DemureDryad
Really Really Experienced
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- Jul 21, 2011
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Jasmine stared, and reminisced, in the mirror as she zipped the khaki flight suit up over her simple grey tank top. She checked the laces on knee high brown spacers boots, and pulled long orange tresses into a ponytail. Her exotic green eyes, and the freckles adorning her visage, were characteristic of a Petoski native. The features portrayed concern. Swallowing her nervousness, she strapped the holster for a small holdout blaster to her thigh and left the diminutive restroom of the light freighter PetSec had commandeered from a rather nervous informant.
Just barely, she remained in Petoski Security jurisdiction. The small, rocky planet near the center of the solar system would only remain so for another three days, before it left the bubble of PetSecs’ influence, emanating from her humid, heavily forested home planet. She was to go undercover. The bravado she had displayed to get this assignment suddenly seemed ill advised. Her thoughts went to the events of the past few months…
”Kerrick… what are you doing?”
It was a rare clear night in the city. The constellations lit their path, a winding cobblestone thing, the forest fighting to overtake civilizations intrusion. He had sat her down on a bench, his eyes betraying nervousness, but nonetheless twinkling in the dim light. They had been dating for some time, having met during their work at PetSec. Realization overtook her as he knelt at her feet, and she had said yes before he opened the little box, and slipped the ring about her finger, debunking the myth that the man was married to his job. It was Jasmines second year in the Agency, and he had given her a shot a bigger and better things. It was not long before he brought her into the case he had been pursuing for years. It was said that he had even left his previous job to find the man in question, after he had stopped working in his system. Jasmine knew that they knew each other by name. It was a professional rivalry. Well, sort of.
Together, they set about bringing him to justice by day, and making love after long hard days at work. They worked with the information they were provided. From informants, and surveillance. Finally, an opening appeared. Using a mole that was close to Dresny, they would attempt to sell him contraband. For Kerrick to take the position was out of the question. They needed someone else. Others stepped up, but noone who knew the case inside out. Their options were limited. They were a small organization on a backwater planet, with little influence on interstellar politics or law. Jasmine was the only option. No one liked the idea of sending someone with so little experience, but she faught for the position, both in her home and at the workplace. With a worried kiss, Kerrick sent her off to the Smugglers hold, deep within the cracked rock of Petoski 1a.
Horace, her shady accomplice, nervously accompanied her as she exited the loading ramp. His ship was a rickety, dumpy contraption. Jasmine thought it was a wonder it could even get off the ground. She eyed him warily as he sat in the small truck. The bed was filled with illicit cargo pilfered from the evidence room back on Petoski, including automatic weapons, illicit drugs, and a powerful aphrodisiac (highly illegal) used primarily among slave traders. She wondered just what kind of man they were dealing with. Kerrick knew him well, it seemed to her. And he held him in the lowest possible esteem.
“C’mon, Horace.” She tucked the recording device into a pocket in her vest, her voice displaying confidence she did not possess. “Lets go sell some contraband.”
The electric whine reached her ears as the motor spooled. Freighters and tankers whisked by her as she sped towards Dresny’s ship. The smell of rocket fuel assaulted her nostrils. She saw him, and his ship, and slowed down. It was different, seeing him in person, rather than in pictures. He had a massive presence. Handsome, cunning, and ruthless. Setting her full lips in a grim line, she hopped from behind the wheel and trotted over.
“You got some business for me, stranger?”
Horace took up the rear. “This is the supplier I told you about, Sean. She’s no cop.” Thankfully, he had left his nerves back at his ship, and managed to sound convincing. Jasmine met his eyes coldly, trying not to give an inch, and not knowing if it was working.
Just barely, she remained in Petoski Security jurisdiction. The small, rocky planet near the center of the solar system would only remain so for another three days, before it left the bubble of PetSecs’ influence, emanating from her humid, heavily forested home planet. She was to go undercover. The bravado she had displayed to get this assignment suddenly seemed ill advised. Her thoughts went to the events of the past few months…
”Kerrick… what are you doing?”
It was a rare clear night in the city. The constellations lit their path, a winding cobblestone thing, the forest fighting to overtake civilizations intrusion. He had sat her down on a bench, his eyes betraying nervousness, but nonetheless twinkling in the dim light. They had been dating for some time, having met during their work at PetSec. Realization overtook her as he knelt at her feet, and she had said yes before he opened the little box, and slipped the ring about her finger, debunking the myth that the man was married to his job. It was Jasmines second year in the Agency, and he had given her a shot a bigger and better things. It was not long before he brought her into the case he had been pursuing for years. It was said that he had even left his previous job to find the man in question, after he had stopped working in his system. Jasmine knew that they knew each other by name. It was a professional rivalry. Well, sort of.
Together, they set about bringing him to justice by day, and making love after long hard days at work. They worked with the information they were provided. From informants, and surveillance. Finally, an opening appeared. Using a mole that was close to Dresny, they would attempt to sell him contraband. For Kerrick to take the position was out of the question. They needed someone else. Others stepped up, but noone who knew the case inside out. Their options were limited. They were a small organization on a backwater planet, with little influence on interstellar politics or law. Jasmine was the only option. No one liked the idea of sending someone with so little experience, but she faught for the position, both in her home and at the workplace. With a worried kiss, Kerrick sent her off to the Smugglers hold, deep within the cracked rock of Petoski 1a.
Horace, her shady accomplice, nervously accompanied her as she exited the loading ramp. His ship was a rickety, dumpy contraption. Jasmine thought it was a wonder it could even get off the ground. She eyed him warily as he sat in the small truck. The bed was filled with illicit cargo pilfered from the evidence room back on Petoski, including automatic weapons, illicit drugs, and a powerful aphrodisiac (highly illegal) used primarily among slave traders. She wondered just what kind of man they were dealing with. Kerrick knew him well, it seemed to her. And he held him in the lowest possible esteem.
“C’mon, Horace.” She tucked the recording device into a pocket in her vest, her voice displaying confidence she did not possess. “Lets go sell some contraband.”
The electric whine reached her ears as the motor spooled. Freighters and tankers whisked by her as she sped towards Dresny’s ship. The smell of rocket fuel assaulted her nostrils. She saw him, and his ship, and slowed down. It was different, seeing him in person, rather than in pictures. He had a massive presence. Handsome, cunning, and ruthless. Setting her full lips in a grim line, she hopped from behind the wheel and trotted over.
“You got some business for me, stranger?”
Horace took up the rear. “This is the supplier I told you about, Sean. She’s no cop.” Thankfully, he had left his nerves back at his ship, and managed to sound convincing. Jasmine met his eyes coldly, trying not to give an inch, and not knowing if it was working.