"Never know whats gonna happen next...... Got a call from Lily outa the blue. She was in trouble.... again. Gave me a list of stuff to bring to a planet on the far edge of the verse. From what all Lily was tellin' me to get sounded more like a ransom. Stuff like candy and supplies, to axes and gold. Most of the stuff was easy to grab. The gold? That was somethin' else all together...... So.... took it from the BlusSun warehouse at Washtown. Hell if it got Lily outa trouble, seein' how Xoxo needs her right now..... I think Xoxo'd understand. 'Sides.... later we can take it back. The colony there was livin' in the mid ages.... No guns or cannons there." Wasn't gonna be an easy day.... Lots of Small loads of cargo goin' out for the holidays...."Flyin' in and landin' the ship was the easy part. Grounded it on an island not far from the village where Lily said she was at. Getting the stuff there was a little harder. Had to get the big pontoon out and inflated, then loaded."
"Easy 'nough to get to the village.... bein' on the water and all. Tied the pontoon out to the Pier and waited for someone to show. Waited a spell, then Lily showed up and showed me where all to put the stuff. Ended up with it in one of the cabins..... Good thing too. Some crazy woman come and attacked us. Never said a word.... Just targeted me while Lily went after her. Had no weapons on me at the time..... Til I found the bow and arrows. Then it was my turn to return the favor...." Got the last of the small boxes and such on the ship. Some of it was bound for Greenleaf, and Paquin. The other stuff was for a few locations not far from em.... That was the good part of this trip....
"It took a while to fend the woman off.. then she set fire to the cabin Lily and I holed up in..... Tryin' to flush us out.... We just put the fires out where all they started. We got out of the buildin' while the attacker was tryin' to find more arrows. Managed to find a hidden cove to wait it out in." Gettin' clearance took almost 40 minutes..... Gorram 'liance at it again.... Wantin' to have details of where all I was headed.
"We waited it out til Lily's friends come... She left and talked to em on the attacker then she came back to get me.... She told me this was a village of all women and to not speak lessin' I was spoken too.... Somethin' 'bout em bein' like amazons... They were in charge. Once we talked to em, I took the pontoon back by my own self. Lily stayed for a while the met me at the ship. Wasn't my idea of a good day....." Looked like there was some salvage... After the last reaver attack. "Lily said she'd take care of gettin' the stuff back form the 'amazons'. That's fine with me... I flew back to Dragon's Egg to deal with the other stuff What needed to be done."
"When I got back, it was business as usual.... Cobb showed up and wanted to know what all was up. Wasn't much to tell.... Least not 'bout any gold...... Lily made sure to give me a little somethin' for my troubles in the meantime...." Grabbed a cup of spiced tea.... Got used to havin' it b'fore I left on a trip... Sometimes durin' the flight. "A few other folks dropped in with cargo later that day....'bout the same time the 'liance started puttin' lockdowns on ships.... They're makin' it bad for folks here of late. Crackin' down."
"Folks don't like it much. Hell, don't like it over much when one of em comes in and goes through folks's cargo. They popped the seals and went rummagin' through it like it was their own stuff. Then the soldier started askin' questions 'bout AuroraBlue.... Ain't none of her business. Wasn't gonna say nothin' no how anyway." The ride outbound was clear.... Good. No 'liance, nor reavers to worry on. "A few days back Xoxo got back after bein' cared for, for all those burns.... She wasn't quite her own self. Had some new lady with her... Had white hair and seemed all business. The woman took her to her tower house. Xoxo still looked rough. Tended to lean heavy on her new assistant.... Least I think it was an assistant... or one of her body guards. Who knows with Xoxo."
"Can see why Xoxo has a new person to deal with stuff. They come and go... Don't know if Xoxo knows 'bout her ship bein' locked up. If she don't.. I got my own plans to help her out.... 'Liance can't take what all ain't there. A little sticky here and there and the yokes' be off. Then I can fly the ship anywhere she wants it hid. Yeah.. She's bad news.. But deep down, she just as vulnerable as the rest of us in the verse."
