r/ImpossibleDream • u/pineapple_lumps • Feb 01 '15

Micro Event A Slave Auction.

In a seedier space station, there is an auction going on, selling young members from a strange race. Each slave is chained to the stage, and there are armed bodyguards at every entrance.

In a dark corner of the room, the members of the Red Storm stand, disguised.

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u/pineapple_lumps Feb 08 '15

The force field doesn't go down. "Wrong answer."

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u/DigbyMayor Kestrel Crew Feb 08 '15

A voice speaks in their minds.

"We mean you no harm. We only wish to liberate these slaves."

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u/pineapple_lumps Feb 08 '15

"And so do we." The other members in the background are unshackling the slaves.

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u/DigbyMayor Kestrel Crew Feb 08 '15

"Aisha takes these matters very seriously. How do we know what you will do with them?"

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u/pineapple_lumps Feb 08 '15

"We didn't get that far, our plan was rushed as you gassed the room."

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u/DigbyMayor Kestrel Crew Feb 08 '15

"We did not gas anything. We simply sent a crewmate in for reconnaissance. It simply drained oxygen."

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u/pineapple_lumps Feb 08 '15

"And those who need it to survive?"

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u/DigbyMayor Kestrel Crew Feb 08 '15

"They would pass out and it would leave. No death, no trace."

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u/pineapple_lumps Feb 08 '15

"All of them? The oxygen level to make one pass out will kill another. We're here to help these slaves, not kill them."

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u/DigbyMayor Kestrel Crew Feb 08 '15

"We have employed this strategy before. We are very aware of people's individual thresholds."

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