The Star Wars Iconic Characters and the Lords of the Expanse: Hunting Grounds...

[Set Harth]

Set wanders along with the group, not really interested in sights. He's seen big cities before. However he does perk up at the metion of a mission. "Yes, Deel what is this mission. I thought we're going to return to Coruscant soon and rejoin our masters."

 

[Kaz Lo]

Kaz Lo could almost pass for presentable in his new garb. He walks with the same relaxed saunter, the intelligent gleam down deep in his eyes (you really have to be looking sometimes), and surprisingly greaseless hands. With his mouth shut, he maintains the vibrant, adventurous aire of one who, like all his people, has spent his life wandering. Then he speaks...

"I still don't know why he couldn't dress us all up like Jedi. Folks always say, 'Them Jedi're serious thenking types, and don't mess with em er they'll choke ya from across the room with their Force powers'. And then I met y'all! Boy were them folks wrong! Turns out anybody can be Jedi and ya don't ever even use yer lightsaber except on little floatin' balls. I thenk we coulda pulled it off."

He stops when he realizes he's talking over Deel.

 

[Arani Korden]

"I still don't know why he couldn't dress us all up like Jedi. Folks always say, 'Them Jedi're serious thenking types, and don't mess with em er they'll choke ya from across the room with their Force powers'. And then I met y'all! Boy were them folks wrong! Turns out anybody can be Jedi and ya don't ever even use yer lightsaber except on little floatin' balls. I thenk we coulda pulled it off."

"There will be other Jedi at the ball, I suspect. And they can always tell, somehow. I'm not sure how - some sort of spooky sixth sense or something.

And don't forget - our friends are only trainee Jedi. I think they surgically extract your sense of humor when you become a knight."

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

Originally posted by Arani Korden <snip>
And don't forget - our friends are only trainee Jedi. I think they surgically extract your sense of humor when you become a knight."

Sia-Lan grinned and winked at her friend. "Are you suggesting that Dorn, Set, and Sen are well on their way to becoming Knights already, Arani? And that I am woefully lagging?" She stuck her tongue at everyone. "Well, I for one would like to get my hands on a hoverboard. Do you know of any good places to pick up one, Deel?"

 

[Arani Korden]

"Are you suggesting that Dorn, Set, and Sen are well on their way to becoming Knights already, Arani? And that I am woefully lagging?"

"I'm only an unenlightened mortal, Sia-Lan Wezz. I couldn't possibly be able to judge your progress along the great Jedi path of wisdom."

Without interrupting her stride (or dropping her package), Arani spins into an elaborate curtsey.

"I'm just saying that when you do become a Knight, we may not be able to recognize you.

I'll be sure to bring my grandchildren to the ceremony - they'll be able to use their sharp young eyes and tell me which Jedi shaped blur is you."

 

[Valara]

Valara shakes herself out of the happy reverie that Set's obviously admiring glances and compliments had put her into at the sound of the noble's voice. She shakes her head softly to rid it temporarily of images of Set during Saber practice, all sweaty with his shirt sticking to his torso, hard to do, but doable.

"I think Sia will make a great Jedi." she replies defensively on her friends behalf, still watching Set out of the corner of her eye. The material of the body suit was very soft, much softer then anything she had ever worn before, soft enough that inwardly she thought she could get used to its touchg against her bare-skin. Was that soft, liking things that are soft and pleasant? She knew it wasn't like her to like such things, but was it wrong to like things such as the silk? She jujst didn't know, but she was willing to try if it made a certain jedi knight more attracted to her. She was feeling a touch out of sorts lately with the customs of others, on Yashuvi she would have just taken him to her hut and told him what to do. Here the situation and what was acceptable was different, vastly different. While it was fun to flirt, its also frustrating. The amazon trailed along behind the noble and even Sia, lost in the thought.

 

[Deel Surool]

"Yes, Deel what is this mission. I thought we're going to return to Coruscant soon and rejoin our masters."

"From what I've heard, the Jedi Council has had your Masters busy enough without saddling them with a passel of young Padawans," Deel jests and he leads the way to the hotel. "Lady Agatha has apparently convince the council to send you all on a mission that is not entirely unrelated to the troubles on Naboo.

"House Cadriaan, you see, is the only noble house in the sector that controls any star systems along the Shapani Bypass. Except for the Achillea system in Cadriaan Province, all the other systems on the bypass are under control of the Freeworlds. That single system provides the noble houses a means of bypassing the heavy tariffs of the Freeworlds Region, and gives House Cadriaan a stable suppliment to the house coffers.

"Several weeks ago a Cadriaan agent witnessed a secret meeting between a Trade Federation representative and the captain of a known band of local pirates. Though he couldn't hear the details of the discussion, he did discover that a Federation agent will be making a second rendevous with a noble contact at the Vor-Cal hunt.

"Your primary objective will be to find out what the Federation is up to, and who is working with them, without revealing yourselves to be Cadriaan agents.

"Your secondary objective is to honorably represent House Cadriaan in the Vor-Cal. You will behave yourselves at the banquet, and do your best to win top marks in the hunt.

"You have your formal clothing for the banquet. Semi-formal wardrobes have been assembled for daily wear and are waiting in your hotel suite. Weapons, fatigues and other gear for the hunt will be loaded onto the ship before you leave in the morning. Aside from that, a case of surveillance equipment will be supplied.

"Any questions?"

"Well, I for one would like to get my hands on a hoverboard. Do you know of any good places to pick up one, Deel?"

"If you give me the specifications, there will be one waiting for you on the ship in the morning."

 

[Kaz Lo]

"She gets a hoverboard?! Hey man, how's about a set of Blast Armor and a B7K7 Flesh-shredder with optional burst-fire? And...eh...a Yui Kai Thermal Detonator Launcher? Heck, just point me the general direction of this thang we're huntin' and I'll waste half the sector! YEEEE-HAW!"

 

[Arani Korden]

"I think Sia will make a great Jedi."

"I think so, as well. I was only teasing. Sorry, Valara, I forget sometimes that you haven't known us long enough to know when we're kidding."

 

[Arani Korden]

"Your primary objective will be to find out what the Federation is up to, and who is working with them, without revealing yourselves to be Cadriaan agents.

"Your secondary objective is to honorably represent House Cadriaan in the Vor-Cal. You will behave yourselves at the banquet, and do your best to win top marks in the hunt.

Arani stops, and looks at her friends in surprise.

"Dinner, dancing, hunting, and a bit of espionage? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think we're actually the right people for the job. If we each focus on our own strengths, and work together, I think we can pull this off."