Shelonei: -----------
Shelonei: -=Hobbie sits in a corner of downtime
at an odd hour, like, noonish - and has a HUGE mug of caf before him as
he scribbles in some sort of flimsy-book=-
Shelonei: -=plenty of pilots are milling about.
the hour isn't odd because of the patronage, but odd because Hobbie's
actually there... and on a weekend=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=walks through downtime after going on a joyride with
Kirney, spots Hobs and walks over=- Hey boss.
Shelonei: -=quickly slams the book shut and looks
up=- Hi. -=winces as the movement was a bit too quick for his hangover=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=sits down=- Wow either you got drunk again or you're
having one long hangover
Shelonei: Long hangover. -=hobbie winced remembering
the half bottle of Devaronian Tequila, and worm, he'd consumed the night
before last=-
Shelonei: What's on your mind?
AdamMLyons2005: -=shrug=- Nothing really, just notices you were really
into that book.
Shelonei: -=shrugs=- No big deal -=taps the graphite
absently on the cover and reaches for the mug of caf that'd make even Corsec
wiince=-
AdamMLyons2005: Diary of somesort of a book that I haven't heard about?
Shelonei: I guess you could say it's sort of
a journal.
Shelonei: -=shrugs and winces as he downs several
gulps of the poisonous caf=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=grins=- They make a caf-like soft drink that's a bit
safer...
Shelonei: Yeah, but I doubt it reminds you you're
alive, -=barely there smirk=-
AdamMLyons2005: Yeah, but it also doesn't make you wish that you were dead.
Shelonei: Nothing can make you wish you were
dead, but yourself.
AdamMLyons2005: I don't know, that caf comes close
Shelonei: -=mirthless chuckle=-
Shelonei: How are wedding plans going?
AdamMLyons2005: Getting closer, as always. Kirney got so annoyed with
one of the people she's using to help decorate she had to go on a joyride
in her X-wing.
Shelonei: -=chuckle=- She never was quite the
patient type.
AdamMLyons2005: No more like that person was extremely...well...dense.
Shelonei: Let me guess, they wanted pink frilly
things and wouldn't take no for an answer?
AdamMLyons2005: Well, not exactly that, it got to the point I just tuned
her out and went along my way...in fact I had to follow Kirney to make sure
she didn't blow anything up.
Shelonei: Just what we need, another needless
explosion putting the place on aleart -=chuckle=-
AdamMLyons2005: yeah and she is allowed a couple of torps for dangerous
transport runs
Shelonei: You've got yourself quite the lady.
Shelonei: Did you ever find out where she went
the other day?
AdamMLyons2005: She didn't bother telling me.
Shelonei: -=nods=- Fair enough.
AdamMLyons2005: -=raises an eyebrow=- Why? Do you?
Shelonei: -=shakes his head=- not a clue. A
bunch of the rogues disappeared that night as well, or so I heard -=taps
the datapad he's got lying next to the book=- I was sort of passed out
drunk, if you recall -=wan smile=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=nods=- I doubt they were planning something for the
wedding...
Shelonei: Right. So the only obvious conclusion
was it was some sort of secret intel hush hush thing. -=shrug=- none of
my business, as long as they come back alright.
Shelonei: Though I *did* see that at least one
of the x-wings was missing a wing.
AdamMLyons2005: -=winces=- Ouch, but isn't it odd that Kirney of all people
would be in on that kind of mission?
Shelonei: -=nods=- Yes, but I imagine Cracken,
in his own dubiously inimitable way, had his reasons.
AdamMLyons2005: -=growls out a few "mild" curses=-
Shelonei: -=raises his eyebrows and leans forward,
elbows crossing on the book=- Problem?
AdamMLyons2005: Cracken
Shelonei: And? -=gestures forhim to continue=-
AdamMLyons2005: Cracken and his ways...practically kicked out Doc and then
possibly forced Kirney to go on the mission...
Shelonei: You don't know that.
AdamMLyons2005: I know I don't but...-=sighs=-
Shelonei: but what?
AdamMLyons2005: But to me that seems how Cracken operates...
Shelonei: I hate to sound like I'm defending
the man - TAWG knows I've wanted to wring his neck plenty of times - but,
he's only doing what he has to, to ensure the continuation of the New Republic.
Shelonei: We don't want another full out war.
The small ones nowadays are bad enough.
AdamMLyons2005: -=sighs heavily=- and unfortunately Cracken kicks people
he doesn't need to the side of the road like some doll...
Shelonei: You're talking about Amanda, aren't
you.
AdamMLyons2005: -=sighs and nods=-
Shelonei: We don't know what happened. For all
we know, she could have been doing something to endanger the lot of us.
She could have been a spy, for all we know. Sent to gain our confidence,
only to betray us later on.
Shelonei: -=he sounds a little bitter=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=shrugs, not wanting to speak=-
Shelonei: It could have all been an act. Remember
her final words? She said to hope not to cross her path again, or we'd
regret it. Maybe a part of her grew to care about us after all, or she
wouldn't have warned us.
AdamMLyons2005: -=shrug=- Maybe...
Shelonei: I've been thinking a lot about things
lately - and it's the only explanation I can come up with. As much as
it's killing me to say it, maybe it's best that she's gone. I know in
my gut, and I can't explain it, but.... I think now
Shelonei: I know for certain she's never returning
to us.
Shelonei: -=says the last words very hoarsely,
quietly, painfully=-
AdamMLyons2005: Well, if that last bit was a warning, would you want good
friends coming around looking for you and possibly blowing your cover?
Shelonei: Your thinking I have things backwards,
aren't you? That this whole fiasco was staged so she could gain someone
else's trust?
AdamMLyons2005: No I'm thinking that Doc had some sort of personal thing
she had to do, Cracken didn't like it and kicked her out, and left that
second message for us to either protect us, herself or possibly both.
Shelonei: That's a possibility.... but it doesn't
seem to scan in my mind.
AdamMLyons2005: -=shrug=- What scans in one mind doesn't exactly mean it'll scan in another mind.
Shelonei: That's the truth.
Shelonei: -=sighs, drinks the rest of the nasty
caf, and stands=- I think I'm going to go back to bed. See you later,
Myn.
Shelonei: -=puts the datapad in his pocket=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=g=-
AdamMLyons2005: See you later boss
Shelonei: -=picks up the book and tucks it under
his arm, nods, and leaves... as he's walking away, a single sheet of paper
falls from the upside-down turned book, and flutters to the floor=-
AdamMLyons2005: umm...-=looks at the sheet of paper=-
Shelonei: -=There are four sketches on the paper.
Three were amazingly accurate likenesses of Doc, Feni, and Siee; drawn
that you could almost think they would come out of the page to talk to you.
AdamMLyons2005: -=mutters=- oh sith...
Shelonei: Beneath Doc was scribbled the word
"Mystery", Feni's was "Tenacity", and beneath Siee was the word "Strength"....
Shelonei: the fourth was a crude sketch of Hobbie,
and beneath was the word.... "Confusion"=-
AdamMLyons2005: -=shakes his head, folds up the paper and puts into one
of his pockets=-
