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« on: April 17, 2013, 12:03:03 pm »
Paradox sat there smoking... waiting.
“Hey, I know you a little too well to know you’re gonna be in that fight. So what are you waiting for?” Jun’ko asked, sitting down at the table he resided at for most of the night.
“Well lass, I’ve fought for many a faction over the years, one learns to adopt certain prefight rituals... mine is a smoke.”
He offers her one, she declines.
“So while they’re up there preparing you’re here, sittin’ on your ass smoking?”
“Well when ya put it like that, it makes me seem insincere...” Papa said taking a long draw of his ‘Anvalan Reserve No. 9’ cigar
“Stop leading me about, what are you waiting for, Papa?”
“Well I’m pretty sure that’s the first time, you ‘ave called me that lass. I’m waiting for a squid to take me to the Wall of Jericho.”
“I’m coming.” Jun said in an assertive fashion.
“If only I could count the amount of times I’ve heard those words leave a woman’s mouth on my account.” He said, laughing at his own juvenile humour.
Even she couldn’t resist laughing, Papa decided to add his conditions “Well, if I do this for ya, I want ya to keep that burnt up midget of a boyfriend off my back...”
“Zill?”
“Ya, that’s the one... anyway keep him off my back and the odd side sexual favour...”
“No.”
“Well, can’t blame me for trying, off we go then...” He said laughing, even Jun taking part in his bizarre humour. He arose from his seat and offered his arm, she accepted and hooked her arm through his, and they left the saloon in a camp stride.
The sun cracked over the city, the rain subsided, Jun and Papa’s conversation concluded, and the squid arrived in the front of the saloon. They boarded and set off for The Wall of Jericho.
“So how pissed on a scale of ‘one to Yiski murdering a school yard’ is Zill gonna be when he finds out I’ve whisked you away onto my ship during a raid?”
“Uh, I dunno: Zill murdering the council?” She said in after genuine consideration.
“Well he hasn’t done that yet, so I guess I’m fine for now.”
The squid pulled up beside The Wall of Jericho and a plank was extended from the side of the mammoth ship, Papa extended his hand to Jun helping her onto the plank. Once across they made their way to the bridge area, they were both briefed about the storm and the quiet night.
“Jun have you ever heard of a storm before the storm?”
“No?”
“The worlds sense of romanticism has gone wonky again, lass. Helmsmen, tell the gunners to use lesmock for long range and if they even manage to get troops on the ground to load incendiary or anything else of the face melting genre.”
“Everytime I think I know who you are Papa you do something really fucked up...”
“I’m ever the sociopath m’dear, s’why they call me Paradox” He said taking her hand and kissing it whilst taking in the scenery. Continuing his thinking out loud, “Helmsmen open comms to the Admirals ship.”
“Aye sir, whenever you’re ready...”
“Hey there boyo, I got a surprise for ya...”
“Oh captain, my captain” Jun said chiming in, cringing while doing so...
There was a long pause before a response: “Papa what have you done?”
“She used her feminine wiles and is now present on my ship...”
Jun punched him in the shoulder only to remember that it was metal, she took her hand back a held it in pain.
“... anyways where do you need us?” Papa inquired, barely holding in a laugh from the previous moment that ensued.
*OOC: looks like i missed yesterdays wall-o-textorama so enjoy*
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