Snippet #1897673

Troy

Internally he chuckled. With some amusement he pondered the sanity of his crew and why someone always got rowdy anytime they all came together. Truly they could not go a week without something like this happening, he wondered why? Glancing down at Mari he couldn't help but mentally laugh; Well Durand was one of the main reasons but by no means the only cause. Ah, never a boring time here on the Gluttony. Always something to do or some mess to clean up.

Outwardly Troy seemed as stern and stoic as always, only the small grin on his face expressed his inner amusement. Closing his eyes and taking a calming breath before, "Alright. I'm going to tie both you and you together," he nodded his head to Allan and Mari as he spoke, " and lock you into a box full-" he glanced at Mari and smirked, "-of rainbows and sunshine and little bunny rabbits and other assorted adorable and sweet things."

Mari huffed, "Oh fuck that. I'm n-" Troy's eyes met hers, his clearly conveying the expression of 'Do not interrupt me.' which she knew to obey. Troy let his crew get away with a great many things on his ship but his word was law here and when he spoke he expected his crew to listen. Letting out a soft verbal chuckle he continued, "And then I'll tie that box onto a very long rope, let it be dragged behind the back of the ship and wont come and open the box again until one or both of you are dead."

This was obviously a joke but the underlining note of authority in his voice as he spoke made it clear that this was his way of telling them to shut up and get back to business. Allan laughed, "You are a cruel and unusual man, captain."

Replying with a innocent expression on his face, "Thank you, I try." Glancing at Mari he smirked as she was flipping him off but was otherwise silent. For all her crassness she obeyed her captain, for which he was grateful. Durand might have a off-putting personality to some but she was a great pilot and, surprising to most others, very close to him. She was closer to him then she was with almost anyone else, he mused.

That settled he addressed the rest of the crew. "All's fine. We'll be docked in five minutes, more or less." He said as he glanced at the viewer, watching with his 'waking' eyes as the Gluttony hit the atmosphere. The edge of her shields, ten meters away from the hull, glowing softly orange-red as the ship pushed against the gravity wall, breaking through the atmosphere. Looking back at his crew, "Marker, Allan and" he glanced back at his pilot and smirked,"Mari. Your coming with me. Thaksin, you have the ship while I'm away. Keep the kiddies from scampering off would ya?" he quipped at his Envoy. Looking at his resident TAF officers, "One of you can come with me, the other will stay here and direct artifact placement and such. I'll let you two decide among yourselves who goes."

Walking out of the bridge and to his quarters Troy internally laughed as he watched through the ships sensors Jaxon's newest attempt at wooing his cooks. Taking the stairs up to the captain's quarters, Troy grabbed his jacket laying on the arm of his couch. Though the city self-regulated its internal climate they were likely to be outdoors at some point while on world and the temperature on the night-side of the planet tended to drop extensively. Indeed, when they got there it would be around fifty-below zero. Modern nanites could heat up the human body to compensate but it would still be rather cold.
Mentally contacting Masters, "No need, we'll restock while we're here."

With the jacket on and after making sure his handgun and gauntlet was in working order(one can never be to careful while in the Outer Rim) Troy walked out of his quarters.