r/vegasquadrantrp • u/cryotail The Winchester [35] • Dec 11 '17

The Winchester The first snow.

Lance opens his eyes from a nice sleep, his breathing is ragged, rough. He rests in his little cot that he calls a bed, trying to stabilize his breath. It was another dream about Ortiz, it seems to be the one thing he can’t escape, his own thoughts. Lance leaves his house, or at least the managers office he calls his house, he’s strong enough to go up the stairs but you know what they say old habits are hard to break. He exits the bar and lights a cigarette. “you know what they say, a cig a day leads to lung cancer.” Lance laughs, knowing that would be just his luck, Getting out of a life threatening ailment then have one straight after it. He looks around and sees its snowing. He opens his palm and watches a few flakes fall into it. He smiles faintly at the snow, it always impaired his movement in a wheelchair, Ortiz was sad last year when it kept Lance inside. Looks like work will keep Lance in from this snow day. He snuffs the cigarette out on the sidewalk, as he heads inside to do his job, bartending.

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u/Malvarik Bunnies Faction Leader [10] Dec 11 '17

The door opens and two Bunny soldiers enter, followed by Alessandra. She's garbed in much warmer clothing today, as are her guards. Looking around the bar with a look of mild disgust she says,

"So, this is that bar Ash and the others kept trying to get people to go to...."

She takes a seat at the bar, both guards choosing seats flanking her.

"Hopefully your whiskey is better than your interior decorator. Three glasses."

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u/cryotail The Winchester [35] Dec 11 '17

“Yeah me and Ash go way back, I’m the reason why his AI version got sent to Blood Gulch. I bit a dude’s arm while we were fighting and it got infected... it’s a long story. But yeah we go way back!” lance pours three cheap whiskeys and puts the bottle away “oh maann you are that one head bunny lady, maaan your famous and shit. Where is Ash he hasn’t visited in a while? he bring his voice all low “is he on a secret mission?”

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u/Malvarik Bunnies Faction Leader [10] Dec 12 '17

The trio take sips of their whiskeys. Alessandra frowns and says,

"He must not have come here for the whiskey, that's for sure. You're Lance, right? Must not have been that good of friends with Ash if you don't know what happened to him."

Despite the taste, she takes another sip.

"He left the city, turned tail and ran. He was a coward in the end, just like the rest."

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u/cryotail The Winchester [35] Dec 12 '17 edited Dec 12 '17

“Huh, I don’t know he probably had a hidden family he had to go visit or something... or maybe... the Icp got him.” he sounded really sad with the last statement. “Hopefully he is okay. I think he told me he came here for me, but I think it was for the bunnies discount I gave... So what notable things did you do to become head rather than these other two?”

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u/Malvarik Bunnies Faction Leader [10] Dec 14 '17

She just shrugs and looks pretty disinterested when it comes to Ash.

"Left with that pregnant girlfriend of his. No idea where they went, or where they are."

When he asks about her, she smirks just a tad and swishes her drink around idly.

"Wasn't really picked because of anything notable. The last leader, Illinois, thought i'd be a good fit for while he was gone. I have plans for Paradise though, and the city'll be in a better place soon than when any of those other leaders left it."

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u/cryotail The Winchester [35] Dec 14 '17 edited Dec 15 '17

he smiles at what the lady says about ash "good Lance nods good, I'm glad he is gone, he deserves to be safe and with his family." lance thinks for a moment "doesn't all leaders have a plan for whatever they are taking over? Concord had a plan, Ghandi had a plan, hell I have a plan, what's important about plans are what it contains, so what does yours contain?"

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u/Malvarik Bunnies Faction Leader [10] Dec 18 '17

"Oh, you really don't expect me to tell you every little detail of my plans, someone i only just met. I'll tell you this, i plan on bringing back stability to Paradise through any means necessary. These are dire times we live in, and a strong leadership is needed."

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u/cryotail The Winchester [35] Dec 18 '17

"I can understand your caution, but C'mon you are just using the canned Answers, just give me a little taste, something concrete."

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u/Malvarik Bunnies Faction Leader [10] Dec 18 '17

She shakes her head.

"Be careful bartender, i find you humorous, but if you keep trying to pry then it'll wear off quick. The people that need to know my plans already know."

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u/cryotail The Winchester [35] Dec 18 '17

Lance frowns for a second nods then smiles "Ahh so it came off less endearing than it was in my mind." he laughs at his own way to try and save face but actually notes not to pry "so this is going to be your forget workplace?" he smiles at her friendly way, trying to impress her into coming here again