>>5659842I gotchu homie.>Ingmar"Before I leave, I gotta ask: how's Ingmar doing?"
"...ah, right. He was the bartender, correct?"
"Proprietor of the Tipsy Toffer, to be precise."
"Hmmm. More than one of my wardens are grumbling, but he's been otherwise behaving himself on his parole."
"That's good to hear. But...I can't imagine him having a large clientele."
"There have been, regrettably, more than a few protests and heated incidents when he opened his business."
"How heated?"
"One of the rowdier mobs found a porcine-like creature, painted it green, and erected a guillotine on the front of his business-"
"...now that's just offensive to Gamorreans."
"Most were willing to let it slide if it meant dunking on the Tof."
"... ... ..."
"...we're working on it."
"Are you?"
"The Toffer has a detachment of MSDF soldiery protecting it around-the-clock. We have a few grumblers, but Ingmar's been giving discounts and free drinks to his security and active military personnel."
"As a reward and gesture of good feelings, or as incentive to not conveniently 'disappear' when the mob comes knocking?"
"...you Shadows are a very pessimistic lot."
"Can't help it. Have you met my master?"
>Crantz and Stern"Oh, gods, not you too..."
"They saved the lives of our younglings. It'd be rude not to check up on them."
"The same words came out of Wing Commander Belka and General Sho for the fifth time this week."
"...I was just gonna get them a fruit basket while they convalesce."
"That makes you the most sensible one out of them. I'm up to my ears in requests for them to be transferred into Blitz Squadron or reassigned to a yet-to-be-named ranger company."
"...for what it's worth, I'd think that crashing a ship would preclude them from hopping in what few fighters you have."
"Not according to Belka. She's convinced that the fact that they made it down from atmo with hemorrhaging systems gives them enough of a shot."
"Point. But if I'm allowed to be biased, they did a good job of holding their own on the ground."
"...you angling for something, Gaelle?"
"Beyond your planet-hopping plan, what've you got in mind for anti-slavery infiltration operations?"
"...I'm pouring myself another drink."
>>5659902At the time of the cutoff, the vote for escorting and protecting relief fleets won out.
