Three is a crowd

[Hask Jen]

Coruscant/Nicky's Diner​

13:22 local time​

Hask walked through the streets of Coruscant's upper levels. For once he didn't have to venture to the Underworld to get a target and instead he could corner them at lunch. The target was a fat gangster that thought ripping off the Hutt cartels as well as targeting the Empire's high value shipping lanes was a good idea. He quickly got to their most wanted list but in his arrogance he thought he could walk around right under their noses and they wouldn't simply give one sniff to catch him. The bounty on his head was very good. Money he needed. And as much as he hated interacting with the Empire, he couldn't deny the pay was amazing.

Dressed in his Rogue armour with his lightsabers and pistols hidden under his coat he entered the simple diner. The target, known as "Tiny Tim" had been shown to visit the place known as Nicky's Diner for lunch every day. Hask observed that the owner was supposedly a close cousin and that Bobby always ordered a Bantha steak with eggs and chips...no wonder he looked the way he looked. Hask's senses were wide open. he knew he wouldn't be the only person hunting this pig. Other bounty hunters could be nearby...or even other members of the Sith Empire. Taking down a target like this would look good on anyone's resume.

He spotted the man enjoying his meal and nonchalantly wandered over and slid in at the booth across from him. He took his helmet off and his red features curled into a smug smile. "If I looked the way you did, that would be the last thing I'd eat." he said casually. The man's eyes were wide as his hands shifted under the table. He sneakily tried to draw a blaster but felt his wrist crushing as Hask used the force to make him drop the gun. He squirmed but remained in place, too afraid to make a run for it as he realised what Hask is.

Hask reached over and pulled the plate over to him then helped himself to the man's fries. "Now, Tim, you've been a thorn in a lot of people's side. I'm here to bring you in." he explained. The man tried to shift and get out of the booth but quickly slid right back into the booth with a flick of Hask's wrist. "I'm not done yet. You think I'll pass up an opportunity for a steak this good?" he mumbled with a mouth full of the meat.

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[Irolia Shen]

Irolia had walked down the street of the ever-busy street, one of millions, if not billions of streets like this one. She has taken up the bounty for some fat asshole named Tiny Tim, or she loosely looked for him. In all honesty, she mostly just took it because she was bored and haven't had much to do lately. As Irolia continued her aimless walk with Parrot flying beside its owner, she started to get hungry and went to look for someplace to eat. Not realizing that this very dinner among all the other dinners was where she would not only meet an old acquaints and her target.

As Irolia entered the dinner a few heads turned but only for a few seconds before they went back to whatever they were doing. Walking down the aisle of booths in the dinner, Irolia didn't notice "Tiny Tim" or the red-skinned pure-blooded Sith, Hask, Parrot took her attention as it started to speak to her, so she would look in the other direction than where Hask was seated. She slid in a booth of her own, right behind where Tiny Tim sat, who faced Hask. "No, we are not getting an Astromech droid, you picked the last one apart, I know how you think buddy" commented Irolia to her droid while looking through the menu.

Not getting its way, Parrot started to mumbled defiantly on the table, starting to tear the napkins apart, "It won't work Parrot, you better get used to it" told Irolia her little droid not even glancing at what her droid did. When a waitress droid appeared by Irolia's table, the Pantoran looked up from the menu, "I'll have some scamble eggs and some juice" ordered Irolia, which the droid note down and walked back to the kitchen to deliver the new order.

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[Hask Jen]

The gangster sat frozen in fear while Hask helped himself to the meal. He didn't say a word, merely stared at the pig as he ate his meal. His attention was diverted when he heard the familiar tone of a custom droid and the very familiar tone of a certain Pantoran Sith. Irolia walked past a wide-eyed Hask who was staring at her as she took a seat behind Tiny Tim. She scolded her droid as it ranted on about not getting an astromech droid.

She ordered scrambled eggs and juice, but before the droid could run off Hask spoke up. "And feel free to put it on Tiny Tim's tab along with the steak." he spoke aloud for the droid to hear. It nodded and drove off without asking any questions. He expected Irolia to turn around and face him, thus he sat with a smirk on his face as he looked at her. "Irolia. I must say it's a big surprise meeting you here of all places. Let me guess, you're here for my friend, aren't you?" he asked, putting on a very sarcastic tone with "friend". "Come, join me. It's been a while." he said kindly, motioning for her to join him and Tiny Tim at the table.

He looked Tim dead in the eye with a bored expression "You better move up or else I carve a couple hundred pounds off you and use it for seconds." he said flatly and the man quickly moved to the deepest edge of the booth to make room for Irolia.

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[Irolia Shen]

Irolia was just about to scold her droid again for making a mess of the napkins at her table when she heard a voice she never expected to hear again. Hask kriffing Jen. Turning around in her seat, her eyes fell on Hask's immediately and an eyebrow rose, followed by a smirk of her own. Parrot had even crawled up on the Pantoran's shoulder and was very talkative, recognizing the pure-blooded Sith, so much that Irolia had to hush it.

The female Sith got up from her booth and slid in between Tiny Tim not giving him a glance. "Short answer; yes, long answer; just wanted something to eat" replied Irolia with a shrug. "I think Parrot is happy to see you though," commented Irolia, watching her little droid bounce happily up and down. Parrot was in such a talkative mode for Hask it seemed, so much that it crawled down, like a spider to sit on the table. "You what? You rather want to stay with Hask? You little traitor" replied Irolia, lazily trying to slap her little droid, but it avoided her "deadly" hand, laughing at its owner.

Irolia just shook her head and turned her attention back to Hask. "So yeah, I actually just went in here for some food" began Irolia to explain as her food arrived, taking a bite of her scrambled egg. "But, I was looking for this guy, things have been a bit boring, so took this contact the empire sent out, dead or alive" continued Irolia to explain. The dead or alive seemed to make Tiny Tim twitch, not really kriffing bricks.

She took a big zip from her juice and looked at Tiny Tim with her crimson red eyes, "But what about you? Would never have guessed to see your 'ass' again, what have you been up to since we last saw each other?" Asked Irolia curiously, putting pressure on the word ass.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask took another bite of the steak as he watched her slide in beside the very confused Tiny Tim. Parrot made happy noises all the way as it climbed off her shoulder and onto the table. Hask smiled and scratched the droid on the head as his eyes moved up to hers. "Well can you blame him? I'm quite a bit more relatable than you are." he joked, waving at her with his left hand and twiddling the mechanical fingers. A bit of a bad joke, all things considered.

She explained that she was looking for the guy but just wanted to get some food. Tiny Tim was getting angry at the two Sith because this went from bounty hunting to a social call. "Hey, listen. Do you guys even-" he was cut off when Hask pointed a finger at him and zapped him with a bolt of force lightning. "Zip it, puffer pig." Hask said flatly then looked at Irolia. "Well, hate to disappoint you but he's coming with me. I need the money for a job I'm setting up." he explained and turned the plate so that Irolia could get a few fries as well. "And the Empire pays better if a target's brought in alive, so sadly I can't just impale him and call it a day...not that I would anyway, he's way too fat for me to carry." he continued. Tim looked furious. "Hey! I'm not tha-" he was cut off again when his head suddenly slammed into the table with a flick of Hask's fingers. "I told you to zip it."

Irolia took a sip of her juice when it finally arrived and Hask finished off the gangster's lunch. She asked Hask in a rather crass tone what he had been up to since they last saw each other. "Well neither did I expect to see yours again but you don't hear me complaining." he fired back with a smirk. He might just get a lightsaber through the chest today. "I've been around. Stole a Czerka ship again, ran into more rebels than I really care to like, went back to Korriban on business and almost got murdered, rebuilt my original lightsaber with some new looks...so basically nothing much out of the ordinary." he explained casually. "I did kill a couple dozen pirates here and there as well but that's nothing new." he shrugged.

His eyes lingered on hers. "What about you? Become a Sith Lord yet? Conquered a world? Found your match?" he asked, finishing with a sly grin and a wink as he joked. It might not be the best choice of joke given their history but he went with it.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Irolia found Tiny Tim amusing as Hask's control over the man got Tiny Tim electrocuted and a broke his nose. The fat human moaned in pained but dared not to speak, at least not now after that treatment. The Pantoran gave Hask a death-stare, in only the friendliest term. "As if anyone could match me, you only did it because you got me drunk" shot the blue-skinned Sith back, giving him another offended stare and waved her hand dismissive. "And sorry, but can't let you take him with you, I'm looking for enough credits for buying a new ship. Besides, would really like to have some fun with this fat shab here" commented Irolia, placing her arm on the backrests showing Tiny Tim her right hand, making lightning crackle every so slightly. Tiny Tim gulped as she saw a murderous smirk, realizing that this crazy woman actually wanted to inflict pain to him. The male on the other side seemed just interesting in turning him in for the bounty.

Moving her hand up to Tiny Tim's jawline, she held it with an iron grip, "you much rather want to come with me, don't you sweetie, we'll have so much fun together, right?" Asked Irolia flirtatious, flutter your eyelashes at the man all while tiny electricity sparks slithered over his skin. It was clearly something she did to tease Hask, as Tiny Tim actually got scared, frantic looking anywhere for help with his eyes. Unfortunate for Tiny Tim, no one dared to help him and just ignored the little scene.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask returned her stare with a half smile and raised eyebrows. "Because I got you drunk? I wasn't the one feeding you cocktail after cocktail. Besides, you weren't that gone by the time you decided to kiss me." he fired right back. Of all the times they could have this very awkward and touchy talk, this was not it. But here they were. And Hask was starting to realise that this might become quite the important talk.

He pushed those thoughts aside when she mentioned wanting a new ship. "Well I'm looking for a new arm and I need the money as well. So it seems we're at an impasse." he said flatly. He watched closely as she scared the poor fool. He looked to Hask for some sort of help and Hask was actually considering just that. Though he wasn't impressed wit the flirty nonsense Irolia was pulling. It was, in a way, childish and dimple...and it was making him angry. Why the hell would he get angry, it's lnot like he was jealous or something...

Deciding enough is enough he pointed a finger at Irolia and zapped her this time around. "That's enough of that, Irolia." he said flatly as he eyed her. "This bounty is mine, now we can figure out a compromise or we can fight it out and I really don't want to fight you." he said sternly. He felt his temperature rising and realised he was getting angry. He took a deep breath to try and calm down then looked to her again. "Look, let's not do the sith thing and start swinging lightsabers. Let's work something out here. What's your plan for your ship?" he asked much more calmly. Avoiding a fight with Irolia was at the moment critical.

He had something of a soft spot for her. Hopefully that feeling was mutual...

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Irolia sighed, huffed even a bit at Hask tone, no fun at all. The blue Sith, still holding on to Tiny Tim with her hand, glanced at Hask, "hmpf, you're no fun" commented Irolia, though she smiled a bit inside at how she made him railed up over her little move. She kinda wanted to fight Hask, it made her blood boil over the excitement. But alas, if they started to fight the target might get the idea of running away and then they would have to dig that bastard out again from whatever hole he came from. "As much as I would like to kick your ass Hask, I think you're up to something" agreed Irolia on. Look at them, all talking it out, would never have worked in the olden days.

"Something a lot larger than what I have now, that's for sure" Explained Irolia, moving back to her seat, much to Tiny Tim's relief. She even going to sell her Black Talon and was sure she could get a good amount of credit for it. "None-the-less, with this bounty and selling of my old craft, I'm sure I would give enough credits for something pretty good, due to how well this bounty here is worth" Continued the Blue Sith. Parrot looked back and forth between the two Sith, like a child between two arguing parents. "Now it's your turn, pretty boy, what's your plan for your arm?" Ask Irolia leaning forward on the table.

"Look you both seem to have some serious sexual atten~" further didn't Tiny Tim get before feeling his windpipe closing, "what part of zipping it, didn't you understand?" Asked Irolia with an icy tone, sending daggers at the poor sod beside her. "One more word and I'll slices off your balls" threaten Irolia as she released her hold on the man and turned her gaze back to Hask.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask raised an eyebrow at her comments. He was tempted to call her out over him "not being fun" but chose to keep quiet and let her talk. While their interactions weren't all that much, he had gotten enough to know that she could be volatile. She explained what she was looking for in a ship and that she would theoretically have enough with both her ship sold and the bounty turned in. He did smirk at her nickname for him, at least it wasn't "Big Red" like everybody else was calling him. He hated that name...

He opened his mouth but Tiny Tim interrupted. Hask glared at the man but Irolia shut him up pretty quickly. She threatened him and released him, but he looked to Hask for some kind of help. "Don't look at me, I'll be the one holding you down for her if you don't shut up." he said with a shrug and looked back to Irolia. He leaned forward and looked into her eyes. "Well, I've found a doctor that does prosthetics and his prices are decent. I've been digging around and found a job that could pay out more than enough coupled with the bounty. Problem is that it's going to be a handful to do alone." he explained.

He smiled at her. "Tell you what. Me and you split the bounty. Then you tag along with me on this job and I'll help you pay off your ship. How does that sound?" he finished. A second later he shrugged. "Besides, it'll give us some time to...talk. Hate to admit it but I think fatso is onto something." he admitted. Tim opened his mouth to say something but the sound of a lightsaber igniting and him screaming tore through the air. "Be glad that was your leg and not your sack." Hask said coldly as he brought his hand above the table and handed Irolia's lightsaber back to her. "Thanks, I was too lazy to use mine." he said with a cheeky grin.

"So, you in?" he asked, scratching Parrot's head while listening to the whimpering of the gangster.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

The kriffing balls this pure-blood had, how dare he use her lightsaber! He would pay for that later, some way. She narrowed her eyes at snapped her lightsaber back from the table, sending him a "lethal" death-stares. Clipping her lightsaber to her belt again she turned her gaze to Hask and thought over his proposal to split and do another job. She kind of wanted to say no, just to get on his nerves and more or less just be a pain in the ass right now, but she did need the money. "Fine, but don't think you're off the hook, mister" replied Irolia, just to show Hask that he couldn't just get away with being cheeky or get away with everything. Irolia got up and pulled Tiny Tim out rather forcefully, almost making him fall to the floor.

With a push in the back, yelled Irolia commanding "March fatty" and left the dinner with Tiny Tim. Other people in the dinner looked at each other and over at Hask due to the scene Irolia caused. Parrot looked after its owner and then at Hask, beeping to him something along the line of "I like you" before crawling up on Hask shoulder as it technically couldn't open the door in the dinner to get out and had to have Hask do it for it.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask answered her glare with a smirk and said nothing in return. She proceeded to stand up and pulled Tiny Tim along, who was limping slowly along with a hole in his leg. Hask took his helmet and followed Irolia closely. Parrot joined up with him quickly enough and gave him a few happy beeps as it sat on his shoulder. "Thanks buddy, hopefully your mistress does too." he commented as he scratched its head. He looked to Irolia and caught up to walk beside her.

Hask led the way to the bounty hunters' office and as agreed he split the bounty with her evenly. Now a couple hundred credits richer he led the way to his new ship and invited her aboard. "No time like the present. Besides, this ship is a lot faster than that other crappy freighter I had last time on Nar Shaddaa." he explained as he walked. He entered the cockpit and took a seat in the pilot's seat, hoping she'd join him in the cockpit. "Despite the circumstances, Irolia...it's good to see you again." he said to her as he started the ship up with a roar and made for open space.

Once in open space he would plot a course and they would jump to Petram Prime for their next objective...

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Tiny Tim moaned in pain and constantly tripping as he couldn't use the leg with a hole it in, which really got on Irolia's nerves. She wanted nothing more than to shot this basted, but Hask was right, they would have to carry the fat bastard. Splitting the bounty, they headed for Hask's ship and Irolia could certainly see the improvement. As they both entered the ship, followed the blue Sith Hask to the cockpit, while looking around. A smirked formed on her lips, "I bet it is" teased the Pantoran Sith her new travel companion. Parrot had switch shoulder and was not chilling on Irolia's while Irolia herself, sat down beside Hask, leaning back in her seat. She watched Hask put in the coordinates for a Petram Prime, ready for some fun to do, then just walking around being bored.

Not that She would admit it to Hask, but it was good to see him again, despite their awkward departure... Although, it could have been a much more awkward meeting anew if she had given birth to his child, so there's that.

~End Thread~​

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