A Deadbeat Walks into a Bar

[Jason Vaiken]

What better way to celebrate a successful mission then spending 40% of her earnings at a bar? I mean let's be real, if you made a shitton of money and had no idea how to save it. You'd go on a spending spree too. She was supposed to go and hack a bank and just siphon money from a certain account, but... who cares that she may have siphoned money from others on top of the one she did. It's not like they'll miss it, or if they do miss it, screw 'em. Not like they'll ever catch her. She sits alone at the bar anyone brave enough to get close to her gets a deadly glare that could melt someone's head and goes back to musing.

As she casually sips a beer, she can't help but think that this is the life.

@Prudence

 

[Prudence]

The dim lights and raucous crowd was a feeling of nostalgia to the aging man. He'd spent so much of his youth in places like this, drinking his life and every credit he had away. Lately, though, he'd been forced to have his drinks within the confines of his citadel. With tensions heating up, and combat becoming more open he was quickly seen more as the ruthless killer than the freedom fighter that he'd been seen to be in the news only weeks ago. With time, though, the Mandalorian people had begun warming to the thought of freedom and revolution. All was going according to his plan.

Stepping through the crowd he spotted a young blonde girl sitting at the bar. She looked at least old enough to be an adult, and quite his type. Sliding into the bar seat beside her he waved down the bartender,

"A corellian beer for myself, and another of whatever she's drinking for her." he turned his attention to her, "And what might your name be, hot stuff?"

 

[Jason Vaiken]

She glances at the man who approached her and ordered her a drink, she was interrupted... well, this is going to be great. Her dad's right next to her and just hit on her. What. A. Pleasant. Surprise.

As the drink was passed to her she didn't say anything yet and opened her mouth, "Saviin Echoy'la, your daughter by the way. It's finally great to meet you. Saw you on the news, so I wanted to try to meet up with you sort of and for some reason. You decided to ruin my celebration."

She looked him in the eye and gave him a slight frown.

"So I'll give you 100 credits right now if you could guess my mother's name."

 

[Prudence]

Prudii's hand had already lifted his glass and he was about to take a sip from it when the woman's words pierced the air like a knife. His DAUGHTER?! Snapping his head around he looked the girl over, his chest immediately filled with ice. The last name sounded familiar? Maybe? He couldn't remember. He had no idea he'd actually had a child. By the looks of it, it'd been a long time ago.

"Ah.. well... it's nice to meet you.. Saviin?"

At her witty comeback he pursed his lips "Did it start with an S?"

 

[Jason Vaiken]

"Sarad, so yes. you are correct." Without further ado she places a hundred credit chip on the bar and then pocketed it, "I'm going to go and deduct it due to your lack of paying child support for 18 years."

She gives him a wink and drains her beer.

"So I hope that maybe you can do me a favour and totally, totally, let me crash with you. I promise that I'll be good. I want to go free Mandalore and all that, bring back the old ways, and do all these wonderful things, with you."

 

[Prudence]

Prudii shot the girl a confused look. He briefly remembered a Sarad, though their fling had been short and hot - apparently far longer for Sarad though. In the course of a minute he'd learned he had a daughter, and apparently she wanted to help with freeing Mandalore? He arched an eyebrow,

"Uh hold on here. Why do you need a place to stay? And how did you find me or even know who I am?! I need a bit of proof that you're really my daughter."

 

[Jason Vaiken]

Without a word she reaches into her hip and places a blaster pistol she knows for a fact Prudii would remember on the bar and slides it to him for inspection. She knows this is her father's because her mother gave it to her when she was younger as a gift of sorts.

"I wanted to meet up with you to make sure that you didn't do anything too stupid. It's kind of easy to learn who you are, after all, you were recently on the holo news and besides. Like it or not, you are my dad, and I hope that perhaps now that you know I exist you could be something of a fatherly influence on me."

Or not.

 

[Prudence]

Well Kriff.

Prudii remembered the blaster alright, it'd been his favorite at the time. The trigger custom, a hair trigger, he'd used it to kill a lot of people that owed debts to the Hutts. He hadn't seen it in nearly 20 years, though it was shabby compared to the technology he could get his hands on now. Must've fallen off my belt while... things... were happening with what's her face.

Picking the pistol up and turning it over in his hand for a moment he set it back down,

"Well... that solves that..." he looked a little sheepish "So you said you wanted a place to stay...?"

 

[Jason Vaiken]

She surveyed him carefully, seeing the sheepish look on his face she decided to let him up as she took the blaster and slipped it into her holster on the side.

"It's alright, what matters is that I'm here now and promise not to be too much of a headache. But, yes, I do need a place to stay. It's kind of a... sticky situation, but I may have emptied some people's bank accounts and I would rather not lead them to mom. I am very very good, with computers especially hacking and stuff. It's a lot of fun, especially when I empty assholes bank accounts."

She chuckles a bit and gives him a smile oddly like his, with that little glint in her eyes. She gives him a once over and takes another sip of her beer and glances around the bar. Trying to find another topic, but... Man, this is awkward.

 

[Prudence]

Prudii stared into the eyes of the young girl as she holstered the blaster pistol, and looked him over as well. Her speech was short, sweet, and not even remotely moving. But there was something about having a kid he'd always wondered about. He'd been hesitant to settle down and have one due to the annoyance and liability of having an infant, but now whatever her name was had saved him the trouble, and churned out a fully grown and emotionally kessed up girl for him, the perfect recipe. I turned out fine, didn't I?

He shrugged, finishing the last bit of his drink and stood silently, stepping away for a minute before turning his head to face her, "You coming?"

 

[Jason Vaiken]

She stood up and follows behind giving him a soft smile, "Of course dad."

Let's go see how this goes, she shouldn't be this unfair... But, it's hard to get over 18 years of anger. But, they'll work on it.

So with her father leading the way, she begins a new chapter in her life.

//End thread.