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Post by Storyteller on Apr 18, 2015 7:57:23 GMT -8
CHARLIE
"Some how people like you an me are always in some kind of máfan kùnjìng. Now flying ain't nowhere ne'er my strong suit but I figure I should be able to get us into Newhope where it getting passage should be but no thing. Course it's just an idea we can go any which way chuju, all depends on who you are trying to avoid."
'Everyone?' A faint smile graced her lips, quickly becoming somewhat bittersweet, "I don't know all who he has in his pocket. But the Rim is probably our safest bet. Somewhere in Kalidasa, maybe. As for the flying- don't worry about that. Just get me to the bridge."
"So now you tell me, we have an entire verse in which to lose those of your prior máfan kùnjìng, where do you begin?"
'Where do you begin?' To Charlie, the question was much more existential than Luc could ever expect. She had no idea how to start over again. It had been hard enough leaving her family the first time- the family who never even really knew their youngest child. But Charlie had done it. She left and started a better life for herself away from the politics and those who meant to tell her what she was to become with no regard to what she wanted. That was how she found them. Her real family. One that saw her, that took her in despite the lack of blood relation.
And now here she was, finding she had never truly started over because her past caught up to her and once again she had to leave. Only this time hurt so much more. 'Where do you begin?'
"St. Lucius. It's far out on the Rim. Penglai System in Kalidasa. Remote enough that no one will think to look there."
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Apr 18, 2015 20:27:25 GMT -8
Carl 'Luc' Lucas
"St. Lucius. It's far out on the Rim. Penglai System in Kalidasa. Remote enough that no one will think to look there."
Upon reaching the smaller spacecraft Luc upon the door and stepped to the door allowing Charlie to enter before him, the common curtsey of ladies first he felt had been lost in this world and one of his pet peeves was when a man never showed a lady the correct manners she deserved. Luc took his hat off and bowed his head as he allowed Charlie to walk past.
"The pilot seat is all yours chuju I'm fine with calling your huátáng qiāng."
Luc put his hat back on his head and followed Charlie into the ship and allowed her to assume command, or what little there of on a ship like this could contain.
"You sure about this Chuju, just going out to the far rim to jiǎsǐ. Aint there no one you would rather go have in your corner while you drift through the free verse?"
huátáng qiāng = Shotgun Jiǎsǐ = playing possum
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Post by Storyteller on May 28, 2015 23:52:24 GMT -8
CHARLIE
Pink tinged her cheeks as Luc removed his hat and let her pass. She had to admit, the act of chivalry was one that she wasn't accustomed to anymore. It wasn't often you saw such acts out in the black or on the edges of the 'verse and Hawkwing had never spent anymore time in the Core than necessary. Thinking about it, she really hadn't seen much of them at all since leaving Osiris. Seeing it now...it was nice.
"The pilot seat is all yours chuju I'm fine with calling your huátáng qiāng."
Quickly gliding past the gentleman, Charlie wasted no time sliding into the pilot's seat and assessing what she had to work with. The controls were rather antiquated. Even more so than the dated system she was used to on their modest light cargo transport. But they'd do. Her fingers flew, hitting some buttons off to her right. It fired right up. 'Buhn Dahn. Ship wasn't even been locked down or secured. Easier for us.'
"You sure about this Chuju, just going out to the far rim to jiǎsǐ. Aint there no one you would rather go have in your corner while you drift through the free verse?"
"Yes. But it isn't safe for them." Charlie answered, distracted. The words were out before she could stop them and immediately she regretted letting so much information slip. With no way to take them back, Charlie focused on getting the ship out of atmo and back into the black. It was a smooth takeoff, the flight controls barely fighting back as they broke into space. Charlie was almost disappointed- a rougher ride might have distracted them both enough not to dwell on things that she wasn't keen on talking about.
Once they made it a fair distance from Hera, she turned to the cortex screen dimly glowing from the panel and scrolled through a series of screens before typing in a few commands. Her actions were rewarded with a series of electronic sounds. "They won't be able to locate us now. Changed our tag and disabled all location devices. We should be safe for a while."
Buhn Dahn- Idiot
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Aug 17, 2015 20:45:02 GMT -8
Carl 'Luc' Lucas
"They won't be able to locate us now. Changed our tag and disabled all location devices. We should be safe for a while."
Luc made himself comfortable in the seat leaning back into it, taking his fedora off her ran a hand through his hair the constant moving from port to port and planet to planet had left it weathered and fray looking. They seemed to be drifting in the verse for now as Luc could tell Charlie needed some time to collect her thoughts, whether she knew it or not she was gonna have some choices to make or the choices would make themselves.
"Just remember Chuju, one should not play dead with a vulture for that is exactly what they want you to do."
Luc placed his hat over his face and closed his eyes before adding in a saddened tone for he knew all too well.
"Eventus stultorum magister."
Eventus stultorum magister = Events are the teachers of fools in latin.
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Post by Storyteller on Sept 29, 2015 6:22:17 GMT -8
CHARLIE
She knew he was right. No matter where she went, Ellison would find her. This would be a temporary fix, best case it would give her the time she needed to think of something better. All she'd cared about was keeping them safe. When she knew that she'd been successful, then she would worry about herself.
For now it was not a subject she really felt like lingering on so she did her best to steer the conversation in a new direction.
"Eventus stultorum magister."
It was in her favor that she picked up on the subtle change in Luc's voice. She'd almost forgotten that she wasn't the only one in the 'Verse with troubles. Taking some focus off of her own might be good for both of them.
"Latin right? My sister took a semester of it in secondary school. Refused to speak in anything else for about a month, it drove our older sister crazy." Charlie glanced away from the console, confident the course she'd laid out wouldn't need much attention at the moment. "What does it mean?"
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Sept 29, 2015 17:58:31 GMT -8
Carl 'Luc' Lucas
"Latin right? My sister took a semester of it in secondary school. Refused to speak in anything else for about a month, it drove our older sister crazy.""What does it mean?"
Luc flicked his hat back onto his head before looking over at his younger companion, or was he her older companion? Now that could be considered a loaded question he was sure she meant it at face value though he wasn't ready to throw away the possibility that she was asking him as to what said events were. And if she was asking that, he would have no idea where to begin exactly.
"Eventus stultorum magister. Events are the teachers of fools. Aint but a small number of folks tend to seek out latin in the verse."
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Post by Storyteller on Sept 29, 2015 19:50:54 GMT -8
CHARLIE
"Eventus stultorum magister. Events are the teachers of fools. Aint but a small number of folks tend to seek out latin in the verse."
Events are the teachers of fools. Well, wasn't that the truth. Charlie felt a bit like the biggest fool of them all. But instead of wallowing- which she could save for later- she focused on the conversation at hand. "Yeah, she found that out pretty quickly. See, she is really talented when it comes to linguistics. She was speaking at least six different languages by the time she was fourteen."
This was going to be really difficult without giving too much information. As much as she liked Luc and didn't sense any bad vibes from him, she didn't figure spilling the details of who exactly her family was would prove to be all that prudent. Not yet anyway. "Talent was kinda a given in my family. My eldest sister was head of her class in law school. My other sister is adept at social interactions- would have made a great Companion except for her wicked temper. And then there was me." Charlie shrugged, turning back to the console to slightly correct their course. "Equally as talented but not in the 'approved' fields. So here I am."
After setting up a quick sensor sweep of their surroundings, she swiveled back around to face Luc. "So, how did you come to be my knight in shining armor back there?"
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Sept 29, 2015 20:22:58 GMT -8
Carl 'Luc' Lucas
The way she spoke, she missed her family or at least her sisters there was a fondness to her recollections that was quickly replaced with a venom when she mentioned her own talents. Charlie cared deeply of that Luc had no doubt she gave it away with the inflections with which she spoke. He could tell a lot by the way she spoke he could tell she was educated and more than likely from a privileged family given her dialect and word choice most out in the verse didn't tend to posses an affliction for those two when it came to speaking.
"So, how did you come to be my knight in shining armor back there?"
"Just right place right time chuju, though if you were implying the question to adhere to some kinda backstory I guess the easiest place to would be would be telling you I worked for those Wò Húndàn in the Alliance."
Wò Húndàn = Lying bastards
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