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Burning Skies Saloon
BdrLineAzn:
--City Center--
It is the last fight before the main event, and the whole stadium is packed. BdrLine and the other three are waiting anxiously for the main event.
"Ohh so close..... When is this fight over."
"Just calm down Bdr, we all want to see this..... OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH, Look at that Knockout!!!!"
On que, the bell rings and on the floor is one of the boxers. Then the announcer comes on to declare who is the winner and workers set the ring for the final fight.
Once everything is set, a bell rings to get everyone's attention and the announcer come out again.
*Ding-ding-ding*
"Ladies and Gentlemen, can I have your attention please. Welcome all to the Anvalan Stadium, and we like to present you all for tonight's main event. In the red corner, our challenger for tonight weighting in at 205 lbs. all the way from Qinjuru 'The Desert Scorpion' himself, Kiro 'Stinger' Jo."
Spotlights turn on as it shines to a corner and Kiro comes out towards the ring
"And in the blue corner, our reigning regional champ, two time champion, weighing in at 203 lbs. Ladies and Gentleman 'The Wind of The Grasslands, Michael 'Hurricane' Sanchez of Trysi."
Again, more lights and comes Johnson towards the ring. Once everything is set, both boxers crew exits the ring and a bell rings for the start of the fight.
At ring side, a radio announcer is calling all of the action.
"Welcome one and all folks, broadcasting live from Anvala, the semi-final fight between Jo of Qinjuru and Sanchez of Trysi. The winner of this fight goes on to face our reigning world champ in Cathedral. Tonight will be a twelve round fight, and it will be an exciting night as these are two of the greatest fighters in the region. ..."
With that, the fight continues as the whole stadium goes ecstatic from hit after hit, to close calls as either one of the two are stuck in a corner.
"After ten rounds of fighting, it looks like neither of the boxers will let up. And as we start the eleventh round, if you have been following our broadcast, our scorecards reads 95 each for both boxers. If this keeps up, we may have a ti... oh wait... looks like Jo gives off a few good jabs... Sanchez returns with the ole' one-two...Sanchez throws in a right jab, over extends.... Jo dodges, see an opening.... OHH Jo unleashes a massive barrage of punches, Sanchez is falling to the ropes, he is cornered arms up trying to block out the force of the onslaught. I don't know how long he can keep this up, Sanchez's arms must be taking a beating as they are getting lower by the second....*Crack*...*Thud* WHOOO KNOCKOUT KNOCKOUT KNOCKOUT. Ding-ding-ding goes the bell and the champ has fallen, after a massive barrage of punches from Jo, a powerful uppercut has found its way past Sanchez's defense and hits him squarely on the jaw. Now lets take it to back to the ring for to announce our winner"
"Ladies and Gentlemen, after ten rounds and two minutes and sixteen second of fighting in the eleventh, we have a new winner 'The Desert Scorpion"' of Qinjuru and moving on to our championship fight in Cathedral Kiro 'Stinger' Jo"
Jo goes to the middle of the ring as the stadium goes wild after the KO. Eventually everyone heads towards the exits and BdrLine and his group are pumped with adrenaline as they discuss the exciting parts of the days fighting.
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
By the evening, Roland, Ny-Lee, and Lauren have the saloon transformed into a decent looking restaurant. While the group believes it to be five-stars, objectively, it's about 3 1/2. The dinner Ny-Lee cooked was a standard three-course meal with a dessert. Roland would be the waiter.
Thirty minutes pass with no sign of Yiski.
And soon an hour passes.
And another.
Lauren puts her head down in depression. Roland walks over in an attempt to comfort her.
"I am sorry for this. If I had not suggested Yiski take me to the Academy, this might not have happened."
Lauren puts her head up and forces a sad smile.
"It's okay. The problem would have found him somehow. All problems do."
The group decides to call it quits and start cleaning up. Ny-Lee takes the meal she cooked and wrapped it up to be eaten later. Roland and Lauren reset the main floor to its original state.
In about thirty minutes, the saloon is back to normal and the food properly preserved. Then, out of cruel karma, Yiski walks into the saloon. The three who prepared the romantic evening just stared at him, but Yiski didn't know why. Yiski gives a sigh and stretches his back.
"Those gunsmiths know how to ruin an idiot-proof design. How this city hasn't been taken over because of their incompetence is sheer dumb luck."
Yiski then starts heading into the back, but is stopped by Lauren her face and voice were annoyed.
"I waited for you."
"Waited on me for what?"
"Dinner."
"Just the two of us? I don't think we planned that?"
"Yes, for the two of us and no, it was going to be a surprise."
"Did you think a dinner between us would've made things better?"
"It would have been a start."
At this point, the tension between the two was rising... fast. Sensing the pending danger, both Ny-Lee and Roland decide to go stay at BdrLine's place. It maybe crowded when they get there, but it was certainly safer there than here. When the two left, neither Yiski nor Lauren noticed them gone. Yiski then started increasing his voice.
"You know what would have been a start? You tellin' me you were alive for the past eight years!"
"I did it to protect you!"
"Yeah, and look how well that turned out! You took everythin' we had together and threw it to the side because thought you knew better!"
"But..."
"No buts! I didn't need protecting and you know it!"
Lauren stood in silence. She couldn't answer because she did have one. Yiski was right. Despite his advice, most decisions Lauren has made usually end up backfiring in some way or coming back to haunt her. Tears started welling up in her eyes and she sat down to cry.
Looking at her state, Yiski had enough and headed into his room.
Lauren's idea of things improving between them seemed impossible now.
--NARRATOR END--
--END OF DAY 81--
Okay, the thread will be locked until the end of my finals on May 11th. Wish me luck... I'll need it. :'(
Yiski:
--Summary of Days 82-96--
--NARRATOR--
The past two weeks were peaceful, or at least there was a distinct lack of mercenaries and hit-men after the group. However, there were no shortages of the group still managing to find their own trouble.
Zill and Jun'ko had been busy overseeing the refitting of the entire fleet with Yiski's new mercury field rifles with the new tungsten rounds. Zill had to be careful in how many field rifles were given and how much tungsten ammo provided. The Council had ordered the new gun and rounds top secret to minimize the possibility the guns and ammo could be salvaged off a sunk or captured vessel. Though many field rifles and ammo were available to Zill, he supplied them out sparingly and to vessels he knew could handle themselves.
BdrLine had been busy implementing a new armor plating style based on the late M'Naghten. After the events dealing with the Birdmen, the late M'Naghten's armor had been the difference between life and death at Lu Tower. If the new re-plating wasn't enough for BdrLine to keep busy, BdrLine also was refitting the fleet with the new engines and helping Skyraider with his project.
Roland and Ny-Lee passed the time between running the saloon while Yiski was at the Armory and spending time together when Yiski kicked them out into the city. Ny-Lee had gotten word from her mother, Liu, the cruise ship was finished and preparations for the maiden flight were being set for the couple's wedding. While Roland was happy to be married to his soon-to-be lovely wife, he hid his excitement much better than Ny-Lee who had been giddy since she learned the cruise ship was ready. Fortunately, Ny-Lee wasn't alone in her excitement. Jun'ko also slipped out every once and while and the two girls spent time discussing their respective partners.
Paradox spent most of his time at the DLTC HQ doing paper work. He'd stop by the saloon a few times and, as always, managed to draw everybody's ire towards him. Eventually, the saloon got used to Paradox's antics.
Yiski and Lauren were still in limbo about their future relationship. Despite, Lauren's genuine efforts to fix their standing, Yiski stood adamant against her attempts. What's worse, her efforts were far and few between. When Yiski's at the Armory, she's usually at the saloon and vice versa, but with Lauren training pilots. Over the past two weeks, the group had gotten concerned with these two, mainly just to avoid the tension spilling over to the other. (Let's be honest, the group knew what affected one, always effected the others.) Fortunately, their drama was well-overshadowed by the eventual wedding.
Despite the fanfare for the wedding, how much smooth sailing was left?
--END NARRATOR--
--End of Summary--
Normal posting starts tomorrow.
Yiski:
--START OF DAY 96--
--NARRATOR--
-Chang-ning-
Liu and Shen are at Dragon Port looking at the completed cruise ship Tengshe. It is a massive cruise ship about a quarter of the size of Paradox's Jericho, but nearly twice as large as a Yeshan galleon. A tear comes to Liu's eye and her husband embraces her, knowing the implications. Liu looks up to him.
"Our little girl is going to be married."
"She is, and she couldn't have found a better husband."
"When can the Tengshe depart?"
"Immediately. We should arrive at the neutral ground around Thursday and that would give us a day to prepare for Friday."
"Well then, we should probably relay the coordinates and time to both Azn and Yiski."
--Anvala--
Today was one of the rare days where both Yiski and Lauren would work at the saloon. The reason for this was Zill's decision to hold war games to keep the fleet prepared for a number of situations. It was even a rarer day when Roland and Ny-Lee decided to stay in, mostly because Ny-Lee's excitement was beginning to take it's toll on Roland. Even though he's improved his physical stamina, he's nowhere close to keeping up with a hyperactive bride.
Despite the difficulty, Lauren was still determined to at least get back to amicable grounds with Yiski to where their conversations didn't end in yelling. How she was going to accomplish it was an entirely different matter.
Yiski was in the back checking the stills when he heard a radio transmission come through.
"Yiski... Yiski... This is Shen..."
Yiski walked over to the radio and responded.
"Yiski here. Haven't heard from you in awhile. How's Liu? Did she get back safely?"
"I'm doing fine and Liu is here with me as well. How soon can you get to Yannock?"
"Let's see... given a few new improvements to our engines... I'd say we'd get there by Thursday."
"Excellent. The cruise ship Tengshe is ready for departure and will arrive at Yannock by Thursday. We would hold the wedding the day after. Is that acceptable?"
"I don't see why not. The town would give us a nice view of the Chill Sea."
"Then Yannock by Thursday it is."
"I'll run it by the others. Yiski over and out."
When the transmission over, Yiski walks out into the main floor where he's met with a few faces. Roland to Yiski.
"Who was that on the radio?"
"Ny-Lee's father, Shen. We have a location and time for the weddin'."
Ny-Lee's eyes went wide and rapidly approached Yiski. Yiski (and anyone else) could tell she was ecstatic.
"AH! Where are we going?!"
"Easy now. We're headin' out and arriving at Yannock, hopefully, on Thursday where the Tengshe is at and have the weddin' on Friday."
Lauren looks at Yiski.
"Yannock. Isn't it a bit far from here? Wouldn't we have to leave today to reach there by Thursday?"
"Usually that'd be the case, but thanks to the new engines BdrLine's been installin', we can leave tomorrow."
Satisfied with his explanation, Yiski walks over to the door to open the saloon for today.
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Nobody enters the saloon at first. More moments pass by and there are still no patrons entering. Yiski and the other stand confused. There were always a few patrons to enter at the opening. Suddenly, Yiski stamped his foot to the ground and yelled. Roland was the first to ask.
"What happened?"
"Dammit. I forgot, with the war games today, almost all the folks are going to watch them."
Today was going to be a slow day.
--NARRATOR END--
Shinkurex:
*the door creaks open, and a familiar stranger is standing in the doorway. He notices the Saloon practically empty, and walks up to the bar*
"Has your milk gotten any better, or should I stay with hellfire?"
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