driftfleet | CRIMES Part 1

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fenris,
isabela

CRIMES Part 1

Who: Isabela and any fellow Criminals (obviously established CR is encouraged, but if you think your character could have been reasonably referred to come along for Crimes, feel free to drop in! If there's any question about it, drop me a pm or message me at

digitalsocrates)
Broadcast: None
Action: Opportunities insufficiently guarded. Victimless crimes. More details here. Also feel free to drop your own OTAs.
When: Throughout the latter half of april. part 2 will continue through may.

Summer has been a tourist long enough. Corbius offers everything that a ne'er-do-well could ever wish for. Safe ports to spend your money. Lawless skies to lie, cheat and steal. Shady ports willing to buy things with minimal questions asked. A pirate's paradise.

The problem is, she doesn't have a ship, or a crew.

But that's a quick fix, isn't it? There are three requirements to come along with Summer:

1) She's the captain. If she gives you an order, follow it or you're gone.
2) Be discreet. She doesn't want the whole fleet to know about this.
3) Be capable. If you can't carry you're weight, you're out.

{{ We need a ship. Or ships. More ships is better }}

[ It takes a few days of polishing palms and making friends, but Isabela and and her crew have tracked down the headquarters of the raider group the Redtops. One ship, two dozen raiders, and the element of surprise (hopefully). It's a two-pronged attack, one from the ground, trying to infiltrate the ship, and the other from whatever shuttles have been borrowed for the purpose of the attack to pick off the ones outside. ]

{{ Aboard the newly christened Aveline }}

[ The Aveline, as Summer explains it, is big, mannish and clumsy, but still has a mystifying charm about it, just like her namesake.

Also as the Captain of a ship, Summer thinks that 'Captain Summer' doesn't have a very intimidating ring to it. ]

I'm thinking 'Captain Knifeblood.' Maybe Bladeskull? Deatheyes? No, no I got it, its on the tip of my tongue.

{{ Why are all her friends so Lame? }}

[ This cargo ship is travelling through non-jurisdiction space without any weapons to speak of, and no escort. Honestly, it's asking to be robbed. So why is her crew suddenly on the verge of mutiny? ]

Look, I'm sure it's all insured. [ There is no way that it's insured. ]

{{ FIIIIINE. AKA we'll rob bad guys instead }}

[ Captain TBD would like it stated on the record that she hates all of you, though.

It doesn't take long to find an asteroid that's the home of a vicious warlord that's been dominating the surrounding rocks by use of force. And their intelligence has pinpointed a cargo ship carrying weapons from an organized crime ring near Vingloria. This one is armored and has a pretty impressive escort. ]

Well, at least it'll be fun.

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[Fenris is still glancing around the ship with a mixture of wonder and an inward acknowledgement he's going to regret agreeing to this in the near future. He turns as Summer speaks, huffing in amusement. ]

How about simply 'The Captain'? You are so infamous all know who you are without going into specifics of which captain you are. For you are the Captain.

...I still can't believe you named the ship Aveline. I can feel her disapproving glare from universes away.

That's immeasurably arrogant and pretentious. I love it.

[ 'The Captain'. But she still wanted something scary, intimidating. ]

You don't think she'd feel flattered?

Also have you met Furiosa? That's the name I want.

I thought you might.

[He huffs softly. ]

I sincerely doubt it, given we're not exactly doing anything legal. You know how she feels about such things.

I have. She is quite the formidable woman. The name suits.

You don't think I've had any bad influence on her yet? Or Hawke?

[ He's probably right. ]

I still need to meet her. She's becoming a thing of legend. Then again maybe I should keep it that way and start worshipping her as a distant god.

Yet. There is time. Hawke...well, it depends on which one. Not mine. He's far too miserable for such things.

[He doesn't like his Hawke all that much, but hey, at least Garrett didn't kill him :| ]

She does not seem to be the sort of woman who would appreciate that.

Oh, that's interesting. Marian hasn't graduated to 'your' Hawke yet?

[ Not that she can judge about relationships, but it was interesting. ]

Everyone could use a little god worship now and then. It's good for your skin.

She is not from my world, so no. She is just- herself.

[It is such a deep, complicated well of weirdness, that. ]

I don't think she would agree. But perhaps, inwardly, she would be a little flattered. Though she would never admit it.

So do you and Hawke have any romantic plans in mind? Something in Telluria, maybe?

I...not really. I am not inclined towards romantic gestures, as you well know.

[She never got any flowers. ]

[ She'd have made so much fun of him if he had. ]

Do you have anything unromantic planned with her, then?

Relationships involve seeing in other in more venues than each others bed chambers. [ She imagines. ]

[He never would have lived it down. ]

I haven't really thought about it.

We sometimes go to bars?

[He has no idea what he's doing AT ALL. ]

{{That thing i said about giving hawke and fenris bad relationship advice was ignorant of how badly they are fucking it up on their own}}

[ Isabela is now put in the awkward position of giving her romantic rival slash ex-fuck buddy slash best friend relationship advice. HEAVY SIGH. ]

As unorthodox as Hawke is, she's eventually going to want more than just bar diving.

[It's not a good place to be. He wouldn't envy her at all. ]

Oh.

...I suppose she would want that...yes.

[What do normal couples do? He has no fucking clue. What do normal people do, full stop???]

Let me telegraph a knife thrust for you: there are these self-propelled giant wagons-

[ She fishes up her device and scrolls through until she finds the ad. She's learned the new tech pretty quickly, all said. ]

You jump in and tear up the countryside faster than a darkspawn with its eyes set on a lost baby elf. Take her on one of those. Run over some wildlife. Set some fires. Have a picnic. That kind of thing.

[He's impressed, but not surprised she's worked it out already. She will always have a mind sharper than any sword. ]

That sounds...horrendously dangerous. She would love it.

Run over an innocent person and bond over your shared secret guilt after you bury them in a hidden grove, with the intention of never being discovered until you're in your own graves.

[ Oh, there's the bad advice. ]

...

Perhaps a little less of the casual killing? At least someone who doesn't deserve it.

I could run over a slaver, I suppose. That would be acceptable.

I mean if the opportunity presents itself, go for it.

It just seems unlikely. They don't exactly carry signs to identify themselves from a distance either way.

I think I have learned how to recognise them. They have a way about them.

Is 'the way' all the slaves?

I think I could probably spot one if they were surrounded by slaves.

That is one of the ways, yes. But they have a way of carrying themselves that you never forget. It is hard to describe. A sneaking sort of arrogance.

Ah, that explains why I don't like them. I like my arrogance to be brazen and obnoxious.

[That gets a laugh out of him. ]

Yes, I have noticed.

There's no way that it's insured. [See what I did there.]

You find some rich scumbag without any morals, he's gonna make for a way better haul anyway.

In theory.

You see, Rich Scumbags Without Morals^TM tend to have things like armed guards. And also, if I'm extrapolating correctly, coming from a place without guns, lots of guns.

I'm a fan of not robbing people with guns.

Whereas I've made a career of robbing people with guns. Not so much robbing innocent people. If it worries you, I can take care of the guns.

[ If it worries her? How dare. ]

I'm a lot more worried about the ship, and our squishier crewmates. Are you planning to siege a warship on your own?

[Oh, well when you put it like that--] Ah-- no. I was thinking more of, you know, people with guns. [l o l we're sorry giant space warships covered in guns is still not quite what she'd consider normal to think of.] I don't suppose we can just find someone's evil hideout and rob that instead.

Which probably has even larger guns, and more people.

Assuming we even found it. How good are you at finding secret hideouts?

[ She rubbed her chin. ]

In Thedus we'd have to worry about enemy mages too. Apostates are easy hires for ne'er do wells since they're already on the run.

You know, I was a thief before I was a pirate. [She found her first secret stash when she was like twelve. But-- well, there's nothing that says they don't have to worry about mages and--]

What's an apostate?

So if I need a pickpocket, I'll know who to call.

[ She wasn't entirely sure if mages were common here. The raiders who'd hit them before didn't seem to have magic. ]

It's a mage who's decided they don't want to live under lock and key of the chantry, with a templar knife perpetually at their throat. A choice which brands them criminals, that if caught will probably be made Tranquil.

[There is distinctly an eyebrow twitch at the pickpocketing comment, because don't be trivialising her skills, yo.]

I'm gonna assume being made Tranquil is a bad thing, so more power to them. [There's any number of individual concepts in that she has no knowledge of, but the general gist is perfectly understandable. That kind of power-mongering exists in her own world, after all.] I'm not sure what that has to do with the stealing or not stealing from people who may or may not be guilty, though.

[ Your skillset is her skillset, she can trivialize all she wants :3 ]

I didn't say that to present a moral quandary, I mentioned it because it's a concern when robbing someone whether or not they have someone on payroll who can hurl lightning bolts at you.

So can I safely assume you're on board with robbing this nice comfortable, minimal gun cargo ship now?

[Oh, lightning bolts. Is that all.

Well no, that's actually pretty intimidating, but--

Her staff clacks onto the floor and she leans on it.] I think you can safely assume that if you're on board with robbing it, I'll be leaving. I don't do that kind of piracy.

"That kind" of piracy encompasses most of the word "piracy." Are you sure you're actually a pirate?

[Well, any humour she had about the situation is now gone.]

Most pirates are the kind of scum who would raid villages and kill families all in the name of showing their power and making money. I'd assumed you weren't like that, but you feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[ Well, Nami is putting her in the awkward position of saying 'no I'm a more honorable sort of pirate than that' which just sounded really dumb in her head, since piracy and honor couldn't be more mutually exclusive. ]

I don't raid villages or kill families.

[ She says it matter of factly, not letting any emotion seep into it. She doesn't elaborate more than what Nami asks. ]

And I wouldn't let anyone under my command do it, either.

[She's a terrible shounen person like that.

Nami doesn't say anything for a moment, letting that sink in, the utter bluntness of it. And then she relaxes. Because honestly she likes Isabel a lot, so she was really hoping her judgment wasn't that far gone.]

Give me a couple of hours. [It's a more subdued response, but her shrug is careless.] I'm pretty sure I can find you a better target that won't get us all killed, besides. If I can't, feel free to pick on the probably-insured all you want.

[ Sigh. ]

You can have more than a couple hours if you're that confident. Piracy is a waiting game, after all.

[She knew you were secretly a decent sort, Isabela. Dun worry, she won't tell anyone. Nami grins.]

I appreciate it. In that case, I'll widen my scope a bit. I'll have something amazing by the end of the night.

You better.

[ It's not really a threatening tone she's taking, more amused and maybe even a little licentious. ]

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CRIMES Part 1

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