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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2782374" data-attributes="member: 10079">Chapter 309: Information“I thought we weren’t going to be stealing,” Jyren whispered hastily, as Garrol was busying doing...doing...something after he’d explained to them how they could get a hold of the mines.    Shadow rolled her eyes and flicked his ear angrily, “Did you really think we could get a hold of enough mines to stop a fleet without stealing?!”    “Well...” Jyren tried not to whimper and just rubbed his ear, “No, but that’s not the point.”    “That is the point,” Shadow growled quietly, her back to the Ryn and doing her best not to let the argument be heard. It was best to let him assume they were just discussing...not arguing.    There was a quiet sigh from Jyren, “I don’t even see how we’re going to do this! We can’t hijack an entire convoy!”    “Just one ship,” she corrected him quickly.    “Yes, but if its carrying a good sized compliment of orbital mines, then it’ll be heavily guarded..” Jyren trailed off, letting the last part of the sentence remain unspoken.    But, thanks to the link, Shadow had no trouble picking up on it, “Out here it won’t be. Yes, we might have to take out a few fighters, but the New Republic’s forces are spread so thin lately there’s no way they can field an entire squadron just for a small convoy.”    “Five cruisers is not small,” Jyren said flatly.    Shadow shook her head, “Four cargo transports and an escort is.”    “Cargo transports don’t have landing bays!” Jyren nearly yelled it, but managed to somehow keep his voice down.    “Then we’ll dock with them,” by now, Shadow was giving him a sharp, somewhat dangerous look.    Jyren did his best to ignore the look, but Shadow was getting better at it every time she used it. The link was definitely working against him in that aspect. Shaking it off, though, he shook his head, “Then we’re a sitting target for the escort to pick us off.”    This time, there was no quick response. After the pause passed, though, Shadow just patted his shoulder, “We’ll think of something.”    And before he could say anything to that, she stood up straight(which actually put her taller than him for that half second before he stood up completely, too...not something that Shadow missed) and turned around to face Garrol, “Alright, we’re interested. What’s the location?”    A broad smile appeared on the Ryn’s face, and a whistling noise escaped his beak-like nose, though his hand was still carefully holding the blaster, “When you give me the money, I will tell you where.”    “We don’t have the kind of money you want, Garrol,” Shadow said in a surprisingly unthreatening tone.    Garrol twitched slightly but managed a shrug, “Then you aren’t going to find out where that convoy is.”    Shadow didn’t need to signal Jyren. Instead, he just knew it was the right time. Casually, he extended his hand and reached out with the Force. The small blaster pistol was wrenched from the Ryn’s light grip and flew right into Jyren’s hand...and it was immediately aimed straight at Garrol’s head when Jyren had control over it, “This is more important than money. Tell us where it is.”    The Ryn had yelped and jumped back against the wall again the second that the blaster had left his grip. But one hand was rapidly scouring the wall for...something. Probably an alarm. Jyren quickly shifted his aim and fired off a quick shot that burned black mark in the wall just a little too close to Garrol’s hand, “This doesn’t have to get violent, but if you try that again, I won’t be aiming for the wall.”    “Buh..uh...bu...Jedi...” the Ryn was shaking much more now, and his eyes were darting quickly between the two Alraxians standing in front of him. Finally, they locked on Shadow, “He’s as bad as you are!”    Shadow smiled sweetly, which was disturbingly dangerous looking, “I did my best with him. Of course, you should know that he still hasn’t learned patience, so he might accidently squeeze that trigger soon if you keep stuttering and don’t tell us where the convoy’s going to be.”    Garrol made a noise that sounded like a whimper but was strangely musical at the same time. But after a moment, mumbled something under his breath. He looked up and quickly realized that he hadn’t been heard, then said much louder, “Eriadu.”    Jyren had to take a moment to think about that, then said out loud, “Where the Rimma and Hydian Way intersect...”    “Y-yes...” Garrol mumbled, still trying to back through a wall. It was a task he was having a great deal of difficulty with, “Tomorrow...an hour from now tomorrow.”    Spinning the weapon around so that he gripped the barrel, Jyren tossed the blaster to the Ryn...he didn’t catch it. Instead, it hit Garrol in the chest before bouncing down to the ground. Jyren then flashed a smile that wasn’t too much different than Shadow’s, though it definitely didn’t have the same bite, “Thank you. I believe we’ll be leaving now. If you move from that spot, I will know it. Do not move from there until we’ve left the station...consider it a nice twenty minute break.”    Shadow smiled again, nodded and then started out with Jyren following close behind. As they walked at a very fast pace around the circle and back to the hangar, she ‘said’. [You’re getting at that.]    [I learned from the best.] Jyren said with a grin on his face.    [That you do...] she gave him a look over her shoulder. [But that ‘all-seeing Jedi’ act isn’t going to work every time. I suggest figuring out a few more tricks.]    He nodded, but was actually motioning forward. [I suggest we get the hell out of here before the act wears off.]    Shadow also nodded, then reached out a little farther. [Loki, get ready to leave. We’re on our way back and the second we’re onboard it would probably be a good idea to get us out of here.]    [You are being shot at...?] Loki sounded like someone who was on the verge of laughing.    [Not yet.] Jyren cut in, but then caught some movement over his shoulder. [But I don’t think these guards are going to let it last too much longer.]</blockquote>

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