// Note: These events take place one week before the Nev & Pita events.
After reconnecting with Luke Orsini again after so long, talking all the time for awhile, then suddenly losing contact with him again; it's began to take it's toll on Nevaeh. Loathing these feelings that have come back, but craving a way to calm herself she makes a hasty decision to head to the Ainu Depot's bar. Nevaeh being her girly self she decides to wear a long red dress that she has been dying to show off to the other girls. After getting all cleaned up and dressed, she heads slowly to the bar. With no intentions of getting drunk.
She passes a few of the other Golden Chrysanthemum girls down the hall, and she could've sworn one of the girls whistled at her. May have been her imagination though. She's feeling fantastic, and beautiful. Already this is the best she's felt in a good long time. She arrives at the bar, and casually walks up to the bartender and asks her to give her a glass of water with a plate of limes. She's done this before, claiming it's vodka. She briefly speaks to one of the girls about her gorgeous dress, then goes and sits at a table by herself. To meditate on what's happened.
Sunny's Arrow was acting up again. Ever since the race in Kepler, Sunny had some problems. He might have overdone it on that last race... or it was the cop chase after that did it. Whatever it was, it was sitting in Bering making the odd noise when Sunny powered it on.
It was supposed to run smoothly like it had before with little to now sound. Kusarian Technology was quite remarkable in the fact that it used H-fuel too to power the engine. Now though it kept annoying him when he few around with it. The odd buckle or 'fup wub wub boom'. It was about time he fixed it and so he started up to Kusari.
He didn't really know where to go though. Half of him wanted to find the nearest available Kusarian mechanic to repair it, the other half wanted to go exploring again. He'd been around Kusari a dozen times, usually patrolling and escorting the IMG large convoys. He had met his girlfriend that way too; saving her behind. He always smirked at that and how she said guys always wanted to get the prize after saving their princess.
He's been around north of New Tokyo too. More north than he intended to go. He'd seen a base with a ring on top that they called it 'Heaven's Gate' and when he got a closer look he saw lightning or shocks being generated under the ring. That memory alone was enough for him to forget about the engine and want to get up there again.
He had just reached Hokkaido when his ship started to act up on him again. He got signals in his cockpit as screens started to appear before him. Red lights flashing and the computerized feminine voice repeating every once in a while 'Damage Detected. Engine Eminent Failure.......Damage Detected. Engine Eminent Failure..........Damage Detected. Engine Eminent Failure......'.
On scanners he didn't see much where to dock in the system. Low visibility with all the dust clouds made it even worse. He was lucky enough to detect a base though that he could dock at....
Ainu Depot
ON AINU
The music from his speakers echoed in the hanger from the Arrow with its bright shinning white lights shinning as it entered for a landing in the station. Smoke was already coming out of the engines of the ship with noise and rumbles following. Sunny made sure to park the ship in a hurry and get out.
The smoke was now everywhere and moving up into the rafters. In a bit of a worry he went for the nearest fire extinguisher and sprayed the ship down good until he felt it was finally alright. He finally lifted the hood to take a better look what was going on.
It looked bad. That was pretty much the verdict that he thought of after looking for a few seconds at what was going on. A part missing there, something misplaced there... something looking like its blocked there... "damn Kusarian engine..." he thought.
There had to be somewhere around the base that he could get some parts to fix it up though. He looked around the hanger trying to get his bearings. Maybe he'd have better luck asking someone in the bar. There was bound to be a guy knowing something about his engine that could give him a hand.... that... and he also needed a good drink and a good buzz.
Closing the hood and checking if anything else was alright so it wouldn't get any worse, he send a small message to his girl. Maybe she was around and could help... who knew. Locking the doors he then headed for the nearest bar to find someone to talk to for help.
Entering the bar though was a whole different story in which he almost forgot why he was there. The place was full of women and he rubbed his eyes a bit half wishing for a split second that he should have been here sooner but then remembering he was in a relationship.... though.... chatting a bit wouldn't hurt...
He had his special on the road leather jacket on with his club colors on the back. The top rocker saying 'Archangels Fighter Club'. The lower half saying 'President'. Badges and studs decorated the jacket as well. He had black jeans on too as well as a black plain shirt underneath. His clothes were a bit worn from the fumes of the ship and he had a bit of oil on his hands that he didn't manage to clean.
Walking up to the counter he gives a casual smirk and makes eye contact with the bartender. He leans on the counter casually giving a confident smirk and looking around a bit. "You girls got any Vodka around here for a traveler like me? Maybe a little lime and salt with it... or if you could... how about a 'bend over shirley.'" He grins at the last part watching her reaction.
The bartender gives Sunny a dirty look, having no idea what he meant by a "Bend Over Shirley" and assumed he was being a pig. Excuse me? she says sounding somewhat upset. She pauses for a moment as he looks at her. Out of the blue she slaps his face, and continues to say Now then, you wanted a vodka? Coming right up.
Nevaeh sees the man get slapped, and she lets out an audible squeak when she saw it. Seems to have frightened Nevaeh, as she simply didn't expect that. So now she's simply staring the man. She seems to find him mildly attractive, but she's not interested in even approaching him. She continues to look at him, right up until he looks around at her. She quickly looks away, but it was clear she was checking him out briefly.
Nevaeh goes back to drinking her water that she pretends is vodka. Nev is a crazy light weight, a single drink can get her tipsy. She tries to show off, in case someone is looking and takes a large drink, then she tries to do the lime thing. She puts the salt directly on the limes and sucks on the lime. Each time she did this, she made a stupid face because she thought it tasted horrible.
After awhile, and her drink is gone, she gets up to go speak to the bartender. Ummm, sweetie? the bartender looks overHey Nevaeh! What can I do for you? she grabs a piece of paper from one of the notepads on the bar, and writes something down. Then passes it to the bartender. Well.. besides that I'd like another of what I had before please!Of course Nev. the bartender brings her another drink, with some more limes.
After finishing her order, Nev goes back to her table and starts to drink her fake vodka with lime. The bartender walks up to Sunny and says It seems someone actually likes you being here. That nice girl that was just here, just paid for all your drinks, and a few more if you wanted them. she points to Nevaeh. But I'll tell you one thing, if you dare touch her, or even look at her wrong, I'll shove a blaster so far-- she stops herself. Excuse me, I didn't mean to get so upset with a friend of Nev's. Sorry. she goes back to wiping the bar off, and making sure everything is tidy. Also keeping one eye on Sunny.
Sunny's smirk quickly vanishes as he gets slapped by the bartender. He holds his head to the side a bit, breathing out and then his face changes to less of a smirks and more of a squint. And he thought girls were uptight before.
He shrugs it off though as he rubs his cheek a bit and looks around and sees a girl with red hair and red dress look at him quickly and look away. He smirks a bit again but it quickly fades as he gets the vodka with a shot glass and the rest. Hes pouring his vodka but his eyes wander to the side as he peers to the girl talking to the bartender and then her coming back to him.
He squints again as she walks back and then tells him hes got his tip and then some paid for... and the squints a bit more with a frown as she starts to threaten him. He takes a sip from the vodka as she continues with a look on his face saying "Oh really? Please do continue..." until she, what feels like, finally stops and leaves him be... at least from a distance.
He raises an eyebrow slowly looking back to look at the girl again that sent the pay and then sips the rest of the shot and pours another. He looks around he bar and sees some more women look at him. He must had made a bit of a stir... or was it just because he couldn't see any other guy around...
Still... he notices the girl had some influence... the bartender mentioned a name... Nev?
He pours another glass and drink right away. Now he was feeling bad for drinking it. He usually paid for the drink himself and then the girl he was with... That's how it usually went anyway. Though he did know of buying someone else a drink that one was interested in from across the room... but still paying for everything? Did she trust he was not going to drink half the bar?
He shrugs. And sips again on the drink, biting on a piece of lemon and ignoring the salt, riding deep in his thoughts. He finally sits up a bit, maintaining his self confidence, and gets up off the stool.
He eyes the bartender a bit as he looks at her watching what hes doing and then looks away, deciding to ignore her. He walks over to the table with he girl that bought him his drink. "You mind if I sit?" he asks her.
She bites her upper lip, when she sees him heading her way. Umm... I suppose you can. she looks at him softly with her shy blue eyes. I'm Nevaeh. Nevaeh Morgan. It's good to meet you, mister. she looks at him awkwardly, unsure of how to react. She quietly says You can drink as many as you like... the girls let me drink for free... cause I don't drink a lot. And sometimes, this being one of them, I can have someone else drink for free too! Just like... don't be rude. she smiles at him, then smiles at the bartender with glowing eyes.
He nods with a "Thanks" pulls the chair back and sits down adjacent to her. He felt as if all eyes were on him. Was it because he was an outsider... Or just the opposite gender. "I'm Sunny... Its a pleasure to meet you... Nevaeh? Its a first I meet a Kusarian with natural beautiful red hair."
"She's a quiet one..." he thinks to himself as settles himself in. "And yet...she is quite know around."
He looks back at the bartender before continuing. "Free huh? You shouldn't give free drinks to random strangers, you know...and... think they would stay polite as they drink their fill..." He pours another shot for himself. "Luckly for people like you...some people can control the urge to drink more than others..." He swings it and does an odd face as he swallows the round, feeling a but more of the kick.
"Still... thank you for the offer... but now you leave me with asking...well... why?" he asks.
Well.. you're kinda cute for one. But I don't want a boyfriend! she quickly covers up her comment with the stupid remark Erm. Excuse me. she looks down all embarrassed But you are though. Also.. I heard one of the meaner girls say something really dirty about you.. and they know me! So I figured they'd like you a bit more if they thought you were with me. she looks around, and it seems to have worked. Also... I'm not from Kusari. Can't you tell by how I talk? she smiles genuinely, You're one of the only people to ever even ask that. I'm from Liberty. My mom.. she pauses for a second.. then says Father.. with a disapproving tone. and I all lived there. But you don't wanna hear any of this. she smiles and laughs awkwardly, sort of apologizing with he body language But as I was saying, I'm from Liberty. Long story how I ended up here.
She stops for a second and looks at him nervously, Umm, I'm sorry but I need to... well... have my cardi.. she pulls it out of her handbag, and inhales. (//The type of pipe she has is similar to those E-Cigs) Her eyes close for a moment as she enjoys it. All better... sorry you saw that.. I can see you're not from around here, so you likely don't smoke, or I'd offer some to you. But that bring me to a question she asks, starting to become less shy, whether it's due to the cardi or not is unknown why are you here?
"Really dirty huh?" He grins when she says that and leans back in his chair. "Now your making me curious... but I can take care of myself... I've done so already haven't I?" He realized his argument was not really valid since she say him getting slapped.
"From Liberty?" he nods as she explains. He shrugs. "I'm from there too... though I'm not happy about it."
He watches her first see her nervousness and then mention cardi. He gets a little tense and she might catch onto it. Cardamine meant a few things that could put him in a bit of danger... though he could be exaggerating in his thinking. He still casually looks around seemingly nothing but in his mind he was looking for slavery activity. He didn't find any of the sort though so at least with that he relaxed a bit.... though he was still a bit on the edge.
He nods again when she's done and then shrugs. "I smoke... just not that. But thanks anyway.... why am I here?... well..."
He didn't want to give out too much information. It wouldn't be safe anyway... "Just looking around..." Is all he could come up with on the spot without giving away anything.
She looks at him curiously for a moment I mean like.. they were being mean.. Not.. dirty she gets all shy and nervous when she figures out what she believes he meant. And take care of yourself? she laughs quietly You totally had that covered at the bar, right? she lets out a squeak of laughter. Which draws attention from the other girls at the bar. But that quickly fades away.
She looks a bit shocked to see someone docked at Ainu from Liberty.. who isn't a female. But she still says Hey, it wasn't all that bad, right? There has to be -something- you liked about it. Right?
She doesn't catch on to the tenseness, as she assumes it's just because she's being awkward, or due to the fact she's smoking cardamine infront of him.Yeah, she says softly most people hate this stuff. I kinda do too. she says as she's putting all the stuff away, back into her little handbag.
She looks at him for a moment when he says "Just looking around..." and she doesn't buy it for a second. Just looking around, hmm? Are you sure you didn't just wanna see some cute girls? she looks around, looking at some of them. Even getting a few looks back. Are you a trader? I just don't get it. No one comes to Ainu without a reason, then gets slapped by the bartender.
"Totally had it covered..." He crosses his arms looking a bit stubborn. "I've been in worse places before... this isn't so bad."
"What? Liberty? Your lucky you go out of there. Its just turned into a Police State. You cant do anything there alone without a cop scanning your every move." He grins. "That's why I let them and have a little fun pissing them off now and then. A little bit of something they don't like and I swear they send their whole fleet! Let them!" He moves a little closer. "They've already tried catching me on my Arrow." He just chuckles and leave it there.
He shrugs when she puts the cardi away and says she hates it too. "Then why smoke it in the first place?" He still has his arms crossed but they are a bit looser now. He uncrosses them when she goes on asking why hes at the station and grabs another shot of the vodka.
"If I known there were all girls here... then darling I'd have been here years before. You'd would probably be seeing me for the hundredth time." He shrugs. "No... not a trader... I can't stand that as a career..." He shakes his head. "No.. that's not why I'm here... I have a girl of my own..."