Collan, Nightshade, Nill, Nim, Trax: Raid on Horuz

[Nightshade]

Nightshade moves over to assist Trax with getting Keshani out of the vent, if necessary.  Once the girl is safely down on the ground again, he asks the bounty hunter for a moment and a word.

[Keshani]

The teenage girl winces as Trax moves over to help her down.

"Be careful"

Well, she HAD been careful. She hadn't let the frelling thing shoot her, had she? It wasn't her fault the fraking droid's programming had placed it in this duct at this specific time. She hated droids anyway.

Hesitantly she worked to extricate herself from the duct, allowing Trax to help her as she slid down.

As her body became visible out of the duct it was quite obvious that her pants were now torn and blood was pretty prominently covering them. Pieces of metal shrapnel, in some places, were still sticking out of her skin and it was obvious that she was in pain.

It was equally as obvious, however, that she was trying her utmost to pretend that she was fine as she accepted help down from the duct.

"Well....the stun grenades worked...", she commented...

[Trax]

Seeing Kesh's blood stained and torn pants Trax gratefully accepted Nightshades help.  With visible shrapnel, he didn't want to risk injuring the girl further.

The former bounty hunter gave Nightshade a nod of thanks before he carried Keshani to the side of the corridor and placed her down gently so she could lean against the wall.  He glanced down the hall and saw Nim approaching.  Good, the young girls injuries were fairly significant, the help would be welcome.

"You and I appear to have different definitions of 'be careful'." he said calmly, concern for her obvious in his tone, as he cracked open a medpack.

[Keshani]

"I didn't hurt anyone with the Stun grenades! I WAS careful!" she responded back. "Well, other than the Stormies, that is..."

[Collan]

Collan saw Ch'lana's warning and shut up. Something was clearly wrong with Trax. That was just...just. Beyond. Even at his worst, Collan would not have ever considering shooting an enemy that was out of commission.

He went to the older Jedi.

"Ch'lana...talk to me" he whispered, "That...was not...normal for him."

[Niil Spaar]

Niil caught Ch'lana's warning to Collan, and had to agree with the advice.  Now was definitely not a good time.

He waited until Collan and Ch'lana were done, then said quietly to the elder Jedi, "Speaking of wounds . . . have you had, ummm,  time to tend to your own?"  Niil was clearly eyeing the burnt patch where he'd seen a blaster bolt slam home, and his voice reflected concern.

[Nim Naja]

Nim makes her way to the group at all out speed as Niil made it sound like the danger had passed.


ooc: did she turn off the fire suppression/get exhaust fans going or do we need to keep the rebreathers in?

I assume we don't need them?

[GM Craig]

[OOC: Yeah, you're good. The ventilation system has mostly cleared them. You'll have scratchy throats for a few minutes.]

[Nim Naja]

"What the hell indeed. Look at that marksmanship!" Nim added as she came up to the group, stepping over several bodies more so she didn't trip over them than out of respect. Sliding her visor down over her eyes she scanned the girl and then looked over everyone else.


"Anyone else hurt?" She peered at Ch'lana. "I don't need tech to see that you are. If you're going to play our Tank then you'd better let someone play Healer."


OOC: She'll help trax if it'll actually help. I dunno how group work works.

[Trax]

"I didn't hurt anyone with the Stun grenades! I WAS careful!" she responded back. "Well, other than the Stormies, that is..."

"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him.  "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

Trax started to administer the first medpac.

"When I said be careful, I didn't mean be careful not to injure us.  I meant be careful not to get hurt yourself." he said to Keshani.

[OOC: Going to do 2 medpacs to remove any wounded status.  DCs I think are 5 and 10 respectively, should be easy enough to hit with my skill level, especially with Nim's help.]

[Nim Naja]

"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him.  "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

"Duh. Considering the angle of the splatter patterns and all. Oh right, so hope you didn't mind the fire suppression. I thought it might help with cover and seemed better than firing and missing a bunch of targets..or hitting the wrong ones."

She coughed a little.

[GM Craig]

Ch'lana pulls Niil and Collan aside for some quiet words.

You spend a couple of minutes patching people up, particularly Keshani and Ch'lana. Keshani also gets a shot of nutrients and stimulants, which temporarily removes the effects of her malnutrition.

[PM's sent to Collan and Niil.]

[Keshani]

"When I said be careful, I didn't mean be careful not to injure us. I meant be careful not to get hurt yourself"

Keshani stared at Trax for a few seconds, and it was difficult to tell quite what was going on in her mind.

She seemed a bit confused, but that may have still been from the pain she was feeling in her legs.....

Or maybe not.

No one had ever actually expressed concern for her before. For her, not something she was doing or something.

Certainly for the past few weeks of her life NO one had cared about her actual well-being....

Part of her felt a very strong urge at that very minute to get up and run away - to distance herself from this strange feeling.

Her muscles actually visibly tensed up before she realized how ludicrous that idea was.

She let out a breath and just sat leaning up against the wall for a minute allowing Nim and Trax to tend to her wounds.

Finally, a single word escaped her lips. It was almost whispered, but it was audible.

"Thanks".

[Trax]

"I cheated," Trax began replying to Nim as stood next to him.  "They were already down, I just made sure they stayed that way."

"Duh. Considering the angle of the splatter patterns and all. Oh right, so hope you didn't mind the fire suppression. I thought it might help with cover and seemed better than firing and missing a bunch of targets..or hitting the wrong ones."

She coughed a little.

A small smile crossed Trax's lips when Nim coughed.

"That was you?  Thought it was an automated thing after what ever exploded in the duct.  Good thinking."

Trax pulled out a second medpac and began to apply it to the remainder of Keshani's wounds, pausing briefly when he felt her muscles tense.  He was skilled enough to do this blindfolded, had he done something to cause her pain?  When the girl exhaled and then relaxed he continued.

"Save the thanks for when we get out of here.  Until then, how about you stay within line of sight of one of us. 

You can grab a rifle if you think you can handle it."

Having finished with the second medpac Trax stood up and then offered Keshani a hand to stand.

[OOC: Trax will grab a rifle off one of the fallen troopers as well as a belt.  He was too busy fuming to take one from the last lot of troopers.]

[Keshani]

Her eyes narrowed.

"I can take care of myself. It wasn't my fault a frelling droid decided to be all cozy with me in the duct..."

But then her expression softened just a little and she hesitantly accepted Trax's hand up.

Taking a few steps she realized how much better she now felt than she could remember feeling in a....well, long time. A small smile again tugged at the corners of her mouth as she reached down to grab a rifle off of one of the dead imps. Then, remembering she still was wearing Trax's commlink she turned to hand it back to him.