What happened to the Grievous Acklay?

[Roa Roa Grisbaw]

Roa Roa sighed as she maneuvered her Mynock-series freighter through the asteroid field, dodging quicky an asteroid after the other. "We should be almost there, just hold tight because that asteroid field is tough to get through" she said through the ship's intercom to her passengers: Kalanda, Eithni, Jayscreec and Cardinal. The latter two had been asked to join them to have some additional support since they didn't know what would they encounter there.

"Heeeere we go" she sighed in relief as they got through the field, and started to slowly approach a large, ancient ship that loomed over some desert planet that hadn't been charted yet.

"Alright guys, our mission is waiting us there. As I debriefed you when we started that journey roughly a week ago, we're looking for a laboratory where we could find the formula of the so-called Sickness, a creation of Sith Alchemy that is able to give someone immortality, although if something goes wrong, the person who tries to do so becomes a zombie, and well, an outreak can happen if left unchecked. That's probably what happened to the Grievous Acklay's crew. I hope you're not squeamish. Kalanda, mind showing our guests the holocron's contents?"

@Algarus @Raven_41 @Brick @Ediwa

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni had been way too excited for this trip and been way too active with way too much energy. Kalanda had to often remind Eithni to breathe, because of how long Eithni just rambled on with no breaks. It suddenly got very crowded, when they decided to pick up a couple more people or maybe not crowded as the ship was big enough. However, it got a bit more difficult to do whatever she and Kalanda wanted to do without being noticed by the others.

While it didn't stop Eithni from being very affectionate to her Kala, as in cuddling on the sofa or giving a couple of kisses here and there on the long journey into wild space. Eithni didn't know who Ayscreec and Cardinal were, and it didn't really matter that much to her. Nothing could possibly sour her mood. Though, Eithni might come off as a girl with way too much energy as she found fun in the most random activities. The likes of running around with her sith cloak in a circle on the ship, just to get it to billow with the wind it pushing it up. Another thing were to, unintentional though, annoy the two other passengers with a lot of questions as she sat beside them for some time.

When the time came for sleeping, the witch would just start to take her attire off, not in the slightest thinking it was not a normal thing to do and most of the times, would Kalanda stop her from just get completely naked and remind the girl that she couldn't do that.

When they finally arrived, was Eithni really in a good mood and rather giddy, because they were going to meet real zombies! She couldn't wait to see how different these were from her own people's.

@Algarus @samdragon @Brick @Ediwa

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda indeed had her hands full. Eithni was bouncing off the walls, and despite the woman's attempts, she could not seem to keep the witch calm for long. One thing that helped was the fact they had shared quarters, or rather decided they would shared quarters. The affection they shared was nice, but there was a concern of just what her precious Eithni was getting involved with. Eithni didn't seem to pleased by the addition of their guests, though it seemed to be more to do with Kalanda not allowing her to walk around the ship nude like the woman preferred it; which no matter how often Kalanda tried to explain it, the witch never seemed to understand.

On the day of arrival, Kalanda kept hold of Eithni, trying to at least try to keep the girl from bouncing all over the place. Finally, Kalanda merely took the smaller frame girl and pulled her into a tight hug, locking her into place on Kalanda's lap. Last thing they needed was an overly hyperactive Eithni. While Kalanda found the behavior rather adorable, the rest of the crew didn't understand her Nini like she did. When asked to present the holocron's contents, Kalanda would do so, taking the object and projecting it by channeling her dark power into it, as the message would replay to their new guests. "Jay, we've worked together several times already, so I see no issues looming before us. Cardinal, I know little of you, but I trust you won't attempt to double cross us. The consequences for doing so would be dire, as you might imagine."

@samdragon @Brick @Ediwa @Raven_41

 

[Jayscreec Alecwit]

Jayscreec took apart his whole armament. Both cleaning equipment he brought were vividly used, and when he finished his own blasters he also went through Cardinal's weaponry. They were all shiny and bright, in Jay's handbook "battle-ready". The power packs had been recharged.

One weird thing around Jay was his protocol droid. It followed him all around and seemed to be curious of military equipment. On one occasion in a random discussion it called humans meatbags, but only Jay knew more about this Hunter-Killer personality matrix.

Jay watched Eithni as she glorified Kalanda. It came off childish due the opposite behavior of adults, but he kept his opinions. Better not ask, he still had enough private time with Kalanda that satisfied Jay.

"So what do know of this magic ship?"

@Algarus @Raven_41 @Brick @samdragon

 

[Cardinal Paroaria]

Cardinal was surprised he was here. Usually he only did jobs for the Empire, with the Empire fragmenting, yet again, Cardinal had to find other pay sources. With the Paroaria Mafia family also fragmenting, Cardinal lost a lot of power and assets. He had to rely on his "doomsday" plan now, calling in favors from politicians and company executives he had worked for previously. He was thankful he still had Jay to connect him with other jobs as well, such as this one.

Cardinal had worked with many species before, but he had never seen, much less hear, from a Gungan before. He didn't know any of his new and temporary teammates except Jay. Once Jay finished cleaning his gear, Cardinal nodded thanks and looked around the ship. Jay wasn't the only Imperial aboard, there was also a Sith. The Crusader used her dark sorcery to replay the message Cardinal had received. When Cardinal first got it, he thought it sounded rather harsh. Apparently Jay hadn't told the Empire the countless jobs Cardinal had done. "Don't worry bout' me lady. I've worked with the Sith Empire many times. Their one if not the biggest contractors me and my men work for. No need for your...petty consequences." Cardinal had brought two of his shrinking army of men. "And hey, I'm one of you too!" Cardinal pulled one of his lightsabers from beneath his Jacket and waved it around.
@Algarus @Raven_41 @Ediwa @samdragon

 

[Roa Roa Grisbaw]

Roa turned on the autopilot, heading towards one of the large hangar bays the ship had on its sides, but she slowed down the freighter so it would take around a hour or so to reach it. In the meantime, she got out of the cockpit and went to the area where her fellow adventurers waited. She pulled out of her bag she had with her a small box containing five injectors and distributed to them. "I'm not entirely sure what we will find in there, but one thing is sure: we're going to be in danger most of the time, given that the ship, according to the informations we found in the holocron, was both a scientific vessel and a prison ship, probably to have as many 'test subjects' as possible. Probably the whole crew has become zombies and remained like this for huh, centuries. The serum indeed gave them immortality, but not in the pleasant way a Sith would experience it. According to some documents, the best way to deal with them is to decapitate them, burn them and such, to make sure they won't stand up again. Aim for the head, and DON'T GET BITTEN. The serum I gave you is a vaccine for the militarized airborne version of the Sickness that has been likely tried too, but a bite from these zombies or getting in contact with their excretions will still doom you. Inject it" she said with a serious tone, using the injector to take the vaccine herself. "What we're looking for is a laboratory where there should be a document of some kind that has inside it the formula for the serum. I'm not sure if it's held in a datapad, a holocron or even in a folder with other paper sheets, so we'll have to search thoroughly. The formula, according to the holocron's creator, has been written in Ancient Sith and disguised as a," she sighed "cooking recipe. Don't ask me why."