Chapter: Seven

Aseim: TheBear73

Word Count: 513

                “This job is not for a specific target.” The digital voice said through the computer speaker, “This is a time length job in Agrabah.”

                “Why are you sending me this job, everyone knows I don’t take time length jobs. I’m never in a city for more than a week or two.” Aseim was irritated, “What’s the pay?”

                “Ten kilograms of gold a day,” the voice stated.

                “Gold? No one pays in gold these days. It’s all about the euro or the U.S. dollar.” Thinking it over in his head, “With gold at €41,000 a kilo; that works out to…”

                “€410,000’s a day.” The voice interrupted. “This job leaves your opportunity in 30 seconds.”

                “Why me?”

                “He asked for our best. 20 seconds.” Aseim thought about it for a moment. “10 seconds… 5…”

                “Fine, I’ll take it.” Aseim sighed, “but I will not be tied down for an indefinite amount of time; I won’t think twice about leaving if the job goes south. I expect my gold to be handed to me every morning.”

                After a moment of silence, “Conditions can be met,” the voice responded. “Your plane leaves in two hours.”

                “And my things?” Aseim already knew the answer.

                “A map of the city, your airline ticket, and a hotel address with confirmation will be waiting in locker 121 with the pin 9193. Your gear will arrive in the morning.” The electronic voice said it like normal.

                “Is this private or commercial?”

                “Commercial, is there an issue with this?”

                “No, none at all,” Aseim hated when they flew him commercial, because all the people would give him little comfort. “Who’s my contact?”

                “He will find you.” The screen went dead, and the noise stopped.

                “It would be bad if I killed him.” He said to the now blank screen.

…

                With his small duffle bag over his shoulder, he boarded the plane. The older plane was crowded and smelt like the people hadn’t bathed in a month. Finding his seat, no one sat next to him in his row. The office must have made sure no one sat next to him.

                After getting into air, Aseim pulled out the map of the city and began to memorize the street names and location. For being in the desert, it was fairly large. By the time he had memorized the city, the plane was quiet, he needed rest before landing so he closed his eyes for a moment.

…

                Stepping out the front doors of the airport, was like stepping back in time. The city was old, the people not dirty, but dressed very old fashioned. He knew his robes would blend in better than his shirt and jeans.

                The sun was setting when he made his way to the old hotel. The place wasn’t run down, but it wasn’t the main street hotel. Secluded and relatively alone, Aseim felt comfortable on his lumpy mattress knowing he would be making good money. He found a note with a time and a place on it, the place was across town, and the time was tomorrow morning.

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Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place - where the caravan camels roam; where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home. When the wind's from the east and the sun's from the west, and the sand in the glass is right, come on down. Stop on by, hop a carpet and fly to another Arabian night.

Arabian nights, like Arabian days, more often than not are hotter than hot, in a lot of good ways.

Arabian nights, beneath Arabian moons, a fool off his guard could fall and fall hard, out there on the dunes.

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Name: Aladdin
Author: rhetoric
Secondary Author: undecided
Age: 26
Appearance: tanned and slender, well muscled and tall. hazel-brown eyes and jet-black hair. somewhat shabbily dressed, but keeps himself reasonably clean.
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Name: Jasmine
Author: Shally16
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Age: 24
Appearance: Jet balck hair, usually up in a princess type braid, tied with gold hir bands. Usually wears loose fitting pants with elastic at the bottom, andshirts that fall to the top of her stomach with medium length puffy sleeves. She has a very pretty, innocent face.
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Name: Khalid (Genie)
Author: HeyJude
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Age: ancient
Appearance: Larger than life, he has a blue tinge to his appearance. Neither man nor spirit, the genie has a semi-solid feel to his body. He is quite muscular and strong, much like his human form, and retains the easy humour from his previous life.
Preferred Human Form: Although a shapeshifter who is able to turn into anything, Khalid has a special human form that he goes back to time and time again. This human form has hazel eyes and midnight-black hair, with a muscular and lean frame. He has a grace to his step, and appears every inch the artist/performer that he would've been had he not turn into a genie.
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Name: Sultan; Abbas (meaning "father")
Author: HarryPotter.lover
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Age: in his 50s
Appearance: White hair and brown eyes. He has a long beard and a mustache, which is slightly curled. He wears a hat, with a feather coming out of the middle. He is very short and chubby.
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Name: Rajah
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Age: 23
Appearance: long, straight black hair. Green eyes, dark skin, thin
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Name: Abu
Author: JSimmons
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Age: 25
Appearance: Shaggy dark hair, big dark eyes, tanned and skinny. Same general outfit as Aladdin.
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Name: Jafar
Author: mycayla
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Age: undecided; late 30s/early 40s
Appearance: tall, lean, mean! He always wears a red and black robe and black hat with a red plume.
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Name: Aseim
Author: TheBear73
Secondary Author: none
Age: 26
Appearance: kinda tall at 5'10", always wearing his assassin robes which are loose thin tunic, loose but not baggy cloth pants, with a shall wrapped around his face, he has a scar over and under his left eye where another assassins blade tried to take his eye but failed. Clothes are black.
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