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 Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 10:03 am
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
After she watched Maribel head off to the elevator, Athena drew her eyes back to the automaton before her while being thrashed about by the lodged knife she clung on to. She was being banged against the railing of the catwalk while blasting away at her foe with the pistol in her other hand. "Shield down to 20%. . .15%. . .10%. . ." Ad chimed after each turbulent slam. The mercenary could only ignore the warning as she continued to try and survive the brutal beat down she was taking as well as delivering.
Whatever the MK was made of, it was quickly becoming less and less durable from Athena's blaster. She was slowly prying open the golem's torso with her knife until there was a decent opening available for targeting. She would need to pull her blade away as it seemed that the bot's back-up system was kicking back in and regain control of itself. With haste, she sheathed her blade and traded it in for the use of Apollo's Backhand She worked her way around the bot with shots from her pistol to it's head until the two were parallel with the railing on the catwalk. The MK only tried to lock-on to the woman as she avoided fire from it and swings from it;s mechanical arms. Apparently the bot was not ignorant of the fact that Athena was a threat, but couldn't blast her away while she was this close. Otherwise, it would end up blowing itself up or destroying the catwalk they were both standing on. The bounty hunter would take this to her advantage as she aimed down Apollo's sights and began unleashing shot's directly to the MK's weak spot she created. The scattergun was showing great displays of damage as it stunned and pushed the droid back to the railing. The hole in it's torso only seemed to grow larger with each round Miss Dorne unleashed, until it seemed to become unresponsive to fighting back for short moments. With one final shot, Athena blasted MK over the railing and crashing down below into the flaming abyss that it had created below.
Up on the catwalk, the destruction the battle had left became apparent as the pathway was now breaking apart on Athena. She was clinging on to what little railing she had for dear life to avoid the pit of flames below her while trying to climb back up. She looked over towards Mare's direction to see she reached the elevator and was in the process of ringing it down. Bad news was that security was making their way over to the hybrid. While doing her best to get back up onto the cat walk, Athena fired rounds from Apollo since she had dropped her pistol while catching herself from the fall. The range was a bit far for her scattergun to reach, but it still managed to scathe a guard or two while the rest backed off for cover. She now focused on making her way back up on to the bridge with grunts before making it atop to catch her breath again.
Once she had managed to recover, she focused back on giving Mare support by fending off security from her. "Mare, how soon until the elevator's here?" She contacted the girl through her headset.
☾ Location ::Lumios▶Quadrant 7▶Concordia▶Basement Floor 2
☪ Feeling :: Exhausted/Determined
☾ Company::Maribel, Ad, & MK-X7
☪ Wearing:: A grey tank, black skinny jeans, and a pair of black round-toe combat boots.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:47 pm
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Maribel eyes remained trained on the elevator door as she heard the sounds of various parts of the catwalk collapsing. Somehow she knew if she turned around now she would watching Athena plummet to her death and the barrels of the MK point directly at her head. Each ding of the elevator sounded as if her seconds to live or die were being counted down for her. Ding...Ding...Ding... She gazed up at the number to determine how much longer they had. If the thing did not stop then it would only be 7 more floors. Just seven more. Her heart pounded as she banged a fist against the wall demanding the machinery to speed up and spare them, or even if it was just her, from experiencing a terrible death all in the name of taking down authority.
The more gun firing that rang out, the more she wanted to turn, to see if any of it was headed towards her. Finally her curiosity claimed her attention as she turned to see if her or Athena's demise was at hand; hopefully the saying about cats and their curiosity would not be fulfilled. She turned quickly to see all the damage that had occurred including the approaching security ready to claim her life. The hybrid found herself backing up against the wall before hearing Athena's voice in her headset. "3 more floors... But, I probably only have one." Her voice quivered. She could defend herself or at the very least try, but with so many armed guards there was no point.
Location:Concordia > Basement Feeling: Stressed/Terrified Company: Athena, Ad, MK-X7 Wearing: A loose pinstripe vest, white dress shirt, black dress pants and a pair of black heels
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:29 pm
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
A scoff could be heard come from Miss Dorne's mouth as she unholstered her remaining pistol in her other hand as she worked her way over to Mare and soon-to-come elevator. "Ohh shut up will you? You damn scaredy cat!" She contacted the hybrid as she unleashed lead onto the oncoming guards trying to flank Mare's location. With the MK out of her hair, taking care of the guards was a an easy situation for her to take care of. Plus it was a good way for her to take her anger out on losing her favorite blaster in the midst of that heated scuffle. She remembered all the credits she had to give up for the fine piece of craftsmanship only for it to all be lost down the drain. Concordia was definitely going to pay her back in credits and then some for losing that gun.
As she came up onto Mare's point, she began her defending of the frightened kitten by blasting back the closest of guards with her scattergun to get the rest to back off from her roommate."Shields are back to 100%. Number of enemy targets: eight. Displaying targeting system. . .locked-on." Ad notified Athena as eight circular outlining were displayed onto the weak points of each guard in their presence through the bounty hunter POV. Once the brief preparations were made, Athena started off her onslaught by delivering a roundhouse kick square to the second closet guard's jaw and spinning him around by 180 degrees so that he was facing his fellow comrades. She then slid her arms under his pits for her to use said guard as a shield before shooting down the two guards providing support from the back of the pack while her human shield took the damage instead of her own shield. "Five targets remaining." Her AI continued on as she worked her way down the line of men. With Apollo in her off-hand, she fired a buckshot shell into a guard along with injuring another whom she incapacitated with her corpse shield by kicking it over top of him. Rushing past him with a following execution, she pistol-whipped an oncoming Corrocian guard before sending his scaly a** over the railing to the ground floor face-up. With two remaining she decided to toy around with the guards as she holstered her pistol and resided to using just Apollo's Backhand.
One of Dorne's two remaining targets aimed at the woman before she swung the sawed-off scattergun at the man's blaster, knocking it out his hand. Now that he was disarmed, he attempted to swing at the woman in which she replied with a grapple with her free arm . With it now immobilized, Athena made a brief twist with her arm before two popping noises were heard coming from the guard's arm as well as him screaming as Athena had managed to dislocate his humerus from both the shoulder and elbow joint. As the guard fell to the ground screaming and writhing, the blonde hair woman looked at the last standing guard, who looked ready to piss himself, aim his quivering gun in a last ditch effort to not protect the company, but himself. Athena gave him the easy way out by knocking him over the top of his crown and rendering him unconscious on the steel floor of the catwalk. "Zero hostile targets remaining."
"There! That should make the elevator wait less stressful. As for you!" Athena called back to the spooked kitten with a look of upset followed by a set of stomping boots in Mare's direction.. "Snap out of it! If I hear you sounding so downbeat in that kind of situation ever again! I'm going to actually kick you in the arse until you can't walk right for a whole week!"She warned Mare with a slightly annoyed tone in her voice as she stared up into the violet eyes of Mare's with her stormy sea blue eyes. "Have a little faith in me why don't ya! I told you "You weren't going to die," and when I say "You're not going to die," I mean, "You're not going to die!" You got it!? Geez, now finish ringing down that elevator so we can get out of here and collect our reward. " She ordered as she lowered her tone at the woman with crossed arms.Her face still had a pout on it and it looked even more fierce with the soot covering her face from her skirmish and a scratch on her chin that was bleeding.
"I understand it must have been scary, but don't go making it worse for me with those kind of words. I don't need to think I'm going to go losing you so soon, roomy. . ." She muttered as she looked over at the aftermath of the battle that took place and then up at the lights identifying which floor the elevator was on, "I'll take care of you, you worry-wart."
☾ Location ::Lumios▶Quadrant 7▶Concordia▶Basement Floor 2
☪ Feeling :: Exhausted/Urked
☾ Company::Maribel & Ad
☪ Wearing:: A grey tank, black skinny jeans, and a pair of black round-toe combat boots.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 9:08 pm
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 2:53 pm
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 9:21 pm
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What would be the point in smiling right now? Even if Athena was trying to make her cheer up about the whole situation, there was no point in doing anything about it. Instead, Mare accepted the light touch of Athena's now gentle hands on her cat ears. The hybrid had to admit, she had missed someone playing with her cat ears so calmly in efforts to cheer her up. Still, in the end this brought no smile to her face nor did her ear remain in an upright position despite Athena's attempts to keep it up.
Once the elevator arrived, she stepped in and kept her eyes locked onto her shoes until Athena attempted to make her look up. Mare didn't want to smile, but she also didn't want to stay here much longer than was necessary. The thought of more guards showing up did not bode well for the fear she was already seeping with. With forced effort she cracked a half smile before returning to her blank stare and defeated position. Without waiting for Athena, she reached over and pressed the button for the first floor.
Location:Concordia > Basement > Elevator Feeling: Stressed/Mute/Confused Company: Athena, Ad Wearing: A loose pinstripe vest, white dress shirt, black dress pants and a pair of black heels (condition: Tattered and covered in dust and debris)
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:43 pm
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
The pure humor such a goofy and forced smile to appear across Mare's face simply tickled Miss Dorne to near fascination. The blonde shook her her head in disbelief following with a light chuckle as the hybrid seemed so determined to get out of Concordia as soon as possible. What more could she expect from a person who had never gone into battle before? While this was all fun and games to the blonde, this must have been terrifying for the poor girl. Still, she was glad to see that the cat tried even if it was for a mere second. "Looks like we're going to have to work on that sometime, aren't we?" She sighed as she leaned up against the back wall of the elevatorwhich began ascending back up to the first floor, leaving behind the now obliterated ruins of what once was Concordia's underground facility. With the data obtained, there was nothing left to look back on for the woman. Now, she could make her way back to the ship with the satisfying accomplishment of fulfilling her promises to Quiara, Mare, and the CEO of Paradisia. "Can't wait to read the news on this story later!" She thought proudly to herself with the smuggest of smirks on her face the whole trip back to the ship.
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The journey back from Concordia was surprisingly much easier than the journey to and into the establishment. The two had managed to make their escape out as Lumios' forces were still more focused about the large hole in the wall compared than the multiple people still flooding out of the lobby doors from the upper floors. It was as if the two had only been wandering ghost, transparent to any living being's eye, inside the building as nobody recognized the two going in or out. Not once even stopped or questioned as they left the scene and mixed into the massive crowd of terrified people still curious as to what had exactly happened. People from various quadrant, both poor and rich, came to see what all the commotion was about in what was supposed to be "One of the safest quadrants on all of Lumios." This meant everybody would look suspicious no matter how classy or scraggly they were. Once they set foot among the rest of civilians, they were gone for good since neither of the two had any intentions of returning to the place anytime soon. In a matter of minutes, they were back on the ship with no quarrels or troubles along with a direct call over to the Chief Executive of Paradisia.
"Glad to see you in one piece, Bandit." these were the first words to come from a hologram of an average framed male ,who looked to be in his early fifties, standing before the hired mercenary. "The Lumios Beacon has reports coming in from outside of Concordia about a catastrophe that happened inside. An explosion from their main floor as well as smoke coming from underneath the corporation. Media says there were about a dozen or so body bags being carried out that were believed to be security in charge of the place. Would that happen to be your doing?" He asked as he kept eye contact with Athena as she stood there in the dimmed lighting of the Holo-room. "Well, I did have a little bit of a hand in causing some explosions around there. . . as for the casualties, that definitely was my work. All in the day's work to get what you were looking for though." She stated confidently as she tossed Ad's flash drive in the air. "My AI has several blueprints that we scavenged from Concordia's computers. One of which belonged to droids that were being manufactured and tested inside their underground factory. Hence where all that smoke was coming from beneath the establishment. Good news is we took care of anything that had to do with those droids. Those hunks of metal are either dissembled and smelted down or were caught in the blasts of the prototype droid. Besides after that display of infiltration, I don't think anyone would trust Concordia with their money after almost a million credits into funding are now down the drain. The only person who has any intel on creating the MK's is moi, so let's starting how much you're willing to pay for it? As well as the other blueprints stored in here, huh? " She suggested as she leaned against the holocommunicator with a raised brow.
"I see. . ." The CEO began with a tone of interest rising along with a hand rubbing his chin in intrigue. "It's good to see that you put Concordia in there place for me. They're going to be in some serious hot water for a while after this stunt. It'll be priceless to see the president over there sweating out of his jacket while trying to hide from the media. . . " There was a devilish grin across the tycoon's face before he regained himself to finish coming to terms with Athena. "The data that you hold there is well worth over half a million credits and Paradisia will gladly take you up on that bidding price. I'll make sure these things are stowed away for good, so that Lumios will never have to deal with droids running the streets for the law. As for those other blueprints you managed to steal, we can't exactly take them without Concordia catching on to the fact that we were somehow apart of this. . .accident. However, I can put you into contact with some of my associated partners who will gladly pay a decent amount for anything that may interest their minds. Any leftovers you have are your's for the taking. I don't care where they go or what you do with them, just as long as Concordia is miserable. My secretary has a trade set up for you over the Holonet in which once you give us the data, the five hundred grand will be sent directly to you as soon as both of you confirm the trade." He further explained as he clasped his hands together and stood firm with his offer. He looked like the type to not be hassled out of his money, but Athena was practically trembling in excitement at the sound of half a million credits going into her account. No way was she going to blow this chance by acting a little greedy when she still had the other goldmines stowed away inside AD's data storage. "Well, I thank you once again for your skills and assistance in taking down my company's rival. I'll keep you on my list in case I ever need you again to dispose of trash without getting my own hands dirty. I hope to use your talents again, Bandit. Farewell." He finished before disconnecting to leave Athena by herself in the room.
The second the holo-communicator cut off, Athena raised her arms in joy at the big deal of money she had just made. She jumped up and down all over the place before looking at hollers of joy. "Woo-hoooo! We just made half a million credits and more today!" She yelled as she placed Ad into the Holo-communicator's system. "Ad baby! Get ready to send that data over to the big man's secretary. Also, put on some music I can celebrate to!" She ordered as she fell over onto one of the sofas into the room before loud music blared over the ships stereos. Tonight, Athena was going to party like she just hit the jackpot because she hit something almost nearly as grand.
☾ Location ::Lumios▶The Cardinal
☪ Feeling :: Rich/Excited
☾ Company::Ad & CEO of Paradisia (Now offline)
☪ Wearing:: A grey tank, black skinny jeans, and a pair of black round-toe combat boots.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:47 pm
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:07 pm
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
Athena was making every moment the best of it as she watched the trade go down. She watched as each credit went from Paradisia's side of the trade over to her side while dancing around the room to another song from Earth known by another classic artist named Rihanna. "Don't Stop The Music" scrolled across the screen beneath the trading tab while the bass of the song had Athena moving about the room to her own moves. If it wasn't for the few bottles of beers that the blonde had pulled out from the kitchen's fridge, she would definitely be whining about the bruising and soreness of her body from taking the reduced damage of blaster shots and all the work her muscles gave while running, punching, and kicking. Beer made her woozy though, so all that pain would more than likely be Athena's problem tomorrow. For now it was about watching all of those digits come rolling into her account. As she watched the last digit hit her account following with the notification "Transaction Complete!"popped up on the screen, the bounty hunter gave a drunken cheer with a raised beer bottle in the air. "Congratulations Athenaaaa! Another successful mission finished and a nice bank account almost back in the millions again! Woooo!" She shouted before toppling over the couch and onto the floor in a drunken giggle.
As she laid there, she only thought about how much fun she had today with her new companion, Maribel. This wasn't a one person job; they both had some great moments today during the mission today. This was all thanks to her for setting up the bomb and finding an entrance to get the two inside. She could only wonder where the hybrid went off to to not come see all this glorious mula that they had just made together. "Hey Mare. . .Maaaaare. . .come see what we made today! We. . .hic. . .did a good job." She mumbled to herself before Ad chimed in. "Indicators show Maribel went back to her room for the night, Athena." She pouted upon receiving that news by cradling up on the floor with her lips jutting out in disappointment. "Fine! I see how it is! That wuss is probably just going to shell herself off in her room anyways. Maybe she's just going to go off and wank around some more in there. She's no fun anyways!" She stated in an intoxicated fit. Despite saying that all, it was very clear that she didn't really mean that though by the way she squeezed her arms and held herself closely. "Did she really not enjoy all of the stuff we did today? Was this all she was looking forward to?" She began to question as she shielded her eyes from the lights flashing above her before she could feel the tears swelling up in her eyes.
"Using me thinking about someone else to get your jollies shows just how lonely and pathetic you really are.
Those hurtful words of Mare's echoed into Athena's bewildered mind as she laid there a drunk mess before she silently wiped them away while the music played in the background. "Does she really hate being around me?" These were the last thoughts to wonder through Athena's mind that night before she past out in her sorrows and tipsiness. The money may have been a great thing, but money couldn't by the bounty hunter the happiness that she wanted right now.
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About a week had passed since the mission in Lumios had passed for the two women and now they were back out travelling in space. This time around, there was no destination or mission in mind for Athena. Her body was still recovering from the strenuous damage she had managed to take in the battle at Concordia. Her muscles felt stiff and she could barely walk around without feeling heavy in the legs as if they were filled with lead. Even conditioning felt like a pain in the arse for her. Even worse, Mare had once again become very quiet and holed herself up in her room again. Things were at a standstill between roomies, but yet Athena couldn't help but to feel that she had managed to do something wrong once again to make Mare mute herself from the huntress. Her only question was what exactly did she do this time around? She didn't think her break from work would be this frustrating for her. Things were like that of a normal household, no guns firing, no violence was going on, she was even trying to be more aware of having clothes on for Mare's sake. So what else did she have to do to make the hybrid come out!?
Eventually, she ended up giving herself a headache trying to put too much effort into impressing the woman only to fail miserably. Nothing was getting her out of that room, so the only right thing was to just wait for her to come out. Where else would be better to wait than in the lounge room which was the only way to get to the kitchen. If Mare was going to come out, she would probably only come out for food. It would be the perfect place to catch her and have a chat with the kitten so that she could understand what was exactly going on. Now it was only just a matter of time until, she would come out for dinner time. All she could do was just sit back, sell some of the leftover blueprints from Concordia, and watch some TV on the holo-com to occupy her time.
☾ Location ::Lumios▶The Cardinal
☪ Feeling :: Bored
☾ Company::Ad
☪ Wearing:: A black sports bra, grey jogger pants, and a pair of white socks.
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 4:45 pm
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The past week had gone by incredibly fast for the hybrid as she worked to get her surprise for Athena complete. During the beginning of the week, she had moved around the ship to find an empty room, or one with minimal items, that she could use as an area to hide the surprise from the bounty hunter and where Ad would not bother her with his scans. The room had appeared to be an old dining hall that became a sort of storage room just a few halls away from Maribel's living space. This closeness allowed her to be able to get things to and from the room without Athena seeing her move about. Hopefully, the bounty hunter just took it as Maribel closing herself off from the bounty hunter once again after the first mission she had been a part of. Lucky enough for the hybrid, a lot of the bigger things she needed were already in the room and thus decreased the size of the objects she had ordered and sent to her. A few of the things that she needed to put together was not readily found so she had to put it together what she was able to find around the ship.
Now, the time had finally come for her to put the surprise into action, but she wasn't sure if she could go through with it now or not. What if Athena did not want to speak with her because she had disappeared from sight once again? Furthermore, what if she had messed up in her research and thus caused the surprise to be a complete flop after a week's worth of work. Mare found herself going back and forth between the setup room and her own to get things and double check if everything was set up properly. With a few checks of her computer screen she figured that everything was as ready to go as it would ever be. The only thing missing now was that hot headed bounty hunter. Maribel walked about the halls towards the bridge until she head what sounded like the holocom in the lounge room. Guess Athena had decided to set up shop in the lounge room; probably to catch the elusive hybrid going out for her next meal. Luckily, she had already gotten the food from the kitchen long before Athena had even set foot in the lounge. Just this thought brought relief to Maribel since she probably would be able to convince Athena to join her in the old dining hall for her surprise. The hybrid walked into the room before sneaking behind Athena to put a blindfold over her eyes. "Be sure to relax Athena. It's just me." She stated as she draped the dark blindfold over the bounty hunter's eyes. "Just follow me and I'll explain everything." Without waiting for a response or a chance for Athena to really do anything, Mare pulled her up to her feet and started to guide her through the ship. The whole way, she remained silent and refused to say anything to Athena until they had reached their destination. All the nervousness that she had felt earlier was starting to build up again causing a light sweat on the back of her neck.
After a bit she stopped Athena in front of the dining hall door. She waited until the door slide open to pull off the blindfold placed over the bounty hunter's eyes. With her free hand, Mare pressed a button that started playing big band songs inside the room. Inside the room was a set up of a classic 1950's style jazz club and bar. Off to the side you could see where she had converted some of the left over tables into a bar where just behind was some of Athena's stash lined up on the shelves up against the wall. To the other side there was a holo projection of what she had found of a big band playing with a dance floor just before them. All around were table set ups with glowing candles and a rustic air. On the walls were images of what appeared to be instruments and, hopefully correctly picked, images of singers from that time period. Honestly, Mare wouldn't tell who any of them where, but she was sure she had one of the singer of the song she had heard her first day on the ship. The meal prepared for this occasion was on of Mare's specialties and was placed on a serving station that she had rigged out of a broken old one that was in the room.
After letting Athena take in her first glimpse, Maribel stepped around in front of her with an apologetic smile on her face and an extended hand. From this view, her outfit showed an example of, again she hoped, a portrayal of the fashion from that era. That or at least something relatively close since she only had enough time to pick from her things to find most of the outfit. The only things that had to be ordered were the suspenders and the tie. "I hope you can accept this as an apology for what I have done and a thanks for what you have done. I don't know if all this is accurate... I just tried to base it off the song I first heard when I was here." She uttered quietly with a slight bow to show her serenity in her apology.
Location:The Cardinal Feeling: Nervous/Delighted Company: Athena, Ad Wearing: A loose button shirt with the top 2 buttons undone, black suspenders, a pair of black slacks, 2 in black heels, a red tie and a fedora with a red band on it
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 10:46 am
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It was quite the fright to have her vision abruptly cut off by what felt to be a piece of cloth. She assumed the worst had finally come and the after-affects of of her pain relieving medicine had taken her sight from her as the bottle's label warned. What a slight relief to find out it was merely Maribel sneaking up on her. She was ready to retaliate, but at the sound of Mare's voice her tension eased and settled down before the girl.lead her to who-knows-where. The two of them were very lucky that Athena didn't leave her guns and knives on her. Otherwise she may have fired off a round mistaking the hybrid for a stow-away or an invader. Of course, there was part of her that was absolutely furious with the woman for hiding from her in avoidance. Maybe a good low-charged shot to the chef's keister would shock her a bit and have her scurrying about the place. Even if that was an amusing thought, she didn't the tools to do that and decided to just willingly follow the cat's orders as she lead Athena.
"You know, I don't know who you think you are to just ignore me a whole entire week and then just expect me to still be buddy-buds with you!" the captain states as she blindingly walked behind Maribel. "I worked my a** off to keep you safe and gave you half of the reward we made together. But instead of thanking or celebrating with me, you go off back to your room to leave me wondering what exactly I did wrong this time around. I'm even trying to wear more clothes around the ship since you complained about it back on Lumios! " She was really letting her opinions come out right now since she didn't imagine she'd have another opportunity to say this to Mare again before she tucked herself back inside her room. She was getting annoyed that Mare was staying quiet the whole time and not even responding to her words. She was feeling absolutely boiled right then and started to resist a bit with a bit of pull. "Say something to me! Quit making me feel like I'm being used as a provider! You big. . .dumb. . .stupid. . .jer-" Her rant was interrupted by the sudden unveiling of her blindfold to be blinded before the lights.
She squinted through the lights until her eyes adjusted to see the classical layout of the bar and her ears were suddenly intrigued by the sound of jazz music playing around what looked like to be the old dining hall. She never used it as it was supposed to be used since there were never any guest or people around to sit and enjoy conversations with. Before it was just a storage room and now it was all this. That seething tantrum of Athena's slowly disappeared as her jaw was partially dropped and her eyes scanned over the place in awe. "W-what is all this?" She asked with a tone of interest and fascination like that of a little kids at an amusement park.
Her eyes were suddenly drawn to the attire of Mare's as she appeared in front of the bounty hunter with a contrite smile and an explanation as to what caused all of this to happen. She looked at Mare with a surprised and slightly confused expression before bringing her eyes back to the new dining hall She walked past the bowing feline to wonder about the room and examine the pictures, the holographic band, and the bar. It was all so genuine! As her hand ran across the bar top, she could remember back before the war, her time on the pirates' ship, and before her parents death, about her life on her home planet.
On Aquator, her dad had a little bar of his own set up that was beat-down and remote from the rest of the village they lived in. The wooden floors were covered from sand tracked in and the roof made of branches and giant fanned leaves. It was just more of a shack than a bar with little to no customers throughout the week while his ancient records played though out the place. It was of poor status, but her dad loved it with pride and joy. He explained to her that at some point that place would sky-rocket through the roof with customers and then the little shack would make it big. Reeling in customers and getting modernized into something better until they could have live bands play their while people relaxed in serenity despite their hard livings. She was always so happy to see him when he was daydreaming about the looks of the place while carrying her around and teaching her about the swing-style of dance from that time while her mother watched at her two goofballs having fun.
It was so much fun to reminisce about her early childhood before the hell that followed after. Now she had something that she imagined her father would be amazed at having that was relatively close to his dream and it was all because of one hybrid's attempt to apologize to her. The more and more she thought about it, the quicker her eyes began to water up in pure joy. Her hand that ran across the bar slowly balled up into a fist while the other concealed the fact that she was biting down on her lip to avoid smiling like a complete idiot. She kept her back towards Mare so that the feline couldn't see the emotions pouring out of her, but she couldn't hide the sounds of her sniffles. "Y-you did all of this. . .for me?" Athena chuckled in disbelief to try and cover up her quivering voice.
☾ Location ::The Cardinal
☪ Feeling :: Amazed
☾ Company::Maribel & Ad
☪ Wearing:: A black sports bra, grey jogger pants, and a pair of white socks.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 4:12 pm
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Maribel watched Athena take in all that was before her with a worried expression and a bitten lower lip. Great, she had failed to make a proper apology to the bounty hunter. Now what was she going to do to make things up to her? Would Athena continue to be upset by her wasted week away from her roomie? Mare walked further into the hall to decide if the music should be shut off. With a raised thumb, she was ready to hit the off button when she heard what sounded like sniffles. "A-Athena...Are you crying?" She whispered softly before slowly approaching her.
"I did. You've done so much and I always insult or attack you." She reached out a trembling hand to take Athena's. "And to show I won't hurt you this time around..." With that said, Mare pulled the bounty hunter against her before looking away with a blush on her face. This was becoming more and more awkward the longer she felt breast against breast. "I hope you know how to slow dance." She mumbled while changing the music to a slower song. Her arms reached up an wrapped around Athena's neck. The hybrid's blush deepened further while her eyes darted around at everything, but Athena.
It had been awhile since she had done any kind of slow dancing. In fact, Atticus had been the very last one she had danced with. That was also the day they had..."No. I can't think of that, since I didn't even keep my promise." She thought to herself. The hybrid waited for Athena to start the dance since she didn't know how to lead.
Location:The Cardinal Feeling: Nervous Company: Athena, Ad Wearing: A loose button shirt with the top 2 buttons undone, black suspenders, a pair of black slacks, 2 in black heels, a red tie and a fedora with a red band on it
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 8:50 pm
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
The bounty hunter was quick to wipe her tears away as she felt the hybrid approaching her from behind. "Yeah! Of course I'm fine, Kitten!" were the words her brain suggested to say to shrug off her emotions, but Mare was quick to sabotage her planned words with the feeling of the feline's hand taking Athena's. The blonde jolted around and looked down at the hand clasped around with her. She looked up at Mare with widened blue eyes to see if she was aware what she was doing at the moment. Her hand was ready to pull away in an attempt to laugh it off, but the way the cat phrased her words were so alluring that it halted her actions. It was the next actions that made her understand that Maribel was fully aware of what she was doing.
In the middle of her lost mind, Athena could feel a sudden tug pulling her closer to Mare before she was up close and personal with her. This was an alarming change of pace for the captain to suddenly adjust to as her mind raced to try and understand what exactly was going on here. She could feel the soft brushing of her breast up against Mare's leaving her confused on who's heart she was exactly feeling going off like a snare drum. By the looks of things, Mare must have felt a few things as well going on between them as her face was flustering up like a blood red star. She could feel the twitchy hand of Mare's snaking over her neck while she bashfully tried to act sly about it. It was nearly impossible to not giggle at the woman's attempt at remaining cool under the situation. "Just when I thought I couldn't stand her anymore." She thought as her eyes went aloof and her own blush rose upon her soothed face. She felt like she did before when they first met back on Dal Orantell two weeks ago. This roomie of her's really knew how to stir up emotions inside her, both good and bad. "I haven't slow danced since the last time I wore a dress. You're really bringing up childhood memories to make me think way back then. I'd love to dance with you." She confessed as she placed her free hand against Mare's cheek so that she was only looking at her.
Her hand then wrapped around Maribel's middle part of her back to get into the position. The last time her hand had ever wondered back there she remembered a scorned yelling at by the same woman standing before her. She could only think about how doomed she would be if the cat decided to sink her teeth into the captain again while they were so close to each other, but if she promised not to harm her then Athena would expect her to keep it. She brought up their clasped hands to shoulder length while trying to listen to the beat of the song to get a rhythm. After a couple of seconds, she began to sway a bit to the beat while leading her dance partner. "We'll start off easy so we can match each other. Hopefully after a few dances, you'll learn how to take control. It's kind of hard to lead somebody who's a bit taller than me." She explained as she closed her eyes and fell in sync with the melody. She took a step back and Mare would follow, a step forward and then Mare would step back, and then they would both step sideways while slowly turning with a lead of her hand. "I think this is how dad used to do it. . .just think about that imaginary box. . ." She said with a light smile on her face. Despite the work of remembering how to dance, there was a clear expression of joy on her face to actually be dancing after so long. As her eyes opened to stare up at Mare, she gave a heartwarming smile to the woman while tranquilly leading their steps. "I never would have imagined you being the person to have my first dance with that wasn't my dad. " she admitted before closing her eyes again to listen to the music once more pleasing her ears.
☾ Location :: The Cardinal
☪ Feeling :: Delighted
☾ Company::Ad & Maribel
☪ Wearing:: A black sports bra, grey jogger pants, and a pair of white socks.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:43 am
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"This is kinda nice. It really has been too long since I had a decent dance or really any dance with anyone." Maribel thought as she lightly hummed the music. Well more like she purred the music. She nearly jumped out of her skin when told she was Athena's dancing first. Had her previous lover never dance with the bounty hunter? "I guess you don't have to dance with someone to get engaged." The hybrid thought back to her last dance. It was on her final night on Hwyaden before she would be off to start her new business in Dal Orantell. The night air had been thick with tension that chocked the words out of her and Atticus. Both had no wanted to say goodbye to the other, yet it was necessary. In the end, they promised to reunite once Maribel had obtained success in her new restaurant.
Maribel rested her head on Athena's shoulder as waves of worry and nostalgia of her home traced across her tear filling eyes. Her sniffles remained stifled, but the pool of grief stricken tears dripped lightly onto the bounty hunter's bare skin. She was happy that Athena was grateful, but now she was reminded of being on her home planet with her friends once again. If she did ever go back now, what would she even tell them? I'm glad to be back, but I basically failed and the person that brought me here is helping me fix it all. By then she knew that both Atticus and Clista would demand that she return home and continue to run her old place with them.
Location:The Cardinal Feeling: Sad/Content Company: Athena, Ad Wearing: A loose button shirt with the top 2 buttons undone, black suspenders, a pair of black slacks, 2 in black heels, a red tie and a fedora with a red band on it
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 7:51 pm
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—(••÷[ aтнena dorne ]÷••—
It was all a tranquil moment for Athena who became more graceful with each beat. Everything was steady in sync with their steps, until the bounty hunter felt the warmth of something perching itself upon her shoulder. Upon opening her eyes, she found it to be Maribel resting her head against her. Their was an ecstatic shiver of delight that her body had succumbed to until the notice of sniffles. Following those restrained noises, the captain could feel little droplets landing atop her shoulder where her roommate laid. The realization disrupted their dance as the blonde lost rhythm before being forced to stand their as a shoulder to cry into. If this had been on the dance floor in Euphoria or anywhere in public, this would be quite the awkward sight for both Athena and anyone watching. But since it was just the two of them, it was easier to embrace this kind of contact as it was clear to her that something was upsetting Maribel and she wanted to be there for comfort.
Sadly, she couldn't remember the last time anyone had ever used her for support like this. Especially someone much taller than her! It must have looked like one of those full grown gargantualeeches from Jangasphaira overcoming her smaller body. "Be serious here Athena!" She told herself as tried to think of a way to calm her upset companion in this situation. "How would Ashara have tried to comfort me?" That was such a terrible question to ask herself that her mental self would have slapped her across the face for her brief stupidity. "Okay, well what about Vice?" She pondered for a moment before it all came to her as she thought back to all the times Quiara had helped her out during her times of consolidating and before her cybernetic arms that could terrify a bear of a bear-hug.
She brought Maribel in for a hug and gently rubbed her upper back while the hybrid cried. "Hey there there. . .everything is going to be all right. I don't know where all this came from but something tells me that you need a little break as well. Maybe something that would give you some fresh air and some freedom off of this ship. As thanks for setting this all up for me." Athena informed the forlorn feline with a softer tone than usual while she brushed her hand through Maribel's crimson soft hair. "You can choose the place. Just give me the name of the planet and I'll set us on the fastest course there. We can stay there until you get everything out of your system and your heart's content. Sound like a plan?" She asked under the lighting of the ship with the jazz band playing in the back. Hopefully she could cheer up the cat with this offer, otherwise she would be out of ideas other than to go buy a decent amount of cat n** for the hybrid to play around with until she was drooling in her sleep.
☾ Location ::The Cardinal
☪ Feeling :: Unsure/Confused
☾ Company::Maribel & Ad
☪ Wearing:: A black sports bra, grey jogger pants, and a pair of white socks.
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