Clear Waters

[The New Guy]

RISHI
1500 Hours
[Death-Disabled]
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Chos loved Rishi, between the humid tropical climate, and the gang-like atmosphere, he couldn't decide what he liked most about it. The colony world was beautifully colored, the cyan blue oceans and the lightly toned trees all spoke to him. He was about in a spaceport just outside a low-profile port-town. As he descended slowly, he turned to his gunner, Arden, and told him to shut the turret off and head to the bridge.

He brought "The Outsider" to a dock in the north site of the spaceport and landed flawlessly. The Mandalorian got up out of his chair and pushed a button on the console to open the ramp in the rear of the ship. As he was leaving the bridge, he looked at Arden and said "Hey, I'm gonna grab my gear and head out. I need you and EmFor to run a system check on the ship, and when you're done with that gear up and meet me at the spaceport entrance." The little droid, M4, had been of little use since he got Zek to join him in his misadventures; but he was still a good navigator, so he kept him around.

Chos made his way to the cargo hold and weapons bay of the ship. He wasn't in armor, and was expecting more of a good time rather than a fight, so he was dressed in black assault pants and a casual looking cyan button-up. As he entered the weapons bay, he grabbed his XPC rifle, two stuns grenades, and his B-8R blaster. He put the B-8R in his concealed holster, slung the rifle over his back and put the two grenades on his back. The mercenary wanted to show that he was looking for a good time, but meant business. With all his gear in place, he made his way to the ship's ramp an proceeded into the tiny port.

As he entered the lobby of the desolated port, he reminded himself why he was here. He was here to find a place to lie low, and go drinking, but mostly lie low. If he couldn't find a place to lie low, he wanted to find a vacation home. It was a silly objective, but he figured it was worthwhile. After recapping his plan, he exited the spaceport and leaned again a pillar right outside the entrance, waiting for Arden.

@Zek @Coted @Richie B.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason had landed the ship following the lead he had on the small time bounty, Chos who he has chased for a bit now of course this bounty wouldn't have usually interest him but it gave him a chance on working with a newer member of the BHG. Which was something Jason was interested in, so it felt like a good opportunity for him to have some fun, who knew maybe he could have some fun with the female bounty hunter. Jason and the girl was standing over a ridge looking at a small town, a place where one can hide if someone really wanted to. So it wasn't that surprising for the bounty hunter that his prey would be here, and with the fact it wasn't that much space the hunter felt confident if the bounty was here he could find him.

"Well darling, or do you prefer Jia? Either way supposedly our target is in this quiet peaceful town. You ready to rumble?" Jason smiled hoping to test out his partners reaction to what he said, it would help him understand who he was going to be working with.

He was dressed fabulously with a shiny black trench coat and dark grey dress shirt, and black pants the bounty hunter thought he could have passed off as a model, or even a hiding porn star. Though he made sure to keep that to himself, he carried with him, his gauntlets, the jumper boots, his gutripper was strapped to him, his two stun pistols and two stun grenades. He was hoping to have some fun of course without the cost of life.

He was ready and though most of his weapons besides the gutripper was hidden by the rain coat he felt that no one would really suspect his gorgeous face to belong to a trained hunter of criminals. Though his target might know his face since they have crossed paves before, which did make this a bit dangerous though Jason wasn't overly worried about it all.

@Coted @Zek

 

[Coted]

Jia hadjust recently arrived on Rishi with Jason to chase a small bounty. To be honest, she didn’t really care about the 15k credits that she’d make, she just wanted to be the one to bring Chos Zy’roth in. She was dressed in denim pants, a grey blouse, and a black bantha leather jacket over that. She had her two blasters, set to stun, tucked in hidden belt holsters and a single supernova grenade in her jacket pocket.



She was standing next to Jason on a ridge that looked over one of the planet’s many colony towns. She had never worked with the man before, but figured he was a good hunter. They had been standing on the ridge for a good while when Jason said "Well darling, or do you prefer Jia? Either way supposedly our target is in this quiet peaceful town. You ready to rumble?". Jia chuckled and responded.


“I prefer Jia. And yes, I’m more than ready to rumble.” She really couldn’t tell if the man was trying to flirt or not; if he was, it was a terrible attempt. Regardless, Jason didn’t really seem like her type. That, and she didn’t want to get remotely involved with anybody in her line of work. She brushed her hair off her shoulders and began to survey the town. That’s when she saw a bar nearby; she decided she needed a drink. “Hey Jason, I’m gonna go look around on foot. You keep an eye out from here.” She got down from the ridge and walked into town.


Upon arriving at the bar, she ordered a bottle of ale from the strange bird-person behind the bar. Her drink arrived shortly afterwards and she took a big gulp the moment it showed up. As she sat at the bar drinking, she wondered if Chos might show up to the local watering hole.


@Cinereous @Zek

 

[Zek]

Rishi was an awful place filled with quite the lowlifes. The planet had a nasty reputation and nastier inhabitants. As The Outsider docked, Arden got up from the copilot seat and stretched, hen wasn't much of a pilot himself and felt a lot more comfortable working copilot controls. He wondered briefly how Chos had convinced him to come along to this backwater rock, but dismissed it. He needed a little break, even if it was on this criminal hideout of a world.

He nodded to the other Mandalorian as he had him do a systems check. He then looked to the droid nearby and shrugged. He quickly typed at the console and set up the systems check. He then moved to the rear of the ship and grabbed his blue Mandalorian armor, donning it with practiced hands, foregoing his carbine for his heavy blaster pistol, tucking it firmly in his leg holster. He didn't trust this world as far as he could throw it, and didn't wish to be caught with his pants around his ankles.

After grabbing his things, the Mandalorian exited the ship and caught up to his companion. The starport was in complete disrepair, of course it was, after all this was Rishi.

"You sure know how to pick 'em di'kut," chided Arden as he leaned against a dilapidated wall.

 

[The New Guy]

It didn't take Arden long to catch up to him. Chos stopped leaning on the wall as his companion approached him. He could tell by Arden's expression and sarcastic comment that the man was not enjoying Rishi. "Just remember your place di'kut vod." He chuckled after his comment, and started to walk towards the town. "Come on, let's get a drink and then we can go look for a place out here.". He motioned for his companion to follow him., finally notciing that the man was in armor. He didn't really appreciate the man being in something high-profile, but Chos wasn't exactly under the radar either because he had a rifle slung on his back.

The duo eventually reached a bar in the small port-colony they had landed in. As he walked through the doors, his heart stopped beating for a second. Sitting at the far end of the bar, he saw Jia Vogu sipping on a drink. What the kriff is she doing here? he thought to himself. In reality he knew why she was here, she was here to bring him in. However, despite knowing this, Chos decided he would go talk to her. He looked at Arden beside him and said "Listen, I'm gonna go talk to somebody. I'm pretty sure she's a bounty hunter, and she might have backup. Incase she does, I want you to stop anybody who looks shady and ask 'em who they are." He promptly left Arden's side and walked over to Jia.

He reached her and took the empty seat next to her. He ordered a mug of rum and turned to the hunter besides him."Hey beautiful, how are you doing?"

 

[Coted]

After sitting at the bar for a few minutes, Jia finished her drink. Deciding to wait here a little longer, she ordered some fruity concoction and began to sip on it. As she took a rather large gulp from it, she noticed a man sit next to her. To her delight, and amusement, it was Chos. As soon as the man had ordered a drink, he had turned to her and offered a flirty introduction. “I’m not doing too bad. How are you doing handsome?” She winked at Chos and proceeded to give him a visual pat down. The man wasn’t exactly low profile, he had a rifle slung over his back yet he was dressed casually. She had to admit, the mercenary didn’t look half bad.


Putting her previous thoughts aside, she wondered if he knew why she was here. He was a wanted man, and she was a bounty hunter; so she figured that he’d already pieced the puzzle together. Jia got up and put her arms around Chos’s shoulders. Whatever was in the cocktail she’d drank was really strong, and was kicking in. She brought her lips to Chos’s ears and whispered “It’s not too late to run. Jason and I will probably track you down in under and hour anyway, but you can still leave this bar.”

@Zek @Richie B.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason nodded when she said if he was alright keeping watch.

"Looking at cute butt's is always enjoyable." He said as he set himself up tripod and all looking over the town, as he checked around he found a mando and the target had to the same bar that his partner went to.

Which did surprise him, figuring the target would want maybe a drink, so being the brave and honorable hunter he was decided to tell his partner. If this guy who Jason had only seen a few times was going to be where his partner was might as well give her a fair warning.

"Yo look alive." Was all Jason said, figuring she will know what he meant, as he let his sniper rifle stay there and decided that he might as well join the party as well, it would be a shame if he missed any fun.

Knowing where the group was Jason would walk towards the bar, a hand on his mercy pistol. The other members of this poor town, seemed to have been noticing what was going on with all the highly armed people coming into town, and done the smart thing and hide. Of course Jason was glad since he hated having people get injured during his hunts, though he knew that was sometimes unavoidable.

He would be nearing the bar when the two started talking, figuring what his next few moves should be, making sure to keep a eye on the armored man that had joined Chos. Considering that person the one thing the pair of hunters had to worry about, if Jason had to wager on this. Making sure to stop by a small shop, in front of the cantina, considering what he should done, being a dozen or more meters away from the place. Giving him enough room to move around or behind the luckily placed barriers that were in front of him if need be.

@Cinereous @Zek @Coted

 

[The New Guy]

Chos giggled as Jia whispered in his ear. "Oh, and what if I want you to track me down?" he added flirtatiously. He knew that it was a dumb move, but he didn't get up and walk out of the bar; he chose to sit an enjoy the hunter's company. He stood up, removed Jia's hands from his shoulders, and walked to a nearby table, motioning for the hunter to sit with him. After she sat down, he decided to add to their dialogue "So, why does your pretty face have to be the one tracking me down? Couldn't get enough of me?"

While he was flirting casually,he grabbed one of the supernova grenades from his belt; ready to strike should the huntress make any sudden moves.

 

[Coted]

Jia was surprised when Chos abruptly left the bar to go to a nearby table. She followed him curiously, and sat across from him. The man opened his mouth to say what seemed to be the the 100th flirtatious comment of the day, and Jia chuckled. "Oh trust me,I'm the last one you want tracking out down." As she finished speaking, she saw a figure move in the background; Jason. She watched as Jason casually entered the bar, the bastard was probably going to mess her smooth-talking plan up. She got up and walked over to Chos's side of the table as he offered a second set of questions. "Oh, you know exactly how to read me don't you.". she quickly pulled Chos in for a kiss, hoping he'd pay attention to her, and not her partner who had entered the scene.

@Richie B.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason watched his partner sit down next to the target, which he recognized as the man who not only picked a fight with him, but also left him to fall down to the first floor during the party. Figuring that this was the supposed force giving him the go ahead to get revenge from when the man decided better to just walk away than be a man.

Having entered the bar, and watching his partner kiss the target, well now that wasn't something you see often. Though Jason did approve of his partners tactics seeing as he might have done something similar if their situations were reverse. Of course this just made him figuring screw doing this the easy way, he grabbed his one of stun pistol and fired it into the air because he was going to get his fight.

"Everyone out." Jason said no anger in his voice, in fact he was oddly happy and joyful, as if he finally was going to get the chance to open his present.

And Jason was going to milk every ounce of excitement out of this as possible, seeing the dude was surrounded and those within the bar quickly ran off not wishing to get involved in any drama. Which was good as Jason looked at his partner and the target a wolfish smile on his face, if the man fought, well Jason would enjoy seeing how well he was when they both weren't drunk.

"Now we going to finish our fight or are you going to disappoint me a second time?" Jason said pointing his stun pistol at the target though it was very close to his partner the worst could happen would be she gets stunned.

@Cinereous

 

[The New Guy]

Chos was not expecting the kiss, it was completely out of the blue; not that he didn't enjoy it. After a few seconds he pulled away, and heard the scream of a blaster bolt almost instantly. He turned to the direction of the shot and saw Jason with his blaster in the air. "Really? You?". After his comment, Jason pointed his blaster at Chos and alluded to their bar fight from a while ago. "Awww, you're still mad about that?"

Thinking quickly, he grabbed Jia and held his B-8R (set to stun) to her back and positioned himself behind her. "Take your shot Jason"

 

[Coted]

The moment the kiss had ended and Jason had started a ruckus, Jia dashed away as Chos made a grab for her. She honestly felt terrible for deceiving him, but it had to be done. She drew her stun blaster and pointed it at Chos as he taunted Jason. Still slightly frustrated with herself and a little embarrassed, she thought for a a few seconds and decided she wanted to make quick work of Chos. She fired two shots and dove behind the bar.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason watched as his partner decided to not get grabbed, and as she jumped away, Jason figured best to act, fired a stun bolt at his opponent. With the aid of the jumper boots he almost jump straight into the wall of the bar, but thankfully managed to stop himself and his weapon was still pointed at the prey.

"I ain't mad, just hope this time you don't chicken out." Jason said as he would knock down a temple with his free hand and crouch behind it, ready for a stand off, but considering his opponent was stuck between two people this shouldn't be to long of a fight.

His body was mostly covered by the table, with its one leg in the middle he couldn't be truly behind it, but it covered his legs and upper chest just leaving his neck and head out.

"I would say come peacefully, but if you do fight back I would greatly appreciate it." The hunter wasn't looking to kill but again he would greatly appreciate a fight.

@Cinereous

 

[The New Guy]

The moment Jia had drawn her blaster, Chos had flipped his table over and hid behind it. A few later he two bolts hit the table from Jia, and a third one from Jason a second or so after that. During this time Chos had primed a supernova grenade and tossed it over his table towards the bar. If it landed correctly, it should incapacitate Jia and Jason, while leaving himself with a bad case of tinnitus. After tossing the supernova, he stood up from behind the table and pointed his blaster, ready to fire at the slightest movement.

 

[Coted]

Jia was crouched behind the bar when a large bang went off. She wasn't wearing ear protection so all she could hear was intense white noise after the "bang"; she probably had tinnitus. The ringing in her ears wasn't getting any lighter, but she needed to make a move. She began to crawl to the edge of the bar where there was an open dutch door. Thinking she needed a distraction, she pulled one of her shoes off and threw it over the bar. Then she quickly drew his blaster, rolled out, and fired twice at Chos again.

 

[Richie B.]

Jason had successfully made it to the table though apparently when he did the target throw out a supernova, already knowing that he needed to at least protect his eyes, the hunter moved his head behind the table. Barely in time as the flash from the supernova would have blinded him for a time, though without any protection for his ears, Jason had a serious hard time in concentrating. Plus his ears were really causing him pain from the supernova, figuring blind fire was better than not firing.

Jason moved his hand up over the table firing twice, the blue circles would head in the direction of Chos, though not the most accurate shots. But it was close enough to hit him in the shoulder if he didn't move. But because of the supernova it was doubtful that the target could even hear the shots coming unless he had protection for his ears. Plus the blinding light of the supernova, would make it nearly impossible for someone to get a good shot off if they were near the thing.

But Jason would move his hand back to behind the table safe where the target couldn't get him unless Chos moved to a different location.

@Cinereous

 

[The New Guy]

Chos was feeling way to tense, between his deafened ears and the adrenaline. He was so tense, that he actually diverted his attention to the shoe that had flown in to the air, and shot at it; leaving himself exposed. The moment he realized what had happened, two stun rings hit him in the shoulder and upper chest, causing his muscles to convulse and spasm violently. He fell the the ground, succumbed to the pain and passed out as Jason's stun rounds flew overhead.

Chos was out cold on the ground, muscles still twitching from the stun rounds.

@Coted @Richie B.

 

[Richie B.]

Once it was done, it seemed the fighting was over, Jason and Jia have now become proud owners of a unconscious mando with a bounty on his head. Which though small was still enough to give him a least one good round of drinks for a night. Because well if the alcohol ain't worth a couple thousand credits it pretty poor piss excuse for it.

It took a while but the supernova eventually stopped sending out light and causing the most painful ringing in Jason ears, second being when he visited a hospital and accidently got into the baby section. To say that haunted the hunter would be a understatement, though thankfully now he could afford the sweet medicine known as wine, to drown the memory.

"Well Jia seems our job here is done." Jason said getting up and rubbing his ears a bit, looking at the fallen mando the hunter thought how pathetic the fight was but it was over now.

Of course just to make sure he fired another stun bolt at the fallen mando just to be safe, because you can never be to careful.

"Now lets go get paid." Jason said grabbing the mando's arms hoping that Jia would help with the legs and they could drag the idiot to the ship where they could transport him to the client where they could get paid, and drop off the dead weight.

@Coted

 

[Coted]

Jia hadn't looked at Chos after she fired at him, she was too busy tucking herself in to a ball and covering her ears. As soon as the supernova effects wore off, she got up and saw the mercenary lying on the floor. Jason offered a comment about the job being done, and shot Chos another time, seemingly just for fun. She didn't appreciate that he was shooting a clearly unconscious person, but gave no quarrel.

She helped Jason pick the target up and dragged him outside the bar. She left Jason with Chos and left to go find a speeder. After walking for about 5 minutes, she convinced a Rishii to lend her his transport speeder. She hopped in a went back to the bar.

"Give me a hand getting him in."

She got Jason to help load the unconscious Mando on to the sppeder, and both of them hopped in. Once inside the speeder, she took off towards a spaceport, to fly their bounty to the drop-off location. As she sped over to the spaceport, she couldn't help but feel guilty; she had taken advantage of Chos to settle a petty bounty. She pushed the thought to the back of her head as they arrived at the spaceport.

The duo dragged Chos in to their ship, cuffed him, and took of to Christophosis. As they departed from the port, her guilty thought returned, but she ignored it and took off.


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