Oh, Not You! (That short L'Rik Guy)

[Terys Rocabel]

Location: Some average terrestrial planet with your run-of-the-mill cantina

"Come on, Shiny, we're almost there!" Terys elbowed her way through the crowd, gripping her bag tightly. It was, after all, filled with her only possessions. Well, aside from Shiny.

"But sir, my legs are not designed to run. The fastest pace I am able to manage is a walk." The droid's tone, like always, had an edge of exasperation to it.

"Oh, quit grumbling!" Terys reached back and grabbed her companion's wrist, pulling the silver and purple B1 Battle Droid along and ignoring his sounds of protest. "Make way, coming through!" she cried.

Eventually, the pair made it to the entrance of yet another cantina and, squaring her shoulders, the blonde woman walked in.

The cantina was shadowy, smoky, and smelled of BO and liquor -- just like every other cantina she had been to.

"Sir, my calculations predict that the results of this cantina will be--"

"Oh, shush," Terys said, cutting him off. "Just follow me." The two walked further in, ignoring the stares people gave to her droid. So far so good, she thought.

Then, "Hey, little girl, we don't serve his kind here!"

Oh, not again! Maintaining her innocent look, the human turned to the bartender. "Whose kind, sir?"

"His!" The bartender gestured at Shiny. "We don't allow droids in here. As a matter of fact..." He peered closely at the young woman. "You don't look old enough to drink here, either. Scram!"

Terys's face became screwed up with anger. "You ninnyhammer!" She grabbed a glass and threw it at the bartender. As it crashed against the wall, two large-muscled men grabbed her and her droid.

They tossed her to the curb, with one of them growling, "And stay out!"

After Shiny released his grip on her, Terys sat down, sighing. "Stupid ninnyhammers!"

[member="Evard L'Rik"]

 

[Evard L'Rik]

Evard wasn't in the best mood. Mallisi was somewhere on this planet, but he wasn't exactly sure where, and he hadn't had any sort of coffee or alcohol yet, today. That was kind of a bad combination, considering that things went badly for other people when he got annoyed. Like, lightning would start bouncing from the guy's fingers.

Basically, when Evard walked into the bar and shook his head at the girl and her... battle droid?... sitting in front of it, he was certainly not in the mood to be stopped by some muscleman who thought he was a kid.

"Clear out, runt."

Evard's eyes flashed as the man preemptively put his hand on the collar of his vest. His prosthetic right arm was very visible, and it became even more visible as the light glanced off the fist the short privateer curled his hand into. The bouncer just smiled and lifted Evard off his feet, towards the door.

"You some kind of punk, tiny?"

The smell of ozone began wafting from between the blonde man's hands, and the bouncer gasped when he saw the ball of Force Lightning that was in between them.

"Oh, holy-"

The ball of lightning arced into the man's chest and Evard landed on his feet as the bouncer went flying away from him into a wall. He smirked and turned towards the bartender with his haughtiest Imperial accent.

"Do you know, I think I am a punk. Now get me a whiskey before I get it for myself."

[member="Terys Rocabel"]

 

[Terys Rocabel]

[member="Evard L'Rik"] (no colours? How bothersome)

Terys watched the scene between the runt (okay, he was only an inch shorter than her) and the muscles who had tossed her and her droid to the curb. She perked up when the guy then (literally) shocked 'em, and scrambled up.

Shiny, bless his non-existent but metaphorical heart, had been with his mistress long enough to predict her next action. "Sir, I don't think approaching the cyborg would be--" But Terys was already gone, scampering up to the bar and sitting down next to the stranger. Flashing the bartender a smug look, the blonde ordered a sparkling water; after all, she wasn't yet old enough to legally drink, and alcohol was bad for the system.

Ignoring the exasperated tones Shiny was making as he took his place beside her, Terys turned to the man, flashing him her most bedazzling smile. "It's not every day you see someone shoot lightning at people. What brings you to this cantina?"

"Sir, as you can see, my human companion happens to have no regard for her own sa--"

"Shut it, Shiny," the young woman growled under her breath. To the stranger, she added in a louder voice, "Ignore him. I'm still working out the kinks."

She noisily grabbed her glass (by clicking the bottom on the counter) to drown out her metal friend's protest.

 

[Evard L'Rik]

Evard looked at the girl before shaking his head in a mixture of disgust and annoyance. Cute girl, but even if he'd been single, she was too young and not his type. He turned to his drink and knocked it back in one shot before checking whether or not his shirt got messed up by that tough guy. He looked from the B1 to the girl and sighed heavily.

"Look, whatever it is you want, I don't have it."

He took the next glass of whiskey, gave an exasperated look to the bartender, and sighed again.

"Just give me the bottle, sir. Hell, I'll buy three bottles and we'll call it even, huh?"

The bearded man rolled his eyes and pulled down three bottles, setting them down in front of Evard and taking the money the short blonde had left. With a twist of his mechanical fingers, the cork was out of the first bottle, and the Republic privateer captain was on his way to being at least a tiny bit happier.

"By the way, little girl... Listen to your droid. Nobody smart walks towards a lightning-slinger."

[member="Terys Rocabel"]

 

[Terys Rocabel]

[member="Evard L'Rik"]

The smile Terys had on her face quickly dropped and was replaced by a blank look, much like the calm before the storm. Shiny, noticing the look, made a little noise of despair.

And then she exploded.

"I'm not little!" Terys snapped, putting her hands on her hips. "I'm five foot eight, thank you very much! Which is at least an inch taller than you, Pipsqueak!" Steam was practically blowing out of her ears. "And for your information, I was just trying to be nice! Sheesh! I can't believe I even bothered being nice!"

She swivelled her chair away in a huff, crossing her arms. After a second, though, she twisted her head around to glare at the other blond. "By the way, you'll puke your guts out if you drink those three bottles, along with waking up with a serious hangover ."