WWWW: Nerf Herding

[Cyzyn-Itza-Rus Xho'thal]

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Location: Lothal
Time: Afternoon
Participants: @Darasuum as @Cyzyn-Itza-Rus Xho'thal ,
Theme: My Church Is Black ⇼ Me And That Man
OOC: Thread opposition will utilize dice. Dedicated thread here.

Lothal was an ideal location to gather the livestock he had in mind. The planet had vast fields and plenty of space making the population of nerfs very high. Since it was within the Sith Empire's domain nobody would question a Sith Master's presence and he did not have to go to the same extensive means to reach his goal. Still it was not going to be easy. It took a large number of animals to pick up and intigrate onto a new planet's eco system. That was why he had to calculate for loss of life, sickness, breeding and other factors that most people might not realize.

The Dread Lords had already acquired the assistance of Southern Star Trade and Freight when they first had them transport the colonists to D'Qar nearly 5 years ago. They had subtly provided transport of goods and other supplies to and from the planet as well as assisted the greeted Sith Empire with their business. Now they had several KDY Enterprise class carriers in use as well as the same amount of A3 Heavy Freighters. Only the one's meant for freight and the company was willing to spare were going to be used. In addition to this there would be a dozen light freighters employed by Cyzyn's own coin. The trader's would be working off debt or doing favors for him in return for him lending them his ships as well as assisting the Tiss'shar with this endeavor. In total once they had the nerf's loaded and on their way to D'Qar it would be as good as done.

For now though he needed to speak with a group of the business moguls on Lothal. While they were not a very advanced or populated planet in terms of sentient species they had numerous amounts of nerf. From each of them he planned on purchasing an equal amount of cattle. A retreat at a villa, meant for important dignitaries of the Empire was the place of meeting. Cyzyn was the host and now waited for his guests to arrive.

 

[Ake Alemanii]

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the room stood a man clad in large, bone coloured armour, an Elduroxi hanging slightly from its side.
In any planet such a man would be identified as a Deucalian, a plunderer, a raider; and surely you normally wouldn't see one of these brutes alongside a Sith after the thousand flaming arrows flew to the surface of Hoth.

But yet, here it was, Ake, Plynder of clan Alemanii, hired by the Dread Lord for his culture's knowledge of Arkania and it's species, as for the motivation behind accepting such a contract, it was nothing fancy, Ake simply knew the power of the Empire and the Sith, and as Deucalians say: To be free of the yoke of others is tantamount. This does not mean being alone, but simply means choosing your rulers.


the man still didn't decide to move from the side of the room, his eyes quickly darting repeatedly from the door to the Sith himself, as even though he never saw him fight, somehow he felt the overwhelming gap between them, but he would at least attempt to keep composure, as showing weakness was not the best way to gain the sympathy of the Empire.

As once again his eyes darted back to the door, a few words would slip out of its mouth, all spoke with a cold, calculated tone.

"So, when are they coming?"​

 

[Cyzyn-Itza-Rus Xho'thal]

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Cyzyn looked towards Ake after his question. One of his feiry blue serpentine slit eyes focused on the man for a moment before replying. "They are approaching now." He said also loud enough for the serving droids to be ready to provide libations and food for the new arrivals. There were six in total that made their way up to the retreat. Each of them dressed well though not in an outfit that would be unbecoming of a nerf industrialist. They were not only dressed to impress Cyzyn but to out do the other business moguls. They were all competitors after all.

The doors opened before they even came close to them. They walked in without breaking a step. Three of them eyed Ake with a wary glance but not directly interacting with him. "Welcome my guests. Please make yourselves at home. Can we have our service droids get you any refreshments?" He said playing the part of the good host. In truth he could cut through them all in two seconds. Perhaps even one if he tried. But this was a diplomatic mission and it would not serve him in any way to kill unnecessarily. During this period he also began building up the force within himself. He had not wanted to do so earlier and waste the effort. The Tiss'shar did not try hiding the power growing within him so Ake could likely sense it though its purpose would remain a mystery.

@Monsi​

 

[Ake Alemanii]

As the Sith would respond to Ake's question, the Deucalian couldn't but notice that its Contractor was emanating a pressure higher than even what he felt before, but Ake could not quite decipher what was happening except that the Force most surely involved with this.
But he could not get himself distracted by this, after all, the moguls just arrived, fancy outfits and all as they would try to impress his associate, but to him, that was just fancy loot to resell somewhere in case they had to kill them, which sadly didn't seem like the case, in the end, the Deucalian would simply move from the side of the room toward Cyzyn, removing his helmet and giving what kinda looked like a respectful bow toward the Moguls, as he rose back up, the group could notice how his beard and hair were strangely ordered for a Deucalian, almost passing as a decent being if not for the Vikingr armour on his body.

"Hope the voyage toward here was smooth and restful, I'm Ake of Clan Baldr, here to help my associate today"

Deception wasn't sure his forte and his heavily accented voice didn't help loo, but Ake knew very well the clans and their standing or cultures, having interacted with members from all major clans during his lifetime for one reason and another, him welcoming himself as a member of clan Baldr, noted traders and leaders of the Deucalian culture should surely be a good way of reassuring the moguls of a raider's presence... or so he thought.

The moguls would eye him warily as he talked, exchanging glances and whispers between each other before finally being ready to talk.

"Your words may be well placed, but your Culture's actions and renown speak otherwise, we would prefer to discuss with said associate of yours, no neutral party needs to be involved in the trade talks.
Meanwhile, no dear host, while we like hospitality, none of us need any refreshment".

The mogul's voice was stern and distant, and no one of the other traders would even attempt to get near the Deucalian as they would now revolve their attention to the Sith Lord, meanwhile, Baldr would simply take a step back, helmet in hand and axe at his side.

 

[Cyzyn-Itza-Rus Xho'thal]

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Cyzyn observed Ake with mild curiousity. In truth he found the Deucalian far more interesting than any of the other people present. The man was strong and powerful. There was another Sith, Brandr, who had shown a great amount of promise and Ake had the makings of a possibly exceptional warrior and asset to the Dread Lords. While he was independent of the Sith Empire Cyzyn was still interested in him and so analyzed the exchange between him and the business men.

Unfortunately it did not go as planned. However Cyzyn had not always been so successful in his own dealings. He ushered them all to sit in the comfortable leather and plush seats that lay in the common area. It was not meant to be too formal a meeting. If he had wanted a consistent supply of Nerf he would have conducted this a little differently. However he was simply trying to convince them all of a one off purchase. They did not need to know that this was only going to be a single acquisition though. If they believed he would be willing to buy more of their heads of cattle then that might make them more interested in selling to him and his agenda. The self convincing promise of future business would make them his puppets for a limited time. But that was one thing Cyzyn had always excelled at, making other people convince themselves to move towards his own ends.

The group sat down, cyzyn did so as well, though he did take care to not drag his sharpened tail against the leather seating. "I am interested in purchasing a large sum of cattle from each of you. The size of which will possibly be something larger than any one of you could afford to sell in one purchase. I do not wish to purchase any company you have. That is why I am interested in buying a large herd from each of you that will come together as one large herd for myself. I am going to test these heards and see which is of the best stock. How does, one thousand to start, each?" He said casually. Money was surely not the issue for the Tiss'shar. He just needed them to agree to sell their nerfs to him.

A moment of silence hung in their are as they all seemed shocked. This would probably be their single largest sale each in the history of their deals and could boost their profits significantly. The the last one though had more of a worried expression on his face. This was when cyzyn would raise his clawed hand use his built up force to ease his mind in a powerful force trick that would wipe away any worry. "There is nothing to worry about as I will purchase your cattle at a reasonable price." the one worried man would nod slowly, "A reasonable price." while the others needed no special convincing. Cyzyn's fiery blue eyes glanced over to Ake to see what he thought of the exchange.

@Monsi​

 

[Ake Alemanii]

Cyzyn's fiery blue eyes glanced over to Ake to see what he thought of the exchange, and Ake was actually shocked, to say the least, this was not even an exchange from the start, anyone who would refuse such a proposal was either dumb or planning something.

And in fact, everyone except one would not even dare to refuse to it, and the last one was easily convinced by his Sith associate with what looked like some force sorcery to the Deucalian's eyes.

and in fact, the Deucalian would glance at his associate, and he would simply give a small grin before giving him a light shrug... if all proceeded like this, the two would have been done before dinner, and so the Plynder would decide to simply stay silent for the time being, the Dread Lord was much better than himself in his own opinion.

 

[Cyzyn-Itza-Rus Xho'thal]

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Cyzyn was not done with his deceptive ways. He did not implant anything that was not already there. His powers did not allow that and he did not like to think that the force could truly make something out of nothing. It was why he was delving into alchemy. The Tiss'shar instead was just expanding the minute details and desires hidden beneath the surface of the businessmen's mind. The sith helped them prioritize their own greed and lower the caution.

Now he would continue to entertain them for the next few minutes. He would discuss with each of them the condition of the nerf. Some of them would pull him aside as the rest would exchange pleasantries. They were as close to nobility as Lothal got but that was not saying much. Their own small back water planet bloated their ego since they were just the biggest fish in a small pond. Compared to the galaxy they were nothing.

//end thread

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