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

[Pbartender]

A train of waitresses assaults the table with several wide platters of food. The first contains a large bowl of brown liquid surrounded by hundreds of thin slices of fish arranged in an enormous rosette of whites, oranges, pinks and reds. Another holds a bowl of bright green paste amidst a heaping pile of crustaceans and shellfish. The next supports a tall pyramid carefully built from rice balls. A tray filled with dishes of picked vegetables. Finally, a tray with a large pot of tea and several dainty ceramic cups.

Dressed in a white smock and a scarlet headband tied around his prodicious forehead, a charcoal-skinned, whale-like humanoid stands by proudly with his arms crossed and the dinner is arranged on the table. The Herglic cook is easily as tall as Rorworr, and is at least twice as wide.

"Huom!" he huffs from the blowhole top his head. "I trust this will settle our debt, Surool-shan?"

 

[Deel Surool]

"Most equitably," Deel replies smoothly. "As usual you have more than outdone yourself. A meal half as delicious and plentiful would have been sufficient. Even my highest expectations cannot prepare me for the excellence and pride of the craftsmanship from a Master such as yourself."

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

Originally posted by Set Harth
He then blushes when he hears a snicker escape Sia's mouth.

The snicker was in actuality a cough but the Jedi arched an auburn brow remembering the look earlier at the turbolift. "I think you're paying a little too close attention to me, Set, when you should be giving all your attention to Valera," she murmurs with a sweet smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes. "If you're not careful, Kaz might steal her away! He's already enthralled Arani!"

When the food arrives, her eyes grow even wider, like two surging oceans and she manages to refrain from clapping her hands in delight. "Absolutely stellar, Deel! I think I can eat half of this all on my own!" She inclines her head slightly at the chef before grinning at him with joy and excitement.

"You are a master! An absolute master!"

 

[Arani Korden]

Arani sits quietly, lost in thought. She sneaks the occasional glance at Dorn, but doesn't really look up until . . .

"With the juiced up hot-rod Lady Agatha has provided for your use, you should be able to reach Vycinyth in two or three days... The hyperlanes in the sector are atrocious due to all the interstellar rubble from the nebula, you know... The preliminary feast and ball of the Vor-Cal will take place four days from now, and the hunt begins the morning after, so I can confidently say that one of you will be firing a blaster or equivalent weapon five days hence."

"I was wondering when we'd get around to business. What service can we provide for my Aunt in order to repay her for her generous hospitality?

Or to put it another way, what's the catch?"

 

[Valara]

Set glances in irritation at Kaz then turns to Valara. "Sorry Valara, you had a question?" speaks Set in an attempt to regain his dignity. He then blushes when he hears a snicker escape Sia's mouth.

"No, no question." she says blushing slightly wondering what the Zabrak mechanic was doing. She couldn't remember asking one. She reaches out and touches each piece of silver ware in front of her wondering at its use. She didn't really understand what it was all for, but she really didn't want to look foolish in front of her friends and... of course not in front of Set.

She took a few quick breaths to calm herself and distract her from her thoughts. he had never been this nervous about anything on Yashuvi. Certainly not, she was a warrior, warriors do not get nervous, but there it was, thoughts about Set made her nervous. Maybe it was the force, and then again maybe it was the fact that she had never been around a boy who was able to feel the force.

"With the juiced up hot-rod Lady Agatha has provided for your use, you should be able to reach Vycinyth in two or three days... The hyperlanes in the sector are atrocious due to all the interstellar rubble from the nebula, you know... The preliminary feast and ball of the Vor-Cal will take place four days from now, and the hunt begins the morning after, so I can confidently say that one of you will be firing a blaster or equivalent weapon five days hence."

Valara perks up at the word hunt, her face lighting up with a smile, one of the largest her companions had seen her give. "Hunt? What are hunting? Is it dangerous?" she asks the twilek excitedly.

 

[Kaz Lo]

Kaz just stares with mouth agape as platter after platter is brought out. As one passes in front of him, he's tempted to reach out and pluck some off the top, but remembers he's supposed to have manners and such around here.

"Oh baby...I ain't seen this much food laid out in one place in my whole life."

As Deel is making his remarks regarding the Chef's masterpiece, Kaz has already started loading his plate. In fact, the temptation finally takes hold of him and he crams a few rice balls into his mouth between grabs.

"Dumph goo' moob!!!" he exclaims to the Herglic, giving an enthusiastic thumbs up. The Zabrak swallows and tosses a rice ball to Rorworr,

"Dig in Woogie! We ain't gonna eat like this ageen fer a long time!"

 

[Rorworr]

Rorworr catches the thrown rice ball and eats it, smiling at Kaz's enthusiasm.

"Quite a masterpiece of culinary art. This really does rival some of the banquets I've attended."

Rorworr quickly loads his plate with a large pile of food, and starts eating contentedly.

"How much did he owe you, Deel? It looks like you could buy a starship for the amount of food we've got here." Rorworr pats the bowcaster hung over the back of his chair. "So, hunting, you say? What type of beasties will we be going after? It's been too long since I last caught my own dinner."

 

[Set Harth]

Set proceeds to fill his plate, and listen to the conversations around him. [Internal Dialog Time] "What am I doing! I am a Jedi we must avoid these attachments. Valara will learn that soon enough. And yet... She cetainly is attactive, and interested. Why does that infernal Sia always have to play match maker. She was always doing that back on Naboo too. Careful Set, There is no anger, only the force. My master will flay my hide when I finally return to Coruscant if I have girl in tow. Valara has such luminous eyes. What am I thinking, I have better disapline then this."

Set countinues to argue with himself as he picks at his food...

 

[Pbartender]

"Huom!" Mori huffs again, expelling an odd sort of laugh from his blow hole, "Your compliments do me great honor. Please, enjoy your meal."

To your surprise, the seafood is thouroughly raw, the rice balls are cold, and the green paste makes your eyes water and your noses run.

To your greater surprise, it is all thoroughly delicious just as it is... An odd melange of flavors and textures that caress and cajole the palette with their simplicity.

 

[Deel Surool]

"I was wondering when we'd get around to business. What service can we provide for my Aunt in order to repay her for her generous hospitality?

Or to put it another way, what's the catch?"

"You, my dear, and anyone who wishes to join you, are to attend the annual Vor-Cal. A banquet, a ball, and a day of big game hunting."

Valara perks up at the word hunt, her face lighting up with a smile, one of the largest her companions had seen her give. "Hunt? What are hunting? Is it dangerous?" she asks the twilek excitedly.

"Of course it is... to some small extent. It wouldn't be worth wagering on if it wasn't. now would it?"

"How much did he owe you, Deel? It looks like you could buy a starship for the amount of food we've got here."

"As I had said before, Herglics simply cannot pass up a wager, and most of them are hopelessly incapable of playing the proper odds."

Rorworr pats the bowcaster hung over the back of his chair. "So, hunting, you say? What type of beasties will we be going after? It's been too long since I last caught my own dinner."

"Normally you won't know until you arrive. The host usually annouces the prey and the rules of the hunt during the banquet."