I'm Like A Lawyer With How I'm Always Trying To Get You Off

[Commissar Brett]

Krass had been led of the stage of the press conference as an assassination attempt had been made. Silas Amory stood, dark circles around his eyes and sweat breaking on his forehead, in the middle of milling assistants of Aren Krass, waiting for the man. Krass came through the blast doors and Amory could hardly contain himself. He met Aren's face with an open-handed slap across the cheek. CorSec and nearby security raised their weapons at Silas but he didn't flinch. It wasn't the first time he'd had a gun to his head.

"You..." Silas seethed as he pointed a finger in Krass' face, his rage keeping the tension in the room tighter than a virgin's virtue. He looked around at the 20-30 or so people in the room and raised his voice. "Everyone out!" No one was sure of what to do. His voice became shrill, vibrating with anger. "OOOOOUT!"

Everyone dropped what they were doing and left. Peopled shoved past each other and the guards backed away, rifles still raised at Amory as they did so. The blast doors finally closed behind them and Aren was now all alone with Silas. Silas paced angrily, swiping papers and clutter off of a table and crashing to the floor. He hadn't let his temper get to him like this in absolute years. When he finally turned back to Krass, his pupils had something like a fire in them.

"All right you arrogant gobshite..." Amory's low-borne accent came out in his anger. "... you better start fecking talkin right now, or I swear by all your fecking money, I will personally arrange your imminent demise and you fooking know I can get away with it!" He hissed between clenched teeth, knowing that this would strain their already tense relationship with each other.

@Prudence @Aren Krass

 

[Aren Krass]

Aren had just barely gotten through the blast doors after his near miss with some sort of assassin that Arritef had discovered, when Silas Amory was suddenly in his face shouting. Krass leaned against a nearby reinforced wall as the aides, assistants, and other Corellian Embassy employees filed out, leaving Krass alone with Amory. When they were all gone Amory began his tantrum, throwing flimsy papers, shoving datapads, and more. Once he was done Krass let out a low whistle,

"Arrogant Gobshite." he repeated. "I'd say that's a new one, but I've heard it before."

He rolled his eyes in an annoyed manner that betrayed the lack of concern he had for the matter at hand,

"I went to a meeting on Czerka's dime several months ago. They sent an assistant to try to sleep with me to gain ground in the negotiations. She flirted with me a bit, and stayed around for a while trying to get at me, but ultimately I turned her down. For fear that something like this would come about." he said, motioning around him.

"I suppose now I'm going to have to take a blasted paternity test just to show everyone that I didn't sleep with Oturo's secretary. I'm not even sure why they've released this. A simple paternity test and it's busted."

 

[Silas Amory]

"You better take one, I swear on me mum's life." Amory rubbed his forehead, his eyes, wiped some of the sweat from his face.

He shouldn't have been as pissed as he was, but considering Krass was one of the individuals that helped him get elected, it made him look bad. He paced a bit more, calming down some as he did. He crossed one arm across his stomach and held onto his side while he propped the other elbow on the arm, bringing his hand over his mouth in contemplation. He stood still for a moment. Tapped his foot contemplatively. His face read his deep thought. Normally, Amory would commend Nor'baal for such a daring and crafty information leak. But this was different, as Krass was personally connected to Silas Amory's public image. He brought his hand away from his face to speak, snapping his fingers at his finished thoughts.

"Until that test is taken, this is a dire matter of he-said/she-said." He met Aren's gaze with one of true concern. "Aren, as a fellow senator, as a colleague, and as a friend, you need to request that test immediately. Keep a low profile. Tonight, you could've been killed, I know this. My sources in security say that a Sith was here tonight. They knew this, I told them to let him through, to see what he'd do." His face was almost pleading to Krass, knowing what he was saying would hurt almost as much as a lightsaber's in the gut. "We knew the risk, but we were prepared to stop him the moment he made move, but your personal security guided you away before we could make him draw a weapon for probably cause. I'm sorry..."

 

[Aren Krass]

Aren nodded "I know that Silas. I'll be getting the test done as soon as possible. I'll have Arritef with me, as well as a unit of CorSec."

He was practically speechless when he heard that Amory had known about the attacker and let him in. "You're moving forward with the plan. The one you discussed with that woman, on the night of your coronation. You were using me as bait."