[Locked to Crew // Unhackable]

[shenghuanzhe]

[Bitterly.]

Crew over cattle.

Let her kill them all. Or maybe they'll fuckin' succeed. Doesn't affect us one bit, does it? We'll just get a new boatload'n take them to the Shore, same as fuckin' always.

Fuck this shit, Pan, you got your girl outta Carni, eh? Let Xamira wander around. I don't fuckin' care.

[/Locked to CrewYeah, go on. Burn her

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[talkback_stein]

... You alright, Bro?

[shenghuanzhe]

Bad day.

[talkback_stein]

Yeah.

... Rough week?

[shenghuanzhe]

Hah.

[His voice doesn't sound too mirthful, though.]

Yeah. Rough everything.

[talkback_stein]

... Don't worry, man. You'll get it all under control.

[Words of support from Chase Stein.]

Maybe after this we can spar again, yeah?

[shenghuanzhe]

Fuck that, I'm more into havin' a few beers.

[talkback_stein]

I'm down with that, too.

[shenghuanzhe]

I got a few extra, so get your ass to the Black Pearl if you got some spare time.

[His voice is wry. Passengers have nothing but spare time.]

[talkback_stein]

... Get... like, out of my room?

[Orders to leave his room and hang. That's a vote of confidence with a witch on the loose, Kage.]

[shenghuanzhe]

What, you scared?

[Scornful.]

[talkback_stein]

Pff. No.

[That's his pride talking. There's the sounds of his door opening and shutting; he checks both ways down the hallway, and tries to make his way as silently as possible down to the Black Pearl, keeping his ears open for anyone else.]

[Just a precaution, you know.]

[shenghuanzhe]

[Kage's sitting there in the restaurant, drinking steadily. He has a pistol on the bar and he's left it there carelessly by his hand. He's not worried; if he sees Xamira coming he'll just wave hello and take his leave. If she attacks, he'll shoot to incapacitate and then leave. He's not particularly concerned with passenger safety at the moment.]

Didn't think so. Y'never struck me as a coward, kid.

[talkback_stein]

That's 'cause I'm not.

[...and right now, he's all talk.]

[He slips down to the restaurant thankfully without incident, exercising ridiculous amounts of caution until he sees Kage relaxed in a chair. Chase relaxes at this; spotting the gun, he's put at ease.]

Hey.

[shenghuanzhe]

Hey.

[Kage's smile is welcoming and he gestures Chase over happily.]

Kiddo. We ain't done nothin' but spar for a while. Was wonderin' where th'fuck you'd gotten to, eh?

[Kage has half a bottle of plain, warm vodka with him and he splashes some over a glass full of ice and pushes it towards Chase.]

Bodka. Vodka. However th'fuck you say it.

[talkback_stein]

Thanks, man.

[Chase picks up the glass and starts to down some of it even before he sits down, glad - grateful, even - to just... hang out with Kage again despite the current tense atmosphere of the ship and the fear hanging thickly in the air.]

Oh, you know. Been around...

[...met a girl... he smirks, taking another sip and setting his balisong on the table with Kage's gun.]

[shenghuanzhe]

Yeah? Heard you been gettin' friendly with one'a the girlies on board. That so, kital?

[Kage sips at his drink, grateful for the harmless distraction that Chase is. The rest of the restaurant is ghostly, dim, empty, and a big change from the clanging, banging casino.

He pours more drink into his glass.]

How's that goin'?