[Zasz Fenris]
- A Day In The Life -
Technical documents were visibly scanned with an alacrity above and beyond even talented speed readers. With his ocular implant, Zasz Fenris needed only to glance at a page or screen of words and the hardware coupled with advanced translation and storage software executed the rest. With select topics such as botany, the slaver preferred to savor the old-fashioned act of reading itself, but with manuals, news feeds, and content of comparable bulk information he'd rather just store to access when necessary. Suddenly his vision blurred, muscles around his artificial eye contracting uncontrollably. The spasms lasted but a fleeting few moments.
The implant was acting up, and the frequency of the episodes continued getting worse.
Thankfully, Zasz was already on route to this fix this complication; that is as soon as his automated skiff reached its destination.This fellow, in particular, had sold him the malfunctioning optic and Zasz fully intended to collect on a promised lifetime warranty. Always a pain in his ass these matters were. In many reaches of space, Zasz was designated quite clearly as a person of interest to the galactic federation in over two hundred abduction cases; a reward of ten million credits for leads that successfully brought in an arrest. However, certain organizations and governments were considerably displeased with the idea of the captain being detained by the legal security of a government prison complex choosing to post bounties of their own varying from fifty million all the way up to one hundred and fifty million credits dead or alive.
This left Zasz coming up short in options regarding surgical operations to receive implants, and the individuals he'd vetted for these procedures were few and far between. Trust when concerning Zasz Fenris was about as trying a feat to earn as a mark escaping his clutch. Luckily, Zasz had a silver lining in all of this. Back on Voskova, there existed a lovely lass who at great risk to herself transported barebone suits to him when she was able. On Voskova, one's family was everything and Zasz never once forgot this. Again, his problem was modifying the suit itself and having physical modifications to his body performed.
Having traveled for the better part of a standard day put Zasz on edge. The conversation with his connection had been painfully vague.
"I'll find you when you get there, don't worry about it."
Zasz worked best with all the pieces on the table, so to speak. How was he not to present a measure of concern when a crucial detail such a secure meeting location was lacking? Either way, there was no sense complaining at this point, Zasz had already arrived. As he docked at the out of the way spaceport, Zasz crammed the thin booklet into the confines of his winter coat. From behind his helmet, the slaver took note of the activity in what appeared to be a bustling marketplace. Removing his hulking figure from the cramped cabin of his taxi Zasz trudged onward without a real direction. This locale was far from desirable, teeming with cutpurses, prostitution, and currently three active fist fights. Where most would be wary at traipsing through a criminal infested port, Zasz instead felt at ease. There was a distinct lack of law enforcement. Also, one tended not to fuck with a seven-foot tall cyborg looking motherfucker without cause.
In that same vein, if one were to approach Zasz, they likely had business with him or were too high on red sand to recognize a threat. As a diminutive lad who had all of the distinct features of a thief blatantly approached Zasz, he rather took it as an invitation from his supplier.
Following in step removed the pair from the populated sectors and into twisting corridors. An occasional shout or scream rang out, but in reality, it was all but drowned out by the hum of the inner workings of the station. Coming to a halt for a second, the boy pointed at a nondescript section of titranium plating to their side before stepping into it and vanishing. Curious, but not hesitant, Zasz followed suit and in turn found himself in a brightly lit store front containing various humanoid modifications.
"Ah, Brax'ii, I see that you've chosen a locale most inconspicuous. A refractive and adaptive hard light barrier to obscure the entrance? A nice touch." Zasz spoke with his modulated pitch through the filter of his mask, his back to the owner and the boy as he ran his metallic digits over where he had passed by, inspecting the sophisticated method of cloaking.
Brax'ii was an odd gentleman if one could even fathom calling him as such. Hovering several feet in the air on a mobile platform, sat the fat torso of a pale humanoid male, connected by various tubes and circuitry weaved into his base. There were two withered arms atrophied from disuse, What would serve as the cyborg's motor skills was a half dozen gold plated extensions, multi-jointed and tipped with numerous attachments for different functions. "Zasz, this is hardly a social gathering. I suspect you are here for something worth my time?" Brax'ii too had his face in an enclosure of sorts, though where Zasz had a militaristic design, Brax'ii had elected a hideous piece of headgear. Demonic features accented against a black steel backing, a deep crimson glow to the eye sockets with tall curved horns atop his skull. A growl of a tone emitted, but Zasz was not even remotely intimidated. Brax'ii was a clever creature and remarkably vain despite his unsightly body.
A hiss of air released as the latches connecting Zasz's helmet disconnected, the captain of the Greenhouse taking deep strides towards the counter Brax'ii floated behind. Removing the veil to reveal a scarred grimace of his own, he pointed a thick finger to his twitching ocular. "You botched the nervous attachment. Shit's spasming on the hourly now." The cybernetics dealer and physician levitated up and over the countertop to take a better survey of Zasz's complaint. Strange limbs began poking and prodding at the tough skin around the eye in question all while Zasz remained motionless as a statue. "I'm not surprised, you know. You gave me a timeframe to work with and I did just that, I thought you'd be back sooner, honestly. If you've got a few hours to spare, I can do this proper. Better yet, if you've credits to spare, I can upgrade it, got a newer model in a couple weeks back."
As it were, Brax'ii knew how to twist the augmented man's arm. He hadn't intended on spending a dime this whole trip, but here was about to fork over the credits to pay for a new implant as well as the doctor's exorbitant install rates. Placing a cred stick onto Brax'ii's platform with a sigh, Zasz meandered with his partner in tow, heading to the back room where the operations took place. "By the way, did you order that special part I forwarded to you in my last communique."
Suddenly disgruntled, Brax'ii groaned but gave a trio of clicks of his tongue in confirmation. "I am not installing that fetish suite of yours. You can pick up the package when you leave. Best do it yourself unless you want to lose some of that highly valued Fenris respect." Receiving only a low chuckle from the slaver, the two disappeared behind the curtain of the operating facility.
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