My Wicked Bones

[Arage Bao]

[member="Kole Harper"]

"Got it." Jin suddenly said triumphantly as the beep of the terminal announced access.

"Let's see what you guys have been hiding."

Fingers scrolled an' scrolled, going through data in a ridiculously fast way. Browsing, reading, mining the terminal for any information that could help them with the investigation they were doing. Most of it was gibberish, in some sort of code so the rivals of the gang couldn't just walk in, read and figure everything out. It would take days of decryption to figure it out.

But then...

Jin 'found' something.

"Um." Jin pressed a button and suddenly it was Kole, virtualized, his face half-cloaked and in shadows. Talking to Dillinger out of all people. The last words muffled but they could hear it clearly.

"Kill him if he get close."

Shao replayed it, as if he couldn't believe it, but his eyes were squarely on the reflection of Kole in the terminal. Watching his every move and then some, he just needed to get a little bit... closer. He wasn't making any moves yet, too soon, it needed to be good. They weren't friends, but there was a rigidness to Jin's back that spoke of suppressed tension as the flavor of betrayal went through him.

It looked real.

 

[Rakaan Horne]

CORUSCANT

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OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, UNDETERMINED TIME

​Kole rushed over as soon as Jin announced he'd 'got it', releasing his grip of these damned papers and even leaving his carbine back on the drawer. There was no threat here. Finally. Maybe this was the bigger break? The one that put it all too an end, an optimistic man might say- though Kole? In truth, he was rather pessimistic considering the circumstances, but even men like that felt as if things were going right every now and again.

That was, until, his world came crashing down...

"What..." Is all he could conjure in that moment. A feeble announcement of shock and disbelief. How is this even possible? Harper had been nothing but a man who walked the righteous path, never even tempted by the prospect of crime, or corruption. Now? Well, it seemed Kole turned into one of the loose ends he sought to round up himself.

"That's not me... It can't be." Firm, even aggressive. Pointing at the screen with his right hand, staring towards Jin with desperation lingering in his gaze.

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[member="Jin Shao"]

 

[Arage Bao]

[member="Kole Harper"]

Jin's reputation was sterling.

Beyond reproach.

His catch rate off the charts and it was that good for one simple reason- he never hesitated. Didn't consider any other path ahead. In truth Kole should have anticipated it the moment this came to light. Jin wasn't the type to go cutting deals behind the corner or try an' figure things out. No, he caught the bad guy and then the court of law did the rest of the matter.

That was his modus operandi.

"I thought-" Then as lightning while Kole focused on his words Jin turned around, letting the hold-out stun blaster drop into his hand and let it rip from point-blank range straight into the innocent detective.

"I could trust you."

Jin finished as Kole was falling down to the ground.

"Should have known there was something fishy about you suddenly appearing on my doorstep, while I was investigating this." The first stun bolt would only freeze him, not knock him out. Jin turned around, downloading the 'evidence' onto his drive. Then turned around again, shooting another bolt into him. That should have knocked him out... if Kole had been a human.

Rather than a droid.

"Fething hell. What a mess," Jin sighed as he looked at the 'unconscious' shape of Kole. "Time to call for back-up I guess."

He walked out of the room.

 

[Rakaan Horne]

CORUSCANT

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OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, UNDETERMINED TIME

There it was.

In that moment Kole realised two things: the first being he'd never been shot by a stun bolt before, and that maybe he was dead? Was this what it was like to die? Some surreal feeling in which everything was still there... you just couldn't... move? The second, however, was that this wasn't right, something was off- but then, maybe at that point he asked himself whether he'd do the same given the situation. Unfortunately for any vendetta seekers, he knew that was the case, and maybe Jin was just doing his job.

Shot twice, and still conscious, though? Maybe he wasn't as unlucky as he thought. However long it would take to get back up and moving was uncertain. He just had to wait it out, give it time, something that he didn't have a lot to offer.

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[member="Jin Shao"]