As part of their
package for winning the Danger Room Exercise, the group earned a shuttle pass
to the orbital arena entertainment station known as Outlaw Station, they
also earned a free "cup of joe" at The Emerald Brew, a coffee shop on
Outlaw Station popular with adventurer types and known for having the best
coffee in Riot, as well as, a frequently updated job's and rumors board.
On
the shuttle journey, Varlo quickly found he
had earned a bit of celebrity with his fellow Riotians. The vid feed on
the shuttle, showed a replay of him "gunning" down everything in
sight in the Danger Room, including his fellow companions. Able just
sneered. Osric seemed
preoccupied, his companions, didn't yet know he had "liberated" the
Hybrid Mergence from the Battle Tower. He felt he needed to let the
others know, and after indicating he needed to chat privately with the group.
Bras Hombre a known gunslinger stared down the other passengers on the shuttle
so that the other passengers gave the group space to talk. No one wanted
gunplay on a shuttle. Osric showed the group
his new "friend". Varlo a fellow psychic
was interested and examined the creature, he was immediately flooded with a
stream of images of an alien world, and the word? Sha'Kuun flooded his mind.
The creature wanted to go home and Sha'Kuun was his
home? Able was not pleased with the acquisition of this creature and said
as much.
Osric looked up and noted a dark robed figure on the other end of the shuttle
apparently watching them...it was one of the Shadow Priests...that strange cult
that was often seen around spaceports, that said little, and most everyone
ignored. The Shadow Priest, its face hidden in the dark recesses of its robes,
seemed to be watching them but Osric was uncertain. Bras Hombre and Able were
both uncomfortable that both Osric and Varlo claimed that this plant-thing was talking to them, but were more
concerned about the trouble this acquisition would cause the
group. There would be further discussions.