RPG Cowboy Bebop: Glass Roses

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1]Faye jumped into the Redtail cleanly and took off. She set the course for manual and hit for the Grand Preleax. Her ship zoomed noisely over buildings, trying to pick the low-profile hotel out.

She brought up a map of this side of Jupiter, and picked out the proximity of the area. She narrowed her search by names of streets. She found the area within seconds.

"Let's go." she said smoothly to herself, smiling.

Twenty minutes later, Faye strode confidently to the hotel's front desk.

"Hello," she said quietly, "I'm looking for a man named Wally Montag."

The clerk looked up.

"Is he expecting you?" she asked curiously, pulling up room files on her computer.

Faye nodded.

"Yes, he always has been expecting me. I'm just finally making my due." she replied.

The clerk looked up at her uncertainly but gave her the room number anyway. She handed her the number on a slip of paper and Faye walked down the hall. She glanced down at the slip of paper.

[i]Room 409[/i].

Faye found herself, five minutes, in front of his door. She raised her fist to knock, but found a gun barrel being poked into her back.

"Shouldn't have come back, bounty hunter." Montag sneered, opening the door and pushing her in.

Faye shrugged, a calm mask covering her dismay at being caught.
She sat down on the bed and pulled her gun out of her pocket and slid it over to his feet. He picked it up and locked the door.

"Who wants me dead?" he asked plainly, still aiming for Faye's forehead.

"If I told you, then it wouldn't be a secret." she teased.

Blotches of red popped onto Montag's face.

"Who?" he asked through gritted teeth.

Fayue shrugged and rolled over suddenly, hitting him in the jaw. She grabbed his wrist and turned it, the gun falling into her hands. He tried to scoop up her gun, and when he did Faye burst out of the room and ran as fast as she could down the hall.

When he pulled the trigger, the hall behind her exploded. She ran out into the lobby, winded. She smiled at the bewildered desk clerk before running out.

When she had gotten safely back into the ship, she pulled out her real gun, and kissed it lightly.

"Gotta love home-made bombs. I'll have to thank James later." she said, getting her ship into the air and out of the area.
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[Juu]

Relee heard another 'bleep' come from her lil computer. She pulled it out from her pocket and clicked a small, green button on the side. She sighed at the message and turned it off. *sigh*

Relee) well, there goes my 10,000.....

Relee walked into the nearest hotel, and walked inside. She noticed no one was at the lobby. She turned to see a couple of doctors carry a tall man outside, into an ambulance. Relee ran upstairs to see what was happening. She saw some shattered glass, a fallen door, and a huge dent in front of it. She noticed half of a small, black gun on the floor. She picked it up and reserched it. She threw it back on the ground. She walked outside and jumped in a ship. Since she failed to get the bounty for that montag guy, she decided to head for venus. Perhaps she'd win a little something there.....

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1] Faye hopped out of her ship and ran to her apartment. She opened the door queitly, but found, suprisingly, Midora was still up.

The woman had been grinning from ear to ear, after hearing about Faye's little 'event' at the Grand Preleax.

"You made a scene." she said simply, nodding towards the t.v. screen as Faye walked in.

Faye nodded.

"It was ineveitable." she said, plopping down on the couch, next to her friend.[/color][/size]

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima turned off her tiny monitor in her ship that was showing Faye's somwhat reckless damage then turned back to her laptop to continue searching for Seto's wherabouts.[/i]

Anima: seems that faye is having more fun than I am...

[i]She rubbed her eyes and made an attempt to stretch in her small cockpit. Anima pounded keys for a few more hours into the night still unable to get any results.[/i]

[Geist]

[COLOR=blue]James: Hey Anima?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=red]Anima: Yes James?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue]James: All I've found are false leads. Have you found anything yet?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=red]Anima: No, me...Wait! I think I found something![/COLOR]

[Angelus_Necare]

Anima: it's just an address, but it's the best thing I've found so far......James.

James: yeah?

Anima: I think it best that you don't follow me.

James: but-

Anima: no, I can't promise that I can protect you once we get there, you should go back to the bebop with jet.

James: I can take care of myself, I can help you, come on Anima please?

Anima: you really want to help james?

[i]James nodded eagerly[/i]

Anima: go find spike, tell him I'm on seto's trail and that I'm going to finish the job wether he likes it or not, can you do that?

James: he won't like it, but I'll do it...

Anima: good boy, now go, and keep yourself safe.

[i]James nodded as he left the side of her ship. Anima turned the ignition and headed torwards jupiter[/i]

[Geist]

[I]After a little while, James found Spike's ship and hailed him.[/I]

[COLOR=red]Spike: What is it?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue]James: Anima wanted me to tell you that she's going after Seto, and that she's going to finish this wether you like it or not.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=red]Spike: Thanks, James. I think I know where she's going...James, you head back to the Bebop.[/COLOR]

[I]As Spike took off, James shot a tracking device at his ship.[/I]

[COLOR=blue]James: Now I'll know, too! :D[/COLOR]

[I]James headed back to the Bebop.[/I]

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]hours later on the bebop.....[/i]

James: time to check in on the homing devices, good thing Anima didn't discover the one I stuck on her ship...

[i]James looked at his computer screen and frowned, he could still see Spike's signal but not Anima's[/i]

James: must have been a dud, oh well...

[i]A video message poped up on James's screen[/i]

James: what's this?

[i]He opened it to start a chilling video message of Anima tied to a chair looking severely beaten, tears welled in the corners of her eyes as she relayed a message obviously ordered to her.[/i]

Anima:[/i]To the bebop, spike and anyone else who receives this message, I'm being held in a small barstrip on jupiter by seto, meet the hooded man at the "sun spot" bar to retreave me.[/i]

[i]the camera that recorded Anima shook as she lurched forward in her chair[/i]

Anima: [/i]Stay away!, please! it's a trap! just leave me please![/i]

[i]The video cut there, James was shocked and elsewhere Spike had just finished watching the same message, his hate torwards seto growing.[/i]

[Kinetic]

[color=darkblue]
OOC: Sorry, I meant to tell you this sooner, but I can't participate in the RPG. I am slowly gaining a life :p Control Spike however you want ;)
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[Geist]

[COLOR=blue]OOC: NO!!! ARIES IS GETTING A LIFE!!! :wigout:[/COLOR]

[I]James tried to get in contact with Spike, but he wasn't answering.[/I]

[COLOR=blue]James: I guess I'll just have to follow him. He'll probably need my help![/COLOR]

[I]James began to accelerate.[/I]

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1]OOC: Great! Just what we need! A main character to leave! Oh well...
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~2 hours earlier~

Faye walked jauntily into the bar, a quiet, dim-lighted place.

She sat down casually and ordered herself a drink. She sipped it quietly, her eyes darting around the room.

She sighed and turned to her drink, but quickly turned to look around her shoulder.

[i] Anima,[/i] she thought with a pang of fear.[/color][/size]

[Angelus_Necare]

((aries, remind me to strangle you slowly when we next meet, J/K.))

[i]Anima lay in a cell corner wincing at her newfound pain. She hadn't seen any face but she knew who her capturur was and she knew what his intentions were. The cell door on the other side of the room opened with a loud squeal as a sickeningly familiar figure apeared in it.[/i]

Seto: how are we holding up?

[i]Anima turned her body so she wouldn't have to look at him.[/i]

Anima: go to hell seto.

Seto: my such language, probably due to your state of body.

[i]Anima winced once more at her pain, which should have dissapeared under normal circumstances but had not.[/i]

Anima: what did you do to me?

Seto: it's very simple you see, I gave you a syrum when you were unconsious that slows your bodys ability to heal little by little, soon you will have every wound you gained in your life and if all goes according to plan.....

[i]He laughed maliciously[/i]

Seto:...there will be no more you.

[i]With that he left laughing to himself proud that he could think of something so clever leaving Anima to her pain and tears[/i]

Anima: please, someone find me....

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1] Faye quickly dialed a number on her video, panicking.

She met Spike's grim face.

"What do you want?" he asked impatiently,not turning to look at her.

Faye smiled.

"You lookin' for Anima?" she asked quietly.

Spike was soon 'all ears'.

"She's here," Faye said, motioning behind her, "and here as the Coc Dejavu."

Spike nodded.

"Wait there." he said simply.

Spike clikced off his phone and jumped into the Sword Fish. He seared into the orbit of Jupiter as quickly as he could.[/color][/size]

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Anima lay in pain in the corner of her cell, bullet holes started to become visible and cuts and burns soon joined them. She tried to cry out but her throat was dry and the copper taste of blood rested on her tounge. elsewhere Seto was making orders seeing his plan fall in order. He turned to a tall man wearing a hooded trenchcoat[/i]

Seto: go wait out front for him, if he tries anything funny, kill him on the spot.

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1]Faye bit her lip expectendly, searching the bar quietly for any clues.

[i]I can't just bust in there,[/i] Faye thought,[i]They'd kill her for sure, then.[/i]

She shook her head, and fingered her gun. Spike walked in and caught her eye quickly. He storde over and ordered himself a drink, trying to look casual.

"Where is she?" he asked under his breath.

"You're shaking." she pointed out, sipping her drink.

"Faye-"Spike started, but was waved off.

"She in the back I guess. But Seto's got men undercover all over the place. We could never get in there without having a little "fun" out here."

Spike glanced over at her.

"[i]We[/i]?"

Faye's face seized up.

"Of course [i]we[/i]," she stated, "Anima's my friend...sorta. Well, she gotten me out of some jams, that's all."

Spike nodded, gulping down his drink.

"Whatever."[/color][/size]

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]The hodded man entered the bar and looked around casualy, his lips spread into a grin when he saw spike standing there stiff and impatient. With long gracefull strides he approached Spike and Faye, his deep voice greeted both of them.[/i]

???: Mr. Spike Spiegle?

Spike: where is she....

???: you'll know in due time. Please follow me, Seto would like to speak with you.

[i]The hooded man turned and Spike followed reluctantly his hands clenched to fists ready to spring. Faye hopped of the barstool intending to follow[/i]

???: not you...

[i]The hooded man grunted at Faye, she threw him a dirty look and sat down again planing to folow unnoticed.[/i]

[Geist]

[I]James landed outside of the building and crawled into a ventilation shaft. After crawling around for a little while, he sat down and pulled out the Dreamboat.[/I]

[COLOR=blue]James: Let's see now...this should work...Alright! I got into the security system![/COLOR]

[I]James programmed the cameras to keep playing the same frame over and over again.[/I]

[COLOR=blue]James: There! Now for my next trick...[/COLOR]

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1] Faye slinked outside into the back quietly, waiting for some kind of sign, she looked to her left and-

[i]James ship.[/i]

Faye quickly jumped into the redtail and accessed the computer vid phone.

"James!" she exclaimed, "Are you there?"[/color][/size]

[Juu]

Relee Dashed out of the casino. She had a large briefcase in her hand, with her 8ml handgun in the other. She shot at some people that were running after her. She kicked the side of the garage door, causing it to fly open halfway. She crouched under it and ran through the ships. She crouched behind one of the ships and shot every single person that slid through the door. She leaned backwards, clapped the extra set of bullets in, and ran to another ship that was right by it. She shot a button on the side that made the top of the ship open. Relee jumped inside it, pulled a small pin out of her hair, causing her hair to drop down to her back. She stuck the pin inside the keyhole and started the ship. The engine started to 'hum' and she drove it slowly through the people, which immediately moved to the side. She drove it to the opposite way she got in and quickly went to lightspeed. Smiling, she opened the briefcase, checked the woolong inside of it, and set it down, smiling again.

[Geist]

[I]James was about to do a little more damage to the security systems, when he got a call. He picked it up quickly.[/I]

[COLOR=red]Faye: James, are you there?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue][I]James: Yeah, I'm here. Can you keep it down? I'm sort of busy at the moment.[/I][/COLOR]

[COLOR=red][I]Okay. Where are you?[/I][/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue][I]In Seto's building, I'm hacking into the security system...[/I][/COLOR]

[Angelus_Necare]

[i]Spike followed the hooded man to a large empty-looking building. The hooded man steped aside and opened the door motioning for him to go first, once spike was in the doorway he felt a gun against his back the Hooded man grinned as he moved nearer to him.[/i]

???: just do as i say and you or Anima won't get hurt.

[i]Spike nearly jerked around at the mention of Anima's name but a friendly reminder of the hooded man's gun barrel made him stay still. Soon they were heading down a hallway, the hooded man dirrected spike to what looked like a large cell door, he opened it and gave Spike a shove in.[/i]

???: seto will be by to see you both in a while.

[i]With that The hooded man closed the door[/i]

Spike: both?

????: wh- who's there?

[i]Anima coughed from the corner...[/i]

[Juu]

[color=blue] [size=1]Relee lowered the ship on Jupiter. She sat and opened the briefcase. She smiled lightly as she counted it. She smiled, then got out of the ship. She clicked on a lock to the briefcase. She stopped. Relee got back in the ship. She decided she'd sleep well that night...... She drove the ship away from the motel, and decided to fly northeast. Hoping that she'd find a better place to sleep, now that the casino's manager 'gave' her a lil extra cash, She didn't have as much to worry about....for now.....[/color] [/size]

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1]

Faye smiled.

"I'm outside. They took Spike in." she said, grabbing her gun.

James nodded.

"If you're outside," he asked, "will you go in then?"

Faye nodded.

"Yeah." she whispered, "Just tell me when."

Faye leaned back in her seat, waiting.[/color][/size]

[Geist]

[I]James released a small, remote controlled robot, with a camera on its back. He steered it to the fuse box and had it pull the main fuse.[/I]

[COLOR=blue]James: Faye, hurry! This is going to be your best chance before they get the power back on![/COLOR]

[COLOR=red]Faye: Right. I'm on my way![/COLOR]

[I]Faye headed inside the building...[/I]

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1] Admidst the scream of sudden terror, Faye slipped into the bar, undetected. She had mermorized every inch of this place, a favorite pick among clans for it envious "back room".

She slipped quietly past a door as te guards were scrambling along to find their posts once again. She almost ran into one herself, had his figure not been so bulky you could see it in the darkness.

Once she was on the other side, the light flicked dangerously on, but low.[/color][/size]