CRIMES Part 1

[stabsbothways]

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.

Comments

[wolfuncaged]

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.

[stabsbothways]

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

[wolfuncaged]

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

[She never got any flowers. ]

[stabsbothways]

[ 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. ]

[wolfuncaged]

[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. ]

[stabsbothways]

{{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.

[wolfuncaged]

[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???]

[stabsbothways]

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.

[wolfuncaged]

[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.

[stabsbothways]

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. ]

[wolfuncaged]

...

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.

[stabsbothways]

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.

[wolfuncaged]

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

[stabsbothways]

Is 'the way' all the slaves?

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

[wolfuncaged]

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.

[stabsbothways]

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

[wolfuncaged]

[That gets a laugh out of him. ]

Yes, I have noticed.