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Burning Skies Saloon
Honeybadger:
-- Somewhere off the coast of Turk --
*The intercom clicks on-board the ship*
Captain: (Intercom) "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now approaching Sky's End, please be prepared for landing in about five hours."
*Honeybadger stands up from the card table after a hand and goes toward the port bow*
Honeybadger: I forgot what I saw in flying these things...
*Honeybadger begins to check his pocket watch, but is interrupted by a loud bang on the other side of him. He is flung back and hits the ground hard, as he picks himself up he sees a junker with its broadside facing the ship. The junker extended long planks reaching to the ship Honeybadger was on, they wanted to board*
Pirate Intercom: "Surrender your goods and empty your pockets, and we might let you live."
*Honeybadger lifts himself up*
Honeybadger: "Oh yeah, this is what I saw. Quite frequently..."
BdrLineAzn:
--City Center--
*After a few minutes of walking, Roland and Ny-Lee finally rounds themselves at Cafe Frostbite*
*Inside, waiters and servers are preparing for the food rush, luckily for them, they are the first in line.*
*At the front desk, a waiter sees the couple walking towards him*
"Hello, table for two?"
*Roland answers*
"Yes please."
*The waiter grabs two menus and leads them to an open table*
*He hands both of the the menus*
"If you excuse me, I will be back to take your orders"
*As the waiter leaves, both Ny-Lee and Roland look over the entrees*
*Off in another part of the center, Liu and BdrLine walks into the tailor shop that they were in a few days ealier*
*The bell on the door rings and a employee sees them enter*
"Greetings, how may I be of service."
"We had fittings made a few days back, two tuxedos and a wedding gown."
"Ahh I know which ones you speak off, do you have a receipt?"
"Oh yes I do, hold on for a second"
*Liu opens her purse as she rummage around for the receipt*
"Ah here you go"
*She hands over the paper to him, the employee takes it and looks over it*
"Wait here while I fetch the clothing"
"Thank you"
*A little while has passed as the employee returns with the articles of clothing*
*He hands them to BdrLine who carries them*
"Is that it ma'am?"
"Why yes thank you again"
*The two then leaves the store with the clothes in tow*
RearAdmiralZill:
Zill and Jun'ko enjoy the rest of their day roaming around the City Center. Zill only got into disputes twice, and Jun was happy he was at least trying to remain civil. The first time was when another Council courier wouldn't leave them alone. The poor guy didn't stand a chance. Next were some Elite guards who mumbled a few words about Jun'ko under their breath. Zill taught them a lesson in humility through brute force. It made him happy that he could still best Elites.
They ended the day heading off to the Saloon for a drink. When they got there it was dark.
"Oh no, is he ok?"
"Probably. Its a rare thing, but he doesn't always open. There's always a reason for it though, which is what bugs me."
"Should we try to get in?"
"Not after its become a giant bunker. I'm not worried about him. He can handle his reason. Lets off to the Port for a grand finale."
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
--Saloon--
The air of silence between Lauren and Yiski persisted with only a few spare words spoken in between them to break silence only to fall back to it. Yiski was still conflicted about his decision earlier to keep Lauren out of the report. Realizing the problem wasn't going away or being solved anytime soon, Yiski looked over to Lauren who was looking at Blood Bolt.
"I'm surprised this rifle still works?"
"Yeah, she's seen a lot of action as of late."
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Everything. Leaving you. Faking my death. Returning to you under the current situation. Having you lie about harboring me."
"Well, I guess the good karma couldn't last forever. You know Roland's gettin' married soon."
"Wait? Roland? Micheal and Maria's kid? He's getting married? Wow..."
"Yeah, I was surprised too, but he and his fiance are a good fit."
"Like we were?"
"Yeah, were."
For whatever reason, Yiski emphasis on his last word cut into Lauren. She didn't show it, but it hurt. Despite everything she put Yiski through, she had a small ember of hope that things would get better. Lauren now sees, it's going to take a lot of time. Before Lauren could speak anything about their past romance, the two heard a rattle at the door. Outside, Yiski could hear Roland.
"This is unusual, I do not remembering locking the door when we left."
"Maybe Yiski locked it to keep people out. He was hung over love."
Lauren started to panic, but Yiski stood still and waited. When Roland and Ny-Lee opened and walked in to see Lauren, Roland spoke first.
"Is this a friend of yours Yiski? She looks familiar..."
"She should for two reasons. First, this is your unofficial aunt Lauren."
Roland's jaw dropped and was about to say something, but Yiski held his hand up and continued to speak.
"Second, she's the one responsible for yesterday's attempted robbery."
Both Roland and Ny-Lee were in shock. Not in a hundred years did they think Yiski would harbor a wanted fugitive. Ny-Lee was going to speak, but again, Yiski stopped it.
"Before you say or think any further, I'll say the situation is a bit of a gigantic mess which I'm havin' a really hard time sortin' out. Basically, I'm askin' the two of you to keep quiet so I can figure what to do."
Roland and Ny-Lee stand in silence.
"Will you both go upstairs and leave this to me?"
The nodded and headed up. Lauren looked over to Yiski.
"You think it was a good idea introducing me like that?"
"Dunno."
"Do you even know what the next move is?"
"Probably goin' to the Council."
"Why?"
"To see if I can get you pardoned."
"You're going to waltz into the Council and say 'Hey, I have the woman who planned yesterday's robbery, but because she and I have a past together, I'd like for you all to pardon her'?"
"Hmm... now that I think about it, somethin' similar to it."
"You know if you weren't you, I'd kill you."
"I know. Anyways, you take my room for the evenin' and I'll take my couch."
"What you don't want any of this."
Lauren seductively walks in front of Yiski. He simply rolls his eyes. Lauren laughs and heads for Yiski's room. Yiski walks over and closes the saloon. Yiski then notices a note addressed to Liu from Honeybadger. He places the note on the bar counter. Yiski then moves to the middle of the floor and sighs to himself.
"By the skies, are things goin' to get worse?"
They were.
--NARRATOR END--
--END OF DAY 77--
Yiski:
--START OF DAY 78--
--NARRATOR--
While it was quiet in the saloon in the morning, there was a lot going on at all four dock locations. Supplies and a few visitors came in because Anvala was holding its Spring Festival.
Of course, what's a festival if a few troublemakers didn't also slip into the city during the preparations and celebrations.
"You sure the wench is still alive?"
"We got confirmation Boss. She's still here."
"Do we know where?"
"Asking around, we know she's staying at a saloon."
The Boss clearly smacked his subordinate behind his head.
"Dumbass, that still leaves some 20-30 bars here! All of you! Go ask around more and meet back here in an hour!"
A group of 30 men dispersed into the crowd and a wicked smile came across the Boss' face.
"Think you can just screw us over and leave? I'll make sure you'll suffer."
Meanwhile, Lauren woke up and initially thought see was in jail. Realizing a jail cell bed isn't this comfortable, she remembers she's in Yiski's room. She walked out into the main floor to see Yiski still asleep on the couch. The old flame walks over to the sleeping owner and leans down toward his face for a kiss, but...
"I hope you weren't plannin' on doing somethin' foolish."
Lauren jumped back and saw Yiski's eyes open and him get up. He stretched his arms and shook his head seeing Lauren sitting on the floor.
"I didn't think you were awake."
"People say kinda say that when I'm about to kill them."
Lauren chuckled at the comment. Moments later Roland and Ny-Lee come down. Yiski turns to them.
"Good to see you're awake. You think you're good in watchin' the saloon for the day?"
Roland and Ny-Lee nod. Roland responds.
"Sure, are you and Lauren leaving?"
"To the Council, yes."
"What do you hope to accomplish there?"
"Dunno exactly."
Yiski walks over and grabs Blood Bolt off the wall. Ny-Lee is curious.
"Why bring your rifle?"
"Assumin' the Council wants to talk to her alone, it'll give me time to modify Blood."
Lauren looks over to Yiski, raising an eyebrow.
"You plan on leaving me alone with the Council?"
"I said 'assumin'. Now let's go."
Together Lauren and Yiski left. As they walked across the city and unknown to them, one of the Boss' men spots her and hurries back to report.
--NARRATOR END--
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