beatupgrass | [EL NYSA] OVERFLOW

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Deal. [He waves over someone carrying drinks.] Give us a few rounds, dude. We're goin' all in.

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[It's probably tamer than some of the other assumptions he's heard made about him, which gives her some credit even if he looks annoyed. It's his default face, and it's less at her, then at the situation. It's not even remotely fair to hear about worlds where beings like him are normalized or even considered an equal species, whereas in his, he will always be third class, barely considered a person.]

I ain't. There ain't nobody that looks like me where I come from.

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Eh, Quill's always dancin' around the ship. I picked up a few things.

[He lowers his voice conspiratorially without missing a step.] Don't tell him I said that.

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[Drunken eye narrow]

Heh. And they don't mind their own business over there?

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[He snorts.] That's what I got you and Quill for. It'll be the one time I won't get pissed for havin' to be carried to something.

[Rocket no.]

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[Of course there's no vid. Rocket is so trusting right now, because the music and the joy and the everything are so overwhelming, why wouldn't everything be perfectly fine?

And, more importantly, why would he yell that he barely knows what a moonwalk is or that he's only watched Quill do it a dozen times and still has no idea what the logic behind it is? It's all in good fun.

So Rocket pauses, considers his feet, and then tries to move them into position. The result is a very awkward backward shuffle, because while the scientists that made him were very detailed, they never considered that a raccoon should be able to imitate Michael Jackson.

If Rocket's resulting moonfail wasn't enough, his attempt causes him to hit someone right in the back of their legs, causing him to jump back in surprise and tripping the man in the process as he tries to disentangle himself. Someone else in trying to stop the man from falling steps on Rocket's tail, which ends his good mood in a hurry.

The rest is a domino effect of toppling people and Rocket in the middle of it with bristling fur, looking all the world like he might turn this into a lot more than a minor kerfuffle if he gets stepped on one more time.]

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[Rocket shudders]

It ain't every day I say "no money is worth that," but no money was worth that.

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[Rocket scratches his chin thoughtfully. Now there's the kind of talk he comes to places like this for. Who cares about smalltalk and chitchat when you can talk ~business~]

Yeah, Rhys and I have gone over the particulars a bit. My bein' in Wyver's gonna be pretty convenient, all things considered.

[He steeples his fingers. Even non-disconcertingly human-like raccoon hands were good for steepling, and it always looks diabolical.] What's on your mind, Ros?

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[He's even bad at lying sober. He had no chance while he's drunk.]

No, no... I definitely said "suit." As in there's, uh... a lot of people wearin' 'em. Fancy idiots. Heh. [He hiccups.]

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I'll figure something out. Or I'll find some schmuck willin' to do it for me. [Don't worry, Dutch. He has this completely under control.]

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[That's... one interpretation, anyway.]

Uh... Yeah, sure. Let's go with that. [He scratches his neck, trying to figure out if that's actually ridiculous or... not a bad take on an old idea. It could be funny, actually, and god knows he has run every iteration of every one of his plans and schemes so many times there's a lot less joy in them.]

Point is, I've got a million variants on gettin' in and out of wherever I want.

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That frickin' dragon. [Rocket growls into his cup and takes another sip.] And I bet the Natha'll just "put it to rest" or whatever and we'll have to keep pickin' up the pieces. Well, where's my satisfaction? It's crap is what it is.

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Anything I have to hide, I assume they already know or could find out easy. [Hell, if Cree and Evras can figure shit out, then of course the Natha can. He doesn't like it, but until they do something with the information, he's inclined to let them be. Perhaps not the best tactic for someone who can be quite paranoid when inclined, but there's functionally paranoid and then there's locking yourself in some desolate bunker and smearing the walls with your own shit.]

But that is the reason I don't trust his judgment. [He plops back down in front of his work and begins wrapping the wires around a power source very carefully.] He's been out here too long wanting revenge or whatever, and it made him stupid.

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[Rocket's ears flick upwards and all of that laser focus on his current task lights on a new objective entirely.] You think it has one? [There's this very delighted edge creeping into his tone that sounds like he's trying to hold back his enthusiasm.]

I mean... It's probably nothing compared to the station, but there's probably a good chance... [He clears his throat, stands up, and begins shoving some of the essential bits of his project into his belt pouches.] Definitely worth lookin' into, though.

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[He kinds has to roll his eyes just a bit at that rapt attention in the face of dragons. People are so predictable sometimes.] They got like stables full of 'em or something. I generally avoid 'em, 'cause I ain't so great with reptiles.

[It's a furry mammal thing.] I feel like that's the only reason anybody favors Wyver over Olympia except for the fact that they're less stuffy over there. Every idiot in the world wants to ride a dragon.

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[Rocket raises what approximates an eyebrow on his furry face.]

Nobody like you offers themselves up like that unless they know it ain't gonna work. You're too smug to be suicidal.

[Or so goes his logic.] I don't take sucker's bets.

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[Well, the killing her part has at least subsided so long as she doesn't try to bite his head off. He tears his eyes away from his work to quirk the fuzzy approximation of an eyebrow.]

Acid, huh? Not bad. Pretty easy to screw up too, but unless those bandages are coverin' up some nasty scarring, you don't look like you're an amateur.

[In a roundabout way, he is acknowledging her intelligence.]

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Exactly! I mean, I ain't exactly hurting, but if I'm gonna be stuck making an honest living doing something, it might as well be something I'm awesome at.

[He's so prideful.] And it means I can turn down some of those stupid quests.

[Which he does because he loves money. And also because sometimes they have other perks, but mostly it's money and mostly something terrible happens.]

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[He takes a pointed sip with narrowed eyes.] There's a lot of chemistry involved in that.

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Exactly! [Rocket waves his arms in a sort of "this guy gets it" gesture.] I hate the cold, but I already feel better not having to look at that stupid overcrowded station. Imagine what another planet might do for my mood.

[Spoilers: He will always be rude and grumpy until he isn't, but he'd also be happy.]

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[Rocket gives him a pat on the leg that is maybe just a bit too insincere and condescending.]

I think we can work something out, kid. You help me out, I help you out.

[This is fine.]

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[That shuts him up. The number of people who go back to sleep is almost equal to the amount that end up waking up. For a moment, he tries to count how many people he knows that were here when he first arrived who are here now.

The numbers are not great.] Sonuvabitch. You're right. They could keep the equilibrium forever if they wanted to.

[Hold on, he has to process this. He's really been fixated on this for awhile as an excuse to find another planet, and it's kind of falling apart.]

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Assholes. That's all you need to know.

[Assholes he may not have to fear or work for if all goes well. He squints up at Kagari.] That depends. What can you bring to the table?

Steve | Gala

Kale | Fetch Quest

Tracer | Gala

Randel | Gala

Gamora | Gala

Peter | Gala

X'rhun | Fetch Quest

Rosalind | Gala

Lance | Gala

Dutch } Nadril

Cain } Nadril

Ren } Nadril

Ocelot } Nadril

Quill } Nadril

Ren } Nadril

Ardyn } Nadril