[d20 Modern] Session One: Funky Martian Monks (CowBoy BeBop)

Whoever didn’t have their own ship headed off the BeBop on the Hammerhead, the personal MONO boat which was actually a small trawler auxiliary vessel outfitted with a heavy engine and an extra propellant tank for extra speed, power and range. Thalessa dragged Bobcat out of the engine room, dragging her along with the group to the temple.

As they approached Kamakura, the beautiful enclosed city on Mars, the greenery was visible as was the fabulous Zen temples that had been transplanted stone by stone to Mars for rebuilding. Everyone found a place to land at the nearby spaceport with public transportation available for anyone who wanted to travel on foot.

Horin-ji Temple
New Kamakura City on Mars

The temple exemplified all the wonders of the beautiful Zen city of New Kamakura. Huge tracts of valuable land extended undeveloped along the terraformed hills, filled with trees and flora native to Japan. Elaborate walls covered the entire temple compound, the huge gates in front the only obvious way in or out. At the doors the temple guards stood, their faces devoid of emotion as they watched the tourists and Buddhists go about their daily business.

Vincent had never been in New Kamakura before, but he remembered that New Kamakura was the center of Zen Buddhism on Mars.

OOC: THALESSA, VINCENT, BOBCAT

Horuka’s Neighborhood Bar
New Kamakura City on Mars

Gil and Chase found themselves parked in an old seedy bar not too far away from the spaceport and drowning themselves in some drink as if to fortify their work ahead of them…or so they said to themselves. The air hung thick with smoke and the low din of murmured conversation peppered by an unruly laugh or two. The bartender didn’t look much older than Bobcat, young and pretty and altogether too cheerful for a place like this. Not too far away a man who looked as if he were her father eyed her and the other patrons from where he polished the newly cleaned cups with his dishtowel.

OOC: CHASE, GIL

Nice place... he thinks as he looks to the bartender, "Nice place you got here, full of atmosphere," he coughs slightly with a smile, "anyways what is going on in these neck of the woods..."

Horin-ji Temple
New Kamakura City on Mars

Bobcat pushed her red specs up her nose, pink lips forming an astonished 'O'. "Wow, this is like, far out," the mechanic breathes in awe and wonder. "I wonder how long it took 'em to transplant all this stuff - the temple and the trees and all of it - over here."

Still lost in the beauty of the place, she almost unconsciously steps toward the temple, her black pig-tails swaying. "I think I'm having one of those spiritual experiences or something..." She shot the temple guard a lazy smile and made her way over to him. "Hey man, how's it hanging?"

Tokiwong said:

Nice place... he thinks as he looks to the bartender, "Nice place you got here, full of atmosphere," he coughs slightly with a smile, "anyways what is going on in these neck of the woods..."

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Gil eyes the older man. "Yea man. Me and my amigo just hit your burg. What the word? Any action to be had?"

Horuka’s Neighborhood Bar
New Kamakura City on Mars

The girl smiled at them. "Not much though! Its been pretty quiet, well except for the temple robbery? You heard of that? Somebody ran off with a temple treasure or something like that...supposed to be something real valuable...but what's so valuable about a piece of paper I'd like to know...I mean who even uses paper anymore?" the girl chattered conversationally as she polished the bar counter.

Gazing at Chase thoughtfully, she paused a moment in her ramble. "You look familiar...I could have sworn I've seen your face somewhere...oh! OH! You're Chase! The racing hot bod...I mean..." she stammered, blushing. "The racing star...what are you doing out here?" Straightening, she tried to make herself look presentable while her father glanced over at them again suspiciously...not to mention a few other patrons...at her sudden outburst.

OOC: GIL, CHASE

Horin-ji Temple
New Kamakura City on Mars

The temple guard eyed Bobcat and her companions suspiciously for a brief moment but merely nodded at her. "The zazen will begin in a few minutes," he informed her before straightening again to watch the crowd.

OOC: THAL, VIN, BOBCAT

Bobcat stared at the guard with a perplexed look, going so far as to slightly cross her eyes. "What's a zazen, dude?" she asked. "Does it have something to do with zen?" She giggles at her own joke for a moment, before sobering up.

As if to make up for the fact that she told a crappy joke, she places her hands behind her back and starts again. "Anyway, we're here to nab the cat who stole your scroll, so d'ya think you could help us out? Like, how'd the guy get away with the thing with you standing guard?" Even though the words she uses are rather accusatory, she couches the whole sentence in a concerned tone that implies that the man was not at fault.

Hey, this interrogatin' stuff is easy, man. I'm all over this, Captain Cyan.

Chase cracks a wry smile, and plays it off as if this sort of thing happens all the time, "Just taking a break, trying to relax, check out the scene on Mars, maybe find some good company to show me around."

My adoring public, this never gets old... never... he thinks as he continues, "Though news about stolen valuables seems pretty exciting to me, even if it is just some piece of paper. I heard something about it, on the news seems kind of brazen to me, hopefully nobody was injured in the heist."

"Just makes one think, on what one would want with an old piece of paper though..." he says aloud with a canny smile.