Before Jacob could come back with a sarcastic retort, someone new joined this encounter. Jacob did not know him, but the thug appeared to. The detective frowned, his hand brushing where he kept his blaster. Things were certainly heading a direction he hadn't expected, but he supposed there were...
Jacob nodded at his companions, letting off a small grin at Nyx's grumbling. It was like having another partner, back in his police days. It had been many years since he had worked with a youth, and he had honestly forgotten how fulfilling the experience was. He made a note of that as he turned...
NAME: Iskra Banna
FACTION: Jedi Knights
RANK: Knight
SPECIES: Jawa
AGE: 22 Standard Years
GENDER: Female
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes (Trained)
APPEARANCE:
Like all Jawas, Iskra is about a meter tall, keeps her skin covered at all times with heavy brown robes, her face wrapped in a cloth shroud, and...
Nar Shadda.
If he had thought Eriadu was a dump, he clearly hadn't known about this hole of bantha dung. This rock was a blight upon the Galaxy, and if it exploded into smithereeens tomorrow, Jacob Malcolm Everbright likely wouldn't have given a damn. He'd come here pursuing a lead on a case. A...
Jacob leaned back, considering his options. He could take this man's offer, follow a mercenary into a potential trap. Or he could try to find the weequay on his own, and spend even more time and money pursuing other crap leads for years, further decreasing his odds of finding her. As unappealing...
Jacob thought the story seemed true, but not the whole truth. But he was just a man, and Al, a Jedi. If his past was something Al felt Jacob didn't need to know, he wouldn't question it. He knew better than that.
"Who, me? Ain't an interesting story, but it should pass some time."
Jacob...
Jacob didn't answer immediately, puffing on his narcotic. The Mandalorian's words had truth to them. The chances of his daughter being alive were minuscule, almost impossible, Chances were, she was long dead. But there was still a chance, no matter how small, and goddammit, he had to take that...
If Jacob was a crying man, he might have let out a tear or two at the support his new Jedi friends showed him. But he had cried himself dry over the last six years, unfortunately. He simply settled for grinning at them, especially the young kiffar.
"Well, what if it's you that's stuck with me...
Jacob sat at his table, puffing on his deathstick, simply thinking. Six years. For six years, he had struggled in the dark with no answers. For six years, he lay awake at night, wondering where his daughter was. If she was safe, if she was suffering, if she was being mistreated, if she was dead...
Jacob Everbright pressed the blaster tighter against the Twi'leks head, his gaze unwavering and his expression neutral as the alien sweat.
"I'm only gonna ask once. Six years ago, you piloted a group of weequay and a small human child. Where did you take them?"
The Twi'lek spoke in rapid...
Jacob listened attentively to Nyx, jotting down the kiffar's words. The Kiffar had found the body first, but was likely hiding in the crowd by the time he had arrived. Made sense. She hadn't known him, had no idea he was a detective. For all she had known, he could've been the kille-
Wait. Did...