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Burning Skies Saloon
Captain Lockheart:
--Chaladon--
Lockheart was walking towards his family house, a big impressive stone building. just for the occasion of visiting his father he was wearing his firnfeld commodore "war room" jacket. as he approached the house from the street 2 guards stood at its gates, they recognised him and opened the gates, as he walked through the slammed behind him. As he was walking towards his house he was brushing dust and dirt of of his clothes to make himself more presentable. He had adorned his jacket with his second lieutenant badges and shoulder pads, and his commodore cuffs and badges, he pauses outside the front door.
"well, here goes nothing"
*opens the door to be greeted by his family, his mother, father, brother and sister.*
"Good morning all" *he says with arms outstretched*
*his mother runs up and gives him a hug, over her shoulder he can see his wife, Cecelia, he breaks out of the hug gently and walks towards her*
Lockheart: "long time no see, how are you?"
Cecelia: "oh im good, apart from the lack of husband for 2 months"
Lockheart: "I know, im sorry..." *sighs*
"how can i make it up to you?"
Cecilia: "maybe a nice dinner at..."
Adrian Lockheart (father): "woah, hold on you forget why you came, hiring that fancy escort wasn't cheap!"
*lockheart sighs*
"Sorry darling, just hold on for a hour i promise"
*lockheart and his father walk off into adrian's study*
BdrLineAzn:
--City Center--
*Since Yiski gave them the day to themselves, the couple decides to walk around the City Center*
*As they passed the bank, there was a hole where the entrance was with guards surrounding it, off to the side, what looks like the owner is talking to a construction foreman about repairs*
*The two looks on as they walk passed the building*
*After a few minutes of walking, Ny-Lee turns to Roland*
"You think Yiski would be alright by himself today?"
"Yiski should be fine, if not, i assume he is still in bed. Let's think to much of it, he did gave us a day to ourselves"
"I guess your are right, ...you think we can gte some of that ice cream that we had some time back?"
"Anything for you dear"
*Ny-Lee blushes as Roland wraps an arm around her as they walk towards the restaurant*
--Docks--
*Since the events of yesterday woke BdrLine up earlier then usual, he is back in bed in a deep sleep*
*In her room, Liu is getting ready for the day, as she exits the room, she notices her son is still sleeping*
Always in bed *sighs*
*Liu opens his door, and sees BdrLine still lying down.*
*She goes over and opens the blinds on his window*
*The sudden light hits BdrLine's eyes as he grunts and rolls over to the other side of the bed*
"Mother is there anyways that i can sleep in for once?"
"Nope, come on we need to pick up your tuxs at the tailors"
"Five more minutes"
*Liu, not amused, goes to the foot of the bed and grips the blanket, with a tug, she pulls him off the bed and on the floor*
"Now that you are awake, go and get dressed"
*She leaves the room and closes the door behind her*
*Getting up, BdrLine grumbles to himself as he gets changed*
*Once done, he goes downstairs where Liu is waiting and they leave for the City Center*
RearAdmiralZill:
-City Center-
Jun'ko and Zill are walking through the center courtyard ignoring the damage inflicted by the robbery. The two get stares as they walk by, as Zill usually isn't a common sight in the center, much less with company. Many Elites salute him, and Jun'ko wraps around his side as they make for a nice restaurant. They enter, and the hostess immediately recognizes him.
"Oh my. Hello Admiral Zill. It's been awhile since you've graced us with your presence."
"Lets just say I was persuaded."
He glances to Jun'ko who is practically glowing at this point. The hostess nods and shows them to the best table in the building. On the third floor, there was a balcony overlooking the center courtyard. There was a table prepared for them, and Zill ushered Jun over to it. They ordered their food and enjoyed the view. Jun'ko was just peering into the courtyard.
"I can see why you protect this place."
"Good to know I'm not that crazy."
*She giggles*"When it's not under attack or being robbed, it even seems peaceful. I never though I'd be able to enjoy a meal like this."
"It's fancy for sure, but I could never live in this district."
"How come? Why turn down what is rightfully yours?
"It might be mine by right, but that doesn't mean I like it. I grew up on very little, and while it was tough at times, I loved my life. My friends and family were all I needed to keep going."
"You never really do talk about your past much."
"With good reason. While I like to talk about how good it was, in reality it isn't too great. War changes people."
"I can see that. My past was of your average girl trying to make it in the military."
"Funnily enough, I never planned on being an Admiral. After the Baronies tour, I wanted something like what Yiski had. Not a Saloon, but just a simple life out of the military. Our Dusty Mistress had other plans it would seem."
The food arrives and is delicious. Many hours pass as they eat, talk, and dance as Jun'ko insisted they "show the old, rich stiffs how to dance."
Captain Lockheart:
Lockheart walks into the office, 2 walls were lined with books and scrolls. Adrian sits behind his desk, lockheart fearing the worst, nervously sits in the comfier looking of the 2 chairs on the opposite side of the desk. Adrian pours glass of whiskey for both of them, lockheart then takes a swig.
Lockheart: "so, what is it you wanted?"
Adrian: "well, first of all, its good to see you have got over that bad habit of yours of avoiding anything i ask and getting straight to it. The matter for which i have called you is one of a fairly serious nature, you see for the tynneson family, whom we have had several nasty encounters, took to violence to resolve feuds between us. You may of noticed the amount of guards in the street."
* Adrian drinks some of his whiskey*
Adrian: "they have requested that we settle our minor feuds, *sighs*..... with a duel, you can rope in whoever you want to be your second......, i know its not a situation that i should put upon you, but your brother is about to head out to take out some bandits. Sadly its a matter of no choice, get your second and meet our foe on the dunes at 12 hundred hours. Now off with you to find your second DOUBLE TIME, QUICK MARCH!"
*Without questioning his fathers request as he knew it would be futile, he marched out*
Adrian: " oh and one more thing... you wont be flying that hunk-o-junk galleon of yours.."
Lockheart: "but she has 5 heav..."
Adrain: "no buts, you will be sporting the families finest ship, my goldfish, the aesterium"
*lockheart walked out of the office pondering his options, he got outside the office where cecelia was waiting for him*
Cecelia: "well, are you ready for that meal we have been waiting for?"
Lockheart: "sure thing darling, im starving for some of chaladon's finest... now where do you reccomend?"
*Lockheart gave cecelia a quick peck on the cheek before they linked arms and started walking out towards the city center. Lockheart lit his pipe up*
Cecelia: "hey, i thought you quit!"
*she snatched the pipe from his mouth and emptied the tobacco onto the street, lockheart sighed*
Lockheart: "i guess i forgot, im sorry. anything to make up for my absence"
*she smiled, lockheart stuffed the pipe into his jacket and the two carried on walking, lockheart received several welcome backs from citizens as he walked by, he hadn't been into the center of city for a while and the people recognized his family of great importance, later lockheart almost lost his bearings, but he had cecelia to guide him, they eventually reached their destination and they got the finest seat in the finest restaurant in chaladon. they enjoyed the rest of the night together talking over lockhearts escapades and then the small things lockheart had missed while he was away.*
Yiski:
--Saloon--
Yiski and Lauren sat in awkward silence while drinking. The tension was thick. Yiski finally broke the silence.
"You never did give me an answer."
"I know."
"Do you have an answer now?"
"Would it make a difference?"
"Now? Nope, but the closure would be nice."
"Anything else you want to ask while I'm here?"
"Why?"
Lauren knew exactly what Yiski was asking about which were a lot of things. Why did she fake her death? Why did she come back after eight years? And why did she become a criminal?
"Well, do you want the simple or complex answer?"
"Let's start simple."
"What happened eight years ago was an effort to protect you."
Yiski mulled over her answer for a bit. It was certainly plausible. Lauren was the only other person aside from Maria who knew Yiski and Micheal were the Crimson Bolt. However...
"Okay, I'll buy that for now, but why didn't you give me any sort of contact that you were still alive? You still could've come back, especially since the time I came back to Anvala."
"The Guild was still looking into your identity. I couldn't risk it."
"Bullshit. If you haven't heard recently, the Guild found out."
"What?"
"About a month back, a couple of Guild mercs set up an ambush for me. As you can see, they failed. Apparently, the Guild knew my identity a few years after your 'death'. No worries though, things are in place to prevent it from happenin' again."
"I guess I messed up."
"Yeah you did. So, want to explain why you were robbin' the bank?"
"Well, being a dead woman, it kind of makes it hard to make a honest living. I was forced to join up with the group yesterday just to survive."
A knock came at the door. Yiski asked who it was and the response were the Elites from yesterday. Lauren looked to Yiski.
"Well, what are you going to do? Harbor a fugitive, or turn me in?"
Everything in Yiski's mind told him to turn her in, but then why did he find himself motioning her to hide out in the back? Before opening the door, Yiski cursed himself. He knew in the near future this would all come back. When, Yiski did open the door the Elites asked him for a report of yesterday's incident. While Yiski didn't have one written up, he orally relayed the information, leaving out specifically Lauren's involvement. Satisfied, the Elites left and Yiski closed and locked the door. Lauren came out from the back.
"Well, what now?"
"No clue."
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