Geoff had watched the spectacle with a light smile and a laugh, shaking his head lightly. "Ruttin' hell. This is like a gorram game to them. Ai ya. I'd hate to have grown up here. I woulda ended up caught by the pretty ladies all the time. I'm pretty easily distracted and this woulda been one huge distraction back in my pickpocket days, dong ma? ", he remarked with another laugh.

He sat down and grinned as the waitress gave Kale's wallet back and then looked to the captain with an arched brow. "Well, well. She must like ya, Cap'n. Treatin' ya special like.", he remarked lightly with a grin, "So..'nother round, Cap'n?"

Kale offered an appreciative smile up at the woman, "Thank you, 'mam." he said quietly, then turned back to his crew and smile, "One more round, and then ya'll can start buying yer own way.  No more freebies til we get us some work."

Geoff grinned and nodded enthusiatically as he looked to the waitress. "Ya heard the cap'n! One more round!", he remarked with a wide smile. More liqour meant more happy time for Geoff. It's a very simple equation and one Geoff holds very dear to his heart.

Hey Kale can I borrow some money till we get back to the ship, I didn't exactly remember to bring my money.   She blew a stray bang out of her eye, she had hoped for a free night.  She decided to drink another but she knew she would be starting to be quite a bit tipsy.

   Lei looked up questioningly at the serving girl. She'd seen most of what happened, but was still putting the why of it all together in her head... Just one last thing she didn't understand properly yet.
   "Why'd you drop something in his pocket?" she asked, waving vaguely towards where the culprit was bieng harassed by the door security.

Wei-Li stood with her pen over her order pad, as Geoff spoke she began writing and nodded.

She looked up when Lei spoke, surprised by the young lady’s question.  Then she smiled.  “That’s the way the game is played… I took a wallet from the bar that we use to identify people we think are stealing from the customers.  When they get near the door with it, the alarm goes off and the bouncers hold him until we determine if the waiter or waitress was right… ”

She paused, watching to see if Lei understood the game.

Geoff couldn't help but whistle lightly in appreciation for such a well thought out game. "Ruttin' hell. I definitely woulda been busted if I had grown up 'round here. Way too smart for me.", he remarked in a low voice, shaking his head lightly and smiling.

   Lei nodded that she understood. She'd tagged the guy. And the watchers at the door got him because of the tag. It all made sense. Lei sat down on her chair properly again, and finished off her drink. She sat there lost in thought, rubbing the mark on her forearm with her thumb. She was tagged too...

Wei-Li smiles.  "Pickpockets are bad for business,” she says.  Customers with no money tend to call the evening short….

She shrugs, “So we have the game… ”  She decided not to point out the fact that it was a skill they all tended to have.

Then she perks up.  “Did anyone want something to eat? she asks.

Kale eyed the woman for a moment, "Seems like the hired hands are just as skilled as the crooks in the art pick-pocketing." he mused, if Lei was right in what she saw then this woman must have been able to slip the tagged wallet in the theives pocket without being noticed, not an easy slight of hand.  "You don't play a pro ... unless your better then him." Kale said, keeping eye-contact.  A woman of many trades - acrobatics, pick-pocketing ... waitressing being just a cover for them all he'd guess.

"I'll have nothing to eat, thank you, and if they all want somethin' then they can pay fer that outta their own pockets - 'cept for you Doc, you're hungry you can order a bite ta eat since you didn't bring no cash."

Geof just shrugged at the captain's words about the waitress. He had found that just about everybody had some sort of hidden skills they didn't put out in the open so he took such things in stride. So Geoff just scoffed lightly at the offer of food. "Food? Naw, screw that. Just liqour...uh...leastwise fer me, just liqour.", he said with a sheepish grin towards the rest of the crew at the table, "Dunno if y'all want somethin' ta eat. Hows 'bout you, Little Lady? Ya want somethin' ta eat? I got some cash on me if ya do."

Wei-Li gave Kale a slightly bashful shrug, feigning innocence.

 “When you grow up around here… you learn a lot of different things, she admitted.

“Some of us grow out of the ‘bad’ habits, others find new ways to use them… ”
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   Lei looked up from examining her arm. She was getting a little hungry, so she nodded to Geoff's question.
   Her finger stayed tracing the barcode on her arm.

Geoff nodded lightly to Lei, smiling a bit and then looked to the waitress with a grin. "Ok, then. What can I get ta eat fer the little lady fer...uh...hold on a bit...", he said as he bent down, pulled off his right boot and pulled a few crumpled bills from it, "Ok...what can I get fer....5?...no, 6....yeah. What can I get for c6? Hold on wait....aha!! 7!! I knew I had another one in there!"

Wei-Li smiles and looks up as if reading the menu from the ceiling, but simply remembering the contents of the menu and picking things that were 'safe'.

"Lets see, One mini-za, or an order of protien fingers, a soy-burger with fries and a pie.. no, forget the pie... " she said shaking her head.

"You could get the chedar fries, or two small chilis... or a small cheddar fry and a chili..."

She looked back at them. "There are other items on the menu but... She bit her lip and shook her head.

Geoff looked thoughtful for a bit and looked to Lei as if he were going to ask her if any of that sounded good before remembering that she wouldn't know if it did or not. She only seemed to know about what he had given her onboard Destiny and that really wasn't much at all. So he sighed lightly and shrugged as he looked to the Wen-Li with a sheepish grin. "Uh...I guess the mini-za. I guess. Yeah, yeah. That'll be good. Get her that."

Wei-li nodded, noting the order on a seperate page.  She handed Geoff his bill, and Kale his, which looked just a little thicker.

Kale grabbed his bill and slowly unfolded it, a little afraid at how much he was spending at this here establishment - he glanced down at the small slip of paper and his eyebrows raised.  Written in neat, small hand-writing was: If you have a ship and don't mind hiring out for a series of black-walks... I want to hire you.

Kale looked up and glanced around the pub, looking to see if there was anyone watching him open the bill.  He saw no one, whoever had slipped him the note was remaining hidden to him.  Unless ... his eyes scanned the room for their waitress, she wasn't looking at him but something told him that it had been her.  She had written this little note.  So there was more to the woman then met the eye.  He pulled out his wallet and selected the righ amount of cash, then looked around for a pen.  He stopped a waitress serving at the table next to theres, "You wouldn't mind if I borrowed that right quick?" he asked, without waiting for a reply.  He scribbled on the back of the paper: Meet me at Caravan City Docks when you get off - the ships named Destiny.

Then he folded it up with the bill and his money and waited for the woman to return.

Wei-li made the rounds to the other tables she was serving, then returned with the drinks and the food.

Then she collected the money and went to make change.  When she read Kale's note she smiled.  Providence seemed to be looking out for both of them tonight.

Geoff had taken his own bill and had placed the crumpled bills that made up the last of his stash within it, folding the bill around the cash as he handed it to the waitress when she returned. He then sighed lightly and looked around the room, blissfully ignorant of the job offer that had been thrown the captain's way.
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Wei-Li returned with the change and thanked them.

She handed Geoff his change, and Kale his.  "Thank you" she said, then faded back into the background.

With Kale's change was a short note.  "I get off at 02:00"
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::before the server had left::  Thanks cap, I'll get some cheese fries then, plus some more ale.    Acacia said.  She leaned back in the chair and watched everything going on in the place.  She was still thinkin about the past events and still wishing that Ren was with her but she couldn't have everything she wanted.  At least she was getting real food and not packaged protien.

Kale pocketed the note, and began mulling over what someone like the young waitress could possibly be hiring a ship out for.  He took another deep drink of his second round of ale.  Suppose he'd find out soon enough, not much use in speculating.

Charlie took another slow drink from the ale, setting it down on the table as she looked around.  There was a smirk at the corner of Kale's mouth that she noticed.  She'd been around him long enough to know that, while he would find things good time to time, there's only one thing that made him smile when there wasn't a direct source for it.  That meant there was a good chance that they would be leaving soon, of course.  Of course, she was the only one who would actually be upset about that, knowing the way things went.  Best to make the use of it.

"Cap'n...if ya don't mind, y'think it'd be okay if I were to go back t'the ship?  Or, y'know...around it..."  She spoke with a raised eyebrow, smiling at him best he could.

Geoff shrugged lightly as he took a drink and placed the plate with the Mini-za on it in front of Lei, gesturing for her to dig in. He then went back to drinking, casting a curious glance to the captain whom looked like he was contemplating something. Geoff didn't pry though, figuring that if it was anything important the captain would tell them eventually.
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