Pre-TL: Early Holiday

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Barde’s Den, Planet Taris, Outer Rim Territories

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It was another typical night at a cantina known as Barde’s Den in the Talinn District. The usual crowd of spacers, blue collar workers and merchants otherwise filled the establishment. Life Day was coming up in three weeks but the general opinion in the crowd can be summed up in two words. ‘Why wait?’

So as the music played on auto in the background many of the patrons were celebrating early holiday for whatever excuse. Some ate, drank and enjoy their company. A few preferred to be alone. Others were making deals legal or otherwise.

At a large round table in the center away from the bar stand seven beings were finishing a ‘friendly game’ of Sabacc with a droid dealer. Most were already out of leaving three left to play for the final round. Among them sited in the left hand side was a certain
human wearing a dark hat and a grayish jacket. While smoking a cigarette in the corner of the mouth Kuro Sawa held his remaining cards with the right hand.

The Freelancer maintained a neutral expression so not to give himself away. Looking up from the cards to his competitors, he noted the female Klatooinian in makeshift armor silently sneering at him and a Jawa chuckling at both of them. The others were watching interest as the trio said nothing, waiting for the other to make the first move.

The eye that observes is stronger, the eye that perceives is weaker. Kuro reminded himself. The smoke from his cigarette continued to ascend up into the air in thin lines. Finally frustrated with the pace of the game the Klatooinion taunted in Basic with a heavy accent.

“Ready to call it quits sleemo?”

Kuro Sawa with his free hand pulled the cigarette out of the mouth and answered by blowing smoke at the pirate’s face. The latter growled menacingly but the Jawa next to her interrupted in his native tongue.

“Vala uqhubeke nokudlala.”

The Klatooinian turned her ire towards the little guy while Kuro thought sarcastically. This may get more interesting.

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It was his fifth cup of Caf within the hour and the impact was felt immediately after finishing the cup. His stomach roared and his bladder was past its limit. Kent looked around, he only had seconds to find solitude. Crowds lined every store and restaurant; the streets were filled with people buying gifts and party favors. Festival music and dancers lined the streets to ensure everyone had a joyous time. For Kent, it wasn't a joyous time anymore. Kent looked around as he felt himself getting hot and about to have a very messy accident when he found his target: a cantina. He began running and pushing over a few people in the process.

"Lavatory?" He asked nobody in particular as he escaped the loud festivities from the street, "Refresher?"

Kent ran all around the cantina looking for his destination while his body began to turn against him. Kent kept running and somehow ran into a waiter-droid and knocked over the tray of drinks into somebody's lap. It didn't stop him one bit because he found the lavatory. Kent entered it and found relief.

 

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Dennys was having the time of his life, like he always did anywhere he went. He was about two pints of beer in to...whatever he was doing, he didn't even know anymore. There was broken glass, two Gotals post-suplex into the floor, and a few clapping patrons as some thugs rifled through the unconscious mens' clothes for credits and other valuables. For his par the human threw up his arms as if having won a prize fight, giving a loud "WHOO!" before moving back into the bar proper. Whatever they did, they probably deserved it. Probably.

Despite the partial intoxication and roughhousing, Dennys' red floral print shirt was immaculate as he went to stand over the card game being played between some people that REALLY needed to get laid and unwind. "I'll put ten credits on one of you kriffers pulling a blaster on another. Let's see some BLOOD, WHOO!" Yes, he knew he was obnoxious, yet that's how he lived life. If someone wanted to voice their displeasure, they were free to. That would mean Dennys was free to use the Force to crush the guy's nuts like a magical vice. He REALLY hoped someone decided to pick a fight. He had a nice buzz going.

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Just before Kuro Sawa could even blink someone ran into a server droid causing it to throw it over the Klatooinian pirate’s lap. There was utter silence from sheer shock among those at the gambling table. None more so than the dog faced raider who let her mouth dropped, revealing sharp teeth looking down at her now soiled pants. As for Kuro his stoic mask crumpled, revealing widened eyes and mouth gaping.

I did not see that coming at all.

Subsequently a boisterous man in a red shirt step forward betting that one of the card players was going to draw a blaster. At that taunt the Klatooinian roared for all present to hear and suddenly flipped the table over, cards, coins and all. Acting on instinct Kuro jumped out of his seat and most of the other patrons did the same. The enraged alien went for her pistol at the holster.

“Utinni!” Shouted the Jawa player in a battle cry who leapt from his own chair onto the pirate’s face.

Blinded and pissed the Klatooinian tried to shake the little guy off her snarling and cursing. She flail her arms around and accidentally punched a male human bystander in the jaw who then fell back collapsing on a blue Twi’lek’ who cried out.

Upon that sight the other patrons at the overturned table without further hesitation started to fight one another. Soon like a plague it spread all over the cantina. Chairs flew in the air and fists thrown and glasses used as clubs in the midst of the chaos. Kuro stood there quietly watching the mayhem unfolding before him.

Without warning he threw up his head and laughed at the sight. Swifty he entered the fray tackling a young Duros in a pilot outfit.

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The door opened and Kent stepped out. Immediately he was punched in the face and the lights went out.