Ask Dantooine Drinks to Numb the Pain

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan ordered another glass of ale. It took him about five minutes for him to down this one. He leaned back in his chair, surveying the cantina. It was packed with Sith regulars, but all their faces blurred together. His night terrors were more regular; memories of his family flooding to the front of his head. He felt abandoned again, even though both scenarios had been his fault. He cursed himself under his breath and ordered another drink. He wished for once he was a Jedi; then it would be easier to shut down his feelings rather than letting his passion consume him like a parasite.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

Nova had just recently landed on Dantooine and she had enough of it already. Annoyed, she strolled into the cantina she had passed on her way and quickly slid into a chair at the counter, fixating the bartender with her usual icy glare. "Hit me up with anything strong" she ordered in a growl. She needed that drink, just to soothe her nerves, even though she knew that alcohol wouldn't actually soothe them. She felt like tearing some heads off rather help...

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan glanced up when someone new came in. He had to blink multiple times to clear the haze out of his vision before he could see the woman clearly. When she demanded something strong, Ronan raised an eyebrow. It took another blink to see that this woman had brown hair two large scars on one side of her face. He paused, something tickling the back of his mind. He didn't say anything.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

Nova was still staring at the bartender, impatiently waiting for her drink. She was about to urge him to hurry, but luckily he had her drink ready just in time. She grabbed the glass and gulped down half of it, the bitter liquid running down her throat, before she sat the glass down again. She let out an annoyed sigh before leaning back, letting her gaze wander through the crowded cantina. She didn't come far though, because something, or rather someone was catching her attention: The silver-haired man not far away from her, his eyes meeting hers. Immediately, she stood up again and walked right over, already halfway fuming. "Are you staring at me? We might as well handle this outside" she hissed angrily. Today, she couldn't put up with any more shit and she had no idea who that douchebag was.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan rolled his eyes, turning back to his new drink. "Don't flatter yourself," he said, taking a gulp. "And we have nothing to 'handle', except your anger," he continued, setting down his glass with a clink and turning back to the woman. He felt as if he'd seen her before but couldn't place it in the drunken haze he was in.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

Nova's glare was still filled with rage, but as she realized how cocky his answer was, she couldn't help but to scoff. "My anger? You've been staring. Maybe you didn't realize it because you're about to loose your senses from the alcohol, but you did" she insisted feistily. However, now she started to sense something about this man, something that made her curious. She could feel the cold and the dark radiating from his aura. "Why are you downing that stuff anyway?", she asked him, even though she couldn't actually care less.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan stared her down over the top of his glass as he drank. "People stare, get used to it," he replied. He set his drink down and stared at the remains of his drink in the bottom of the glass. "To forget," he said vaguely. She didn't need to know why he was here; it was shameful and stupid and he shouldn't even be here in the first place. He was a coward.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

His passive aggressive reply made her scoff another time while she took another sip from her drink which she had just pulled towards her with the Force. "Well aren't you charming" she replied sarcastically while eying him critically. What was his problem? And why did he have to play unapproachable? She tilted her head to the side, becoming just a little curious. "Aww. Did someone broke your heart? " she then asked him with a devious smile. It seemed as though he had his mental walls up, but Nova could see that he was bitter about something. Maybe he needed some fun as some sort of distraction?

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan stood straight up when Nova spoke. "Perhaps we should take this outside," he hissed, staring her down. What gave her the right to come over all high and mighty and condescend to his feelings, when she was a rank below him? He reminded himself to calm down. If he reacted too much, it would only confirm her suspicions, when rather, he had disappointed himself and was wallowing in self-pity.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

Nova started laughing just like that. "Oh charming and angry, that's how I like them" she replied with a sweet, innocent smile, while gesturing him to calm down. "Come on. Calm down. It's alright...or apparently it isn't. I was just teasing you" she tried to soothe him with a grin. Normally people said he was hot-headed, but he was a different number.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan paused and just stared at her. Was this the Force's idea of a cruel joke? "How you like them? And do you take your men like you take your caf?" he mocked her, still standing. He reminded her painfully of Hailee when she said "charming" and when she "teased" him. That's when it hit him: She was the girl from Hailee's nightmare. Instantly, he was back in the bed in his house on Moraband, arms wrapped around her as their hearts beat in sync.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

She couldn't help but to scoff again. He reminded her of an angry child, about to throw a bad tantrum. How old was he even? He clearly was a little older, but it could only be a few years. Well, she had to admit he didn't look that bad, so he might as well do, she thought darkly, while starting to smirk. "Well, we have just met. Why don't we keep it casual for now before we start with the spicy details" she decided to keep taunting him a little, but suddenly he seemed to be in thoughts again. Was he one of those sentimental softies?

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? Where do you think this is going? Are you planning my elaborate death?" he said. How old was this girl? She acted so high and mighty and he wanted nothing more than to wipe that self-entitled look off her face.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

Now she really had to laugh. "Oh just calm down, will you? I've been messing with you" she explained, still smirking. He seemed angry and pretty hateful, but she was not that different. However, there was something about him. Something that made her curious.

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

"Why would you mess with me? You have no idea who I am or what I could do to you," he replied. Despite their pissing match, Ronan's curiosity was piqued, and he was interested to know why she was so interested in him. A distraction would be nice.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

She faced him confidently, if not even a bit challenging. "You think I'm afraid of you?" she replied, a sweet smile on her lips. Was he trying to intimidate her right now? Or was this just his way of socializing?

@Reylo4evr

 

[Ronan Carduel]

"You're not afraid of me yet, and even if you don't grow to fear me you will hate me, everyone does," he replied, turning back to the bar to order another drink. He opened his mouth but before he could even speak, there was a shout from deeper in the cantina and the sound of blaster fire. He whipped around in time to see an Imperial fall over dead, a blaster hole in his chest. There was a moment of silence as everyone in the cantina turned their attention to the person who had shot him- a nautolan male rebel. He suddenly raised his blaster in the air and shouted something indecipherable. Others rose throughout the cantina and ran into the cantina, opening fire on the Sith and Imperial regulars. Chaos descended on the catina.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

She was still a little amused because this guy seemed fully overdramatic, but once she realized he was being serious, she forced herself to stop smirking for a moment. "Wow, you're thoughts seem pretty dark. Seems like you have lost faith in everyone, too. We're not that different you know, but you don't seem to be interested in a conversation anyway so maybe I'll just...leave you to it" she replied while shrugging, jumping to her feet, but as she did, she heard a sudden blaster fire. She spun around, trying to locate the source while the first shouts flooded the crowded cantina and just like that, there was chaos everywhere. She ripped her lightsaber off her belt and activated it immediately while realizing what was going on. Rebels. Fantastic. As if they couldn't get any worse...

 

[Ronan Carduel]

Ronan pulled out his master's lightsaber and turned it on. It felt surprisingly heavy in his hands but as he fought off the rebels that seemed to come from every direction, it grew lighter. Ronan didn't question it, just kept pushing them back. How the rebels could have even gathered and planned this attack among Imperials in the first place astounded him.

@LadyRen

 

[Nova Trent]

It all happened so fast that Nova was deflecting the first laser beam before she had even realized what she was doing. There were suddenly so many of them that she was involved in an intense battle in less than a few seconds. Blaster sounds filled the cantina alongside enraged growls and outlets of pain. While she was busy ramming her lightsaber into her next opponent's chest, someone tackled her from behind, completely unexpected, so that her lighsaber was sent flying across the room. She spun around, trying to buckle him off, but as soon as she managed to land on her back again, the male brute attacker was trying to press a virbo-knive down on her throat, pinning her down to the ground with all of his weight. His face was filled with pure rage and bloodlust and he was surely ruthless in his pursuits, but his enraged state also enabled him to use an immense amount of strength which Nova couldn't overcome in the exact moment.

@Reylo4evr