<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a0/42/97/a0429768a1b37bcb7d5ae90678f6fcd9.jpg)</div><strong>Sebastian Van Carlyle (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=313925.msg15196499#msg15196499)</strong><hr/><br/><strong>"As for me, why, I remember a time not too long ago on a planet called Somerset. It was just me and a friend, with two functional machine guns and a laser between the two of us. Three very angry and well-armed men wanted us dead, apparently in retribution for a job that had made their employer look bad. They tried to ambush us in the outskirts of a city, but I was lucky enough to spot one and there was plenty of terrain to hide behind..."</strong><br/><br/>Sebastian continues his involved story, giving a detailed and harrowing play-by-play of the fight - stalking each other through alleyways and around corners, desperate close-range gunfights, and a last-ditch lucky shot taking down the final opponent. His storytelling ability is in full flex, complete with improvising his near-empty wineglass and assorted utensils as props to assist Leona's translation. Every word of it is true, too - the theatrics are to distract from the fact that he never specifies the fight happened in 'Mechs. In truth, it had been a hit ordered by a local crime boss after Sebastian and a temporary partner had sold a cargo of smuggled guns without sharing the appropriate cut of profit. The two of them had won, though only Sebastian was able to walk away; his 'friend' had been wounded and knocked out, making him the perfect fall guy for both the furious gangster and the local authorities while Sebastian fled offworld with all of the money.<br/><br/>[Acting: 4+1+6=11]