Bon Voyage; the Opening Chapter

[Jonny Priest]

A sly grin crept across his face as he admired her spunk and youain'tsh*t demeanor. "Don't mind if I kriffin' do," Balur said as he reignited his crimson saber and stepped through the door. They were immediately met with goons eager to open fire on them, but Balur deflected as many shots as he could. Any stray bolts were up to her to dodge, as per usual. This time, however, instead of pulling out his blaster and pray-'n-sprayin' into the air, he decided to show off some of his nifty Force powers he spent his early life learning.

He quickly linked his spirit to the many pools of Force energy, full and ready for use, and gave himself a burst of speed as he dashed towards them. Within seconds, he was in front of them and hacking away with the ferocity of an enraged wookie. Some managed to pull out vibroblades and engaged him in swordplay, but he was skilled with his saber after spending many many years honing his combat prowess with a blade. If there was one thing he was good at, it was fighting with his lightsaber.

After he made mincemeat of the first group of cronies, another troop had piled into the hall from around the corner and immediately started shooting. He deflected what he could, but was careful of how he used his Force energy, considering the burst of speed took a fair amount to use. If he were to use another advanced trick like that, it would be to decimate Shoilen. He instead reserved to send a telekinetic blast down the hall that pushed them back, knocking many of them on their backs. That would give Aska time to make her way up towards him. Once they got through that hall full of enemies, they would need to navigate through the maze ahead to reach the first of the caches. Thankfully, his datapad with the schematics would provide a reliable map.

"Attention invaders- I mean, children playing hero," a voice over the station-wide intercom said in a mocking tone, "turn back now, and we'll let you leave this station alive! I'm watching you right now from my live feed, and I'm telling you, you aren't going to make it past that hallway alive!"

"Eat a headtail, Kryat-karker!" Balur yelled as he kept an eye on the men whose pistols were trained on him and his partner. He winked at them as he waited for their target to reply. "Ima make all of you fall over again. Just wait," he said to them.

"Kidd, do you even know who you're messing with?" The voice finally asked.

"I think your brother asked the same question, and then I cut off his arms before I dropped him in that rancor pit," Balur said. "Yeah, he's dead, by the way. Like, the not-

"I know he's kriffin' dead, you failure of a pirate!... What's my name?"

"Are you kriffin' stupid, Shoilen?" Balur asked sarcastically.

"Plug 'em with holes," Shoilen responded before cutting off the intercom. The men in the hall with Balur and Aska got ready to open fire while Balur got ready to deflect the blaster bolts back at them.

"Just leave some of them standing so I can push them over," Balur said to Aska.

 

[Tulos]

Aska remained behind the door as Balur darted forward, and blaster fire zipped by, going so far as to strike the hangar shield across the giant room. While she had reservations of working with another force user, she couldn't deny how easy it tended to make things. And this one was different from the Sith she worked with on the Smuggler's Moon. Less business, more party. Someone she could at least respect, to be sure.

As the blaster fire started to sound as though it were further down the hall, she stepped out knowing her blaster would finally be of use. Of course, Balur had just struck down the last man opposing him, so she wasn't left with alot of action. But finally another series of pirates appeared, and then a voice boomed through the intercom. As her contractor and the man bickered back and forth, Aska laughed at the man's certainty of their defeat.

"He clearly doesn't know what he's talking about, does he?" She was smug in her response, but as the man cut the connection, the scumbags down the hall raised their weapons.

"Just leave some of them standing so I can push them over,"

Aska smiled a dark grin, and spun her pistol in her hand before firing a flurry of energy towards her opposition. They ducked in to cover, but two couldn't move fast enough. While one was only grazed across the top of the head and fell into a dead pile of meat, the other got struck directly in the chin, causing him to stumble back. She quickly continued with drawing two of her throwing blades, holding all three in her right hand. Quickly she snapped her wrist, and one blade soared through the air. It found it's target in the thigh of one man who had left himself slightly exposed behind the corridor seperation wall. He lunged forward in pain, and she snapped her wrist again. This time the blade zipped forward, and planted itself in the side of the same man's head. From what she had seen, there was a squad of eight man before them. She dropped three. Now it was time for Balur to push down the hall with thinner defences in their way.

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur grinned as she expressed very unique and resourceful skills to thin the crowd in front of them, reducing their number to four. He could just sense Shoilen writhing and twisting in his seat with a mixture of fear and anger. He knew there was a reason he hired her, and his investment seemed to be well paying off. It was people like this he wanted to make friends with outside of a professional relationship; people just as crazy as him, with plenty of arse-kicking surprises that made them quite violent and enjoyable people to be around. He admired her work. Then, he took the window of opportunity to make good on his promise.

Without hesitation, he firmly planted his feet and thrusted his palms forward with such strength, one would think he was pushing a massive, invisible block forward. A telekinetic blast so powerful pushed through the hall and threw the remaining men painfully smacking the wall in the distance behind them with such force, they splatted blood from their bodies as they lifelessly plopped on the floor. Satisfied, Balur caught his breath to try and regain his energy from such a move. He was focused, just out of breath.

"You remember her screams, Balur?" Shoilen's voice said over the intercoms. Balur's ears turned a bright shade of red as his temper began to flare. His heart began to burn, and his body temperature rose. "Imagine that-

Look, I'm gonna stop you there; you didn't kill her, your brother did. He was better than you, and I still made him look like a shaved-tail-loui. You're not scary, and I'm dropping a lot of creds on your carcass, so you better stick around for your death," Balur interrupted.

"We'll see about that. I'll have the corpse-grinders waiting for you and your partner," Shoilen growled. Balur snickered.

"He definitely threatened you, so you can rip his family jewels off first if you want," he said as he began to lead her down the hall to their first destination.

 

[Tulos]

"That's what he's going to wish I did by the time I'm done with him..." Aska growled in response. She turned her attention to the now empty hallway, and the conveniant short cut Balur had created into the next corridor. Pistol in hand, she crawled through the hole, seeing the blood seeping out from under the wreckage and across the floor, beginning to touch the tip of her boots. She turned her attention back toward's the force user.

"Okay, riddle me this, boss man. What the hell are you? Cause a Jedi doesn't make a mess like that when they kill someone!" Aska waved her arm behind her to indicate the massacre, just in time to hear the light thump as an arm that was barely being held up by the wreckage hit the floor. "And I've worked with Sith, and even they arent as much of a murdering psycopath as you are!" Aska stopped herself and had an exhasperated laugh before turning back to the disgusting mess behind her.

"Like.... That is just awesome! Like fruit under a Hutt's back side! Squish! Smoosh! Aw man!" Aska put her hands on her knees as she gained her breathe back. "But back on track. You said loot? Mama needs some new pistols, and a gold, jewel encrusted crown isn't a bad thing to own either. If one pops up, of course,"she finished with a curt smirk.

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur grinned darkly at her question, then licked his lips as he said, "I'm what you call a 'Dark Jedi.' I'm not Sith, and I'm not anywhere near close to being a Jedi," he admitted before twisting his features in disgust. "I do what I want and how I want. I follow my own rules and morals, make my own guides to life, take what I want, and am King of my own path. That, love, is what the hell I am. The Jedi, the Sith, hell; even these karkin' smugglers and gangsters we're fighting all have a code they stick to. It's this motto of life they have to follow. Me? I'm not bound by any code. I have no district. I have no borders to stop me from using maximum effort in anything. I'm... I'm just a Dark Jedi."

He continued to lead her through the maze of a station, using his Force power to sense where enemies were. To their fortune, they would come across the first cache before running into any other enemies, unless they had secret passages. "How about you? Those were some pretty sick moves you showed off back there," Balur commented.

 

[Tulos]

Aska listened to the man explain how he chose to live his day by day life, and couldn't help but be envious. Sure, while she had spent time with the Sith on Nar Shadaa, they still followed the ruling of superiors that ascended all the way to their Supreme Leader. That was no way to live life, at least in her eyes. The powers these people have, only be to herded like sheep just seemed a waste. But then there was Balur, not bound to any one or any thing. Now that was power with freedom. They began to move, so she retrieved her blades, and followed her contractor.

As they salvaged through the storage room, Aska discovered it was filled with weapons lockers. She quickly ran inside, stocking up on thermal detonators, trip mines, and remote explosives. She turned her attention to a melee cupboard, and selected a fine, long blade encrusted with gold around the hilt. She pulled her old blade from its scabbard and tossed it on the floor. Her pistol was replaced with another dual set of a similar make, as well as a light blaster rifle. Then Balur got her attention again.

"I'm really just doing my job. I've been hunting for years, and once you get as good as me, you get bored of doing things the old fashioned way,"

"Hey! They're over here!"

The voice cut the short silence in the cargo hold, which Aska reacted to by drawing her new rifle. She waited for a few moments and was finally met with three pirates trying to squeeze in through the door, weapons drawn. She pulled the triger, firing an onslught of red hot energy against the oncoming enemies, until all three were dead.

"I think it's time we got moving again, boss,"

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur entered the room with her and searched around for any valuables that piqued his interest. There wasn't too much aside from vebroswords, sabers and blasters that he found to his liking, but that was okay. He had his blaster, which was a custom make and stuck to his fancy, and he had his lightsabers which would serve him better than any metal blade. Aside from all of that, he had a good connection to the Force to back it all up. Weapons only went so far in his mind.

"I'm really just doing my job. I've been hunting for years, and once you get as good as me, you get bored of doing things the old fashioned way," Aska said as she upgraded her equipment. Once she stopped speaking, he became distracted.


What got his attention was a locker filled with unique items that appeared as though they belonged to a Force Adept at one point in time. He curiously picked up the first of the three items, which was a signet ring with a symbol he had never seen before. It wasn't Jedi, nor was it Sith. But he could feel the Force energy radiating from it. Next was a golden holocron with glowing green patterns. It also carried the same insignia.

The last item, also bearing the strange symbol, was a golden lightsaber hilt. It was design with complex patterns and a language he didn't recognize, and had three jewels encrusted near the lense; a green gem, a red one and a blue one. He held it out and pressed the button on the hilt, igniting an unstable green blade with a black core. It was unlike anything he had ever seen, but he could sense that the black core was nothing more than visual appeal; a Force enhancement or modification to give it an appearance that was different than anything the Jedi or Sith had.

The saber had a unique sound as he spun it and became familiar with the weight. He was already attached to the saber, and was curious what kind of information the holocron held. His attention was stolen, however, by the sound of henchmen as they tried to pile into the stock room with their weapons drawn. They were quickly put down by Aska as she fired off a couple of shots from her blaster rifle.

"I think it's time we move again, boss," she suggested, to which Balur silently nodded as he readied his new lightsaber and led her out of the room. cronies had already begun to fill the hall in the direction they needed to go. Balur couldn't explain it, but he felt a surge of Force energy. He gave a half-smile and spun his blade, then turned to Aska and said, "Let's tag-team this schutta."

He didn't wait for a response as he dashed forward and began to slice away at the men, like a knife through butter. With each strike, the lightsaber would unleash a burst of electricity that paralyzed the men directly around him for a few seconds, but it didn't affect him. That's when it began to make sense; the lightsaber was augmented with another crystal or two beyond its Force-modified kyber crystal. Balur marveled; whatever organization the previous owner of the saber belonged to was a powerful group of Force users, and must have credits to spend on their weapons. He thought he would have heard of them by some point, or at least threatened one of their members, but he had never seen a lightsaber with a visual mod that gave it a black core before.

 

[Tulos]

As Balur struck down the advancing pirates, Aska stayed back and provided surpression fire for her contractor. From her vantage point, it almot seemed an endless stream of violence as the unique weapon buzzed around, seperating limbs and heads from bodies. Despite their numbers, Balur didn't hesitate and continued his advance, which forced Aska to move forward to maintain her firing distance. She aimed down her sights and managed to shoot a twi'lek directly in his jaw as he began to raise a blade from behind the force user, which drew her attention down the adjoining hall. Shields had activated instantly, casting a blue glow as more pirates took their positions beyond, firing at the intruders. Their assault passed through their shield and peppered the walls beyond them, but she knew her return fire would be inneffective. She put her rifle behind her back and drew her blade, motioning for Balur to advance first. His lightsaber would be able to deflect the enemy fire and allow them to advance and penetrate the combat shields.

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur nodded as he deactivated his saber and dashed forward, through the shield, and then reactivated the crimson blade in enough time to deflect blaster bolts as they rained down fire n them. He drew closer and closer until they themselves had to draw vibroblades and engaged him in a sword fight. It wasn't a fair fight, however, as Balur outmatched them in many ways. He continued to slice at them, leaving them nearly defenseless against his prowess. Things seemed to be going very easy, and he was starting to wonder if Shoilen was holding something back.

"You got any guys better than you?" Balur asked as he maintained a safe distance from them.

"Yeah, but we ain't sayin' nothin'," One of the pirates spat back. Balur shrugged as he began to fight them again, confident his partner was holding her own against their numbers.

 

[Tulos]

As Balur ran into the force field, Aska stayed close behind him with her blade at the ready. The incoming blaster fire was deflected with ease by her human wall, but once he began to engage the pirates, she broke off to his left to assist him. The hall was wide but with the two of them swinging their weapons, the only way the pirates could move was backwards. She crossed blades with a Devaronian and span further to the left to escape his superior strength. Her agility and speed were her strengths in this situation and she knew she would have to utilise it if she were to make it out of this fray alive. As she was mid spin from deflecting her attacker, she brought her blade back around and struck him directly across the side of his head, blood coating the white walls around them. Aska then ducked to avoid being struck across the chest from a Twi'leks horizontal slash and countered with one of her own at calf level. The edge of her sword cut through his skin and shattered bone before bringing him to the ground in screaming agony. She returned to her feet and sunk the weapon down into the man's gut before twisting it with a vicious turn, then drew it back and held it ahead defencively as the distance between them and the pirates had grown slightly.

"You got any guys better than you?" Balur prodded, causing Aska to let out a soft laugh as she noticed the mayhem that littered the halls they had progressed through since their arrival on the station.

"Yeah, but we ain't sayin' nothin',"

As Balur rushed forward again, Aska drew a throwing blade and quickly snapped her wrist before the dagger found it's target in an Aqualish' snout. He erupted into a pained grunt before falling to the ground and bleeding out. She advanced and began to parry blows from a female Twi'lek who had been cursing at her in Huttese. Angered by the woman's remarks, Aska pushed her foes blade to the ground with both hands before removing her right grip and elbowed her foe in the face. The twi'lek girl stumbled back as blood dripped from her nose but quickly recovered in time to raise her weapon from the human girl's vertical slash. Aska didn't let up, however, and continued to beat down on her opponents defence before finally breaking through. The twi'lek's strength failed her, and Aska's blade slid downwards across her opponents own before falling from the tip and sinking itself deep into her thigh. So deep, in fact, that Aska let go of the weapon and it stayed in place as she grabbed both sides of the girl's head before snapping her neck. Blade now back in hand, she turned to face the remaining pirates and Balur, ready for the next target.

 

[Jonny Priest]

The pirates continued to rush at them, but were no match. It was a slaughter house, and Balur with Aska by his side were the ones left standing. Balur withdrew his lightsaber as they chanced upon the next of the caches. This time, it was a treasury. "Here's the gold mine," Balur said as he sliced into the security and opened the door. Inside were crates of credit chips and golden valuables. He knew that Shoilen and his gang had been stacking up, but he didn't imagine they would have nearly the amount they chanced upon.

"This is the richest karkin' treasury I've seen outside of a Hutt yacht or a nobleman's flagship in nearly a year! Stuff your pockets, Aska; we're rich after this!" He said as he opened one of the crates and began to pull out credits. He was sure there would be some sort of challenge; nothing this good happened without some sort of balancing factor.

As if to answer his thoughts, a loud thump sounded from further down the hall. It sounded like a massive foot or object landing on the ground, as if something big were waiting for them. "Just make sure the weight don't slow you down," he added in response to the sound. "Maybe your partner could pick some of this up."

 

[Tulos]

As the duo entered the secure cargo hold, they were greeted with wall to wall security cases and chests, some overflowing with golden trinkets, jewels, and credit chips that had fallen to the floor. Unable to control herself, Aska's jaw dropped at the sight she had before her. In truth, she wasn't sure she could take Balur's claims of riches at first and yet here she was. She slowly took a few steps ahead and knelt down to examine a goblet as Balur spoke up.

"This is the richest karkin' treasury I've seen outside of a Hutt yacht or a nobleman's flagship in nearly a year! Stuff your pockets, Aska; we're rich after this!"

"I know," she replied softly, still taking in everything around her. "I haven't seen anything like this since I worked for the Hutts," Even so, Valgor's treasuries exceeded what the room contained, but that also wasn't hers. This was. "There's so much... Everything. I don't even know how to comprehend this," It was then that a loud thumb came from the corridor, catching the huntress' attention.

"Just make sure the weight don't slow you down. Maybe your partner could pick some of this up,"

Aska nodded in agreement as she unholstered one of her pistols once again and pulled her communicator from her poket and contacted Drytas, informing him of her location and to load what he can before their return. One the Trandoshan confirmed the order, she returned the comm to her pocket and slowly made her way to the door they had entered from to lean on the wall beside. She peaked her head out to search for the cause of the noise as her eyes shot open wide. She pulled back jut as the end of an axe collided into the retracted door, narrowly avoiding a gaping hole across her face. Two Gammorreans oinked and grunted as they pushed their way into the chamber, each armed with the giant axes commonly associated to their people. Each pig slowly advanced on one of the invaders with a threatening and rapid series of squeals. Aska took a few steps back before raising her blaster to shoot only to be broad sided by the axe. It was fortunate that it didn't have side spikes as it threw her across the room and intsome stacked cases. The Gammoerrean squealed n exctemn and began to run towards her. Gritting her teeth in pain as she laid on her back, Aska pulled one of her throwing blades out with her free hand.

"No Gamorrean is getting the best of me," she growled before she rolled under the pig's vertical swing of his weapon. As she came under his ams, she lifted her blade and pressed it against his wrist and pushd up, dragging it down his arm. The sharp sounds of the suffering Gammorean filled the room as blood cascading down next to Aska until she pushed herself out from under her foe. Then she rased her pistol again as she laid on the floor, took aim, and fired. With a new smouldering hole in his head, the Gammorean collapsed. Aska took a quick deep breathe before turning to see how Balur was handling himself.

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur held his own against the Gamorrean, but the giant pig was putting up one hell of a fight. He was outfitted in strong armor, but also wielded an ax made of beskar that could withstand his lightsaber blade. The hog slashed at Balur's head, but he quickly ducked and side-stepped out of the way, then retaliated with a jab and a slash at his shoulder. His foe had quick reflexes as he held up his ax and blocked the strike, then pushed him back to the wall with a heavy shove.

Frustrated, Balur yelled "Kark this!" and stretched out his hand and began to draw upon several pools of his force reserve. Telekinetic energy began to rise in pressure around the hog, as if it were heading to the crushing depths of an ocean. Its bones began to crack loudly, and blood spat from opening wounds until, finally, it imploded into a ball of mangled flesh. Balur paused to take a breath as he put his lightsaber up, and felt as though he had just strained every muscle in his core and arms.

"That should take care of them for the moment," he said as he marveled at the crates containing their spoils. "I just need a moment. That was the first time I did something like that." He admitted.

 

[Tulos]

As the Gamorrean's skeleton began to pop and snap from the invisible compression, Aska cringed from her spot on the floor. She admired the originality Balur had demonstrated in comparison to any other form of murder she had ever seen before in her life, but it was also far more disturbing than she would have believed if someone else had claimed to see such an act. Slowly, the bounty hunter picked herself up from the floor and nodded as Balur requested a moment.

"You Force Users are such a weird bunch. You can kill a hundred men and not bat an eye, but do something as simple as that, and your tired. Maybe you should just stick to your lightsaber," Smiling, Aska turned to see Drytas arrive with his rifle drawn. Her facial expression quickly shifted to bewilderment as she realised that the Trandoshan was exhausted. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"The ship's defence systems are active. Droids and turrets are filling the halls. I destroyed a couple, but I could barely outrun their aim," Drytas caught his breath and stood tall to finally marvel the sight before him. "I... Incredible..." The Trandoshan walked forward and picked up one of the jewels, examining it closely before turning to Balur. "I will need the security systems down so I can move this stuff to the ship. Can you help mke with this, smooth skin?"

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur snickered as she commented on his exhaustion. "It's like learning to do a new trick. You use all the muscles you know to until you build strength and endurance, then the rest becomes muscle memory. Same thing with the force. The more I do it, the less exhausting it becomes," balur replied before standing up straight. Satisfied and ready to move, he was about to see if the coast was clear until drytas, aska's trandoshan friend arrived with news of the ship's status.

"Smooth skin, eh?" Balur responded to his witty remark, "this shouldn't be an issue. It'll take a few minutes, though. Keep watch, and keep me protected. Once the droids are down, I'll initiate a deconstruct sequence, and they should just fall apart," he explained as he hacked into the station's computer systems. Within minutes he was onto the mainframe of the security hub and rewriting the droid's security protocols. The tricky part now was making sure he did everything within the small window of time he had, or he would get kicked out and have to start over. He just hoped those droid's would be kept busy in the meantime...

(@Karvon Tulos sorry mate. I know it's been a while. Should be back up and running now.)

 

[Tulos]

As Balur began to access the mainframe, four droids ran inside the doorway with blasters drawn. Aska quickly drew her pistols and began to lay down suppression, forcing the droids to fall back slightly and activate their shields.

"Drytas, we need cover!" Aska ordered as she ducked underneath some of the return fire, peppering the wall beside the immoral Jedi on the computer panel. The Trandoshan nodded and quickly grabbed a few chests that lined the walls of the room and began to throw them back towards his ally, nearly perfectly landing right before her. The woman ducked down as more blaster fire rained around her and shaking the cargo chest before she popped back up and let out another volley. The four shots found their target perfectly and overloaded the shields before the final shot made a direct hit on the chassis and dropped the droid. Three remaining, Drytas finally joined the fight and began to unleash hell on the opposition with his blaster rifle, until one droid activated a vibroshield that was attached to it's forearm.

"Damn... Drytas, move in on that pile of bolts with your blades! I'll keep the other two distracted!" Aska focused her attention to her own separate targets and continued to lay down fire, aiming to drive them further back from the now advancing Trandoshan. Drytas dropped his rifle and unsheathed his swords from across his back and jumped over top of the chests, advancing on the shielded droid at a dead sprint. Bringing the one blade up and forcing it down, it was met with the vibroshield before the droid quickly punched under his arm and landed against Drytas' chest. The Trandoshan stumbled back but advanced again but now bringing his second weapon up from the right. It made contact with the durasteel leg of the droid but stopped dead, unable to cut through. Drytas snarled before dropping the weapon and grabbed the droid by the face and keeping his first blade pushing against the shield. Once he had a secure grip, he pulled down with all his might and forced the droid down into the floor before finally removing his other blade from it's lock and forcing it down into the circuitry where the droid's head met it's neck.

Aska watched the mayhem between Drytas and the droid before returning her attention to her own problem. The droids had found cover behind their own chests and had become holed in, daring her to advance for a better shot. Blaster fire surrounded her as she ducked in behind her cover, spitting on the ground with a disgusted look on her face. She dropped her one pistol and pulled a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and lit one as fire soared over head, waiting for a break in the attack. Once it quieted down, Aska jumped up and aimed down the sights before pulling the trigger three times in rapid succession. The attack quickly nailed one of the droid's who hadn't completed ducked out to reload, and as it's shields dissipated, it fell to the floor with it's two destroyed allies.

"One left!" Aska jeered with the lit smoke in her mouth before ducking down, unsure of when the other would return fire. Yet as she waited, nothing occurred. Drytas, now curious as well, walked forward with caution and peered his head around the corner of another chest only to see the remains of a droid who had suddenly disassembled itself.

"Are you sure you didn't hit it, human?"

"No, I know I didn't. Balur must have finished," Aska stated before turning to the force user.

((OOC; All good dude))

 

[Jonny Priest]

Balur snickered as he heard the sounds of metal clanking on the ground, presumably from the last droid, after his successful hack into the security mainframe of the station's network. Of course, he only gained access to their defense droid's network, and initiated the process he had previously mentioned, but he wasn't so sure he could hack his way into any of the other safety and defense cores of their database. None-the-less, the battle droids were shut down, and they should have collectively fallen to pieces by this point. "The job's done, and we can load up a good lot of this loot onto the ship," Balur stated plainly as he left the computer tower. "Keep a separate stock of these crates for me, and I'll pick them up once I steal myself a ship."

He pulled out the datapad and examined the map, studying the route they had taken for the three utility rooms. They already found two, so only one remained ahead for them to loot. He was sure this one was simply going to be a cache of random items and artifacts, since they had already found the armory and treasury. "We have one more cache on the way," Balur explained. "After that, we'll be off towards Shoilen's quarters. I read for a flash second on the computer tower that there are his elite guards, which are his head cronies. They're supposed to be his best, and they're supposed to know the Force, as little as it might be. I'll have more of what we're going to do the closer we get, but just be prepared," he warned as he pulled his lightsaber off his belt and got ready to move ahead.

 

[Tulos]

"I've tangled with Force Users before. Robotic ones, at that. A few grunts shouldn't be a problem," Aska said with a smile before turning to her towering Trandoshan friend. "You heard the man, lizard. Let's get this stuff loaded up, and don't get greedy. Balur has more than earned his share," Both her pistols in hand, she began to walk out the door and back out into the hall. "Then let's get too it, shall we? I wanna put Shoilen's head on a platter within the hour,"

She sprinted down the hall in the direction they had been travelling without checking to see if Balur had followed and soon found herself at a 'T' in the hall. Unsure of which direction to go, she turned to see if her Force User companion was present while questioning him.

"This place is a damn maze. Where the hell are we going now?"

((OOC; No worries dude, I'm just glad ya haven't abandoned the thread haha sorry for the short post. Gotta run out right quick here and just trying to get caught up before I head out))