[ Peter's not accustomed to formal parties per se, but he's been to more than a few. Sometimes on the arm of someone who's hired him for protection (and he has such a pretty face, after all) or by crashing them just for fun.
This time around, the team's been hired to break into the vault, tucked beneath the mansion of a wealthy Krylorian -- and Peter thinks he ought to feel guilty about it, except that it's a well-known fact that this particular man made his fortune on slave trading and frequently pays off the authorities to turn a blind eye to his activities. That, and Peter ran into him once at one of the parties he was hired to attend, and he had watched as the man slapped the hell out of a servant who happened to drop a glass. It pissed Peter off at the time, but he was forced to keep his mouth shut and his fists to himself by his employer.
So he stole the Krylorian's wallet out of spite.
In any case, the Krylorian's party is the event of the season, and Peter is on infiltration duty, being the social chameleon of the group. And to avoid drawing attention, the team had decided to send only one other member into the fray. With Groot being a giant tree, Rocket being a raccoon, Drax being a literal maniac, and Gamora sticking out like a sore thumb (being possibly the last of her race), that left Maya as the only other feasible choice.
At the moment, the two of them are waiting to be allowed in; there's a thorough security check ahead of them, and knowing this ahead of time, the two of them were forced to come unarmed. Peter feels thoroughly naked without his quad blasters, and equally ridiculous in his suit, but it doesn't show.
In fact, a brief glance would show him to be the perfect image of an affluent, upstanding gentleman.
Listening to what he's whispering to Maya, however, is a totally different matter. ]
Ten credits says the fat guy in front of us has five guys on the side.
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This time around, the team's been hired to break into the vault, tucked beneath the mansion of a wealthy Krylorian -- and Peter thinks he ought to feel guilty about it, except that it's a well-known fact that this particular man made his fortune on slave trading and frequently pays off the authorities to turn a blind eye to his activities. That, and Peter ran into him once at one of the parties he was hired to attend, and he had watched as the man slapped the hell out of a servant who happened to drop a glass. It pissed Peter off at the time, but he was forced to keep his mouth shut and his fists to himself by his employer.
So he stole the Krylorian's wallet out of spite.
In any case, the Krylorian's party is the event of the season, and Peter is on infiltration duty, being the social chameleon of the group. And to avoid drawing attention, the team had decided to send only one other member into the fray. With Groot being a giant tree, Rocket being a raccoon, Drax being a literal maniac, and Gamora sticking out like a sore thumb (being possibly the last of her race), that left Maya as the only other feasible choice.
At the moment, the two of them are waiting to be allowed in; there's a thorough security check ahead of them, and knowing this ahead of time, the two of them were forced to come unarmed. Peter feels thoroughly naked without his quad blasters, and equally ridiculous in his suit, but it doesn't show.
In fact, a brief glance would show him to be the perfect image of an affluent, upstanding gentleman.
Listening to what he's whispering to Maya, however, is a totally different matter. ]
Ten credits says the fat guy in front of us has five guys on the side.