"It's not just the interest on your loan," you remember him saying. "It's maintaining the cryo tube, storing it, powering it, insuring it... Shit, even paying for me to come out here and give you this little reminder goes on the bill."
You waited for him to get to the point.
"Five million credits. An even five mil. 5000k. I'm rounding down here. I'm on your side. You come find us on Autark; you pay off your balance; you get your twin back."
Niv holstered his blaster and left then. When he was through the airlock, his goons left too.
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
A text-only space sim by C.E.J. Pacian
Release 6 / Serial number 160316 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N)
(Type about if you have trouble getting started. Type credits to learn who made this possible.)
Orbiting Boony
A grey, airless world, left lopsided by some ancient cataclysm.
A crackling transmission reaches your ship from the surface. "I see you up there, captain. You going to land any time soon?"