Belloq chose...poorly

[archeologue]

Who: Tuco and Belloq, Niko and Belloq, Una and Belloq, and open to others as desired
What: Threads of Belloq's bad choices coming back to haunt him. All threads of comeuppance are welcome here.
When: First thread after this thread with Tuco when Belloq was announcing Niko's "death." All other threads after Niko returns alive and well.
Where: All around Blackway.
Notes & Warnings: Swearing. Probably much swearing. Threats of violence. Others tba.

Comments

Closed to Tuco

[archeologue]

Belloq waited in his room for Tuco to arrive to discuss the job he had for him. These goods were hotter than his usual fare and he wanted to get them to an Orion smuggling ship and off planet quickly. He paced the room, jacket off, shirt sleeves rolled up. Ever since he'd left Niko sealed in that temple he felt like he was sweating more than usual.

[vengeance_driven]

OOC: After this.

[Niko storms the path between the hotel and the exit to the village, trying to make it before patrol catches him. He knows that's where Belloq will have to leave from. He needs to catch him, to show him what it is to betray someone like him. Niko's friendship is given freely, it isn't hard earned, but if it's wasted then there is hell to pay.]

[And Niko's camaraderie has been thrown back in his face.]

[He has a keen eye- years as an assassin has helped him to be quick about picking out targets.] Belloq! [He snarls when he lays eyes on him, jogging through the now mostly empty space of a tourist shop side street (which once bustled with traffic, but had been dulled by the quarantine) before he could try and make an escape.]

Later

[una_persson]

Una was sat in her office at the Travel Agency. It was late, well into second shift, and most of the staff had gone home, leaving Una alone.

Earlier she'd sent Belloq a message: yes, Rene, I'm troubled by this turn of events, but I'd like for us to talk, all right? Come and meet me at my office. Come in through the back of the building; it's better if you're not seen. We can talk there and I assure you we won't be interrupted.

There was a bottle of cognac on her desk. Two glasses. And something in her pocket.

Later

[ratkicker]

Jade sat outside Belloq's museum office, waiting for that backstabber to show up. He had to. She was already planning to talk with him about an upcoming expedition when she got the news that the supposedly-dead Niko was alive and betrayed, and she seeing that Belloq was one of her best clients, she needed to face the possibility that she could have been the victim instead.

Waiting was easy for her, especially when she had a quiet place to meditate.