Out for a walk

Posted on Wed Jul 23rd, 2014 @ 2:36am by Walter Jones

613 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Session 7: Changes
Location: Trade Station Omicron 9 - Main Bazaar

A multitude of dialects were being spoken, some that the translator could pick up, some that it couldn't. The market was a melting pot of races from all over the quadrant.

"You! You look like a man who needs a qudra!" An elephant looking humanoid reached out to Jones. "Feel better, more vitality!" The elephant smiled.

"Ehhh.. I got enough vitality." Jones pushed past the man, towards a table that had a handful of firearms, hand phasers and other assorted weaponry. Walt picked up what looked like a slug thrower and inspected it. The weapon shined with a dark green color.

"Nice weapon! Throws slugs that have been super heated by a charged phaser emitter. All the benefits of a slug and a phaser in one handsome package. It can be yours for the right price!" A humanoid with a hooked chin, orange skin and a large toothy grin smiled at Walt.

"What are you asking for it?" The old captain racked the chamber; the action was clean and smooth. The lite whine of the power system coming to life let Jones know the weapon was working.

"Twenty Strips! A bargain at twice the price!" The man grinned, his teeth flickering in the light.

"How about two of them for Thirty Strips" Walt looked at the other weapons on the table, most of them illegal in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

"Thirty Seven Strips!" The merchant grabbed a padd from under his stall.

"Thirty Seven and you throw in a few extra magazines and a charger." Walt stuck out his hand.

"And you tell your friends about humble Yoshimbo!" The alien grinned as he took Walt's hand and firmly shook then allowed Walt to push his thumb on the padd. The merchant grabbed another pistol from under the counter and put it out for Jones as well as the other items that had been agreed upon. "I also throw in a nice dual holster for you! It will hide well under that duster!" The alien put the holster on the table. "I like you Alpha carpet baggers! You always pay up front! I don't have to take out bounties on you."

"How did you know I was from the Alpha quadrant?" Walt took off his duster to put the holster on. It fit a little snug, reminding him that he needed to lose some weight.

"Ohh, just something about you. You see, you come through the worm hole, start a war, and now are here trying to push out the other merchants. War profiteers! But Yoshimbo! I like you, you bring Latinum, and don't ask questions!" The alien pushed the loaded magazines towards Walt.

"Is that what people think of us?" Jones took the two pistols, loaded the magazines, then placed them in the holsters.

"You seem like an honest business man. Just be cautious my friend! Others may not be as amicable as I am. Other before you have made a bad name for you." Yoshimbo smiled. "Though, You do business with me again, maybe we do business, you have a ship no?"

"Yeah I've got a ship." Walt reached into his coat pocket and dropped a small chip on the table. "If you got some work, I've got some time."

Yoshimbo grabbed the chip and smiled. "I will be in touch Alpher."

Walt nodded before leaving the table. Yoshimbo went back to barking out calls for weaponry. His two new weapons felt good under the duster. He thought about the merchants comments, was it going to be harder to do business because they were from the Alpha quadrant?

Jones continued down the bazaar, keeping an open eye for more job opportunities.

 

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