Muse is a little upset about the circumstances of his voice revival

[captainbadass]

Upset? Me? Why would I be upset?

Seems to me a bar's as good a place as any to make important decisions about whose life you're gonna jerk around for the foreseeable future.

[There may be just a little sarcasm here. Pretty pronounced, but with a smooth finish. Like the stuff responsible for bringing his voice back.]

Terrible decision-making skills aside though, at least you managed to come up with a good name. And look at that, spelled right and everything. I'd buy you another to congratulate ya, but I'm not in any hurry to see who that makes you pick up.

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[akima]

Korso, in a bar. Why am I not shocked?

[captainbadass]

Hey, I'm innocent in all this!

[You know, for once.]

[akima]

[See this face? She's not buying it, at all]

[captainbadass]

[Jeez, you tell one two a handful of lies, and suddenly people don't believe you. What's the universe coming to?]

Look, Kima, honest. Wasn't me this time.

I mean, if I asked for it, don't you think I'd have had the kid leave the tab open?

[akima]

Give me one good reason I should believe you.

[Hey at least she's asking and not shooting, there's that ok?]

No, that would mean you could afford a round for me.

[captainbadass]

He ordered some kind of mixed drink instead of something heavy.

[Which would have only been marginally worse than when Stith found him. Surprise, surprise.]

I meant for me. Bein' dead's thirsty work.

[Beat]

...but I guess you and the kid deserve a couple, considering everything you managed to do.

And I mean that as in one for each of you. And not from the top shelf, either.

[He's dead, not crazy, dammit.]

[akima]

This is why you never won awards for Captain of the Year. Well this and the whole destruction of civilization.

[Ok maybe she softened a bit, maybe..a bit.]

So they are bringing you back after all that with the Drej? About that, not like there was exactly time to say it then but, thanks. You really came through for all of us in the end.

[captainbadass]

And here you all had me thinking it was because you'd called ahead and told 'em I'd have no place to put it. That hurts.

[He's pretty bad at feigning injury, but what the hell, why not. He can tell she's softened up a bit, might as well be friendly.]

Yeah, he is. And don't thank me, thank that boyfriend of yours. You know, I think that idealist nonsense might be contagious.

[akima]

That too.

[So maybe she;ll even have a seat next to him]


Kale, he'd be glad to see you too, but I don't see him often here. He admired you, you know. Aside from the whole trying to kill us and selling out the human race bit.

[captainbadass]

You know, to be fair, I only tried killing him. Preed's got the blame for the rest of you.

But the selling out the human race bit's accurate. They don't make a card for that, do they?

[akima]

Nice to know you thought so highly of me.

I don't think they do, but I am betting given what you did a simple I'm sorry would make it even.

[captainbadass]

Well, I still needed a pilot, not like I'm gonna let Goon take the helm. He gets too used to it, he might try it in his sleep and send us all into a sun.

[He's teasing though. Actually kind of sorry you wound up getting shot. Apparently Preed's got a funny way of interpreting the english language and thinks "stop" means "kill."]

Yeah, well. I am. And I'm pretty sure the kid knows it. If he doesn't, you better examine that head of his.

[akima]

Well you're in luck, I happen to know the best damn pilot out there doesn't have a job right now.

[She's sorry too, she liked him, always respected him and maybe even harbored something of a crush. But, yeah you don't crush on the Captain, it's bad form.]

I think giving your life for something makes it pretty clear. So...you heard what he named it, right?

[captainbadass]

[Lies. The only bad form is basically doing what the Captain does used to do with any amount of frequency. Or using Preed as a role model. Or Stith, really.]

I'd rather you didn't remind me. You'd think a scientist's kid would come up with something a little more appropriate.

And if you're that desperate for somethin' to do, you could always talk your handler into finding you a game. Preferably a good one, some of these places are worse than back home used to be.

[akima]

Did I say I was desperate? You said you needed a pilot, I am one.

[See? Simple. And Dear lord do not tell her it's ok to like the Captain. That would lead to complications.]

I talked him into formally declaring it Earth II, but he insists on calling it Bob.

[captainbadass]

Past tense. Meant when Preed and I were after Kale and you ran off with him. I won't have much use for a pilot, I'm either staying here a while or getting sent someplace the Valkyrie can't follow.

[He's got mixed feelings about the last bit, too. No ship, and no gun? Place to live's nice, but being unarmed definitely isn't]

Name's as good as any, I guess. Definitely better than "Bob."

[akima]

No one has much use for a pilot, most of these places run themselves and won't let you have a ship. I mean being somewhere with open air is a nice change; grass, real trees living earth. But I was always supposed to be a flyer.

[She'll hang on to her gun thanks, too many times where she's needed it to give it up, willingly anyway.]

So no idea where you're headed?

[captainbadass]

He's thinkin' some place called Tu Shanshu. Bunch of weird revival nonsense I'm not gonna bother trying to figure out.

[She could. Korso's problem is you show up with whatever you had on you at the time, and he'd lost his pistol in the Titan.]

But he's changed his mind before, so I won't know 'til I get there.

and 3rd time in 2 days I've heard about that place!

[akima]

Revival? Well I guess that would explain the dead thing.

[Since she's been keeping her stuff on her that's a good bet.]

Yeah, I am all too aware of mind changers.

Friends are running it, and I figure it might be a good place to stick Korso!

[captainbadass]

Yeah, that's the weird part...from what I gather, it kinda applies to everybody, not just us dead guys.

Somethin' about being in between life and death and...look, this is why I didn't bother trying to make sense of it. Give me a ship and I can figure out everything I need to know in under an hour, but this stuff's outta my league.