Job 2 - Chapter 1: Just a few questions...

Dotty raises an eyebrow, "That wasn't a subtle veiled threat, I was merely pointing out the truth, you don't want guys like this to know you're looking at them." She lets out a breath, "I hate violence, I dislike guns, being shot at or stabbed or anything like that. It makes me disagreeable."

The young woman looks at the female agent, "I'm gonna needs to talk to Astrid before I commits to anything."

Ingrid and her partner take a step back and place their hand at their hip as Garret approaches them.
Ingrid acknowledges Garret's ID card and answers to the discussion:
Well I think there will be situations where subterfuge is more important than violence but also you should prepared to be able to dish out some damage should the need arise. I will write down a number of shops where you can buy some ordnance

And of course you will get your promised pay along with a hazard pay. Let's say.... ermmmm... 9000 credits? I think that's fair!
Eddie says and uses his PDA to transfer the funds to your accounts
Well I think our business here is concluded here for the time being he adds
I guess there are some places you want to check out here. Maybe you'll find something else to do there.

Anyways Ingrid interjects The Sycorax II is still technicaly sector government property so if you want to use her you have to agree to help us. We won't be constricting on your business:If you agree to work with us you can do so freely but you have to repair the ship. Mr. Eddie gave the ship to you in a blatant display of disregard for your safety. You can overhaul it on the government's cost in the "FJ shipyard" just a short jump from here. Minor repairs could be done here but a whole section of the armor is missing and we can't repair this here on West V. You'll need a shipyard for this

The other agent, Igumeda, adds in a dark voice If you are interested in taking up our offer, please feel free to contact us. As said: Our focus is on catching the ones who build their private army in the shadows. Whatever you do to achieve this goal is none of our business.

With these final words the agents leave.

ChiHiRu was happy. In his short time working with the Sycorax crew, he had not only learned many new things and protected a colony ; he also was given more credits than his last contract was worth AND be hired to protect a whole sector. He definitely was growing up in the world.

Since the others had some things to do before leaving again, ChiHiRu decided to take some time and visit the city. He wandered around for a while, looking at people interacting and shops offering various wares.

He will be drawn to a shop where he will be delighted to find various options of tobacos to try for his electronic cigaret. He refill is stocks both in quantity and variety.

He will also spend some some time at Randy's Military equipment where he will inquire at the cost to adapt a plasteel vest to go under his Woven metal fabric vest for added protection. There was a distinct possibility of being shot at repeatedly in the future and ChiHiRu preferred to have a long summer ahead of him. There was just so many things to learn and so many people to meet.

Dotty picks up her bags and walks anxiously out of Eddie's place, Ingrid and Igumeda, she repeats the names over and over in her mind as she walks back towards L'Aura. Ingrid and Igumeda. Her cred stick feels heavier in her pocket even though she knows it can't possibly be. 9000 creds! She's never had that much money in her hands at one time before, Well no that's not true. As she remembers her eyes and skin begins to ache.

She squeezes through the last few passages and down the delivery corridor towards the back entrance to L'Aura. Moses, an oversized man in a tailored black suit with a bald head, tan skin and blue eyes looks towards her and grins. "Dot! You been gone a long time sweet pea, I was getting worried about you."

Dorothea grins extending a gloved fist which he happily bumps, "Astrid sent me away to do a job, but something else came up, something important, is she in?" The tone in her voice becomes more serious.

Moses nods, "She's in her office."

"Thanks Moses." Dotty says with a smile before heading inside. "Be safe."

"You too Dot, you too." Moses closes the door behind her and locks it so that no one else can get in.

Dotty heads through the back stage area returning the dresses she borrowed and the jewelry with a sigh, she'd really wanted to have a fancy dress night but that never panned out. When she's done putting all the things she borrowed away she makes her way upstairs to Astrid's office. She can hear voices inside, Astrid's on a call with someone, someone unimportant or she'd have shielded the office. Dotty waits patiently in the hall until the conversation comes to an end and the door slides open on it's own.

Astrid looks over at her from behind her desk and smiles. "Dorothea," there's a hint of disappointment in Astrid's voice, "I was expecting you an hour ago."

"Eddie kidnapped me." Dorothea replies, "I was coming straight here ma'am but his men picked us up as we, as we ..." Oh crud, there was a long word she wanted to use that just wasn't coming into her brain. "... as we got off the ship."

Astrid nods, "Not unexpected." She gets up and pours herself a tumbler of translucent brown liqueur from a glass decanter. "Sit!" Astrid commands pointing to a chair, "Tell me what you learned Dorothea."

Dotty sits and begins to spin the tale of their trip to the purple planet, of the crashed pirate ship and the launch they had to destroy. The information she recovered from the ship and the pirates themselves, the alien and the scientist it took with it and the offer delivered to her by Eddie and the two government agents Ingrid and Igumeda. Astrid listens patiently asking questions when things require clarification and subtly nudging Dot's retelling of the adventure in directions she feels are important until she finally ends at the point where they want her help looking for a secret private army.

When she's done Dotty picks up her bag and puts it in her lap opening it up and beginning to carefully unwrap the handful of artifacts she lifted from the dig site for Astrid. "I thought these were pretty ma'am and they looked intact and valuable."