"She said Velk the bartender might know something, but the customers haven't been too chatty about ships apparently." Raddia frowned as she added, "Though if that was Velk you were talking to, then I'm guessing we need to look somewhere else. Should we grab Tritop and get out of here? Zevia did say she knew someone around here."
"Zevia?" the bartender spoke. "You know Zevia?"
At that moment the door to the bar opened up as Zevia and Miraya walked through. "Try not to piss someone off this time-." Zevia paused as she looked to the bar noticing the burly turian behind it. "Hey Velk, long time no see." the quarian waved happily.
"Hmmmm....hello Zevia." Velk replied folding his arms over his chest.
As Zevia walked further into the bar she noticed the rest and took a seat beside Talon. "Seems like you have met my latest companions." Zevia continued.
"Hmmph, you travel with an odd bunch even for you." Velk said.
"Well kind of got stuck in a odd situation. Regardless, we need a ship to get us to council space. Think you can help us?" Zevia smiled.
"I gave you a ship already, Zevia. Where is that one?"
The quarian paused, "Uhm well....its back on Korlus....and probably self destructed."
"Self destruct? Why?" Velk narrowed his eyes.
"A bit of a misunderstanding with the turian blackwatch because of this group."
Velk looked at Zevia with a tired look before turning to Talon and the rest. "I swear every ship I give you or trade you blows up at one point or another...." The big turian sighed and tossed his apron aside before grabbing his jacket. "Meet me at the salvage yard in an hour and I'll take you through the ships I have to trade."
"Wow, that was simple..." Raddia was a little dumbfounded on how easy that went, but decided to just grin towards Gerris and Zevia. "Thanks, Zev. ...Oh yeah! So how did your shopping trip go?" she asked, curious what happened while they were separated.
"Wait, so you were her contact?" Talon asked with surprise as he looked at the bartender, "Wow, talk about luck. What're the odds?" he shook his head a bit in disbelief. He looked towards Gerris, recgonizing the look in her eyes, "Oh no, I know that look, something happened didn't it?" he asked, afraid they'd have to make a run after she beat someone up.
**Zevia**
"I think it went wonderfully well. Didn't it Gerris?" she smiled tilting her head. "After all not everyday you get to enjoy the touch and enjoyment of-" she spoke ready to tell the group about what happened next.
Gerris's expression didn't become any more favorable as Zevia continued to talk. She yanked her down by the arm to shut her up, taking her by surprise. During the rattle she caught the box with the kinetic shield capacitors and quickly let go of Zevia. "It was a boring trip. But we got what we need," she said, "I'll apply the upgrades after we get to the ship's electronics's bay."
"Uh huh," Talon nodded, knowing something had happened, though Gerris's reaction was a bit strange to him. If it had just been a small brawl, or even a large one, she'd just shrug it off or brag about it but instead she seemed almost to be hiding something though he knew better than to press it, "Well let's get moving and see what kind of ship we can pick up. Not safe to stay in one place for too long."
As the group walked down the market place a few vorcha were watching them closely. One of them spoke to the other, who gave a nod before they ran off.
**Salvage Yard**
"This is it?" Zevia said as she looked upon the ship resting before them.
"This is it." Velk repeated firmly.
"Velk, this is a rusted out transport vessel." Zevia said as she reached out and touched the hull getting a generous amount of rust onto her three finger palm. "Hell the rust looks like its the only thing keeping it together." She turned to Velk and brushed her hand off.
"You have to have better ships then this."
Velk shrugged, "I do, but the last time I gave you one of my good ships you've apparently blew it up."
"I didn't have much choice in the matter."
"Like every other time I've given you a good ship. Sorry Zevia, I need to make profits when I can."
Zevia sighed as she looked at the yard glancing through the other ships. Perhaps there was a diamond in the rough somewhere. She suddenly noticed a heavy crusier turian designed docked further down the ramp. She wasn't sure about its design, but it might be worth looking at.
"Oi, I think we were better off with our old ship," uttered Raddia upon seeing the rusted out junkheap they were first shown. She looked around to see if something else looked better before she caught sight of the same heavy cruiser as Zevia. "Oooh, shiny." The asari's eyes lit up before she pointed and blurted out, "What about that one?"
"Anything's better than a bucket of rust. We need to fly, not slide on the floor." Gerris approached the turian designed cruiser, glancing over the specs her omnitool scans detailed for her. She turned back to the group and shook her head, "It's... passable. Upgradeable too, but I doubt we can afford both a ship and a bunch of extra components right now," she turned to glare at Zevia, "Can we?"