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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 3, 2010 19:01:56 GMT
Do you realise how much of a mistake you just made?
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Fire Bear grips the steering wheel tight and shakes a little as she tries to hold back her anger. To be honest, it's lucky that, when she pulled over, the truck came to a standstill.
She turns off the ignition and steps out of the cab to face Vinny. "What did you just say?" she asks quietly, then, when he probably doesn't hear her, she repeats it louder.
She draws her sword and points it at him. "'Elfy' is what I heard and it had better be wrong... Well?"
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Post by Gunslinger Vinny on Sept 3, 2010 21:17:25 GMT
Vinny gulped, the pointy thing at this throat doing a far better job of sobering him up than a gallon of coffee could have. "Umm... no... I said, umm... lefty! Yeah, I called you lefty! Because, well, uh, you're left-handed, right?" He actually had no idea whether or not Fire Bear was left-handed, and while he could easily have checked which hand she was currently holding the sword in, he didn't dare look away from her eyes.
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Post by Starlong on Sept 3, 2010 22:10:07 GMT
"Wait wait wait..." I interject, placing my impregnable shrapnel hat between Fire Bear's sword and Vinny's throat. I stare at Fire Bear with a look of disbelief. "You're upset because he called you a name?!? He and Pete were talking about shooting that truck off the road and murdering the inhabitants just because they honked us, and the thing you're upset about is name calling" I shake my head in disgust. "You need to sort out your priorities, Fire Bear - there are far worse things than being called a name." "That being said... I didn't know you were the prejudice type Vinny. I thought you were more level headed than carelessly using racial slurs." "Look, can we just continue? We're almost there, and it'd suck if we missed the ferry due to your bickering."
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 3, 2010 22:10:25 GMT
"No... I'm right-handed..." She glares at Vinny, trying to ignore Starlong (and failing). Then she reigns herself in and sighs. "Hmm... You're drunk... I suppose you meant pull to the left, huh?"
She glares at him until he nods or agrees before getting back into the cab. She turns the ignition and starts the truck.
And the journey continues.
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Post by Someguy on Sept 3, 2010 22:27:27 GMT
Fire Bear puts the truck back into gear and you continue driving down the road. A little ahead you espy an old filling station renovated into a trade-post dealing in fuel and other supplies, probably more geared to people fresh off the ferry rather than people looking to leave. There are a few vehicles parked outside of the station.
Your fuel guage is healthy and you still have a spare tank left over from the bandit hideout. Nevertheless, do you want to stop at the filling station?
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Post by McBain on Sept 3, 2010 23:02:57 GMT
I don't care, nor would I notice. I'm awestruck by the new 'Fire Bear: Kick-Ass Edition'.
"Ho-lee shit! I thought you were all disgruntled mutterings and empty threats. But that? That was pretty cool!"
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 3, 2010 23:39:08 GMT
Fire Bear hears this, smiles a little and gives a wee laugh - if you've ever watched One Piece, I'm talking the Zoro kind of laugh thing.
Fire Bear decide not to stop. Mainly cause she seems to remember Vinny mentioning he only wanted a lift to the coast, so he'll be gone sooner if she just keeps driving. Even if those vehicles decide to pull out and they try to mug us or something - just plough right through 'em!
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Post by McBain on Sept 4, 2010 9:36:44 GMT
Happy that we seem to be in a more capable pair of hands than the uncertain and hesitant leader we previously new, I pull my hat down over my eyes and decide to sleep off the beer-paste. Wake me if we reach Southampton-on-sea or if we crash, whichever comes first.
(And by wake me, I mean text me if you need me for anything. I'm going to Dumfries for a few days and won't have regular access to the internet. I'll try to check in on Monday afternoon, but if you desperately need your lives saving before then, let me know.)
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Post by Someguy on Sept 4, 2010 9:44:14 GMT
I think when Zoro is woken up a bunch of people threatening him is him at his most epic. "Ehhh-hhh?" ***
The truck zooms by the filling station and a sign declaring in fresh red paint that Southampton-on-sea is just a mile or two away. Wthin ten minutes you are within sight of one of the oldest surviving cities in the world.
Southampton, being right on the coastline, sank by degrees into the ocean as it encroached inward, eroding the soil beneath it. As parts of it sank, settlers living there simply built over the submerged ruins, erecting gangplanks and shanties that stand up out of the sea and beach on tall, strong supports. The town is, literally, out over the sea and is accessed by way of a bridge; if anything, the place most resembles a grand pier and is the busiest port for miles as it is the only port for miles.
As you approach the bridge, you are directed off to the side down a hill by the entrance porters who are doing likewise to all the other travellers in vehicles. Coming up the hill are the drivers that have already parked. You drive down and find a multitude of vehicles of all types and creeds; most are armed, some with weaponry, others with more improvised armamments (a pitchfork launcher?) You recgnise one or two of the vehicles that overtook on the way here; the blue ford van, you notice, ws armed with a mounted grenade-launcher. Probably just as well you a) let it by, and b) Vinny didn't open fire.
In this area is a ticket office. From here you should buy a ferry ticket and arrange for your truck to be boarded as you head for the docks at the far end of Southampton-on-sea. You approach the ticket office, where an attendant informs you that passage to Nou Havre for one person is 100g each. Boarding the truck, however, will cost 1000g; it would seem that they are trying to milk the Rainbow Rush for as much as possible.
BUT- you have a member of the Adventurer's Society with you, which will grant a discount of 20% to every person and the truck, meaning that per person is 80g, and the truck to be boarded is 800g. For all of you, that's 480g for all of you to travel, 1270g if you're bringing the truck as well plus an exta 50g for the dog to be cleared, that's 1320g altogether.
But what about you, Vinny? You've reached the coast. What do you intend to do now? Are you heading into mainland Europe?
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Post by Gunslinger Vinny on Sept 4, 2010 10:41:58 GMT
Vinny, who had stayed silent for the rest of the trip, had let a rather nasty scowl develop over time. As they pulled up in Southampton, he hopped out of the back and walked round to the driver's door. "I want to talk to you," he said to Fire Bear in an icy tone.
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Post by enigma on Sept 5, 2010 0:33:58 GMT
Tsunami notes this, and speaks quickly and quietly to Starlong and Pete.
"Watch him. I don't know any of you well enough to trust you, so I think watching her back may be a good idea... Keep the guns ready."
Oh, and if they refuse, Tsunami picks up a weapon himself, from somewhere, probably Starlong's holster when he turns away, and trains it on Vinny himself. Just in case
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 5, 2010 11:25:06 GMT
Fire Bear, who was looking for the money at that point, simply says, "Hm?"
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Post by enigma on Sept 5, 2010 21:57:11 GMT
HAUD THE PHONE! I'm a high-flying kinda wrestler, therefore instead of picking up a gun, I crouch a little, in perfect "GORE" position. i should be fast enough to help if Vinny does go for FB, am I right?
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Post by Fire Bear on Sept 5, 2010 22:59:43 GMT
Kieron, how is this meant to help the RP move on? We don't really care what you do just now. I mean, it'll all just depend on what Vinny is going to do. And you don't know what it is. So stop predicting. It's probably something innocent like asking to stick with us on the ferry or something.
And why in the hell would Tsunami want to protect Fire Bear anyway - they haven't even spoken! And he's different from Enigma, so stop it! Just wait till Ross posts something for Christ's sake!
Rant over.
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Post by enigma on Sept 5, 2010 23:11:02 GMT
i can easily answer that question, btw, about why he would protect Fire Bear.
His mindset is still in wrestling-mode. And the Divas were always "getting hurt". As a face superstar, he attempted to help them. as Fire Bear is female... that old instinct kicks in.
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