A Night with Scotch

Every once in a while, everybody from all walks of life need a break from the tasks or trials they have to face in life. Commandoes are no exception; however, they still prove this rule.

**W to the I with a P**

### Night Out at The Old Pink Dog

(Tanya)

### To Anacreon in Heaven

(Dixie)

### Late Night at Evgeny's

(Natasha)

### Quandary in Quindecim

(Yuriko)

### A Little Wine for Thy Stomach's Sake

(Lady Maria)

### Where Everybody's Doused in Flame

(Mingxia)

### Live at Daphne's Garden

(Minerva) **Tanya Adams:**

### VENUS + NANITE OIL = 100% BOTS -> SCRAPYARD

(Venus)

### Yes, I Do Like Piña Coladas

(Genevieve)

### A drink fit for Royalty

(Tabitha)

**Tanya Adams:** "That peasant with her pistols? I shattered three of her ribs the last time we fought with a simple backhand. A pity about the dress I was wearing, C4 to my bosom is quite unsporting. Still, she got to live thanks to that. The next time we meet, I'll pop her skull like a grape and then her people will learn to kneel before me and not put their hopes into false idols."

**Dixie:** "Some wrench wench with a tommy gun? \*Yawns\* Find me someone more interesting to talk about will you?"

**Natasha:** "All the skill with a sniper rifle in the world doesn't help against someone who is immune to bullets in the first place. She did take an eye from me though, I'll give her that. Shame I can grow new ones."

**Yuriko Omega:** "It's a shame we are allies. I'll never get to fight the one person who might actually be a challenge. Perhaps I should inquire into making myself a psychic as well, so that I can be unrivalled in mind as well as body. I don't think she'd much like to serve as my co-ruler. A shame, perhaps she alone out of all the mongrels in this world can understand what it's like to be surrounded by lesser beings."

**Lady Maria:** "Every tin can can be broken open. Just because her tin can is especially durable doesn't mean that I can't peel her out of it like any other bit of canned meat in the world. And what will she be then without her little can once I've ripped it apart piece by piece to get to the little girl beneath? Nothing but meat to be tenderized."

**Mingxia:** "For someone poor enough to go barefoot, she has some impressive moves. Her pressure point strikes hurt, but I wager she's hurting more from our last encounter. Skill only gets you so far against superiority of body after all."

**Minerva:** "All the metal bits and baubles in the world won't make her my equal. But then of course; I am peerless am I not? She'll just have to lie in bed every night crying herself to sleep because while I shall be forever beautiful; she can only compensate with plastic and sillicone to delude herself."

**Venus:** "A machine woman you say? I would like to test the mettle of the metal woman. See if these stories of an adaptoid can measure up to the world's strongest woman."

**Asma:** "What's some whore with a spectrum pointer to me? So she's an ally, so what? That hardly deserves my admiration. Next."

**Genevieve:** "She loves that little spider of hers doesn't she? I've met her at a party, she's an interesting woman, but I'm afraid that her place on this earth is the same as everyone else. Bowing before me. If she doesn't see that I'll be forcefeeding her her little pet."

**Victoria:** "I don't care what some anarchist rabble consider to be high society. Next."

**Tanami:** "Oh she had better hope that jetpack of hers recharges quickly. I do think I would be rather angry if she needled me with that gun of hers. Perhaps even angry enough to snap her little colonial neck like a twig."

**The Operative:** "Americans do bore me ever so much. Some woman in a suit who fancies herself a jack of all trade hardly gets my blood running. Next."

**Kaymal:** "Grenades, gatling guns? Feh. The brute can take her bulk somewhere out of my sight."

**Martina:** "Some colonial swinging around a little energy toy doesn't really impress me. Next."

**Aira:** "If what they say about her is true and she is someone made into the ultimate weapon by Alien science, then won't I just have to put her to the test? I'm sure I'll be disappointed when I fight her, I always am."

**Aqua:** "I suppose her breeding is enough for her to be considered worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as me. But can she be considered my equal in strength and power? That I am far less sure of."

**Corinna:** "More people who think toys can make themselves my equal will always be crawling out of the woodworks. I suppose being able to erase the less important people from the timestream is worth applause, but you're not speaking to someone unimportant now are you dear?"

**Alvi:** "Oh more thugs with big guns and large muscles? Though she's taller than I am, I am certain that she is beneath me in the end. From what I know of Norse disruptor weapons, they might even be able to hurt me, so perhaps I'll actually get a challenge from her. Though she had best watch herself, that gun is likely to make me very angry if and when we fight."

**Broken Arrow:** "All the target designators in this earth will never make little miss arrow grow past the fact that she has a little pistol and a dinky sword. But then, what more can you expect out of a mongrelized peasant? I can't imagine killing her would be very hard."

**Sally:** "The dinosaur eh? Oh she should be a fun one to fight. They say she's even stronger than I am, and I'm inclined to believe that. But can she match my speed? I'd wager the two of us should be able to withstand each other's more devastating tricks, though I'm likely to need to replace my dress after she uses that ghastly breath of hers. However, I am the epitome of human perfection and she is a brutish beast at the end of the day. It will always end in my victory."

**Tabitha:** "I am the Duchess Tabitha of the Arcadia city. I am the greatest expression of human achievement, a woman of flawless beauty and of matchless strength and speed, a woman with intellect to rival the likes of Socrates and any of the great philosopher kings. My perfection is immortal, unable to be sullied by injury or harm; and the world is destined to be mine at the end of the day. Rasputin, Sternberg and Carpenter can argue about their petty nonsense but at the end of the day, all the little dynasties of the guard shall serve me. After all, if the Kings and Emperors rule because of divine right then am I not chosen by all the heavens to lead because of how blessed I am? Once I attain what I need, psionics perhaps; I will be the angel this world needs and deserves. Not necessarily the one it wants though."

**Esha:** "Hah, that withered old geezer? She cannot escape the ravages of time so she hides her inadequacy behind the armies of her ravaged people. But as I said regarding Mingxia, all the fancy martial arts in this world cannot hide the simplest of truths. I am superior at the very cellular level. Perhaps I should see how inspiring she is to her people when her arthritic corpse is dropped at the feet of their temples."

**Ezeen Hakka:** "Rodents belong in the ground, not rising on their feet as if they were worthy to look upon my face."

**Jacqueline:** "She's very much like the rest of the BUAC; beneath my notice."

**Ajin:** "She can have as many nanites in her as she likes, she'll never be my peer; nevermind my equal. I believe I will have to deal with her soon, her bunch of hooligans make trouble for the allies of my erstwhile superiors. We'll see how long her steel holds against my flesh then."

**Polynesian ltd Commando:**

**Rose:** "I suppose she's an ally for the time being. But ultimately the Nouveau Rich will never have the class that the true aristocracy has to its name. She should remember to stay out of my way unless she wants to know what pain is really about."

**Jessica Morte:** "The fact that she needed to be stuffed in that gaudy black suit of armor and have all her limbs replaced should tell you all you need to know about the dark lady of Omega. She is trash and was terrible enough of a fighter to require rebuilding from the ground up. So let her swing her little ion sword as much as she pleases, I'll make her and the dimwits of omega learn to bow before me soon enough. Or maybe I'll see how much of her they need to rebuild her again if she chooses to be impudent."

**Hannah:** "It hardly matters what world she comes from, she'll find her tin can doesn't offer her much protection from me. Should she know her proper place in the world, she'll do well enough I suppose. Perhaps she can be made to see reason."

**Leona:** "Mmmh, the heroine of the Nestorian cultists? More people in fancy little soup cans. I wonder if her body or her faith will break first?"

**Nox:** "Loathsome and vile are the words that come to mind. Such literal slime has no business being in my vicinity. Never mind touching me. I can assure you though, my will is far too strong to succumb to possession by those things and their disgusting shadow realm."

**Alice:** "Though we are allies I have little desire to spend time with a raucous drunkard like her. She can keep well to her side of the aisle and we will never have any problems between the two of us."

**Helena:** "The psychic mystic with that little freak show cult? Heh, I would like to see how much effort her gods would really put into saving her. Perhaps she should consider something else to worship, something more...tangible such as me?"

**Tyrandra:** "It matters not if one is human or alien. Everyone will learn to gaze upon my splendor with the reverence that I deserve. I'm sure the horned angel will come to see this in time."

### Yo ho and a bottle of Rum

(Alice)