Reboots - Unead Can Dance - ARC by Mercedes Lackey

Author:Mercedes Lackey [Lackey, Mercedes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Published: 2021-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

It took some convincing to get Harry and Lori to go along with it, but Humph had come up with a semiworkable plan. Lori, being the only one out of all of them that didn’t yet have her face plastered on every wanted notice on the planet, would be their “front man” for the time being. First order of business was to get outfitted, literally. She went out and bought them some new clothes. Harry’s suit was tatters at that point, and Humph needed something besides coveralls and a trench coat. Some button-down shirts, nice slacks, and comfortable shoes for both of them; nice enough to swim between middle and upper class in a pinch, but not so expensive that they stood out. Lori had a small wardrobe already, but got herself a few dresses, tops, and other necessities anyway.

The next part required a bit of subterfuge. Humph knew they wouldn’t be able to get off-planet; if the cops hadn’t already been watching for them to escape that way, which was unlikely, they certainly would be now. Jeanpaul had probably divulged everything about their meeting to the cops or whoever had gotten to him. There’ll be a settling of accounts on that one, Paulie. Bet your bones, you rotten fink. Still, he could use that to his advantage. He and Lori started trolling the bars near the spaceport until they found one particularly disreputable establishment; it didn’t seem to have a name, only a sign that said “Cantina” above the door. After spending some time studying the crowd, Humph found their marks: a scruffy-looking freighter captain and his Yeti copilot. Lori worked her magic on both of them, and soon they were ready to eat out of her palm. No one else in the bar seemed to notice, or care. She probably wasn’t the first of her kind to come a-hunting around here, and for the most part, the Sirens, the Loreleis, and the other mesmerizing types did tend to stick to fleecing their targets rather than killing them outright. Any sufficiently talented Norm hooker could do that sort of “magic”—the fleecing, that is, not the killing.

Using a script that Humph had made her memorize, she convinced the captain and his copilot that she was in need of help, and that they were her only hope. First she convinced them that they needed to take her and a couple of friends to a port on the other side of the planet; she was fleeing a jealous ex-boyfriend, and couldn’t use regular transportation. Second, that they needed to spin a yarn for any cops that they happened to come across after they left the Hub; that they had taken on passengers, a Boggart and a human that fit Humph and Harry’s descriptions, and dropped them at a random station. Hopefully that would keep the authorities chasing their tails, and off of Humph’s scent. Her magic worked perfectly on the inebriated pair; they were already enamored with her before she started, and the magic itself would last for days.

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