**ACTIONETTE** - "Beauty and the Beast Part 1"

OOC – In light of recent events we would like to point out that it is
not the job of the players to create conflict in the game. It is our
job, that is David and us (SMAndy & Becca) to create the tension and
the evil in the game. Playing along with the bad guys is fun for a
while but after a time you have to think if it is truly feasible to
carry on. We’ve all done it, the bad-guy thing, but sometimes as fun
as it is and as much as you want to, you need to start singing from
the same hymn sheet as everyone else. If you have an idea, you can
speak to any of us about it, which could lead to you co/running an
Action!
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Who: La Resistance
Where: Headquarters
When: After the jailbreak
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Amber paced up and down the deck plating, she couldn’t decide if she
was worried, nervous or mad as hell. She kicked angrily at the rusting
remains of one of Deans broken toasty makers, then instantly regretted
it as the sharp pain of a stubbed toe brought her out of her reverie.
“Damnit!” She yelped, hopping slightly.
“Good news.” Rosette said as the door to the room opened. “He’s going
to be fine. Keto even said he can reattach the finger...” She said
with a softened smile, which soon disappeared. “Should I have killed
Justin for everything he’s done?” she asked, not sure if her moral
compass was aligned properly.
“Given all he’s done. With the Hymies and now this I’m beginning to
think he goes against us for smegs and giggles. There is no logic to
him, if Cerebrum were still around I’d lock Justin up with him for a
good decade or two.” She rubbed her foot and sighed. “What’s next? How
do we get Her. She’s really stepped it up since the jailbreak. We need
to take her out, I’ve had reports from other JMC rebellions on ships
and it’s similar all over the company. We need to stop this. Stop
them.”
“But how? With all her guards, we can’t get near her.” She said, “and
they’re not even stupid enough to let us walk by if we had their
uniform. I think they’re all gay too, I haven’t seen one of them look
at me suggestively.” She said, laughing a bit, trying to lighten the
mood. “There aren’t enough of us to win a firefight... we could just
call for a meeting, and lie about not bringing any weapons...”
“The old, meet me in the abandoned reactor room trick? You recon that
would work?” Amber asked, thinking about it “Well, if we have enough
urinal cakes in our uniforms we’d be fine anyway... I guess Justin
isn’t totally beyond hope...” She shuddered as she said it.
“Did you really just say that?” Rosette asked. “Maybe Keto or Rufus
have something that can protect us better than urinal cakes... I don’t
think I’d want to admit that he had a good idea.”
“I don’t think Rufus is in any fit state to be concocting right
now...” replied Amber, fussing over her brother.
“I wasn’t suggesting he could make us something, I mean there might be
something already in his lab.” Rosette replied, thinking in exactly
the same way.
“Let’s just raid the nearest stock room and be done with it.” Amber
said, finishing off the toastie maker remains that now lay in her way.
“I just want this woman off my ship.”
“Your ship? You changed your mind about being Captain... Let’s do
it. She’s sat in your chair.” Rosette said, smirking slightly at the
subtle changes in Amber. Amber smiled back, thinking over the last few
days about all the people that she had grown up with, her family, her
friends. She didn’t want someone else like Castillo to some in and
mess up the fragile balance that the demented crew of the Blue Dwarf
had.
They might all be misfits, scrag end of the JMC and Space Corps, but
they worked well as a team. It took someone special to make that
balance work. Jay could do it, so could she. There was no use being
scared of the responsibility, someone had to do it after all.
Amber brought up the communications.
“Yo, Castillo! We have a deal for you.” She grinned and moved aside
for Rosette to offer the ultimatum.
“You have a deal for me? what would I want to deal with terrorists
for?” Castillo replied like the bigheaded captain everyone knew she
was.
“This is a big ship. You’ll never find all of us.” Rosette replied.
“Meet us in Supply Field C at 0700 tomorrow morning, and we’ll deal.
We’ll surrender if you agree to our terms.” She said, grinning since
it was verbal communication only. “And don’t even think about sending
in your lackeys to catch us, you know how big that supply field is.”
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