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[Vinry Forge]

They said you it was hard to find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley. Thankfully they weren't on Mos Eisley, Formos had a much tamer reputation. A wretched hive of drunkenness and idiocy was how their contact at the spaceport had described it to them. She hadn't been sure what he meant till they had walked into the local cantina, witnessing a brawl that seemed to be winding down. Though if it was a brawl or a cheap old dogpile she couldn't tell.

What she could tell was that something was off, something just didn't feel right in the Force. Even as they had been walking towards the cantina she had felt something off in her gut. But the Force, like her luck at sabbaac, was a fickle mistress. You could never tell if the rumble in your stomach was the Force giving you a warning, or you last meal seeking its revenge.

"I have a bad feeling about this." She said, more to herself than her companion as she stepped into the cantina, coming to a stop a few feet in. She took them in, the man missing a leg lying on the floor, and the group gathered around him. Whatever had happened here, it looked like it was in need of Jedi intervention.

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[Lilith Vye]

Lilith shook her head when Kai addressed her and gave her the offer. She only wanted to fix the situation and it seemed over to her. With the Sith on the floor, it was time for her to go. She got up and left.

/exit.

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[Talak Rand]

Talak Rand, Jedi Knight. He still hadn't fully adopted the idea, but these days it seemed he was Jedi in all but name, wasn't he? He spent all his time fighting alongside Jedi, working with Jedi, and talking with Jedi. Even the blade of the saber hanging on his belt no longer glowed red when activated, but a brilliant silvery-white.

The moment he stepped into the cantina, however, he sensed something familiar. Lilith? But the feeling was fleeting and gone as quickly it had been there. It was more than enough to set his entire body on edge even more so than a random gunfight and... red sabers.

His hand snatched the saber hilt from his belt in a moment as his eyes scanned over the cantina, taking in every detail and enemy target presenting itself. The full extent of the situation wasn't clear, but what was clear was that people needed subduing.

 

[Trys Aran]

Trys still wasn’t used to Talak being a ‘Jedi’, and she wasn’t sure he was either. She had asked for his help on a job in the Outer Rim to follow up on some slaving rings. It was strange to have him openly help her on cases now, and it was even more complicated given their ‘relationship’. She had finally ditched the stun pistol, opting for the one that Hannibal had gotten her instead, along with heavy armor.

She had heard the commotion within the cantina and followed Talak in. Trys was curious to spot Vinry as well, a Jedi she had worked with before. Like her, the Ranger spotted the man on the ground and the group standing around him. There was something eerie about the one that looked like a ghoul, and she quickly drew her blaster just in case. Trys also glanced over at the man with the glasses, eyeing him suspiciously. While scenes like these weren’t uncommon in the Outer Rim, the way that Vinry and Talak bristled at the sight of the group of people told her they sensed something she didn’t.

 

[Jacobius Mygard]

Jacob had been about to respond to the two men when a few newcomers entered the bar. One he recognized, at least the armor and insignia, from the Sector Ranger holonet broadcasts. He didn't know if the two others she had entered with were with her, but he wasn't going to take that chance. He wasn't a fighter, like these two men were, and if a fight was going to break out his place would be to stay out of it. Safer for him, and for anyone he might be on the side of. He was a scholar, a researcher, and while he could defend himself if he needed, his talents lay in the academic fields.

Raising his hands slowly, so as to not be threatening, he took a few steps back to the far wall of the cantina. He wanted to show he wasn't going to fight, nor be aggressive. Out of the corner of his eye he saw an exit, but trying to run for it could give the wrong impression, just like how the Sith had done to start this whole mess. Instead he just stood by it, ready to dive out if he were attacked suddenly but for now just standing back and out of any combat areas. The possibility of employment was important, but not as important as being injured or killed on a planet like this. He would recoup any losses in some other way. For now, he was just observant of any possible attacks toward him, ready to dodge or hide behind cover as needed. He hoped he wouldn't have to.

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[Kai]

Kai's smile continued as the warmth remained in his body. His eyes followed Lilith as she exited though with an expression like he was an aloof guy at a party that said something rude. Perhaps it was Jacob moving away slowly was what made the Grysk turn to see new arrivals. Maybe they had been standing there before. The marvelous woman to one side would have been someone Kai would have noticed. At least I'd hope so. Man, maybe I'm having an off day

For a moment he eyed the one that seemed mildly familiar but otherwise didn't move. The spectacle wearing man that had bought him the drink had felt interesting but the other man seemed strange. His gaze flicked to the heavily armored woman beside him. She seemed like a brute. Oooh, mando and strange henchman ship is forming

"There's an open tab in my name. Why don't we grab a drink friends..." He reiterated what he said earlier. Hopefully Arden didn't do anything that escalated things as foolishly as the unconscious body beneath them. With Lilith leaving that meant Kai was responsible for him. "Hey Arden....you think I can take him? I've got a medical suite so he'll live..."It made sense, his eyes looked down at the body to make it obvious who he was talking about. He still didn't know his name technically. He was a sith of some kind so Kai would have to deal with finding that out. I mean who doesn't introduce themselves?

Xath was his half of the bounty and fit with his profile. The baleful eyes switched to looking at Talak. Kai's curiosity drawing his eyes to the unknown factor that itched the back of the mind. But the Grysk's words were meant to curb the Mandalorian's potential aggression. The armored employee might be ready for a full on fight but Kai wasn't. "...hopefully I mean. I don't know how long I'm going to be held up with the authorities."

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[Arden Kryze]

Arden was rather disappointed that Alais didn't stick around. He was hoping they'd be able to catch up after not having seen each other in quite a while. "Oh come on, Alais!" he said he called out, trying to bring her back. Of course that didn't work. "Alrigh' fine, have a good day." he said with a shrug. He holstered his other pistol as well and finished off his beer. Kai mentioned buying the drinks and Arden took him up on the offer, walking over to the bar and refilling his beer.

As he waited for his beer to fill up, some new arrivals entered the bar. One look from them and the weapons they carried told him that they'd better play their next moves very carefully.

He wandered back to Kai, still watching the three new figures that drew their weapons after seeing the mess. His first thoughts were that they were Sith, but their clothing and overall appearance wasn't nearly as dark as Arden had come to know Sith. They actually bore more resemblance to that group of Jedi he met on Coruscant a while back. Plus the one in the heavy armour was what caught his attention...she looked rather familiar. "Yeah, it's only fair..." he answered Kai calmly. "Though I go' a feelin' tha' we're gonna be here for a bit." he continued before taking a long sip of his beer. "Good day to ya!" he greeted the three strangers happily. It was clear they were quite interested in whatever the kark happened to the guy on the floor.

"My deepest apologies for the mess, we had to...deal with this public menace over here." he continued, calmly gesturing to the Sith on the ground and giving one lightsaber on his belt a light and gentle tap to indicate what he was referring to. "He was stirrin' trouble an' tried to draw on my friend and I, so we had to take matters into our own hands." he calmly explained to them, keeping his arms either folded or resting on something, making sure that he didn't look like a threat. "Please, grab a drink. My friend here offered to pay the bill for this round." he gave a sidelong glance towards Kai next to him, smirking as he gave a hard pass on having to pay for the drinks.

He was hoping to avoid a head-on fight with Jedi. He wasn't geared for that kind of fighting. And of course talking might only get one in more trouble, though he figured that if they were in fact proper Jedi, explaining the situation and saying sorry was enough to tickle their pickle and get them to kark off. And if that didn't work, he was quite aware of his surroundings and their movements while talking and ready to fight if needed. His jetpack was still in combat mode and his safeties were off. He wouldn't give them reason to attack, but if they did, he'd be ready to react.

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[Trys Aran]

Trys eyed the Mando as he spoke, not believing much of what he said. Her suspicion only rose as her gaze lowered to the saber on his hip. A look of disgust flashed beneath the helmet as she realized the two were happily helping themselves to drinks while someone was bleeding and severely mutilated on the ground.

She said nothing, making her way towards the man with the glasses that had backed away from the others. Trys knew Talak and Vinry would cover her if anyone tried anything. She walked towards the wall the man backed against, calling over another patron that looked terrified. Her focus was on the man, and she didn’t put her weapon away.

“What happened here?” Trys asked firmly. Even if the man decided to lie, she doubted the scared patron would, “A play by play, please. I don’t buy for one second that lump on the ground tried anything to proactively overwhelm a Mandalorian and...whatever the kriff that other creep is.”

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[Jacobius Mygard]

A questioning? Well, Jacob would take it gladly instead of more fighting, at the moment. He took a moment to collect his thoughts and memories of what had happened in the bar, as well as thinking on just how much information he wanted to give. There was one part that may make him look suspicious, when he turned away to get them their drinks, that he felt could be taken out of context if, well, context wasn't given. The woman questioning him seemed like a very no-nonsense person, so he didn't want to upset her by giving her a fantasy trilogy-length explanation, so he decided to try to be as succinct as he could.

"I understand, and I'll start from when I arrived. My ship had some mechanical issues so I needed to stop here for repairs. I entered this cantina to await their completion, and it put me in a bit of a bad mood. The Mandalorian sat down with the other gentleman and remarked about lighting a cigarra the other man was holding and I made a sarcastic comment out of irritation." He sighed lightly, wondering just how much trouble his mouth and short fuse had just gotten him in to. "I know how volatile people could be, and one of them IS a Mandalorian, so to make up for my quip, I offered to buy these two some drinks, stop any potential violence before it could rise up. It was as I was offering this that the man who got shot approached their table. He seemed to know the Mandalorian, and from the tone the two took to each other, they didn't like each other much, though it could also have been that rough kind of banter some people have with each other to seem tough. The newcomer asked about me and the other gentleman, as if curious as to other friends the Mandalorian may have had, and the Mandalorian gave some some snarky comments in return and asked him to leave.

Slowly, he brought a hand back to scratch the back of his head as he tried to get his own internal timeline straight. He really wasn't trying to lie, but he thought this part may make him seem suspicious. "It was at that time that I left to get the drinks they requested. I thought I heard the newcomer say he wanted to know who the Mandalorian was talking to, introducing himself to the other man. I was just paying for them when I heard the blaster fire. I didn't exactly see who shot first or the specifics, but the newcomer's leg looked pretty bad when I turned, so I think the Mandalorian fired first. Then newcomer pulled one of those red sabers and tried to leave. Then a woman with blond hair in a bun pulled her own blaster and shot off the newcomer's other leg while the Mandalorian stunned him into submission. I'd just returned with their drinks when I saw all this, and set them down on the table. The Mandalorian seemed to know the woman, but I didn't recognize her, and she left just before you and the other two came in. Then you came in. I didn't know anyone involved, so I can only guess why things escalated so quickly, and I didn't actually see the first shots. My apologies if I seem frazzled, I'm a scholar and researcher from Obroa-Skai, I don't think I've ever been this close to violence like this before and I certainly wasn't expecting this to happen." He kicked himself, thinking he'd just done what he had tried not to do and talk this woman's ear off. He gave the facts as he knew them and didn't THINK he had mixed anything up, but his mind kept racing to see if he could think up anything else, in case she asked him for more details.

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[Talak Rand]

Talak's eyes locked in on the two men speaking: a Mando and skull-face. A Sith on the floor, a feeling of Lilith nearby... he thought to himself, and something... vaguely familiar about this one. He didn't see anyone nearby that could have been Lilith, and the feeling was already fading. It only served to put him more on edge, beginning to suspect a trap as his fist closed tighter around his lightsaber hilt.

He moved over, placing himself physically between the pair and Trys.

Pass. The offered drink was promptly not accepted. This was the third time a potential enemy had tried to get him to drink. That wasn't a game he was interested in playing.

The fact was, there was far too much malice in the air. An angry black and red on the canvas of the room that was all too familiar. Perhaps it all came from the Sith, but something told him not. Although he didn't know who these other two were, it wasn't unusual for bounty hunters to have malice as well... but they should have been attacking the pair of saber-brandishing individuals. Neither had activated their saber, and if they were simple mercs, it would only be logical to assume the two Jedi were, in fact, Sith, given they'd just fought another Sith. The fact that they seemed to know better was another box checked in the "suspicious" category.

As the other man - talkative as he was - relayed interesting information it seemed perhaps the two weren't telling the truth... shocking. Shooting first, knowing the Sith, oh yes, this was just getting more interesting.

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[Vinry Forge]

She had been a little shocked by the cavalier way in which the two men seemed to be dealing with the situation. A man was lying on the floor with his legs missing, the two men seemed to take responsibility, and they were trying to brush it off with jokes and drinks? Even if she hadn't had the Force, she would have come to the conclusion that they were dealing with two psychopaths. There was simply no other word to describe behavior like that.

Seeing Talak step up to place himself between the two men and the newly arrived Lieutenant Aran, the dynamic between the two another mystery about the former-Sith that she was curious about, Vin also stepped up to stand to the man's side. But she kept a couple of meters from him, making sure to leave enough space for them to draw and use their blades safely without having to worry about hitting the other. Her lightsaber was also in her hand by then, though left undrawn.

As the Lieutenant questioned one of the patrons, Vin kept her eyes one on the Mandalorian and the other one, who was either into some weird body modifications or belonged to a species she hadn't seen before. Overhearing their words, and with the witness' words confirming that the man on the ground was a Sith, she spoke up and addressed the men. "Neither of you are taking him, and neither are you leaving till we sort this out. Why don't we start with some names, both of you. Do you have identification?" She already had heard enough to know some names, Alais, Arden, but she was interested in seeing if they would continue with the lies or actually give an honest answer.

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[Arden Kryze]

One thing Arden was good at was sitting back and watching the fireworks. Right now the fireworks were lit and priming to fire, if the two Jedi were any indication. The man, lightsaber in hand, walked past and placed himself between them and the cop who was busy interviewing the stranger. He really wasn't sure who the hell she thought she was, interviewing them like a cop. The two Jedi, on the other hand, was a comedy show to watch.

From his experience with Jedi, they tended to not go for their weapons right off the bat...and they weren't wound up like a demo charge, looking like they wanted to fight. Arden merely looked on with an amused grin under his helmet as he slurped away at his drink. "Sui' yourself." he quipped casually at the man's rejection of a drink.

The other Jedi then spoke up. She seemed a little more level-headed than her friend but she still didn't strike Arden as a typical Jedi. She asked their names and Arden obliged, not seeing the point in giving them reason to lash out at him. "Name's Arden Kryze, pleasure to mee' ya. I go' my ID in my pocke' if you wanna see it." he introduced himself calmly and offered to show his identification before finishing off his drink. Though he didn't stop there as he kept sucking through the straw, creating a very annoying slurping sound with the last few drops of his pint. He finally stopped and looked at the two of them. "Mind if I ask the bartender for a refill?" he asked them politely with a smile on his face as he held his pint up. Arden suspected that they wouldn't grant the Mandalorian the privilege of a refill.

He looked down at the bleeding mess of a person in front of them then back up at the Jedi. "Uh...mind cau'erizing the wound? He's makin' a bi' of a mess over here."

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[Kai]

The hilt in Talak's hands was fairly obvious for what it was. The woman beside him dressed in robes had the typical jedi appearance and gave of a sensation of concern and far more innocence than anybody else present. But her lightsaber and manner of speaking also told him the trio were at least not bounty hunters. The armored woman stepped away and immediately seemed to begin asking questions towards the other patrons. None of them doing the same task and seamlessly dividing the work around them. They didn't have the colors of any gang that deserved to give him pause either so she was not an enforcer for any Syndicate as far as Kai would guess. Her words just added to his suspicion of their real identity since the voice was both familiar and the manner in which she almost barked the questions. Like a total cop Or law enforcement adjacent with a side of jedi.

"You can stay here if you want to bud." Kai spoke to Arden and refused to produce a form of identification. None of the questioning people had given any identification of their own or reason for Kai to do anything they say save for the threat of injury. The Grysk was no being unlawful and the trio reeked of bacon. He calmly holstered his blaster pistol before bending down to get a grip on the smoking corpse. "At least I didn't park too...hggrk.... too far away." A grunt came from him as he tried to get the man into a fireman carry but realized it was going to be hard with the man's appendages in the state they were. "If you wanna help though that'd be nice. We'll be back for more later though so don't drink the whole bar down." He actually meant the last sentence. He hoped Jacob stuck around and even the trio here. A few more drinks and a few more questions would satiate the Grysk's curiousity. But he would have to complain to Lilith about this at some point. Physical labor was always a pain. With the body of the masked dark sider Kai would begin heading towards his ship and out of the cantina.

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[Talak Rand]

The fact that the man thought that the pair of Jedi should be laid back while someone was literally bleeding out into the floor indicated he was probably a bit unhinged, but that was what it was. Some people were just out of touch with reality.

The fact that the other thought that mortally wounding someone and trying to kidnap them was "lawful" was also comical, but... again, detached from reality, it seemed.

Taken together, he couldn't disagree with Vinry's assessment that they certainly seemed sociopathic. "Disregard for the rights of others with lack of remorse." Casually drinking after having shot someone and leaving them to bleed out on the floor? That one was an easy box to check.

"Involves criminality, impulsivity, hostility, and manipulation." The criminality part was covered by assault and attempted kidnapping. The manipulation was covered by their playing it off as nonchalance, and the impulsivity and hostility were indicated by the story told by the man Trys was interrogating. Check, check, check, and check. At least from this brief encounter, it fit a textbook definition of sociopathy.

But yes, the Jedi (well, Talak wasn't really a Jedi, was he?) were the ones being irrational.

I'm not going to let you assault and kidnap someone and just walk out, he said.

Put him down and take a seat until we've sorted out what happened here, he said cooly. If they wanted to wait for the local authorities that was fine with Talak. If they wanted to let the Sector Rangers investigate, that was fine. If they wanted to claim there was no authority... well, then it was vigilante law, and that was something Talak knew about.

He would let Vinry or Trys handle identifying them since... well, Talak was neither a Jedi nor a Sector Ranger, so identifying himself as such was a bit shady.

As for the Grysk, well, Talak would physically stop him if he had to, but he would have a chance to stand down first. Either way, by his second step toward the door after picking the Sith up, Talak would intervene if he had to. Sooner if the situation changed.

 

[Vinry Forge]

Where Talak went for words, Vinry went for action. It was odd, anyone else would have probably assumed their roles being reversed in a situation like this, but here they were. The moment skeletor made a move to pick up the injured man Vin's blade sprang to life and even as he was bending down to pick up the injured Sith, and the Ranger's interrogation had made it very likely that he was a Sith, and she reached out with the Force to grab the man's hand in a telekinetic grip to hold it in place. He was not laying a hand on the Sith, not on her watch.

Maybe she was being too aggressive, but she was also being proactive in saving someone's life. For Sith or not, she had no doubts that he would do a lot worse in the custody of either of these men than out of it. At best they were bounty hunters, out to hand the Sith in to the Hutts to let them do Force knows what to the poor soul. At worst they were assassins or slave traders or themselves Sith. By then she had noticed the two blades hanging from the Mandalorian's belt, that was suspicious enough. Who knew, but from what she had seen of their behavior, she knew she could not in good conscience let them take the injured man. Even it it came to a fight.

"As he said," she said in a deliberate voice that left no room for doubt that she meant what she said, "you're going nowhere. And neither is he, not with you lot." She was sure there would be talk about this later, how she was the one who let things get out of hand. But she had spent enough time out of the Core to know that it was often better to be proactive than reactive.

Ever heard that joke about the Jedi, the former Sith, and the Sector Ranger who walked into a bar? The Jedi started a fight.

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[Trys Aran]

Trys listened as the bespeckled man gave a very thorough account of what happened. From the looks of it, the Mandalorian appeared entirely unharmed - not even a scuff. Meanwhile, the mutilated man was severely injured. She noted the detail about the sabers. Trys paused there, turning to glance at where the Mandalorian was showing his ID. The other man tried to nonchalantly take the injured man for himself, but thankfully the others stopped him.

She turned to the bartender then, “Please call for a medical speeder at once for the man on the floor. He won’t be walking for some time so I’m not too concerned,” Trys looked over at Arden, “I don’t think that lightsaber belongs to you, so I suggest handing it over.” She knew it would be useful, especially in the hands of a Jedi she knew that could relay memories from such objects.

Trys wasn’t foolish enough to believe this wouldn’t escalate, but she had known that as soon as she walked in. The half dead man was the least of her concerns - Sith or not - these two over here were the bigger problem. Trys turned back to the man with the glasses, “You’ve never seen any of these people before?” She asked, skeptically. Nothing about the man suggested he was violent, but it was always good to double check everyone.

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[Jacobius Mygard]

Well, it seemed his story hadn't gotten him any worse trouble. He wouldn't sigh easily yet, though, as the questions hadn't ended. And were they trying to take the Sith away, with those other two stopping them? And they seemed to be Jedi, oh dear. He hadn't been using the Force, besides that little bit to cool the drink before they got there, but now he made sure to do his best to hide his presence. He wasn't planning on attacking any of them, but he didn't want a stray feeling to make them think he was a threat and to start attacking him. He honestly didn't want to be a part of any violence, he just wanted his ship to be fixed so he could get out of here. "I have not. I've only been in this bar for less than half an hour, though at this point it feels like an eternity. Dear me, all this violence is distressing. I need to find a client closer to the core, work out here in the Outer Rim is too prone to danger, recently."

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[Kai]

The skeletal like gauntlet of the dark sider halted before reaching the injured man at his feet. Kai didn't relent on his reaching for the body even as her lightsaber came up. It's bright color telling him well enough what side she played for. Then again if she cut him down... Resh Isk Peth* His head slowly turned to look at her, daring her to kill him knowing the teaching of the Jedi well enough to know it was an unlikely choice.

All the while Jacobius finished his talk. Malakai maintained unflinching eye contact with the marvelous display of a jedi before him and continued to test her stamina by not halting his attempt to reach for the body. Of course if she stopped her stasis on him then he would keep going and pick the body up.

Her feelings of uncertainty was likely due to her inexperience which he focused on while only physically keeping his arm outstretched. The rest of the area seemed rather seasoned in comparison. Jaded hardiness and harsh paranoia pervaded most establishments on a highly competitive planet based around spice trade. At least the ones that survived carried those characteristics. Outsiders

It was only after the spectacle wearing man finished speaking that the bruiser of the group decided to order a call for medical help from the local metropolitan services. The Grysk snorted in amusement. They were wasting time if theey actually cared aboutthe livelihood of the person on the ground. The Marauder wondered for the first time what was under the man's mask before looking up as Talak stepped between him and the door, giving a command towards him that just sounded...

righteous​

"Bite me." He said flatly in response. If they were the kind of outlaw that would have taken him out they would have done it by now. "Mind if I get your names?" He glanced between the 'light-foot trio' legitimately expecting one of them to answer. Kai knew what signs of murderous intent were. They hadn't shown them and the voices in his head even seemed to agree.

"...get the kark out of my way so I can turn in a live bounty instead of a dead one." The tone got a little more aggravated towards the end than Kai would have wanted but he had to admit. They had asked questions about the events that had transpired, prevented him from even getting his quarry from going to a medical facility. Only now while prioritizing getting more answers while relying on the emergency response team of a planet dedicated to the economic influx of illicit substances. If anything the jedi looking individuals were going to be in a world of hurt considering the planet was five syndicates territory, or four syndicates. Whatever it was now. The heightened strain of a most recent move against the Pyke syndicate of course adding to the stress of the situation no doubt.

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[Arden Kryze]

Things escalated when Kai tried to pick Xath up, and the Jedi girl ignited her blade. Arden's right hand crept closer to his pistol but he didn't touch it, not unless they try to make a move first to attack them. She reinforced her friend's words and ordered them to stay put. But at this point, Arden was getting tired of playing games with them.

The full metal harpy then approached them and said something that earned a chuckle from the Mandalorian. "Last I checked, it does when I'm claimin' the bounty on 'em." he answered right back. "An' unless you're some cop who forgo' her badge a' home, I see no reason to listen to you." he continued. "As for you two, you are a pair of sorry karkin' Jedi if you care this much abou' a sith." he commented, keeping the two of them in his line of sight and the armoured one in the corner of his eye. He was watching them the whole time and he would continue to do so. He was ready for a fight and getting caught off guard wasn't something he wanted to deal with.

Kai then made his choice to leave and Arden hummed in response. "You heard the boss. Gotta go. So please, do us a favour an' ge' out of the way." he asked calmly, his right hand open and ready to draw.

The tension was thick enough to cut with a blade. It reminded him of a holofilm he saw a while back. All that was missing now was the trigger that would shatter the tension...his only concern now was not letting his employer or paycheque get caught in a crossfire. That would be rather inconvenient.

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[Vinry Forge]

Vin had to make some decisions as the weird looking fellow continued to resist her attempt to stop her and attempted to continue making for the unconscious body. At the same time the Mandalorian flatout refused the Lieutenant's request to hand over the lightsaber. This was headed towards a less verbal confrontation, and in that case it was more important to take certain precautions. Such as making sure the Mandalorian didn't start waving around the blade he had stolen. She had seen more than one fool try to use a lightsaber and injure themselves and others, and she was sure a drunk psychopathic fool would do no better. Besides, Talak had already warned the other one that he would not let him walk out with the Sith, so she didn't have to worry about that.

So she let go of Force, stopping her attempt to block the man's attempt to pick up the body. He picked up the body, but Vin had already shifted her attention to the Mandalorian. She reached out with the Force, grabbing the lightsaber dangling at his waist and pulling it towards herself, carefully gripped to make sure it stayed unlit as it came to her. Grabbing it out of the air, she held it unlit and smiled at the Mandalorian.

"A Jedi cares for everyone," she said with an innocent smile on her lips, "be they Sith or whatever you two are. Which is why I'll be taking this, can't have you cutting yourself playing with the big boy toys."

She was sure he would take that well, so she was ready, for whatever tantrum would come their way. She knew very well how trigger happy these types could be.

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