Picking Up on the Mystery
29 Oct 2021Aylin Ouyang
[Author's note: Another entry based on roleplay with the fine people at Prismatic Imperium.
So I'm now sitting here in the cockpit of Cubeo's Gift, parked on a landing pad in Blackmount Orbital, in the HIP 17692 system. I'm not sure what prompted me to finally accept this job; either curiosity, the promise of payment, or maybe I was a little intimidated by those asking... let me back up.
A day or so ago I flew back to Trapeze Island on Cubeo III to talk with Lady Bear, since she mentioned she'd have the security tapes reviewed. I managed to speak with her and while she didn't find out much, she managed to remember the surnames of the two, Mozster, and also that her personal pilot, Maja, was investigating an incident connected to that, and well... she forgot.
(Also, Lady Bear seems to have taken some kind of interest in me; she suggested I get a dress. Me! In a dress? I get the feeling she likes dressing people up.)
I got Maja's contact and managed to set up a meeting with her the next day. We met at a cafe near the wharf and she explained what she found: Her own ship had cargo lifted while at Chelomey Orbital, Cubeo III's main station. She decided to investigate and it led her to Blackmount Orbital, where she had tasked someone to help her... and somehow it ended with the death of a Ricky Mozster.
Before I could press on, Riley appeared in the cafe. I barely let Maja know that one of the two people who accosted me at the starport was in the cafe when she just walked over to our table! She had spotted me and before I knew it she spoke to her comms and another two woman came up.
Riley introduced them as Bella and Vickey, and apparently they're all related, to each other, as well as Ricky and Nicky (the said missing cousin). Riley reiterated the need to find Nicky again. I think all this urgency about finding someone I don't know without any real context and talk about payment really got to me. I think I might've raised my voice a bit, especially upon finding out that they planted a tracker on my ship.