997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

Shawn and Ilane leave the restaurant and head back into the warehouse 
district just north of the Starport on its western side. This is the 
area where Ilane went to rent the boat from McCalls, and where she and 
April met and picked up the two men they had drinks with a week ago. 
When the pair come to the street heading to McCalls, instead of heading 
south Shawn continues west.

Near the docks along the river, with warehouses and storage facilities 
on both sides, he turns to the right, passing through an open gate in a 
3 meter high metal fence into a gravel parking lot beside a two story 
building.  The parking lot forms a plaza with buildings on three sides, 
two obviously warehouses and the one on the left side a combination 
warehouse office. There are two trucks backed up to loading docks next 
to the warehouses and a three automobiles parked next to the 
warehouse/office building.

There are metal stairs up the side of the warehouse/office building 
leading to a door labeled "OFFICE" and it is up those stairs that Shawn 
leads Ilane. Opening the door causes a jingling sound, and you see a 
bell above the door that is forced to ring whenever the door is opened.

The pair of you step inside and are greeted by the sight of a middle 
aged woman seated behind a wooded desk. She has a stack of papers on the 
desk and appears to be transferring information from the papers to a 
computer terminal. Also in the office are a burly looking woman of about 
30 and a vargr of indeterminate age. Both of these people are dressed in 
work clothes. They are queued up in front of the seated woman's desk.

The woman has short blonde hair under a dingy cap and is carrying a 
clipboard with several sheets of paper on it. She is standing in front 
of the desk peering down at the woman who is working at the terminal.

The vargr, who you note has reddish brown fur, is smoking a cigar and 
wagging his short tail sticking out of a hole in the back of his 
jumpsuit. He is tapping a staccato rhythm with the fingers of one hand 
on the clipboard he is holding with the other. He glances back at the 
Shawn and Ilane as they step inside and moves slightly up to further 
block you from the woman at the desk. He appears to be impatiently 
waiting in line behind the blonde woman. 

The woman at the desk glances up from her work at the ringing of the 
bell and says, "Join the line. I'll get to you in a minute."

Looking around the rest of the office, you see a couch and pair of 
chairs in a waiting area. You also see a closed door with the words 
"Private Office" printed on it.

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

> The pair of you step inside and are greeted by the sight of a middle
> aged woman seated behind a wooded desk. She has a stack of papers on the
> desk and appears to be transferring information from the papers to a
> computer terminal. Also in the office are a burly looking woman of about
> 30 and a vargr of indeterminate age. Both of these people are dressed in
> work clothes. They are queued up in front of the seated woman's desk.
> 
> The woman has short blonde hair under a dingy cap and is carrying a
> clipboard with several sheets of paper on it. She is standing in front
> of the desk peering down at the woman who is working at the terminal.
> 
> The vargr, who you note has reddish brown fur, is smoking a cigar and
> wagging his short tail sticking out of a hole in the back of his
> jumpsuit. He is tapping a staccato rhythm with the fingers of one hand
> on the clipboard he is holding with the other. He glances back at the
> Shawn and Ilane as they step inside and moves slightly up to further
> block you from the woman at the desk. He appears to be impatiently
> waiting in line behind the blonde woman.

Shawn nodded in acknowledgement of his precedence.
 
> The woman at the desk glances up from her work at the ringing of the
> bell and says, "Join the line. I'll get to you in a minute."

"Thanks."

> Looking around the rest of the office, you see a couch and pair of
> chairs in a waiting area. You also see a closed door with the words
> "Private Office" printed on it.

"Would you like a seat while I stand in line?"

Shawn

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> > The vargr, who you note has reddish brown fur, is smoking a cigar and
> > wagging his short tail sticking out of a hole in the back of his
> > jumpsuit. He is tapping a staccato rhythm with the fingers of one hand
> > on the clipboard he is holding with the other. He glances back at the
> > Shawn and Ilane as they step inside and moves slightly up to further
> > block you from the woman at the desk. He appears to be impatiently
> > waiting in line behind the blonde woman.
> 
> Shawn nodded in acknowledgement of his precedence.

Ilane seems to note his presence, but not much else. 

> > Looking around the rest of the office, you see a couch and pair of
> > chairs in a waiting area. You also see a closed door with the words
> > "Private Office" printed on it.
> 
> "Would you like a seat while I stand in line?"

The raven-haired dancer nods.  "Okay, Shawn."  She sits down on the couch and 
waits patiently.

-- 
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Ilane Lanik wrote:

> >> The vargr, who you note has reddish brown fur, is smoking a cigar
> >> and wagging his short tail sticking out of a hole in the back of
> >> his jumpsuit. He is tapping a staccato rhythm with the fingers of
> >> one hand on the clipboard he is holding with the other. He
> >> glances back at the Shawn and Ilane as they step inside and moves
> >> slightly up to further block you from the woman at the desk. He
> >> appears to be impatiently waiting in line behind the blonde
> >> woman.
> >
> > Shawn nodded in acknowledgement of his precedence.
>
>  Ilane seems to note his presence, but not much else.
>
> >> Looking around the rest of the office, you see a couch and pair
> >> of chairs in a waiting area. You also see a closed door with the
> >> words "Private Office" printed on it.
> >
> > "Would you like a seat while I stand in line?"
>
>  The raven-haired dancer nods. "Okay, Shawn." She sits down on the
>  couch and waits patiently.

You are waiting only a couple of minutes before the door to the private 
office opens and a short, balding, man with a red face and an angry 
expression comes out. He is gripping what look like paper forms in one hand.

"Damnation! Sally, the /Gypsy/ lifted on us yesterday and left me high 
and dry with this freight." he says to the woman behind the desk, "Those 
black hearted ba....."

Ilane sees the man's eyes fall on her in the middle of his oath and he 
stops and seems to swallow his words.

The little bald man stares at Ilane his mouth still hanging half open 
for several seconds before he remembers to snap it shut. He doesn't look 
angry, he looks shocked, almost like he's seeing a ghost.

Ilane doesn't know this man, she's never seen him before in her life.

Shawn recognizes him as Rosco Ollis

Eris
AKU GM

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Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> Ilane sees the man's eyes fall on her in the middle of his oath and he 
> stops and seems to swallow his words.
> 
> The little bald man stares at Ilane his mouth still hanging half open 
> for several seconds before he remembers to snap it shut. He doesn't look 
> angry, he looks shocked, almost like he's seeing a ghost.
> 
> Ilane doesn't know this man, she's never seen him before in her life.

Ilane looks back at him a bit nervously.  "Do I know you, sir?"

> Shawn recognizes him as Rosco Ollis

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Ilane Lanik wrote:

>  Quoting Eris Reddoch :
>
> > Ilane sees the man's eyes fall on her in the middle of his oath and
> > he stops and seems to swallow his words.
> >
> > The little bald man stares at Ilane his mouth still hanging half
> > open for several seconds before he remembers to snap it shut. He
> > doesn't look angry, he looks shocked, almost like he's seeing a
> > ghost.
> >
> > Ilane doesn't know this man, she's never seen him before in her
> > life.
>
>  Ilane looks back at him a bit nervously. "Do I know you, sir?"
>
> > Shawn recognizes him as Rosco Ollis

"Urm..." whatever was in the man's eyes fades out as he continues to 
look at Ilane, "No, I guess you don't. You just reminded me of...someone."

He smiles and holds out his hand to Ilane, "Rosco Ollis at your service, 
Sianna. What business, might I inquire, brings you to my offices?"

Ollis is still focusing on Ilane and doesn't appear to have noticed 
Shawn standing to his left in the line in front of  Sally's desk.


Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> "Urm..." whatever was in the man's eyes fades out as he continues to 
> look at Ilane, "No, I guess you don't. You just reminded me of...someone."

"Oh, okay..."  Interesting.  Is he thinking of one of my relatives or something?

> He smiles and holds out his hand to Ilane, "Rosco Ollis at your service, 
> Sianna. What business, might I inquire, brings you to my offices?"

Ilane smiles politely.  "A pleasure to meet you, Si Ollis.  I'm Ilane Lanik," 
she gestures towards Shawn, "and this is my cousin Shawn Smith.  We're from the 
merchant ship Mae Lee and we'd like to talk about acquiring some cargoes."

-- 
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Ilane Lanik wrote:

> > "Urm..." whatever was in the man's eyes fades out as he continues
> > to look at Ilane, "No, I guess you don't. You just reminded me
> > of...someone."
>
>  "Oh, okay..." Interesting. Is he thinking of one of my relatives or
>  something?
>
> > He smiles and holds out his hand to Ilane, "Rosco Ollis at your
> > service, Sianna. What business, might I inquire, brings you to my
> > offices?"
>
>  Ilane smiles politely. "A pleasure to meet you, Si Ollis. I'm Ilane
>  Lanik," she gestures towards Shawn, "and this is my cousin Shawn
>  Smith. We're from the merchant ship Mae Lee and we'd like to talk
>  about acquiring some cargoes."

Ollis turns quickly at this and looks at Shawn. He looks perplexed.

"Si Smith of the /Mae Lee/." he holds out his hand to shake with Shawn, 
"Yes, I remember you well enough, but I don't remember this charming 
cousin of yours."

"You're here to talk about freight, then no need to stand in line." he 
says putting his hand on Shawn's back and steering him toward his inner 
office, "Come in! Come in!"

Looking over his shoulder he asks Ilane, "Would you care to join us 
Sianna, or would you rather wait out here?"

"Sally, get out guests here a cup of kaffe?" he says as he continues to 
encourage Shawn toward the inner office, "Tea? A soft drink?"

Eris
AKU GM

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Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> Ilane Lanik wrote:

> Looking over his shoulder he asks Ilane, "Would you care to join us 
> Sianna, or would you rather wait out here?"

She smiles again, a bit more warmly this time.  "Actually, I'd like to join you 
if I may.  Shawn is sort of 'teaching me the ropes' of freight acquistion this 
afternoon."

-- 
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Ilane Lanik wrote:

>  Quoting Eris Reddoch :
>
> > Looking over his shoulder he asks Ilane, "Would you care to join us
> > Sianna, or would you rather wait out here?"
>
>  She smiles again, a bit more warmly this time. "Actually, I'd like
>  to join you if I may. Shawn is sort of 'teaching me the ropes' of
>  freight acquistion this afternoon."

There is a change in Rosco's expression, Ilane can't tell if he's more 
excited or more nervous, but Ilane joining them in his office seems to 
have affected him *somehow*.

"Yes, yes!" he says, "Hee, yes. Of course. Do come in, then."

Ollis's inner office is nothing special. It is just a cube of space with 
a desk, computer terminal, filing cabinet, and stacks of papers on every 
available flat space. There are no windows or any wall decorations, 
except for a photograph of a ship. A ship that is clearly the /Mae Lee/. 
There are three chairs on one side of the desk and one behind it. To the 
desk's left there is a closed, unmarked, door.

Ollis takes the chair behind his desk and says as he  reaches out to lay 
a framed photograph on his desk face down, "Please sit down. Yes, yes!"

"Now!" he leans back and looks at Shawn, "Si Smith, didn't I see in the 
vids the other day that you and your crew are the heroes of Sequi for 
your exploits during the recent flooding?"

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

> > > Looking over his shoulder he asks Ilane, "Would you care to join us
> > > Sianna, or would you rather wait out here?"
> >
> >  She smiles again, a bit more warmly this time. "Actually, I'd like
> >  to join you if I may. Shawn is sort of 'teaching me the ropes' of
> >  freight acquistion this afternoon."
> 
> There is a change in Rosco's expression, Ilane can't tell if he's more
> excited or more nervous, but Ilane joining them in his office seems to
> have affected him *somehow*.
> 
> "Yes, yes!" he says, "Hee, yes. Of course. Do come in, then."

Shawn kept his merchant smile in place but his alarm bells were ringing.
 
> Ollis's inner office is nothing special. It is just a cube of space with
> a desk, computer terminal, filing cabinet, and stacks of papers on every
> available flat space. There are no windows or any wall decorations,
> except for a photograph of a ship. A ship that is clearly the /Mae Lee/.
> There are three chairs on one side of the desk and one behind it. To the
> desk's left there is a closed, unmarked, door.
> 
> Ollis takes the chair behind his desk and says as he  reaches out to lay
> a framed photograph on his desk face down, "Please sit down. Yes, yes!"

Shawn noted the picture as Rosco reached for it and it drew his artist's eye. He might not get a
great look at it but he tried to see in general what it was. Pictures told a lot about people.
 
> "Now!" he leans back and looks at Shawn, "Si Smith, didn't I see in the
> vids the other day that you and your crew are the heroes of Sequi for
> your exploits during the recent flooding?"

Shawn pulled up a seat.

"I don't know about that. We did what we could to help. I just wish I knew more about why it
happened."

Press a little and see if anything shakes loose.

"How have you been, Si Ollis? I see that Ilane has the same effect on you that she has on all
members of the male house. It looked like you thought you knew her."

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> >>> Looking over his shoulder he asks Ilane, "Would you care to
> >>> join us Sianna, or would you rather wait out here?"
> >>
> >> She smiles again, a bit more warmly this time. "Actually, I'd
> >> like to join you if I may. Shawn is sort of 'teaching me the
> >> ropes' of freight acquistion this afternoon."
> >
> > There is a change in Rosco's expression, Ilane can't tell if he's
> > more excited or more nervous, but Ilane joining them in his office
> > seems to have affected him *somehow*.
> >
> > "Yes, yes!" he says, "Hee, yes. Of course. Do come in, then."
>
>  Shawn kept his merchant smile in place but his alarm bells were
>  ringing.
>
> > Ollis's inner office is nothing special. It is just a cube of space
> > with a desk, computer terminal, filing cabinet, and stacks of
> > papers on every available flat space. There are no windows or any
> > wall decorations, except for a photograph of a ship. A ship that is
> > clearly the /Mae Lee/. There are three chairs on one side of the
> > desk and one behind it. To the desk's left there is a closed,
> > unmarked, door.
> >
> > Ollis takes the chair behind his desk and says as he reaches out
> > to lay a framed photograph on his desk face down, "Please sit down.
> > Yes, yes!"
>
>  Shawn noted the picture as Rosco reached for it and it drew his
>  artist's eye. He might not get a great look at it but he tried to see
>  in general what it was. Pictures told a lot about people.

You get only a *very* brief look, but you'd swear it was a photo of 
Ilane, perhaps a younger Ilane.

> > "Now!" he leans back and looks at Shawn, "Si Smith, didn't I see in
> > the vids the other day that you and your crew are the heroes of
> > Sequi for your exploits during the recent flooding?"
>
>  Shawn pulled up a seat.
>
>  "I don't know about that. We did what we could to help. I just wish I
>  knew more about why it happened."
>
>  Press a little and see if anything shakes loose.
>
>  "How have you been, Si Ollis? I see that Ilane has the same effect on
>  you that she has on all members of the male house. It looked like you
>  thought you knew her."

"Yes, well." Ollis pauses and looks at Ilane, "Yes. She re..reminds me 
of someone I knew once. Just a bit of a shock to see someone you think 
you know and then find she not only isn't, but that she's a member of 
the Moby..."

Rosco has the good grace to actually look a little embarrassed to say, 
"...ur, Moby clan."

"But it's a big universe and everybody has a double somewhere, right?"

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

> >  Shawn noted the picture as Rosco reached for it and it drew his
> >  artist's eye. He might not get a great look at it but he tried to see
> >  in general what it was. Pictures told a lot about people.
> 
> You get only a *very* brief look, but you'd swear it was a photo of
> Ilane, perhaps a younger Ilane.

Very interesting.
 
> >  "How have you been, Si Ollis? I see that Ilane has the same effect on
> >  you that she has on all members of the male house. It looked like you
> >  thought you knew her."
> 
> "Yes, well." Ollis pauses and looks at Ilane, "Yes. She re..reminds me
> of someone I knew once. Just a bit of a shock to see someone you think
> you know and then find she not only isn't, but that she's a member of
> the Moby..."
> 
> Rosco has the good grace to actually look a little embarrassed to say,
> "...ur, Moby clan."
> 
> "But it's a big universe and everybody has a double somewhere, right?"

"Absolutely."

He grinned at Ilane.

"Looks like you might have more relatives around, Ilane."

He returned his gaze to Rosco.

"I couldn't help hearing that you have some loose cargo you need moved. We *might* be able to lend a
hand with that. What do you have for where?"

Shawn

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Quoting Terry Mixon :

> He grinned at Ilane.
> 
> "Looks like you might have more relatives around, Ilane."

Ilane grins back.  "I suppose so."  She turns towards the flustered 
man.  "Would you have a picture of her that could see, Si Ollis?  She just 
might be one of my relatives after all, and I've got to admit that I'm 
curious..."

-- 
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Ilane Lanik wrote:

>  Quoting Terry Mixon :
>
> > He grinned at Ilane.
> >
> > "Looks like you might have more relatives around, Ilane."
>
>  Ilane grins back. "I suppose so." She turns towards the flustered
>  man. "Would you have a picture of her that could see, Si Ollis? She
>  just might be one of my relatives after all, and I've got to admit
>  that I'm curious..."

> > "Yes, well." Ollis pauses and looks at Ilane, "Yes. She re..reminds me
> > of someone I knew once. Just a bit of a shock to see someone you
> > think you know and then find she not only isn't, but that she's a
> > member of the Moby..."
> >
> > Rosco has the good grace to actually look a little embarrassed to
> > say, "...ur, Moby clan."
> >
> > "But it's a big universe and everybody has a double somewhere,
> > right?"
>
>  Ilane blinks in surprise. "I've got a double? Who was she, if you
>  don't mind me asking?"

Ollis sighs and turns over the frame that he had turned face down on his 
desk. Ilane sees what *does* look like a photograph of herself. Well, 
what she looked like a few years ago.

"This is  a photograph of my mother taken when she was 20." he says. "It 
was a shock to see that face on someone sitting in my office."

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> Ollis sighs and turns over the frame that he had turned face down on his 
> desk. Ilane sees what *does* look like a photograph of herself. Well, 
> what she looked like a few years ago.
> 
> "This is  a photograph of my mother taken when she was 20." he says. "It 
> was a shock to see that face on someone sitting in my office."

Ilane peers at the photograph in wonder.  "I can imagine...the likeness is 
*amazing*!  Do you know what her maiden name was?"

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Eris Reddoch wrote:

>  Ilane Lanik wrote:
>
>  Ollis sighs and turns over the frame that he had turned face down on
>  his desk. Ilane sees what *does* look like a photograph of herself.
>  Well, what she looked like a few years ago.
>
>  "This is a photograph of my mother taken when she was 20." he says.
>  "It was a shock to see that face on someone sitting in my office."

>  Ilane peers at the photograph in wonder. "I can imagine...the
>  likeness is *amazing*! Do you know what her maiden name was?"

"Er..." Ollis seems uncomfortable with this conversation, "Mikus, she 
was Harkika Mirkus before she married my father."

>  Shawn returned his gaze to Rosco.
>
>  "I couldn't help hearing that you have some loose cargo you need
>  moved. We *might* be able to lend a hand with that. What do you have
>  for where?"

"What?" Ollis appears a bit off balance by all of this, "Oh,  yes. The 
two lots of freight that bas...ur, excuse me....the Captain of a ship 
left me with? Yes, he contracted for 83 tons of freight then six hours 
early leaving me high and dry with the goods sitting on the back of 
trucks ready to be delivered to the Starport. That's the last time I do 
business with that..."

Ollis has to control his temper again before he concludes with "...man."

Ollis sits back and asks, " I don't suppose *you're* heading for Serbia 
are you? If you are, I'll pay you standard plus 10% if you can get these 
two lots there by 283."

Eris
AKU GM

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Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> "Er..." Ollis seems uncomfortable with this conversation, "Mikus, she 
> was Harkika Mirkus before she married my father."

[PTGM: Does Ilane recognize that name?]

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Ilane Lanik wrote:

> > "Er..." Ollis seems uncomfortable with this conversation, "Mikus,
> > she was Harkika Mikus before she married my father."
>
>  [PTGM: Does Ilane recognize that name?]

OOC: Nope, not at all. She has no recollection of ever knowing any 
Mikus', nor anyone with the first name of Harkika.  As Freud once, sort 
of, said, "Sometimes a chair is simply a chair, sometimes it is not.", 
and as I added, "Sometimes you don't know which it is." 

Eris
AKU GM

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> >  "I couldn't help hearing that you have some loose cargo you need
> >  moved. We *might* be able to lend a hand with that. What do you have
> >  for where?"
> 
> "What?" Ollis appears a bit off balance by all of this, "Oh,  yes. The
> two lots of freight that bas...ur, excuse me....the Captain of a ship
> left me with? Yes, he contracted for 83 tons of freight then six hours
> early leaving me high and dry with the goods sitting on the back of
> trucks ready to be delivered to the Starport. That's the last time I do
> business with that..."
> 
> Ollis has to control his temper again before he concludes with "...man."
> 
> Ollis sits back and asks, " I don't suppose *you're* heading for Serbia
> are you? If you are, I'll pay you standard plus 10% if you can get these
> two lots there by 283."

"Well, that is one of the choices. Captain O'Brien will hopefully have the destination narrowed down
by tonight. Mainly, I'm looking for what might be available for several worlds." Shawn rattled off
the possible destinations.

Shawn 

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> > Ollis sits back and asks, " I don't suppose *you're* heading for
> > Serbia are you? If you are, I'll pay you standard plus 10% if you
> > can get these two lots there by 283."
>
>  "Well, that is one of the choices. Captain O'Brien will hopefully
>  have the destination narrowed down by tonight. Mainly, I'm looking
>  for what might be available for several worlds." Shawn rattled off
>  the possible destinations.

Route One: Mark => Leuet => Montrose

He has freight: 60 dtons for delivery to Leuet and 188 for delivery to 
Montrose.

Route Two: Mark => Serbia => Newton =>Warthog => Montrose
   
He has freight:  83 dtons he *really* needs to get to Serbia, 145 dtons 
for Newton, nothing for Warthog and the 188 he has for Montrose.

OOC: I'll roll for "the best speculative cargo" you can find and let you 
know what it is and where you find it. Then you can decide whether to 
take it or not, but I won't roll until I'm told which route you're 
taking 

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> OOC: I'll roll for "the best speculative cargo" you can find and let you
> know what it is and where you find it. Then you can decide whether to
> take it or not, but I won't roll until I'm told which route you're
> taking 

OOC: And Shawn can't make that call until they tell him. So hurry the laggards up! 

Shawn

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Terry Mixon wrote:

> > OOC: I'll roll for "the best speculative cargo" you can find and
> > let you know what it is and where you find it. Then you can decide
> > whether to take it or not, but I won't roll until I'm told which
> > route you're taking 
>
>
>  OOC: And Shawn can't make that call until they tell him. So hurry the
>  laggards up! 

OOC: Your wish is our command. 

>  Ricardo nods. "Yeah, I think you're right. There's never a need to
>  complicate an op just because you can." He pulls out his cellfone and
>  calls Shawn. "I just hope Shawn's found something going to Serbia."
>
>  He lets it ring.

Shawn and Ilane are still in Rosco Ollis' office. Rosco has just gone 
through the freights he has available and has come back to the 83 dtons 
he needs to get to Serbia and his offer to sweeten the pot with a 10% 
bonus when Shawn's cellfone begins to buzz in his pocket.

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

Quoting Eris Reddoch :

> "Yes, well." Ollis pauses and looks at Ilane, "Yes. She re..reminds me 
> of someone I knew once. Just a bit of a shock to see someone you think 
> you know and then find she not only isn't, but that she's a member of 
> the Moby..."
> 
> Rosco has the good grace to actually look a little embarrassed to say, 
> "...ur, Moby clan."
> 
> "But it's a big universe and everybody has a double somewhere, right?"

Ilane blinks in surprise.  "I've got a double?  Who was she, if you don't mind 
me asking?"

-- 
Bob K. (aka Ilane Lanik)

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997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

> You are waiting only a couple of minutes before the door to the private
> office opens and a short, balding, man with a red face and an angry
> expression comes out. He is gripping what look like paper forms in one hand.
> 
> "Damnation! Sally, the /Gypsy/ lifted on us yesterday and left me high
> and dry with this freight." he says to the woman behind the desk, "Those
> black hearted ba....."
> 
> Ilane sees the man's eyes fall on her in the middle of his oath and he
> stops and seems to swallow his words.
> 
> The little bald man stares at Ilane his mouth still hanging half open
> for several seconds before he remembers to snap it shut. He doesn't look
> angry, he looks shocked, almost like he's seeing a ghost.
> 
> Ilane doesn't know this man, she's never seen him before in her life.
> 
> Shawn recognizes him as Rosco Ollis

Very interesting. He hasn't seen Shawn yet so Shawn will watch for a moment to see this play out.

Shawn

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

Terry Mixon wrote:

> > You are waiting only a couple of minutes before the door to the
> > private office opens and a short, balding, man with a red face and
> > an angry expression comes out. He is gripping what look like paper
> > forms in one hand.
> >
> > "Damnation! Sally, the /Gypsy/ lifted on us yesterday and left me
> > high and dry with this freight." he says to the woman behind the
> > desk, "Those black hearted ba....."
> >
> > Ilane sees the man's eyes fall on her in the middle of his oath and
> > he stops and seems to swallow his words.
> >
> > The little bald man stares at Ilane his mouth still hanging half
> > open for several seconds before he remembers to snap it shut. He
> > doesn't look angry, he looks shocked, almost like he's seeing a
> > ghost.
> >
> > Ilane doesn't know this man, she's never seen him before in her
> > life.
> >
> > Shawn recognizes him as Rosco Ollis
>
>  Very interesting. He hasn't seen Shawn yet so Shawn will watch for a
>  moment to see this play out.

Ilane has clearly flustered the man, and this is the first time Shawn 
has ever seen Ollis even the least bit flustered.

Eris
AKU GM

997.273.Afternoon: Shawn and Ilane Visit Rosco Ollis

> >  Very interesting. He hasn't seen Shawn yet so Shawn will watch for a
> >  moment to see this play out.
> 
> Ilane has clearly flustered the man, and this is the first time Shawn
> has ever seen Ollis even the least bit flustered.

Shawn grinned inside. Off balance was good for them.

Shawn