030 VIDEO LIST TWELVE

[deadliestviper]

[Locked from known law types]

[There has been a murder in town. This isn’t unusual in Aeris Navem, where screams are considered not chances to help but clear warnings over which people and places to avoid. There has also been a theft; again, not an unusual occurrence in the city. In fact it’s likely no one would have taken note if not for the somewhat odd targets of each crime; a crooked but inconsequential bureaucrat the former, a prized toy of his the latter.

It is on this rather phenomenal vehicle that the camera focuses, slowly panning over it under burning lamplight to give the viewer a good long look. Its copper chassis gleans, and a slender gloved hand settles on the notably not leopard-print seat.]

She runs like a dream. Ladies and gentlemen:

The bidding begins at £75. Do I have an offer?

(OOC: For once, Beatrix isn’t a hired killer! She’s a thief and a vigilante, vengeance dealt out on a case-by-case basis but is willing to make and favor allies. More info here. No she is not a masked vigilante, she wears a scarf.)

Comments

[mistconduct]

You've stuffed the engine full of sawdust. Any idiot who buys that thing without riding it is the idiot that deserves it.

£30.

[deadliestviper]

If I had I could hardly have ridden it here.

It's easily worth twice that sum.

[mistconduct]

No, that's the top price I'd pay for the scraps. I know a guy who loves metal.

I get it halfway down the block and it falls to pieces. I'm pricing the pieces.

[deadliestviper]

Then you aren't buying what I'm selling, sir. Good day.

[mistconduct]

To everyone in this thread looking to buy this crap;

When it falls apart on you, I'll give half price on parts.

[deadliestviper]

Are you sure you can afford that?

[mistconduct]

Not your concern to worry about what I can and can't afford.

But I've got change.

[deadliestviper]

Concern and worry were far from my mind.

[mistconduct]

I can afford anything I like.

[deadliestviper]

Those are big words from such a small one.

[mistconduct]

I let my money do most of my talking.

[deadliestviper]

Then why undermine my price? Or are you hoping to get a mildly damaged model at a bargain?

[mistconduct]

The parts are worth more to me than a working vehicle. I'd slice it up for scrap and sell it piecemeal.

[deadliestviper]

Then it relieves me you bid so low. A vehicle like that should be kept as it is.

[mistconduct]

A vehicle like that attracts far too much attention.

[deadliestviper]

Part of the draw. It takes courage to ride like this.

[mistconduct]

More like stupidity.

[deadliestviper]

You know the difference?

[mistconduct]

I'm not stupid and I'm not brave. It's why I'm alive.

[deadliestviper]

There's little to life without courage.

[mistconduct]

That's a soldier's way of thinking. Not mine.

[gotgreenmagic]

Pretty. I'll take that bid.

[deadliestviper]

Practical, too. Do I hear £85?

[darknessb4me]

Eighty five. Chance we can hear it run?

[deadliestviper]

[Good idea. She sets the camera down and steps forward, screen focused on the cycle's body and handlebars and only catching her from the torso down. She twists an ornate key and the machine roars to life; with the brakes set and the throttle gunned it rumbles like thunder.]

I assume you'll agree, eighty-five is more than fair.

[darknessb4me]

Fair or not fair, it's an auction. I assume it's stolen?

[Subtlety is not his strong suit.]

[deadliestviper]

It's recently exchanged hands. [Read: Yes, but I'm not confessing to that.]

[darknessb4me]

Eighty five sounds fair to you for your trouble.

[deadliestviper]

[There's a smile evident in her voice.]

Ninety.

[darknessb4me]

Bid against me if you intend to buy your own merchandise, by all means.

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[silvestris]

Aw, I almost wish we could hang around to see its original owner come claim it.

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[deadliestviper]

He won't be coming back for it.

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[silvestris]

I've always loved how thorough you are.

Should I come vet the gawkers for you?

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[deadliestviper]

It's always amusing to see you shake them down.

[velocette]

Where can I see it?

[Warning, he will probably take off with it :| ]

[deadliestviper]

Where would you like to see it?

[If that happens she will shoot out the tires.]

[velocette]

[That's okay it won't be his first crash.]

Front of city hall, or the gardens.

[deadliestviper]

Gardens. Show me the spangle and I'll show you the bike.