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

[Arani Korden]

"I'm certainly no expert on the Code, but I know that there's a strong tradition in the order that discourages it. Dogma's easy to deal with, but tradition . . . as for Rory,"

The windmills of Arani's mind are clearly turning quickly for a moment. Look at her. She'll pop if she doesn't get to tell someone. And Rory's been a good friend to both Dorn and me for so long, I know we can count on him.

"Yes, you can tell Rory. I'd be grateful if you did."

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

Sia-Lan threw her arms around Arani and gave her a splendiferous hug. "You know that I'm absolutely happy for you and Dorn, don't you? And I think that if you have love, nothing can get in your way. I mean you just do the stuff you do normally and this is just a little extra happy added to it. Can't be so hard, can it?"

Spoken like girl who had never been in love before.

"But I'll help you two any way I can, you know that right?"

 

[Arani Korden]

"We'll see what happens - I'm kind of new at this myself, you know. But I plan to hold on to this for as long as I can.

And thanks for your help, both past and future."

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

"Always, Arani! Always...I mean what are friend for, besides being annoying and meddling trouble makers?" Sia-Lan gave her a blue-eyed wink before letting her loose from the wookie-like hug. "Do you think I should break up the sparring match before somebody gets hurt? I feel a little guilty about Set getting hurt. The whole sparring thing was my idea after all."

 

[Arani Korden]

"Set got hurt? What happened? Is he all right?" Arani looks around in surprise. "Where is he?"

 

[Sia-Lan Wezz]

"Set got hurt? What happened? Is he all right?" Arani looks around in surprise. "Where is he?"

"He ran into Valara's foot and broke his nose. He's alright though. The only thing bruised now is his ego, but that should heal pretty quickly with Val's help." Sia-Lan winked at Arani. "He left just after she did so he's probably either with her or off sulking."

 

[Arani Korden]

"He's okay? Good." Arani looks at the soldier and Wookiee. "I think those two will be fine as well. They're big boys. So if you'll excuse me, Ithink I'll go back to the suite. I haven't seen Dorn for a good ten minutes."

 

[Dorn Tavers]

Seeing the comprehension in Dorn's eyes, Arani smiles grimly.

"If you've got this, I'll try and deal with Sia-Lan. I'm guessing she's still at the gym."

Arani reluctantly pulls away from Dorn, but stops when she reaches the door.

"I won't be long. I'll see you soon, alright? Bye."

And she's off.

"Hurry back..."

Once Arani has left, Dorn sighs quietly to himself and walks over to the table where Kaz and Kelko are having their little game. Pulling up a chair, he sits down at the table and addresses his two friends in a casual tone.

"Well, I have to say...the way you two are staring at each other...well, it's almost enough to make me forget what a great mood I'm in."

Dorn smiles happily at the two of them and leans forward.

"Almost. Fortunately, my day has been so fantastic that I don't think even you nerf herders can spoil my mood. So, why don't you deal me in and let me bring some joy to this little game. Besides, it'll pass the time until Arani comes back."

The young Jedi grins and leans back in his chair as he waits for Kaz to deal him a hand. In what seems like an afterthought, he points at the two engineers and looks at them questioningly.

"By the way, nobody at this table is armed are they?"

Dorn continues to smile at Kaz and Kelko even as he keeps a careful watch on them and their tense behavior toward one another.

 

[Kelko]

"Well, that's good to hear," the Rodian replies to the gushing couple, though he seems somewhat distracted. It's almost as if the game were more than just a friendly game of Sabac and something more important was on the line. Kelko mutters and rearranges his cards, and hardly seems to notice Arani and Dorn until the jedi sits down at the table.

Finally, Kelko can relax a bit. While Dorn and he weren't best of friends, the fringer was nevertheless confidant that the jedi would intercept any blaster bolts fired by the Zabrak mechanic with his handy lightsaber.

Dorn smiles happily at the two of them and leans forward.

"Almost. Fortunately, my day has been so fantastic that I don't think even you nerf herders can spoil my mood. So, why don't you deal me in and let me bring some joy to this little game. Besides, it'll pass the time until Arani comes back."

Kelko's snout twitches slightly at what might be the Rodian equivalent of an ironic smile. "Joy? There is no joy. Only Sabac." He nods over to the Zabrak. "You heard the jedi, deal him in."

"By the way, nobody at this table is armed are they?"

"No more than usual, Dorn," he replies, mulling over his cards so carefully that it was obvious that he wasn't paying attention to them at all. "Of course, the question's coming from someone whose weapon dangles from his belt from all times, so it's fairly meaningless one in any case."

 

[Vor'en Kurn]

Vor'en drops all the relatively complex maneuvers and just goes to what he had guessed, at the beginning, the match would require: Hitting the Wookie repeatedly.