| Posted by Koyle (Gunther) on 7-25-2001 | |
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"Yea, reward ssoundss good to me." The runt grinned, happy to be getting right down to business. He needed to be leaving soon to meet up with the rest of the crew, and packing a good portion of the profit with him would ensure a good mood for most of the day. Unfortunately, in his excitement, he failed to notice the changing atmosphere of the room. When he finally did come around to reality, his instincts prompted him to form a theory regarding the situation. A split-second later he had one - something wasn't right here. Of course, the theory wasn't law yet because it needed proof before it could be so. Shaggy happily obliged a moment later by pulling a blaster. Besides Sear and Midge, everyone else followed suit. A low hiss suddenly bubbled up from the runt's throat as he analyzed the crisis. At first, he wasn't sure whether the group intended to kill him, rob him, maim him, or a combination of the three, so his natural courses of action tended to be physical and involve calculations about how many he could take down before he was put out of commission. Before long, though, Shaggy clarified their position. They just didn't want Koyle taking any of the credits for himself. Any hopes of fast-talking his way into a cut withered away and died after glancing at Cryo and Brackish. The runt should have seen it coming, but he hadn't. Was he getting rusty, or were these phreaks a little braver than they appeared to be? Either way, Koyle knew that he wasn't going to be cut down unless he did something brash, which he was rarely inclined to do in such situations. That gave him ample room to work. If he was going to get forced into taking discounts rather than cuts, then he was going to take a few shots on the way out. "Funny you're doing thiss to me after you ccited your sstory earlier." Koyle began, letting a wicked grin form on his face. They were nowhere near his league of play. He could mock and scold them all he wanted before leaving. Or at least he hoped. "Jusst can't take the capitalisst greed out of you fellowss, I guesss. A shame, really. I almosst had hopess for you all." Without missing a beat, Koyle launched into phase two, which happened to be much more threatening and direct. "Now I'm not going to fire, sso don't get jumpy on me." He prefaced before he slowly drew his own pistol from the satchel. However, before they could say anything, he had it leveled at Cryo's head. Seizing the moment, he took a few steps to narrow the gap between him and the Devronian. His next words were spoken without breaking eye contact. "Now anyone can wave blassterss around and threaten, like everyone in thiss room iss now, but that doessn't mean anything. You sscared Cryo?" While his wicked smile grew larger still, he swivelled his head to take in the rest of the group before focusing his attention on Shaggy again. The blaster never wavered from its vigil near Cryo's head, though. "The trick to intimidation issn't forcce, it'ss all up here." The runt said clearly, tapping his head with his free hand. "Of coursse, you alsso need the oddss on your sside too. You played them, didn't you? I mean, what are the oddss that a jaded little sstranger who happened to make you eight hundred thoussand creditss by infecting bankss iss going to get a little revenge of hiss own for being shafted by hiss partnerss? Eh, droog?" Koyle didn't even attempt to camouflage his sarcasm. "Of coursse, that won't change your mind. You're ssafe for now, aren't you? I'll walk with the disscounted priccess if I have to, but know now that I won't be terribly impresssed with it and that you aren't going to like it when you find out who I am." By now his wicked little grin had vanished to be replaced by a stone cold glare. He was prepared to walk with his life and a discount, that was fine, but there was no sense in not talking the anger that was currently boiling and seething right below his chitin. These amateurs wouldn't get away with it cleanly. Nobody ever did with Koyle Dix'xr.
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Gunther
The galaxy hates me...and I love it!