Re: Little Piece of Freedom
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:52 pm
Jane wrote:Location: Jenny Wren Cockpit
Jane’s struggles eased a bit and she knew without looking over at the Captain that she had taken over the other controls and was helping keep the ship somewhat stabilized. Jane felt a vibration of a different kind, “Aaahhh there we go.”[/i] Timothy did it; Jane eased pressure off the controls as she slowly brought full power to the Podds. Once power was equalized Jane leveled them off and slowed their decent to a typical landing attitude, there was still a little access speed when Jane finally touched down, there was only so much she could do, the landing wasn’t the smoothest, but it didn’t do any further damage. “Hmmm, not the best landing, but we ain’t dead, so that’s a plus.” [/i] Ellie sat for a moment, still gripping the controls tightly before letting out a sigh of relief, while Jane checked to make sure they didn’t attract any unwanted attention. “Don’t look like any folk saw that little fireworks display, or if they did they ain’t questioning us.” [/i] Ellie turned to Jane; a grin plastered on her face and commented, "If that doesn't get your blood pumping I don't know what will!" [/i] Jane just chuckled, glad that at least Ellie had enjoyed herself. Standing up Ellie went on, "Once everything is shut down meet me in the Cargo Bay. We're going to organize a bit of work and some supply stocking." [/i] Jane nodded and started the engine shut down, followed by other systems to conserve power.
Once the cockpit was secure Jane strapped on her weapons and made her way down to the cargo bay, it looked like most everyone else was there already. Even the so called ex-alliance bastard, Jane had done her best to avoid him; surely with Jane being so popular with the Feds he would have recognized her by now. Maybe he was just being macho and wasn’t high enough in rank to be privy to information on wanted folk. Jane just shrugged and listened as Ellie handed out assignments. After talking with everyone else Ellie moved on to Jane, "Boros is crawling with Alliance and you... well you kind of stand out. I need someone with the ship, if you would be willing to wait here and watch over her for me..." [/i] It was the best idea Jane had heard all day, she smiled, trying not to let the relief she felt creep onto her face, the surface was the last place she wanted to be, while she had done quite a bit to change her appearance since her initial warrant, there was only so much one could do. “I’d be glad to keep an eye on things here.” [/i]
Ellie motioned in the general direction of the flight deck "Come back up to the cockpit with me, I need to show you something." [/i] Casting a look at Teddy on the way out the door she told him, "Take a few minutes if you need to get anything, I'll meet you at the cargo exit in five." [/i] Jane suppressed a chuckle; she knew a ‘go away’ order when she heard it. Jane followed Ellie back to the flight deck, once they reentered the cockpit, Ellie moved over to the cortex screen and brought up a reading on the console. It looked like radar and had a small blinking blue blip that appeared to be on the move. "This," [/i] she said tapping the blue light, "is Timmy." [/i] Jane cocked her head to the side and sent Ellie a questioning look. "Timmy..." [/i] Ellie seemed to struggle for words, "Timmy requires special attention. He is physically capable of taking care of himself but he doesn't pay attention to his surroundings and he can tend to wander into predicaments. After the last time I convinced him to let me implant a locator in his arm. Well, I didn't do it myself or anything..." [/i] Ellie chuckled a bit, Jane didn’t get the inside joke, but nodded for Ellie to continue "Anyway, if you could keep track of him, it would be helpful. If he wanders beyond the scrap yard, let me know right off." [/i] Jane thought it was a very odd order, she had never been one for being controlled, and she felt bad that Timothy seemed to be on a leash, but Ellie didn’t seem to be the type to be controlling in that way, so there had to be something behind the request. With a somewhat concerned glance at the radar screen she responded. “Sure I’ll keep an eye on him.” [/i] Ellie made her way to the door, pausing just before she left she added "Good work on setting us down by the way. If you would consider sticking with us for a while, I could use a pilot like yourself long term." [/i] Ellie smiled, "Just something to think on." [/i] Jane smiled in return, “Thank you, not the best landin for the books, but we be here.” [/i] Jane knew she didn’t answer Ellie’s proposal, Jane cast another worried glance at the screen, she had learned from experience that even the friendliest of people will stab you in the back when it came down to it.
Things seemed to be fairly quiet; Jane kept an eye on proximity sensors and made the occasional tour of the ship to make sure all was well.
Jane looked over to the radar screen and noticed the ‘blue blip’ seemed to be wavering, Jane watched it for a few moments, not sure if she was crying wolf. She called Ellie, “Our blue blip has strayed.” [/i] And gave her the lat/long of Timothy’s location, Jane tried to keep the transmission ambiguous just in case someone was listening that Ellie didn’t want listening.
Location: Jenny Wren Cockpit
OOC Note: [/b] Not sure if Timothy ‘wandering’ meant that he was out of range or not, if not disregard the final paragraph.