Out of Pod Experience

*As Kate watches Alice streak across the room to find some some clothes, Zoe grabs Kate and screams brains.

Laudenum walks into the bar and the visage halts her in her tracks. She tilts her head down slightly to look over the rims of her glasses. She shakes her head and walks up to the bar. "So this is where Random hangs out, huh?" she thinks. "I would expect better from him"

She takes note of the platinum blonde nudist streaking for the back rooms, the raven haired woman trying to emulate eating the brains of a plain blonde, the discarded clothing and the general decadence of the room.

"I would have expected MUCH better." she amended.

She walked up to the bar and orders a beverage. Pulling herself to her full 5'6" as if to steel herself to view a horrific scene, she turns around to do one last look. She takes her time scanning around the bar as if looking for someone, but as her view passes from patron to patron, it's apparent that she is not finding who she is looking for. She turns back to the bartender as her drink arrives. "Do you know a Random McNally?" She asks the bartender. "Bald, about 6'2", scar around his left eye?" she continues as she pays for her drink.

"Yea, " the pretty bartender responds, "he left a couple of days ago. Haven't seen him since"

Laudenum's face darkened. "Would anyone in here possibly know where he went?"

"Probably," the bartender responded. "I know he's been spending a lot of time with Yiole."

Laudenum gave her a gimlet stare. How in the Hells was she to know who this 'Yiole' is? With a forced smile and a venom dripped voice, she turned back to the bartender and asked, "Would you be able to point out this 'Yiole' to me? I'm a little new here."

"No." the bartender responded curtly. "You aren't paying enough." And with that, the bartender danced off to deal with more intoxicated, and presumably generous customers. Laudenum turns around with an obvious stormcloud over her head and continued to watch the patrons. "Nice going Laud." she commented to herself. "Way to endear yourself to the masses." She turned around full to watch the bar and the lascivious actions of the people. "How the hell am I going to find my business partner?"

Please don't hurt her, sometimes I can't help myself.

Really? I thought you might be upset about it.

I'm not completely shure what you mean with "call tails"...does it has something to do with this horse harness you are holding?

I would like to know aswell.

Indah and Yiole were sitting by the bar, with an empty bottle of roses liquor by them. Albeit Yiole was just a bit dizzy, Indah was obviously beyond her ability to digest alcohol, and her face displayed a shy smile as she mumbled:

- Do you know? You know, you know?
- I know what?
- I love you, Yiole. I truly truly love you. I love you that you are my friend.
- i love you too, Indah.
- And I love your eyes. They're blue, blue, blue. Blue eyes. And they match so well with your nose. i love your nose, too.
- Well, thank you.
- You nose is so... so... so like the way your nose is. And you have those holes... those.. the nose... nostrils. Yes, I love your nostrils to.
- Indah...
- And i love that we are friends. I love that we are friends and love you and i love that you are my friend.
- Indah...
- And I love Ishtanchuk to. I love her so much that if she was not my cousin i would look for her to be my cousin and love her a lot. I love her even if she' got those big boobies and men only have eyes for her.
- Indah, maybe it's time to go sleep?
- Boobies boobies boobies... they drive men crazy. Fall straight on their knees and they say "mommy, milk" just to see Ishtan's large, perfect...
- Indah!
- Oh, oh-oh, apologies. Your boobies also are big and... and... and big. I love your boobies too.
- Let's go sleep, come on.
- No, no, we can't go sleep. There is... was... a... asking for Random. Yes, a woman was asking for Random before.
- A woman?
- Angry woman with the red hair. She was my tall... my... my height, i mean.
- And what she wanted?
- I told her you may know where is Random but she was very angry. I don't love her, no. She can go and find someone else to love her with the red hair and the poor manners.
- OK, i'll look for her later. Now, can you walk?
- Of course I can walk. But I would love that you carried me in your arms.
- No really, can you walk?
- Please, i am a feather... weight. Like a feather.

Yiole sighed. She wasn't in the mood to drive Indah into the silly joking that was so fun when Indah was intoxicated, and all in all she wondered who could be the short redhair stranger. So Yiole grabbed Indah in her arms and as she suspected, they barely had walked some steps before Indah rested her head on Yiole's shoulder and her breath quieted. When they reached the first steps on the stairs, Indah was almost asleep, and she already snored softly when Yiole opened Indah's door. Yiole put Indah on the bed and streched her arms, then called a couple of Robo-Aide drones to take care of Indah, undress her and put her to sleep. While the machines took care of their sleeping master, Yiole peaked at the security cameras, but saw no trace of the redhaired stranger. The Robo-Aides went back to their niches and Yiole heard Indah calling.

- Yiole? Are you there?
- Yes, but i'm leaving now. Sleep well.

With only her face and the silk-covered shoulders showing from below the blanket, Indah reminded Yiole strongly of a little girl, an effect increased by the kingsize bed.

- Good night, Yiole. Sure tomorrow CCP will sort the software issue...
- Good night, Indah.
- Yiole...
- Yes?
- I love you to be my friend.
- I also love being yours.
- That's sweet...

Yiole left the bedroom and then exited the appartment. As usual, Nermal the ressurrected sabretooth had perceived when its master was going to sleep, and so was siting by the door, waiting to sleep in front of it for all night. Yiole scratched briefly behind Nermal's ears, and the genetically engineered pet beast purred in response before shaking its head and stretching in front of Indah's door. Duty was duty.

From behind the door, Indah listened to Nermal's purr and fell asleep.

"Damn it, McNally." Laudenum yelled for the umpteenth time. "You drag me to the backside of space to track you down and when I get here, you're gone." The growled curse in her tribe's tongue should have made her feel better. It did not.

She had left the bar when she started feeling a little uncomfortable with all the "bizarre" behavior. She knew the Gallente had a tendency for being free spirits but for Laud's rigid personality, it was difficult to deal with. She returned to her Captains Quarters and undressed and freshened up. Her thoughts were to grab some sleep and return to the bar in the morning; hopefully a little more personable but she found it difficult to relax in the station. The sounds were all wrong. She'd leapt out of bed at least a dozen times to adjust the efficiency of a dozen systems within her control in the Quarters. Her closest friends joked that she didn't have a Type A personality, she had a Type AAA personality. It was this drive to constantly improve on things; the fact that she had difficulty staying still that prompted Random to turn over control of the corp to her. Random was an intermittent builder; living up to his name, but Laudenum turned the moderately successful corp into a small industrial powerhouse.

And that is why she needed to see him.

"Damn it, McNally!" she shouted, leaping from the bed yet again. She grabbed her clothes from the laundry facilities, checking the garments to make sure that no damage was done during the automated process. Satisfied that her clothes were intact, she quickly stripped out of her sleepwear and dressed in her work clothing. She carefully folded her sleepwear and repacked it in her case. When the vidphone chimed, her hand instinctively went to the place where her projectile pistol would normally hang. She spun to look at the screen but the call discontinued. She cursed for the dozenth time about station customs forcing her to stow her pistols on her ship. She felt......naked. Naked without her pistols.

She stopped and began slowly breathing. She was really worked up, far more than usual. Random had trusted her to run his corporation. She had done just fine and he was more than content to allow her to make the big decisions. She steadied herself and forced herself calm. This was business, he trusted her. Her breathing accelerated as she started thinking about the decision that lay before her. "Calm, damnit. Calm down, Laud." She berated herself.

She sat down on the corner of the bed and took mental stock. Random was gone. She has been unable to contact him. His last known location was at a bar in the station. A bar, that made her very uncomfortable. Someone named Yiole may know where he is. At least that's what the bartender told her. She needed to place an order for another 15 mil in tritanium. She shook her head, "Damn, focus" she berated herself again.

"Ok, " she said to herself. "I need to go back to the bar." Laudenum sighed, she would need to go back and find this Yiole person. She would need to be more pleasant and polite. She would need to ask questions and possibly socialize with the patrons. The capsuleer implants in the back of her neck started to itch and she absently rubbed against it with her fingertips. She knew she was really under stress.

She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror to make sure her clothing was acceptable. Maybe a drink or two would help her unwind. A smile crossed her face momentarily. It was natural and appealing for a heartbeat and then she forced it back when it started to falter. "Yea," she thought sarcastically "perfect."

She crossed to the exit of the Quarters and headed back to the capsuleer common areas with a smile carefully guaged and measured on her face. She looked at her reflection in the darkened duraglass panes of the Greater Fool Bar. Her smile was not too unnatural. One more deep breath, and she walked in the front doors.

If McNally was jetsetting around, he'll need to update his clone contract.....

*As Laud enters the bar, Sheimi notices her and walks up to her*
Hi, I saw you in here earlier, and you seemed to be looking for someone, anyway i can help?
I think I overheard you were looking for... Random right? He comes in here quite often, and I've become friends with him. Lately he hasn't shown up though... is that why you are looking for him? Again, if there is anything i can do to help, ask.
*Sheimi turns around without Laud even getting to answer, and sits back down*

*whispering to herself* I wonder if i really can help... I'm usually just an observer here, might as well make myself useful for once...

Between breathing and Chloe, I pick Chloe