Red Sands (Closed, IC)

[EscortAlpha]

1 hour ago, bowiespoon said:

 

 

14 minutes ago, EscortAlpha said:

 

 

7 minutes ago, Daakjenaar said:

The Limbo in the corner started waving his arm, clearly trying to get Svytoj's attention for some reason.

"Excuse me for a moment." Svytoj said to Sarah before wandering over to the Limbo.

"What is it?" Svytoj asks politely.

[bowiespoon]

((updated my most recent post. Had trouble getting the image to work))

[Daakjenaar]

6 minutes ago, EscortAlpha said:

 

 

"Excuse me for a moment." Svytoj said to Sarah before wandering over to the Limbo.

"What is it?" Svytoj asks politely.

The Limbo stared at him for a second, clearly trying to look serious. Suddenly, he began laughing for some reason.

"Sorry" Said the Limbo, trying to stop laughing. "I feel so much cooler when I do that." The Limbo was referring to his silence earlier. "Aaaaaanyway, I'm looking for someone, and you seem like the kind of person who'd have information about him." From his tone of voice and behavior, it was easy to tell that the Limbo was nowhere near as serious as he seemed earlier.

[EscortAlpha]

22 minutes ago, Daakjenaar said:

The Limbo stared at him for a second, clearly trying to look serious. Suddenly, he began laughing for some reason.

"Sorry" Said the Limbo, trying to stop laughing. "I feel so much cooler when I do that." The Limbo was referring to his silence earlier. "Aaaaaanyway, I'm looking for someone, and you seem like the kind of person who'd have information about him." From his tone of voice and behavior, it was easy to tell that the Limbo was nowhere near as serious as he seemed earlier.

"Alright, who are you looking for?" Svytoj asked, folding his arms.

[Daakjenaar]

1 minute ago, EscortAlpha said:

"Alright, who are you looking for?" Svytoj asked, folding his arms.

"A Loki. I'm being paid 25 million credits to deal with him. Know anyone who warrants that much of a bounty?"

[souldrive11]

21 hours ago, (PS4)SuperShadic445 said:

Ymir followed Fenrir over to the countertop 
 

¨Put that Argon Crystal on Ice¨ Fenrir commanded his partner

Ymir simply nodded as his hands coated themselves in ice. The ice travelled surrounded the Crystal creating a sort of pink like colour.

¨That should slow down the degradation of the Crystal.¨ He muttered resting his head on the counter meanwhile, Ymir sat the Crystal down on the counter on a small platform like device that was cold to the touch.

"Can I get you two anything then~?" The pale raven bartender asks the two things as sweet as can be, finishing chipping the ice into the pail and bring it back below the counter. "The storms like that outside usually last for a good few hours before lightening enough to venture out~"

13 hours ago, Sharpstriker said:

((Thx for the help))

Both Zaben and Rakan get back to town then head towards the nearest bar. Both having their heads hang low from wasting so much money on a failed job, though their eyes were sharp, keeping an eye out for the crew that abandoned them. They didn't care about the wreckage from the fight as it was none of their concern. 

After entering the bar.

Zaben: "Bartender, give us the strongest you've got. Also, do you know anyone who needs a job done. What it is specifically is of no issue, so long as it pays well."

The bartender grabs two metal shakers, and a variety of bottles from on the shelves. Twirling each into the air several times for flair, she decants the bottles at head level, the liquid within never spilling a drop or splashing, making it as much a show at it is a cocktail mixing. Each time she pours another chilled liquid into the shaker, the mix visibly changes color and scent, from sweet to spicy to bitter to everything in between. After finishing her seventh and last pour, the cocktail's gone through the rainbow at least twice, and now seems to glow with a neon hue within. Finally she puts in two pickled desert skate tails in each one.

"Here you go dear guests, two "Void's Embrace", my own special mix~ Strong enough to set off radiological alarms for a week, and double either as emergency fuel or an impromptu weapon~ Drink it slowly now, each taste you take is different~"

The bartender slides the mugs across the stone counter, the glowing beverages(?) stopping just in front of the two customers with a practiced hand.

"As for jobs, hard to say~" she says serenely, slowly putting the various bottles back on the shelf. "I assume most of them won't be back until the storm subsides enough to attempt the trek back from their work sites~"

"Although~," the bartender ponders with a slim finger on her chin. "One of the salvagers apparently found a relatively untouched area where a Fomorian collided with an Obelisk (the hammer shaped corpus ship) before crash landing in the waste~. Apparently the crash unearthed a hidden hallway that was lined with "gold and white" of all things~ (I hope this isn't too subtle) Last time he dined here, he was still looking for people willing to sign up: guess it's too risky to venture within for just the one man~"

Edited April 4, 2017 by souldrive11

[bowiespoon]

10 minutes ago, souldrive11 said:

"Can I get you two anything then~?" The pale raven bartender asks the two things as sweet as can be, finishing chipping the ice into the pail and bring it back below the counter. "The storms like that outside usually last for a good few hours before lightening enough to venture out~"

The bartender grabs two metal shakers, and a variety of bottles from on the shelves. Twirling each into the air several times for flair, she decants the bottles at head level, the liquid within never spilling a drop or splashing, making it as much a show at it is a cocktail mixing. Each time she pours another chilled liquid into the shaker, the mix visibly changes color and scent, from sweet to spicy to bitter to everything in between. After finishing her seventh and last pour, the cocktail's gone through the rainbow at least twice, and now seems to glow with a neon hue within. Finally she puts in two pickled desert skate tails in each one.

"Here you go dear guests, two "Void's Embrace", my own special mix~ Strong enough to set off radiological alarms for a week, and double either as emergency fuel or an impromptu weapon~ Drink it slowly now, each taste you take is different~"

The bartender slides the mugs across the stone counter, the glowing beverages(?) stopping just in front of the two customers with a practiced hand.

"As for jobs, hard to say~" she says serenely, slowly putting the various bottles back on the shelf. "I assume most of them won't be back until the storm subsides enough to attempt the trek back from their work sites~"

"Although~," the bartender ponders with a slim finger on her chin. "One of the salvagers apparently found a relatively untouched area where a Fomorian collided with a Hammerhead (the hammer shaped corpus ship) before crash landing in the waste~. Apparently the crash unearthed a hidden hallway that was lined with "gold and white" of all things~ (I hope this isn't too subtle) Last time he dined here, he was still looking for people willing to sign up: guess it's too risky to venture within for just the one man~"

((The Hammerhead shaped ones are called Obelisks.))

[souldrive11]

Just now, bowiespoon said:

((The Hammerhead shaped ones are called Obelisks.))

(, fixed)

[souldrive11]

3 hours ago, bowiespoon said:

Sarah nodded slowly, scrolling through the results.

"Did you leave any alive?" she asked, glancing back up at him.

Sarah blinked in surprise.

"My unit designation? Why would you need that?"

On Sarah's cheek was tattooed a series of letters in grineer. They read as thus:

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Spoiler

"...Aria...?"

"Sol's already on it~" Aria quietly purrs to her table, as the back of her sunglasses light up.

Over at her Scimitar, Aria's cephalon cycles through various syntaxes and algorithms before settling on one of the oldest ciphers still recorded, almost lost to the ages after the Old War and subsequent uprising. 

On the sunglasses HUD, the translation reads out, "EVER YHEI RNEE DSAT HRON E"

Spoiler

"...is what it says. thoughts...?"

 

[EscortAlpha]

1 hour ago, Daakjenaar said:

"A Loki. I'm being paid 25 million credits to deal with him. Know anyone who warrants that much of a bounty?"

Svytoj shook his head with a low sigh. "That I do. The last time I saw him, he was hiding out in a crashed fomorian just outside Deadwood. " he said as he  displayed a hologram of Tarnas in the palm of his hand. "He may not look like much, but he's a goddman tazmanian devil when he's pissed off."

[Daakjenaar]

1 minute ago, EscortAlpha said:

Svytoj shook his head with a low sigh. "That I do. The last time I saw him, he was hiding out in a crashed fomorian just outside Deadwood. " he said as he  displayed a hologram of Tarnas in the palm of his hand. "He may not look like much, but he's a goddman tazmanian devil when he's pissed off."

"I've spent the past month on this mission. I'm still sceptical about whether 25 million is worth it. I've already killed his contacts and acquaintances. My employer doesn't just want him dead. In his words, he wanted Tarnas erased." The Limbo said.

"I should have charged double after I killed his old teammate. I spent a fortune cleaning his blood off my Kronen. That stuff stains way too easily."

[bowiespoon]

6 minutes ago, souldrive11 said:

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"...Aria...?"

"Sol's already on it~" Aria quietly purrs to her table, as the back of her sunglasses light up.

Over at her Scimitar, Aria's cephalon cycles through various syntaxes and algorithms before settling on one of the oldest ciphers still recorded, almost lost to the ages after the Old War and subsequent uprising. 

On the sunglasses HUD, the translation reads out, "EVER YHEI RNEE DSAT HRON E"

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"...is what it says. thoughts...?"

 

Sarah just shrugged.

"Doesn't mean anything to me, though if J'Taav went to the trouble of branding it on my face, I'm sure it's important."

Abigail leaned forward suddenly.

"Every Heir..... wait a minute! I overheard some Inquisitors talking about an heir a while back. They were very agitated over the fact that they weren't on mars hunting it down."

She tapped her forehead, trying to recall the exact details of the conversation. It had been quite some time ago however, and the presence had tried to distract her from what was being said at the time.

"They also mentioned some other people who were already fighting over it, but I can't recall them for the life of me. Sorry."

[souldrive11]

45 minutes ago, bowiespoon said:

Sarah just shrugged.

"Doesn't mean anything to me, though if J'Taav went to the trouble of branding it on my face, I'm sure it's important."

Abigail leaned forward suddenly.

"Every Heir..... wait a minute! I overheard some Inquisitors talking about an heir a while back. They were very agitated over the fact that they weren't on mars hunting it down."

She tapped her forehead, trying to recall the exact details of the conversation. It had been quite some time ago however, and the presence had tried to distract her from what was being said at the time.

"They also mentioned some other people who were already fighting over it, but I can't recall them for the life of me. Sorry."

Spoiler

"...do you think an extra hand might be able to jostle some of her memories...?"

"Hey, if it turns out to be one of you two all along, wouldn't that be somethin'~?" Aria jokes, before downing another glass. The malty vanilla smell of several drinks of whisky was already mingling with the scents already in the air, though Aria doesn't seem to be the least bit tipsy.

[bowiespoon]

4 minutes ago, souldrive11 said:

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"...do you think an extra hand might be able to jostle some of her memories...?"

"Hey, if it turns out to be one of you two all along, wouldn't that be somethin'~?" Aria jokes, before downing another glass. The malty vanilla smell of several drinks of whisky was already mingling with the scents already in the air, though Aria doesn't seem to be the least bit tipsy.

"Not my call to make, Mia. Ask Abigail if she's alright with it." Sarah thought. "Searching through her memories without her say just isn't right."

[Sharpstriker]

2 hours ago, souldrive11 said:

 

The bartender grabs two metal shakers, and a variety of bottles from on the shelves. Twirling each into the air several times for flair, she decants the bottles at head level, the liquid within never spilling a drop or splashing, making it as much a show at it is a cocktail mixing. Each time she pours another chilled liquid into the shaker, the mix visibly changes color and scent, from sweet to spicy to bitter to everything in between. After finishing her seventh and last pour, the cocktail's gone through the rainbow at least twice, and now seems to glow with a neon hue within. Finally she puts in two pickled desert skate tails in each one.

"Here you go dear guests, two "Void's Embrace", my own special mix~ Strong enough to set off radiological alarms for a week, and double either as emergency fuel or an impromptu weapon~ Drink it slowly now, each taste you take is different~"

The bartender slides the mugs across the stone counter, the glowing beverages(?) stopping just in front of the two customers with a practiced hand.

"As for jobs, hard to say~" she says serenely, slowly putting the various bottles back on the shelf. "I assume most of them won't be back until the storm subsides enough to attempt the trek back from their work sites~"

"Although~," the bartender ponders with a slim finger on her chin. "One of the salvagers apparently found a relatively untouched area where a Fomorian collided with an Obelisk (the hammer shaped corpus ship) before crash landing in the waste~. Apparently the crash unearthed a hidden hallway that was lined with "gold and white" of all things~ (I hope this isn't too subtle) Last time he dined here, he was still looking for people willing to sign up: guess it's too risky to venture within for just the one man~"

Zaben: "Damn this stuff's good."

He says this as both of them put down the necessary amount of credits plus a little extra. 

Zaben: "So, do you know where this fellow is, or where he usually hangs around. We'd like to talk to him. Especially since our last job was a bust. The clients ran off at the first sign of danger, the cowards."

[EscortAlpha]

1 hour ago, Daakjenaar said:

"I've spent the past month on this mission. I'm still sceptical about whether 25 million is worth it. I've already killed his contacts and acquaintances. My employer doesn't just want him dead. In his words, he wanted Tarnas erased." The Limbo said.

"I should have charged double after I killed his old teammate. I spent a fortune cleaning his blood off my Kronen. That stuff stains way too easily."

Svytoj paused: according to Chegar, Tavus was the only other remaining member of Tarnas's squad.

"Damn...Thought that Excalibur was turning his life around..." Svytoj said remorsefully.

1 hour ago, souldrive11 said:

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"...Aria...?"

"Sol's already on it~" Aria quietly purrs to her table, as the back of her sunglasses light up.

Over at her Scimitar, Aria's cephalon cycles through various syntaxes and algorithms before settling on one of the oldest ciphers still recorded, almost lost to the ages after the Old War and subsequent uprising. 

On the sunglasses HUD, the translation reads out, "EVER YHEI RNEE DSAT HRON E"

  Reveal hidden contents

"...is what it says. thoughts...?"

 

 

1 hour ago, bowiespoon said:

 

 

43 minutes ago, souldrive11 said:

 

 

28 minutes ago, bowiespoon said:

 

Svytoj could hear Mia,Aria,Sarah, and Abigail talking about the code on Sarah's face. Mia, I'm not sure if I'm remembering right, but I could have sworn even the spectator had spoken about this Heir.

[Daakjenaar]

1 minute ago, EscortAlpha said:

Svytoj paused: according to Chegar, Tavus was the only other remaining member of Tarnas's squad.

"Damn...Thought that Excalibur was turning his life around..." Svytoj said remorsefully.

"If drunk, crippled, and depressed is an improvement, that would explain why he seemed fine with the whole idea of me killing him." The Limbo said. "Anyway, is there anything you can tell me about Tarnas? He does a surprisinglying good job at covering his tracks."

[EscortAlpha]

14 minutes ago, Daakjenaar said:

"If drunk, crippled, and depressed is an improvement, that would explain why he seemed fine with the whole idea of me killing him." The Limbo said. "Anyway, is there anything you can tell me about Tarnas? He does a surprisinglying good job at covering his tracks."

"From what I've seen from him, he's s habitual lurker; he doesn't make landfall unless there's something he wants, or someone he wants dead. It's also been implied that he's assumed the identities of those he's killed in the past. His choice in warframe isn't an accident either: if he gets caught somewhere, all he has to do is put down a decoy, and either cut and run, or slit his hunters throat." Svytoj took a breath. " there's one last detail. His custom Ai. No, not a cephalon; an Ai. Both he and his AI are highly adept at hacking an engineering. Not to mention, this AI has been hard coded to keep Tarnas alive at any cost. Along with the surgical augmentation he's undergone, he's a pretty tough roach to stamp out."

[Daakjenaar]

11 minutes ago, EscortAlpha said:

"From what I've seen from him, he's s habitual lurker; he doesn't make landfall unless there's something he wants, or someone he wants dead. It's also been implied that he's assumed the identities of those he's killed in the past. His choice in warframe isn't an accident either: if he gets caught somewhere, all he has to do is put down a decoy, and either cut and run, or slit his hunters throat." Svytoj took a breath. " there's one last detail. His custom Ai. No, not a cephalon; an Ai. Both he and his AI are highly adept at hacking an engineering. Not to mention, this AI has been hard coded to keep Tarnas alive at any cost. Along with the surgical augmentation he's undergone, he's a pretty tough roach to stamp out."

"I've heard rumors about the AI, but I hadn't confirmed anything." The Limbo said. "Wait, where are my manners? My name's Clogori. What's yours?"

[souldrive11]

1 hour ago, bowiespoon said:

"Not my call to make, Mia. Ask Abigail if she's alright with it." Sarah thought. "Searching through her memories without her say just isn't right."

29 minutes ago, EscortAlpha said:

Svytoj could hear Mia,Aria,Sarah, and Abigail talking about the code on Sarah's face. Mia, I'm not sure if I'm remembering right, but I could have sworn even the spectator had spoken about this Heir.

The snow white waitress makes her way towards the group, laying a hand on each chair and table enroute, as if relying on touch to make sure she knew where she was in the bar.

Bringing yet another bottle of alcohol to the table, she quickly gives the rocky surface a cleaning wipe before raising her head at Abigail. Even with a blindfold over her eyes, she's giving off feeling like that she's staring into Abigail's innermost thoughts.

As she unsteadily brings the empty bottle back over to the counter and the bartender, a myriad of voices whispers it's way into the the back of the tan redhead's mind, the rest of the group hearing it as well.

"...try to stay calm as I ask this. If you're ok with it, I can attempt to help you pull out your memories from the depths. any lead we can find on the Hierarchy is worth looking into..."

41 minutes ago, Sharpstriker said:

Zaben: "Damn this stuff's good."

He says this as both of them put down the necessary amount of credits plus a little extra. 

Zaben: "So, do you know where this fellow is, or where he usually hangs around. We'd like to talk to him. Especially since our last job was a bust. The clients ran off at the first sign of danger, the cowards."

"Well if he's still alive," the bartender says as she cleans out the empty whiskey bottle. "He'll probably be with the biggest group of salvagers that arrive back in~ He usually heads to the trading post to stock up on supplies before heading out with the train to the graveyards~ After selling dropping off his gains alongside the group, he seems to prefer grabbing a bite and drink here before turning in for the night in the communal lodges~"

"If the storm doesn't clear out though, I don't see them coming back until the morning at the earliest~ It's just not safe out there to wander around with no protection~ The guy's easy enough to spot though, if the reaper doesn't claim him tonight: just look for the one with an old scar over his eye and a mop of fuzz covering his entire lower face~" (If anyone's got a better way to describe a full fuzz mustache and beard on your face, please let me know. I can't think of a better way to describe it)

[EscortAlpha]

39 minutes ago, Daakjenaar said:

"I've heard rumors about the AI, but I hadn't confirmed anything." The Limbo said. "Wait, where are my manners? My name's Clogori. What's yours?"

Svytoj shook Clogori's hand "Svytoj. pleasure to meet you."

[Daakjenaar]

1 minute ago, EscortAlpha said:

Svytoj shook Clogori's hand "Svytoj. pleasure to meet you."

"What brings you to Mars, Svytoj?" Clogori asked.

[EscortAlpha]

Just now, Daakjenaar said:

"What brings you to Mars, Svytoj?" Clogori asked.

"Gravidus has become a hot item after the scuffle." Svtyoj said as he leaned against one of the nearby walls. "and given the recent flux of visitors, the lotus wanted me to keep an eye on things; see if there was something hidden here the Tenno should know about."

[(PSN)SuperShadic445]

4 hours ago, souldrive11 said:

"Can I get you two anything then~?" The pale raven bartender asks the two things as sweet as can be, finishing chipping the ice into the pail and bring it back below the counter. "The storms like that outside usually last for a good few hours before lightening enough to venture out~"

The bartender grabs two metal shakers, and a variety of bottles from on the shelves. Twirling each into the air several times for flair, she decants the bottles at head level, the liquid within never spilling a drop or splashing, making it as much a show at it is a cocktail mixing. Each time she pours another chilled liquid into the shaker, the mix visibly changes color and scent, from sweet to spicy to bitter to everything in between. After finishing her seventh and last pour, the cocktail's gone through the rainbow at least twice, and now seems to glow with a neon hue within. Finally she puts in two pickled desert skate tails in each one.

"Here you go dear guests, two "Void's Embrace", my own special mix~ Strong enough to set off radiological alarms for a week, and double either as emergency fuel or an impromptu weapon~ Drink it slowly now, each taste you take is different~"

The bartender slides the mugs across the stone counter, the glowing beverages(?) stopping just in front of the two customers with a practiced hand.

"As for jobs, hard to say~" she says serenely, slowly putting the various bottles back on the shelf. "I assume most of them won't be back until the storm subsides enough to attempt the trek back from their work sites~"

"Although~," the bartender ponders with a slim finger on her chin. "One of the salvagers apparently found a relatively untouched area where a Fomorian collided with an Obelisk (the hammer shaped corpus ship) before crash landing in the waste~. Apparently the crash unearthed a hidden hallway that was lined with "gold and white" of all things~ (I hope this isn't too subtle) Last time he dined here, he was still looking for people willing to sign up: guess it's too risky to venture within for just the one man~"

 

¨I´ll take the hottest drink you´ve got¨ Fenrir replied to the woman. 
He snuck a quick look at her before resting his head down again. 

¨Give me the strongest you´ve got instead¨ Ymir responded after his partner. 

He seemed a lot more cheery than his partner who looked extremely tired. 

¨This is a nice place. How long have ya´ had it?¨ He asked her

[Daakjenaar]

7 hours ago, EscortAlpha said:

"Gravidus has become a hot item after the scuffle." Svtyoj said as he leaned against one of the nearby walls. "and given the recent flux of visitors, the lotus wanted me to keep an eye on things; see if there was something hidden here the Tenno should know about."

"For some reason, I used to think this planet looked a lot nicer than it actually does. I pictured more happy little clouds and mountains and less wreckage filled landscapes." Clogori said. "I visited Mars for the first time a couple years ago. As you would imagine, I was a bit disappointed."