Keshani & Collan: A little problem

[Collan]

Collan breathed a sugh of relief. The tech probably didn't deserve it given who and what served but Collan felt some peace knowing he wasn't a husk.

"Horror, Maris," Collan admitted, "I know about certain things, and I've seen some terrible things but that just plain freaked me out; that kind of power. I didn't know we could do something like that. That looked like more than a mind trick; it was like you'd taken complete control of him. Maybe I'm naive."

Collan really wasn't trying to judge her. He wasn't so sure after a long time in those chambers he'd hold together. He hoped he would but he didn't really want to find out.

He said so, "And I have a pretty good idea of what you went through. I'm not sure how I would gave reacted with the same circumstances. And I don't really want to find out."

[GM Craig]

She is getting angry. "You would prefer maybe we had been recaptured and you put back on the table? What I did..."

She stops, closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

"Forget it."

She looks at Keshani as she gets up. "You ever want to talk about options, come find me. I hang out near the engine room."

Maris looks at Collan, but she's talking to Keshani when she says, "Come alone."

She then melts away before your eyes.

[Collan]

Colkan was quiet. And dissappointed. In both himself for chasing Maris away and that his honesty drove her away. But he knew where she would be.

[Keshani]

"Um," Keshani said, after Maris had left, "That was interesting..."

[Collan]

Dejectedly Collan said, "Yeah. I feel bad. She needed an ear not any form of disapproval. I was just a milder version of Rahm. She's really not ready to hear what she needs to do and that has to come from within anyways."

"She does offer a clear alternative to joining a rebellion though," Collan noted, "I don't think she's actively evil but she's been hurt badly by the torture chambers."

Internally, Collan wondered about the wisdom of two wounded being s throwing themselves together. It could end badly. Or well.

[Keshani]

"Yeah, maybe I'll talk to her." She responded, watching his reaction to her words.

[Collan]

Collan nodded. If there was to be a rebellion, Collan hoped Keshani would choose that path, but it was her choice. Maris was a lost soul and likely needed a friend. Part of Collan wondered if another wounded soul would actually be better for both of them. Preferably, each would have to lend when and where the other waa weak.

"Good. I think she needs a friend and those who could understand her best are probably too steeped in the Jedi way. That includes me. She needs a path back from her place of pain and the Jedi just doesn't work for her."

Collan smiled, "But I still hope you choose us. I hope Maris decides to hang around too. Niil and I weren't raised in the Temple so there still might be something we can offer her."

[Keshani]

She sat there chewing for a minute before hesitantly asking,  "so what's Trax's story?"

[Collan]

Collan shrugged with palms up.

"I don't know him all that well. He'a a bounty hunter I know that. He, Niil and another guy named Jex hooked up some time ago. Other than that, I barely know the man."

[Keshani]

The girl nodded.  "And what about Nim and Nightshade? "

[Collan]

"Nim's infochant...data broker, that Trax met somewhere. Nightshade is an interesting question. He met Niil and myself on Karvis, specifically looking for Niil. There was something about the Shinobi being contracted to do work for the Royal Family. Except...they're probably dead. Our main base was bombarded and destroyed as we left Karvis."

Collan looked very sad thinking about that.

"How's Danny doing?" he asked suddenly, "I've not seen her since we came onboard."

[Keshani]

"Um. She's okay I guess. Probably even more out of sorts than me..."

"What, uh, did you want to have work on on your blasters?" she asked, changing the subject again

[Collan]

[ooc: Craig...making an assumption that there are regular blaster pistols on board. Are there?]

[Collan]

"I'm not very good with anything but regular blasters. I figure if I could get the firepower amped up I'd have better luck against Imps we're going up against. Or those Imperial Guard."

[Keshani]

She thought for a minute and then nodded. "When do you want me to work on them? "