Ophelia

[Rell Kapae]

Ophelia​

Location: Thustra​

Mission: Escape the planet, maybe other things​

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I had spent the last few days in an old, musty abandoned factory. Eventually, when I assumed that the militia of Thustra had stopped pursuing me, I decided to emerge from my hiding spot. I was of course wrong, and was pursued once again. Another day without food, and had to spend another day without food and water. I left at three in the morning to ensure that I wasn't pursued. I walked into the local pub to see if I could find myself a ride out of here. When I got there, I saw a young man, probably around the same age as me, that was obviously a pilot. I have the ability too read a person like a book, and his ambiance and stature suggested that he's definitely a pilot. I sat myself next too him, and asked him if he is a pilot. He affirmed my claim, and asked why I was asking. I then asked for a ride, of course. He asked me what I was willing to pay, and I told him of my healing skills. He then asked why I was wanting to leave the planet, so I game him my story.

​"I woke up on this galactic freighter, where I recognized nobody. I was the only human on board, adding to the feeling of isolation. I spent a week being fed strange food, mostly moving and squirming, and in the company of speakers of Galactic basic surprisingly. Good thing I know a little bit of huttese. We eventually landed here, where I found the opportunity to become a sort of underground messiah because of my healing abilities. Eventually, the local government caught on to my exploitation of the uneducated and superstitious population. They sentenced me to death. That was a week and a half ago. I haven't had a good meal in 9 days, and am nearly exhausted to death. I would like to leave as soon as possible, if you can."

The pilot seemed interested, but distant in a way. He downed the rest of his whiskey, and prepared to respond.

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui stood at the bar, drinking his Ale. Cunningly, his hand reaches into the pocket of a man to his right, he takes out a few credit chips and displaces them into his own pocket. The man had no idea, he continued with his glass of rum.

From the pub's entrance, a group of thugs strut towards Lui. There were three of them. A Weequay, a Nikto and a Twi'lek. They didn't carry blasters, but some had knives sheathed in their belts. One of the Weequay thugs tapped Lui on the shoulder. He spins around with a beguiling grin. He didn't recognize the thugs, but they appeared to know him. The Weequay guffaws, at six and a half feet, his laugh was low pitched and from the belly. Lui smelt his rancid breath, like rotting flesh and fermented eggs. He grimaced slightly.

The Weequay's odious smile fell. He raised his fist and swung at Lui, hitting him directly in the jaw with a hook. Lui jolted around, planting his arms on the bar top. He'd grab his aleand take a swig, wiping his mouth. Studying the smear of blood on his thumb, his devious smile returned. He growled excitedly, extending his leg to kick the Weequay right between the thighs.

 

[Rell Kapae]

Rell didn't notice the group of ragged individuals headed towards the pilot and himself. One, a Weequay, hits the pilot. "I'm not the only one with problems", I thought to myself. I got up and Jumped straight at the Twi'lek. He fell to the ground, as the Nitko headed towards Lui and the nearly unconscious Weequay. I pulled a blaster that I nicked off of a merchant on Dantooine out of my belt loop, which caused the Twi'lek to abandon his allies and leave the bar. Good thing he didn't know that I broke it in a fall 3 months earlier. I rounded and headed for the Nitko, who saw the gun and surrendered. I walked over to Lui, and stopped him from killing the Weequay. "You want to get out of here or what?" Lui noticed the Nitko dragging the Weequay out of the bar, but did nothing. Lui and I then payed the barman (in fake credits) and left into the dark abyss outside.

It was a cold night on Thustra. This caused many people to stay inside. Lui and I walked for awhile, eventually making it to a large gray tarp He pulled off the tarp to reveal an ugly, rusty brown ship.

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui found himself hammering his fists harshly into the stunned Weequay's face and gut. A somewhat sadistic grin upon his own face as he did so. With a quick glance towards the assisting stranger, he turned back around to finish his ale with a final ale; again, wiping a mixture of blood and alcoholic froth from his lips.

"Yeah. I'll get out of here. But what's the rest to you? Any reason you saved my ass back there?"

They conversed through the streets of Thustra. Lui didn't let many personal details slip, besides his name.

"You know those thugs will be out to get you too now."

As they approached the tarp, Lui would explain how his ship was docked about half a kilometer away.

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui found himself hammering his fists harshly into the stunned Weequay's face and gut. A somewhat sadistic grin upon his own face as he did so. With a quick glance towards the assisting stranger, he turned back around to finish his ale with a final ale; again, wiping a mixture of blood and alcoholic froth from his lips.

"Yeah. I'll get out of here. But what's the rest to you? Any reason you saved my ass back there?"

They conversed through the streets of Thustra. Lui didn't let many personal details slip, besides his name.

"You know those thugs will be out to get you too now."

As they approached the tarp, Lui would explain how his ship was docked about half a kilometer away.

 

[Rell Kapae]

I examined the strange ship. It looked like it had been through a lot, although it looks as if it was meant to rust. I also looked at my surroundings. It looked like the opportune moment to get something done. I quickly informed Lui that he was going to get my blaster fixed. I walked through the streets, looking for the sort of place where you can get a blaster fixed. I wound up trading it for credits, which I used to buy a gun of the same model. I enjoyed the smell of the new blaster. As I walked into the sparsely populated street, I saw the Twi'lek that I had scared off earlier. I immediately followed him, but made sure I wasn't seen. I found a damp pub in which the three attackers of the day's previous events had occurred. I also saw a richly clothed individual that was holding several blasters.

I immediately busted out of the door and into the night. I ran faster as I saw the three alien pursuers chase after me. I ran through several alleys, but they still pursued Me. I eventually broke into a small apartment, which made all of the aliens walk right past me. I heard sobs in one of the rooms of the apartment. I saw a woman on the phone, and I knew who she was calling: The Militia. I bolted from the scene; I had to warn Lui.

Rell practically ran into the ship, running to warn Lui. He informed Lui on the situation, and on how they both had whoever was after him and the local militia after them both. "We need to leave as soon as possible." Rell handed him his last 57 credits. "Go get provisions,. Looks like we're going to get to know each other really well." I then rushed to the musty factory, grabbed all of my belongings, and headed to the ship to prepare for departure.

 

[Lui Karns]

Throughout the rest of the night, Lui had been loitering, drinking from his flask and reading holoreports on his datapad. When the familiar lad came running around the corner, Lui was smokig a t'bac cigarette, leaning against the rusted hull of his ship. It was an ugly, comprised from the parts of old abandoned barley armed ships. He'd stolen it from a drunk man nearly a year back. The hyper drive was slow, and the armament was nearly non-existent. It could hold an additional passenger and an astronomer droid, of which Lui had neither.

Lui had this nonchalant attitude about him when Rell explained. He caught the credit chips in his palm glancing down at them then back up at his new passenger... "Alright." and he dropped them into his pocket letting out a subtle sideways grin. With a quick smack of the hull, the cockpit opened. Lui flung his rucksack into the compartment and clambered in. He'd begin prepping the ship for takeoff.

Once Rell arrived back, Lui gestured at him to climb in. There was no ladder, and the ship cockpit was at least ten feet off the ground.

 

[Rell Kapae]

I happily climbed the ladder. I set down all of my possessions, mostly useless trinkets that I like to believe supply me with incredible power. I sat down in what was obviously the passenger's seat, so that I could ponder a bit. I subconsciously saw Lui get into his seat, and do whatever he was doing. I wonder why the force is outlawed throughout most of the places in the galaxy. Except that one planet he went too, where they tried to make him a missionary. That was a weird week. I remember the food poisoning that I got from the Twi'lek food on Tatooine. That was the nastiest food I've had in a while. I've been on the move for two years. I've had the time of my life, but I've also barely scraped by. Maybe me meeting Lui was a good thing. Maybe being on the run is a good thing. Who knows at this point.

I fell asleep after pondering for a couple more minutes. I woke up and saw Lui looking like he was in pain. I asked him if I can heal his leg. He looked at me questioningly. At that moment, the ship rocked with a huge turbulent force. I looked out of a window that pointed towards the back of the ship. Three ships were following us. "Looks like we got company." I told Lui casually.

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui flicks his hair, "So you're a doc-" he was interrupted by the ship alerting him about a hail for transmission. The militia ship made contact "Deactivate your navigation systems and prepare for arrest" Lui grimaced. "Not gonna happen," he begun to finalize the prep to jump to hyperspace. It was a long shot, the ugly's hyperdrive was a class five, civilian standard. His plotting was messy, in a rush he simply punched in to jump to a near system in the expansion region, even he'd never heard of it. "Here we go!" there was but two seconds before the ship would hopefully jump to hyperspace.

 

[Rell Kapae]

Lui punched us into hyperspace and we sped to some outer Mandalorian territories. I then went and healed his wounds, as well as my own. We started looking over local planets, scanning them for life. We maybe spent two days looking over different planets, their ecosystems and their environments. Most were dead, but others flourished with unintelligent life. Good ting I packed lots of dried meats and other dried food. Occasionally, we stopped to get out and stretch our legs. We still had to lay low, just in case the Militia was still after us.

Eventually, we found a planet called Vjun, which was also inhospitable, although we still scanned the surface to find fresh meat and possibly some plant life. It was a mostly calm day. The only weather occurrence was a slight acid rain that we avoided. As we scanned the surface, I asked "So, how did you get to whee you are now? We might as well get to know each other now." Before Lui had the chance to respond, a large structure came into view. "What is that?" I asked myself. Just about three seconds later we were shot out of the sky.

 

[Riamah]

As one of the few structures on the planet of Vjun came into view, its automated defenses had attempted to request a clearance code. When no answer came from the incoming ship, they activated and started firing.

Ra was in her library like normal and rolled her eyes when her alarm went off.

"Ugh, son of a bantha!"

Hoping whoever was about to get shot down didn't crash into her castle, she dashed to her room to gather up her weapons. Vincent followed as quickly as the old man could. ​He wasn't a fighter, but knew how to take care of the castle and the few people she had here. Giving him a nod, he kept going to gather up the other servants on the chance the incoming were hostile. Ra placed her short sabers up her sleeves, a blaster on one hip and her double saber on the other.

As she ran out of the castle, she finished braiding her hair and dropped that. Watching the disabled ship soar over her home, she knew the turrets hadn't destroyed it and they had enough loft to make it past the castle. The ship was moving fast, but as long as they could keep it level, the landing wouldn't be too rough for the passengers.

Using the Force, Ra dashed after the wounded craft and watched as it started its crash. Reaching out, she attempted to assist in slowing it down. It was more than an attempt and it worked. Letting out a sigh, raising an eyebrow, Ra carefully approached the crashed ship. On board, she felt there were two passengers and they were both still alive.

Giving the craft a quick, but critical eye, the landing gear was obviously ruined by the crash and the engines were blasted to bits. They were lucky not to have been blown up. What caught her attention the most was that at the moment the two of them were trapped inside. The door might open, but the ramp wouldn't extend to allow them off. That meant she would need to cut the hull open. Taking out her double saber, she extended only one of its yellow blades. The almost unfamiliar hum filled her ears, but the sound was nice.

"Stand away from the door."

Hoping they were in a condition to hear her, Ra went about cutting a hole in the door. Once that was complete, she sent a push in its direction and the clang of metal on metal reached her ears. Giving them another few minutes to come out, Ra waited for them.
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[member="Rell Kapae"] [member="Lui Karns"]

 

[Rell Kapae]

Rell was a bit shell shocked. He observed himself, noticing several wounds, and healing the large ones on his back. "Are you hurt?" ​he asked Lui. Lui responded with a shake of his head. I collected all of my gatherings and ate a small meal and drank some water, very quickly. I inspected the ship next. It was pretty banged up, and definitely not fit to fly any longer. "Looks like we'll be stuck on this planet for a while." I told Lui.

​After making sure I had all of my possessions gathered, I inspected the door. It was damaged, so we would need to break out. I looked around for a bit, then decided to take a look at the door again. Right at that moment, I heard the words "Stand away from the door." I backed up. A woman spoke through the door. Maybe the structure we saw was a settlement. We'll have to see. After that thought, a yellow ray of light penetrated the door. I jumped backwards, out of fright. "What is that?" I asked Lui. The ray had cut a human sized hole in the door, and the door fell inward. Out of fear, I took a minute to decide to wander outside. I got up, un-holstered my blaster, grabbed my bag and walked outside.

[member="Ra'a'mah"]
[member="Lui Karns"]

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui recognized the blade. A Lightsaber. He'd seen only one in his life, an attempted robbery he witnessed somewhere on the Outer Rim - needless to say, it didn't end well for the muggers. Lui reached under the cockpit control terminal for his knife which was ever taped under the computer. Even though he knew it was pointless, he hid it behind his back. The scoundrel was disgruntled by the fact that [member="Rell Kapae"] had probably got him killed by bringing him here. He had to convince himself not to kick Rell out of the ship's new opening towards the presumably hostile Lightsaber wielder and make a hopeless run for his life. That too would be pointless, this planet is a wasteland, he likely wouldn't find safe shelter before another acid rainstorm.

His head was still ringing from the crash, he fought to regain his usual confidence before stumbling out of the ship. Lui raised the one hand that wasn't holding the knife into the air, "Look... I'm sure this is all some big understanding." He yells, blinded by the thick choking cloak of smoke in the air.

 

[Riamah]

Giving the two people the time they needed, Ra was actually surprised when they emerged apparently unharmed from the crash. Shaken up certainly, but not bleeding, cut up or even really bruised. Looking between them, she deactivated her lightsaber, but kept the hilt in her hand.

One of them kept silent, but held a blaster in his hand. The other spoke up, only showing one of his hands. Assuming he held some sort of weapon in his other hand, Ra kept her eyes on both of them. They were both young, possibly headstrong and on a totally unfamiliar planet.

Her stance wasn't threatening, but guarded. Slightly tense, like she was a cat ready to pounce if a certain move was made by either of them. The hand not holding her hilt was held open, its palm facing her leg and was as relaxed as she could make it in this situation.

"What sort of misunderstanding? I can have your ship repaired and you can be on your way if you wish, but that will take a bit of time. Since it was my automated turrets that shot you down, I can offer you a place to stay while it is fixed."

Not having introduced herself, she did this now. Her naturally gold eyes looked between the two of them.

"I am Ra'a'mah Numare. Please just call me Ra."

[member="Lui Karns"] [member="Rell Kapae"]

 

[Rell Kapae]

Rell was a bit intimidated. A person with that powerful of a weapon would intimidate someone of his stature who isn't too intimidating himself. The woman stated that her name was Ra'a'mah. She also said that she could get their ship fixed. Rell, looking at Lui questioningly, saw the kindness and willingness to work with them. "That would be great. In order to pay off the repair of the ship, I am willing to supply you with my heaing abilities during our time at this, well, whatever this place is." Ra looked a bit more interested when Rell mentioned his healing abilities.

Rell holstered his blaster, told Lui and Ra that he left some stuff in he ship. He slowly left them and went back into the dark wreck. He eventually found the small memento he stole on cloud city and started back towards the door. Immediately, he felt a foreign presence feel his mind. Rell decided to attempt to repel it, but it drove itself into his mind. It read his thoughts, observed his behaviors, and delved into his being. Rell was in immense, but silent pain. When the attack stopped, he walked back outside. He told Ra and Lui about what had just occurred.

[member="Ra'a'mah"]
[member="Lui Karns"]

 

[Lui Karns]

Lui kept his hand up, keeping eye contact with the woman and slowly revealing his weapon in way that was as nonthreatening as possible. He turned his eyes to Rell, "Oh shut it doc, this woman has automated defense turrets mounted on her CASTLE, I'm sure your medical training is about as useful as a campfire on Tatooine to her." He was arrogant in his tone, unaware of the gift that Rell possessed,

Once Rell entered the ship again, he looked back to the lady, acting as though he trusted her, although he wasn't too sure how well his lies would work on her. "I'll put mine away now you've put yours away." he lowered his knife, tucking it - rather unsafely - into his belt.

 

[Riamah]

Once both of them had their weapons away or were moving to do so, Ra clipped her hilt back on her belt. Looking at Lui while Rell was on the ship, she pointed to his knife on his belt. Wearing a bit of a smirk, she remembered her days of unsafe blades.

"You really should get a scabbard or sheath for that. May have something that'll work for it, if you want. What's your name?"

When Rell mentioned he could offer her his healing powers, it did certainly interest her. Such was the case with new knowledge though, Ra wanted to know as much as she could. However, whatever probed his mind wasn't her.

Vjun was an old, old world and while she had yet to come across any entities, spirits or ghosts here, there was always the first time. This proved to be it, something apparently mentally assault Rell while he was separate from them and in the ship.

Approaching him when he returned and told them what happened, Ra looked at him questioningly.

"What is your name?"

Having provided them hers, she felt it right they give theirs on their own. Knowing Drain Knowledge​, she could drag them from their minds, but that wasn't in her nature to do that. However, she needed to look into the mind of Rell and find out what attacked him.

"When we get to Bast Castle, I would like to look into your mind and see if we can figure out what attacked you."

[member="Lui Karns"] [member="Rell Kapae"]

 

[Rell Kapae]

"Bast Castle, huh?" Rell asked himself aloud. He had never been in a castle. He also wasn't so sure about letting Ra probe his mind. He didn't know if she was lying about the mental attack or not, but he was going to trust her. The planet they were on also did seem quite old and sinister. Rell didn't like the looks of the planet much, but at least he wasn't stuck in a musty spaceship. Rell pulled some jerky out of his bag and gnawed it.

​Rell released that the last couple of days had been a real adventure. Being shot down, bar fights, avoiding the law, and now this strange woman with an extremely powerful weapon. Rell put the jerky away and pulled out something that he hadn't looked at in a while. He looked at a picture of his mother, Selena Kapae. "I won't disappoint you." He thought to himself. He put away the picture, then started thinking about Ra, putting two and two together. "How can you probe minds? Do you have special abilities?" Rell asked Ra. He was relatively unaware of the topic he was about to delve into, as he was the only force user he had encountered until now.

[member="Ra'a'mah"]
[member="Lui Karns"]

 

[Rell Kapae]

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