2020-03-21 Ceasefire Lounge

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## Log

> **Major Ember Storm**Early afternoon, and The Major is sitting with a late lunch, a nice salad and sandwich combo, with a glass of some fruity house blend beer. If @Sean Caldon or @Uyôtowá (Tati King) or anyone else is present, she doesn't seem to notice, as she has her nose in a book for Revenant: the Ravishing. She's in leggings, skirt, and blouse today, enjoying the relative quiet of her meal.**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati is not present and in fact Tati is almost never present. Despite having an invitation hot in her sweaty palms for who knows how long, she does not necessarily make visiting this place a regular thing. And, ultimately, she doesn't fit it in. Not in the sense that she's a shining example of subculture in multiple dimensions, but rather in that, despite this being a place of relative 'peace', it is a peace between two factions of which she has no part in, and so the so-called treaty does not mean the same thing to her.
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> So when Tati walks through the door in tattered black jeans, held together here and there with safety pins and patches (one has a black cat skull on it, another one has a glow-the-dark print of Frankenstein's Monster surrounded by lightning bolts), a Ghost t-shirt and a black leather jacket that says in bold letters on the back CARDI C IS GOD, it must be for some specific reason. That said, she still seems to carry an aura of disinterest, not even looking around the room as she heads toward the bar to pull up a stool.**Sean Caldon**Sean is heading out to the bar from the backroom, an herbal, earthy smell seems to follow him as he makes his way. He will nod towards the newcomer and goes to check the Majors food and drink to see if she needs a refill**K. Malcolm Lawson**Tati's phone buzzes, a reply from a text sent last night**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**(Since only I can see that, we can keep it in PM)**K. Malcolm Lawson**(Corrected)**Major Ember Storm**As Sean approaches, Ember looks up. "Afternoon." She then spots the new arrival, quirks an eyebrow, then shrugs. "We need to drum up more interest in the game, though it seems most people want to play Warlock. Go figure."**Sean Caldon**"Afternoon, how is your search for players going?" will turn his attention to the newcomer "Afternoon to you as well, would you like something to eat or drink?"**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati watches the barback nod at her and then walk on by. Once his back is to her she rolls her eyes and raps a knuckle on the bartop. "Y'all got any tequila? The good kind? Not the white boys showing off their colourful feathers and dick-sizes priced to the customers respectability kind?" She reaches into her pocket and puts her phone on the table--the screen is cracked of course, despite it being in--not matching the rest of her aesthetic--a case of blue, white and orange beads. She snorts and types something quickly onto it.**Major Ember Storm**"Slow. Work has been keeping me busy. I'm not exactly working with the doctors looking into the pandemic, but I still have my own duties and tasks, and there's always one threat or another out there." She shrugs, takes a sip from her beer, then a bite from the sandwich, chewing thoughtfully.**Sean Caldon**Standing behind the bar... "Well, as you seem particular, what kind would you want? Extra Anejo, Anejo, Reposado, Joven, or Blanco? Maybe a Mezcal?"**K. Malcolm Lawson**Another message buzzed**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati picks up her phone in both hands, holding it against her lips as she looks Sean over, trying to get a good estimate of him. Touching your phone to your face seems to break all the laws right now, but--her phone buzzes again and she glares at it, but before looking she says, "Reposado if you have it. Don Julio preferably. No Patron. Please, I'm not here to pay town prices and Don Julio is bad enough. What's your name?" She puts her phone down, glances at it, and then taps into it.**Sean Caldon**shrugs and goes to get the Don Julio. "I would have recommended Partida or Chinaco, and I am not charging you so I would not worry about price so much. I am Sean, and may I know your name?"**K. Malcolm Lawson**Tati's phone buzzes again**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"Give me your recommendation, then. Do I look like like a connoisseur?" She tilts her head to the side, still trying to get a good lock at Sean. She reaches across and offers her hand--another rule. "I'm me. Am I supposed to give you my secret cool kid club name that carries the weight of those who came before and the punch I can put in the walls, or do you just want to call me Tati?"
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> "What the fuck?" Tati tips her phone into silent, but still reads the text and then one-handedly responds.**Major Ember Storm**Ember smirks and lets out a slight chuckle at that attitude. "I like her. Wish I had a few like her on my crew. They'd just sass the nephandi into submission."**Sean Caldon**he nods and pours Chinaco instead, he heads over, putting the glass down in front of you and shakes your hand. "I am happy to call you whatever you wish to be called, Tati." he will nod to the Major, "It is refreshing, I agree" he says with a grin on his face**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"I'm right here," Tati says to both of them, but follows it up with a shudder at what Ember says. "Are we invoking that kind of energy already? Please. I learned social distancing with that crowd as soon as they reared their tentacled heads in my direction." She shakes Sean's hand once, firmly--despite her attitude, her hands are small and delicate, it's easy to guess that she probably couldn't throw a punch to save her life from that shake. She then picks up the glass and sniffs it. A small smile comes to her face. "Okay--you're alright. Are the drinks always free here?" She glances at her phone and continues to text whomever she is chatting with.**Major Ember Storm**"Hey, someone has to fight them. I prefer to explore the deep reaches, but sometimes that involves coming across less interesting individuals. You know, Cult of the Space Squid types. Name's Ember, by the way." She grins some more.**Sean Caldon**"Indeed, food too if you are hungry."**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"Are you kidding?" She asks Sean, eyes widening. "You got nachos? No, wait. Chili fries? No wait." She stops, thinking for a moment, and glances across at Ember, who is also offered a breaking the rules not socially distancing hand to shake. "I'm Tati unless you need the whole line of Kings behind it or whatever. Space squid...?" She looks back to Sean, eyes even wider, "Calamari?"**Sean Caldon**(you would feel a tingling sensation when you shook his hand btw, was just confirming that :slight\_smile: )**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**(should I perception + awareness that?)**Janothar**(nope, it's just a thing that happens)**Sean Caldon**chuckles at the leap from space squids to calamari "Sure, let me get that ordered for you" he heads into the backroom for a few moments before coming back out**Major Ember Storm**Ember's eyes flicker a bit with mirth. "I've seen some weird things. No need for long names. Otherwise, I'd have to get into the weird dissonance of a name given by hippy parents with military rank and retirement titles and so on." The Major looks no older than early to mid 20s, though considering the company here, that may not mean anything.**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**(What does Sean look like?)**Sean Caldon**(pic is posted in public info, if you want more info im happy to provide)**Major Ember Storm**(Ember's got pics of guy and girl mode too, she's in girl mode today)
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> (redhead twin powers, activate)**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati watches Sean go for a moment before looking back at Ember. She narrows her eyes, calculating something. "You're a military hippy?" she asks, uncertain. She glances at her phone again and taps something out quickly. She's an old hand at this game and can shoot them out pretty quickly and non-chalantly. "Tell me about the weird things--I might be in the business of recruiting some weird-thing hunters."**Major Ember Storm**"Naw, my parents were hippies. The useless, do nothing but sit around smoking pot all day kind rather than the protesting and fighting for their beliefs kind. I was military, for the chance to work with some amazing resources and design amazing technology. An engineer's dream. Now? I have a team trying to get a ship together to go out to the void. Been a bit since I last went out. That was always interesting. Marauders always make things interesting." She grins a bit at this. "But the sights are amazing as well. The Jovian Moons are beautiful, even when there are conflicts going on there. Technocratic Voidships and Etherite Nautilus Vessels working together to stop Nephandic incursions..." She trails off, smiling a bit.**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati narrows her eyes, thinking about what Ember said for just long enough to make the silence awkward. Then, all of a sudden she says, "Oh. I got you. Elon Musketeers. That makes sense. I mean--it's, well." She stops short and distracts herself by taking a sip from her tequila, screwing her lips up, "Oh, fuck. Uh--hey, so what are you doing planet side, Space Marine? No good reasons to go, uh, get a good tan off of the gamma rays of Neptune?"**Sean Caldon**heads back out with the calamari, puts it down in front of Tati**Major Ember Storm**Ember laughs a bit at that, her left hand beginning to twitch a bit. She has the index and middle fingers curled in against the thumb, and is shaking the hand back and forth. The pinky finger remains in place, but she seems to have relaxed the ring finger such that it flops about with the shaking of the hand. "A girl's gotta eat. Besides, not all threats are out there. Some make it past and hit up things here. We have teams out in the deep, teams here on terra firma, and more. Let others squabble over politics, I want to find new things, and also ensure people are safe. Prevent a repeat of the mistakes and tragedies brought about by my ancestors."**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"Well, they thought they were finding new things and keeping people safe too," Tati remarks, beaming a pearly smile at Sean. "Wow, I think I'm in love with you, Sean. Free tequila and prompt fried seafood? I don't know what else I could possibly need in life. Want to get married and leave the squalor behind? Only, I'm the husband because I don't like following The Law." She eats a couple of fried rings while listening to Ember, and then remarks, "Oh, okay. So you're Firefly and Ghostbuster?"**Sean Caldon**smiles at Tati's comments "Well, you are always welcome here of course! As for marriage, I never really understood the 'why' of that but I am glad to hear that you are content"**Major Ember Storm**"Well, we do have a pilot who looks kinda like Wash with strawberry blonde hair, a doctor, and a slightly off engineer..." Ember grins. "Actually, right now, we're local now to help add extra protection. With the pandemic, resources are strained everywhere, personnel are all over the place, and we're just helping where we can. It would suck if the city got overrun with beings from beyond this world while everyone was busy puking their guts out." She sobers up a bit. "And true, they did. I try to keep my crew in line, not attacking any we find out there unless given reason. Nephandi give us reason. Marauders usually do too. But if we're not attacked first? I'm all for live and let live. We're not trying to acquire resources from others."**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"True love?" Tati suggests without any real commitment to the idea. "Or at least the romance of the idea of true love. That's worth something. I've never been in for white boys with beards, but I'll make an exception to just about anything for good free food." She continues picking at the calamari, eyeing it as she eats, but continuing her conversation with Ember. "So, while you're space-docked, or whatever, y'all spending any time dealing with the problems that actual people are facing? You know, in the--whatever--fifth dimension. I don't know your lingo. It's real obnoxious."**Major Ember Storm**"Sure. We're doing what we can to help with the pandemic, for one. As I said, we have a doctor. Like I said, I don't care about the politics, as both sides have their faults, but I do what I can to help the common man, woman, and lover of fried food." Ember playfully reaches toward some of Tati's calimari.**Sean Caldon**nods "Peace, no matter how tentative, is needed for us all to focus on things that really matter, such as the virus. I do wonder how Emma is doing with the sample she took from here. Sounded like she wanted to try to turn it into a pill"**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**There is a moment where Tati almost snatches the food away, but she seems to remember that it was free just beforehand and pushes the plate closer to Ember. "Yeah, peace. Sure. Sounds good. Treaties always last." Tati glances at her phone again briefly but doesn't tap into it. Instead she slides it into the breast pocket of her jacket. "Okay, so hear me out. Everyone being sick matters, I get it, but there's multiple kinds of sicknesses and I'm looking at one that's happening on the other side. Y'all got any space wizards that know how to deal with that kind of fun-time?"**Major Ember Storm**Ember's smile widens. "Like I said, we're looking into it. There's more than one, we think. We're working on figuring out the patterns, because there's definitely more than one pattern, and the symptoms seem a bit off, so we think it may be multiple different sicknesses." She doesn't take any of the calimari, having only been teasing.**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"No, no. I mean like," Tati sighs dramatically and rolls her eyes, reaching up to cover her face with her hands. She says, out loud, "You're a linguist. You can handle this." Then, when she drops her hands, she is all a-grin again. "There's an interdimensional entity that's making people sick--it's not this sickness, but it's a problem and I could use someone who is in the Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good train."**Major Ember Storm**Ember shakes her head. "I understood your meaning. I'm aware. We're looking into it. We're not sure if it's a singular entity or not yet, as we're still trying to figure out the patterns. It's hidden among the larger sickness from the general populace, but it was brought to our attention. If you have any information we don't, we'd be glad to combine data to get a clearer picture... I'm not sure if my supervisors would approve of our sharing data with you, however. But yes, our team is looking into it. Ibram and Emma are trying to figure out the patterns as we speak."**Sean Caldon**"I know I won't be much help on the 'other side' but I am always happy to help with what I can on this one. If you should get hurt or what not, please feel free to come here"**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati juts her face forward, looking to the side and biting her lip. "Oh, you already know exactly what I was talking about and are hunting it down without any need for extra assistance? Hey, that sounds great! I'm not in the habit of uploading my data to the server only to get locked out in response--long history of that bullshit. But, hey--I hope you catch him. You got a city block sized containment unit ready?"**Major Ember Storm**"I didn't say anything about locking you out. I just have to find ways to work with you that won't cause trouble for either party." Ember shrugs. "I have no illusions of who I work for, and how there is a great deal of distrust for them among others. I care only about helping others."**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**Tati shrugs too--in fact, she shrugs in somewhat the same way that Ember shrugs, just far more exaggerated. "Sure--no problem. Besides, we've never really been allowed in anywhere in the first place. We're used to being locked out. I can work with that. Let me know if things get too hot in the kitchen for you." Tati turns to look at Sean and offers him a smile. It's somewhat forced. "Hey, Sean. Thanks for the free drink and food. If you know anyone who plays for the other team that might be willing to offer me their hand in spiritual succor, let me know." She pulls herself off of her stool and starts to head back toward the door, but looks over her shoulder at Sean and holds her pinky and thumb to the side of her head as a mock phone, and mouths, 'call me.' She did not leave her phone number.**Major Ember Storm**"I'm willing to help, I just need to find a way to cover my ass and make sure they don't come down on you for it. But sure, enjoy having attitude and looking elsewhere." Ember goes back to her book.**Sean Caldon**Sighs after she goes through the door with the same attitude she entered with. "I thought we might have gotten beyond the angst-defense, but I see I was mistaken"**Uyôtowá (Tati King)**"No, no! I'll take the help!" She calls over her shoulder, "Let me know when you cut through the red tape!" Then she is walking out the door, but before it closes she shouts back through it, "I heard that! Date's off!"
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> Ember shakes her head, offering a hand to the air as if in mock exasperation.**Sean Caldon**"The more people I've met lately, the more I fear for the ceasefire."**Major Ember Storm**"You and me both. I know there's members on both sides who think of it as a ploy of the other side, or want to resume fighting in the belief they have the superior hand. I fear that some in higher positions of authority feel that way."**Sean Caldon**"I know there is at least one on each side who wants it to resume, I'm just hoping they are kept in check. Let's hope that no one else lights a fire that burns us all"**Major Ember Storm**Ember raises her hands placatingly once more. "I'm in favor of it, always have been. But the head of my division is one of those who seeks to renew the fighting, so I have to be careful working with those outside the Union when local."**Sean Caldon**Nods, "I appreciate your discretion in that"**Major Ember Storm**"In the void, it's far less an issue. Our convention as a whole is more about pragmatism."**Sean Caldon**"Understandable, it is crazy over there"
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> "How long do you tend to stay there at a time?"**Major Ember Storm**"The void? Depends on the ship and crew. Some are out for months at a time, others, just short trips. The ship we're working on for my team is a smaller one, so maybe a couple days at a time, at most."**Sean Caldon**"I see, I always wondered"**Major Ember Storm**"We're more the Millenium Falcon or the Serenity, less the Enterprise. Some folks have an Enterprise though."**Sean Caldon**"I know the Enterprise and Millenium Falcon, I do not know what the Serenity is, but I think I get your meaning"**Major Ember Storm**"Firefly. You should watch it."**Sean Caldon**"I heard there were new Star Wars and Star Trek shows and movies beyond the original too, I have not seen them yet though."**Major Ember Storm**"Firefly's a show from the late 90s or early 2000s. It was good, but short lived. Got a movie a few years later. 2005, I think."**Sean Caldon**"Ah that would explain it. I am not really... up to date on things from that timeframe"**Major Ember Storm**Ember makes a circular motion with one hand, going back to the offhand fidgeting with the other. "You don't spend as much time in space as I do without seeing most every kind of story based around it."**Sean Caldon**(need to run!)