t go to.’ Mort went and got his black hat and bandana mask from his room and the ones he got for Campan. Handing Campan’s off to him, he headed out on a leisurely route to the junkyard.</p><p></p><p>Take headed off on a direct route and found Asta & the junkyard guy in the back, looking at some junked medical equipment. Take let Asta in on the plan and proceeded to get roped into helping haul stuff back to the ship.</p><p></p><p>Mort got into the shop, and quickly surmised that the only security this place had was a pair of Rottweilers. He occupied the dogs with some found peanut butter, then moved about into the shop. He found a pair of knotholes that would be a good place to shoot someone from, if they were standing by the pool of blood on the floor. He then proceeded to loot things he actually wanted when he was there earlier. He finished it off with heading to ‘the bar people don’t go to.’</p><p></p><p>When Asta, Take, and the junkyard guy returned to the ship with a lot of medical junk, Campan immediately accused the guy of stealing his beer. </p><p></p><p><strong>Campan:</strong><em> The beer does not follow the chain of command!</em></p><p></p><p>The crew, minus Mort, assembled in the dining hall and offered to help the guy find out about this shooting and stuff.</p><p></p><p><strong>Junkyard guy:</strong><em> Well, uh, thanks. Can’t really pay you, but, uhh, I got junk.</em></p><p></p><p>Daniel questioned the man about what happened.</p><p></p><p><strong>Junkyard guy:</strong><em> Well, I was having an argument with this totally irrational man. Saying I had only crap and saying I was way overcharging. Being a general jackass. He’s threatening my life. He didn’t pull his pistol out and wave it at me, but I could tell he wanted to. And finally he makes a couple violent remarks and walks out. A few seconds later, <strong> I’m shot!</strong> I had turned around to put away some stock.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong><em> Why would he shoot you and not kill you?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Junkyard guy:</strong><em> Well, apparently he is a suck shot. Either that or he was so pissed off that he… missed.</em></p><p></p><p>He thought he saw a revolver, but Mort didn’t take it out, so he didn’t know. He said he'd never picked up a gun, so he didn’t know them.</p><p></p><p>Campan collected money from Asta and Daniel to go and get beer ‘for the whole crew.’ Kenny was sent along to supervise. They went to ‘the bar people don’t go to’ and ran into Mort. Wasn’t hard to run into him, since he was the only other guy in the bar, save for the bartender. The bartender was elated to have so many customers in one day. They got him to sing for their entertainment, but it was more torture then entertaining. The poor guy didn’t even have bottles of beer, just a tap.</p><p></p><p>Back on the ship, Daniel set about trying to convince the guy it wouldn’t make any sense for someone to have an argument, storm off, and then shoot him. He then went on to find out if he had problems with anyone. Most he could come up with was a guy a couple months back that wanted to work there. But, you know, he couldn’t really afford a helper, so turned him down. The guy was pissed about that. The guy had worked odd jobs around before hand; at a bar, as a stable boy, and constructing the new gambling parlor. He hadn’t seen the guy since. When asked to describe the guy, it was fairly vague (about Daniel’s height, but younger, didn’t wear glasses, had brownish hair, name started with a J).</p><p></p><p>Daniel headed back to the junkyard with the guy to check out the scene and see if someone showed up. He made sure his radio was off.</p><p></p><p>Take radioed the others to let them know to come back to the ship. Despite the bartender saying he could get bottles, they decided to get portable beer elsewhere.</p><p></p><p><strong>Bartender: (pitiful voice) </strong><em>You’re coming back, right?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Campan:</strong><em> Sure, we’ll be back tomorrow.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Bartender: (overly enthusiastic)</strong><em> Come back anytime!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> What’s wrong with this bar?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Bartender: </strong><em> I don’t… know. People just stopped coming… Don’t know why.</em></p><p></p><p>Dropping off his ill-gotten gains in the hidden compartment, Mort and the others sought out Take. He relayed what he found to everyone there, minus the liberated parts. Asta retrieved the bullet and they determined that it was a fairly common bullet that could have come from Mort’s revolver, though they knew it didn’t.</p><p></p><p>The crew then analyzed what ‘real job’ prospects they had. The whorehouse job was out, since it wasn’t a real job. Jasp was out, cause he was already tracked down and killed. Mort said they might want to ask Buggs about hunting down Jardin.</p><p></p><p>Daniel inspected the scene, found the knotholes, and figured from the angle of impact that the gun was shot from there, not the doorway. He pointed this all out to the junkyard guy and told him he had an enemy here. He was able to cast sufficient doubt into this man's mind about Mort shooting him. Daniel stuck around for an hour or two, then went back to the ship.</p><p></p><p>Mort met Daniel at the door and asked him about the Jardin job. Daniel said Kenny was already setting up a meet. They headed up to the cockpit to find Take. Up there, they discussed the meet tomorrow and the location.</p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong><em> So, I’m not going to be inconspicuous sitting in the corner.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> Take a newspaper. Go there twice. The bartender will think you’re his regular.</em></p><p></p><p>They decided they’d fill Campan in on the plan and leave Kenny ignorant, since Kenny was under the impression the crew was serious about taking the job. They discussed the possibility that they’d need to kill this contact of Kenny’s. They did decide to let Kenny do the job they hired him for, talking. After Mort got Campan, they told him they were going to meet with this guy about the Jardin job, cause they wanted to ‘deal’ with someone who might want him dead. They were planning on either killing this guy because he was after Jardin, or getting a meeting with the guy who wanted him dead. They did decide Kenny’s contact couldn’t see the ship unless they were going to vent him into space. Many methods of death were discussed.</p><p></p><p>Daniel took this time to fill them in on an actual business opportunity. Opposite of the whore job.</p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong><em> The whores have no money and are trying get someone to kill a couple of men A local, allegedly local at least, businesswoman is hiring people to protect these men from getting killed by the whores, for whatever reason I’m trying to figure out why. She actually does have money.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>She is either trying to set up her own business, she runs the new gambling house. She is trying to prevent Alliance attention. Or she has some interest in these men, who are contractors for the Alliance. Freighters who cart stuff for the Alliance. I don’t know if they WORK for the Alliance. I don’t know if she has connections to the Alliance. I don’t know why they’re valuable, but she wants them alive and I want to find that one out.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Probably Mort:</strong><em> That sounds really complicated. Can’t we just shoot people?</em></p><p></p><p>Daniel figured there would have to be some killing if they were to take this job. Mort suggested just shooting the whores, to simplify things. If there was no one to pay them, then no one would hunt these guys.</p><p></p><p>Daniel was asked about the businesswoman and he mentioned her name was Pearl Parker. At the mention of the name, Campan turned bright red.</p><p></p><p><strong>Take:</strong><em> Is there something wrong, Campan? You look as if your beer suddenly exploded.</em></p><p></p><p>Campan denied anything was wrong, but was now definitely in favor of helping this woman. He let on that Daniel now knew the name of his sick grandmother. He said he wasn’t going on this job and wasn’t on this planet or ship. Mort asked him if his grandmother was mad at him. </p><p></p><p><strong>Campan:</strong><em> I send her money…when I can… sometimes. </em></p><p></p><p>Campan just wanted his grandmother to be happy… and alive.</p><p></p><p>Mort went and asked Kenny if he had a sick grandmother named Pearl Parker. He responded affirmatively, and sounded sincere about it to Mort. </p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> Okay, so, things we need to do. Have a meeting with someone we may or may not kill. Have a meeting with Mrs. Parker so we can kill the whores for her.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Daniel:</strong><em> But what if her goal is no deaths at all while she sets up shop?</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Mort:</strong><em> Then that’s overly complicated and we don’t get involved.</em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Fade to Black</em></strong></p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p><strong>Paul:</strong> <em>Why would anyone bother framing me? There is so much I’m guilty of already.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Gabe:</strong><em> Why do I see the end of the adventure, whichever night it ends, is going to end with; Kill the whores, kill the men (Mike: Kill Kenny), kill the guy, and on the way out, kill the mechanic.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ao the Overkitty, post: 2816441, member: 9758"] [b]Synopsis of 8/29/05 Session[/b] [size=5][b] “Episode 3 – Bounties” – First Session [/b][/size] [i]Synopsis of 8/29/05 Session[/i] It had been two months since the retrieval of the bank heist gains. While they had received a job or two early on, they were fairly small scale. Since then, most people just didn’t have anything for them. They’ve had dry spells before, but usually not after some good jobs. The Orasca stopped on Santo to refuel before heading on to the Georgia System, where they hoped to find some work. The Alliance chooses to pay more attention to nearby Persephone, leaving only a small post here, making this a nice stop over point. The crew set off their separate ways to run a few errands during their stay and took advantage of a few of the place’s wonderful amenities. Campan ended up at the local whorehouse drinking some booze and chatting with the women. He managed to pick up news on a small bounty. Kenny ended up chatting with a friend of his, the head of the local Alliance post. He picked up some news on two possible bounties. Take used the quiet time on the ship to play with his dinosaurs. Daniel ended up at the local smugglers den chatting with the bartender. He too picked up some news of possible work, though was distrustful of the source. Mort visited the local junkyard looking for parts. He found the man’s goods third rate and prices outrageous. Mort got into a shouting match with the man and threatened his life. Asta approached the junkyard in hopes of finding some medical equipment for a portable crash cart. She passed a seriously annoyed Mort on the way there, but Mort in a pissy mood was nothing she hadn’t experienced before. She got to the junkyard ‘office’ a few minutes later and looked around for the caretaker. She found him lying on the ground, moaning, with blood pooling out of his shoulder. She quickly proceeded to stop the bleeding and patch him up. When she asked him what happened, he told her some lunatic shot him, describing Mort. When asked why, he said the nut job didn’t like his prices threatened his life. When he wouldn’t change them, the maniac shot him. Asta took him back to the Orasca to get him better taken care of and to get him a beer. There, she set him up in the med bay and called Take over the intercom to come down to med bay with a beer, since they had a visitor. Take got the skunked beer out of the fridge and brought it down. When Asta filled Take in on Mort shooting a guy, they compared notes on Mort’s homicidal tendencies. Take immediately got the guy a better beer from Daniel’s cache and they did their best to placate the fellow (in an effort to keep the authorities out of it). Now mellowed a bit more, he went back into business mode and asked Asta what she had wanted from his yard. They headed back there to look to see what he had (with her radio off). Campan and Kenny returned to the ship about this time, from their separate treks. They discussed their potential jobs and Kenny asked whom he should bring them to. Campan told Kenny to tell Daniel while Take was in the room, to cover all bases. They headed into the ship to find Take or Daniel. Take then called Mort over the walkie-talkie. [b]Take:[/b][i] Umm Mort, could you come back, right about now and… make sure no one sees you.[/i] [b]Mort:[/b][i] Okay.[/i] [b]Take:[/b][i] Particularly that mechanic who, you know, got hurt.[/i] [b]Mort:[/b][i] I didn’t shoot anyone![/i] [b]Take:[/b][i] Who said anything about you shooting anyone?[/i] [b]Mort:[/b] [i]Nobody. And I didn't do it.[/i] Hearing this, Daniel also hastened his way back to the ship. Getting back on board, he quickly made his way to the bridge and got Take to fill him in. Take was very careful to use the word someone instead of saying Mort. Hearing lots of people in conference, Campan told Kenny something important was happening on the bridge and gestured to Kenny to follow him up. Arriving, Campan announced they had work. Asta countered by announcing to Campan that some beer was missing from the fridge. Campan immediately forgot about the work and started demanding they search for the beer thief, even if it was just the back-up beer. [b]Daniel:[/b][i] So, what work have you found?[/i] [b]Campan:[/b][i] Uh, whores, sir.[/i] Campan wanted to be paid in beer, but the whores offered services or some money. Seems they just wanted them to beat up or kill a guy or two. (breaking in) [b]Kenny :[/b][i] I also found something to, sir. Apparently, uh, the authorities are looking for a man named Jardin (said with Texan pronunciation). There is a, uh, reward on him. And I heard it through the grapevine that he can be found on Ebbon. If, we didn’t want to work on the whores.[/i] Daniel showed interest in this case. Kenny also relayed info about an official looking for a guy named Jasp. The crew ignored that one and Daniel then started to say something about the whore job, but got distracted by Mort walking in. They were fairly quickly able to determine, upon questioning and examining of his gun, that Mort hadn’t shot anyone. Of course, Mort’s solution to stopping this guy from spreading around rumors about Mort shooting him was to kill him. Since no one liked that idea, he suggested they leave. Now, the ship needed some money for refueling, so they were stuck at a bit of an impasse. Coming back to the whore discussion, thanks to Campan, Daniel relayed that the whores wanted someone to kill the guys, and that they didn’t have any money. He heard there was a third party hiring people to protect these men from the whores’ friends. It was decided that Asta would bring the junkyard guy back to the ship where Daniel could interrogate him. Meanwhile, Mort and Take would sneak into the shop and check for surveillance equipment to incriminate Mort. And Kenny would arrange a meet with his contact about the Jardin job at ‘the bar people don’t go to.’ Mort went and got his black hat and bandana mask from his room and the ones he got for Campan. Handing Campan’s off to him, he headed out on a leisurely route to the junkyard. Take headed off on a direct route and found Asta & the junkyard guy in the back, looking at some junked medical equipment. Take let Asta in on the plan and proceeded to get roped into helping haul stuff back to the ship. Mort got into the shop, and quickly surmised that the only security this place had was a pair of Rottweilers. He occupied the dogs with some found peanut butter, then moved about into the shop. He found a pair of knotholes that would be a good place to shoot someone from, if they were standing by the pool of blood on the floor. He then proceeded to loot things he actually wanted when he was there earlier. He finished it off with heading to ‘the bar people don’t go to.’ When Asta, Take, and the junkyard guy returned to the ship with a lot of medical junk, Campan immediately accused the guy of stealing his beer. [b]Campan:[/b][i] The beer does not follow the chain of command![/i] The crew, minus Mort, assembled in the dining hall and offered to help the guy find out about this shooting and stuff. [b]Junkyard guy:[/b][i] Well, uh, thanks. Can’t really pay you, but, uhh, I got junk.[/i] Daniel questioned the man about what happened. [b]Junkyard guy:[/b][i] Well, I was having an argument with this totally irrational man. Saying I had only crap and saying I was way overcharging. Being a general jackass. He’s threatening my life. He didn’t pull his pistol out and wave it at me, but I could tell he wanted to. And finally he makes a couple violent remarks and walks out. A few seconds later, [b] I’m shot![/b] I had turned around to put away some stock.[/i] [b]Daniel:[/b][i] Why would he shoot you and not kill you?[/i] [b]Junkyard guy:[/b][i] Well, apparently he is a suck shot. Either that or he was so pissed off that he… missed.[/i] He thought he saw a revolver, but Mort didn’t take it out, so he didn’t know. He said he'd never picked up a gun, so he didn’t know them. Campan collected money from Asta and Daniel to go and get beer ‘for the whole crew.’ Kenny was sent along to supervise. They went to ‘the bar people don’t go to’ and ran into Mort. Wasn’t hard to run into him, since he was the only other guy in the bar, save for the bartender. The bartender was elated to have so many customers in one day. They got him to sing for their entertainment, but it was more torture then entertaining. The poor guy didn’t even have bottles of beer, just a tap. Back on the ship, Daniel set about trying to convince the guy it wouldn’t make any sense for someone to have an argument, storm off, and then shoot him. He then went on to find out if he had problems with anyone. Most he could come up with was a guy a couple months back that wanted to work there. But, you know, he couldn’t really afford a helper, so turned him down. The guy was pissed about that. The guy had worked odd jobs around before hand; at a bar, as a stable boy, and constructing the new gambling parlor. He hadn’t seen the guy since. When asked to describe the guy, it was fairly vague (about Daniel’s height, but younger, didn’t wear glasses, had brownish hair, name started with a J). Daniel headed back to the junkyard with the guy to check out the scene and see if someone showed up. He made sure his radio was off. Take radioed the others to let them know to come back to the ship. Despite the bartender saying he could get bottles, they decided to get portable beer elsewhere. [b]Bartender: (pitiful voice) [/b][i]You’re coming back, right?[/i] [b]Campan:[/b][i] Sure, we’ll be back tomorrow.[/i] [b]Bartender: (overly enthusiastic)[/b][i] Come back anytime![/i] [b]Mort:[/b][i] What’s wrong with this bar?[/i] [b]Bartender: [/b][i] I don’t… know. People just stopped coming… Don’t know why.[/i] Dropping off his ill-gotten gains in the hidden compartment, Mort and the others sought out Take. He relayed what he found to everyone there, minus the liberated parts. Asta retrieved the bullet and they determined that it was a fairly common bullet that could have come from Mort’s revolver, though they knew it didn’t. The crew then analyzed what ‘real job’ prospects they had. The whorehouse job was out, since it wasn’t a real job. Jasp was out, cause he was already tracked down and killed. Mort said they might want to ask Buggs about hunting down Jardin. Daniel inspected the scene, found the knotholes, and figured from the angle of impact that the gun was shot from there, not the doorway. He pointed this all out to the junkyard guy and told him he had an enemy here. He was able to cast sufficient doubt into this man's mind about Mort shooting him. Daniel stuck around for an hour or two, then went back to the ship. Mort met Daniel at the door and asked him about the Jardin job. Daniel said Kenny was already setting up a meet. They headed up to the cockpit to find Take. Up there, they discussed the meet tomorrow and the location. [b]Daniel:[/b][i] So, I’m not going to be inconspicuous sitting in the corner.[/i] [b]Mort:[/b][i] Take a newspaper. Go there twice. The bartender will think you’re his regular.[/i] They decided they’d fill Campan in on the plan and leave Kenny ignorant, since Kenny was under the impression the crew was serious about taking the job. They discussed the possibility that they’d need to kill this contact of Kenny’s. They did decide to let Kenny do the job they hired him for, talking. After Mort got Campan, they told him they were going to meet with this guy about the Jardin job, cause they wanted to ‘deal’ with someone who might want him dead. They were planning on either killing this guy because he was after Jardin, or getting a meeting with the guy who wanted him dead. They did decide Kenny’s contact couldn’t see the ship unless they were going to vent him into space. Many methods of death were discussed. Daniel took this time to fill them in on an actual business opportunity. Opposite of the whore job. [b]Daniel:[/b][i] The whores have no money and are trying get someone to kill a couple of men A local, allegedly local at least, businesswoman is hiring people to protect these men from getting killed by the whores, for whatever reason I’m trying to figure out why. She actually does have money. She is either trying to set up her own business, she runs the new gambling house. She is trying to prevent Alliance attention. Or she has some interest in these men, who are contractors for the Alliance. Freighters who cart stuff for the Alliance. I don’t know if they WORK for the Alliance. I don’t know if she has connections to the Alliance. I don’t know why they’re valuable, but she wants them alive and I want to find that one out.[/i] [b]Probably Mort:[/b][i] That sounds really complicated. Can’t we just shoot people?[/i] Daniel figured there would have to be some killing if they were to take this job. Mort suggested just shooting the whores, to simplify things. If there was no one to pay them, then no one would hunt these guys. Daniel was asked about the businesswoman and he mentioned her name was Pearl Parker. At the mention of the name, Campan turned bright red. [b]Take:[/b][i] Is there something wrong, Campan? You look as if your beer suddenly exploded.[/i] Campan denied anything was wrong, but was now definitely in favor of helping this woman. He let on that Daniel now knew the name of his sick grandmother. He said he wasn’t going on this job and wasn’t on this planet or ship. Mort asked him if his grandmother was mad at him. [b]Campan:[/b][i] I send her money…when I can… sometimes. [/i] Campan just wanted his grandmother to be happy… and alive. Mort went and asked Kenny if he had a sick grandmother named Pearl Parker. He responded affirmatively, and sounded sincere about it to Mort. [b]Mort:[/b][i] Okay, so, things we need to do. Have a meeting with someone we may or may not kill. Have a meeting with Mrs. Parker so we can kill the whores for her.[/i] [b]Daniel:[/b][i] But what if her goal is no deaths at all while she sets up shop?[/i] [b]Mort:[/b][i] Then that’s overly complicated and we don’t get involved.[/i] [b][i]Fade to Black[/i][/b] ----- [b]Paul:[/b] [i]Why would anyone bother framing me? There is so much I’m guilty of already.[/i] [b]Gabe:[/b][i] Why do I see the end of the adventure, whichever night it ends, is going to end with; Kill the whores, kill the men (Mike: Kill Kenny), kill the guy, and on the way out, kill the mechanic.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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