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Burning Skies Saloon
Yiski:
--Western District--
Before Lauren, Yiski, and Zill watched as Zill's men along with a few defenders and guards cleaned up the bodies. Lauren gave a sigh of relief and looked to Yiski if he was feeling the same. All she saw was Yiski giving her a deadpan look and gave a grin to Zill.
"So, when did you plan on tellin' me trouble followed you?"
Her was response again was a sheepish grin. Yiski again pinched the bridge of his nose. Zill shook his head and laughed.
"Yiski, is there ever a day when people don't try and kill you."
"To be fair, they were after her."
Zill looked over to Lauren and was about to say something until Roland and Ny-Lee came running up to them.
"Heavens, are you okay Yiski? Ny-Lee and I heard shots nearby and thought something happened to you."
Now it was Yiski's turn to laugh.
"Skies, why is it when shots are fired, everybody looks at me?"
There was an awkward silence from everyone. Annoyed, Yiski threw up his hands.
"Bloody skies fine! Let's head back and get somethin' to drink."
When they started walking to the saloon, Ny-Lee was heading toward the docks. Yiski stopped and asked her.
"Where are you goin'?"
"Ah, well Ny-Lee found a letter addressed to Liu from Honeybadger."
"Oh yeah... I forgot about that."
Ny-Lee headed off for BdrLine's place and the others went to the saloon. Yiski to Zill.
"Shouldn't you get Jun?"
"She'll meet us at the saloon."
BdrLineAzn:
--Docks--
*At his warehouse, BdrLine and his group are making preparations for the Spring Festival*
*All four of the are in the basement getting out decorations*
"Ok lets bring these up and start setting them"
*While they are moving and setting things, all four are unaware of what is happening at another part of the Western District*
*a little wile later, they are finished setting their area to be in some type of festival spirit*
"There, thanks guys see you all tomorrow"
"You too Bdr"
"See you around"
*BdrLine then starts to walk towards the Saloon*
*On the way, he spots Ny-Lee walking towards the docks*
"Hey Ny, where are you headed?"
"Towards your house, looks like Honeybadger left mother a letter"
"I'm guessing its about him and Aunt Luli?"
"Most likely"
"Alrighty, I'll be heading for the saloon. Meet you there?"
"Once after i give this to her"
*The two left their separate ways*
*Finally, Ny-Lee arrives to her brothers house and opens the door*
*Inside, Ny spots her mother in the kitchen eating*
"Oh, Hello there Ny. What brings you here?"
"Hi mother, well at the saloon Roland and I spotted a letter for you from Honeybager. Azn and I think it has to do with him and Aunt Luli"
"Hmm, here let me take a look"
*Ny-Lee hands her mother the letter which she takes and breaks the seal*
*Liu spends a few minutes reading the letter*
*Liu puts a hand to her lips after finishing reading*
"No wonder she was heart broken for a few weeks. Good thing she didn't marry that general, that was horrible what he did."
"Can I see?"
*Liu pass the letter to her*
"Aww, well at least you are right that she didn't marry that general, such a jerk. Even though i love Uncle Hao, i feel sad about reading this and what happened to them."
"Yeah, after that day, she presumed him to be dead. Your aunt eventually moved on, but she was depressed for some time."
*sigh* "Yeah, i couldn't imagine losing someone close to me."
*She thinks back to the day when the Birdman mercenaries arrived to take BdrLine and her away, and through the fighting Roland got shot*
*Liu notices this and goes and hugs her daughter*
"At least you still have him"
*Ny-Lee smiles under the embrace*
*Liu eventually releases the hug*
"Come on, lets not mope around, tomorrow there is going to be a festival. We dont want to start it off being sad do we?"
*Ny-Lee chuckles at her mother's comment* "No, you are right, I think we should head to the saloon and see the others"
"Lets"
*The two leaves the home for Yiski's Saloon*
*At the saloon, BdrLine notices that the place was locked and empty*
Hmm, where did everyone go?
Captain Lockheart:
--Chaladon--
*Lockheart takes a seat in his own private office in the military district of Chaladon, the room was dusty and full of cobwebs as it had not been used for as long as lockheart hadn't served in the watch. A portrait of Lockheart stood valiantly in full footman military uniform was hanging at a angle, Cecelia was sat on a leather armchair reading a book, Lockheart himself was searching around his office looking for a certain book, titled "the adventures of the airmen"*
"AH-HA Gotcha"
*he pulled the book back and it revealed a small oak box, lockheart pulled it out among with several other books hitting the floor*
"here we go, i remember this"
*opens the box to reveal a collection of photographs of lockheart when he was younger and it also contained a radio with a special antenna that could only use one, experimental frequency*
Cecelia: "whats that?"
Lockheart: *enthusiastically*" this, my sweetheart is a radio that can only be used on one frequency, that no one else can access. The Whalers frequency, its a small group of us areonauts that i formed way back..., my only hope to win is if my old pall Fadeshade still listens to this thing" *he smiled*
*switches it on*
"Calling, Fadeshade do you read this is lockheart"
*the radio was awfully filled with static due too its unique frequency*
"Fadeshade come in"
*Lockhearts smile dropped*
"shit"
Fadeshade: "whoa, watch your language there Julie"
*this remark caused Cecelia to snigger*
Lockheart: "Blimey i knew i could rely on you, listen.... you up for a skirmish..."
Fadeshade: "What's in it for me Julie?"
Lockheart: "Good Coin"
*the radio paused for a second*
Fadeshade: " Give me the location and time and ill be there, of course, ill have to assemble the men like old times."
Lockheart: " Bloody Excellent, its been a while since ive seen, let alone board the Maelstrom how is she?"
Fadeshade: "oh she's fine alright, a bit rusty but this should clean her up a bit"
*Lockheart smiled, he had a reliable second for his duel, he was flushed with confidence. He then set about Cleaning his office, for he felt with a few high military ranking family members dead, there may be a promotion in order for him, he aligned the painting up and admired it for a moment*
Lockheart: "do i look different there"
Cecelia: "meh, not really dear although in my eyes you'll never change"
*Lockheart and Cecelia smiled as if they read each others mind, Lockheart gave her a long kiss, then they both left tidying the office and set off back home for a Night in*
Yiski:
--Near the Saloon--
When the group arrived at the saloon, they saw a confused BdrLine standing outside. BdrLine sees the group and waves at them. Yiski unlocks the door.
"Sorry about that BdrLine, some business came up."
"Did it involve the feint sounds of gunfire?"
"If it makes you feel any better, I wasn't shootin'."
"Not really."
As the group went inside, Yiski could see Jun'ko, Ny-Lee, and Liu approaching and they entered as well. With the group together, Roland turns to Yiski.
"So, how is my 'aunt' Lauren related to you and my parents?"
Even though Roland asked, the similar thoughts were going through the others. Yiski walks over to the counter and starts making drinks and hands them out with Roland's help. Yiski takes a sip of Clear Skies. He was going to need it to recall the muddied past.
"You want the simple or complex answer?"
"Simple first."
"The simple answer. Lauren was your mother's closest and best friend. They were inseparable to point of being considered sisters and unofficially became your aunt."
"And the complex?"
This is where Yiski hesitated to answer. There were a lot of things he still needed answers for from Lauren. Seeing his hesitation, Lauren answered for him.
"I was proposed to by Yiski shortly before the plan to fake my death in order to keep his Crimson Bolt identity safe which apparently failed."
Zill almost choked on his drink, not because of the overall reason, but just because Yiski was almost married. Yiski gave Lauren a stern stare, but yielded to the abridged version.
"Aside from missin' a few major details, she's also now the piloting instructor at the Academy as part of her punishment."
More questions wanted to be asked, but the saloon soon found itself packed with regulars and visitors for tomorrow's festival. Any more questions would have to be addressed after closing.
Skyraider:
*One of the first few people in the saloon was Sky, he seemed to be in a good mood, he speaks*
"Good morrow everyone! Along with the latest report from the Flying Panthers, training has been going really well, we've spent almost all of our time flying in formation and striking ground targets with bombs and rockets. Also, I've let them customize their airplanes, funny what they come up with. A lot of them have mismatching colors and different symbols..."
*He throws a picture down on the table, it shows the different planes as he described*
"I've never been a guy that likes uniform, I find it boring and to predictable."
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