Harley Needs a better man

Posted on 03 Apr 2019 @ 6:13pm by Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Walken & Lieutenant Commander Iria Taltos

Mission: Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi - The Good Fight
Location: Taltos quarters, various
Timeline: After Family Is and Paws for Pause

Soundtrack - Calling, Nobuo Uematsu

After a very hated argument with Walon, Case, and Runi. Iria decided that the 1979 Harley Davidson she had finished rebuilding again needed a better owner than any of her brothers. The 1969 Shelby was still in parts but slowly looking better. For all the argument and heckling between herself and Kyle Walken she counted him a friend.

After a few more tweaks she started the Harley it roared a moment before she shut it down again with the late hour her neighbor wouldn't be amused by too much noise this early.

She went over the Harley again carefully then she walked it out of her quarters. She knew where to find Walken at this time, he would be finishing his morning work out. =/\=Taltos to Walken can you please join me in cargo bay two?=/\=. She took the turbo lift in that direction as she waited for his response.

Kyle had just finished getting cleaned up in the sonic shower after his workout when he heard his comm badge. =/\= Give me two minutes and I will make my way there =/\= Kyle was quick to get dress after receiving the message from Taltos. Once finished he made his way out of the Marine Barracks and to the close Turbolift.

It took some maneuvering but she got the Harley to the cargo bay about two minutes before Walken walked through the doorway. She leaned against a crate stack and pointed at the Harley, "Heya Walken, I need to see this beauty gets a good home because my brothers sure as hell are not good for her. You wouldn't know whom would take on the responsibility would you?" she was grinning cheekily up at him she fully intended to give him the bike if he could promise to not smash it in a fabulous crash like her brothers had, twice so far.

Kyle looked at Iria a bit confused, "Wait...let me see if I'm getting this right, you are going to give me a motorcycle over your brothers. No pranks...no strings attached..?" He questioned. He was surprised she would offer him something like this, "I mean I love it, I would love to take it...but Taltos I live in the barracks I don't have a place to store it away unless I can get room in a cargo bay or something."

Iria laughed softly, "If I was going to prank you Walken it wouldn't be by offering you a bike I put a lot of effort and time into restoring." she patted the seat of the Harley, "My brothers have crashed her two times already and frankly they don't deserve a third chance. So yeah I am offering the Harley to you, I have the space reserved already just a matter of changing over the owner ship. I can repaint it to your preferred colors too but you have to promise to not crash it for at least six months or I will be beyond put out with you." She eyed him with a cheeky grin, "So what do you say Walken, you gonna give Harley a new home or do I storage her and keep looking?"

"Are you sure? I'm not going to get launched up ten feet due to some hidden device." Kyle laughed at his own thought but he knows Taltos had a habit of pranks once in a while. "Well if there is already preapproved space then yeah I don't mind taking her, does she have a name?" He picked up on Iria calling the motorcycle her and figured he should ask. "The colors are fine and if someone is going to repaint her it should be me you already put more than enough work into this."

Iria made a pfft sound, "I will repaint her unless you have some better artist skills that I am not aware of? Besides making sure the giftee likes the full package, is part of it I call her Harley because that is the make but if you want to give a new name and all be my guest." Iria tossed him the keys with her signature cheeky grin, "She roars nice and should give you a smooth ride if you have problems let me know and I'll fix it. Just for the love of Pete don't crash into a few million pieces." Iria moved to let him get acquainted with his new bike and intended to head to her quarters and get some sleep before her next shift.

"Color is fine and it would be wrong of me to change her name." He answers as he catches the keys. "I'm sure she does and don't worry, I don't tend to be careless, I wreck this I'm just as likely to get broken as well." He sat down on top of the bike before looking at Iria, "Thanks Iria. I mean it." He smiled softly it was the first time he had called her by her first name.

"Wear a helmet and bikers gear or something because I don't to catch hell! if you're wearing a helmet and proper gear you shouldn't get too banged up if you do crash." She paused and turned around looking up at him surprise clear on her face, "All this time calling me Taltos or Miss Lieutenant and you go calling me Iria." Iria shook her head and gave a cheeky grin, "Just don't crash too hard that will be thanks enough for me. See you later Walken got to test the Gornification of your Marine armor again."

"I won't crash, but I will take the proper safety precautions. Can't have Taltos here worrying about this Sergeant." He laughed quietly. "Well it seemed right, you gifted me something special so I figured the least I can do is call you by your first name." Kyle began to walk Harley over to the reserved space for her. "Call me when that is ready, I want to go over them all. Got to make sure everything is up to Gorn standards no matter how low those are."

Iria gave a light laugh, "Far as I know we're meeting up at 0900 to check the fit for your team and I got a chance to see your armorer, we figured why the flamethrower was jammed and the missile launcher will be ready day after tomorrow unless something else breaks on the ship and knocks me off my schedule." she turned to face him with a wide cheeky grin, "I guess you can call me Iria will just take getting used to hearing from you is all, do I call you Kyle now or stick with Walken?"

"Good, need to see if they can walk the way I've been showing them in their armors." Walken rubs his chin as he walks back to Iria. "Well, I will call you Iria when we are off-duty or just buming around, as for me call me whatever one you see fits."

"Fair enough, for now it's Walken, see you later!" Iria said as she headed for the doorway bemused.

Walken gave a quick wave with two of his fingers, he turned back to the Harley and did one last quick check to make sure everything was secure. "I need to get her something even better now...but what?" he questioned to himself before he to made his way back to the Marine Barracks...

OFF:

Iria Taltos Lt ACHENG, USS Hawaii

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Kyle Walken, Sgt, SFMC
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