Snippet #1199584

Late. Xane was late to the party. Of course this was not entirely his fault. How can anyone blame him as he was busy trying to make the universe a better place as a Knight Prefect. Hours before arriving he had under fire from a notorious gang of thieves from the Northern Bao System known as the Tian Ren. And they were no pushovers. The hull of Xane's ship nearly tore off when hit with their canon fire, as anyone could see when he had parked his Knight Cruiser at the dreadnought ship's docking bay.. Nevertheless he had managed to lose them and make his way to the party. Which reminded.

Once Xane stepped inside, he was met with quite a strange amount of looks. It was to be expected seeing as he was still wearing his Blue Knight Prefect armor, which was half covered in soot from his encounter with the gang. "Uh, hey," Xane asked, tapping a Universal Government agent, standing guard at the door on the shoulder. As the employee turned to look at him, Xane drew out a crystalline object from the backpack he was trudging along with him. It was a rare diamond, the object of the Tian Ren's desire.

"You work for the government, right?" Xane asked. "Make sure that get's put in a museum or somethin'." He stated, before looking over at the tables. Locating Mellodia who seemed to be putting her head down for some reason, Xane walked over. grabbing a handful of appetizer's from a passing waiter as he walked by. "Hey, Mellodia!" Xane greeted, all too happy. Mellodia didn't look back at him.

"This is a formal affair..." she started.

"See, there was this gang-," Xane started.

"You knew this..." Mellodia continued.

"They were after this diamond and I had to go stop them-," Xane continued.

"And you show up, looking like you were hit with a grenade," Mellodia finished.

"Four grenades," Xane nodded. "But, at least everyone knows I'm a completely awesome Knight Prefect now, right? Aren't you happy to be my date?"

Mellodia gave Xane a tired glance, before continuing. "So, how did your mission go?" she asked after a minute.

"Cool, I managed to shoot the engine of the Tian Ren's ship. They scrammed, I returned the diamond to the Universal Government. Everything's cool," Xane smiled, leaning backwards in his chair. And then he fell over, as Mellodia simultaneously put her face in her hands and groaned. There were quite a few distasteful looks in their direction..

Xane quickly sat up, laughing as he did, patting Mellodia gently on the back. "So, who else is here?"

"Well, there's Nulix of course, and Lexx, Wing, Alyt, Bellatrix, Noxas..."

"Hey, Bellatrix and Wing are here?" Xane asked. "Haven't seen them in a while. Nulix and Noxas too! But..."

"But?" Mellodia questioned.

"Bellatrix and Nulix, from what I know," Xane started. "Haven't exactly been getting along."