Public Adventures at Tea Time

[Aloy Vizsla]

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"Nah, Just an ass" She chuckles. She was indeed an ass. A smartass especially, A "Mir'shebs" in mando'a. "Anyway, I guess I'll have to try the range a little, But... There has to be something I can do that doesn't involve blasting some poor fool, Paper or otherwise, Right? I just... >Sigh<" There is a momentary pause as she sips her tea, Leaning back in her seat as she sets it down, Letting her shoulders drop and her hands rest in her lap, Noticeably absent from her weapon for once.

"I wish I was good at something other than war... I know I keep up the "Hard merc" rep and all, And I can't leave our way of life behind, I don't want to. But sometimes I wish I could take a break. Live like these Aruetiise for a few weeks, Maybe settle down with someone that understands me... Kriffing hell, That'd be the day."

"It'll never happen though."

It had been so long since she'd let something like this slip. The last time was with her partner, Darsch Vizsla, Whom she hadn't seen in years. She could trust that woman with anything, And they always had each other's backs. Hell, She wondered if she'd have been the one to settle down with if things had been better. But things were different now. All she'd known since the Red Coronation was fighting for the highest bidder or for Survival. She loved the fight, The rush of it all, But never the aftermath. Whether it was her body or conscience, It Always hurt. She'd been holding it in for so long, Things like this just bubbled to the surface sometimes, And it was like her emotional control had been blasted out the window for a moment. She'd have to put on her face again, Convince everyone, Even herself, That everything's fine.

Everything's fine.

"So yeah, What about you? Got someone you might take off the helmet for?" She giggles quietly to herself.​

 

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Kay tilted her head to the side a little as Karlie Lynn Destat took her time in responding. The young lady seemed almost afraid and it made her wonder at just why the reason for that was. It wasn't as though Kay was imposing or intimidating. She had no power and hardly ever touched the Force anymore. She didn't trust it, didn't like it. As her Father had tried to drill into her, the Force only caused pain and was used by cheaters. If only she'd of agreed with him back then....

"Yes, I'm Kay...the oener." It was almost like pulling teeth as she tried to figure out what Karlie was getting at. Her following words caused Kay to study the young lady more deeply. For a moment she thought that she saw her long lost adopted daughter Rae-Anna in front of her. Could it be? Was it possible?

But no. She was a little too young and her eyes were a different colour. That sudden flash of hope soon faded away, leaving Kay a little more sadder than she was moments before.

"Who is your mother?"

Aloy Vizsla Talon Richwood

 

[Karlie Lynn Destat]

Who was her mother, she asked...

Karlie didn't know her mother anymore. not like she used to know her as a little girl. Her mother had a name. Karla...her name had been Karla Linnet Deepgaze. It were what Karlie's mom had gone by when she were a mother...her mother.

But Karlie's mother had only had for for one purpose, and that were nothing which any mother should want of their daughter... her life.

The question remained unanswered through a few heart beats. And Karlie's heart were beating. Her eyes momentarily gave way to the two mandos again. Their conversation (Karlie had acute hearing) were way off scale, as far as being in liege with this woman. They were just that; two mercenaries reflecting on whatever currently bade them to realize their life could extend beyond that of creed.

"I knew her once as Karla." Never called her that, as it was 'mommy' for her.
"It were what my father used to call her..." Karlie finally replied. It were from memory. The memory of a six year old who loved her mother as the center of her universe. And who had felt her mother's love unconditionally. But that were before her mother were found out to be no other than Castagne's own curse.

"She..." and Karlie had to swallow a big one (gulp) before continuing...
"... she goes by another name. She were with-" Lord and behold, the service droid CH-3F came to the table bearing doughnut and tea, cutting Karlie off mid-sentence.

 

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Kay blinked, going over the name that Karlie Lynn Destat told her over and over again. ((How silly that you use my real name!! )) But no matter how many times she did so, the name, just like the lady in front of her, wasn't recognizeable. "I'm sorry. But I don't think that I've ever met her. You've got me mistaken for someone else."

Yet at the mention of another name, Kay was intrigued. Still she stood there with her hands clasped in front of her, even as CH-3F delivered the lady's order. There was no need to interrupt. She was patient. She had to be. That was about her only strongsuit these days. There were no weekly plans or even monthly plans for her. Everything was just day by day, and hour by hour. Most days were copies of eachother and she hardly ever gave herself a day off. What would she do if she had one? Nothing. It would just be an extended period of her time at the end of the day; a time when she just slept and read mystery holo-novels in her little room upstairs. Having people come to her shop for a few short moments was about the only time that she had company. But more often than not the people were strangers and outside of some polite pleasantries, she didn't have any reason to talk. Life was just fine without her. She was already a ghost, a forgotten memory to those that she was once close to.

Maybe that was why Karlie was acting so strangely around her. Perhaps Kay was already dead and was but a ghost haunting the tea shoppe. It was hard to say right now.

"I'll go if you'd like. So that you can enjoy your food."

 

[Karlie Lynn Destat]

As deeply as she were feeling this woman were truthful as of not knowing of a Karla, Karlie's mother went by another name.

"No...
No, I came to this system to find you." In short, Karlie didn't wish for this woman to leave her.

" I was hoping to find some answers as to what you may know of a Darth Rigor? It's...it's what Karla's name has been for...for quite some time (Millenniums).
Maybe even before she came to call herself Karla... Karla Linnet Deepgaze..I don't know. All I know is when she was Karla, she were-" Karlie found herself chocking up, needing to swallow before continuing.
"Aherm..." She cleared her throat. " She...she were my mom." It were obvious Karlie had difficulty expressing that.

"I felt-
Aherm...
I was small, a little girl at the time who looked up to her mother as the center of the universe. I felt her love...and I pray to Berkana that she had also felt mine at the time.
It felt-
It was real love."

Karlie drew her tea closer, bobbing the stainless canister that held the exotic tea in her cup. It had steeped enough, the aroma drawing her to it.

"Please...
I'm not here on any pretense or wish to bring you any trouble. Maybe you are here trying to escape from all that seems to ail this galaxy... I don't care, I'm not here to bring you any misery and least of all any harm. I am just trying to find some answers. Answers to maybe forgetting the demons that have haunted me since childhood.
But I was on Kar Shien. It were at the same time you were." Karlie's eyes were deeply looking into Kay's before continuing.

"There was this entity...I don't think I can say it were human or even if it were a she really. But that other entity went by the name Amalgam. This Amalgam was there on Kar Shian with Darth Rigor...the same time you were."

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Kay blinked as Karlie Lynn Destat mentioned that she had come all this way to find her specifically. Both eyebrows raised in unison.

The name of Darth Rigor was one that she recognized just as little as she did Karla. Could it be that the young lady was just confused? Or was it a memory that was removed from Kay's mind when Onrai helped to erase her traumas. Either way she couldn't help but feel as though she was mistaken for someone else.

That is until she had mentioned Kar Shian. Kay visibly stiffened, her jaw clenched and the look in her eyes as Karlie held her gaze was like that of a kid caught with their hand in a cookie jar. It was then that she slowly took a seat at her table, but not before folding her hands on top. And when she spoke, her voice was quiet. "I don't know a Darth Rigor. And I don't know how you saw me there. I was just there as Amy's guest. She used to work for me. If you're not one of her daughters, but the daughter of another that you claim was there too...I just--what were you doing there?"

 

[Karlie Lynn Destat]

Amy? Were she meaning the Amalgam?...is that how this woman knew her by?
Karlie didn't know if Kay were telling the truth or was good at playing her. Right now, Karlie was in many ways vulnerable. She had come here on a whim, a lead and she had come unarmed... defenseless, should this Kay tire of her own cat and mouse game that she were playing with Karlie.
Only Karlie's guts, her intuition were telling her that this Kay were not trying to deceive her.
Damn it were so difficult to really say yea or nay. But the woman were sincere and just as confused, trying to figure out as to how Karlie got to be on Kar Shian at the same time she were.

Had Kay not seen the battle?
"Amy...
Amy..." Karlie repeated the name, more to herself than to question NPC Treasury about it...
Any info, no matter how small or mundane it were was just one more step, just one more clue to this gigantic epic ****up.


Whether this Kay were being truthful or not, Karlie had already divulged most of her cards. There was no going back now.
"I was there trying to retrieve my friend. I was there with others...many others, including those whom discovered that day that the Almagam.... this Amy as you seem to know her as, was their mother all along.
Seems a lot of the same shiet is going around...
Aherm..
Sorry for the language. Like I said, I'm not here for anything else but to figure out how my mom-... mother fits in into all of this."
Again, reading the woman's eyes were showing Karlie that it were the first time she were hearing of this.

"We were all there at the same time...you, this Amy, my mother and Nine Lives .
I didn't see you there really, but from what you just said and of the found records within the compound, you were there. Just...just there wasn't any surveillance recordings of you engaging in the battle. I don't know if you had bailed from what was ensuing or what. I really don't care what your part is or how you relate to this Amy. But I know my mother was there and ...and she too got away...got off Kar Shian by one means or another.

"Please...please..." Karlie leaned in over the table.
"...if you had left, did you leave with another woman besides this Amy? I really need to know. I need to know where my mother is, as she is wanting to kill me."

 

[Talon Aegis]

(I guess only work makes me not lazy.)

"I mean, reputation can always be surpassed, I'm sure you can figure something out in that regard." A small laugh came out, "You could be a doctor or medic." This caused a grin to form on his face as he sat there, while meant as a joke, it was a possibility, but that was Joti's road to follow and not his to lead.

Shaking his head, he went back to his attempts at drinking through the mask, reaching under his helmet, he starts to open a valve on the filter to make a clear pathway, this would make it useless for its design but practical for what he wants it to do. With the mask better working, he took another drink thinking onto his reputation. All he could really think of was a mercenary, nothing special, though being a Mandalorian most likely set him higher then most, but from who he knew, he was known as, 'the insane bastard who worked with Renn.' Whenever he heard something like that he always found it funny, though it still annoyed him that he was still associated with him.

Talon heard the last statement, pausing to himself to think about it, it was a hard thought to process for he had never thought about it. There was always the possibility of sticking him in the necessary conditions for it to be removed, or someone else removing it. "As of now, I don't quite know, the idea has been on the table for many years."

The thought had only come to him when he had made the pact about it, though the person he was willing to break the pact for was currently somewhere far away from him never willing to talk to him again. "I wouldn't be surprised if it is a while, though drawling on the topic feel unnecessary." This was his attempt to break away from the topic. "Where are you off to after this trip, I do not believe you told me, you already know I'm going to be a dumbass."

Aloy Vizsla | NPC Treasury | Karlie Lynn Destat | CH-3F

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

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"Home" Such a simple statement, But one that carried more meaning to Joti than anyone could imagine. "Not Concordia... Not Mandalore, Not some place but Someone... Someone that- Someone that feels like home."

She looks away suddenly, Finishing her tea and then nudging the empty cup aside.

"I wasn't always the lone wolf, Talon. I used to run with a partner. Big girl, Proper Mandalorian. Red hair like mine, But deeper, Longer. She was a hardass too, but she always had my back, And I always had hers. She was the first person to make me feel like I could do more with my life than drift the hyperlanes looking for Bounties. She was a good woman. And we had a Good thing going... And then some hotshot Queen hired her, Took her places I couldn't follow... She took her from me." EllieEx They called her... A name she'd never forget. The woman that had taken her Darsch Vizsla from her, Her partner, And maybe more, If only they had more time.

"Her little kingdom fell into disarray after Mandalore fell, And rumor is the Queen went missing soon after. Seems that the New Imperials have moved in. My partner went missing with the queen."

. . .

"But... One of my contacts thinks he's found her... If there's even the slightest chance that he's right, I have to take it."

She takes a deep breath and looks back up at Talon, Looking right where his eyes would be, If not for the visor.

"I have to find her. And I have to do this alone."

The whole ordeal had her on edge for the past few days. Truth be told, She wouldn't have even visited the Tea Shoppe if not for the menu of calming drinks here. Speaking of...

"Hey Ka-" >C r a s h< Her cup shatters shortly after being knocked off the table as Joti turns suddenly.

"Chit! I'm sorry, Kay... Was just gonna ask for some Sapir Tea..."

Great already causing a scene, And now you have to clean up the mess too.

 

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There were records of her being there...

Kay wasn't too sure if she liked that. She knew that Amy was dangerous, yet the two had formed a respectful friendship. She was aware that Amy only told her things on a 'need to know' basis, yet was sure that that was just to ensure that their friendship lasted. Whether or not Amy had many friends, Kay wasn't sure. But she seemed to cherish what they had.

And lately Kay could use all the friends that she could have.

She listened to Karlie Lynn Destat explain what had gone on during that visit, causing Kay to furrow her brows in thought. "Amy did say that she was having a family reunion...But I never got to see. I was escorted by her private ship to my guest room. Her and I had dinner together, caught up a bit on what's been going on with me, and then she excused herself. I don't know what happened during this battle you speak of as I was kept away from danger. Amy had me brought back here in her ship where I stayed in my quarters. If anyone else was on board...I don't know. There could have been. Which might mean that she could be here."

Kay was about to say more when the tea cup shattering caught her attention. She looked over at Aloy Vizsla and Talon Richwood 's table. "It's okay. I'll be right there." Again her attention returned to Karlie. "Please excuse me for a moment. Duty calls." Kay got to her feet abd headed off behind the counter. Sapir tea was her favourite. She could brew a perfect cup while either blind or asleep. And she could do so quickly.

Once it was nearly ready, Kay headed over to the pair, placing her cup down on the table. "Here you go. Everything alright?"

 

[Karlie Lynn Destat]

The battle...
Kay then did know as to what transpired before she left the system, Karlie were thinking.

But Karlie knew she had gotten lucky on Kar Shien.
Lucky in the sense that she took to outflank what this Amy (Amalgam)had in waiting for the coalition. And that was an army of the undead.
While the main body of the Amalgam's onslaught and defense forces were comprised of battle hardened units, she also had the reanimated undead which were released after the coalition had made the advancement to the fortress. These walking, or rather raging undead, were released to overtake the fighting coalition forces.

Karlie's task had been to take up the rear, to cover the coalition's rear, in case there were any surprises awaiting.
She had been lucky.
Lucky in the sense that the raging undead only recognized the living. Lucky that the Amalgam had never suspected for her reanimated zombie forces (which by the way numbered in the tens of thousands) to confront battle droids...Karlie's legion of battle droids.
To the Almagam's undead forces, these mechanical terminators were non-existent, invisible to the undead, despite their blazing hellfire...or daisy-cutting them down. The undead had no interest in these mechanical meat processors.
Except for one, Karlie.
She were the only live candidate by which the undead forces were targeting, passing by Karlie's front lines of battle droids, like they weren't even there. But Karlie's battle droids saw them (the undead) and relentlessly peppered them with repeater blasters, and for the most part the undead were blown apart in pieces, after pieces by her droids.

The more this Kay sitting across from her spoke, the more Karlie realized that it were as she had hoped for. This Kay knew the Amalgam for sure, but she had not been, nor were not part of that horrid entity's plot.
Karlie had no animosity with this woman. This kay could not be guilty simply by association. Hell... Karlie herself were enamored by one of the galaxy's most deadliest creation, a psychic vampire.

But what of her mom, Karla...or rather, Darth Rigor. There was no trace of the woman when the coalition forces finally breeched the stronghold. Nine Lives had somehow managed to free herself of the bonds by the time they got to her. But what about Rigor? The Amalgam had left on her own...
"What?... she could be here on this system?" Karlie asked, not ever even fathoming the possibility. But she could see in kay's eyes that she herself were only guessing at best.

But before kay could elaborate, the momentary disruption of a breaking tea cup to floor would afford her a moment to process what this woman had so far divulged.
Karlie nodded. "Sure. I'm not looking to go anywhere soon." She replied as Kay excused herself a moment to attend her other patrons.

Karlie cupped her tea to feel if it were still hot, before taking it to her lips to sip.
It were of an unknown variety...soothing...relaxing as it readily traversed through her center. The doughnut on the other hand...
Karlie looked eyed it a moment. Maybe later, as she had no appetite whatsoever. Karlie wanted to know more...anything... any minute details that this woman could remember of that day and certainly of the Amalgam.
"Sigh.." reality then hit her.
If Kay were a close friend to this abomination (The Amalgam) then she may not fully divulge anything which could compromise the bond between them two. And she seen it in Kay's eyes that the possibility of Darth Rigor having hitched a ride with her here on this system was at best just a wild guess.
Still...this Kay were the closest she had gotten in some time to any answers and clues as to the Amalgam and thus her own mother, Darth Rigor. There was more to learn from this woman Kay. Karlie would stay the course.

Taking another good sip, Karlie settled the cup back down and looked around the shop a bit. This tea shop could well have been on Castagne, say for the serving droid CH-3F ...and of course the Mandos. Karlie had to keep her wits about her when it came to these mercenaries.
The last one and first one rather that she had met had been a bounty hunter sent after her by no other than the Amalgam.
Lucky for Karlie, she were among her psychic vampire assassin friends Westenra Mina and Vera Mina