[Honestly, just ask] In Vacation

[Taruna]

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General​

Welcome to Spira, a wonder- and peaceful planet that managed to remain neutral. The reason for that is quite easy to explain: It's not worth anything except for a good vacation. It's filled with lots of islands on a ocean rich planet and its comfortable climate condition enabled it to allow all ships to enter the system and land on one of the islands.​

Arrival and Peace conditions​

A fleet maintained by the governing party does only allow ships smaller than a freighter, and even those are not allowed to be armed. Bigger ships, as well as ships armed with weapons are bound to dock at the space station above the planet and personal weapons are usually stored for the visitor in a save upon arrival on the ground Space port.​

Peace conditions and Law enforcement​

It is strongly recommended not to have any personal weapon with you, but there's no law against it. Nevertheless, a small armada of camouflaged basketball sized flying round drones with a stun blaster ensure that attacks are ended swiftly and without further bloodshed. Larger and more dangerous individuals not respecting the peace or proving too mighty for the small drones may meet the Guardian Manstopper Drones (GM-Drone) which are armed and capable to even subdue a Jedi Master or Sith Lord.​

Where you are​

This story takes place in one of the few hotels on the Ataria Island. Hotel Paradisa, one of the most exclusive hotels on the planet. It is a sunny saturday morning, 08:00 o clock local time, right at the begin of Dawn. The temperature is 22° Celsius all day and there is no bad weather in sight for the next ten days. Due to the fact that the universe is busy penetrating each other (with blaster shots and lightsabers, of course!) the prices of this usually highly exclusive place dropped to such a degree that it's affordable for even the smallest of credit purses.

Hotel Paradisa​

 

[CaptainWolfgang]

Kalo Wolftenn emerged from his hotel room, stepping onto his balcony overlooking the ocean. He closed his eyes and rested his arms on the balcony's railings, feeling the warmth of the sun and the occasional mist of the ocean on his face. He was only wearing pants, and the few injuries he'd picked up since he started adventuring were visibly healing on his chest, back and arms. Kalo had opted to get away from his crew for awhile and retreat to the island resort as a way to unwind. He'd actually worked here during his time as a slave once before, but it was a temporary job on a different island. He'd promised himself that someday he'd return and be treated like royalty.

He stretched his arms, wincing at a slight pain in his shoulder, then went back inside and put on a loose tunic. He double checked the Egg in the microincubator next to his bed, then exited his room and went to the hotel lobby.

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer was walking into the lobby with only a towel and his brown pants, they were loose on him and wet since he went swimming in the ocean with them, his hair was sticking to his face and his padawan tail, was hanging down still held together by the hair bands. Jaleer had a smile on his face, it has been to long since he just had some time for himself, though he liked spending time with his friends, he enjoyed some time alone. Jaleer's body wasn't much to look at but it wasn't embarrassing, he had some muscle thanks to his time when he and his mother would work on the farm, and with his Jedi training he has been able to keep most of his muscle.

He notice a man with a loose tunic and a faint scar around the man's neck, and it looked familiar, though he was sure he saw the man before he couldn't remember were. Jaleer felt the force in the man but than again this is a neutral planet no telling what or who the man actually was, could be a sith but Jaleer just laughed by himself at the thought.

"Guess this is going to be a interesting vacation." Jaleer said to no one in particular, glad that he took what little credits he had to come here.

 

[Naruto667]

one day before "You are cleared to dock in Spira"a station controller spoke as she noted a fighter moving closer to the station and after confirming the identity of the ship and it's owner allowed the ship to proceed and dock with the station, from which he took a orbital elevator down to the surface close to the hotel named ironically enough Hotel Paradise wither that was copying the name of resort on the planet Rishi..or whatever planet the damned resort was built on or not Jaz didn't really care much.

"Just to remind you: although we don't have any rules personal weapons we do prefer that all such weapons are kept either on your ship or in our secure vaults" the speaker spoke however a small scoff could be heard from the red head at the secure vault comment..give a cartel team a chance and those vaults would be open in a few minutes..or somebody would be bribed.

Heading to the surface and stepping out the drones quickly surrounded him after detecting two weapons a small shabby looking viroblade and the other was a DH-17 short carbine pistol, and since the man didn't pull it out and started shooting the drones finally moved away going back to their positions finally allowing Jaz to head to the hotel

------------------the next day and three drone annoyances later-------

The next drone that annoys me is going to be tossed into the lake god it's not like I brought along a heavy blaster or a E-11 with me.. Jaz thought to himself as he got dressed in a leather vest and oddly enough..at least for those who haven't seen Jaz when he wasn't doing any cartel or-at the time- GA business a kilt, his pistol and knife attached onto his utility belt, and soon enough he headed out of his room and made his way outside..hoping that nobody will point out the fact he was carrying weapons...after all to Jaz..even if a planet was neutral it didn't mean that the people living or visiting the planet were all nice and goodie-to-doers...or Jaz was just a paranoid idiot thinking that everybody here was against him because he was a cartel member not that they know about it since he didn't have any tattoos or marks that say: "I'm a cartel member fear me!"

 

[Taruna]

Taruna:

Taruna yawned long and stretched her arms up into the air while stretching her back trough. She already tried this thing where you are supposed to balance on a board made of some foam while riding the waves of the beach directly nearby the Hotel and at least understood the principles. This should be made a sport everywhere.

Spoiler: Taruna Beachwear

Her eyes were locked to the horizon, where the sun just came up and she stood there at the beach for some time, until her belly declared boredom and the demand to get something to do. Since she could do nothing against the nature, she decided to go to the buffet, that was supposed to be ready shortly in the main hall anyways. So she smiled and turned around, moving in to the buffet. It was time to really get some R&R!

Spoiler: Main hall + Buffet

Dawn:

"Hah!" Dawn spoke, more to herself, since no one else was on the beach yet, at least not as far as Dawns eyes could spont. And that was quite a long way down both directions of the nice beach. She already was up all night walking around and scout the area, but as expected for a luxury resort, there was nothing except the drones disturbing her doing anything at all. And the other security measures where a joke. Had she have the intention, she could steal all and everything around here, be out of the hotel and back to her ship before the first blare of any alarms, would she have not disabled them. But she was not here for a heist. She wasn't since she was quite young. But that was a habit she kept alive for many reasons, showing her respect for her dad was not even the last one on this list.

Since no one was around, and the sun already started, she placed her towel on the already warm sand and decided to utilize the day to the fullest by getting a tan. Without tan lines above her hips, of course.

Spoiler: Night Owl - Beachwear

 

[CaptainWolfgang]

Kalo watched Taruna walk into the Main Hall, craning his neck as she passed. He raised and eyebrow and slicked back his hair, his eyebrows, and double-checked his breath. He'd seen someone blue surfing from his hotel window and assumed it must have been her. Kalo considered if he was hungry enough to go eat, and after carefully considering the benefits of a healthy breakfast, followed her in.

"Mind if I join you for the buffet? I don't have any company here and anyone who hits the beach before the sun is all the way up can't be too bad." he said as he started walking next to her. He instantly regretted not wearing something that would cover his neck better. His scar was obviously an indicator of a slave, and if this Chiss lady had any hint of the aristocracy in her then she'd probably be appalled at the idea.

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer was walking into the hotel when he spotted Taruna, and started to approach her when the man he kind of remembers approached her and started trying to talk to her. Of course Jaleer could tell the man might want not to be interrupted though he cared about Taruna he would allow her a moment with the man but he would extend his sense as much as possible in case he does something that he would so regret.

Deciding that it might just be best to go sun dry, Jaleer started walking to the beach, which was when he felt another force user there. Deciding that he should talk with the person to see if he or she was friendly, after finding the person he was shocked a young attractive human girl was there tanning. There wasn't anyone else there so he assumed that it was her that was who he was sensing, he approached her and sat down next to her.

The girl would be able to see his burn marks on his chest though they are over 4 years old and a reminder that his mother is dead. He has learned to accept it and doesn't notice it any more. Honestly sometimes he forgets it's there.

"I hope you don't mind me sitting here." Jaleer layed down his towel and sat on it to the left of the young girl.

"So, whats your name, I didn't think I would met someone else who controls the force during this vacation." Jaleer said happily and without worry.

 

[Naruto667]

Oddness...it felt odd to the red head to walk around without his stormtrooper armour, armour which had became his second skin in a sense due to the amount of time he had worn it over the time so had there been anybody Jaz had met up before would be surprised by the fact..he wasn't looking like a stormtrooper from years past, but unlike the last time he had taken time off he hadn't been fighting a group of mandolorians in a bank while the planet itself was being invaded by the Sith Imperium, overall Jaz was in a much better place than he had been after emerging from the battle of Klatooine.

Though there was just onne tiny downside of being a member of the hutt cartel..Jaz couldn't help but give off a aura of intimidation partly a side effect of almost always wearing his stormtrooper armour, so people tended to shy away from Jaz which was evident when Jaz headed onto the beach where he would lay down facing the sun and just simply soak in the sunshine unaware of the fact that apart from everybody else had moved to a different part of the beach leaving only two people who were in Jaz's general presence who likely had noooo idea that Jaz was a enforcer for the cartel.

Well hopefully nothing dramatic happens anytime soon..as I just want to relax..and try not to get into a fight with somebody..not that the drones can probably do anything about that Jaz muttered as he crossed one of his legs and closed his eyes and simply listened to the surroundings

 

[Taruna]

Taruna:

A smile hushed over the Chiss' face when the stranger approached her and asked for permission to join in the Buffet. Sure, it was a open one, and everyone was free to sit where he pleased. But apparently he mistook her for someone, or something, else. A misconception coming from her borrowed swimwear, no doubt. The friendly guy at the reception gave it to her when she asked for a shop where she could buy swimwear, but he responded with the warning that the prices for this hotel where down for her since she was a 'attractor', whatever he meant with this and gave her this piece of swimwear which apparently have been in the possession of a princess who left it here by no apparent reason. Probably because she was wearing it once or the like. Whatever, it was cleaned and did fit her, she felt nice with it and thus she stuck with the dress.

Turning her head into his direction to see who she was talking to, she saw quite a stunning young man, who apparently knew how to keep himself fit and a nice smile complementing his brown eyes. And he had a smell around him she instantly recognised. It was the same as this strange murderer she could way back with her master and learned this is usually the result of some implant. Her judgement was not tainted by that, since he did walk and talk like someone more upright than a common thief and thus she would give him the benefit of a doubt before deciding. A lot of a help was his neck, most importantly the scar he had around it. Taruna saw this among some slaves and former slaves, so she at least had a idea of what topic would be a social mine field.

All in all, she was on vacation. Whoever he was from, if he was able to keep his allegiance to his own and his hands by himself she would just see what he was made of.

"Sure, some company after the morning exercises is always welcome." she smiled a little broader when they arrived the Buffet itself and then looked over all this nommy stuff. Mouthwatering.


Dawn:

This made her smile. This guy certainly had some guts to sit down next to a half naked woman and even ask politely if he may do so. Sure, he already sat down before he finished the question, but that was way better than gawking from afar.
She did not know if it was from the sun, the air, or the fact she would not have to see a scroll, book or PAD for the next time she decided to enjoy her time here to the fullest and answered while leaning on her elbows to look him in the face "Well, you are already sitting, but this will cost you" she smiled and held a package of sun lotion into his direction, put it into the sand between the two of them and turned onto her belly "Creaming your own back is alway such a drag.."

Sure, he could be a bad person who was in league with the other guy who was right now approaching the beach, but Dawn was all grown up and even without her lightsabers, she was able to defend herself.

Waiting for him to get the lotion she also answered his second question "I'm Dawn," she answered and smiled up to him "And yes, I am also a Force user," she decided to not tell him that starting a conversation with slapping the fact he sensed it was quite impolite. If no one did so before, Dawn did not want to have her back-lotioning prevented by having him angry "Do not ask what kind, this is vacation and I am right now Dawn and only Dawn." she then pointed with her thumb in a demanding gesture towards her back

 

[CaptainWolfgang]

Kalo fancied himself a gentleman of fortune, but he'd only been free a short while and the food on display was beyond anything he was accustomed to eating. He grabbed a plate and started filling it, taking generous helpings of everything he could find. Half of the food he didn't even recognize, but he decided to try it anyway. He was on vacation, and it was a time for new things. As polite as he behaved, his appetite was characteristically pirate-like.

"I was tempted to go for a swim this morning, but the sunrise got the better of me and I decided to just take it easy for once." he said as he gathered his food. Taruna interested him, but he decided that it was best to not talk more about work or ask what she did. The planet was neutral, and she might not trust him with such information.
"My name is Kalo Wolftenn. If it impresses you, I'm technically Captain Kalo Wolftenn. But titles are so often undeserved in our galaxy, so don't worry too much about it." he said, trying to not let his personality get in the way of his manners.

 

[Richie B.]

When Dawn asked him to lotion her back Jaleer just smiled sweetly and nodded grabbing the lotion placed in between them, he poured some on his hands and started to rub the lotion into her back. His hands hard thanks to using his lightsaber and his past when he would help his mother on the farm. Understanding why she didn't say which side she was on he would return the respect but feared his padawan tail had already given him away.

"Well Dawn, my name is Jaleer Reukli, and it is great seeing another force user." He hoped she would understand he wasn't interested in which side she was on at the moment since he was also here to relax and have fun, only saying what he said to let her know she isn't alone on the planet.

"So Dawn, do you have anything in particular you wish to talk about, or do you wish to enjoy your time on the beach in peace and quiet?" Jaleer said glad to found someone interesting to talk to, he wished to learn more about this young woman but he wouldn't press to much respecting privacy and understanding if someone would rather be alone to themselves than interacting with others.

 

[Naruto667]

And yes, I am also a Force user upon hearing this Jaz was to say..slightly intrigued since after all Jaz had met two other force users one a sith and the other a jedi..but what was funny was how openly they mentioned the fact they were force users as most people would tend not to talk about that rather they would make up something silly like "I'm a sales person" or "I'm a mercenary starfighter pilot" well the second excuse would likely work for Jaz after all he was man who lived a military life flying a starfighter.

and so on the outside Jaz didn't look as though he was paying attention to the conversation, were it not for one of his eyes glancing over at the duo just to get a visual idea of how old they looked and if they had been in any fights but judging from the looks neither of them looked like they had been in a fight but then again looks were deceiving for all the red head knew these kids had probably been in hundreds of battles and were just skilful in hiding that fact

"..."well so far the two hasn't taken much notice of Jaz..but who knows eventually they'll pick up the courage to talk to him...or vis-versa Jaz picking up the courage to talk to the duo

 

[Taruna]

Taruna:

Taruna only filled her plate with enough to make her sated for the time until the man dinner at noon, placing mainly vegetarian food on it, with a very small amount of meat. She apparently had to follow a diet, but with that body she had to. She nodded at the remark of the swimming "Yes, that would have been a good idea. Before dawn, the water is nicely cool. It's getting warmer quickly after the sun rises" and added a small but respectful bow "It's really nice to meet you, Captain Wolftenn" and she did not ask where the captain rank came from. It was one of the little oddities, that someone owning a ship, even if it's only on the paper, could call himself captain, but there where the military ranks too. So since she did not feel the slightest bit tempted to pry, she accepted that and did out of politeness not add her own rank. "I heard the Hotel planned a festivity this evening, a so called masked ball. Will you be present?" Taruna looked around demonstratively "Seeing that the hotel is only half booked, but more guests are expected only for the ball I feel the urge to reserve me a spot on it. I never saw such a thing"

Dawn:

"Ahh, don't sweat it. Would I have wished to be alone, I would also have to cream my back all alone. Having some nice conversation is a fair and pleasant trade, don't you think?" Dawn responded, leaning her chin on her crossed forearms, smiling and enjoying the sun as well as the massage which was a nice side effect of the lotion rubbing "Also, about the topic.. as I see you approached me, hopefully not with any ulterior motives, but in search of a conversation. I need to admit I am extraordinary lazy today, so if you wish to talk, I am afraid you will have to find something that's at the one side neutral enough for this planet as well as entertaining. I would sure help me not to fall asleep and risk a sunburn" she also eyed the third person at the beach, who apparently was in listening range now and added "Maybe this even turns into a group conversation, if someone loses his shyness"

 

[CaptainWolfgang]

Kalo placed his rather overfilled plate on the table and pulled Taruna's chair out for her before taking his own seat. He was internally patting himself on the back for remembering so many of the fancy court manners.

"I actually had planned on going, yes! I'm a bit underdressed for that sort of thing, but I'm sure I could be convinced to buy myself something to wear if I had a date as beautiful as yourself to accompany me." he flirted, raising an eyebrow as he poured himself a drink and began eating his meal. Most of his food were meats of different sorts, but he'd grabbed plenty of fruit and vegetables, even a few rolls of bread. While he was a slave, most of the nutrition he got was delivered intravenously through thin wires while he slept, and all of his physical strength came from manual labor. Now that he was with the rest of society, he needed large amounts of food and exercise to keep himself in top physical shape. This luckily had become a habit, but he did feel as though his large plate made him look gluttonous compared to Taruna's streamlined diet. He made sure to eat his food slowly, in hopes that it would make him look less like a beast and more like a cultured man who wanted to try a variety of new foods.

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer agreed with Dawn's statement and had come here in a attempt mainly to have a pleasant conversation. Thinking for a moment about what they could speak about since they had to stay within a neutral conversation. Having a difficult at it he than notice when she said a group conversation, looking over his shoulder to see a large man with a intimating aura around him but it didn't do much to him. He smiled at the man and waved him over hoping he would come over so they can have a group conversation.

"Well a big guy like that shouldn't be shy, at least since he is trying to be intimating." Jaleer said while looking at the man.

"Well many of my adventures aren't really neutral but there this one time me and two other friends were protecting this convoy, that story is mostly neutral but I would still have to change some of the names but you can understand the need to protect identities." Jaleer said looking at Daw now hoping he could tell the story in a interesting and fun way.

 

[Naruto667]

Jaz smiled ever so slightly when he heard about trying to be intimating which judging from how the rest of the residents on the beach quickly moved out of the way he would say that he was rather intimidating, since this had become a group conversation Jaz simply rolled on his belly getting closer to the duo since he couldn't be bothered to stand and walk the few meters or so,listening to the teenager talk about escorting a convoy, and how he would have to change the identities of those who had taken part in it.

"Convoy escorting how I hated doing that in the GA the most boring mission a fighter pilot could be given" Jaz spoke upon hearing the words: convoy protection reminiscing about the past before Jaz ended up drifting towards hutt space and then eventually fell into the hutt cartel crowd, but that was a long and boring story who would want to hear the hassles Jaz got into simply for modifying starfighters that a space station carried

"Name's Jaz, a mercenary starfighter pilot" short and sweet even though this was a neutral planet he couldn't exactly reveal his affiliation to the hutt cartel the whole "We take people slaves, move spice and other things around" wouldn't shine Jaz in a good light, not that Jaz cared after all he was simply going with the flow of his life

 

[Taruna]

Taruna:

"Captain Wolftenn" Taruna responded with a voice that could be seen as almost true indignation. "For what kind of girl do you take me to accept being a date after merely exchanging names" but she simply could not keep her straight face up and grinned "No, seriously. I refuse the date. But I would be interested in being your companion for the festivities for the evening. We'll see what happens from there. Does that sound acceptable?"

Dawn:

"Uhh, that sounds fun!" Dawn exclaimed and had her eyes jump from one man to another "Two very different takes on the convoy duty, one seeing them as fun, one oh so very contrary." with a smile she added "Let's do a contest. Who of you had a convoy duty that was the most interesting one?" Dawn honestly was interested, since this was one of the things she could never get enough from.. standard missions that went south. Something she could probably learn from.

 

[CaptainWolfgang]

Taruna's grin put Kalo at ease after his upfront request. He followed the comment with a passing laugh and a smile of his own. "Lady Taruna, in my defense, I merely said it would take a date with someone of your beauty to convince me to go, but I suppose I could settle for a companion of your beauty instead." he said, bending his words to be more of a knowing tease than an actual excuse for his headstrong approach.

"So, do you come here often?" he asked genuinely, taking small bites of his slowly diminishing plate. It seemed like the best question for them to start talking about their life experiences, and any details about work would be ones they were comfortable sharing.

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer wasn't one for contests but he hoped that he could be able to tell the story so it was a interesting one. Taking a moment to think about it he decided that he should go first.

"Well I guess I will go first." Jaleer said a bit shy.

"Well for one thing the group was me another girl slightly older than me, than there was this really sweet young girl blind mind you who was very shy but damn did she a fire in her." Jaleer said blushing a bit about how he explained Aeryun.

"An we were protecting this convoy for a royal family. Of course, someone had to try to take it but it did turn out to be successful." Jaleer said telling only a few details for now.

"Well why don't you go next, Jaz." Though he didn't really know the guy, Jaleer didn't sense an hostile intentions from the guy.

 

[Naruto667]

Jaz payed attention and listened to the kid talk about how he had to escort a royal family convoy along with another but there wasn't any details like where they attacked or not, and if this was a contest it would see Jaz would win only because of the number of missions Jaz had to do

"Well why don't you go next, Jaz" hearing this Jaz closed his eyes and tried to remember the last convoy mission he had to do before the GA collapsed, before he remembered a mission the one that had made him a ace which wasn't much of an achievement

"For me when I was doing convoy escort about a day or two before courscant was invaded and I believe decimated by the sith imperium I along with the rest of the 112th who were called the Mynock squadron were tasked with escorting a supply convoy to a outpost in the rear lines somewhere in the outer rim in the south can't remember the planet's name..now unlike the other times were there was little to no fighting, this run was the most action packed I've seen"Jaz said pausing attempting to remember more of the mission

"We started the mission with ten freighters along with two small frigates, the two frigates carrying about 12 starfighters each, we reach the planet losing 3 freighters to pirates who boarded and captured the ships, four freighters badly damaged and the rest of the convoy had some damage"Jaz spoke as he remembered the frantic comms from the battle when it turned out that pirates were waiting inside a asteroid field on the flanks and infront two small corvettes blocked the way through the asteroids

"Let's just said a good number of us, and a few of us managed to get a number of kills, me for example managed to become a Ace"Jaz said looking out to the water before back to the duo

"Well..not that the mission mattered anyway when later the whole GA disintegrated when courscant was captured, I only found out about it after retrieving my parents very last message to me which I've kept with me all this time" tapping his belt lightly before he looked up to the sky

"After that I stumbled from space station to space station trying to ply my trade..each time getting kicked out because of a habit of mine..which was encouraged in the GA military" and with that Jaz stayed quiet as the rest of the story would have revealed his affiliation to the hutt cartel