What Next? }{ The Claudio and Bruce Plot Part 1

[Kara Monroe]

As the cargo bay door open Kara slipped the last loop in her belt securing her gun to her hip. Her eyes looked back at her crew and she offered them a soft smile, well what she thought was soft but appeared to be more of a smirk to those that didn’t know her that well. Which at his point, was almost everyone, wait, she had to remember her sister didn’t remember her either, so it was everyone. No matter.

“Alright, here we go a simple grab and deliver, go a head and take a look around but we all need to be back within a hour, understood? Henry, keep an eye on the coms, I don’t trust that man not to come after the kids. Try and keep everything locked up until we get back.” She walked down the ramp and began her way to meeting point. Things couldn’t be more complicated, at least she didn’t think so. They had a some criminal after some of her crew and they hadn’t been together for more than a week. How could this get any worse?

“They could shoot up the ship…” She muttered to herself, who in their right mind would attack while they were in Ariel?

[Daniel Bruce]

"But what if we-"

"No."

"Pleeeeeaaaase, Dan. I promise we won't-"

"No."

"Oh come on, can't we just-"

"No, no and no again. I'm not letting either of you away from me when we go into the city and if you don't like it, I can just as easily leave the two of you here and ask the pilot to make sure neither of you leave the gorram ship. That clear?"

Skye looked slightly downtrodden as she replied, "Okay, Dan."

Seeing that he may have overstepped his mark slightly, Dan ruffled his little sister's hair and said, "Don't think I'm being a hardass by choice, all right? I just don't want any of us being grabbed by whoever's chasing us. I don't know what they will do to us if they did and I'd rather keep it that way." He smiled and hugged the girl in a brotherly way before saying, "Now go wake Chris up. Tell him that if he isn't down in cargo in 15 minutes we're leaving without him."

The 13 year-old looked up at her bigger brother with a big smile on her face and said excitedly, "Sure!" Before running off to her room to wake up her twin.

Dan smiled warmly as Skye ran off, glad to see that the girl had become a lot happier with their time on the Rayya. Everything seemed to be going better for the three of them ever since leaving Persephone, even if they were being chased by criminals.

The thief made his way into the cargo bay to find the captain standing there with the rest of the crew gathered around her. He waited until everyone had dispersed to do what was needed of them before walking up and asking her, "Is it okay for us to go, Cap?"

[Thadin Strike]

John looked through the scope of his 54R rifle, he focused it on the name of the ship "Rayya". Adjusting himself and peering over the rifle he got an overlook of the ship. She was a Dragonfly class bulk transporter, and her age was starting to show a little. John looked down the scope once again, he watched as the cargo bay doors opened.

He waited for the crew and passenger to leave the ship. If his source was correct there should be about twelve or so people aboard. Obviously one or two would stay behind to watch over the ship, but he was sure that his target would still make a move.

From Johns position he had a perfect view of everyone that would walk withing 15 meters of the ship. Allowing him to know exactly who left and who boarded the ship at any time. All John had to do was remain patient.

[Claudio Vinccino]

[[As usual, Navy Text Is my peons.]]

Jessy and his team were tired, and bored. The boss had called them in to take care of acquiring certain people. The money was good, as usual, so he had taken the job. Besides, the boss had seemed pretty certain that his team was the one for the job. There were some specific needs though, using the alliance gear they had and the like, but that was fine with Jessy.

He and his boys had got their gear on, and now they were waiting for the ship they were looking for to arrive. But there was a new development.

"Hey Boss" Frank called out, softly. "Look over here."

Jessy looked, and saw what had caused the man to call. "Well," He muttered, "Whataya know." There was a man laying on the ground, and totally focused on the ship they themselves had been sent to find. Jessy smiled, and nodded to Frank and Jim. The two men crept up behind the stranger, and grabbed him, covering his mouth, then Jim hit him at the base of the skull, knocking him cold.

Jessy lay down at the rifle, and looked through the scope. "Well," He said, "There's the ship." People started to exit the ship and Jessy smiled, "Get ready boys, time is almost here."

[Henry Parker]

Henry was leaning against the wall in the cargo room watching the group getting ready to move out on what was hoped to be a simple task. He had been assigned the easy task of sticking with the ship and when the captain Kara spoke a simple order to him,
"Henry, keep an eye on the coms, I don’t trust that man not to come after the kids. Try and keep everything locked up until we get back." He tipped his hat and spun off.

Once to the bridge area and took his hat and jacket off placing them on the seat while he sat down and looked at the idle bored with only a handful of flashing lights. He popped his fingers and pulled his pistol checking the load before setting it back in the holster and running fingers through his rather uncombed curly hair and gave a sigh.

[Atarah Lynn Kobain]

Atarah did't really have a game booked yet and for Ariel, that was slightly odd. But then again, she was well off financially and wasn't feeling especially hostess-like today.

Matter of fact, she was having what the non-workaholics out there called a "lazy day." It wasn't like her regular work ethic. Usually she had a million things to do and lots of things to accomplish, but today? Today she just felt like staying on the ship and taking it easy.

She watched the pilot, Henry, move towards the bridge Obviously, he wasn't going dirtside either. So she decided to follow him. When she got there, he was seated in the pilot's seat, so she took the co-pilot's position.

Kicking her legs up onto the console and leaning back on the chair, she clasped her hands behind her head.

"Not going off the ship either?" she asked with a frown as she spotted the gun. "Expecting trouble?"

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Atarah is wearing this:

[Roger Davis]

Roger was back on Ariel sooner then he'd initially planned. It was no matter though. He'd sent out feelers through third parties to see how Tristram and the Trinity were doing before he decided for certain to disembark. Whatever the decision, he would't be leaving until the last minute. He of course wanted to inform the captain in person and didn't want to get in the way of whatever business the others were doing. There of course was no rush for the Browncoat to disembark anyway. The Trinity would still be waiting for him and frankly the less time spent on Ariel the better... it's why he'd left in the first place.

Roger had never really unpacked but leaving still wouldn't exactly be an easy task. The man was carrying much of his life around with him, items that he did not feel comfortable just leaving at home on Verbena or in a closet on the Trinity. Roger lived a somewhat Spartan existence but his sentimentality created baggage. Even if he'd made the Rayya his home, he probably wouldn't have unpacked a lot. As things stood, it only took a few minutes to get what he had out back in his luggage: a large back pack, numerous duffles, garment bags, and more.

With preparations for a potential departure complete, Roger made his way to the cargo ramp. He didn't intend to leave the ship, but if there was going to be anything interesting happening then it would be occurring there. With the majority of the crew having departed as well, it didn't feel right to just leave the front door wide open and unguarded either. Ariel was a Core World but every gem had a seedy underside worse than any world out in the Rim. The safety of such places was a myth, and even if one was lucky enough to avoid the threat of petty criminals, the Core also meant the ever present threat of an oppressive government sticking its nose where it doesn't belong and denying citizens their rights.

[Henry Parker]

((OOC---Sorry if i'm posting out of turn but just asnwering Atarah's questions getting a bit of a conversation going. Also I'm keeping it rather short.))

Henry gave his normal awkward smile at the lady who had appeared, that or he just didn't see her when he walked in. "I always expect trouble... In this trade You don't live long other wise." He reached out his hand offering a hand shake, Sorry I'm rather new to the crew Your name was Atarah or something like that wasn't it? He asked with his unsure quizitive expresion on his face.