Droid Army

[Eithni Vala Stark]

It was weird being in such a busy city again, after how long again? Eithni couldn't remember. She even had different kinds of clothing on, clothes her mom, Eva Stark, had provided her with a long time ago, when she first time visited her at her village. The reason for the very warm clothing was because of the rather wintery cold day with clear blue sky and a chilly wind.

However, it was still weird to have boots on and not walk around on her feet. Her almost newly built lightsaber was hidden underneath her warm clothes, so it only looked like she carried her two vibroblade daggers and energy bow. Due to her looking rather normal, or less strange, she wasn't really getting any stares or looks in her directions while walking along with the flow of people.

All over them was shopowners yelling out their great deals, while the more permanent stores in the different kind of buildings had large neon signs. Why the Nightsister was walking among the city people might come as a surprise to people that knew how much she disliked being in busy megacities. But, Eithni had a very good reason, in fact, she was walking over to the store right now, a store that sold all manners of droids.

And why was she heading over to look at droids? Well, Eithni's Rancor was growing and she wanted to take it with her when she was going places, so she wouldn't have to leave it back on Dathomir. However, she recently found out that getting a ship that was the size, she needed, she would need people to man all the station. And since she doesn't know any people to man a ship in large size, she thought it would be easier to just get droids.

What Eithni soon realized though, was the fact that droids cost credits, lots of credits, credits she doesn't have. So there she was, standing to the side, by the fine store, selling droids, and she had no droids. That was when she got that very bright idea, call her best friend, she would surely help her!

Kalanda would quickly receive a message from a certain young Nightsister, asking if she wanted to go shopping for droids and then steal a ship, oh and that she missed Kala so much!

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

When Kalanda had gotten the message, she silently swore to herself that this was just not going to work. Eithni had gone too far this time, asking her to go all the way out to Balmorra? No, it was insane. Ludicrous. She wasn't going to do it. She never was good at telling Eithni no. The little witch just had the right gear to punch through Kalanda's armor every single time. Given how dangerous this was, Kalanda decided against bringing her saber, or warblade. Only thing she did have was a blaster she got off the market, tucked carefully aware in the new attire she was forced to don. She was doing this for Eithni after all, no one else would be worth the level of hassle she was going through at the moment. Compared to most of the attire she was seeing, she didn't feel so bad now, she was one of the more normal looking ones here.

This planet was loud, reminded her of Coruscant frankly, just not as over populated and more commercially focused. She wasn't certain why Eithni was shopping for droids, but she was pretty sure there were more things attached to it than she was aware; Eithni wasn't the best at remembering the details, but that was alright. Something about shopping for droids, and then stealing a ship, not so much about the when and where, just that this was going to happen and Kalanda was along for the ride. Just one of the many things that made it hard to be made at the little witch. Kalanda had funds of course, as did any who served within the ranks of the Empire, and it was becoming increasingly clear to the Sith that she was going to have to buy the nightsister droids, and alot of them. Having known what store Eithni was wanting to meet at, Kalanda would have beaten the girl there, standing around looking rather board, though that expression swiftly changed as she noticed Eithni on approach; she wasn't used to seeing the girl dressed so...properly. "Nini, dear, is that you?" Kalanda opened with, a smile being forced to the surface as she awaited the hug that was sure to slam into her any moment now. Despite the amount of work it took to get here, it was all worth it to see her again.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Weaving and dodging through the crowd, walking Eithni in her own thoughts as she went for the droid shop, or first to the meeting spot to wait for Kalanda. What Eithni hadn't expected, was seeing Kalanda already standing there, looking like a perfect angelic being and even recognized the little witch. "Kala?" Asked Eithni at first and then immediately changed her facial expression to pure joy as she dashed to her best friend. Eithni would always be able to recognize Kalanda, no matter what she had on and she proved it by completely knocking her to the ground in a heartfelt bearhug.

The witch hugged Kalanda as if they hadn't seen each other in twenty years or more, caressing her cheek into Kalanda, accidentally stroking Kalanda's chest area. "I've missed you so much!" Purred the girl as she just showered Kalanda with unconditional love. Quite a few people gave the girls some short looks, but nothing else really as it didn't really seem like a weird thing to happen on Taris.

Letting go of her Kalanda, Eithni took Kala's hand and help her up on her feet and gave the Sith girl a joyful smile. "I like your new clothes! You look really beautiful!" complimented the witch and looked Kalanda over. Eithni pulled some of the dress up by her hand and walked a quick circle around Kalanda.

Standing in front of Kalanda again, the Nightsister bobbed back and forth on her feet with her hands behind her back, "thank you for buying me droids! If there's anything you need or want, just say the word and I will try and make it happen, no matter what it is!" Promised Eithni excited and very overjoyed that Kalanda was actually going to buy droids for her.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Being taken to the ground, Kalanda loosed a chuckle at the force of which her friend slammed into her. Those familiar feelings wrapped around Kalanda's gut as the girl got extremely close to her. Almost immediately, any thought she might have had about coming to this world was wiped away, as she was bombarded by Eithni's aura of joy, her cheeks taking on a bit of color as Eithni perhaps got a little too affectionate. "I missed you too dear." She said, as she wrapped the girl up in a hug, though they were still being eye strangely given that Eithni was effectively strangling her on the ground.

This was their thing though, so Kalanda didn't care. They shared their little reunion for a moment, before Kalanda was helped to her feet. Looking down to the little witch, Kalanda was just unable to stop smiling, pretty soon it would start hurting, but for right now she was just enjoying the company of her little friend. The girls compliment caused Kalanda to raise her hand to her head, trying to hide her reaction to the girl's words. "Well, thank you. You look magnificent yourself darling." She chuckled as the girl tested her new attire, which she probably wasn't used to Kalanda wearing; it was either this or nightsister attire. Eithni was just a little bubble of excitement, as the girl circle around Kalanda, only to bounce back in front of her. "You're more than welcome dear, just...let me know how much this is going to come out to. I don't have infinite funds." She responded, hoping that in the back of her mind the little witch wasn't going to bankrupt her. It would be alright though, she would write it off as a war cost...maybe that would go over just fine with what was left of the Dark Council. "So, where do we need to start?" Kalanda turned towards the store they were currently facing, unsure of what she needed to do. There was a small part of her that wanted to tell Eithni something, something the witch might sense with her keen senses, but Kalanda couldn't, not yet at least. Maybe once this was over, she could say it then.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

"Thanks!" Thanked Eithni cheerfully from Kalanda's compliment as she looked towards the store, and then back at Kalanda, "I don't think they are very expensive, I've seen other people use them on those shipport places!" commented, still not completely sure on the value on certain things yet. "Besides, I only need like twenty droids for the ship!" said Eithni with a sweet smile and bounced around and with Kalanda's hand in hers, she matched inside the large store.

The store was for rather standard labour droids, the kind that would work in factories and the store had both large and small droids for sale. Looking very much like everybody else, no one even thought to batch an eye in Kalanda or Eithni's way when they entered, apart from the store clerk who just saw them as more costumers. "Welcome to Mark's Bolt'n'Lift store, if you have any questions, then don't hesitate to come and talk with him!" Greeted the shop clerk with a smile. Eithni just shouted back without looking, "Okay!" while pulling Kalanda with her to a very specific droid. It was a droid that Eithni had seen a couple of time exit the store with their new owner and she wanted some for herself.

"Where are you? Where ar~ there!" Grinned the Nightsister and stood in front of a very large droid with Kalanda. "This is the first one, I need four of them!" Explained the girl with a sweet innocent smile. The droid Eithni needed, was an L6-series Heavy Lifter Droid and very common for large factories or even large ship hangers as they were able to carry and lift a lot of heavy objects.

Eithni had quickly dashed over to another area of the large droid store, where a set of droids stood lined up for a preview, to make it easier for the customer to browse the ware. Standing in front of one of the droids on preview, Eithni had certainly found her droid because she started to look for Kalanda, to get her attention, only to see some stranger had blocked kalanda from followed the little witch.

Standing in Kalanda's way, stood a dashing looking man, pitch-black hair combed back. A clean shave and some very dark brown eyes eating up the Sith before him. He had a single blaster in a holster, strapped to his hip, but other than that, he was only dressed in some very fine attire, something only a rich or royal family would buy. "Hey there, what is such a fine lady like you, doing in a store like this?" Asked the fine-dressed stranger, giving kalanda a flashing smile.

However, he didn't get to continue trying his luck, because immediately entered Eithni the scene, "Kala, come on, found the next droid!" Said the girl, completely ignoring the man, because he wasn't important to Eithni, only Kalanda. Being completely ignored, seemed to be something the man wasn't used to because he suddenly interrupted Eithni, "Hey there little girl, how about you run along to some other place and let this fine lady and I continue our little talk?" Suggested the stranger, so he could get alone time with this gorgeous woman.

Eithni turned around and grabbed kalanda's hand and stood in front of the Sith girl very protective manner. "She's my Kala, go find your own" huffed the Nightsister annoyed as she stood between the stranger and Kalanda, not having it that this stranger thought he could just come and steal kalanda away. Kala was her best friend, not his! While Eithni didn't catch that the stranger wasn't referring Kalanda as in gaining a new friend, but a quick rush the exotic Sith didn't change the fact that Kala was Eithni's!

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda soon found her hand being taken by Eithni, as the witch drug her into the store. It just felt right being here with Eithni, it always did, and Kalanda wasn't sure why that was. "I certainly hope your right, still twenty is alot..." The Crusader muttered, but did little to stop herself from being dragged along. Kalanda said nothing to the shop keep, though smiled as her Eithni gave an energetic response and bounced along. Coming across the first droid, Kalanda wasn't sure how to respond as her favorite little witch announced she needed four these, four rather expensive looking droids at that. Kalanda didn't really have a grasp for how technology worked, in fact she still relied on the auto pilot functions of a shuttle to get around, there was no way she could figure out the functions of a droid like this.

Looking around, Kalanda was reminded of just how terrible she truly was with technology, half of the stuff here she had no clue what it's purpose was for. By the time Kalanda looked back to Eithni, the girl had run off, looking at something else that had caught her attention, rather typical of the little witch. When Kalanda attempted to go after her though, a stranger stepped forward, and immediately his words were showing to Kalanda he was really trying to test his luck. Kalanda scowled at them man, gripping her hands into tight fists, as she tried to find the most polite way possible to tell this man where he could insert himself. Thankfully, Eithni had returned to rescue her, as the girl was wanting to drag Kalanda to see the next droid she needed. Kalanda was more than willing to do so, but the moron before he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. When his next few words left his mouth, Kalanda sincerely thought about flinging the man across the room, but Eithni's response shut all thoughts of that down. Her Kala? All that anger that Kalanda had been storing up simply dissipated, as the idiot that had gotten in their way didn't even register to her now. Taking Eithni's hand, Kalanda dismissed the poor fool as they passed by, moving to see what Droid Eithni was needing now. "Alright Eithni, what droid is it you need now?"

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

The stranger just looked flabbergasted at how the situation turned out and he turned around and was about to dash after Kalanda, but stopped. Why did he stop? Well, Eithni was sticking her tongue out at him as Kalanda pulled her away towards the droid Eithni wanted. Not seeing Kalanda the worth of pursuing with probably her partner or a little sister or whatever these two were to each other, the stranger just left.

Standing together in front of the next droid in line for what Eithni need, was a KF-Series Prime Labor Droid, "I need eleven of these Kala!" explained Eithni, still holding Kalanda's hand as if she was the only one she ever needed by her side. Eithni pulled Kalanda along for the next type of droid and this one was way in the back of the store and they would be met with a sight of 286-Series Pilot Droids. Stopping in front of one of the droids, Eithni looked up at Kalanda, "and 5 of these droids" explained Eithni with a smile as those were all the droids she needed for manning the ship they were gonna "borrow" in an unknown amount of time.

Finding the droids that Eithni needed, it was only going up to the clerk, who was more than happy to help, "so with the four times L6 Series Heavy Lifter Droids, eleven times KF-Series Prime Labor Droids and five times 286-Series Pilot Droids, we are up at twenty droids. Oh wauw, are you're paying for her droids miss?" Asked the clerk a bit surprised, when he actually counted the number of droids they were buying. "Well, that'll be sixty-five thousand credits, miss," said the store clerk, waiting for Kalanda to pay, before transferring the droids to Kalanda and Eithni.

A few customers in the store cast a few glances the pair's high number of droids they were buying, but it was more in sense of, that it wasn't very often somebody bought so many droids at once.

@algarous

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Having been removed from the distraction, Kalanda could focus on the little witch and her plight at the moment. Being lead to another set of droids, Kalanda winced as she caught sight of the price tag. Oh yes, the war council would need to be notified for this purchase. Maybe they wouldn't notice. "Oh...really now..." Kalanda muttered, rubbing the back of her head as she looked at the price. It was well worth it for Eithni though. There was no price too high. She was just trying to do the math for the eleven droids that the girl was wanting, when Eithni bounced over and proclaimed she needed five more of another type. Kalanda suppressed a groan, as she didn't want Eithni to see the level of stress she was bringing upon the Sith. Kalanda reminded herself this was all going to a good cause, and seeing the woman before her being elated at having her droids did help alleviate some of that stress. Yes, this was all going for a good cause.

Going up to the clerk with Eithni in hand, Kalanda gave a rather blank stare as the man announced the price of the droids. 65,000 credits? Yea, her account was going to be hurting. "I'm paying for it, all here on my chip." Kalanda muttered, sliding over her chip as she looked away as the man plugged it all in. She ignored all of the stares she was garnering, looking to the only person in the room that mattered right now. "So, Nini, where are you planning to put these droids once they are all yours?" Kalanda would look back to the clerk as he was still working away on her transaction. They had a ton of boring paper work to draft up as well. She just hoped Eithni appreciated how much she was paying for this whole affair, though she would do it again in a heart beat. Anything to see that precious smile.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni stood beside Kalanda and shined like a sun, grinning from ear to ear, as by now, men behind the clerk, had gone out back to load up the droids for the pair. She didn't really pay any attention to all the boring paperwork and signing that Kalanda had to do when there were much more exciting things to do, as in look through the giant wall glass, which was made out of blaster proof glass but would give people the pleasure at seeing the stockroom.

When the paperwork was finally done and Kalanda asked Eithni where Eithni was gonna put all the droids, and Eithni just without any hesitation replied with "outside the city at a secret place I've found!" and grabbed Kalanda's hand as the pair was lead out behind the stockroom by a hanger. The Nightsister stood with her fingers intertwined with Kalanda's while leaning up the side of the Sith woman showing a great trust and affection for the woman. With her head resting on Kalanda's upper arm, Eithni watched along with her Kala, how the droids were being led out and placed on a row in front of the pair.

Watching the droids one by one being guided to stand in a row beside each other, the Nightsister sighed, smiling happily as she looked up at her Kala, "thank you for doing this for me Kala, I've really missed looking at you" said Eithni in an almost whisper that only Kalanda would be able to hear. There was such a passion for the Sith showing in the ruby coloured eyes of the Nightsister as she kept on holding her eyes on Kalanda.

A voice came in front of the droids, pulling Eithni out of her almost dazed look, "that was all the droids, we just need one of you to enter the loyalty command into the droids, before we can complete the delivering. Eithni lit up with a smile, "oh! Okay!" Grinned the witch and let go of Kalanda's hand to dash over to the man, waiting for one of them.

Entering the loyalty command took less than thirty seconds and 2 droids now stood in front of Eithni and Kalanda, all owned by Eithni and was waiting for the girl's command. Turning to face kalanda, Eithni just couldn't stop smiling and flew to Kalanda, throwing her arms around the Sith and pressed her lips against kalanda's, deepening the kiss for a good long second.

After the kiss, Eithni led Kalanda and her 20 droids through the city, which did earn a lot of glances and stares, seeing such a young girl walking with almost as if she was being escorted through the city. Or to be correct, it looked like Eithni and Kalanda was being escorted by 20 droids, walking hand in hand.

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Yes, there was a mountain of paperwork that followed the after having made the payments, and Kalanda was not exactly thrilled about all of this. No, not one bit. But with Eithni there, it was a little easier to ignore the things that bothered her. Sometimes it felt like dealing with a child, as Kalanda worked away on signing legality clauses and third party agreements, Eithni was just trying to stave off boredom. The girl was creative, Kalanda had to give her that.

Finally, it was done, and Kalanda was now free to do whatever Eithni wished, as their small deployment of droids would await their arrival by the storeroom. Eithni commented she had some place outside of town in mind, though where that was the girl was going to keep vague, because that was just how she was. Eithni took her hand once more, as Kalanda felt the tingling numbness begin to take it's toll, her stomach was starting to do flips once more. Damn this girl and her ways. Hand holding was one thing, in fact Kalanda was getting used to this, but then Eithni set her head onto the woman's shoulder, and it was then that Kalanda truly felt powerless. She felt happy, the sort of happy that almost feels criminal, as a smile was practically forced onto her face. She couldn't get herself to stop smiling, as she walked hand in hand with Eithni to inspect their newly bought droids. Kalanda was a tad preoccupied, between her own feelings and what Eithni was making her feel, when she heard the nightsister whispering into her ear. Kalanda took a shaky breath, as she looked down to the woman, her face turning a bright crimson, as she was once again at a loss for words. "Think nothing of it dear, I just...like making you so happy." Kalanda finally mustered up something akin to a sentence.

One of the workers ruined the moment, as Eithni had to rush over to make some sort of final command onto the droids so that they would follow her, before skipping back to Kalanda. She didn't have to wait long either, as Eithni used that energy of hers to quicken her efforts. Kalanda was expecting another hug from the little witch, what happened instead was being leaped onto and having her lips pressed against her own, the Sith having only a moment to catch herself from falling backwards, though between Eithni and the suddenness, that seemed rather unlikely. A series of fireworks rattled off in Kalanda's head, as all she knew that she was loving every moment of this. It brought back memories of Dathomir, of just how much this little woman meant to her, but it did make Kalanda wonder if Eithni knew about how she felt, or was this just all something the girl had grown used to. As the two broke up the kiss, Kalanda was only a tad in a daze, not caring or perhaps noticing the stares they were earning from others. What mattered, was that Eithni had her droids, they had gotten their task completed, and she was feeling happier than she had ever felt before in her life. Hand in hand, the two would leave the city behind, as Kalanda would only hope Eithni knew where she was going; because she was frankly struggling to remember what planet they were on now.

/end thread

@Raven_41