It\'s Not So Easy

Who: Tara, Keto (Xavier)
Where: Observation Dome, Upper Ledge
When: Bloink
<<SNIP>>
> "I could never leave you." She said quietly reaching her hand out
> to the glass. There was a noise on the stairs behind her.
<<END SNIP>>
"Now where the...ahh, the Observation Dome," said a voice. Tara
turned to see Xavier Keto, poking his head through the hatch in the
upper level.
"What are you doing here?" Tara asked, not sure whether she was
annoyed or relieved that somebody else had shown up.
"Going back to my medibay," replied the doctor, hauling himself
up, "What's left of it."
"You're filthy," noted Tara, as Keto's entrance revealed him to be
covered in dust and grime.
"I was sent on a quick tour of the bowels of the ship, courtesy of
Cerebrum," growled Keto, trying vainly to brush some of the dirt off
his clothes, "Not content with bankrupting me, he's now causing me to
have huge dry-cleaning bills."
"What do you mean, bankrupting you?" blinked Tara. Keto paused,
then sighed.
"He's the reason I've had to sell everything. Being who he is, he
had backups of that tape you were so helpful as to smash. And by now
there's probably about a thousand different, verified copies on
several hundred different computer systems on the Dwarf, on Earth, or
wherever else he could stash them. So if I don't pay him, the
Captain's going to get a little show of who I really am."
He paused again, then shook his head and continued.
"...and much though I'm loathe to say it, that shipment of
equipment you purchased did come in useful. Oh, and it kept Mrs
Chrysler alive as well, I guess. Unfortunately I've had to let all
the staff go, at least until this thing is resolved. There's no
budget to pay their wages with now, you see."
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OOC: Tag! Oops, damn, lecture in fifteen minutes, a swift jog would
be in order then... ;)