Hide the Rum (Sassy Juice Crew)

[Wolfie]

Patty heard what was said and was only slightly relieved when the kid was let go. She heard what he asked not sure which she should go for. In her environment she had more control, but it would be easy to disappear if she was in his. This was tough, but she knew what she needed.

"Mine would be better," she said answering him. She also heard what the kid had said. It was a shame when someone couldn't just offer a 'thank you'. He was off the hook and disappeared rather quickly. She didn't watch him go, and didn't have time for anything else either. Neo was right there and didn't seem to like not having any attention.

"I'm in no rush. You owe Neo a body shot," she said knowing she hadn't finished her drink. She wasn't about to either considering what was going down. She had one hope that Neo would sink her claws into him and get more than one body shot. She could slip away easier that way as well. She had a feeling Neo liked being with him.

"I'll jut wait over here," she said going to the table again. She was watching him as she sat back down in her seat to prove a point. She had time, and so did he why rush?

[GIR]

<Right answer. I could have done without the flirting, though.>, Sarah somewhat reluctantly acknowledged, briefly tightening her grip to just under what would have been necessary to fracture Ari's shoulder before letting him go, <Maybe next time you'll listen when I warn you about crossing the line. And about crossing me.>, she added privately as she looked around the bar for someone else to vent her aggression on.

<You're acting like quite the paks'kaala for someone who couldn't even take Ari down, girl. Or was that not your blood I smelled in that little cell, all over the cargo bay, and outside my door?>, Sarah sniped at Neo when she clung to Ari like a bloodcrawler. She made a slightly drunk note of the hacker's seeming need to be the center of Ari's attention, in case she needed it again, then went back to her search for another target, with only a <You're right. I didn't do it for you, and you damned well owe me.>, in response to Nick's thanks.

Sarah followed Patty back to the table, if only because it got her away from the others, and, more importantly, allowed her the perfect excuse to toss some poor drunken sod across the bar for trying to slip in ahead of her to deny her the seat. The 'come at me' look she shot to the rest of the bar was mostly met with a sudden, near-universal interest in the design of the floor tiles. Sarah sat down with a growl, disappointed in the lack of takers. <So... What, exactly, is your interest in my idiot of a captain? You don't exactly seem the sort to even be willing to put up with such a blinkin' brakja, let alone have an interest in him. You some kind of cop?>, Sarah asked Patty, not bothering to beat around the bush or even speak privately.

[Rhi-Rhi]

Everything went back to normal then--at least, as normal as thinks ever got for them. Nick went back to being a ghost (which was disappointing, because kid needed to loosen up a little!) and Sarah went off to intimidate some other human or whatever it was she did. He didn't have time to ask he what she meant when she said that line about crossing her, though, because then Neo was hanging on his arm (a little rougher than usual, but he wasn't complaining) and telling him he owed her.

Sure did, and that was one thing he didn't mind paying up for.

He glanced over at Patty, then shrugged when she gave him the go-ahead.

Sweet.

"Your wish is my command, mistress," he told Neo with a wink.

Someone got tossed across the bar--Sarah's work, of course--but that just cleared more space on the counter. Tugging Neo over, he snapped his fingers and pointed.

"Alright, hop on up. And since I took off my shirt---" And was still shirtless. "--I think it's only fair ya return the favor, eh?"

[paganchick]

"Yeah, because I can catch bullets in my teeth," Neo replied to Sarah dryly. If anything she proved she could take a bullet, and not cry about it and hack with her leg bleeding everywhere. She shook her head, writing it off as she was just jealous.

Neo hopped up on the counter, sitting on the edge before leaning over a bit, resting her elbows on her knees as she looked at Ari with a raised eyebrow.
"Sweet cheeks there are three problems with that. First off, you don't have tits, though you would probably enjoy them, and might wish you did have them so you could touch and feel and see them everyday, but well you don't, so it wouldn't be fair. Second thing, I don't get paid no where near enough to be taking my top off for you, and finally, most importantly, third. I am no where near drunk enough," Neo said before laying back on the bar and raising her shirt to just below her ribs.

[Wolfie]

Patty wasn't sure what else was going to go on here. Now she was sitting at a table once again with Sarah. This one seemed to like following her. She wondered what in the universes she had been thinking. She had seen the guy fly across the bar, but didn't say anything. Sarah seemed disappointed she only got to toss one person around.

"Do I look like a cop? I'd ask what that word means, but I have a feeling you'll just tell me I don't need to know again. I'm just some girl roaming space looking for something I lost nobody really important. As for my interest I don't have any my only thought was the boy. I'm now hoping that girl gets him drunk enough he forgets all about me," She said boldly. She had her hands on her glass again even though she was no longer interested in drinking.

"So cops worry you? Don't worry I don't have a soul to spread anything to. The only being I had was stolen from me. I was hoping one of you might have seen him..."

[GIR]

<Why not? I don't seem to have much trouble with it. Ari's a pathetically weak, disgustingly slow, soft, squishy human. You're more than just human. You shouldn't have even needed to catch a bullet in your teeth.>, Sarah retorted, <Then again... if you had any brains at all, you'd have seen the trap coming, and if you had reflexes worth anything, you'd have taken him down before he could spring it, so, yeah, slink back into your place and leave the 'tough' act for those of us strong enough to back it up.>, she added, a note of arrogance and superiority in her 'tone'.

<Ari, don't bow to such weak prey. It's beneath even you.>, she chided as Ari made his little remark about Neo being his mistress.

<You look like you'd go great with fish and that blood sauce they make on Hesta. I'd mind my tone if I were you.>, Sarah snapped, eyes narrowed dangerously, <That goes for your language, too. Stop speaking to me like I'm some human hatchling asking about where babies come from.>, she added with a low growl.

<No. Cops do not worry me. I'm more concerned with the more immediate problem of figuring out whether you're referring to a pet or a slave. As to whether or not you'd be 'spreading anything', as you put it, I can guarantee you won't at any time of my choosing by removing your head, puncturing your heart, lungs, kidneys, or liver, or any number of other methods of disposing of those weak, squishy things called humans, so, really, your ability to squeak* is a moot point. It's your willingness to keep your glob** shut that matters here.>, Sarah explained in response to the human's question, <Which brings me to my original question: What is your interest in Ari Maxwell?>, she added, eyes narrowed again.

[*she means 'squeal']
[**she means 'gob']

[Rhi-Rhi]

"Sarah? Sarah? Hey." Looking at Sarah, Ari made a "zipping" motion with his fingers. "Zippa your lippa."

Alas, the draconian just wouldn't understand. And anyway, he had a cute young thing on the counter now, so he turned his full attention back on her.

Laughing, Ari pat his chest, motioning to the piercings going through him. "Still got nipples, babe. That's gotta count for somethin'. But naw, ain't as much fun havin' your own when the excitement's all in touchin' what ain't yours. Now."

He grabbed a lime and, teasingly, ran it along the skin of her belly, moistening it so the salt would stick. "Shush. Ya talk too much," he said, right before he placed the lime in her mouth, sprinkled a stripe of salt from her pants to her navel, and placed the shot.

Hands on either side of Neo's body, Ari dipped down and in slow, practiced movements, licked along the salt trail, flicking his tongue against her teasingly. He took his sweet time getting there, even added a few delicate nips and nibbles to spice things up. Then he pounded back the shot, tangled a hand in Neo's hair, and pulled her up so he could take the lime with his teeth.

[paganchick]

When Neo saw his peircings she couldn't hold back the slight flinch and her hands automatically moving to her own chest. To her that looked painful, and not in the pleasant way either. Her nipples were just two things she would never get pierced.

Neo laughed though, she did talk a lot, she knew that. She took the lime in her mouth and relaxed back. She knew this was about to get interesting, with Ari, it always was.

Neo arched her back some as Ari started, the downfalls of being fae she supposed, super sensitive senses, including your sense of touch. Her skin was tingling, but just the licking only made her smirk and arch slightly. It was the added nips that made her release a breathy moan, of course she would never admit to anyone at the bar she did it because she really liked it. If anyone asked, she was just puting on a show to tease Ari.

She bit into the lime, tearing the skin from the fruit and throwing it to the ground. So when Ari grabbed her hair and pull her up, she pulled and Ari. She laid a big kiss on him, using her hand to grab a hold of him. She let the juice of the lime mingle from her mouth to his as the taste of the alcohol and salt moved to hers.

[Wolfie]

She heard what Sarah said to the others then to her. She wondered how this woman had any friends. She had a feeling though that this woman didn't have any and just morely intimidated everyone. The growl didn't scare her so far this woman was all talk and no bite.

"I'm referring to a robot who means a lot to me. He's the only one I really have in the universe as for keeping my yap shut that's easy. I don't have anyone to share with," she said before sipping a little more of her drink. She was being careful though having a feeling that Ari hadn't forgotten about her.

"My interest? I don't have one. Your captain walked up to me in the hall and invited me for a drink. The rest just happened, and if all goes well I'll be on my way without any incidents and he'll wake up alone tomorrow with that kid not being in any more trouble."

[GIR]

Sarah wasted no time in taking advantage of the wording of Ari's order. <Okay. I'll keep my mouth firmly shut, Ari. This is me keeping my mouth shut, and not opening it even to drink. See how obedient I can be, Captain? My lips have not parted even once. Feeling as stupid as you look, or should I continue to talk to you with my mouth firmly shut?> 'Zip your lips' wasn't really the best phrase to use on a half-drunk smartass who could talk with her mouth firmly shut. As to his ignoring her chiding, Sarah shook her head in disgust and left it at that.

The mention of a robot was enough to get Sarah to ignore the fact that she never said she'd refrain from talking if she did find someone to talk to. <A robot? Not one of the Mayleeng C-800 series, I hope. Those things are defective under the best of circumstances. I took one apart once, just to see how someone managed to screw it up so badly. Turns out the power cells were so unstable, they'd either overheat and explode, or be too weak to power a sock.> Machines were one thing Sarah loved. <Not to mention whoever made the servos couldn't put together a one-piece puzzle with detailed instructions, the motherboards were soldered in less securely than the Playbox 1's motherboard, the wiring was all wrong, and about a million other things...> Sarah took a sip of her drink as she spoke. <Now the Izasak BF-30 line, those are some proper machines. The things are so well built, they practically never need maintenance, I hear. My last ma-mechanic instructor wouldn't let me buy one. Apparently, she felt it a waste of money that could be spent on an assembly droid. Oh, well. ...What were we talking about?>.

Sarah laughed that odd roaring laugh she would have tried to avoid while sober. <Yeah, and maybe he'll be able to beat me at arm wrestling, too. That tuhi kahur may be hard to live with, but he does somehow manage to get people into his bed. You'd never know it by his attempts to bed me, but, then again, I think you'd feel the same way about fucking a sandwich as I do about fucking him. Unless, of course, you're into that sort of thing... As for the ghost, don't worry. He'll fly back under the radar, and no one will hear from him again until the next party or crisis.>, Sarah said, her tone dismissive except for the disgust that accompanied the bit about sandwiches and Ari, <Though, I have to admit, he does have some good points, and, ugly as that vomit-smeared tub he calls a ship is, she's got it where it counts, and, when she doesn't, she's got me to fix that. Not to mention that, flirting aside, he's a lot friendlier to his crew than most captains I know of. That's always a plus. And he does tend to remember that I'm not his slave. Some other humans seem to have problems with that. If you have any interest in keeping that hand, you'll rethink that groping attempt.>, she added, the last part intended for a patron who had just sidled up to her. The male's hand went back to his side as he stumbled off in the direction he'd come from. <You know, you'd think the lack of boobs would stop them from doing that...>, she growled indignantly.

[Rhi-Rhi]

Ari would have made some snarky comment back to Sarah's smartass remark, but at the moment he was too busy getting his face full of, well, face.

And as she kissed him, he pushed it just a little further, pierced tongue slipping past her lips for a deeper taste. The hog had stolen his lime! But that was alright; this was better, and he rather liked her style--and the fact that she teased back.

He gave her bottom lip a playful tug as he pulled away and licked some of the salt from his lips. Goddamn. Maybe it was all just for show, but she put on a pretty decent one. Ari gave her a lopsided smirk.

"There's more where that came from," he said with a wink, "if ya ever change your mind about sharin' my bed."

[paganchick]

Neo arched her body, pushing it against Ari's until he pulled away. When he pulled away she looked up at him with a raised eyebrow and a bit of a smirk on her lips.

Neo laughed, "I'm sure there would be," She spoke with a hint of doubt in her voice, "There is a lot more where that came from if you raise my pay."
"Though I am no where near drunk enough to fuck my captain, I mean, I live on a ship with you for weeks on end. I would hate to hurt your pride because you bored me and have to live with that awkwardness for long stretches of time," Neo added after a pause, a thoughtful look on her face.

Neo sat up, "Plus, I think I would feel weird with an audience of fish watching."

[Wolfie]

Patty watched Sarah and Ari for a minute glad for a reprieve. She wasn't sure what the big secret was, but it was crystal clear she wasn't to be trusted with it. They had nothing to worry about really.

"I think it started out as a Mayleeng C-800 but it's more of a little of this and a little of that now. He's had some upgrades since he was first powered up, and I like tinkering with him when he's recharging. He's all I have," she said missing her robot friend again.

"Well he seems oblivious to me right now which is good. Perhaps he'll leave with that other woman," she said wondering if she should sneak out. She had a feeling that Sarah wouldn't let her just leave like that though. A deal was a deal.

"You get them drunk enough they don't care if you have boobs or not."

[GIR]

<My condolences. You must have spent an arm and a leg trying to make such a piece of junk into a functional robot. I can't even imagine what it must have taken to get your robot friend up to the point of being precious, unless, of course, by 'upgrades', you meant 'complete rebuilding from the ground up'. That said, I suppose I can keep an eye out for it.>, Sarah responded, <Though I'm not nearly a good enough person to do it for free. I'd like to take a look at the changes you made. He'll be fine, I've never taken something apart I couldn't put back together, and, if you ask nicely, I might add a few upgrades myself. He'll still be the same robot, aside from those upgrades, and all that. I'm really only interested in comparing notes, so to speak.>

<He probably will.  The talsak's... Wie das gehen.... balls deep...? in her, and he hasn't even taken off his pants. Someone ought to teach him to fuck within his step on the pecking order.> There was a slight not of disgust in her 'tone'. <Hey, new meat, mind your tone. You don't get to talk to the captain like that until you're higher on the food chain.> The addition was accompanied by a glare at Neo. She'd have to introduce the fae/human thing to the pecking order later.

<Apparently, they don't care if they have limbs or not, either.> Another challenging glare around the room added emphasis to the threat. Unlike the first time, however, one human male, bulky and muscular for his 21 years, got up and headed toward Sarah, fueled by a combination of youthful foolishness, testosterone, and that one too many, intending to put what he saw as an 'uppity female' in 'her place'. Sarah said nothing as she waited for the impossibly slow creature to half-stumble up to a hopeless fight.

[Rhi-Rhi]

Still grinning, Ari gave an easy shrug and turned away from Neo. He snagged another two shots from the counter.

"Your loss, sugar," he said as he headed away from the bar to join Patty and Sarah's table. He saw a drunkard ambling his way toward Sarah, aggression in every line of his body, and with a snort, Ari sidled on by him--and kicked the sole of his shoe as he passed. Stupid-drunk as the fool was (and really, you had to be stupid-drunk to try to pick a fight with a lady that looked like she could eat your face), it was enough to throw him off balance and send him tripping into an occupied chair.

While those folks sorted things out, Ari slid into the space between Sarah and Patty, and since there was no chair to take, he knelt there instead, arms resting on the table.

"Hey, ladies," he said, and slid one of the shots over to Patty. "You're not nearly drunk enough, darlin'," he told her, and to Sarah said, "and you're...well, I know ya ain't interested in my sissy human drinks." He winked, then tossed back his own shot.

"Looks like ya got an admirer, too," he added, glimpsing the drunkard out of the corner of his eye as the man struggled to right himself.

"Sooo, whatcha gals chattin' about? Girlish bondin'?"

[paganchick]

Neo laughed as she watched him walk over to the table.
"More of a loss for you," She said with a giggle, getting a shot of something was was a deep crimson as she sat back on her stool. She wasn't the type to chase after someone. If Ari wanted to chase that piece of tail, well, best wishes though she doubted she would be anywhere near as much fun. If anything the woman looked pretty vanilla.

Her mind then went to the ghost, where had she seen him run off too? She sighed, pulling a small tablet out of her pocket. She had nothing better to do, she didn't enjoy Sarah's company, the girl needed a good lay and some riddanlin or something. So she kept her distance, occupying herself until she was needed or completely bored.

[Wolfie]

"That so called piece of junk is family to me. He's all I care about in the verse," she said careful how she worded what she said. She sighed when hearing that Sarah would keep an eye out for him. It would be very helpful.

"Oh that's alright I'm sure he wouldn't mind a few more upgrades actually," she said kinda shrugging that off. It didn't matter if he was back to her with old stuff, new stuff, or had been pulled apart and put back together. It only mattered that he was returned.

"At least he has enough brains not to seduce you. More than you can say for this room," she said wondering if that was the alcohol talking or her just getting more comfortable with this one. She had the feeling it was the alcohol. It was then that Ari joined them tossing a shot in her direction. She sighed wondering if he would ever realize she wasn't into shots. Patty was staying sober on purpose, but she wouldn't admit that to him.

"Thanks but I'm still working on this one," she said trying to politely refuse the drink. She let it just sit on the table pretending to sip on her drink.

"Sarah was just giving a few horror stories based on men," she said a smirk on her lips. She was wondering if the other woman would rise to the occasion on that.

"Is it a good idea to let the 'new meat' wander off by themselves?" She asked trying to remember to sound a little drunk. It wasn't too hard considering what she had to view around her.

[GIR]

<Former junk. I'm assuming you at least have the skills to be able to make that distinction.>, Sarah clarified, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

<Then the deal is struck.>, Sarah noted, presenting her hand, palm upward and fingers down, and inclining her head as she spoke. If Sarah were to say she had any bad habits, the gesture would have been one of them, and dated back to the first time she'd been sold, when she was still a hatchling learning about the world, and had seen the slavers strike a bargain using that very gesture. Even the words she spoke were part of the ritual.

<Not for lack of trying. He just knows when to stop, and how much his position allows him to get away with before I remind him which of us is the apex predator here.>, Sarah remarked, <A flash of the teeth and a flick of the tail usually get him back in line after that.>.

<Ari, a 'sissy' drink is a Berilian gem-melter when the rest of the room's ordering Cremation-in-a-Can. A 'sissy' drink is ordering a Tokamakian Birth Serum when your friend's having a Lance Barrage. What you're drinking? There's no words for how weak that stuff is.>, Sarah corrected, looking at Ari as if he were the child at the grown-up table asking for a vodka, <Also, I was planning on venting a bit of aggression on that one.>, she added, looking over to the human, who had begun whaling on the person he'd been tripped into.

The mention of horror stories put a rather predatory grimace-grin on Sarah's face. <Oh, yeah...>, she said, not even missing a beat, <Did I tell you about that one where that male's equipment ended up in his spine?>, she asked, shooting Ari's crotch a meaningful look, <Stupid creature wouldn't stop pestering me. After a while, it got to the point where he'd lost an arm, both ears, an eye, and his nose, and he still tried doing that air-hump thing at me. Bet you can guess how that ended...>. It hadn't actually happened. That way. But Ari didn't necessarily know that, and Sarah had a feeling the question had been asked in the hopes of such a tale to drive him away.

<Don't worry. I can track her down and eat her in a heartbeat if she does anything stupid.>, Sarah said, meaning it to be reassuring.

[Rhi-Rhi]

Ari raised his eyebrows. "Those don't sound like sissy drinks. Those sound like death," he said, and chuckled. "Now, I'm not gonna pretend my liver's not destined for failure, but I'd at least like to spread it out amongst drinkin' sessions."

And with that said, he grabbed the shot Patty refused to take and took it for himself. Ahhh. Good stuff, and he was feeling it now, the pleasant, giddy tipsiness. Alcohol always put him in a chipper mood--a horny one, too, but that went hand and hand with chipper.

Of course, Sarah just took care of some of that, with that little story of hers. Ari grimaced, and felt the sympathy pains clear down in his own balls. He stared at Sarah, a horrified look on his face, and then looked over at Patty. With a grimace, he got to his feet.

"Well, Sarah my dear, this hardly sounds like an appropriate topic for the little lady here! And besides that, I seem to recall us havin' a hot date planned." He winked at Patty, and held a hand out to her. "So how 'bout we blow this joint, eh? Sarah, I'll get outta your hair--uh, scales?--now. Let ya tear up all the unfortunate drunk bastards ya want, since I keep sabotagin' your fun."

[Wolfie]

"That I do," she said agreeing that her friend had needed the once over. He probably needed it now there was no telling what trouble her robotic friend had found himself in. Not understanding the gesture in Sarah's hand there Patty just gave her a low five to seal the deal.

Patty sat quiet listening to Sarah and Ari go back and forth for a minute. She heard the story and wondered if she could get another one more horrifying out of Sarah. She had a feeling that would only sober up Ari instead of scaring him out of the bargain they had made.

"I don't mind such stories. I bet he was asking for it too. If you insist," Patty said taking his hand. She had a feeling she was going to need quick thinking on her part if she didn't want to end up in his bed. She felt ready enough to dodge this.

"Good to meet you Sarah, hopefully I'll see you again soon."