Grand opening of Toa's Palace

[Vee Toa(Hutt Rep)]

[member="Linna Beorht"] "OH, Oh yes I remember you. Yes, I have made success in this area, took awhile but it happened. Thank you for the card, I plan to drop in sometime, Thank you old friend!"

 

[Darth Xhegriss]

[member="Vee Toa"] (You're double posting my dude! Only press post once and refresh to see if it posted!)

 

[Vee Toa(Hutt Rep)]

[member="Darth Xhegriss"] Ok, I just want to make sure it posts.

 

[Damian Starchaser]

Damian adjusts his tie as [member="Vee Toa"] approaches. "Ah, no I don't believe we've met before. it is a pleasure to meet you my good man," he said extending his hand and shaking vigorously. "Damian Chase, Chase Fashion. May I say that you're garment is looking exceedingly handsome on you. I'm sure a man of your status has had ample opportunity to seize upon the latest fashion trends. I'd be happy to provide you with the latest catalog. We do not discriminate based on species either. I'd love to have one of our tailors come and visit you."

While he had to maintain his cover there was a level of himself he had to project given that people here knew him. "So old chum feel free to contact us for all of your needs."

 

[Vee Toa(Hutt Rep)]

[member="Darth Xhegriss"] Who have you got bets on winning the battle later on? I bet my pet will rip him to shreds!

 

[Darth Xhegriss]

"P-please excuse me Toa i have other matters that must be attended to." She said as she continued to search for the presence her arms moving and pushing several patrons out of her way and knocking a few of them to the ground, before eventually spotting the strange presence a man who was speaking to various other business men and women as well as cartel lords. Adjusting her large black and gold trim dress before walking over towards [member="Damian Starchaser"] with a fake smile "A-ahhh i-it's nice to see such a normal looking and handsome individual out of the bunch of old men!~" She said with a fake giggle, a few seconds later her Twi'lek servant would walk beside her.

 

[Vee Toa(Hutt Rep)]

[member="Damian Starchaser"] Toa shakes his hand Pleasure meeting you as well, thank you for saying that, I try and fancy myself up for special events! I will send one of my tailors to visit you in the future, and thank you for the catalog!"

 

[Cassandra Paige]

[member="Itash Mecetti"]

Cass's face was deadpan expressionless.

Come with me to a social function, he had said. I am meeting some gentlemen, he had said.

Very slowly, cool, appraising eyes turned to Itash. She blinked slowly.

"Are you entirely serious?"

Apparently he was.

She didn't answer his question. The look on her face said it all. If he had mentioned any of the words 'Jakku', 'Crime Lord', or 'Alien', Cass would have declined in a heartbeat. No, instead he had left all of that conveniently out.

Next time, she would ask.

For a moment, she considered turning right around and heading back up the ramp and into the ship. She would wait for him there and expect an apology for just how ridiculous this all was later. This was not a place for a Paige- except maybe Ana but there was no accounting for the perversity there. Just this morning, she would have thought it was no place for a Mecetti either.

It was that thought that ultimately meant she sighed and accepted his arm. If he could stomach, then she would find a way as well. She was already here after all.

But she reserved the right to return to the ship at any point, and there was nothing he could say to stop her. She plastered a neutral smile on her face as they swept inside.

"I expect you to make this up to me later," she said through gritted teeth and fake smile.

 

[Itash Mecetti]

[member="Cassandra Paige"] | [member="Vee Toa"]

"That's very kind of you to say, mister Toa." Lord Mecetti retorted with a tight smile and an inclination of the head. "I cannot wait to see what your palace has in store for us. Perhaps we will see you inside at one point." A nod, then the Mecetti detached himself easily from the alien and guided Cass inside. Her frustration and annoyance alone would have been worth this trip in all honesty.

Pushing her and watching how far she'd bend was half the reason he stayed around.

There were... other reasons too, of course.

"Oh, but I already have. You will have to check your bedroom when we return, miss Paige." Tash responded, smiling to some other attendees, while they found themselves at a bar... surprise, surprise.

Oh, in truth his distaste for aliens ran almost as tight as that of Cass, but sometimes... a lie was better. "There are times when it pays to have connections in unexpected places, Cass." Cass. He had murmured her name against her, as they settled against the bar and waiting for their drinks to arrive.

 

[STaCLO]

The dorid's ship broke through the atmosphere and onto the oversized sand pit. SN only been to the once before since it was a great place to find old imperial tech like himself. "A Palace on Jakku, perhaps this planet won't be so useless after all." He said to his R2 unit as he buttoned up his coat, and put on his hat. The R2 unit would just make a low moan and roll away. "CP-3, land her smoothly by the palace, even though I don't expect to win any prize for best ship."

"Roger Roger" The droid said after SN shouted to the bridge. After landing the droid would exit his space craft into the harsh sun. Stepping towards the grand palace his medals gleamed in the bright light. Clearly they'd been polished for the occasion. Walking past what looked to be a couple arriving as well the droid politely gave them a tip of his hat as he past and entered the establishment. He knew of the owners less then legal background, given his time in Hutt space, SN figured he could make some good cash.

[member="Vee Toa"]
[member="Darth Xhegriss"]
[member="Damian Starchaser"]
[member="Itash Mecetti"]
[member="Cassandra Paige"]

 

[Vee Toa(Hutt Rep)]

@SN-1411 Pleasure meeting you here Bounty Hunter, take a seat, relax let my waiters get you something to eat/drink, I haven't seen or heard of you for ages, you still do bounties a lot?"

 

[STaCLO]

Thank you very much for the warm welcome [member="Vee Toa"] and to answer your question. Yes I still do bounty hunts at times. But I feel as if my days schmoozing the Hutts have come to an end. Or at lest a temporary rest. I've now been working for her Majesty in the Free Worlds Coalition. I figured I couldn't go wrong working for royalty, and that I could be offered glory for my future service to them.

 

[Fiolette Fortan]

It's not every day someone opens a place like this, on Jakku.

Fii happened in on her way, just another stop on her travels.

"Beats the last place I was at," and of course she couldn't quite recall, if only because after a few shots of the root-veg-turned-alcohol she was hard pressed for details. "Remind me, Petrovsky never go drinking near that station by Nal Hutta, terrible times."

"But you..."

She gave Petrovsky a raised brow of a look, "I know."

"Now..." The former grand admiral tugged at her suit, "time to network."

[member="Vee Toa"] | [member="Linna Beorht"] | [member="Darth Xhegriss"] | [member="Cassandra Paige"] | [member="Itash Mecetti"]

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

Jakku, of all the places to make a palace why Jakku? Whatever the case Chekita had a job to finish, and [member="Vee Toa"] wanted her to deliver a certain someone that owed him money and land to her personal abode on the desert planet. A Kom'rk-class fighter would be seen approaching the planet as the bounty hunter/body guard made her landing, unaware of the present high ranking people at the palace, but still had an idea that those present would not be mere commoners. "Time to pick up my pay, maybe visit the bar while I'm here".

[member="SN-1411"] / [member="Fiolette Yvarro"] / [member="Vee Toa"] / [member="Itash Mecetti"] / [member="Cassandra Paige"]

 

[Cassandra Paige]

Yes, a drink was about the only thing that was going to get her through this with a smile on her face. She had kept it, tight lipped and miserly, when Itash had greeted their host, and managed to maintain it now, even as he murmured her name against her ear.

"I cannot think of a single positive thing that could come of having such connections, Lord Mecetti," she said, tone a little frosty, the choice of using their 'public' form of address deliberate. She was irritated with him, and it was a small jab in refusing to let him sway her with intimacies. The comment about 'positive' things was equally layered and she trusted him to catch the insult. He was supposed to.

She accepted her drink from the bartender and took a longer sip that she might usually.

The day, she thought, couldn't get much worse.

Which meant that of course it must.

"Um." Came an awkward sound off to her left. She ignored it, because clearly no one here would be addressing her.

"Um. Ms. Paige? Miss Cassandra Paige? Of GenPals, Ms. Cassandra Paige?"

Oh lordy.

She rolled her eyes so only Itash could see it before turning around, fitting that smile back deliberately on her face.

"Yes, actually, I-"

Cassandra almost dropped her drink she recoiled so fast.

The Harch standing beside her rubbed its chelicerae together. Cass had no idea if it was a sign of pleasure, hunger or what. She briefly debated the merits of being sick (or feigning a faint) to get herself out of this situation. It only got worse when it reached out with four hands, enclosing her free one and pumping up and down vigorously several times.

Maybe she wouldn't have to pretend.

"My name is Rench. It is such an honor Ms. Paige," the creature burbled and she managed to extract her hand, the hair at the back of her neck standing on end at the feel of the prickly fur on those alien digits.

"Oh. Well."

"I just wanted to let you know how delighted myself and my family are with our dear, sweet Rolaru."

Cassandra just blinked slowly at him. Which apparently was enough for him to continue gushing. He rambled on for several minutes- eventually she figured out that a Rolaru was apparently their family's name for a Bantha Buddy. The smile plastered to her face, she kept trying to find ways to excuse herself from this entire situation.

"We bought it for the hatchlings of course," it clacked its chelicerae together and the combination of that statement and the action was enough to entice a horrified *giggle* out of the red head.

"Oh yes I know," it continued with amusement in its own voice. "It was for them, but I was the one who fell in love. Rolaru is the best companion a Harch could ever hope to have."

Internally, Cass was screaming.

[member="Itash Mecetti"]

 

[Damian Starchaser]

Damian was aproached by a woman who greeted him. She was a flowing black and gold dress which was impressive despite not being of his companies design. "Well thank you," Damian said with a smile. "And may I say that you yourself are looking very pretty today. Who are you wearing? I have to say that it is gorgeous although, and forgive my imprudence, but I'm sure I could have a tailor set you up with a particularly fashionable wardrobe."

"Oh, Damian Chase, Chase Fashion. I'm at your disposal."

[member="Darth Xhegriss"]

 

[Itash Mecetti]

[member="Cassandra Paige"]

Itash observed the conversation for a while.

Truth to be told it amused him and especially the horror Cass was going through. It was almost palpable for him, the layers of lies she was trying to spin around her core and being to protect herself against this... Ranch. But once that giggle bubbled up, Itash knew that was quite plenty of punishment for her. Right before the Harch could once again slip her hand between its... hands? paws? claws or mandibles? Itash wasn't sure, truth to be told, but they were trying to grab Paige's hand once more to shake them in thanks.

...or something.

It was difficult to gauge emotions from those he didn't have any baseline for, Ranch definitely qualified.

Instead of her hand, the Harch would find himself shaking a different hand as Itash slid himself smoothly into the conversation. It was done quick and swift and with just the edge to pull attention to himself for a moment, letting Cass compose herself.

Dear lord that woman needed to get it together. It was just a... spider?

"Ah, mister Ranch." Confusion (??) bubbled up as the Harch clicked its whatever. "My name is Lord Itash of House Mecetti, I am here with miss Paige and your enthusiasm for her work touched me personally. I felt rather awkward hovering at the edge of the conversation, so I hope you will forgive me for interjecting for a moment."

"O-oh n-no, I didn't mean to push you to the side, m'lord." Itash waved it away with a bright smile. "Nonsense. It is not every day that you get to meet one of your personal heroes, is it?"

They both chuckled amicably at that thought.

"We are actually here to network a bit, meet new faces to expand our separate businesses. How about you?" Politely shifting the conversation away. Oh, Cassandra would repay him deeply for every smile he made here. That much Itash had already decided, his present in her room would probably allow her to slip out of the public outrage for appearances sake.

 

[Cassandra Paige]

There was a trickle of palpable relief from Cass when he stepped in, and she took the moment to reorient and force down the bile that had risen in her throat. She didn't think she would have handled it touching her again.

Cass hated spiders.

Like, burn the house down and buy a new one on another planet hated spiders.

"It's, um, Rench, actually," the Harch said a little timidly, but its good cheer returned a moment later.

"Of course of course, I won't keep you. But, when I saw her I had to thank her for such a joy coming into our lives."

Cass wanted to vomit but now for completely different reasons.

"And also... I wondered..... if it would be possible to.... well, you see, I want to find some way to give back, for all of the joy-"

Buy more GenPals merchandice and leave me alone, Cass thought to herself.

"That our Rolaru has given us. I was hoping, perhaps, that there was a way to invest? In GenPals?"

Heavens preserve her.

"Of course!" She managed through a tight smile. The skin around her mouth was a little pale, but perhaps that was the light. "I can set you up a meeting with my assistant and you can discuss the details."

Credits were credits, and this was just the sort of thing she would start foisting off on [member="Lila Sanders"]. Lords knew Cass wasn't going to have this thing in her office. It was worse than the Whipid and the raptor put together.

The Harch beamed.

"Thank you! I will look forward to it!"

"No thank you, Mister Rench."

It was time for an exit. Preferably from the entire planet but she would settle for from this particular version of hell.

[member="Itash Mecetti"]

 

[STaCLO]

SN eyed the colorful cast of characters in the palace along with him. Taking a bit of a special interest in the walking talking spider. Remembering a rather difficult bounty he hunted on one of them. After a bit he toured the food they had for guests. Kinda odd really, a droid taking interest in food. He was always amazed with out fancy and expensive it can be. He always wondered how it tasted, imagining it through a chemical breakdown along with its PH levels.

One thing he never really understood was why it was to fancy looking. Why so much effort to put into each individual item when it all comes out the same. But then again what was the point of art. To awe and express, and that's what this was to him. It was an expression of the cook, and it always amazed him. Thus, one could say it served his function with the droid. Then again what was the point of SN wearing clothes with his medals and ribbons. It was purely for self expression. Later he could fill his ego with completing such deep thought.

 

[Lord Demone Rosso]

Slowly entering the planet's atmosphere he came down above the landing pad where he slowly landed unstrapping himself and getting up with his armor he grabbed both lightsabers off his holders putting them on his hip and walking out of the ship closing it behind him he mad his way into the palace once entering looking at the patrons to scout them out.


Now having sized everyone up he continues down the steps very confident walking over to the table with drinks taking his mask off and taking the drink then putting his mask back on.
[member="Vee Toa"] [member="Darth Xhegriss"]