A Great Disturbance in the Jerk

Rolando has come to rely on me being unreliable. It's weird, I always thought I was a great father, but to hear him tell it I was a flighty secretive man who he grew to fear more than love. I mean he's not wrong, but I thought I was better at hiding those aspects. - Chronicles of Lorentino

"I feel Dad screwed me just now and I don't know how." Rolando was alone in the room. Vtrasia having left him to his own misery. He was hoping that his sense of foreboding was off, but he knew that having asked Trezlan for help, basically default screwed him. In not a surprise at all to him Trezlan wanted to talk.

"So I screwed you." Roland knew it, he freaking knew it.

"I shouldn't be surprised and yet here I am being surprised."

"It was the only way, the corporations want you so they don't attack the Rondyne, so I gave up you and me."

"Nice at least I'll have you to suffer with before we are killed."

"Don't be such a pessimist Rolando, they'll at least want to study you for a bit, maybe you can have a satisfying life as a lab monkey." Rolando was not amused.

"I hope you have a plan to save both of us."

"No I figure this time we just go down, see how that turns out. No tricks, no back up stunts, just full on surrender, its the one thing they won't see coming."

"I love you so much father." Trezlan disconnected and Rolando didn't know what to do. He figured things would be bad, he had no idea his father would just give up. Which made him suspect he was not at all giving up, if there was one thing he knew about Trezlan it was he couldn't be trusted to honor any deal, let alone one he himself was a part of. Which also scared Rolando, because he was now wrapped up in his fathers scheme without knowing what that scheme was. A very bad place to be.

"So what's the word?" Vtrasia was back she must have seen the log.

"Trezlan is turning me and himself over to the corporations, I don't know what you guys wanted, but this is probably not something you ever expected to happen."

"No, in fact this was pretty much opposite of what we expected."

"Well don't worry Trezlan is a snake, this is a scam."

"We'll find out soon enough, in the mean time Commander we have some things to discuss."

"Oh goody another betrayal on a betrayal I'm beginning to really respect your guys devotion to screwing me over."