[21.01.2024 23:57:17] Eternal.Journey: *a brief private line: hello, Crowley. have questions for you... i want to know answers. if youll hear me, i would like-
[21.01.2024 23:57:30] Eternal.Journey: a comms line accessible to talk another time*
[21.01.2024 23:57:49] Crowley: [He chuckles.] You can always reach out via the neural nets if you please.
[21.01.2024 23:59:10] Eternal.Journey: i. do not wish for our communication to be done so there. past experiences and all that. preferably.. ship to ship comms.
[21.01.2024 23:59:19] Eternal.Journey: if thats alright with you?
[21.01.2024 23:59:37] Crowley: I can respect that I suppose. Neural nets aren't always secure...that is if you wish to communicate something sensitive.
[21.01.2024 23:59:46] Eternal.Journey: it is sensitive.
[22.01.2024 00:00:12] Eternal.Journey: and it isnt something i can do tonight, too much to discuss and not enough sleep.
[22.01.2024 00:00:12] Crowley: Mmm. [He considers his next words carefully.] Very well then, name a time and place. I will do my best to be there.
[22.01.2024 00:02:02] Eternal.Journey: it doesnt have to be a set time, or place. just, next time we cross paths, or are here together, when its not so late-
[22.01.2024 00:02:31] Crowley: I would rather it not be at the Freeport. Too many ears.
[22.01.2024 00:02:54] Crowley: Provided the sensitive nature of your...information.
[22.01.2024 00:03:10] Eternal.Journey: we do have ships, we are mobile. a meet up doesnt have to be the destination of our talks.
[22.01.2024 00:03:37] Crowley: Long range communications can be intercepted as well as clear text. Best to meet somewhere.
[22.01.2024 00:04:20] Crowley: [He chuckles.] It's up to you, however. Next we meet then my friend of circumstance.
[22.01.2024 00:05:03] Eternal.Journey: *also chuckles* well, i suppose we do tend to bump into each other as of late.
[22.01.2024 00:05:25] Crowley: Indeed.
[22.01.2024 00:05:45] Eternal.Journey: so its agreed. whenever, wherever, so long as the time is right.
[22.01.2024 00:05:52] Crowley: Very well.
[22.01.2024 00:06:33] Eternal.Journey: well, i best get some rest.
[22.01.2024 00:06:40] Eternal.Journey: until next time, Crowley.
[22.01.2024 00:06:46] Crowley: Indeed, until next time.
[23.01.2024 00:27:22] Crowley: Greetings, MFE.
[23.01.2024 00:27:37] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Hans smiles and nods*
[23.01.2024 00:28:14] MNS-Cerradura: ?: *nods*
[23.01.2024 00:28:16] Empress: Oh, hello.
[23.01.2024 00:28:33] Crowley: Greetings, again.
[23.01.2024 00:28:42] Crowley: Seems the Edge worlds are quite popular as of late.
[23.01.2024 00:29:35] Empress: Don't think they've really changed much. Suppose you might have some, eh, we'll call them tourists
[23.01.2024 00:29:44] Empress: popping in to see what the Hispanic factions are up to.
[23.01.2024 00:30:02] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Raises an eyebrow* Tourists, huh?
[23.01.2024 00:30:07] Crowley: [He nods.] I see. Well, it /has/ been some time since I've flown around these parts.
[23.01.2024 00:30:31] Crowley: At least, regularly.
[23.01.2024 00:30:50] Empress: Well, it's not just "tourists". Zoners see the need to show a little bit of force here and there, too. Make sure the
[23.01.2024 00:30:59] Empress: Maltese and Cretans don't try chewing them up.
[23.01.2024 00:31:04] Empress: Well. Not again, at least.
[23.01.2024 00:31:20] Crowley: Mmm, yes. I saw Freeport 9 on my way in earlier.
[23.01.2024 00:31:26] MNS-Cerradura: ?: I hope they each learn to stop all this stupid fighting...
[23.01.2024 00:31:34] Empress: Wishful thinking.
[23.01.2024 00:31:37] Empress: They're not going to.
[23.01.2024 00:31:50] Empress: It's a conflict as old as time. It's going to keep going forever.
[23.01.2024 00:32:02] Lazurith: Hey, maybe one day.
[23.01.2024 00:32:13] Empress: Sure. If either side wins.
[23.01.2024 00:32:14] Crowley: Ah, Lazurith, how are you feeling as of late?
[23.01.2024 00:32:21] Crowley: Forgive me, didn't see you there.
[23.01.2024 00:32:26] Lazurith: Uh, no problem. Hi.
[23.01.2024 00:32:51] Lazurith: I'm decent enough, I suppose.
[23.01.2024 00:33:00] Crowley: [He chuckles.] Good to hear.
[23.01.2024 00:33:02] Lazurith: Trying to hang in there, and all that.
[23.01.2024 00:33:26] Lazurith: Though, I am really sorry, but you're gonna have to refresh my memory here: who are you?
[23.01.2024 00:33:29] Lazurith: Have we met before?
[23.01.2024 00:33:47] Lazurith: You sound kinda familiar.
[23.01.2024 00:33:59] Crowley: [He thinks to himself tapping his finger on the chin of his mask.] Once, a long time ago. I was a different man then.
[23.01.2024 00:34:23] Lazurith: Huh... and you remember me from way back when?
[23.01.2024 00:34:51] Crowley: I believe so...or I could be mistaking you for another. I meet so many Freelancers as of late.
[23.01.2024 00:35:07] Crowley: We are, after all, a dime a dozen.
[23.01.2024 00:35:26] Crowley: To use the parlance of an old saying, that is.
[23.01.2024 00:36:00] Lazurith: Ha, I getcha. Freelancers are the garden variety type of spacers.
[23.01.2024 00:36:11] Lazurith: Feels weird to be one now.
[23.01.2024 00:36:37] Crowley: [He chuckles and nods.] I'm sure you will handle it.
[23.01.2024 00:37:48] Lazurith: I'd hope so.
[23.01.2024 00:37:58] Lazurith: There's freelance work, and freelance work.
[23.01.2024 00:38:14] Lazurith: Meanin', it's just so... broad.
[23.01.2024 00:38:20] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *While the locals keep chatting, Hans is typing on a holographic notepad, all while slowly smoking his pipe* Hmm...
[23.01.2024 00:38:46] Crowley: Mmm. [He nods.] Indeed. I've had run of the mill milk runs, and sometimes assassination requests.
[23.01.2024 00:39:21] Empress: Follow up on the latter often?
[23.01.2024 00:39:33] Crowley: Heh. Not often. Requests are just so.../bothersome/.
[23.01.2024 00:39:47] Empress: Not often, but sometimes.
[23.01.2024 00:40:09] Crowley: I prefer to /theorize/ about the unknown rather than taking life. Taking life is such a savage way to be.
[23.01.2024 00:40:28] Crowley: I suppose it would depend on the target and the money involved.
[23.01.2024 00:40:58] Crowley: I am no bounty hunter, after all. [He chuckles and mumbles under his breath "couldn't pay me enough to do that".]
[23.01.2024 00:42:16] Lazurith: Well, there's always the factor of getting the fork out of a deal with your life.
[23.01.2024 00:42:26] Lazurith: Biting more than you can chew, and all that.
[23.01.2024 00:42:41] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Hmm?
[23.01.2024 00:42:44] Empress: There's also the minor moral problem of having to take a life.
[23.01.2024 00:42:54] Crowley: [He smiles to himself.] Sometimes you get the whole buffet whether you like it or not though.
[23.01.2024 00:43:13] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *To the Outcast* Sorry...I just haven't seen such a design...
[23.01.2024 00:43:25] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Exotic.
[23.01.2024 00:43:43] Crowley: Being trapped in Kepler taught me that.
[23.01.2024 00:43:51] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Yeah, is a strange one for sure.
[23.01.2024 00:43:54] Lazurith: Trapped?
[23.01.2024 00:43:59] Lazurith: Well, I can relate to that.
[23.01.2024 00:44:15] Crowley: Oh yes, I was there before the storm got worse. Was trapped there for around three years until I managed to find my way out.
[23.01.2024 00:44:19] Empress: Evacuation warnings were in play well before the storm reached its current peak.
[23.01.2024 00:44:25] Empress: How'd you get stuck?
[23.01.2024 00:44:34] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Leans back in his seat, still smoking* ...and you simply visit the Freeport here, Captain?
[23.01.2024 00:44:36] [OOC] Empress: in place*, sorry
[23.01.2024 00:44:40] Crowley: [He chuckles.] Research.
[23.01.2024 00:44:49] Crowley: At the time, anyway.
[23.01.2024 00:44:52] Empress: Couldn't help yourself?
[23.01.2024 00:45:15] Crowley: My previous profession as a scientist regularly saw me throwing my life into percarious situations to learn the unknown.
[23.01.2024 00:45:23] Crowley: Now I know better.
[23.01.2024 00:46:14] Empress: Seems odd. How does one just give up life as a scientist?
[23.01.2024 00:46:19] Empress: I bet that man's still in there.
[23.01.2024 00:46:41] Empress: He's just got a new lick of paint and a new title, "Freelancer". Freelance scientist, more like.
[23.01.2024 00:47:04] Crowley: [He chuckles heartedly.] Could be...could be.
[23.01.2024 00:47:20] Crowley: I suppose time will tell on that front.
[23.01.2024 00:47:41] Empress: So. Was it worth it, your extended stay in Kepler?
[23.01.2024 00:47:43] Empress: Did you learn anything?
[23.01.2024 00:48:20] Crowley: I'll let you know.
[23.01.2024 00:48:24] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *chuckles* Did you get a nice dark glow and tan from your time there?
[23.01.2024 00:48:28] Lazurith: Scary place, that Kepler.
[23.01.2024 00:48:36] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Kepler... *shudders*
[23.01.2024 00:48:41] Lazurith: Storms that'll flay your ship in half.
[23.01.2024 00:48:48] Empress: Have you not had an opportunity to properly analyze whatever data you escaped with?
[23.01.2024 00:48:55] Lazurith: I went there, thinking it was going to be a safe place.
[23.01.2024 00:49:18] Lazurith: ...Rgh. Not gonna finish that.
[23.01.2024 00:49:32] Crowley: Oh, certainly. The data was interesting enough...however that data just winds up being the same. Radio-isotopes this, parts-per
[23.01.2024 00:49:35] Crowley: ...-million that.
[23.01.2024 00:49:46] Crowley: Some days were worse than others.
[23.01.2024 00:49:57] Crowley: Lots of traffic through there recently, oddly enough.
[23.01.2024 00:50:23] Empress: Must've been a disappointment. To overstay in Kepler, but have little to show for it thus far.
[23.01.2024 00:50:30] Crowley: I lost a remote piloted ship there not too long ago due to...issues.
[23.01.2024 00:50:54] Crowley: Kepler is, indeed, a strange and dangerous place.
[23.01.2024 00:51:11] Empress: M-hm. Don't have to tell me twice.
[23.01.2024 00:52:04] Crowley: I have a feeling we haven't heard the last of that system either.
[23.01.2024 00:52:14] Lazurith: What makes you say that?
[23.01.2024 00:52:24] Crowley: Just a...hunch.
[23.01.2024 00:52:24] Empress: Wouldn't miss it. I'd just make do with Galileo as the passageway.
[23.01.2024 00:52:31] Empress: Would want to get Ames' people out, though.
[23.01.2024 00:52:42] Crowley: [He grins to himself but it is not seen due to his face being covered.]
[23.01.2024 00:52:57] Crowley: Only 300 or so left on Ames last I checked. Hopefully they get out soon.
[23.01.2024 00:53:22] Empress: Three hundred copies of you, I suspect.
[23.01.2024 00:53:29] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Hans silently squints his eyes, hearing this mysterious statement*
[23.01.2024 00:53:29] Empress: Scientists who aren't willing to miss that storm.
[23.01.2024 00:53:34] Empress: And they're willing to pay the cost.
[23.01.2024 00:53:38] Crowley: [He laughs.] Stubborn to the core. You know it.
[23.01.2024 00:53:41] Lazurith: Well, I was in there recently.
[23.01.2024 00:53:44] Lazurith: Uh, say.
[23.01.2024 00:53:50] Lazurith: There was this...
[23.01.2024 00:53:57] Lazurith: Uh, old nurse?
[23.01.2024 00:54:01] Lazurith: I couldn't read her name.
[23.01.2024 00:54:17] Lazurith: But she was a delight, and she kept talking about her grandson.
[23.01.2024 00:54:57] Lazurith: Erm... she went by... Reynolds... or something.
[23.01.2024 00:55:04] Crowley: Mmm, I think I know who you are talking about. I never got her name either. My interactions were luckily sparse with the...
[23.01.2024 00:55:08] Crowley: ...medical team.
[23.01.2024 00:55:29] Crowley: Except for radiation medication, that is.
[23.01.2024 00:55:30] Lazurith: Ah. Shame, guess you've totally missed me then.
[23.01.2024 00:55:47] Crowley: [He chuckles knowingly.] Indeed. T'would appear so.
[23.01.2024 00:55:50] Lazurith: I really hope she gets out.
[23.01.2024 00:56:26] Crowley: As long as the stubborn scientists peer into things there, I expect the medical team will need to remain.
[23.01.2024 00:56:54] Empress: Imagine most people left on there are in it for the long haul. It's either them or the storm that's going to give way.
[23.01.2024 00:57:01] Lazurith: Ahem. Right! The foolish scientists, who watch the deadly anomalies!
[23.01.2024 00:57:01] Empress: And for their sakes, I hope it'll prove to be the storm.
[23.01.2024 00:57:11] Lazurith: Man. Hate those guys!
[23.01.2024 00:57:26] Crowley: [He smiles at the mention of the anomalies.]
[23.01.2024 00:57:29] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *chuckles*
[23.01.2024 00:57:39] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Currious as I might be, but whats wrong with Ames scientists?
[23.01.2024 00:58:09] Crowley: They're either crazy, brave, or a deadly mix of the two. They want to push the boundaries of what is known regardless of what..
[23.01.2024 00:58:12] Crowley: ...happens to them.
[23.01.2024 00:58:37] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Ah, makes enough sense for me.
[23.01.2024 00:58:38] Lazurith: Sometimes you gotta pay a price for answers.
[23.01.2024 00:58:47] Lazurith: And personally, I paid a little too much.
[23.01.2024 00:58:55] Lazurith: Not worth it.
[23.01.2024 00:59:22] Crowley: Somtimes you just need to have the money to back up those checks you might write. To parlance an old phrase once again.
[23.01.2024 00:59:58] Crowley: Been reading some ancient Earth literature. Forgive me if my idioms confuse anyone. [He chuckles.]
[23.01.2024 01:01:04] Lazurith: ...Come to think of it.
[23.01.2024 01:01:25] Lazurith: I should've gotten myself in more incidents, to the point of losing a leg as well.
[23.01.2024 01:01:36] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: *Hans looks at his watch* Ah, it's about time I dock and get the delivery done...*He puts the pipe aside*
[23.01.2024 01:01:42] Lazurith: So that I can finally achieve the right to tell people "it cost me an arm and a leg to get here".
[23.01.2024 01:01:52] Lazurith: Hah hah.
[23.01.2024 01:01:52] Crowley: Hah. Nice one.
[23.01.2024 01:01:55] [MFE]-Hans.von.Goeben: Wish you safe skies, folks. Stay frosty.
[23.01.2024 01:02:03] Crowley: To you as well, MFE.
[23.01.2024 01:02:08] Empress: Take care, Hans.
[23.01.2024 01:02:09] Lazurith: Take care, Hans. Thanks for the talk.
[23.01.2024 01:02:40] MNS-Cerradura: ?: Think I have lingered here too long.. best I leave myself.
[23.01.2024 01:02:48] MNS-Cerradura: ?: You all take care now.
[23.01.2024 01:02:49] Crowley: [The man in the cockpit stretches, the actuators in his suit whirring.] Same. I was just about to say the same thing.
[23.01.2024 01:02:59] Lazurith: See ya.
[23.01.2024 01:03:02] Crowley: I think I'll journey through the Taus.
[23.01.2024 01:03:08] Crowley: Been a while since I was there last.
[23.01.2024 01:03:13] Lazurith: Taus?
[23.01.2024 01:03:21] Lazurith: ...Hm.
[23.01.2024 01:03:21] Crowley: Mmm hmm, I used to live there for a time.
[23.01.2024 01:03:35] Lazurith: Let me guess... somewhere around... Java, maybe?
[23.01.2024 01:03:44] Lazurith: Or Ikky, perhaps?
[23.01.2024 01:03:52] Crowley: [He turns his head to the ship floating above the freeport.]
[23.01.2024 01:03:54] Empress: Ought to be fairly safe right now, with the Outcasts being focused on the Edge.
[23.01.2024 01:03:54] Crowley: Perhaps.
[23.01.2024 01:04:01] Lazurith: I was there a bunch of times.
[23.01.2024 01:04:09] Lazurith: Had this friend working for Starlight, she was a gem.
[23.01.2024 01:04:19] Crowley: What happened to her?
[23.01.2024 01:04:21] Lazurith: Man, I miss her something fierce.
[23.01.2024 01:04:31] Lazurith: ...AWOL. Likely dead by now.
[23.01.2024 01:04:44] Crowley: [The man grows abnormally quiet at that news.]
[23.01.2024 01:04:49] Lazurith: Aspen.
[23.01.2024 01:04:50] Crowley: ...I...see.
[23.01.2024 01:04:56] Rebecca.Harper: Ah...
[23.01.2024 01:04:56] Lazurith: Why. Did you know her?
[23.01.2024 01:04:58] Rebecca.Harper: Fuck.
[23.01.2024 01:05:09] Empress: Hello to you too, Harper.
[23.01.2024 01:05:19] Rebecca.Harper: Hello-
[23.01.2024 01:05:21] Crowley: No. Afraid not. Just sad to hear about the death of someone who you considered a friend.
[23.01.2024 01:05:26] Crowley: Tragic.
[23.01.2024 01:05:30] Rebecca.Harper: Well, won't say your name for OPSEC reasons.
[23.01.2024 01:05:34] Rebecca.Harper: But hey.
[23.01.2024 01:05:36] Empress: Much appreciated.
[23.01.2024 01:06:14] Rebecca.Harper: Anyway, hey doll.
[23.01.2024 01:06:18] Crowley: Anyway, I had best be going as well. Long flight to where I'm going.
[23.01.2024 01:06:18] Lazurith: Yep. C'est la vie, or whatever the Gauls say.
[23.01.2024 01:06:29] Lazurith: Take care, sir.
[23.01.2024 01:06:52] Empress: Safe travels. I'd keep a low profile, best not bump into any Outcast supply convoys.
[23.01.2024 01:07:03] Crowley: Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Doctor Harlow, by the way Lazurith...she will be missed.
[23.01.2024 01:07:12] Lazurith: I concur.