Of All The Gin Joints In All The World

[argutator]

It is a beautiful evening on corillia: the sun is slowly beginning to set and the night is slowly closing in. Unfortunately, Murray and Rachell have been busily working in the ADI R&D laboratory all day. Murray is quickly binge smoking cigarettes as he works filling the entire room with wisps of smoke. Rachell, who is very unfond of cigarettes, starts to become upset. The cigarette scent floods Rachull’s senses; she begins to chough does this guy have any care for others?, she thought to herself. Finally, once she no longer could stand the smell, she collected all of her materials and walked over to Murray’s cubicle.

“Can you be more Inconsid-” she started to say but stop after looking at him. Murray was stretched out on the floor shirtless; as he lay he puffed his cigarette. The sight of Murray’s body caused Rachell to blush and she quickly turn away to hide this. “Www-hy don’t you have a shirt on?” she stuttered “don’t you know I work here too? You should put your clothes back on!”


@Murray Mitchel @Noah Jacen

 

[Murray Mitchel]

“I’m sorry I didn’t know ya were my boss. OH wait you’re not. You’re MY assistant!” Rachell quickly turned to face Murray and slapped him. “ Owww….”

“I’m sorry but it helps me think better; lying down calms my head and its hot in this building” Murray said as he began buttoning his shirt. “I have been looking into ways to help balance the odds against a normal person fighting a sith.” He could tell from her eyes that Rachell was interested.

At that time, Murray heard footsteps coming from the entrance of the laboratory. He extended the force to sense that it was Noah. “Eyy Noah! What brings you to my little part of hell?”

 

[Noah Jacen]

"Little bit of a lotta fings." Noah remarked as he stepped into the lab.

The whole place felt like a mess to someone like Noah. It only did because he didn't fully understand the purpose of everything in the room. Some weird blinky things with lights and some whirring noises and yeah it was a mess. Noah stood there for a moment, dressed in his dark grey fatigue pants tucked into black combat boots and a light grey t-shirt tucked into the pants, looking around at the still blushing Rachell and then Murray still crawling off the ground. Noah reached into the pocket of his off-duty leather jacket (complete with a blue stripe down the right arm) and rummaged for a set of keys.

"Wanna go for a pub crawl? Bring you're little friend wiv us?"

 

[argutator]

"Excuse me!" Rachell marched over to Noah " I dont just go for a drink with a stranger I havn't met yet. Who do you think I am? Now if you'll excuse me.." She turned, her labcoat and red hair brushed straight into Noah "...I have much to work on and don't have time to DD for your pleasure!"

 

[Murray Mitchel]

Murray couldn't believe what he had just heard. " Eyy! Roxy! Get back here! You don't just decline a drink from your boss!"


Rachell blushed "My name's Rachell! NOT Roxy" she pouted.

Murray stood up and walked over towards Noah "Sure I'll join you for a drink. Rachell will too won't you Rachell??" Murray could hear the redhead mumble some words under her breath as she nodded in agreement.

 

[Noah Jacen]

Noah looked the redhead up and down. Pretty young thing, isn't she? He thought about undressing her with his eyes but that would take a bit too much focus right now. Murray, on the other hand, had little left to keep for Noah's imagination, as the two had already seen each other almost completely naked.

"I'm really not your boss, Red." He commented to Rachell. "Technically I'm just the Commander of ADI Marines, you guys are R&D. But you're totally coming." He motioned with his head back at the door through which he came. "Lesgo."

The trio walked through the halls of the ADI office headquarters, going down a couple flights of stairs to get to the garage. Noah walked amongst the parked airspeeders until he found one that he like. He let one of them call shotgun as he approached the driver's side and hopped in. He put the key in the ignition, gave it a twist, and the repulsordrives hummed to life as the speeder lifted off the ground. He left the garage, still thinking about the last ride he had in a speeder...

Rain pouring down as drops pattered against the windshield of Vanguard-1. A kid in the streets, his body lifeless...

Noah managed to barely pay enough attention to flying to keep them safe. The radio was turned up blasting something that sounded punky and edgy while he bobbed his head to the thumping drumline. The singer was saying something about how he doesn't understand the listener, so the listener shouldn't pretend to understand him. Then something about makeup stains on a pillowcase. Whatever it was, Noah liked it. He could identify with it.

 

[Murray Mitchel]

Noah knew he tricked Rachell, but it didn't matter to him (really since Murray is head of R&D he was her boss) all that mattered was the time ahead.

As Noah flew them towards his "special pub", Murray couldn't help but feel the sense of disturbance within Noah. The aura of dark pain surrounded Noah watch yourself noah, whatever is on your mind is greatly affecting you, he thought.

Noah parked in front of the pub: from the outside its appearance was bland. The face of the building was grey stained with bullet holes, blood splots, and the occasional mysterious mark. Above the door stood the only item that confirmed that this was indeed a bar: a neon red sign the read
Twin Skeleton's

A pair of Twi'lek women stood at the corner of the building. The sound of security sirens and blaster shots broke the silence of the night. Compared to its surroundings, the bar definitely looked more appealing.
Off all the places you pick here?

The threesome walk into the bar. Noah is greeted by the bartender as he takes a seat. Murray and Rachell follow suit.
"I'll start off with one shot of Corellian Whiskey" he calls to the bartender.

 

[argutator]

Rachell Looked around the inside of the pub. The walls of the building were completely wooden on the inside. Lots of unique knickknacks hanged from the walls. On one side, a holoscreen presented the local sports network. A large bundle of people huddled around to see the action. In the corner adjacent, one man leaned against the wall next to the restrooms. Well the inside looks more comforting then the outside did, she said reassuring herself.

"I'll start off with one shot of Corellian Whiskey"

Rachell knew what would happen if she drank too much. "Ill have a pint of John Atom's beer". The bar tender nodded and proceeded to give each person their order. She took a small sip of her beverage and felt the minor sting of the alcohol going down her throat: A sensation of tingles down the neck.

She looked over to the other two party members I barely know these people. Why am I here? Now Murray I can trust pretty well but this Noah...

 

[Noah Jacen]

Noah walked into the bar, thinking it a good place to start the crawl. The Twin Skeleton's was a well-loved dive that many people came to, being at the end of major pedyway avenue, and down the road from about 7 other pubs. Noah waved to the barkeep, a Zeltron woman with blue skin, and she already knew what he wanted. She mixed the pint-concoction and slid it down the shiny wood bar to him.

"For once, Commander, it's on the house." The woman spoke to him in a tone that implied they had known each other a very long time, and there was a deep mutual respect as he nodded and stopped the beer on its slide across the wood.

He look further down the bar and saw his old dropship pilot from Varne's flagship. A friendly Twi'lek man, his guntruck driver from The Trenches. There was a reason Noah chose this pub over others, and the reason became clearer with every knowing smirk and reverent nod exchanged with the patrons. A couple of men stood up with pints, raising them high above their heads as people looked on. They gestured with the glass mugs at the Commander, people drawing the mental connection.

"This man..." The patron burped a little and wobbled on his feet, but steadied himself. "This man saved my life more times than I can remember right now." He slurred drunkenly but with purpose. "I would personally like to toast him..." He jerked the pint in the air a little and a large number of patrons raised their glasses in kind. "To Commander Noah Jacen! Blurryface, you'll see us waiting for you in Hell!"

"TO BLURRYFACE!" The group mused in unison, cheating and drinking.

Noah nursed his drink, leaning over Kyan's noticeably wincing whenever his name or his nickname was mentioned. He squinted, the muscles around his eyes twitching faintly. He wasn't a hero, he felt like a monster. Like nothing but a failure. He'd seen a lifetime and a half's worth of war but he'd never see it end. The galaxy was prone to war, and it was no more than a permanent state of being that never fully ended. Someone was fighting over some rock or ideology somewhere at some time. It never fevking changes. He sipped at his best again, trying to ignore the celebration in his name.

 

[Murray Mitchel]

Murray cheered with the others. As the crowd began to repeat its praise, he slowly began to feel the buildup of dark depression within Noah. Noah sat almost trying to hide from his fans.
I simply can't let you go down this path Noah.

He stood up from his seat and slapped Noah in the face. The crowd suddenly stopped and stared some got up to fight Murray "Get over yourself Noah. You have A branch to run! You can not sulk!". Tears started to run down his face " I Won't watch you go down the wrong path. WE HAVE A MISSION. A mission to take out the darkness." Murray got back to his seat and sat down. He clutched his beverage and downed its contents. "Remember this time Noah."The crowd looked at Noah to see how to respond.

 

[argutator]

Rachell stared in shock What have I just seen?, she thought to herself.

Rachell couldn't tell whether this was the most sober she had seen Murray or the most drunk. Regardless, it was obvious that Noah's situation was really affecting Murray. She wrapped her arm around his and placed her head on his shoulder. Murray turned and just looked at her; maybe it was the alcohol or just her conscious, it didn't matter she just wanted to make Murray feel better the same with Noah. Even though she didn't know these people very well, she understood they had went through a very difficult time and were still recovering...

 

[Noah Jacen]

Noah didn't realise he'd shed a tear, not until he was met with a spa across his face by cold metal. He snapped, and the world around him blurred with motion as people moved to ready for the fight, bracing against each other and holding people back.

"YEW FOOKING WOT, MATE?!!?" He turned around, pointed a thumb at Murray. "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things To Do!" He turned around and blurred as he threw a punch at Murray's jaw enough to throw Rachell off the old Jedi if it landed right. He would follow by simply tackling the man to the ground before wailing on him.

Bodies around him swung and threw hands as hits landed in the group, no one knowing who was hitting who.

 

[Murray Mitchel]

Noah’s first hit caused Murray to flip out of his chair. He then watched Noah lunge at him; instinctively, Murray rolled to his left and watched him fall straight into nothingness. Testosterone filled Murray This is fun . he thought to himself. Murray rolled onto his feet and positioned himself defensively awaiting Noah’s next move.

Fighting was still in full flow throughout the bar short-fused, trigger happy psychos Murray chuckled “This is my kind of party”

 

[Noah Jacen]

Noah's tackle fell through when Murray side-stepped out of the way. He tumbled to the floor as a chair went flying and he ducked hard to avoid being hit. He took advantage of the bedlam and his now low center of gravity to blitz clean into Murray's legs. The man tried to sidestep or deflect him or something but Noah had come with too much momentum to be stopped.

His head went between the man's knees and lifted him clean into the air, over the bar and into the liquor bottles lined up on shelves. The shattered glass rained as the many coloured liquids sprayed and dribbled all over everything and Jacen felt he had been cut by something cuz the alcohol stung an open wound on his side.

Noah brought his head up, his eyes leveling with the always drowsy eyes of Murray. His hand came back, cocking back his fist to land a single solid blow right into the former Jedi's nose. He was stopped by a loud noise. The whole bar went silent as a blaster went off into the ceiling. Everything stopped. Nobody moved, nobody spoke, nobody so much as breathed. Noah turned to look over his shoulder to see who had stopped the fight.

 

[argutator]

Rachell couldn't stand this fight... it was meaningless... it was stupid... it was over?
She turned at the sound of a blaster. At the door stood two uniformed policemen. " Stay where you are! " one of the men called out as he aimed his blaster at both Murray and Noah.
The other man walked over to Murray and Noah with cuffs. "we are taking the two of you in to headquarters for disrupting the peace and destruction of property." He then proceeded to cuff the two men. The four men walked out the bar leaving Rachell alone, she quickly ran outside and went over to the hovercar following the police.
those stupid guys ughhh