Public Bazaar: Oddities Edition

[Fenn Stag]

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"Very."

He said with a smirk- the helmet hiding his true facial expressions. His hand reached out, grasping the trinket, and with the other, withdrawing two credit chits.

His head snapped. Something set off his senses. It was a Zabrak, doing what Fenn could only describe as lurking.

He didn't like lurkers.

He turned back to the Kiffar, holding the trinket in his hands. She was cute. A moment passed where the Mandalorian was going to ask for something else. But then he remembered how his life really was, and how most people generally avoided his people.

"Thank you."

He said after a while, and slowly stalked away from the table.

He approached the outer-rim trader. Something pinged in his subconscious about familiarity. More than likely nothing more than an effect of the cloning process.

Speaking of effects...

He crouched down, examining the EMP grenades. Ants. Droids. Robots.

"Is there a way to keep them from moving?" He asked, daring not to touch one, for fear of temporarily frying his pristine equipment he carried with him.

Serya Talith

Yula Perl

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[August Oreno]

Noelle Varanin

"Thanks for the... snack..." Awkwardly drawing off the words as August realized that Daiya 's vendor wasn't paying attention. Too focused on whatever was happening on the screen.

He shrugged and decided to move on with Noelle towards the next stand.

Still nibbling on the snack however. "This isn't too bad," To Noelle as he joined her at the perfume 'n' potion stand. "-you okay?" She looked a bit dazed, but maybe the perfume was just really strong? A gentle touch on her shoulder as August looked with bemusement at the overworked figure trying to herd together two kids, a cat and still keep an eye on the stand itself.

"Never a day's rest for a parent, huh? Doing good work here." Putting down a chit on the table. "Should cover two bottles, since the Queen here seems to be enamored with it." So enamored she was still studying the bottle with a dreamy expression.

"And a little extra for your efforts." Gesturing with his head to the kids and cat situation. "You okay, Noelle?" A gentle squeeze of her shoulder to get her attention.

Ishani Dinn Ria the Cat​

 

[Noelle Varanin]

“Here-“ Noelle insisted, putting the bottle under his nose next.

“Incredible… are they all like this?” She asked Ishani Dinn , careless to multiple things tugging at her attention.

August Oreno

 

[Serya Talith]

"Pleasure doing business with you," she winked, pocketing the credits. And she didn't even have to persuade that one either.

She shuffled around the trinkets, refilling the hole the purchase had left behind, and resisted the urge to look to her left. She could feel Vetru 's attention weigh heavily on her. He was not very going at going unnoticed, although she could feel him try.

She itched her arm and cleared her throat, not looking up as she spoke. "Do I know you?"

 

[Vetru]

Vetru shifted from lurking to confident swagger in an instant. Neither look truly suited him.

"I don't think so," he said, but he narrowed his eyes and tilted his head. He travelled a lot in the heavily modded ship his mother had left him.

"These really work?" he asked, suspiciously. He waved his hands over the artefacts that could supposedly warn of the Force.

 

[Ishani Dinn]

"What are these?"

"Echo!" Eloise announced, pointing to the bottle as the white-haired lady sniffed it. Her mother was somewhere in the background, chasing Marcus, who was still chasing Ria the Cat .

"Thank you." The little girl picked up the chit, not really registering that the Queen of Eshan had just made a purchase. Then again, she was used to the word Queen getting thrown around—her father used it as a term of endearment for her mother, so perhaps the man was doing the same.

"Incredible… are they all like this?"

"They are magic perfumes." Eloise rubbed her nose, powdering it with edible glitter in the process. Truly, the stuff got everywhere.

Her mother finally returned, Marcus in tow, and sat the boy down in a chair beside his sister. Then she sank down behind the booth herself with a sigh, red-faced and out of breath, before looking up at the two royal customers. "They're all magic perfumes," she agreed. Was she supposed to provide a more elaborate answer? The four year old more or less had it right.

Noelle Varanin August Oreno​

 

[Ria the Cat]

Cats lingered about the place, Ishani Dinn took a cat that resembled Ria, but it was not in fact Ria. The cat lingered away from Mercy as to not disturb the person. Instead, the cat wandered toward random booths and tables, curiously looking but nothing quite caught her attention. The cat mewed quietly but nothing really seemed to stand out. The IG Droid busied itself setting up the booth that would eventually be Mew Noods but for now, the cat simply trekked through and around the market.

She caught the familiar scent of Yula Perl and Daiya , Ria reminded herself to circle back to Daiya later. Until then she made her way toward Yula, who was selling all sorts of things like sensor chips and implanted nails. The orange feline circled around before slinking beneath the table and then out beside Yula's feet. The cat climbed up the woman's side until finding a nice perch on her shoulder.

 

[Noelle Varanin]

Noelle rose a brow, but didn't press. Her mother had impressed upon an appreciation for the finer aspects of alchemy. When she asked what it, she truly wanted to know what it was composed of. She smiled and accepted the bottle as August Oreno paid for it-- and another, of which she picked up at random.

She could study them later, she told herself, even though she was more likely to put them down and forget they existed at all. Her attention was already straining back towards the castle and the pile of documents she had left behind. She had to force herself to tune back to the world around her.

"Thank you, they are lovely," she said to them both.

"Is there anything that catches your eye?" She opened to August, her head ticking to the left as someone bellowed about grenades. ...Oh dear.

Ishani Dinn

 

[Serya Talith]

Serya grinned and leaned forward, eyes twinkling mischiefly. "Want me to prove it?"

Vetru

 

[Dagon Kaze]

"Is there anything that catches your eye?"

"No." he departed.

 

[Vetru]

"Want me to prove it?"

Vetru tilted his head back as she leaned forwards. Vetru was smiling at the same time as his eyes narrowed.

"Yes?" he replied tentatively.

Remembering that he was supposed to be a master of underworld dealings - at least in his own eyes - he leaning forward.

"Yes, yes I do," he said with more certainly.

 

[Yula Perl]

Yula almost wobbled at the sensation of claws pinpricking their way up her pant leg, then her torso. As a familiar weight settled onto her shoulder, she reached up to scratch Ria behind the ear.

"Fancy seeing you here, huh?" Quite the distance from home, the clever feline could make her way around the galaxy like a seasoned smuggler. Being small and benign-looking probably made it all the easier, even if she was the furthest thing from defenseless.

She offered a friendly smile to the armored man as he inspected her tiny mobile EMP grenades. Mandaorian, from the looks of his outfit.

"Sure is." Pinching one of the squirming ants between her fingers, she raised it belly-side up for him to see a tiny toggle switch. One flick, and the wriggling droid powered down.

"Can also set them on a timer, or detonate them remotely. Perfect for plans that require a stealthy approach, or general tomfoolery." She gestured while speaking, the droid's limp body swaying between her fingers. "That's why I sell 'em in packs—they're a one 'n done sort of deal, much like your standard EMP grenade. Only this one’s got legs.”

Fenn Stag Ria the Cat

 

[Serya Talith]

"Give me your hand," Serya ordered, the force billowing out and coating her words. He'd feel the subtle pressure against his mind, but whether or not she'd get away with it was all part of the sport.

She held up a trinket for him to take. Yanno "optional". If he did, he'd feel the heat flair up at once. The rim of her eyes burned a little brighter; maybe she was just having fun.

Vetru

 

[August Oreno]

Noelle Varanin | Ishani Dinn

One of the bottles was stuck up his nose.

He blinked and was about to say something, but then his eyes glassed over.

Winter, laughter in the wind, a snowcastle was build. His father was impressed. His mother... was not around.

Then August blinked and shook his head. "Woah, that was... intense. Damn." A glance towards Ishani. What kind of person could make something like that? A forcer, that was for sure. August didn't mind forcers. Hell, he was dating someone who was the kid of TWO infamous ones. But it still left him mildly uncomfortable.

"Huh?" Confused and still blinking as he was pulled away by Noelle. "Um. Yeah, there was..." A glance back to the shop and the strange woman behind it.

"I saw a stand with some weird chit." Referring to Kal , of course. "Drink this and you can talk in Wookiee, doesn't that sound hilarious?"

And mildly concerning.

 

[Mercy]

Ivory Stroud

Mercy blinked at the customer that set herself in front of her desk.

Then blinked again when, yes, that was in fact Ivory.

She accepted the flask and took a big swig, before passing it back. "Ya kno, Ivvy, if ya wanna meet up with me there be easier ways than to seek me out in random places..." Mercy drawled with a grin as she leaned back and regarded the mob boss with clear amusement. "Lucky for ya, I enjoy yar company, so dun' be filing a restraining order either."

Ribbing her lightly the way Mercy always enjoyed to do.

"Jus' tryin' an' doin' something new, s'all." But Mercy was clearly pleased at Ivory's assessment as she got to work. In fact, she decided to pour some extra energy into this thing, instead of phoning it in for a few UCs.

"Ring eh?"

Nodding there as she heated up the forge and got to work. The ring itself wouldn't be a pretty thing. Wouldn't strictly speaking be entirely ROUND either in the exterior. A bit blocky, in fact. But Ivory's finger would fit nicely inside and snug. "Alchemized, of course." Not looking up as she worked and explained at the same time. "Ya can throw it in da sun an' it will most likely be okay."

...it would be difficult to retrieve, but that wasn't exactly Mercy's responsibility.

Indestructible. Able to deflect a lightsaber (with difficulty since the surface was so small), and with a special effect attached to it. While wearing the ring Ivory would get a better sense of the mood a person was in. Surface thoughts could make themselves known with some effort and probing.

"Yar already a menace to negotiate against, but dis should give ya an edge, ma'am. Enjoy." A wink and a wave, before Mercy passed over the ring and went back to work.

 

[Vetru]

"Give me your hand,"

He didn't like this, didn't like it at all. His weight shifted from one foot to the other. He didn't want to look like a coward, didn't want to find out what she was going to do.

Regardless of his thoughts on the matter, Vetru had already offered his hand. Her words seemed to echo around inside his head.

Vetru felt nervous, but he also felt a wave of defiance in the face of that sparkle of challenge in her eyes. A tiny bit of excitement too, which manifested as little tingles down in his gut.

Vetru took the trinket. He frowned as he felt it quickly go warm in his hand.

"It gets...warm?" he asked.

 

[Serya Talith]

"Hawt," she teased, shoving on him with the force. The heat would flair all over again, then dissipate when released her efforts. "Great to have on the job, even better at the sabacc table." She laughed and leaned back, relaxing onto her blanket. The ground was cold and hard underneath her but it didn't bother her.

She was eating well tonight.

"Three hundred," she lied. It was 250.

Vetru

 

[Fenn Stag]

The thought of disabling something or someone with them was enticing enough for Fenn.

He idly reached down, examining them closely. He cocked his head, before looking back at the seller.

He was then aware that she was an alien.

He liked aliens.

But she probably wasn't interested in him- after all, there were thousands upon thousands of him running around.

"How much for the lot?" He asked, in his distinctly polite and pleasant tone.

Yula Perl

 

[Noelle Varanin]

Noelle rolled the two glass perfumes through her fingers and drifted away from the stall with August.

"I saw a stand with some weird chit." Referring to Kal Kal , of course. "Drink this and you can talk in Wookiee, doesn't that sound hilarious?"

She followed his gaze to Kal. "Delightful," she agreed, her tone turning two degrees closer to frosty. She was not supposed to know Kal , not publically at least, and not while he wore a skin that wasn't the echani identity she had set him up with. She knew exactly who he was though.

Her disapproval eked through their lingering force bond as she approached. "Making the most of the Bazaar?"

If you have my court screaming like Wookies again...

"What do you have here?"

 

[Vetru]

"Three hundred," she lied. It was 250.

Vetru stumbled and dropped onto his backside. Those milling about the stands simply picked up their feet and stepped around him.

Vetru was slow to pick himself back up to his feet. He took his time straightening out his jacket to try and regain some dignity. It did not work.

"Three hundred then," he agreed. Vetru decided that this was a personal purchase. He didn't have a way to prove they worked, which might have made smuggling a few off world worthwhile. He fished out some old confederacy credit chits from his jacket.