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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 11:15:56 GMT -5
"You're into bounty hunting now?" asked Ebony.
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"Not really," said Kamui, "Nevada's outside with the trailer and I'm willing to bet Shroder got lost again. He's got a terrible sense of direction."
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 13:13:44 GMT -5
"Not for the cops, no," Carl replied, keeping his normally raspy voice down, "Not the clean ones, anyway. It's one of those don't-ask-don't-tell retrieval things, and these folks have to remain alive."
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"Your own trailer?" Neville asked, seemingly astonished, "Man, you stock car types really got it made..."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 13:21:37 GMT -5
"So, it's basically a hush-hush job, then," Ebony said, "I think I understand..."
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"Well, I did have to work hard to earn the right to get that trailer," said Kamui, "Those of the circuit really don't hold that much respect for someone of my kind. I'm a Shooter and we're not like most everyone else on the planet. I'm currently trying to show them that my people are just as important as everyone else and can do anything they put their minds to."
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 13:31:55 GMT -5
"Yeah...like that. Keeping 'em alive gets a bigger bounty, but still it's been scooter-scratch compared to the races. This is my first out-of-town one..." Carl added, nervously looking around for a hospital security camera. Too long a stay would attract too much attention.
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"Shooter?" Neville thought he may have heard the term before, but never quite put a tread on what it was. "Isn't that a World Rally term?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 13:38:12 GMT -5
"Out-of-town... I guess I'm not privvy to anymore information, such as who you're after and how much their bounty is, right?" asked Ebony.
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"No, it's the name my people call themselves," said Kamui, "Let me ask you a question. What kind of car do you think I am?"
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 13:44:35 GMT -5
"I could probably let you in on this one though...this one's an 'open' bounty," Carl replied, sighing as he slid to the side, a bit closer to Ebony and out of a camera's view. He dialled Ebony and messaged the info to her...or at least...what info there was.
"All they give is a make, model, name, and last-known. That's it, but the bounty's HUGE. No mannerisms or scars, nothing else. They've filtered out hoaxes and pranks, but this one's managed to stick."
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"Easy," Neville replied confidently, "Ford Focus, modded. Looks like a Rally spoiler you got on there...most likely from Worxx though I think SVT released something similar." Thanks to the magic of fiberglass surgery, even a Fiero could actually resemble a Lambo, if only for show.
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 14:01:53 GMT -5
Ebony looked at the info that had been sent to her. As she read through the profile. Her eyes widened as she recognized the name. "Holy Chrysler, I think I know him..."
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"Wrong!" Kamui tapped Neville's hood with her antenna as if she were a schoolteacher correcting a student, "I may look like a Ford Focus, but I'm not. See, my genetics are so mixed up that it's hard to fit me or any of my people into any of the known categories. That's why we call ourselves Shooters. And as for my racing mods, I got them courtesy from my sponsor, Flo n' Go, who was kind enough to take me on to race for them after their original racer, El Bandito, had passed away... bless his soul... And not to mention that I was the only one to take on the dreaded number 85, despite the connection it seems to have to being haunted."
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 22:57:48 GMT -5
"Who doesn't? That's the guy who's been missing since he lost the Piston Cup..." Carl suddenly hesitated, "...though the name sorta rings another bell in me for some reason."
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The 300C winced as his hood got antenna-whapped. "Ow, hey! I didn't know, okay? Geez, you Piston Cup folks can get so temperamental, haunted numbers and all."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 23:12:33 GMT -5
"I met him personally," said Ebony, "and he and Kamui had a few clashes from time to time. The last I've seen of him was when Kamui won the Piston Cup, but haven't seen him since. I wonder what happened to him and if he's okay."
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"You know what really ticks me off?" asked Kamui, "Is when someone makes a broad generalization about something when they don't even know what it's like. I wasn't always a Piston Cup racer. I started out street-racing and was actually a member of a tuner group once before I got a job as a waitress at the Flo n' Go diner, based in Canada. My employer saw that I had potential and offered to sponsor me. I worked hard to get where I am today."
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 23:41:30 GMT -5
"Kamui...isn't that the electric chick who saved us?" Carl replied, "Maybe she knows a thing or two about where he went..."
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"Hey, man, I'm not makeist, okay?" Neville replied bluntly, "You just got real lucky is all...hardly any tuners are able to 'quit the life,' but then again," he then smirked a bit, "Sometimes the 'life' is really more fun than racing in circles."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 9, 2008 23:52:42 GMT -5
"She probably knows a bit more about him than I do," shrugged Ebony, "Not sure if she knows where he went. I don't really get to meet up with her too often to know what she's been up to or what she knows about someone."
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"Now what's that supposed to mean?" Kamui asked, "You're not insulting me, are you? Because that would be a very bad idea."
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Post by fierano on Oct 9, 2008 23:57:08 GMT -5
"Maybe...we can go out and ask her, at least while she's still here..." Carl replied, trying to move but wincing from his injured wheelarch, "Hrrrgh..." The only thing going through his mind was the possible reward, which would rival that of the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists, though he couldn't shake that nagging feeling...
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"Hey, hey...don't shock me, please," Neville stuttered, backing away a bit, "I'm just saying that a lot of us tuners end up impounded or dead and you're really lucky to get into legit racing and please don't fry me here, please..."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 10, 2008 0:10:20 GMT -5
"We can," said Ebony, "just as soon as the hospital discharges us once they decide that we're in a good enough condition to leave." Ebony didn't like hospitals either, but not as much as Kamui did. She would stay because of Slaytor.
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"Well, sorry, but I'm a bit sensitive when I think someone insults me," said Kamui, "and relax, I'm not gonna fry you."
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Post by fierano on Oct 10, 2008 0:18:27 GMT -5
"Not like I'll be doing anything intense until this wheelarch stops stinging...unless there's a raid, anyway..." Carl replied.
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"I'm not here to start anything with you..." Neville replied, trying to keep his cool, "Me and Carl are just here to look for someone."
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Post by ebonyviper on Oct 10, 2008 0:34:45 GMT -5
"I don't think there'd be a raid," said Ebony, "Nobody's that stupid to put all these sick and injured cars in here at risk like that."
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"Sorry," said Kamui. Then she perked up, "Who are you looking for, if I may ask out of curiosity?"
(((((OOC: Gotta go to sleep now... Night...)))))
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