Mass Effect RP: The Aegis Protection Firm

[The Zango]

"Holy crap" exclaimed Ocara as he stepped out of the elevator and took in their new base of operations.

"Anyone for Skyllian five? Lux? Raven?" he said as he walked into the gamesroom/bar and took a seat at the table, it had beeen years since he had last played but he had been pretty good and wanted to show the rest of the company that he had skills beyond headshoting Vorcha.

'The only thing missing is a range' he thought to himself as he picked up the deck and began to shuffle.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux:

Lux turned away from the bar towards Ocara. He saw the deck of cards in his hands and smiled.

"If you wanted me to take your share of the earnings, all you had to do was ask."

He pulled on of the chairs out from the table and sat down. It gave out a load creek as it adjusted to the weight of the Krogan.

Esten:

Esten sat down in the centre of the main room on a couch near the fireplace. Most of the company were passing their time in the games room now. He noted that Verahl had gone into the master bedroom, and Dray had gone into one of the bedrooms.

Even though he was still very new to Aegis, he had still hardly said a word to a single one of them. He knew they were skilled, but he didn't know how much he could trust each one. He thought about the characters of each one of them for the moment, and tried to determine which of the company he knew could hold it together.

One of the Turians seemed rather, neglecting to realize the reprocussions for certain actions. The Krogan quite sadistic, yet having an odd calm about him. The Human was trying to prove himself, but showed good sense in his actions and propsitions.

He continued analyzing them like this, until he decided which were best to put his faith into. Verahl, Lux, Raven, Ocara, Moloa, and Basara, those were the ones he felt he could believe the most in. Santius, Sal'rena, and Dray though each provided with a sense of uncomfortability. Santius was too hot headed for his own good. Dray, even though not trained in combat, seemed like he was only a few steps away from pulling the trigger on himself. And by extension, so did Sal. She was too caught up and impacted by Dray for Esten's liking. She could break as badly as him he felt.

 

[The Zango]

"Anyone else brave enough to play?" asked Ocara whilst looking around the room one final time for more players. It wasn't true Skyllian five until there was at least three players.

He shruged and took his seat once more. There was no shame in just beating one opponent.

"I do hope you wont cry when I take your money Lux, that would be embarassing for both of us" he said a smile on his face but a deadly serious look in his eye.

 

[Chicago Ted]

"If I lose, you'll be the one crying Ocara. Not wise to make a Krogan angry when you're sitting right beside him."

He flashed Ocara his wide and disturbing grin, while slightly tilting his head. He wouldn't be intimidated by yet another young and anxious Turian.

 

[The Zango]

"I'm sure the boss has a plan and until he shares it with us all we can do is just make the most out of a bad situation" he said as he slid some cards to Lux, not even bothering to turn to Santius as he spoke to him.

 

[axle 19]

Raven poured himself another drink before moving over to the card table, "Santius calm down and stop worrying about what shit we may or may not be in. Ver has a plan and I have faith in his abilities as a leader as should you." Sitting down he glanced at his opponents, "I'm going to enjoy taking your hard earned money."

 

[The Zango]

Ok last post for the night, no god-modding our friendly game guys

Ocara smiled as he dealt in Raven, now its was a real game.

"Thats more like it!" he said the smile re-appearing on his face

 

[sage42]

Sal looked at the small glass in her hand. Not enough, not fast enough. She thought setting it aside and grabbing the bottle of whatever she was drinking. She didn't care as long as it was dextro-protein, she didn't care. She threw her head back and began to guzzle the contents of the bottle strait through the cleaner in her mask.

 

[Chicago Ted]

"So what do you propose Santius? You thinking it would be better with someone else in charge of all of this? You think we should just run right into the Pack's guns again? Or play dead for them?"

His voice sounded dry and bitter. He glared at Santius for a moment before turning back to his cards.

"Get off the pessimism kid, unless you actually have something valid to contribute."

 

[The Zango]

Ocara shifted uncomfortably in his seat, Santius was having one of his 'moments' again and it was all he could do not to loose it at him.

"Hey dont you be peeking at my cards, I'll be right back" he said as he got up and headed to the bar, he poured himself a drink and was about to head back to the table when he spotted Sal chugging straight from the bottle.

"Woah go easy there Sal" he said as he took a seat next to her.

"Want some company?" he asked his voice thick with concern, he'd never seen her so down and it wasn't like her (as far as he knew) to be hitting the bottle like that.

 

[axle 19]

Raven leaned back in his chair ignoring Santius as much as he could. Lighting another cigarette he said, "Kid the last thing we need is a pessimistic opinion. We are all under a lot of pressure right now and the last thing we need is to get mad at each other so please shut the hell up if that's all your going to talk about."

"Ocara while your up, you mind bringing me another bottle of that whiskey?" Glancing back at his cards he smiled. This is going to be an easy win.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux's eyes followed Ocara as he pushed away from the table. Looking over his shoulder he saw Sal hitting the bottle hard.

"Get me another ryncol as well," he said, before turning back to the table. "I've always wondered what a drunk Quarian might be like..."

 

[sage42]

"Gah" Sal said breathing after downing the bottle. She looked to Oraca, "Not really, I just want to forget Mayli ever existed right now." She said grabbing another bottle. She swayed slightly on her seat. "I doubt I'll be able to, but this helps." She said taking another swig.

 

[axle 19]

Raven glanced at Lux, "A drunk quarian? I thought they couldn't drink because of the proteins in the alcohol?" Turning in his chair he glanced at the bar, "Ocara is Sal drinking?"

 

[The Zango]

Ocara took the bottle away from Sal and set it on the table

"Dont you think you've had enough Sal? Come on, enough is enough" he said the look of concern growing even more prevalent on his face.

 

[sage42]

"No I don't think I've had enough! Now gimme back the..." She said as her vision blurred for a moment. Her head slumped forward onto the bar with a loud thunk!. "Ow." Sal mumbled before falling asleep.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux's jaw opened slightly at the sight of Sal, before being replaced with a small chuckle.

"Wow... I knew she'd be a light weight but damn."

 

[axle 19]

Raven sighed as Sal passed out drunk before laughing. Walking over he picked her up, "I'll put her in a bed then we can get back to you guys losing your pay to me. Sound like a plan?"