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Post by Nartaga on Jan 13, 2016 21:57:28 GMT -8
Naan had wandered slightly away from Mary for a moment, watching from the side as Dandleion pointed out the man they were looking for. She heard chairs screech across the floor as people started to vacate the cantina. Back home Banthas did something similar when they sensed danger, herd mentality. Naan could sense something was about to go down. She had gone quiet, watching the man as Dandleion grabbed the man by the shoulder and began to talk to him. She was watching everything Dandleion did and studying the interaction. If she was going to fight this new enemy, she needed to know how to deal with them. A good hunter had to know how their prey acted and reacted to different situations.
As soon as the man began to make a move Naan's instincts took over. Little as she might be, she was fast and deliberate with her movements. She unsheathed her knife and jumped up onto the large man's back as he began to pass by her. Naan grabbed onto his shirt and using his forward momentum to carry her further up his back, where she wrapped one arm around his throat while the she drew the jagged blade close to his neck, slicing the skin just enough for a small trickle of blood to begin to move down the blade. She slowly brought the knife down slightly as Boss Tossk stopped suddenly in his track
-Naan in Tusken-
"Move and you die!"
Naan jerked the knife upwards with a sudden motion to scare Tossk into submission. To her it was much like taming a wild Dewback back on Tatooine. The smell was not much better either. She stayed on the back of Tossk, her knife still poised to kill, who raised his arms and turned to Dandleion. Naan nodded her head upward, giving either Dandleion or Mary the opening to begin questioning the man. She whispered, as much as a Tusken could in their native language, into the Tossk's ear before he answered anything the two asked. The words were lost to someone who did not speak Tusken, but the tone still translated perfectly.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Answer truthfully or die without honor, Outsider..."
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 14, 2016 15:23:23 GMT -8
Mary saw the man bolt & lashed out with the force. Fortunately, she managed to redirect her initial lethal target with something less life threatening. The hard but narrow beam of force lept from her pointed fingertip & blew a neat hole in the man's right knee. In through the back & out to one side of his kneecap. The Man stumbled for a moment, then went down as the smaller Tusken girl leapt onto his back, riding him to the ground like a scene from an action film.
-Titana
Yippee ki yay, MotherfLANGUAGE!
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 20:49:36 GMT -8
Mary looked at Dandy so he could take the lead, but a small gesture seemed to indicate that he wanted her to take the lead. Mary's mind ground to a stop for a moment. Gathering information wasn't her strong point. She was much more of the tear a place to shred type. She mentally cast back for a while before landing on a memory of interrogating a bounty hunter. It was however significantly violent for someone who so far hadn't done anything that she knew of other than trying to run. She might be able to bluff it however.
Stepping around closer in front of the man on the floor, she crouched down so that she was all he could see.
-Mary
I'm going to ask you some questions. You are going to answer. Then I'm going to stab you.
She takes a long moment to glance up at the larger blond male watching the scene before glancing back at the man.
-Mary
Wait, or was that 'Or I'm going to stab you'? I always get those mixed up. It is so hard to remember when not to stab people. I find that a few puncture wounds tend to make life easier, or at least more colourful.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 21:01:36 GMT -8
Naan still sat firmly on Tossk's back. He had begun to leak from his eyes, nose, and mouth. Naan held the knife to the man's throat, to ensure he wouldn't try and squirm away. She looked up to Mary, the disappointment ringing in the grunting tones of her words.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Can I stab him?"
The large man's eyes were bulging from his head, looking around before finally fixing themselves to Mary as she spoke to him. He whimpered a bit as Naan moved on his back.
-Boss Tossk-
"I'll tell ya anyfink you wanna to know, jus' please don't kill me. I 'ave a family, yeah...."
The large man began to exude an equally large amount of snot and drool as he began to cry to try and appear as pathetic as possible. Naan pulled the knife up to shut the man up, turning the blade flat against his throat, the cold surface sent shivers down to his toes. The man who claimed to have a family, but obviously didn't, stopped the act and stared up at Mary with anger.
-Boss Tossk-
"Ask your kriffin' questions."
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 21:11:37 GMT -8
Mary ignored the man's blubbering, which quickly turned to hate sharp tones. Mary was glad her face was hidden behind her mask, it was much easier to frighten people when they couldn't see you face or exactly what you are looking at.
-Mary (in Tusken)
Not yet.
-Mary
First question. Who is the prettiest girl in the bar? Think carefully about your answer.
Her last sentence was punctuated by Mary waving her fingers is a vague pattern under the fat man's nose.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 21:19:37 GMT -8
Tossk eyes darted around the bar to locate anyone that remained in the cantina. Sadly even the dancers had vacated the main area, heading to their dressing room to stay out of the way. He spat on the ground, his teeth grating as he answered the question through clenched teeth.
-Boss Tossk-
"Well I s'pose through the scientific process of 'limination tha' only leaves you now, dunnit?"
Naan withdrew the knife from Tossk's throat and looked down at herself before turning once more to Mary.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Am I not pretty?"
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 21:24:38 GMT -8
Mary was rather surprised that Naan could understand basic, but she quickly got past that. The question had been a trick to set up a punishment system anyway.
-Mary
Wrong answer.
Flicking her finger at the man's shoulder, a quick press in the Force punched a narrow but deep puncture into the man's flesh.
-Mary
Next question. Who owned the girl laying dead out in the alley?
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 21:37:14 GMT -8
Naan nodded in agreement as Mary punished the man for not mentioned the Tusken girl. To the man however, the Tusken on his back was just a head to toe covered dwarf with a speech impediment. He screamed out in pain as Mary tore into his flesh using the Force. Through the scream he yelled a name.
-Boss Tossk-
"Ekhe Sia! She's in charge of the dancers!"
Naan repeated the name in Basic, though the pronunciation was a bit off.
-Naan-
"Ikkee Ssy?"
Naan shrugged and went back to holding the knife to the man's throat.
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 21:45:59 GMT -8
Mary nodded, her mask already working to look through public records as well as police files to find anyone by that name. On the other hand, she might be able to bleed the pig enough that she could get the location out of him faster.
-Mary
Next question. Where is Ekhe Sia?
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 22:01:18 GMT -8
As Mary asked her next question Naan ran her knife along the man's neck over to his shoulder where she began applying pressure to the blade. The jagged edge of the knife began to slice into the man's back. He clenched his teeth and screamed in pain.
-Boss Tossk-
"Downtown! Dunno where! That's all I know!"
Naan applied more pressure to her knife, and the blood started flowing from the man's back through the shreds of his shirt. He screamed and began jerking around in agony, trying to get the Tusken off of him. Naan grabbed the back of the large mans head and slammed the man's head down onto the floor. Real tears began to fall from the man's eyes, tears of horror and pain.
-Boss Tossk-
"She owns a couple warehouses where she keeps the slaves! Get this monster off me! Please!"
Naan lifted the knife and held it up, ready to plunge the knife into the man's spine.
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 22:14:29 GMT -8
Nodding, Mary straighten up & started walking back past the man toward the exit. A glance at the little Tusken made it clear that she was about to try & kill the man. Using telekinesis to lighten the girl enough to pick up, Mary scooped up the Tusken & tucked Naan under her arm, Naan's legs sticking out in front of her. Pausing next to the bar for a moment, Mary turned back toward the man still bleeding on the floor.
-Mary
If you are lying, I will return. I will find you. & I will nail your corpse to the nose of my ship.
Mary resumed her trek back to the door, ignoring the disapproving looks she was getting from Dandy. This was business.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 22:28:58 GMT -8
Naan started to make the plunge when all of a sudden she felt lighter, and disoriented because of it. She seemed to raise up for a moment as if gravity had no effect on her, and before she could figure out what was going on Naan felt herself be scooped up by Mary. Naan squirmed for a moment, intent to finish what she started, before finally settling down with a huff.
Having calmed down Naan put her knife away and waited to be carried out, when something caught her eye as Mary turned her towards the bar. It was a half empty bottle of Corellian brandy. She reached up and grabbed the bottle. She sniffed it, curious about the liquid inside, before taking a sip, tilting the bottle back as far as she could. Naan coughed up half of the liquid, her mask now soaked with brandy, and swallowed the rest, her throat burning as a result. She clung to the bottle as Mary carried her out of cantina.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Are we going to the warehouses now?"
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 22:48:39 GMT -8
By the time they reached the speeder, Mary was already getting tired from carrying the small girl. Setting her down Mary discovered that Naan had managed to get her handles on a bottle at some point. Deciding to disregard it, it was probably normal in her culture anyway. As the three figures were piling into the landspeeder, Mary's mask finally returned a positive hit. A public security cam had managed to pull a facial match off of one Ekhe Sia. And in better luck, the time stamp was just an hour old. Jumping from one camera to the next long the woman's route, Mary traced her until she vanished into a rather large compound. A few minutes of direction later & the speeder was sitting just around the corner from the compound.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 15, 2016 23:02:11 GMT -8
Naan shook her head in a shudder that went all the way to her toes as the brandy hit her stomach. She coughed a few times and gagged a bit. Still, the liquid warmed her up. She was already beginning to feel like she was back on Tatooine under the twin Suns. Why did other planets have to be so cold, anyway? This reminded her of a drink she sneaked from her grandfather at a feast one night. He had beat her good for drinking it.
-Naan in Tusken-
"What is this stuff? It's pretty good except for the burning."
Naan swirled the bottle around for a bit before stuff the cork back into the top and tucking it in her belt. She took out her datapad and began taking pictures of the city as they flew around in the speeder, the warm feeling of inebriation slowly creeping up on the unsuspecting eight year old Tusken girl. As they came to a stop, Naan was having another coughing fit and sniffled before speaking again.
-Naan in Tusken-
"What are we going to do to the slaver once we find her?"
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 15, 2016 23:50:44 GMT -8
Mary glanced over at Dandy, but he seemed content to let her continue to run the show. The last time she had done this, it had been alone, against a smaller group, & with the intent of killing them all. This time she had to take prisoners.
-Mary
I ... I'm not sure. Usually I would just storm the front gate. But we need them alive. Maybe we should call in the police now?
A glance at Dandy gave her a reassuring nod from him. A few moments later, a basic report of what they knew was forwarded to the local police, along with Jedi instructions to show up with a full SWAT team. A pleasantly short time later, the SWAT team was on site & ready to roll, having already blocked access in & out of the compound. The Team of Jedi (& one Tusken) would be joining the main group going in the front gate to help secure the compound & provide back up in case of heavy resistance.
After getting into position & a quiet count of three, the SWAT team burst open the front gate & swarmed into the courtyard.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 16, 2016 0:13:36 GMT -8
Naan looked on in quiet awe as a swarm of heavily armed people surrounded the compound they had targeted and readied her knife. One of the SWAT members handed her a small holdout blaster, which she took and played with in her hand. It didn't feel quite right but she supposed since she didn't have her Cycler rifle or her gaderffii it would have to do.
Naan ran in behind the SWAT team, running forward into the courtyard and ducking as blaster shots flew over her head. She took cover behind a rock wall in the courtyard and shot a few times from behind it. She turned back to the SWAT and watched as they moved up and swarmed, taking out threats as they popped up.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Well this is nothing like a good battle."
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 16, 2016 0:32:39 GMT -8
The SWAT members swarming into the compound where restricted to Stun weapons. The goons inside the compound were not. Even with the occasional stun grenade going off it was going to be drawn out. Pulling her 9118 from its hip holster, Mary aimed roughly two feet above the largest concentration of goons she could see from her position. She was, unfortunately still under the no killing order, so she could risk aiming directly at them, but she could make them duck & shower them with hot shards of rock. She pulled the trigger & enjoyed the familiar tooth rattling sound of the Gar's Tooth spitting energy.
-Gar's Tooth
THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP
-Titana
Best sound track in the universe.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 16, 2016 0:39:49 GMT -8
As Mary layed down suppressing fire, Naan moved up along the wall she had taken cover behind. Once she got close enough, she hopped over the wall and fired a few shots at some of the thugs as they popped up to return fire at Mary. She caught one of them in the face, who slumped over in a heap of unconscious villain. Another she winged in the shoulder, who dropped his gun and was cornered against a wall by the police and taken down.
As the courtyard was cleared up Naan looked around, ready to head inside but waiting on Mary to join up. She moved to the door of the main building and waited for a moment.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Let's get in there before we miss all the fun!"
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Post by Mary Cerulea on Jan 16, 2016 0:50:27 GMT -8
Not bothering to wait for the lagging SWAT team or Dandy who was staying close to defend them, Mary rushed on ahead with Naan. Kicking in a door, with the aid of a heavy shove of the Force, Mary stumbled into a large dead-end room. At one end of the room was the woman they were hunting, along with three goons. For a blank moment, the two girls & the four criminals stared across the mostly open space of the room at each other. Then the entire room lit up as both sides opened fire.
-Gar's Tooth
THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP
Once the firing stopped, Mary took a moment to take stock of the situation. All two of the three goons were dead without a doubt. The third wasn't going to be getting up any time soon either. The woman, have dived into a decorative fountain as soon as the firing had started & gotten minor burns when a stray bolt hit & flash heated the water. Once she was sure there weren't any more enemies, Mary checked on Naan.
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Post by Nartaga on Jan 16, 2016 1:03:39 GMT -8
Naan rushed into the room behind Mary, confused for a moment as everyone exchanged glances. She was one of the first to start shooting, not seeing the point in standing around. She moved over slightly, trying to get a better shot at the leader when a bolt hit her in her right shoulder. The small Tusken was knocked back, dropping her blaster in the process. She dived down behind a piece of furniture slightly forward of the door, holding her shoulder with her left arm. The cloth of her robes on her shoulder glowed red from the heat, the frayed edges burning from the intense heat. Despite the pain Naan screamed out to Mary, yelling at her to keep going.
-Naan in Tusken-
"Take her down!"
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