RPG Cowboy Bebop: Muddy Water Ain't So Bad

[Mist]

[I]Six months...[/I]

Had it really been that long? Or was it just a dream? Was day really night? Was night really day? Was there every really a difference between day and night? Jet Black didn't think so.
"Da*n, Spike. Why'd you go and get yourself knocked up?" Jet mumbled to himself quiet, angry.
The slow beeps of medical machines whirled around in his mind, slow deafining him.

[I]Six months I've been here...[/I]

Had Ed really gone back to Earth? Yes, she had. Something about finding where she belonged.
"Hadn't she belonged to us?"
Where Faye was, Jet had no clue. The day after Spike left, she was out of the Bebop. Her excuse: I've got some business to take care of."
Jet shook his head in disgust.
"Business my a*s."
The room was a blur to him. He didn't notice the faded rose-covered wallpaper, or the painting of a seascape on the left. He wasn't interested about the counter of cotton balls, nor the needle box, almost unhinged, weakly clinging to the wall.
No, there were only two things that grabbed his attention. The figure on the bed, and strangely, the picture of a muddy puddle above the rickety hospital bed.


Okay, I'm going to stop there because I've got Finals and have to study.

[Kinetic]

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Jet wondered if Spike would ever come to. He also wondered how they were going to pay for the medical bills.

Jet: D*mn, it's always something, isn't it?!

There was a movement.

Jet: Spike?
Spike: Jet...
Jet: Spike, how are you feeling?
Spike: Where am I?
Jet: We're in the hospital wing.

OOC: Stopping now, gotta get to sleep
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[Geist]

[COLOR=blue]OOC: Sorry to start off OOC, but I have a question. Are we allowed to start off our own characters or are we going to work on Spike and Jet's conversation?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=darkblue]Spike: How'd I get here...? Wait, don't tell me. I remember now.

Jet: You took a pretty heavy beating Spike. At first, I thought you weren't going to survive.

Spike: Yeah, I wasn't expecting I would either.[/COLOR]

[I]Then, anger came to his face as he thought of something.[/I]

[COLOR=darkblue]Spike: Vicious didn't survive, did he Jet?

Jet: No, he's gone for good. The men he left behind are either fighting amongst themselves or taking up jobs as mercenaries. This might be the end of the Red Dragon Clan...[/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue]OOC: Sorry if that was lame, I think I'm getting writer's block.[/COLOR]

[Mist]

You can do what you want. Just make sure that your character comes into contact with Jet and/ or Spike within a couple of posts. Okay?

[Kinetic]

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Spike: That's good.

Spike's eyes closed. He was going back to sleep. A man walked through the door.

???: How's he doing?
Jet: He woke up. He just fell asleep again.
???: That's great. Should we tell the doctors?
Jet: No, I think we should wait for him to heal, then escape while we can. That bill was enourmous.
???: Hahaha, that's just like you.
Jet: So what's the news on the Red Dragon, Setsuna?
Setsuna: They have a new leader. I think his name was...Seto, or something like that.
Jet: Well, we'd better head home for the night. We can come and check on Spike in the morning.

The two stand up and walk out. Little did they know that Spike was listening the whole time.

Spike: Wow, Seto. That brings back memories.
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[Mist]

"Up for another round, gentlemen?" Faye exclaimed merrily.

The nearly unclothed men stood huddled together, like a trio of lost sheep. Their eyes were wide with the prospect of losing to a woman.
One of the men took a step forward awakwardly. His sapphire eyes were filled with worry.
"I'll do it." he whispered meekly.
Faye smiled maliciously.
[I]'Men are so stupid.'[/I],she thought.
"Alright. There's six sides to the dice. There's two dices and when I roll them, they're either gonna be even or odd. Take your pick, hotshot." She said expertly.
The man hesitated.
"Odd." he replied horsely.
With a flick of the hand and the nudge of her foot on her anklet, the man was running completely naked to the restroom.
Faye and the surrounding people laughed merrily. The glint in her eye was mischievious. She wanted more of this.
"Any other takers?"
The remaining men shook their heads and quickly scampered off. Faye just laughed and told the small crowd that her show was over.
She strode pompously to the bar and got herself a drink. As she was sitting there sipping it slowly, she noticed that in the left corner, a man, blonde and with green sunglasses, was staring at her.

[Kinetic]

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The man walked up and sat down next to Faye.

Setsuna: That was a nice trick you pulled back there. I see you're back to your old ways.
Faye: Yes...I am, thank you very much.

Faye started to walk off.

Setsuna: Spike's coming out of it.
Faye: What?

Faye took back her seat.

Setsuna: He came out of a coma last night.
Faye: Alright, but I'm done with them...
Setsuna: I highly doubt that. You loved that way of life and you wouldn't give it up if you had the chance.
Faye: I hated it on that ship!
Setsuna: That's a lie and you know it!
Faye: I've had enough of this...

Faye stood up and walked away.

Setsuna: 5...4...3...2...
Faye: He's really coming out of it?
Setsuna: According to Jet. We're going to see him in an hour.
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[Mist]

"Joy," Faye mumbled, "I get to go pay a visit to the almighty a*shole."

Setsuna chuckled.

"Let me guess, coma boy?" He asked, a slight smile on his face.
Faye just shook her head.

"When's Jet coming?" she inquired, her words slightly slurred.
"Nine." Setsuna claimed, sipping his drink quietly.
Faye gently set her glass down.
"I can't." she uttered.
"Why not?" Setsuna replied, setting his glass down in mild suprise.
He was met by an angry glare.
"What's it to you?" she screamed.

[Kinetic]

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Faye stood up and walked away for the third time. But this time she wasn't coming back.

Setsuna: Hmm...I wonder what she's gotten herself into this time.

Setsuna saw Jet's car outside and walked out. Apparently, when he got there, he saw key scratchings along the side of the car.

Jet: D*mnit, I just got this thing repaired too!
Setsuna: Let me guess, Faye saw you right before she left? *a grin on his face*
Jet: Shut up and get in the car.
Setsuna: How far away is the hospital?
Jet: This is all your fault you know!

Setsuna looked taken aback.

Jet: If you hadn't pissed her off, she wouldn't have keyed my car.
Setsuna: All I asked is why she couldn't come. Then she got pissed and stormed out.
Jet: Heh, probably in trouble with some major casino.
Setsuna: Knowing her, yeah.
Jet: So, what's this Seto guy like?...

Setsuna's grin turned into a serious look.

Setsuna: I heard he is malicious, as if he had no heart.
Jet: I said Seto, not Viscious...
Setsuna: I don't see how you can joke about him. He killed his own family to get into the clan. That was his initiation. He could take a life in an instant, without hesitating.
Jet: His own family...Do you know his last name?

Setsuna's look turned to a desperate look.

Setsuna: Spiegel...

The car swerved off of the road. Jet regained control and looked very surprised.

Jet: Does that mean...
Setsuna: He's coming after Spike...
Jet: We've gotta get to the hospital!

The engine roared and Jet pushed the pedal down all the way. They arrived at the hospital and ran to Spike's room.

Jet: Spike, wake up. We're leaving.
Spike: Wha-

Spike couldn't finish his sentence, he was picked up by Setsuna and thrown over a shoulder. They ran out, the doctor yelling at them about the bill.

Jet: I'll pay you some other time!

They jumped in the car and drove off.
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[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima grinned as the car accross the street peeled away, followed by a couple of angry doctors. She stood up staight from leaning up against the wall[/i]

Anima: very good Jet, you're learning.

[i]Anima had been wandering around the hospital for the past few months keeping a close eye on her forgotten son. She wouldn't have cared in the past if he was a bit scraped up, but this had to do with the clan and it was her buisness to make sure he didn't die.[/i]

Anima: well, I had better go check up on those idiots...

[i]she climbed into her nearby space vehicle, the "angry bee" and sped off to where the Beebop was docked.[/i]

[Mist]

" Where have you been, Faye?" the man asked quietly. He smothered his cigarette, cutting all the light out of the room. He ruffled his dark mahogany hair and smiled.
Faye flipped the light switch and threw some bullets on the man's lap. She then reached into her shoes and pulled out to I.D. tags. She threw them on top of the bullets. The man looked up at her in suprise.
"You couldn't have gotten them both." he whispered unbelievingly.
Her eyes were ruthless.
"Try me. I want the woolongs. I want 'em now. So if you would be so kind as to hand them over, I'll be on my way." She replied dismissly.
"I believe," he said with a hint of malice, "that we said 1,500 woolongs for each?"
" WHAT? I just don't think so! It was 3,000!"
The man toggled with his glasses teasingly.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Valentine, but we just don't have the money."
Faye pulled out a 9mm and smiled factiously.
" Oh, but I think you do," she said, sitting down in a nearby chair, "so, if I don't get that money, I go broke. If I go broke, I'll do anything to get that money. Tell me, Johnathan, if I killed two men today, do you [I]really[/I] think I would hesitate to kill a third?"
The man gulped as sweat collected on his brow. He reached under the table and stealthly pulled out two black leather suitcases.
"It's all there," he replied hoarsly, " All 6,000 woolongs."
Faye smiled again as she picked up the two suit cases. She kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Nice doing buisness with ya'!" She exclaimed as she walked out of the door.

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima had arrived at the beebop as Jet and Setsuna were pulling Spike out of the car, he looked dazed and confused. Anima chuckled.[/i]

Anima: poor sonovab*tch....I'll keep watch here I guess....

[i]Anima sat back in her pilot chair and prepared for a long night, she knew they weren't going to take off just yet, so she'd wait quietly always in shadow. Anima glanced at a worn and fadded picture that was taped to her dashboard. It was a picture she had secretly taken of spike when he was about six or seven years old, anima smiled thinking of how mutch he looked like his father but then she shook her head and looked away. She knew she could never love again, the past was behind her she needed to focus on the future. She hated being heartless like that. Anima's head snaped up as something occured outside the beebop[/i]

[Geist]

[I]James was flying as fast as he could to the Bebop. He had read up about the ship, and its crew and had found out they were the ones who nearly took out the Red Dragon Clan. He heard online that they're was going to be a party going on, and he didn't want to miss it...[/I]

[Mist]

Faye was stirding down the street, puffing on a cigarette. She dropped it and walked faster. Spike, Jet, and Setsuna must already be on the Bebop and she had to warn them about something...

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima shifted slightly in her seat, she had been sitting there for two hours now and her butt was fallign alseep. She itched to get out and stretch but that would probably draw attention to herself, something she didn't need at the moment. Out of pure boredom Anima started searching around her vehicle for something to read, everything she owned was in there, she practicaly lived out of her space pod. She pulled out an old paperback book that she had read about twenty times before and leafed through it. Moments later someone rushed by her vehicle, it was a young woman smoking a ciggarett, Anima recognised her and steped out of her space pod. God it felt good to streach[/i]

Anima: Faye Valantine?

[i]Faye turned around, her ciggaret was almost a stub, but she still smoked it.[/i]

Faye: It's you.....

[i]Faye didn't look very happy, she flicked her ciggaret butt to the ground[/i]

Faye: still hanging around like a vulture huh?

Anima: vultures pick from the weak, I'm doing the opposite, why are you here now?

[i]Faye didn't answer, she just stared Anima down[/i]

Faye: why do you care anyway? you said he wasn't important to you before.

Anima: is he important to you? is that why you're here?

[i]Anima grinned, and Faye turned[/i]

Faye: I don't have time for this. I have to tell them something....

[i]She walked off torwards the bebop[/i]

[Kinetic]

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Faye rushed off to the Bebop and rushed through the huge door inside. She ran into the living room and saw Setsuna, Jet, and Spike sitting down.

Spike: Faye? What a *cough*un*cough*pleasant surprise.
A slight grin on his face.
Faye: Very funny. We have to go.
Jet: What?
Faye: Seto is coming here. now!
Setsuna: That's impossible, Seto doesn't even know where we are!
Faye: I guess someone tipped him off.

They take off into orbit, barely outside Earth.
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[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima shook her head as she watched the ship shoot off[/i]

Anima: that's what he wants you to do......

[i]debating wether she should follow or not she stood watching the ship get smaller and smaller. She felt a nagging suspicion in the back of her mind, she turned around to see a man hidden in shadow watching her.[/i]

Anima: can I help you?

????: yes, are you Anima Malus?

Anima: that I am, listen I'm taking a break from the assasin work, go find someone else to do your dirty deeds...

????: no, I don't want you to kill someone, I want to kill you...

[i]Anima raised an eyebrow, but didn't react, doing that would get her killed. She stood firm, noticing a glint of the man's gun.[/i]

Anima: so you're seto?

[i]She grinned.[/i]

Anima: sorry junior, you'll need a lot more than that to kill me...

[i]At that remark Seto opened fire, bullets came from other directions too, but anima grinned as she fell, knowing that they could never kill her. She lay still as they walked away laughing, congratulating eachother, it made her want to stand up and do it again. Once they were gone she stood up, the bullet wounds were gone, only her clothing was smeared with blood.[/i]

Anima: guess I'll just follow the bebop now...

[i]Anima climbed into her pod and took off[/i]

[Mist]

Spike gazed at Faye oddly. She had never been this...jumpy. She was puffing on her cigarette incesantly and was drinking her beer like it was water.
"You really should slow down, you know." Spike suggested, with a slight smile on his face.
Faye glared at him and took another swig from her can.
"Shut up. I saved your life there, bud." she replied.
Spike's head tilted to the side in curiousity.
"What are you talking about?"
"Look, I ki...worked for this guy named Jonathan, right? Well, he's friends with the new leader of the Red Dragon syndicate. Word's out that Seto is after you. So he called out for an assassin guild to kill you." She replied.
"So why do you know about this?" Spike asked, fearing the answer.
"Because I worked for that assassin guild and Jonathan is the head boss." she said calmly, her eyes piercing his, "I just got out of the guild."

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima's bullet holes itched. she continued to follow the bebop slowly. she was sure that faye had delivered the news by now, which meant that unexpected visitors wouldn't be welcome.*

[Mist]

Spike's eyebrows twitched.
"You're an assassin?" he asked unbelievingly.
Faye took one last deep drag of her cigarette before smothering it in the ash tray.
"Yup, fifty killed and counting," she replied, " And it's sorta like bounty hunting. Except you don't turn 'em in. You kill 'em, find some sort of I.D., then give that and the bullets to the person who was after them." she replied calmly.
"How do you get the bullets?" SPike asked curiously.
"Easy." she said as she pulled out a pair of shiny tweesers.
"Ugh."
"You two gonna eat or what?" Jet asked from the kitchen.
"Yes!" Faye yelled and pocketed her tweesers. She smiled at Spike and walked off.
Spike watched her leave, his gaze lingering on the back of her head.
"She's changed." he mumbled to himslef as he got up.

[Kinetic]

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Setsuna stood up and walked off.

Spike: Can you believe that?
Setsuna: Believe what?
Spike: That Faye was an assasin.
Setsuna: What's this? I knew my naps were too long.

Spike falls over anime style.
Jet had cooked ramen noodles, and Faye was sitting there pigging out.

Spike: Uhh...when was the last time you ate?
Faye: *slurping down her noodles* Well, there weren't any jobs for a while...
Spike: Heh, go figure. It's not every day you're paid for killing someone.
Jet: Now Spike, give her a break...
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[Mist]

"Actually, more people would pay to have someone dead than you think. More than I thought, that's for sure." Faye said, gulping down the rest of her noodles.
Setsuna's head tilted in curiousity.
"I didn't know noodles could go down a throat that way."
Faye just smiled as Spike sat down across from her.
"When was your most busiest times?" He asked, with a hint of a smile.
"When trade gets cut off," she replied," So many blackmarkets are fightin' for somethin'."
"Oh."
"Well, I'm going to bed," Setsuna cut in, "I'm tired."
"I think I'll hit the sack too," Faye added getting up, "Night all!" she called out from down the hallway.
Setsuna smiled.
"She's changed." Setsuna muttered.
Spike just shook his head, adding soft chuckle.
"I thought so too."

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Jet frowned as he stared at the sonar system, setsuna stoped to look too as he was heading to bed. There was a small ship following the bebop.[/i]

Setsuna: what do you suppose that is?

Jet: dunno, but it's been folowing us for about twenty minutes, and it hasn't changed it's course.

Setsuna: well, what should we do about it? shoot them down?

Jet: give me I minute and I'll see if it's necisary.

[i]Jet ran a scan on the ship. The bebop's computers read the ship as enimy and it had an identity with a clan member. Jet read off the info.[/i]

Jet: let's see...Anima Malus, female, assasin clan member. age unidentified. member of the clan for 70 years?

Setsuna: granny clan member, that's a riot.

Jet: that can't be right but I'm taking it down anyway....

[i]Jet set homming misiles on the small speeder. meanwhile on the speeder Anima naped, she had auto pilot on. a Missile flew by her ship, jogging her awake. Back on the bebop jet swore inder his breath[/i]

Jat: Damn! the homming devices have gone again....just going to have to trust aim....

[i]Back on the speeder, Anima noticed that her identification system had been hacked into.[/i]

Anima: oh crap! I knew I should have changed my ID!

[i]She launched a few friendly signal missiles.[/i]

Setsuna: should we trust her?

Jet: I don't know...

[Mist]

"I say you give it a try." faye said, leaning on the doorframe.
"Who asked your opininon?" Jet asked, not turning to face her."
"Yeah, well since when do I care?" Faye said, walking behind Jet.
Once she saw who it was, she cursed under her breath.
"Don't shoot her." Faye said quietly.
"And why the hell not?" Setsuna asked.
"She's a...friend...of Spike's."

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]a voice cracked over the radio[/i]

Anima:[i]since when is it legal to start opening fire on civilians![/i]

[i]Jet winced at her voice[/i]

Jet: sorry about that, we got a clan profile from you, but why were you following us?

Anima:[i]I'm trying to get into contact with someone on your ship that is need of medical attention.[/i]

Jet: you mean spike? he's fine...

Anima:[i]I doubt it, those who just come out of commas need to be watched carefully. I'm offering my help so he won't die again.[/i]

[i]Jet thought to himself for a moment[/i]

Jet: allright, grantimg permission to dock...