To Market, To Market (part 3)

Posted on Sat Oct 17th, 2015 @ 8:59am by Commodore Samantha York & 1st Lieutenant Kara Melo & Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Tate & Lieutenant Arnon Barak MD, PsyD & Captain Cameron Bourne & Lieutenant Illise Hale & Lieutenant JG Teenah Spartacus
Edited on on Sat Oct 17th, 2015 @ 9:02am

1,150 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Of Gods and Men
Location: Gekkaro IV

[CONTINUED]

[OLD]

"You will not find any finer, that's for sure. I only deal in the rarest of fragrances from the most distant places. They are the purest samples, and..." he paused briefly to look her over, taking note of her markings as well as her clothing, "the most expensive."

[NEW]

Illise grinned knowingly. "Then you sir, are just then man I was looking for." She brought out the case from her bag and began unrolling the contents from their packing. "I've traveled far to find such a man, someone who can appreciate these for what they truly are." Several small vials of different colors revealed themselves from the cloth. The vendor's eyes sparkled as he saw them, but he quickly put on his best indifferent expression.

"Well, lets see what you have." He picked up a red vial and carefully pulled the stopper. After sampling each of her fragrances he looked at Illise again, this time with more respect. "These are quite impressive, where did you come by them?" He was quite obviously interested. In fact his hand remained closed around the last bottle she had given him to sample, not willing to put it down. He was hooked. Good, she thought, let the negotiations begin.

Sam finally reached a deal she felt was mostly fair. "Agreed," she said. The negotiations had actually gone well, and she did enjoy haggling from time to time. It was a long-respected form of barter. She made the sale, then moved to another aisle and bought some goods supposedly to take back. She found several beautiful native dresses and couldn't help buying a few. She had a bag of replicated coins, so there was plenty to spend if she needed it. Then she bought some fresh fruit and vegetables to "take home" with them.

She put them in the cart and continued to browse, purchasing some items to "take home" and others as souvenirs of this planet.

As evening approached, the vendors began to pack up their wares for the night. Sam quickly found the rest of her team. "We need to find a place to sleep tonight." She hoped that once everyone was asleep some of them could slip outside to look around.

Spartacus had done well with her aquiring of some scents and even a replacement bit of clothing from the local merchants.

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They found an inn with enough rooms for everyone, if they bunked two to a room.

"C'mon Doc." Jenkins said slapping his hand onto Barak's back. "We'll take this room but I warn you I bite." he laughed as he took his gear into one of the rooms.

"Have you always been orally fixated," Arnon replied. "Or is this a recent development? Were you breast fed as a child? Never mind. We can talk about that later. By the way, do your feet hurt? I ask because I just picked up a local cure for aching feet but I have no idea what it will do to a human...."

"Actually doc my feet do hurt. Do I get a massage afterwards too because man the Commodore had us walk forever. Did I ever tell you how much I HATE walking?" Jenkins replied.

"If you're looking for a massage, perhaps you should ask Sparta," Arnon replied. "In fact, I think I heard her say 'I'd really like to give Jenkins a massage' just the other day."

"But she's never given me a massage..." Jenkins replied confusedly. "In fact I've never even met her before today."

"Women can be mysterious creatures," Arnon replied. "Perhaps she has been admiring you from afar? I bet she's just waiting for you to take fate by the horns and make your move!"

"I don't know." Don said looking over at Spartacus. "I mean I have heard Orions are kind of...you know, promiscuous?"

"Oh, I don't know..." Arnon said. "As I understand it, once she gets her...arms...around a man, she seldom strays."

"And here I thought we were in for a night of contemplating our navels." Jenkins responded as he continued to study the Orion.

Spartacus felt an aura wrapping towards her, a muttle shade of Pink, it was a mixture of passion and what might even be called a type of innocence, she looked around in the general direction of the ambiant impression lingering in the area.

"What you get up to with Sparta is none of my business," Arnon replied. "If it were me, I'd contemplate more than her naval. To each their own fetish, of course."

Arnon left Jenkins to ruminate over the utter nonsense he had been fed. Sparta would be furious when she figured out it what had driven the marine to approach her, but sometimes Arnon just couldn't help himself.

Cam walked over to Kara and slipped his arm around her waist, "you're with me" he said, staying in character a little.

Kara giggled, although it felt a bit odd to do so. "Well, if I have to..." She giggle again as the two found their room.

Illise walked over to Sam, feeling rather good after concluding her sale of the fragrances she had brought. Replicated or not, the vendor had never smelled anything like them before, and she had made a tidy profit. The money was not important however, but the gossip might just be invaluable.

"Sam," she said quietly. It felt strange to address her so, bust she could not go around calling her by her star fleet rank here. "How was the trade?" she asked.

"Not bad," Sam replied. "Mostly clothing and food to take home, but nothing special. Perhaps tomorrow."

Just then a gong sounded, loud enough to echo throughout the village. "Frenatus calls," the innkeeper said. He bent down and pulled a bag of what looked like potatoes from under the counter and headed out the door.

Sam's curiosity was piqued. "I'm going to see what's going on. Get settled in, we still have work to do."

Illise hurried after Sam, pulling something our of her bag. "Wait, take this." She handed Sam the package. "It's dried fruit. Apparently you can't go empty-handed."

Spartacus came up. "Samantha, I am wondering with whom you would suggest I reside?" She gave a small grin. "A girl has to be cautious of her virtue?"

"Go with Illise," Sam said to Teenah, taking the package from Illise with a smile of thanks. "The men can take care of themselves," she added with a grin.

She went to the cart and pulled out a small bag of food to add to Illise's contribution and joined a group of villagers heading for the temple.

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Lieutenant JG Illise Hale
Chief Science Officer

Ensign Teenah Spartacus
Counselor

Commodore Samantha York
Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Arnon Barak
Chief Counselor

Sergeant Donald Jenkins
Marine

Captain Cameron Bourne
Marine CO

2nd Lieutenant Kara Melo
Alpha Platoon Leader

 

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