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Burning Skies Saloon
Honeybadger:
-- Airship near coast of Sky's End --
*The bandits circle the crowd of people at gunpoint, Honeybadger is in the front row of the group of people made up of kids and posh women*
*The one of the bandits gesture to a nearby woman also in the front row*
Bandit Thug (1): "Money or your life toots."
*The woman is clearly scared out of her mind. Honeybadger sighs*
Honeybadger: "Lay off her, stronzo."
*The bandit looks angrily at Honeybadger and shifts his gun to Honeybadger's chest*
Bandit Thug (1): "Empty your pockets you smart ass."
Honeybadger: "You want me to empty MY pockets?"
*The bandit just presses the barrel into Honeybadger's stomach*
Honeybadger: Well now that I have his attention, what now. I should think things through more.
Bandit Thug (1): "C'mon, lets see some gold."
Honeybadger: Hmm, what would Papa do?
*Honeybadger slowly reaches into his pocket and takes out his coin bag of his bounty money. He cringes inside.*
Bandit Thug (1): "Hand it over. Last chance fancy pants."
*Honeybadger lowers his brows*
Honeybadger: "Very well."
*Honeybadger drops the coin bag, while doing this, his concealed hand pulled out his modified colt .45 and pressed it into the bandits shoulder. Before he could react, Honeybadger had fired into his shoulder causing the bandits gun to fly upward.*
*when the other bandit behind the shot bandit begins to turn around. Honeybadger kicks the now dying bandit into the one behind, knocking him backwards while catching the original bandits gun with his other hand, he cocks his other gun and kills the remaining bandits with the two guns*
Honeybadger: One... Two... Three... Four... Alright, that's all of them. *Honeybadger holsters his gun while picking up his coin bag and drops the other gun* "Carry on, everything has been taken care of."
Yiski:
--Saloon--
Even though the saloon was packed to the brim, it didn't seem all that busy. Roland, Ny-Lee, Yiski, and even Lauren (upon Yiski's insistence for her staying at the saloon) handled all the patrons quickly. Jun'ko played a few tunes on the piano and Zill just lounged around at the bar making sure nobody was causing trouble and chuckled to himself being glad he didn't have to run a saloon. Zill would prefer raiders than having to run a business.
With the current level of business, nobody had time to ask Lauren anymore questions.
RearAdmiralZill:
-Saloon-
Zill fumbled with his mug at the bar. His mind was full of thoughts from his past. Raids, Kyle, his time in the Baronies, all eating up his attention. A kiss from Jun'ko broke his trance. He shook his head and stared at her for a moment. She spoke first.
"You seem tense tonight."
"Old thoughts."
"Bad ones I take it?"
"Yea."
He leaned over the bar and grunted. The shot from earlier hurt, though nothing serious. He hid it from Jun. Somehow, he figured she worried about enough things to warrant him hiding it.
He turned around to look at the patrons. In a flash, they turned into talking skeletons. Death surrounded his vision, and Kyle slowly walked up to him. He looked just as he did on that cursed night, gunshot still fresh. The only words, "Say the prayer." Zill shook his head and the vision was gone. He sighed and took another drink. It was going to take a lot more to drown his mind.
BdrLineAzn:
--Saloon--
*As the time passes on, BdrLine is seen talking to some of the patrons about tomorrows festival*
*When there is not that much work happening in the busy saloon, Ny-Lee is talking with her mother about the final wedding preparations*
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
With the ability of subtle, but forceful persuasion, Yiski manages to close the saloon early. After the clean up, everybody was standing around looking between Lauren and Yiski. The two know everyone else is thinking up questions to ask and simply wait.
Two hours pass by with a battery of questions directed at the former couple. Most questions center around Lauren's eight years after faking her death. Another portion around her involvement in the recent events taking place in Anvala. Few questions pry into their former love life. Lauren and Yiski do a decent enough job answering questions.
Eventually, BdrLine and Liu head to his place for the night. BdrLine would be busy with all the increased traffic at all the ports and knew he'd be running around trying to fix any mechanical problems. Liu wanted an early start so she could wander around the Festival.
Roland and Ny-Lee were the next to leave, heading upstairs into the spare room of the saloon. Yiski had given the couple tomorrow so they too could have fun at the Festival. This left Zill, Jun'ko, Yiski, and Lauren.
"You two goin' to stay the night again?"
Jun'ko looks at Zill. He could read Jun'ko's expression as saying 'Let's leave these two alone.' Though Zill would have much rather sleep in the other spare room bed than the one on his galleon, he knew he didn't want to be anywhere near this drama. But in the back of his mind he knew it would be futile. Zill turns to Yiski.
"Well Jun and I are heading back to my ship. Seem like it's getting crowded a bit."
Zill walks out and Jun'ko follows, waving at the former couple.
Lauren and Yiski stand for a bit in silence on the main floor. Yiski turns towards the back and starts walking. Without facing her...
"There's a another spare room up."
Before Yiski disappears into the back...
"Do you still love me?"
The question pauses Yiski.
"Dunno. It's hard to love someone who's supposed to be dead."
With that Yiski disappears, leaving Lauren alone on the main floor. It would be minutes before she went up.
--NARRATOR END--
--END OF DAY 78--
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