CORUSCANT
10.00pm local time
He was so stupid.
Dash kicked the kerb in frustration as he wandered down the dusty street, hands in the pockets of his jacket and shoulders hunched. He wasn't cold - he was never cold - but he was doing his best to disappear.
He had been lost in the Coruscant underworld for the best part of an hour now and it was entirely his own fault.
He should just have waited at the port between transports, but the big city theatre had been too tempting. It had been well worth going, even if his friend Misha was a no-show in the end, but the shuttle back to the port had blown a relay and tipped him out in the wrong neighbourhood. Now he had to walk through one of the worst parts of the undercity.
"Hey kid".
Dash slowed and glanced back over his shoulder. A big reptile guy - Trandoshan maybe - was sitting on the kerbside a little way off.
"Yeah?" he replied, half turning but still walking. He really didn't want to talk to anyone right now.
"Come here, I wanna ask you something"
"Sorry gotta-" Dash thought fast "gotta meet my friends, they're just-" he pointed randomly "just round the corner".
Then he walked into something big that stopped him dead and he jumped back with a gasp. Two men this time, Humans but a head taller than Dash and mean looking. "Don't think so kid, there's none of your sort round here".
One of them reached for him but Dash twisted away with a dancer's grace. "Honestly guys, back off - please".
He backed away, realising he should show them what he was. He pulled his saber hilt from the hidden holster on his back. Maybe just the sight of it will scare them off. He really hoped so, he didn't want to have to use it when it still scared him too.
@Black Noise