[color=696969][center][url=https://fontmeme.com/fonts/punk-typewriter-font/][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/240122/96b51cbc48bd377db299e57ead156677.png[/img][/url][/center][b][color=634533]Time:[/color][/b] A.M.
[b][color=634533]Location:[/color][/b] River Port
[b][color=634533]Interactions/Mentions:[/color][/b] [@mole][@Conscripts]
[b][color=634533]Equipment: [/color][/b] Knife, drugs, and wallet looted from dope peddler
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[color=93d8f1]“So, tell us. Where were you last night?”[/color]  


Vasco patted Rowan’s cheek with blatant condensation. [color=C2B4A7]“Rowan, sugar plum, honey bun!”[/color] he drawled. [color=C2B4A7]“You know you ain’t going to like the answer. So why bother asking?”[/color]

He savored the way Rowan’s frown deepened, the wrinkles on his pretty face multiplying like rabbits in a hutch. [color=C2B4A7]“Or maybe,”[/color] he mused, [color=C2B4A7]“this is your way of adding to that laundry list of reasons to get a shiny new human, huh?”[/color] Vasco clicked his tongue. [color=C2B4A7]“Last one musta been a real piece of work for you to be so keen on ‘trading her in’ for a stand-up guy like yours truly.”[/color] He tapped a finger against his temple. Clever play, if that was their game - using incompetence to give the bum’s rush to the heel. Didn’t seem their style, but hey, you never know.

Barrock grunted, [color=265828]“None of this alien slang, [i]please[/i].”[/color] Vasco made like he was chewing it over real thoughtful-like before laying it straight. [color=C2B4A7]“No can do, pally.”[/color] This was who he was, right down to the marrow. A leopard can’t change his spots, and neither could Vasco. [color=C2B4A7]“Tell ya what though. You stop being an orc, and [i]maybe[/i] I’ll consider it.”[/color] Even if the green hulk somehow pulled off that miracle, Vasco had no intention of playing ball. And they all damn well knew it. Barrock was just going to have to get cozy with the lingo, same as the rest of these birds.

[color=white]“We are so relieved you are well, Vasco.”[/color] Aurora’s tear-choked voice drew his attention. [color=white]“We were worried about you.”[/color]

Vasco slid up next to her, slung an arm around her shoulder, and tugged her close. [color=C2B4A7]“Nah, toots, you’re the only one who gives a hoot. Rest of them look like they’d be doing the world a favor finishing what the Family couldn’t.”[/color] His thumb wiped away the tears ruining her face. [color=C2B4A7]“No surprises there. Can’t have the gutter trash sullying a sweet little angel like you, now can they?”[/color]

He shot Rowan and Barrock a sidelong glance, a wicked grin across his mug. Tough break for them. Folks like Vasco got a real tickle out of defiling the pure and innocent. Like stomping fresh footprints through a field of virgin snow.

When Barrock parroted the same question Vasco had asked earlier, only for it to be ignored, Vasco spoke first. [color=C2B4A7]“For starters, you all need to quit feeling sorry for yourselves. It’s getting real stale, and with everything you’ve pulled off during it, I’m starting to think you’re just dragging your heels. Bellyache all you want about how you screwed the pooch, but it ain’t gonna bring your human back or change that you mucked up the one job you had. Time to put on your big boy pants and move on.”[/color]

He aimed a chilly look at Aurora. [color=C2B4A7]“If you can’t handle that, then you got no business being out here, Ingénue. The real world’s too much for you to handle.”[/color] Vasco tilted her chin up, stared hard into those doe eyes. [color=C2B4A7]“You’re a real looker, doll, but what good are you like this? Scram before you get someone else bumped off.”[/color]

Releasing the elf, Vasco addressed the group. [color=C2B4A7]“But if you’re meaning to even the score, next step oughta be clear as day, yeah?”[/color] He flashed them a smile, all teeth. [color=C2B4A7]“Find the bastard who killed your gal and put them six feet under.”[/color] Now that would be a helluva lot more entertaining than watching this sorry bunch mope around all day, that was for damn sure.[/color]