[[The character known here as Verity is the same as Zeina from previous posts
also the GNN account can be found here: http://galacticnewssl.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/braga-the-hutt-meets-his-demise-on-zonama-sekot/]]
EXT- Zonama Sekot, beach near the cantina
Flint Mokeev smiles and looks at the flowers then looks up at the lady “Greetings miss”
Kassie walks up the path, holding her hand up in a wave, small smile on her mouth. “Greetings.” She stops shy of stepping on a flower, and clears out of the way of the plants, as there’s room.
Lanya Windlow turn as the shadwos show her someone new is approaching, she raises her light stick and blinks “ohh.. hello miss, how do you are?”
Kassie blows a little kiss at Lanya, blinking too at the light. “Hello again, my little friend, and Master Flint. I wonder if I might prevail upon your good natures again and ask if there’s any new information regarding my inquiry?”
Flint Mokeev: Well, we did send out several patrols. I think one of them may have found something, I’m waiting for the report from that group. *turns to Lanya* You haven’t seen Tishia, have you Lanya, she’s to make the report.
Lanya Windlow grins “I know and I have found how many petals it was.”
Flint Mokeev adds “I think she’ll be here shortly if she’s not already here.”
Lanya Windlow puts a finger her her mouth and says “tishia was going to a village when I saw her and she has not given me more homework”
Kassie claps her hands together looking relieved and pleased at once. “How lucky. And Lanya, how many was it, was it 49?” She casts a sly look at the human before returning her gaze to the child.
Flint Mokeev asks the lady “The Hutt never contacted you?”
Kassie looks from Lnya to Flint again, “No, poor Braga remains completely incommunicado. Its a mystery. Though, isn’t this place exactly that?”
Lanya Windlow nods “yes they were 49 blue ones.. that’s a loooot. I didn’t know the necklaces had so many petals.. I never though about this, actually”
Flint Mokeev nods “Yes, there’s always something to find here”
Kassie gives Flint a long thoughtful look before she turns her head to Lanya again, and ratchets up the warmth of her smile, “What haven’t you thought about, Lanya?”
Tishia Rinai walks long the shore, leaving the mark of her steps in the wet sand behind her. She reaches the small ground and stays politely behind, not wanting to interrupt
Flint Mokeev motions for Tishia to come over “Oh here’s Tishia now, hopefully she knows something.”
Lanya Windlow chuckles, “About the number of petals in a necklace,” seeing the Ferroan coming on the back, she raises her and and wags it merrily.
Kassie doesn’t notice the woman behind her until Flint mentions her, but speaks to the little girl again, “My friend who helped you with your maths said she’d love to help you again.” She turns to greet the stranger.
Tishia Rinai walks a little close and bows politly. then she says less formaly “What would I know? The number of petals in a necklace? It’s a secret I cannot reveal… You have to compute it by yourself”
Flint Mokeev: Kassandra, this is Tishia, she works with the rangers from time to time and is a local space merchant. we trusts her with many things around here. *looks to Tishia* Tishia this is Kassandra, she’s looking about information about a possible lost Hutt who came to Zonama.
Lanya Windlow nods at Kassie and whispers “Yes, I’ll like she show me”, she talks low enough, hoping Tishia doesn’t hear someone help her with her homework.
Kassie nods her agreement with Flint, winks to Lanya, then and offers Tishia a litle wave. “Yes, I’m eager to hear if you’ve heard of a hutt or a ship crash landed somewhere around these environs.”
Tishia Rinai puts her hand on her chest and nods “Greetings Miss Kassandra”, feeling allowed to talk of her mission she adds “Well, I have no information directly on a missing Hutt here in Zonama Sekot, although, I just learnt today an ambadonned ship was spotted not so far in the forest, it’s here since recently, the villagers didn’t get too close since it’s a Yuuzhan Vong area.”
Kassie holds out her hands, clasped together, looking like she’s saying a prayer, instead she says, “Would we be able to go there? Would we need… weapons?” She looks uncomfortable with this idea even as she suggests it.
Lanya Windlow turns off her lightstick, as it’s fully day now. She watches at Tishia thoughfully, wondering who would have abandonned their ship in the forest, as it’s a little dirty for her.
Flint Mokeev looks over to the newcomer “Greetings Miss”
Verity joins her compatriot, amiable enough. “This is the same wreck mentioned before?” she questions, and makes a deferential gesture to their hosts.
Flint Mokeev shakes his head no “I don’t think so, if it was just now being reported.” then looks back to Tishia “Is it far?”
Tishia Rinai nods “I can lead you of course.. It’ll take a little time to localise exactly the location, as the description wasn’t very precise. But if you don’t mind to fly over the Jungle, we can try to find it. They said near a lake with a waterfall. at 5 hours of Kibo north west from the mouth of the river.
Kassie looks back at Verity, eyebrows aloft, asking her input.
Lanya Windlow chews her lips wondering if they have pretty flowers her. She grins to Tishia and asks “Is it far from the mountains?”
Verity considers. “Its doable, with the help of a guide. Not keen to LINGER of course. Its well worth the trek.”
Tishia Rinai shakes her head and answers friendly to the little Ferroan “it’s at the begining of the moutain region, Lanya, but it’s still the jungle. It’s not the region of your village if it was your question.”
Flint Mokeev nods “Well Tishia can be the guide, I believe she’s given others tours before.”
Kassie nods several nods at her associate and then turns to Tishia again, “The sooner, the better, I believe, lets– we’ll follow your lead.”
Tishia Rinai raises an eyebrow “Do you want to go here? It can be a bit dangerous. Especially if you meet Yuuzhan Vong without being aware of their tradition. I can guide you with my ship, indeed”
Flint Mokeev looks at the two guests “Yes, keep your wits about you. And be sure not to call a Yuuzhan Vong, just Vong. Bad things will happen.”
Kassie narrows her eyes a little, “Are these Yuuzhan Vong on some sort of a war path? I mean, we’re not looking to fight, simply to retrieve a lost cohort. I hope not to speak to any at all.”
Flint Mokeev looks over to Tishia then back at the lady “Not sure, most of the Yuuzhan Vong are peaceful enough if they aren’t provoked.”
Tishia Rinai “My ship is on the hangar yet, I suppose the Yuuzhan Vong are in peace now.. but they can be a bit touchy when they meet foreigners… ”
Kassie shrugs minutely and pulls a smile from the bottom of her bag right onto her face, optimism like morning light, “Sounds simple enough, I should thank you, Miss Tishia, I do value your time and effort.”
Verity whacks something that’s trying to feast on her through her strategically donned jacket. She tucks away her data devices with a loving little pat. She squints faintly. “Sadly, if there is a possibility it is the craft we are looking for, we can’t leave it to chance and someone else’s assessment.”
Flint Mokeev smiles “Well lets go and let Lanya get back to her homework.
Verity smiles. “I still love that bag.”
Lanya Windlow sigsh “I can finish them tomorrow, and I’m sure they have pretty flowers…”
Kassie waves at the little girl and steps along to follow the grown Ferroan.
Flint Mokeev adds “I’m interested to see what this abandoned ship is.”
Tishia Rinai turns to the Ferroan and says “It can be dangerous Lanya, if we meet some aggressive people we’ll have to protect you in more than ourselves, you know…” she turns back and walks along the shore in the other direction.
***the winding jungley path takes the party to the hangar, and the little girl follows them there***
Tishia Rinai opens the door of her ship, made of metal and bio elements. she signs to the others to enter says with a mild smile “Come in, it wouldn’t bite you”
Kassie climbs aboard the ship looking at the strange walls.
Verity waits to go last. She seems the sort to play it close to the vest– making little commentary, and looking at no point in space or any person too long, though her eyes do go most everywhere. “Thats … very reassuring.”
Kassie reaches into a pocket and produces a set of gloves, still gazing distractedly at the interior, obviously trying to understand what she’s seeing and failing.
Flint Mokeev walks over and takes a seat in the living ship, getting ready to take off.
Tishia Rinai “Maybe you’re not used with such ship, actually they are very rare, but they are very fast and we would reach the region in a short time
Kassie runs a gloved hand over the bench before sitting on it, then proceeds to stare at the more living components again, speechless.
Verity: “Speed is the thing. I’m sure its a very nice ship. Just as our guide is very nice. ” She pets the bench beside her, taken with the texture as they prepare to get underway.
Lanya Windlow waves at the window of the ship as the people are inside
Tishia Rinai closes press the switch to close the door, then turns the engines on. the walls of the ship blinks even more… After few dozen of minutes of flying at night… the jungle on the floor look like a uniform green map while the ship is flying very fast above of it. Time to time, we see by the window a large, 100m high colorful tree thing, which Tishia dodges with her ship
Tishia Rinai’s ship finally slow down and she says “Try to look if you see a waterfall and a lake… I’ll make circle around the region”
Verity is very appreciative of the dodging about, and the speed at which they are moving when they do. She glances across the cabin at Flint and Kassie from time to time, offering a bland smile. She then trains her eyes as instructed. “You’ll want a natural depression, to have a lake of any size and a sudden dropp-off for the falls. That should narrow things.”
Kassie nods her agreement with Verity.
Flint Mokeev looks around “Hmm, there does seem to be an abandoned ship over there.
Tishia Rinai lands near the Lake as Flint spotted something on the ground. then she opens the doors
Tishia Rinai nods and follow one of the river branch, until they reach a depression near a rocky hill “It could be here, look bellow if you don’t see a ship wreckage”
Verity debarks into the crash site, and lays her sleeve across her nose and mouth. Muffled, she says, “Fan-tastic.”
Verity: Someone’s been around. Note the… charming decoration.
Kassie follows, also gingerly covering her mouth and nose.
Kassie’s attention gets caught by a glowing plant, she walks toward it, instead of looking at the dreadful wreckage, and the thoughts it evokes.
A wrecked ship is in the area, its damaged and shows trace of combat
Flint Mokeev looks at the wreckage “Does this type of ship look familiar to any of you?
Kassie seems awakened by Flints’s voice, and comes toward him, narrowing her eyes at the ship past him. “I think it can’t be ruled out, thats for certain. Look at this debris…”
3PO Head lights up as someone got near, it buzzes and static comes from it as its speech modulator syncs “Hello, hello is someone there?”
Tishia Rinai enters in the ship, trying to see what has happened here “It looks like it was pillaged…”
Verity bends over near the head on a pole. “Someone is indeed here. Protocol unit?” she asks, holing out a hand to grasp the pole in the soil.
Kassie actually turns to listen t the droid voice, backing her way toward the ship to peek inside.
Flint Mokeev looks over at the droid’s head.
3PO Head’s eyes lights up and he’s relieved to see humans “Oh my, I do hope you are friendly.
Tishia Rinai jumps hearing an unknown voice, and gets close of the droid head having spoke “it’s still working?”
Kassie keeps an ear peeled, multitasking, she produces a tiny camera and taking a few quick shots of the arm upon the ground, the weapon, the ship, the whole vista. Her nose is wrinkled when she stoops and sniffs the dismembered body part, even from several meters, it reeks.
Verity presses her lips together, and rubs her nose lightly with her jacket. “I’m afraid you’re stuck with us, regardless.” She hrms, toward Tishia, commenting, “Marvellous innovations. Its only efficient to have certain components able to function autonomously.”
Flint Mokeev looks the head over “Hmm, someone just stuck him on a stick.
3PO Head “Oh my I can’t turn my head. Where is Master Braga?”
Tishia Rinai “I’m not good at droid things.. but.. I think this droid has trouble…”
Kassie cuts her eyes to Verity, looking hopeful. She turns a little and mentions to Tishia, “Its alright, I think my friend there might speak their language.”
Verity helpfully turns the head on the pole. She tilts it toward the debris and the rather… grisly bits scattered hither and thither. “Thats what we’d like to know, actually. Shall I take you down, or will it compromise speech function?”What is your designation?” She asks grimly
3PO Head speaks in fluent basic “I… I.. don’t know where I am…. Oh my where’s my body, did those Yuuzhan Vong take it as well?”
Tishia Rinai looks around, sill hoping to see someone alive. Although only rest of gamorrean limbs are visible.
Verity: Where you are isn’t important. What you last remember, is. Don’t trouble about the parts. Quickly, please. The SHORT version.
Flint Mokeev looks around keeping his eyes open.
Kassie squints at the droid, there’s some pity plain on her face at its plight.
3PO Head calms down a bit “Yes, yes, I was with Master Braga translating for him when we landed on this lovely planet. We were greeted by several Yuuzhan Vong and Master Braga was happy to engage with them in trade talks. I began to translate but as the talks progressed several of the Yuuzhan Vong became aggressive and wanted Brage to hand me and the ship over to be destroyed. When he refused they attack and I’m not sure what happened after that, things were very chaotic and they were ripping me apart.”
Kassie murmurs, “Good thing you haven’t been shouting for help…”
Tishia Rinai frowns, not sure such of the nature of the trade and asks “What sort of things did you try to trade, droid?”
Verity starts fiddling with the base of the head, working experimentally at loosening it. “Hutts,” she says. As though this explains everything. She gives another bitter shake and concentrates on how she is going to free the head component.
Kassie interjects lightly, “Braga was involved only in the most savory and aboveboard dealings as far as I know. I should like to add that anyway, I’m certain it wasn’t anything terrible.”
3PO Head complains a bit that he’s being shaken “Don’t make me dizzy. Master Braga was wanting to know about their famed technology. I don’t know If I translated everything correctly, their language is open to interpretation. Oh I do hope it wasn’t my fault they attacked.”
Tishia Rinai leaves her hand falling on her hips “Technologies.. hmm… Most of them are not allowed in the rest of the Galaxy… I though it was well known…”
Verity says, “Dizzy, my metal friend, is the least of your problems. You’re going to need some secondary power relays, eventually… all your circuitry is going to rust out if I can’t…”
Kassie turns aside and mentions to Master Flint, “Those look like the remains of a standard issue swine of a Hutt’s guard. I don’t think I’d like to meet what would rip one of them apart.”
3PO Head continues to ponder “Oh the maker is frowning on me. Maybe it was when I asked about slaves at the bequest of Braga that they attacked.”
Flint Mokeev looks at the remains “No not really, the Yuuzhan Vong have some pretty nasty pets though, its hard to tell who they were exactly dealing with.”
Tishia Rinai clenches her fist at his mentions “You wanted to trade slaves here?”, she however consider it would be pointless to punch the droid now
Verity gets back to the point. “Last known vector on Braga?”
Verity: “BEFORE they made you a squill-feeder.”
Kassie speaks past the slavery thing, not wanting to dwell on so minor a detail, “We can at least get this droid’s chattering head out of their area, maybe they will see we mean to be peaceful. You don’t think they could have… you know.. taken the Hutt as a prisoner? Do they take prisoners?”
Flint Mokeev nods “Some have been known to take prisoners for different reasons, as slaves or sacrifices.”
3PO Head speaks concerned “Oh my poor master, the last time I saw him, he was over by the ship with his guards”
Tishia Rinai shakes her head “I have not seen remain of the Hutt himself, just traces of combat here and in the forest”, she wages her hand vaguely toward the trees
Kassie winces, face going thoughtful thereafter, “What do they want? Do you know what they really might need or love? I hate that I’m thinking of ransoming Braga, but he is beloved by his family, and a valuable asset for my client…”
Verity: There is enough of most any Hutt, remains would be obvious. Time is of the essence, but we are not, though, exactly in the best position at the moment to make contact with ticked off,” she doesn’t call them Vong. That would be rude.
3PO Head adds “I saw them throwing some sort of bugs in Master Braga’s direction while he was moving away. Oh the master was very fast for his size, I do hope he got away.”
Tishia Rinai “Well, I don’t know…”, she turns to Flint and asks “MAybe we can try to discuss with the local Yuuzhan Vong.. although, they looked like especially angry”
Verity: Bugs?
Kassie taps her fingertip on her chin considering Verity’s words. She asks the locals, “Have you successfully spoken with them about anything peaceable before?”
Flint Mokeev nods “Yes, they can be stubborn. Maybe the Hutt got away.” and then looks to Verity “Yes the Yuuzhan Vong, use different types of bugs for weapons and other uses. Their technology is purely organic, in fact they find our technology a heresy against their gods, though most have learned to at least let others live with it.
Flint Mokeev nods to Kassie “Yes we’ve worked with several Yuuzhan Vong, some are even on friendly terms with us. But I’m not sure I know this clan that lives near here.”
Flint Mokeev adds “We even negotiated the Yuuzhan Vong to help with terraforming Ruusan a while back,.
Verity: I think… it would be wise to examine the area, for any sign that Braga is not dead. At least the direction… somethign that… er… large doesn’t go anywhere without leaving traces.
Tishia Rinai gives a look into the forest a bit worried “Haven’t you heard a noise?”
Flint Mokeev looks to Tishia “Noise?”
Kassie lets the words slip from her lips before checking her wandering thoughts, “I had no idea, I’ve only heard nasty things about them, and they were few… noise?” She steps up behind Verity.
3PO Head “Oh I do hope my powerful master is ok. I do wish to see him soon.” and then goes quiet they mention a noise, his eyes actually powering off.
Verity reaches for the pole, and gives it a hard yank.
Tishia Rinai nods “I think I heart a sort of growling, above the birds’ chirp and the other usual forest noises”
Flint Mokeev looks around “Maybe it was just your imagination.”
3PO Head ”s pole is easily pulled up.
Kassie talks to the droid, looking around, spooked. “I hope the same is true of your powerful master. You’ve done very well in helping us, I do hope you’re salvageable.”
Tishia Rinai “I’m going to check. Stay here.” She walks carefully in the forest, trying to not my noise herself and following the traces of combat
Verity is now armed by a droid stick. She likes it. Its elegant in its way. “Its a JUNGLE. Why would she imagine unpleasant fauna. C’mon. Lets look, we’ll take our friend, and get clear. We won’t go far.”
Verity raises an eyebrow. Stay here?
Tishia Rinai doesn’t answer, looking at the ground, if she can find more hint of what happened, and heading to the zone where she heard a noise
Kassie nods her agreement with Verity, “Yeah… I’ll hang back a bit. Shout iff…”
Flint Mokeev looks around a bit and follows to Tishia somewhat, but going slow as not to make too much noise.
Verity tosses droid head to Kassie. She’s not staying put.
Kassie catches the stick and says to the head, “Help me keep an eye out, I’m more talker than fighter like you.”
3PO Head “Yes Ma’am”
Verity can even hear that hint of a predator, from some yards behind. “That… sounds unpleasant.”
Flint Mokeev stops to listen.
Kassie, creeped by being alone with a head on a stick, trails a little ways after, trying to keep quiet. She let the droid/stick keep its vigil over the ship again before, sticking it back into the ground and traipsing after the others a few paces.
Verity wades into the grass cautiously, “Well. I hope one of you is prepared. Because,” she pokes the ground, “there’s a trail.”
Tishia Rinai raises some of the leaves and nods “yes, the vegetation is regrowing, but something large passed over here”
Flint Mokeev walks over to look at the trail “Yeah, it could be about anything.”
Verity takes a few tentative steps, still listening. “Can’t tell anything from here. Maybe from that stand of rocks? How about it?”
Kassie tiptoes after them, obviously nervy in the forest.
Tishia Rinai nods “Let’s see, if there is other hints the best is to find them now, I’m not fond of visiting a ship with people’s limbs another time… Has one of you a blaster?”
Flint Mokeev follows close behind and shakes his head no “Didn’t think I’d need one.”
Flint Mokeev checks to see if he brought his saber though.
Kassie runs up to the group finally, looking skittishly behind her. “No, I feel bringing that sort of thing makes the idea of a friendly conversation seem unlikely…” she halts her chatter, realizing she’s babbling from nerves.
Verity bends down, thoughtfully, wearing a grim expression. She doesn’t have one either, but shehas… oh, hey lookie, a little pokey tool, like the kind used to fix electronics! And now a stick. She stumbles along then, toward the rocks, walking quietly.
Tishia Rinai gets a small blaster out of her bag and nods “sure, but sometimes the friendly conversation can turn aggressive, it’s best to be ready”
Verity peers through the brush. And abruptly stops. She waves a hand in the air overhead, about as animated as can BE
Kassie bites her lip, wading somewhat reluctantly into the tall grass, murmuring, “I’ll keep that in mind for next time I visit.”
Flint Mokeev looks to the lady wondering what she found and walks over and peers over to the remains of a large Hutt.
Kassie catches Verity’s wild motion and follows her gaze, she ducks, right away and peers at the direction of the large orange shape.
Verity gestures toward the Jedi and blaster-toting lady, and makes a gesture like, What do you want to do?
Tishia Rinai gives a look at the black quadruped, then referring to the Hutt she says “Well, he’s dead already… ”
Flint Mokeev looks at the creature, “Maybe we can just scare the creature away.”
Kassie pulls out the camera again, amidst shaking handedness, and snaps a photo from here, in case its as good a view as she’ll get of her dead quarry, she hisses “They’re not pack animals… right?”
Flint Mokeev shrugs a bit “Never seen one before. I think it’s a Yuuzhan Vong creation though.” and he picks up a rock.
Tishia Rinai shrugs “I don’t know… I have never seen such a creature, before.. if it’s one made by the Yuuzhan Vong, they could be many.. but I think it would share its meal with its family if it was…”
Verity: “Yeah, it looks like it would be REAL intimidated by us.”
Huttlet cries and moans acute noises, hung above the rock
Flint Mokeev looks up “Oh there’s something else there.” *and tries to line the creature up in his sight with the rock*.
Kassie looks resigned when she stands from her crouch and then bends again, apparently stretching her legs, “All I’m good for is maybe luring it, I could you know, get it to run past, and you shoot–” she stops talking when she hears the sound of crying.
Verity drips sarcasm, and hefts the stick defensively. “What… ever.” she says, as yet another bug bites her. She watches the rock.
Tishia Rinai looks at her blaster “Me shouting? Well, yes.. if it’s necessary…”
Huttlet wags his little arms nervously, and keep crying, nothing which can be understood
Flint Mokeev nods “Ok, if it get passed Tishia’s blaster I’ll be ready.”
Flint Mokeev moves to the otherside of the path.
Verity fans to the left. “Keep it busy, either way…”
Tishia Rinai is not very sure of herself “I have a carbine in the ship if anybody can use it…”
Kassie moves a little forward to better glimpse the source of the cries, ascertaining from the tiny creature’s mewling that time is of the essence and that Verity is playing out the other part of the plan perfectly without having to ask her to; she then gets down like a racer at a starting line, “Here goes nothing.” She murmurs something else under her breath before she darts off. She runs first directly toward the creature then stops dead, watching to see if it plants to give chase, bouncing to a stop, muscles all tense as she gets low, ready to sprint away again.
The creature turns her attention from the hutt as it hear the noise from the woman dashing in its back. It roars and makes a few steps forward, wanting to defend its food from other predators
Tishia Rinai hides behind a tree, trying to aim the creature with her blaster. She turned it in stunning mode just before, not wanting to kill anything if she has the choice to not do it
Kassie holds up her hands, and takes a small step back, she talks to it, shakily after it roars, trying to reason with it, she’s too close, speed won’t help her now, agility perhaps… “Hey, you can keep eating the big guy, you’re probably doing the family a favor in terms of shipping but…” She darts her eyes toward the baby, then back again, “Don’t you think you’re going to make yourself sick?”
Verity looks toward Tishia as the talker of her part of their duo darts into danger. She goes wide left, making tons of noise, and muttering epithets all the way.
Flint Mokeev waits behind a tree as well, watching Tishia and any other movement.
The creature has no knowledge in the basic language, but understood the woman speech as a taunt. It walks closer, but slowly, at a distance where it can jump and bite her neck with its large jaw
Kassie backs away again, bigger steps this time, though not big enough, “Hey hey no no no need for that, have your fill. You can’t possibly be enjoying it though, indigestible, right? Besides that the poor fellow looks a bit ripe…” Her voice is thin and she doesn’t risk looking at the Ferroan, just hopes her aim is true.
Verity gets to the low rocks and scrabbles up. “Anytime, there, guys,” she mutters, eyes on the big rock ahead.
Kassie keeps her hands up, hoping to make herself look non-threatening. She keeps backing away, eyes on the eyeless creature– that seems to be all teeth, she knows she’s toast, she doesn’t have its speed.
Tishia Rinai shot a large blue circle of stunning ray, hoping it will affect the creature, even more since she took her time to aim and the creature didn’t move much
Flint Mokeev calmly waits to react if the creature wasn’t taken down.
The creature understands Kassie withdrawal as a sign of weakness, it walks froward and jumps…. while in mid air, its hit by the stunning bolt, its body becomes blue. Yet, it continue its trajectory and lands stunned against Kassie. Its large jaw releasing the Hutt entrail parts it was eating earlier.
Verity lofts off the slippery rock to grab, and cling at the other. “You want to slither this way, kid,” she grunts out. “That would be real, real helpful!”
Flint Mokeev rushes over to make sure Kassie is ok, and to check on the status of the creature.
Tishia Rinai gets ready to shot another time, not sure it was enough, although as they are close, it would touch Kassie as well
Kassie gets quite knocked to the ground by the creature and the remainder of blast jolting through its system, but its only a moment before she jerks, takes in a long ragged breath, understanding her predicament under the creature immediately, then rolls out from underneath it, and gets herself to her feet as quickly as possible again using her gloves hands to get the gore off of here where it landed, “Ew ew ew!” For a moment there her skin had paled to grey.
Flint Mokeev moves back some so Tishia can get a clear second shot, but stays close enough to try and protect Kassie if the creature moves.
Kassie is a trembling nervous mess, but she doesn’t bother getting any further from the creature, more concerned with losing any traces of its lunch on her body than her safety.
Huttlet is a young born and doesn’t understand the woman, its feared to see anybody new.It remain static, the voice of the woman was friendly and it was too hungry to flee further
Verity thrusts out an arm an and tries to find purchase with her boot, to get to where she can pluck it off the rock. “Alright youngster, alright just… oh-kay almost gotcha..” Flail, flail.
Tishia Rinai walks to the laying creature, still aiming it with her blaster. Without looking at her, she asks to Kassie aloud “Are you all right?”
Flint Mokeev watches the creature curiously for a moment then looks up to Kassie to see if she’s ok.
Huttlet keep crying, too weak to do anything else. he’s a little sick and very hungry even for a Hutt.
Kassie regains some composure and most of her color. She nods to both Flint and Tishia, and seems a little embarassed when she says, “Yes, yes… I’m alright, thanks to you. I thought I was a goner for a second there…”
Flint Mokeev nods in agreement “Yes I thought you were too.” and walks over to check on the larger Hutt “We probably should be going before the creature wakes up.”
Tishia Rinai nods, keeps looking at the creature and aiming it point blank “I was trained by the ranger”, although she didn’t confess, even to herself, it was rather a lucky shot, as she missed a big part of the training.
Verity adjusts and slings herself up. “Hush, hush,” she says, fully cognizant that it doesn’t understand a word. Blowing hair out of her eyes, and picks it up. “A little help over here! I need to get the… little darling down. Don’t squirm, don’t squirm….”
Kassie reaches down as if about to pet the beast’s head, apparently having a lapse of short term memory…or judgment. She shakes her head just shy of doing so and follows after Flint, looking to see if she can spy Verity, to Tishia, she remarks, “My compliments to both you and the ranger.”
Flint Mokeev checks on the Hutt’s corpse then walks over to see how he can help with the Huttlet. “Found a little friend did you?”
Kassie pats the dead hutt on the head, then takes a quick snap of him, having seen that Verity had the huttlet in hand. “May you find your happy afterlife,” she says to the dead hutt, as if delivering last rites.
Huttlet gets grabbed by the woman, his little arms wagging smoothly and try to pull the woman’s clothes
Verity grumbles, “Don’t you people fling things around with your whatever it is you do?” Crabby, she says, “Oh, look. Just like the big ones.” She starts moving as though to slide down.
Flint Mokeev smiles “You mean use the force? No reason to when its not necessary, it may have startled him to badly. Anyways, seems like he likes you.”
Flint Mokeev adds “We better get him back to the ship though.”
Verity thumps down with her boots, and has the unplesant sensation that she is being motorboated by a huttlet. “Yeaaaaahhhh,” she says, and trundles on to meat the others. “Kassie? You alright? LUCKY. ”
Kassie can’t agree with that statement more. She’s so ready to be out of the dense forest. She starts to trek away, actually laughing.
Verity: That was some -fine- shooting.
Flint Mokeev: Come on Tishia we better go also.
Flint Mokeev watches to make sure the creature doesn’t move.
Tishia Rinai walks backward, still aiming the creature, then returns to the path, heading to the glare
Verity can be heard to murmur, “Don’t touch that… is this hereditary…” She calls, “Kassie. Get the protocol Droid’s head.”
Tishia Rinai “I hope it will not follow us…”
3PO Head’s eyes light up “Oh we are going now, wonderful. How is the Master?”
Verity: Been better…
Kassie is quick on her feet going back toward the ship, to no one in her party’s suprise, she’s sure. She takes her speed to the droid head/stick and grabs up the pole, “I am all for getting back to safer parts of this very living world, and soon.” She expounds on Verity’s explanation: “Master, well, I’m afraid he’s only alive by posterity now. But at least there’s that.”
3PO Head is silent but relieved to go with the lady, maybe he’ll be repaired.
Tishia Rinai gets her blaster back in her bag and closes it. she’s still keeps a hand on it, in case the creature would like to come here
Kassie chatters on, carrying the droid/stick, “I can’t believe there was a baby hutt stranded out there..” They head toward and onto the ship.
Verity: I don’t… even want to think about how that is possible…
Flint Mokeev “Must have been in Braga’s pouch.”
Kassie looks back to Flint once she sits, “Pouch? They carry their young in pouches?”
Flint Mokeev nods yes.
Flint Mokeev: For a few decades.
Kassie hasn’t gotten used to the idea of a living ship, but she’s far gladder to be in it, than out in the wild at the moment. “I had no idea…”
Tishia Rinai “Have you everything you want? if you are ready we can take off”
Verity has a seat on the bench, only just now beginning to deflate from the encounter. Huttlet in lap, she says, “I have NO idea what to feed you…” To Tishia, she looks surpremely grateful. “Thank you, yes. I’m sorry, this was rather more eventful than I expected… You, boss?”
Flint Mokeev looks at the Huttlett “He can probably eat anything.”
Kassie nods several times, “Oh yes, quite, the only thing I want more is change into some clean clothes.”
Tishia Rinai “We have a lot of fruits and all other sorts of meal at home”, she closes the door and turns the engine on.
Flint Mokeev: I’ll like to get some fruits also.
Verity digs in her pockets, murmuring, “Perfect;” until she can come up with a random strip of what looks like prepackaged protein. Her time during the flight is spent trying to get the young hutt to ingest it. ‘Fruit for everyone!” she says with some enthusiasm.
Kassie can’t help but stare at her huttlet holding compatriot, “We sure could stand to load up with some fresh things before we head off. There are fruits here I’d never imagined.”
Tishia Rinai lands the ship back on the platform and opens the door, allowing everyone to leave
Flint Mokeev disembarks, outpacing them all and making his way casually to the little place where the little girl has fallen asleep doing her homework. He waves hello to Lanya. “Hello we’re back”
Tishia Rinai asks to Verity “What would you want to do with the Huttlet, after having fed him?”
Kassie takes a deep breath, looking at Verity with the huttlet as they disembark. Once they’re through the familiar hangar, she remarks in Verity’s place, “Take him to his family, of course.”
Lanya Windlow rests her arms crossed on the table, her head near a holopad
Verity: Well, I’m reasonably certain it needs medical attention, as well. Its all… he’s a little sticky. I think … it’s he’s shes’… whatever its exhausted. Poor thing.
Tishia Rinai “Do you know his family well?”, she steps forward and adds “But maybe we should feed him before anything.. and wash him, also…”
Kassie clearly hadn’t considered the nuances of child-care. “Oh… of course, we should tidy the little fellow up, but, I do know precisely how to get him to his family. I have a contact on Nar Shaddaa who should make the transfer seamless.”
Tishia Rinai considers it would be to Master Flint to decide and simply says “Well, let’s hope everything will be for the best for him.. or her”
Verity sighs as the tiny gastopod leaves a greenish yellow smear on her jacket. “Yeah. Feed and fatten, and wash it up. You’ll be just fine until we get you to… wherever, won’t you, dumpling.” Oh dear. That nearly sounded fond. In spite of teh fact the huttlet is still tugging on her jacket.
Kassie looks at Tishia, biting her lip a little bit, “That’s all I want as well. I hope you don’t think I mean to hurt the little creature. Poor dear.”
Tishia Rinai “Let’s go at the cantina, he’ll have eveything here, and you as well if you wanted to change your clothes”
Kassie whispers to Verity when the path back allows her the chance, “You think they mean to try and keep custody of your little friend there?”
Tishia Rinai I’ll get some food ready, you can find fresher clothes in the room behind if you want
Kassie takes up the offer to change her clothes and freshen up.
Lanya Windlow rubs her eyes as she walks, having followed Tishia. She keeps her datapad in her other hanging hand
Kassie reappears, dressed a bit more like a local, she pats Lanya’s head affectionately on the way to the bar.
Lanya Windlow leaves her datapad on the table and walks to the counter, dragging her feet “Let me see.. what is it?”
Verity sets him down where he can crawl around and gorge with his stubby little hands and shredding organ deep inside his maw. “Its a Hutt. Just… er, might your hands, it doesn’t seem,” a glop of something hits her in the center of her shirt, “-discriminate… Thank you, Miss– I’ve got credits to cover this, I think.”
Tishia Rinai bends over the counter and says “It’s a small Hutt, Lanya. Do you want to give him a fruit to check if it likes?”, she nods at Verity “I’m going to find you something to wrap him”
Verity thinks Hutt-take out is unlikely to catch on with other bipeds. “Its kindof cute.”
Kassie produces several credits, which she slides over the counter. She shakes her head at Verity, the money isn’t her concern. “Can you tell if its a girl or boy?”
Verity: “They’re all boys. And girls. Its complicated. I certainly didn’t see anything in the notes suggesting there were young involved in the disappearance, did you?
Lanya Windlow gets one of the cookies of the table and approach it from the huttlet’s mouth. She asks “May I?”
Verity makes sure her new grub is in Lanya’s reach. “Sure… just… its handsy, watch out.”
Tishia Rinai walks to the lobby looking for anything able to wrap the huttlet
Flint Mokeev: Do you know if Braga had any relatives that could take care of him?
Kassie considers the information about their genders,before shaking her head at Verity’s question. “Nothing about a huttling, at all. Or I would have brought diapers. Maybe they didn’t know Braga was pregnant. But… yes…” She turns to Flint, “I do know precisely where this child needs to go. I happen to know someone on friendly terms with Braga’s family.”
Lanya Windlow nods saying “It’s important to know if it’s a boy or a girl”, then she wags the cookie in front of the huttlet’s eyes, then lower it to his nose for being smelt.
Verity looks a little green as the muscular, slimy tongue swipes the child’s cookie, voracious. Deep in its neck there is a grinding sound, followed by what can only be a belch.
Tishia Rinai comes back with a couple of soft towels and unfolds them on the table “if you want to wrap him… or her…”
Flint Mokeev chuckles “Hutts are both girls and boys, they decide if they want to show masculine or feminine traits. I think some Hutts have even changed how they portray themselves over their lifetime.”
Kassie: …thats a neat trick, truly.
Flint Mokeev ponders a bit then adds “But since this one was with Braga it should probably show boyish traits.”
Verity gratefully puts the child down to eat, and looks to Tishia with deep gratitude. “Thank you– wow Look at him go.”
Lanya Windlow giggles as the hutt is eating the cookie. she removes her little hand just in time for not being eaten. Then she raises her head, to Verity, asking “Another?”
Kassie watches Lanya dangling cookies and feeding the hutt that Verity holds. “Master Flint, I hope you’ll allow us to take the hapless creature home. I know I don’t look like family, but I’m certainly no threat.”
Lanya Windlow shakes her head “but he can stay here.. or she, they could sleep in a little bed with me”
Flint Mokeev: He probably needs to see his clan, Lanya to make sure he’s healthy.
Lanya Windlow “I know, but. he’s so cute and I love babies so much, and we can send them a hologram, maybe?”
Flint Mokeev: Maybe he can come back and visit and play when it’s determined he is healthy.
Kassie pets Lanya’s head, again, affectionately, “Aw, yes, I’ll tell his family that I know a wonderful girl he can play with here. A girl who figured out how many petals in a necklace…”
Lanya Windlow chuckles “Yes, and I can help them to make their homework also, I’m sure they have a great family and we can play together and have a lot of fun, even if she’s not very talking a lot”
Tishia Rinai “I’ll like to know also what is going to happen to the huttlet, also if you all want to do something about the wreckage of the remains of Braga… ”
Kassie lifts her brows as she considers these points, then nods agreeably as she speaks, “Yes, of course. I’ll have to speak to the clan about sending someone to dispose of the wreckage and return the body home, unfortunately, I should go and deliver this news personally, rather than sending a message. I am afraid I should probably get my friend to take us off the world pretty soon…”
Lanya Windlow still keeps hope to be able to keep the small Hutt “yes, but if they come later, maybe the baby could stay here, just a little time”
Kassie: Lanya, my sweet, imagine if you lost someone in your family, but had a new baby to meet that belonged to them? Wouldn’t you want to have all your family together in one place if you could after a thing like that? That poor little fellow’s mum won’t ever come home again, you know?
Lanya Windlow insists a bit “yes, but they can come here too? I’m sure they will love to be in Zonama Sekot, it’s a very pretty planet” she stops talking a moment and adds “but, it’s true he has no more his mummy? That’s so sad, she stares at the huttlet’s eyes, while her hand brings a fruit in front of his mouth.
Kassie: No, he has no more mummy, but we can let him be with his uncles and aunts. It shan’t be too bad. I know that I’d like to come back again and take you up on your offer to go fishing. That could be quite nice.” She watches the insatiable huttlet slurp the fruit out of Lanya’s hand.
Tishia Rinai “Lanya, I’m sure you’ll see him again, and his family will be touched by your attention”
Lanya Windlow “I know, but I could like to know quick if it’s a he or a she? And what name has the baby? It’s very important. I hope he likes flowers too…”, she giggles and adds “and not only as food”
Kassie smiles at the persistent and compassionate little girl, “I don’t believe our little friend has a name yet, it should fall to his family to tell us what to call him or her, don’t you think? And once the huttlett has a name and can talk, we will know if he wants to be a he or she… But we can be sure… that he will like eating flowers…” She laughs a little bit too.
Tishia Rinai “I’m sure we’ll know it.”, she turns to Kassie and asks “to who are you wanting to trust him, exactly?”
Kassie looks to Tishia and speaks without hesitation, the first thing to come to mind, not checking her own statement for truth, just blurting the safest place she can think on the spot: “The Jiramma clan headquarters on Nar Shaddaa, was where I thought I’d start. I’ll have to be careful, of course, as unfortunately there have been attempts on the family in recent history there.”
Tishia Rinai “yes, I’ve heart of recent attack against the Hutt.. I hope he’ll be safe there however.. the familiy can always trust us, I suppose.. if they wanted another environment.. We even have swamps here, I know the Hutt like them.”
Kassie tilts her head to one side, seeming to tuck that tidbit of information away in a special place. “One can never have too many safe-havens. I’m certain your help in securing the huttlet will mean wonderful diplomatic and trading activities with them in the future, they have long memories and do not forget friends…”
Lanya Windlow smiles brightly and puts her face in front of the hutt “I am your friend, I’m Lanya”, she raises her hand to the table and bring back a cookie to feed the huttlet
Kassie grins as Verity shifts the hungry little creature to better swipe the treat from Lanya, his appetite epic already. He sticks out his tongue again and licks at Lanya’s hand.
Lanya Windlow keeps smiling at the huttling and says “I will get a cookie for myself, but I will go to sleep because I have worked very late”
Kassie once again pats Lanya’s head, “If I ever make it back to Zonama, Lanya, I will come looking for you to take me fishing…”
Lanya Windlow puts a hand on her mouth to prevent a yawn “Oh yes, I will, we can fish fishes for the baby Hutt, I ‘m very very sure he likes fishes”. She stops glancing at the huttlet and looks at Kassie.
Kassie gets up from her stool, ready to leave too. “I think we’ve got him a nice bellyful for now. I left my contact information with you before, Master Flint, if you need to refer anyone to me, please do. For now, though, I do believe our business here is concluded. Would you give Salene our regards?”
Tishia Rinai grins to the girl “I can even bring to the huttlet family a package of your fishes, Lanya”
Kassie chitchats with Tishia and Flint briefly as the fishes and fruits to take away are gathered then takes them, and Verity and Lanya make their goodbyes before the two women make their way quickly back to the Soaring Leaf, talking arrangements for their unexpected charge.
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