Drink up, the Helghast Colonel's Happy hour

[helghasten]

 [Today, the man who refuses to take off his mask with reddish eyes and complete with a gas mask is wiping the bar's counter]

Not sure who talked him into it, but he was providing today's happy hour.

The Helghast Colonel stood in the bar writing down specials for the day. 

"Welcome to my day"

Today's specials:

Fireball Whisky
Helghast Special- My own mix
Ludds Blood

The tables seemed to have some sort of theme today, they were covered with a blood red along with black line going through it.

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[iprotectyou]

A giant of a man approaches the counter with a smile, and points at the specials board. "Hi, I'm Baze Malbus. May the Force of others be with you! What's a Helghast Special?"

[helghasten]

..The man seems to be breathing quite raspy through his gas mask.

"The... Helghast Special... is quite the mix.. Let's say.. it has it's own kick to it.

1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon (7 grams) coarsely ground black pepper (see Note up top)
4 ounces ripe strawberries, hulled and halved
5 tablespoons fresh lime juice
5 ounces (10 tablespoons) blanco tequila
TO FINISH

1 lime
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Ice

Has all... the kick of the Helghast empire.

[iprotectyou]

Baze boggles at the preciseness of the recipe. He smiles, wondering id this bartender is more droid-like than others.

"Then I'll have that," Baze says, nodding exactly once. "Sounds delicious. Do you need the mask to breathe?"

[helghasten]

"I do, Baze..."

"Name's Mael Radec, I am a Colonel of the Helghast Army yet i hold such a high and prestige rank in the Helghast army. My planet is full of dirt and dust and we ... had to adapt due to the ISA... Invaders."

[iprotectyou]

Baze frowns a tiny amount, but is soon back to grinning again. "I know a little bit about invaders," he says, shaking his head. "But congratulations on your rank of Colonel. How did you get promoted?"

[helghasten]

"I also control the military academy on Helghan as well."

Radec started to mix the drink in the hand as he was talking "Let's say I am Visari's personal bodyguard back home."

"Yes... We call them ISA scum, those humans who took our forefathers land and kicked off the planet to Helghan, our new home. We've had to adapt over time with these gas masks."

[iprotectyou]

"A military academy! That must be rewarding," Baze says, leaning on his elbows on the counter. "What does ISA stand for?"

[helghasten]

Radec spoke in slower tones "Interplanetary...Strategic... Alliance."

They joined... with Earth.

"Let's say that's why I am feared on my planet, not just the looks but what I do."

[iprotectyou]

"Why'd they join with Earth?" Baze says, blinking at the droid-like man. "And do you want to be feared?"

[helghasten]

"It's a long story. There were two Extrasolar Wars in the way future of late 2300's." "In my time, I was taught the ISA invaded our homelands to prevent us of our way of life."

"I'm more mutated than a...droid, Blaze."

"Depends if you make me mad. However, this place usually doesn't like it if people attack each other for bad things here. I'm holding back at the moment."

[ooc:Radec's sort of mutated a bit under the helmet but that's why he needs that mask to breath.]

[iprotectyou]

"Baze," he says, drawing himself up to his full height. "Can you read minds?"

[helghasten]

Radec stared back at Baze, "No.. Lucky guess."

(OOC: Sorry should of caught that before i said that.)

[iprotectyou]

Baze settles again, still wary. "Yeah, lucky guess. So you said you were mutated? What kind of mutations?"

[helghasten]

"Red eyes, palish like skin."

The colonel eyes Baze, slightly quiet.

[iprotectyou]

"Is your sight affected?" Baze asks, eyeing him back. "Can you see better, or worse?"

[helghasten]

"Depends. I can see better."

Radec holds his hands behind his back "You ask a lot... of questions, Baze."

[iprotectyou]

Baze laughs, caught off guard. "No one's ever pointed that out to me, but I guess I do. You can ask some questions yourself, you know."

[heatherandsteel]

Quentin's trying to make his hair neater when he enters in a t-shirt and jeans with his pointed ears showing through his bronze hair.

He stares at the red on the tables, that's not a comforting color and then at the man, maybe behind the counter and leaves a little space between him and the counter, "Um, could I just get a coffee?"

[helghasten]

Mael Radec eyed the newcomer and raised a eyebrow "Sure."

"What exactly are you? I've never seen ears like that before."

The Colonel turned to the bar and started to fill the cup of hot liquid and moved it toward the strange man.

[heatherandsteel]

He blinks at the question and stands taller, doing his best to be noble and disdainful, he has practice,

"Daoine Sidhe, what are you?"

[helghasten]

The Colonel looks a little more calm than usual as he holds his hands behind his back in a straight posture.

"What am I? I'm a Helghast. Colonel Radec. "

[heatherandsteel]

"That doesn't tell me anything except that you're in some sort of army. Is a Helghast your species, your race?"

Quentin reaches out for the coffee, moving a little closer to the counter, that's a lot of armor.

[helghasten]

"Yes, Helghast is my race. "

Radec looks at the man who seems to be studying his armor. "Any questions?"

[heatherandsteel]

He shrugs and takes another drink, "Have you ever been here before?"

[helghasten]

Radec looked up at the stranger "I have, just... only once."

"I haven't returned in a long time."

[heatherandsteel]

"Oh and she made you bartend," Quentin smiles as he does like Bar, she reminds him of how his world works.

[helghasten]

Radec nods "Yes. It's been a while since I've.. actually needed a break for Helghan. Strange thing for a Helghan like me to say when the people actually need me."

"It's kind of strange, huh?" If Radec could crack a smirk, he probably would of.

[heatherandsteel]

"I don't know what's expected of a Helghan so I don't know. I mean I get how duty is, its always present and its nice here to not have to worry about it,"

The duty doesn't go away but in Milliways, it doesn't press.

[helghasten]

"Lots of Responsibilities.One pressing matter after another. ISA invaders, war plans to go over and a lot more."

"I can't exactly eat or drink because of the mask."

[heatherandsteel]

"War tends to take up a lot of time. But you still do eat and drink?"

Maybe not, perhaps that armor feeds him or something.

[helghasten]

Radec is writing words in strange symbols.

This is our language. It's a bit different.

"Seems like a endless war at times."

[heatherandsteel]

Quentin watches the writing, not sure why its being done now, "You mentioned the Isa invaders. What are they like?"

[helghasten]

Radec cursed them "They are like scum off the pond." "They took away our land and now claims it as their own, sending us to live on Helghan a dirty planet we had to adapt to live. The teams they send are a burden on us."

[heatherandsteel]

"But you consider yourself a Helghan? Where did you live before? Teams of what?"

Perhaps its about pride, taking the name of their place of exile or punishment, he's not sure which.

[helghasten]

"It's a long story. There was one group of folks that shared a home on Earth. The Earth in the future was devastated by a nuclear war. So the Helghast Corp., our group decided to go explore for a new planet so we found a new galaxy Alpha Senphi. It had two new planets there. Vekta and Helghan.

Our forefathers had a huge fight and began a mass exodus toward Helghan. The planet was dirty and disgusting and didn't have the greatest living conditions so we were forced to wear gas masks like I wear now.

We got sick. Anyways, the...planet has amazing natural resources which is the only good thing.

"So the First Extrasolar War started between the ISA invaders and us. We were fighting to get our homeland back."

[heatherandsteel]

"So the planet's named for the people who found it, but its not your homeland?"

He feels like he's missing some part of it. Its a common story, land is power.

[helghasten]

"You misunderstood. My forefathers lived on Earth, I was born and raised on Helghan in early 2300's during the lowest time on Helghan.

I worked my way up the ladder until I reached Colonel and then set up the Radec Academy for the training of soldiers and helped to launch the Vektan invasion. I became an advisor to Scholar Visari and bodyguard. Over time, soldiers began to respect me. During the Failed attempt on Vekta, I became the main commander of the Helghast forces. I spent two years preparing for an ISA invasion and also became focused on finding the launch codes for Red Dust, a nuclear weapon captured by us on Vekta."

[heatherandsteel]

"Which you're going to use to take on ISA and take back Helghan? Are you also trying to conquer Vekta?"

It sounds like one of those wars that's never going to end.

[helghasten]

"We won't give up until everyone of us are dead or the ISA scum are dead.

"Seems like a endless war at this rate."

The bartender sighed if only a bit.

[heatherandsteel]

"Oak and ash, that's horrible,"

War is bad enough but to fight until no one's left, that's a terrible waste of life and doesn't serve much purpose.

[helghasten]

"It's a long war. Time has changed things back home.

Perhaps It might end someday."

[heatherandsteel]

"That usually needs someone to end it,"

Which is hard, war has an inertia to it, he learned that not long ago.

[helghasten]

"War always seems that way, however I still believe in my people's cause."

[heatherandsteel]

"What's your cause? We were here first, because the other side could probably say something similar,"

From what he's said, that's what it sounds like though both planets were settled later. Its been a cause in many a Fae and mortal war.