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[bastardbytrade]

What the crap?

[My goodness, doesn't Mordecai sound thrilled with the addition of whispering voices pleading for help.]

I don't want to help shit. Get out of my head and get off my comm.

[That's right voices, he's talking to you.]

The rest of you, what the hell is going on?

[WHAT DID YOU PASSENGERS DO NOW?]

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[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

I'll keep that in mind.

Robots the size of buildings... I gotta say, that's one enemy I haven't come across. Though in my line of work it's only a matter of time.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

It was pretty crazy. You should've seen the combiner in Egypt.

What is it you do, anyway?

[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

The hell is a combiner?

I'm a merc. A hunter for whoever pays the most.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Buncha 'bots coming together to make one giant one.

Bet you do see a lotta weird stuff, then.

[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it'd be a bitch to take down.

I see my share, kill a fair few as well. The planet I was working on before I got here, Pandora, had these big dog things with disjointed jaws, giant ants that crawl out of the sand and spit acid. All kinds of crazy shit.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

It was. This guy...uh, Simmons. He had the military shoot it with some kind of huge gun. Knocked its head off.

...Whoa. That sounds like...lots of fun.

[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Sounds like a decent shot. It's a shame I can't see the gun for myself.

[He's almost impressed, save for the mention of military. Mordecai has only met one military man he actually got along with, and that man had left it all behind.]

Oh it is.

[Can you hear the smile in his voice, Mikaela? There's a certain fondness when he starts talking about his work.]

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was. Especially since the gun was in the damn ocean somewhere.

[Well, she can certinly understand liking your work.]

So what's it like...being on different planets and stuff?

[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

I get bored pretty quick so moving around suits me just fine.

[Lucky for the rest of the passengers, Mordecai hasn't gone stir crazy just yet.]

You get places that are nice, just like Earth was and then others that are shitholes. Pandora was a desert wasteland with no water and a bunch of mining hicks and military factions running the show.

But at least you could breathe the air without choking.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Same here.

Wow. I've never left earth except to be here. We don't really have that capability, unless you're like...an astronaut.

[bastardbytrade.livejournal.com]

We left Earth behind a long time ago.

[Did they destroy it? Or simply seek out other planets to explore? Sadly, Canon doesn't say. :(]

Inter-planetary travel is pretty damn common where I'm from. The transport lands, I go have a drink or two, get myself a few contracts and then head out to do whatever. When the job's done I collect my payment, have another drink or three and either stick around and see what else comes up or get the hell out of there.

[chopshopgoddess.livejournal.com]

Man. That sounds...pretty cool, actually.

[Until recently Mikaela hadn't ever even left the west coast.]