[Flashback] The treasure of the cat kind

[Nabra]

Pirates find out that the "salesman's legend" about the ring stolen from the catlord mafioso by Alice is, in fact, true. But the ring isn't enough to get to the treasure. They need help from the Max, the Catlord Mobster himself. Thankfully, he is quite as much of an advanture-seeker as they are. Unfortunately, he is quite as much of an advanture-seeker as they are.

[Амир Делион]

- ...Then Max... - Amir drew the line with a finger through his throat, - Ended the fight, and insisted that I had to eat the viper, because "the best medicine is the hair of a dog that bit you"
- It's about alcohol, and it doesn't work anyway! Not about snakes!
- Whatever... Max insisted I eat the viper, so I ordered it pan-fried. But it came out overcooked, and didn't taste good anyway, so I drank a bit more whiskey to make it go down easier. Then I wanted to try some of that catnip liquor thing Max was drinking, but all it did to me was make me sleepy...
- By the way, is Max orange in cat form?
- No... Why?
- It would explain you having one freaking brain cell among two of you, that was required elsewhere that night!
- We just had a negotiation meeting at the restaurant and drank a bit too much. That happens. Don't make too much out of it!
- Drunk to the point of going wrestling a viper and getting bitten by it three times. And then asking your vis-a-vie, who was high like a dear in the headlights, to give you a ride.
- Both were important diplomatic decisions! And I went straight to the med bay and asked to give me an IV.
- Because you didn't want to feel all of that in the morning, not because you realized it was dangerous.
- Whatever... - Amir rolled his eyes. Somehow, the Crazy Cat Kamil ended up being the adult one this time. - We made an agreement, by the way. 50/50, he has priority for anything with extreme cultural significance. The ring stays with us until we open the treasure room, then it's his. I feel like Alice won't like the last part...
- If you want to sell something to Arkham, I can bring it with me when I return there.
- I'm not sure we will get there before you leave. Max is working on the Ilatri system defense line now. We can start preparation without him, but we will need him to be free before we go directly to sight.
- Do we need to care about him finding out about... The Black Sun and stuff?
- I don't think so. I believe he isn't that mad, actually. They are working on the defense line, but they aren't, like, fighting, I believe there's a lot of negotiation going on right now - which they couldn't really do before, he even tried to enlist me before finding out that my "special ability" was just "making stuff more complicated and hurting myself in process". Besides, they wanted to do about the same thing with the Sphere