AUDIENCE 🚀 BAIKEN

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W0 MONDAY

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samurai

WEAPONS

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[ They're going to wait to see if Baiken sends anything more. ]

Is there more?

[kabari]

[ there's brief delay ]

You have weapons?

[dropoffs]

Not what you are thinking of. The ship is equipped with weaponry to clear debris and asteroids that may litter our path.

I am seeking crew to maintain and recalibrate a couple of them.

[kabari]

So you're more like a mechanic.

[ her disappointment is immeasurable and her day is ruined ]

[dropoffs]

That is my job position, but I am also a combatant.

[kabari]

With what? Your ship cannons?

[dropoffs]

So a samurai doesn't know how to fight without a sword. Disappointing.

[kabari]

What the hell are you talking about? You took my other weapons off me before I woke up!

[dropoffs]

Prowess doesn't need to be shown with manmade tools. Hand-to-hand combat is always an option.

[kabari]

So that's how you want to play it huh? Sounds like you're making excuses.

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If you need to rely on tools, then you're only as good as those tools.

[kabari]

Not dead yet. Still the best.

[dropoffs]

Are you going to make yourself useful?

[kabari]

For you? No.

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CALLISTO has read this message.

W1 THURSDAY

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[ well, baiken is not alone here in titan's call. thebe is also here tonight, but it looks like they are just sort of perched behind the bar on their own stool. there is a black cat just kind of draped around their shoulder, eyes closed and tail twitching a bit since they're there for the evening: ]

Can I get you anything?

[kabari]

Hard liquor.

[ IT ISNT CROWDED IN HERE HOORAY ]

[dropoffs]

Same.

[ hooray indeed. ]

Vodka? Whiskey? Plum sake? Name your taste.

[kabari]

It's always sake. [ said kind of as a jab to herself - look, she's self aware, and the meta practically beats you over the head with SHE'S JAPANESE!!!!!, so, yknow. ]

[dropoffs]

[ thebe will just give them both pours of The Good Stuff, the sake pulled out from a shelf beneath the bar. they'll take their own cup. ]

Not a bad place to take the jump.

I think the couches over by the jukebox are the best to pass out on.

[kabari]

Easier when it's empty, too. [ yeah she's just gonna say it. ]

You make a habit of passing out here often?

[dropoffs]

Not too often, but... Sometimes, I just like being down here by myself.

[ the cat leaps down as they reach for a data pad off to the side, pulling it up to cover their helmet. there's a click-gulp-click noise before the data pad is removed, and an empty cup is on the bar. ]

Reminds me a little of home.

[kabari]

The bar? Or the loneliness? [ even though she can drink like a horse, she is pacing herself this time. lil sips. ]

Thought the eight of you might've joined on your own accord. Did you get conscripted into this job too?

[dropoffs]

Mmm...

[ a faint shrug-twitch. going back to leaning now, they crack open a beer now and slide a straw in. there's a pause and they kind of place their head in one hand a minute, holding their head. ]

Lot of money could do a lot of good back home...

[kabari]

Yeah, I've heard that one before. Big plans? Or just tryin' to survive...?