02-01-2017, 06:17 PM
Carmelita was halfway to the Nexus Gate when she was blindsided by a group of insectoid bipeds popping up from behind a dune with an autocannon and opening fire on the patrol car.
Bringing the vehicle to a screeching halt, Carmelita dived out of the vehicle, drawing on what scraps she remembered of the Guru’s wise epithets to protect herself just in time to hear the engine explode. She closed her eyes and thrust out her arms, a feeling of calm spreading out as she suspended herself in a bubble of pink.
Having saved herself from a painful explosion, she opened her eyes and dropped down into the bottom of the sphere of dreamtime and pressed the button on her collar. Fading from view, she ducked behind the burning wreck once the bubble popped and examined the ridge.
The insectoids appeared to be arguing about something, and as she invisibly approached she listened intently to their conversation.
“You said that it was rich car -ckklt!- not the car of some -ckklt!- prime!”
“Well you’re the one who -k!lch- said that the best way to get out of -k!lch- debt was to steal from some raiders!”
“Well I don’t want to die, so consider me out of here!”
“Hey, wait up! Don’t leave me!”
Confused and bemused, Carmelita destroyed the abandoned autocannon and repaired the patrol car before proceeding to travel to the Nexus Gate.
Bringing the vehicle to a screeching halt, Carmelita dived out of the vehicle, drawing on what scraps she remembered of the Guru’s wise epithets to protect herself just in time to hear the engine explode. She closed her eyes and thrust out her arms, a feeling of calm spreading out as she suspended herself in a bubble of pink.
Having saved herself from a painful explosion, she opened her eyes and dropped down into the bottom of the sphere of dreamtime and pressed the button on her collar. Fading from view, she ducked behind the burning wreck once the bubble popped and examined the ridge.
The insectoids appeared to be arguing about something, and as she invisibly approached she listened intently to their conversation.
“You said that it was rich car -ckklt!- not the car of some -ckklt!- prime!”
“Well you’re the one who -k!lch- said that the best way to get out of -k!lch- debt was to steal from some raiders!”
“Well I don’t want to die, so consider me out of here!”
“Hey, wait up! Don’t leave me!”
Confused and bemused, Carmelita destroyed the abandoned autocannon and repaired the patrol car before proceeding to travel to the Nexus Gate.