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Jayna Thorne

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Despite the fact she’d been wandering for close to an hour, Jayna quite vehemently refused to admit she was lost. She had arrived on Denon only a few hours prior - tagging along as part of a Student Disaster Outreach Tam, based out of her Theed Academy. Unsurprisingly, years of warfare and occupation had left much of the ecumenopolis devastated, and thus a prime location for relief and rebuilding efforts.

Jayna, of course, didn’t care about the planet whatsoever. She hated the mere concept of getting her hands dirty or having to interact with some spice-addled, filthy vagrant. All of it was beneath her. All the same, though.. Her participation in the benevolent, volunteer mission just so happened to look fantastic on her official record, both to the public and for future university applications.

She’d even decided to blast GalaxyGram and Switter with pictures and video of her trip to Denon - ensuring that she was being seen by her multitude of social media followers. It wasn’t much different from what her father had done in the aftermath of Firrerre, after all.

Of course, things had only gone downhill from there. For one reason or another, Jayna had gotten herself separated from the group she was traveling with - and her search had, apparently, only gotten herself further into the undercity and farther from her companions. Not that any of them were worth a dime - beyond the fact that her NalPhone had run out of battery some half-hour ago, and was banking on using someone else’s for directions.

Jayna stood out like a sore thumb on the lower levels of Denon - from the expensive perfume that filled the air, to the designer clothes she wore. She was dressed in a pair of
black shorts and a matching blazer, with a white blouse underneath. A few aurodium necklaces hung from her neck, coupled with a designer watch on her wrist. Her accessories alone likely were worth more than the collective income of that entire city block, and Jayna was convinced someone was going to try to mug her at the nearest opportunity.

She briefly considered sitting down somewhere and waiting for someone to come looking. Frankly, people tripped over themselves around her enough that Jayna figured her absence had already been noted. Instead, she stubbornly continued walking - silver eyes flicking down to her NalPhone for the fourth time in the past five minutes.

Nope, still dead.

“Kriff.” She said flatly, glaring down at the screen icily before looking back ahead.
 

Xoie Bai

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Xoie was not supposed to be on Denon. Her ship had malfunctioned, and the pilot had been forced to drop from hyperspace and bring them down at the nearest spaceport for repairs. Thankfully no one was hurt, but it also meant the Dathomir native was stuck in a foreign place she had little to no knowledge about. Being a curious soul, Xoie was not content to lounge around the ship and had ventured out into the streets.

Though just because she knew nothing about the planet, it did not mean she couldn't learn about it. Very quickly Xoie learned two things: one, everyone here spoke Basic much better than she did, and two, her Nightsister robes weren't exactly helping her look like she belonged her. Not that it was a goal of hers, but she didn't really want to stand out as much as she did right now.

So she'd slipped into the first clothing shop she could find, presented coin, and asked for something more minimal. Minimal was what she got, and the girl left wearing her new shirt, pants, and shoes. Now that she was being stared at slightly less - she couldn't really change the paleness of or markings on her face - Xoie felt a little better.

She kept walking at a leisurely pace, just looking around at what surrounded her as she went. The girl was completely oblivious to any sketchiness or 'bad vibes' in the area. It was all strange and wonderful.

"Hey you! Yeah, you! C'mere and try some of my shish kebabs. They're the best on Denon, guaranteed!"

Xoie's head turned sharply toward the sound of a man's shouting voice. She found him standing behind a stall of sorts, except there was an open flame and rows of sticks with skewered morsels of food through them. They looked strange but smelled quite good.

"Shish kebabs?" she repeated upon reaching the stall, slipping by two rather large men snacking on them nearby. They glanced down at her, gave her a one-over, but looked away as if she disinterested them. Their gaze went elsewhere, for now.

"Yeaaaah! First one's on me little lady, since ya clearly haven't been blessed with a flavor town experience! Just aks these two gentlemen right 'ere. Flavor town, right boys?" One of the men glanced back at the stall, grinned, nodded, and said, "Sure thing, Akks."

Xoie happily took a sample from the vendor, 'Akks', and began to nibble on the free treat. Meanwhile, she eavesdropped on the conversation between the two other men nearby.

"She don't look likes she belongs here," one of them commented. "Prolly some rich hussy that got separated from her tour guide. I mean, look at the ice my guy," the other responded. "Should we go shake her up?"

Within moments, the two large men made their way away from the food stall and toward Jayna.

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Jayna Thorne

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Jayna couldn’t help but mutter under her breath - faint pricks of irritation starting to surface within her. It took quite a bit to get under the Heiress’ skin, but the trip to Denon had proved to be nothing short of an unmitigated disaster - and every step through the grimy, impoverished slums of Denon only served to test the limitations of her patience.

Her icy eyes swept her surroundings - looking for anything useful, without giving any one person in particular much attention. For the briefest moment, Jayna’s gaze locked onto Xoie, regarding the Nightsister with passive disinterest before moving right along. She didn’t even glance towards the stall that like sold rat-meat on a stick.

Not only did Jayna closely follow Emryc’s vegan diet, but she had no desire to catch some disease from impoverished street food.

As she walked, Jayna couldn’t help but catch some bits and pieces of the conversation occurring near that very same stall. Her icy gaze remained ahead, though her sensitive hearing was enough to key her into the fact they were very much talking about her. At once, her jaw set into a firm line - options flicking across her mind.

As they began to approach, Jayna casually took the lid off her coffee - gingerly taking a sip from the hot liquid inside.

“Can I help you?” She asked icily, eyes flicking between the two of them.
 
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