Author Topic: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers  (Read 24486 times)

Niil Spaar

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2015, 07:19:14 PM »
"Well . . . we're trying to find someone known to hang around the Tezest area.  Unfortunately, a large Imperial force is headed this way, and that's bound to make things very difficult for us.  The Imperials are likely looking for the same man we're looking for, and we have our own reasons to be well clear of this area before the Imps arrive."  Pointing at Jeremy, he added, "Rumors have it that Jeremy here was last seen in his company.  The man we're looking for is probably in his fifties or sixties, and knows Jeremy.  Apparently he convinced a bounty hunter against bringing Jeremy in awhile ago.  His name is Ch'lana."
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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2015, 08:55:43 PM »
Jeremy goes pale.

"No. No way. Skin me alive, cut me, kill me, I don't care. NO way am I leading you to him. No way."

Then Jeremy winces and adds weakly, "... that is, if I even knew where he was..." He winces again and shakes his head, clearly unhappy with himself.

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2015, 09:20:31 PM »
Collan shook his head at Wilton like he was a naughty schoolboy.

"Mr. Wilton, you're acting like you have a...what's the word again..." Collan put a finger to his chin and looked up in thought, "Oh right. A choice. Not only has Ch'lana saved your skin. We just saved your skin. And by helping us find him. You will be absolved of that debt (though I hear you have some issues with debts). Unfortunately, the devil will have his due; you can come with a devil that doesn't wish harm to you."

Collan made a sweeping motion with his hands to indicate himself and Niil.

"Or..." He gestured at the bounty hunters, "Or the ones that will deliver you to what is very likely a most unpleasant and sticky end."

"Not trying to scare you," Collan continued to converse pleasantly, "I'm simply lating out matters for you in a way you cannot deny. You've gathered a fairly bad and unhealthy reputation out here. And let's be honest, you don't really have many friends left. We're about all that stands between you and them right now. So we can leave here just as we came...or you can come with us. Besides, he's not that bad; just a little intense and wound up. And possibly depressed."

As he talked, Collan sorta heard his voice and words filter back at him. This was sneaky and manipulative even if he was trying to be absolutely honest in his dealing with the scoundrel.
« Last Edit: June 30, 2015, 09:22:11 PM by Collan »

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2015, 09:23:28 PM »
"I'm not afraid of -him- I'm trying to protect him. You guys blundering around are likely to bring the whole Empire down on him, and he sure doesn't need that."

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2015, 09:31:15 PM »
Niil let out an exasperated sigh, and took a few steps closer so that he was nearly nose-to-nose with Jeremy.  Placing a hand on the man's shoulder, he said in a quiet voice, "Let me explain something to you.  I've met Ch'lana, and I happen to like the old man.  He saved our collective asses awhile ago, and we owe him a big debt of gratitude.  NIn case you haven't noticed, the Imperials are coming to Tezest as we speak, and I've got a suspicion that Ch'lana's one of the reasons for that.  I don't want to see him captured or killed.  I know what he can do, and the Imperials do, too.  They might have . . . specialists with them that can even take him down."

His voice took on an edge as he pointed to the trussed-up bounty hunters as if to remind him that he almost got taken.  "But hey, it's Your call.  Just remember that Ch'lana risked himself to save you.  So did we.  Help us, and we'll do what we can to make sure you don't spend the rest of your life being run into the ground like a womp-rat."
« Last Edit: June 30, 2015, 09:37:05 PM by Niil Spaar »
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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2015, 08:46:07 PM »
Jeremy eyes Niil for a few moments, sizing him up. Finally, he lowers his eyes.

"Fine, I'll take you to him. But leave these hunters be - enough people have been hurt on my account. I don't need any more. Give me a minute to get my things."

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2015, 08:49:34 PM »
[OOC: Pausing here so you guys can talk if you want. If you're good, we can move on.]

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2015, 10:14:59 PM »
[I'm good...just making sure the ropes will fail rather quickly on the hunters.]

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2015, 11:38:32 PM »
Niil shook his head with a weary smile.  "I wasn't planning on killing them, Jeremy, if that's what you mean.  Maybe disable their transport so that it'd take them a few hours to fix it, but that's all.  But go ahead and grab your stuff; we'll be here." 

As Jeremy walked away, Niil turned to Collan and Nightshade and said, "The hunters' transport - or transports - must be around here somewhere.  Do either of you know how to out one temporarily out of action for a few hours?  Oh yeah, I guess we should disable their comm devices, too.  I don't want them calling for backup a few minutes after we bug out."

OOC:  Also ready to move on if we can do something to delay a potential pursuit by a few hours.
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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2015, 10:58:03 PM »
"Other than siphoning all of the fuel on all but one, so that they would have to all fit into the smallest, I don't know of any way to temporarily hamper their movement."

OOC: good to go.

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2015, 11:56:31 AM »
You sabotage the hunter crawler (hidden nearby), but leave them with a way out. Then the four of you pile into your crawler and, at Jeremy's direction, head out into the Bladesea. Jeremy warns you it will be several hours, so you rotate driving duties between Collan and Niil.

It is mid-morning the next day when you enter a small field of about a dozen wind power generators. Most of them are is disrepair, and only two of them are actually spinning. Jeremy directs you to pull up to one of the spinning ones, and you all exit the crawler. Creaky blades turn slowly overhead with tortured screeches, indicating the turbine haven't been maintained in some time. At your feet is a narrow, deep erosion ravine. You can see in the dim light below the remains of another wind turbine, but there is also some signs of life. Rope bridges, some lights, and makeshift power conduits are strung up down there. Somewhere beneath you, you hear the splash of water, barely audible over the constant roar of the wind, and you can see the sparkling reflection of flowing water at the bottom of the ravine.

A system of ladders, bridges and wooden ramps provide a precarious path down.

Jeremy nods to the deep cleft. "He lives down there."

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2015, 12:33:50 PM »
"May I suggest I scout ahead?" The Shinobi says to Niil out of Jeremy's earshot.  "Do we trust him not to lead us into some sort of trap?"

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2015, 01:34:51 PM »
Niil thought about that for a moment, but shook his head.  "I don't think this is a set-up, Nightshade.  Collan and I have met Ch'lana before.  Besides, it's likely he already knows we're here.  Still, I'd keep my hands away from weapons as a sign of good will."  He hesitated, and added, "I just hope to hell we haven't compromised his home here.  I could get used to living in a place like this." 

Turning to Jeremy, he said,  "Jeremy, you want to take the lead, please?"
« Last Edit: July 09, 2015, 01:44:19 PM by Niil Spaar »
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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2015, 05:08:02 PM »
Collan was silent, except for names being mwntioned.

"Ah. We're back to our names now?" He inquired jokingly.

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Re: Collan, Niil and Nightshade: Seekers
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2015, 06:04:36 PM »
Niil shrugged.  "Might as well be.  Nightshade here knows who I am, and Ch'lana knows us as well.  I didn't feel too keen on using our real names in front of those bounty hunters."

That brought a twitch to the back of his mind, and he cursed his own carelessness.  "Nightshade, do you have training in surveillance gear?  Like tracking devices stuck on our crawler?"
"There is a Force common to all life-forms, a dynamic beauty in which an ultimate symmetry of context reveals itself to . . . oh, frak, the holorecorder battery is running out!  Jex, see if there's another battery in-"  - Niil Spaar, Philosophising on a Saturday Night:  The Karvis Jedi Academy