Fourth Contract/Is there a Doctor in the house?

[lastfeather]

[1]

[After the mission to rescue Tron Bonne, Ryou is laid up in the infirmary. Being tossed around from a massive impact and then suffering a 50 meter drop in an Armored Core is not a good thing for a human body. Right now the Mercenary is resting. Taking calming breaths every so often, he seemed to actually be taking it easy.]

-DEET! DEET! DEET!-

-NOTIFICATION. RAVEN. YOU HAVE... 79. NEW. MESSAGES. FROM... EVANGEL.-

[You then see him swat wildly at the now online holographic console he always carries around.]

Ergh... too fucking soon for this shit....


[2]

[He's looking at his finances... and it's a grim picture. Aquiring any loot from the mission he went on was a bust. Silencing the rioters and their poison gas plot barely gave him enough money to scrape by after splitting the cash... but NOW he barely even has anything left to his name aside from his AC and its other parts.]

[He sighs in an agitated manner as he presses his head a little harder against his pillow. Looking seriously disgruntled. There is honestly no way that this could get worse.]

Comments

[themomentoftherose]

Doctor Zero came running in as soon as the alarm went off. When Ryou succesfully did the equivalent of slamming on an alarm clock with his fist though, she looked relieved.

"W-Would you like me to take that?"

[lastfeather]

...No... it's fine. It might be something important next time.

[He sighs and shakes his head.]

Its just that some people just enjoy trying to annoy me.

[themomentoftherose]

"Ah, right. I'll leave you alone then." She said and turned to get ready to leave after a quick glance at his chart, clearly thinking he thought he among those some people.

[lastfeather]

... I was talking about t-...

Nevermind.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew shows up at Ryou's side after a nice conversation with Resnick, a coolant-eating grin on his face.

"Fascinating! So this is the strength of the Raven Ark's ultimate training program!"

[lastfeather]

[He rolls his eyes.]

Fascinating... This is the pettiness of the Great Clan Trueborn.

-You have... 150.. new..messages.. from... Evangel.-

[He swats at the delete button. Repeatedly.]

I got headbutted by a giant machine and had a fifty meter drop. How do you think you'dve done in something like that?

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Hah! Only a few days ago my mech was gored by the horns of a giant robotic bull, and I still managed to pick myself with jumpjets and disable an opponent with one volley from my weapons!"

His expression suddenly looks pensive.

"Granted, my personal unit is near completely trashed..."

[lastfeather]

A giant... robotic...

[He sighs and shakes his head. The Surface was fucking crazy.]

Yeah well you got lucky. That thing hit me hard enough I couldn't hit any of my boosters to soften the fall.

And at least you don't have to pay for your repairs

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"You could be defeated in battle against Clan Wolf and be taken as a bondsman." Matthew offers half-jestingly.

"You most certainly would qualify as a warrior among them, and even rise far: their current Khan used to be a Mercenary, you know! And not a single need to pay for repairs."

[lastfeather]

Hah! No thanks. I'm perfectly happy being a Raven.

A life of strict codes and honor? I'd like to keep my roads flexible and open.

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"A road of narrow employment to self-centered greedy corporations–" Matthew begins to retort, then chuckles.

"But I probably will not persuade you at this juncture."

[lastfeather]

Nope. Probably not.

2

[desiredstrength]

[Hey Ryou. You have a visitor!]

Well, well...aren't you a sight for sore eyes?

[Yes, she looks pretty happy for once.]

Re: 2

[i_like_shades]

[Two visitors. Only this one's more on your boat.]

I shouldn't have taken that next job.

[He's obviously overreacting if you knew the actual cause for this but he's being overly dramatic about it by clinging to the free water dispenser.]

[lastfeather]

Heh well looks like the whole flock's here...

Business treating you two better than me then?

[i_like_shades]

At this point being in a hospital bed is a blessing. Keeps you from going further down under...

[He stares at Naiza...]

Or you could do it like that and slack off through the entire ordeal...

[desiredstrength]

[She stares back and puts her hands on her hips.]

Look, I'm not here to help these people out.

If a job doesn't pay enough for the trouble, I don't take it.

[lastfeather]

Heh, well there's that part I guess... kinda like a holiday considering the stuff we usually go through.

[Ryou chuckles before regarding Naiza.]

And you know... beggars can't be choosers.

[desiredstrength]

Beggars save what they can scavenge. I'm not taking unnecessary risks around this lot, and you know they've tried to bar me from half of the available client requests.

When I see them offering something worth my time and effort, I'll go for it.

[i_like_shades]

Good idea. I'm taking a break while I'm still somewhat ahead.

[Colossus scrap metal worth quite a bit.]