Irritated.
Irritated, irritated, irritated.
His thought process in the car was not particularly complex.
He didn't ask for much, did he? He thought of himself as not particularly demanding. He worked hard and he did unpleasant things and he let people stay in his house so they wouldn't get murdered. Was it asking that much to want a day off every now and again? A day off with a pretty girl, far away from any scaly tentacles. Except for her scaly tentacles. Those weren't the tentacles he had a problem with.
He really didn't need to be thinking about tentacles.
He also didn't need to be thinking about how the-opposite-of-authoritative he looked wearing anything but a suit. It was bad enough trying to get taken seriously under ordinary circumstances. Trying to take command of the situation in khakis and canary yellow was going to be… trying.
Ixaaliot emerged from his car smoking and scowling, doing both with enough force to almost distract from the fact that he was dressed like someone picking up their kid from soccer practice.
The TAF. Of course it would have to be the TAF, today of all days. He could never be so lucky as to have to deal with private enforcers, that would be asking entirely too much. Banau had been cuffed but not carted, which could only mean one thing: this was going to be a farce.
"Nice shirt," Banau called, and Ixaaliot had little enough patience for the Vonu when xe did xyr job properly. Ix pointed at xem with a cigarette.
"Shut the fuck up," he shouted back, busy stalking toward the arresting officer. He might have stomped, if his weight or his lank lent itself to stomping. He knew who it was well before the man in green looked up from the tablet where he was writing out his report.
"That's no way to talk to your client."
"Xe's my friend, jackass, and that attempted entrapment bullshit got old before it started."
"Someone's cranky today," he noted.
"Maybe because some of us have better things to do than go through this song and dance again," Ix said, coming to a stop with a distance between them, dragging on his cigarette with two arms crossed and another in his pocket. "Are we really going to have to do this today?"
"I'm sorry, civilian, I'm afraid I don't know what song you're talking about. Maybe if you sing me a few bars it'll jog my memory."
Ix ran a hand over his tentacles and sighed. "Hello, Officer Liao," he said flatly. "When I heard my friend was in trouble, I came as fast as I could." His complete lack of actual concern was obvious in his monotone. "There must have been a terrible misunderstanding. As a concerned citizen of the colony, I would like to offer my testimony."
Liao looked tempted to comment on Ix's clothes, but restrained himself. "And what a good friend you must be," he said, "to get here so fast. Must have a lot of free time, being retired and all." He looked back to his tablet. "Let me guess: your friend here came to warn this guy he was in danger."
"Why Officer Liao," he said, still flat as he exhaled, "how did you know."
"According to your friend over there," he said with a gesture, "xe got here just a second too late to prevent a terrible accident."
"It must have been so traumatic for xem."
"One hell of an accident," he agreed, "since a laser took off all his limbs before he fell out the window." Ix looked, for the first time, at the torso still on the crime scene. He looked up at the broken window. And then he scowled at Banau, because if xe still got paid for this clusterfuck he was going to be annoyed. "You got any interesting theories about how something like this might have happened by accident?"
He had been holding out hope that this would be over quickly. That hope died about as ignobly as the torso on the sidewalk.
Irritated, irritated, irritated.
His thought process in the car was not particularly complex.
He didn't ask for much, did he? He thought of himself as not particularly demanding. He worked hard and he did unpleasant things and he let people stay in his house so they wouldn't get murdered. Was it asking that much to want a day off every now and again? A day off with a pretty girl, far away from any scaly tentacles. Except for her scaly tentacles. Those weren't the tentacles he had a problem with.
He really didn't need to be thinking about tentacles.
He also didn't need to be thinking about how the-opposite-of-authoritative he looked wearing anything but a suit. It was bad enough trying to get taken seriously under ordinary circumstances. Trying to take command of the situation in khakis and canary yellow was going to be… trying.
Ixaaliot emerged from his car smoking and scowling, doing both with enough force to almost distract from the fact that he was dressed like someone picking up their kid from soccer practice.
The TAF. Of course it would have to be the TAF, today of all days. He could never be so lucky as to have to deal with private enforcers, that would be asking entirely too much. Banau had been cuffed but not carted, which could only mean one thing: this was going to be a farce.
"Nice shirt," Banau called, and Ixaaliot had little enough patience for the Vonu when xe did xyr job properly. Ix pointed at xem with a cigarette.
"Shut the fuck up," he shouted back, busy stalking toward the arresting officer. He might have stomped, if his weight or his lank lent itself to stomping. He knew who it was well before the man in green looked up from the tablet where he was writing out his report.
"That's no way to talk to your client."
"Xe's my friend, jackass, and that attempted entrapment bullshit got old before it started."
"Someone's cranky today," he noted.
"Maybe because some of us have better things to do than go through this song and dance again," Ix said, coming to a stop with a distance between them, dragging on his cigarette with two arms crossed and another in his pocket. "Are we really going to have to do this today?"
"I'm sorry, civilian, I'm afraid I don't know what song you're talking about. Maybe if you sing me a few bars it'll jog my memory."
Ix ran a hand over his tentacles and sighed. "Hello, Officer Liao," he said flatly. "When I heard my friend was in trouble, I came as fast as I could." His complete lack of actual concern was obvious in his monotone. "There must have been a terrible misunderstanding. As a concerned citizen of the colony, I would like to offer my testimony."
Liao looked tempted to comment on Ix's clothes, but restrained himself. "And what a good friend you must be," he said, "to get here so fast. Must have a lot of free time, being retired and all." He looked back to his tablet. "Let me guess: your friend here came to warn this guy he was in danger."
"Why Officer Liao," he said, still flat as he exhaled, "how did you know."
"According to your friend over there," he said with a gesture, "xe got here just a second too late to prevent a terrible accident."
"It must have been so traumatic for xem."
"One hell of an accident," he agreed, "since a laser took off all his limbs before he fell out the window." Ix looked, for the first time, at the torso still on the crime scene. He looked up at the broken window. And then he scowled at Banau, because if xe still got paid for this clusterfuck he was going to be annoyed. "You got any interesting theories about how something like this might have happened by accident?"
He had been holding out hope that this would be over quickly. That hope died about as ignobly as the torso on the sidewalk.
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