Silver Smooth

[[NPC]]

The knight listened angrily as romeo spoke, clenching his fist and straining his leather glove.

"Quiet y-" Before he could say anything, The bounty hunter began laughing hysterically, it was almost enough to make even a maniacal sith uncomfortable, though admittedly it was genuine laughter and not some maniacal episode...

"Control yourself, and Bring him here!" He demanded, pointing to the ground in front of him. He then pulls a lightsaber from his belt, bathing himself in crimson light as it ignites in front of him.

"You have cost me dearly! And will not be insulted while your continued breathing insults the fallen! The storm troopers were expendable, but brothers of the kngihthood? My brothers in arms? that's when this became personal!"

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

The smirk that edged his face boasted his confidence in what he was doing now, Romeo what he was after, and how to get it. Joti's laughter did get him though, once more if he ever would use the word cute, it would have been there.

"It became costly, and personal when you chose to put on that goofy looking helmet, and wave a flashlight around playing pretend Sith. Anyways, give the woman her fee before I kill her with laughter. She's too pretty for that, and you're simply tarnishing this sight with your taste in uniform."

When did Romeo get a sense of humor anyways? Maybe it came with rebuilding himself up, or maybe he was trying to impress his lady friend. Either way, she found it funny, and that's really what mattered here.

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"Ok, Ok, You've had your fun. Now quit! Flattery won't save you. Or do I need to hit you again?" She chuckles and leans in close to whisper. "Get ready..."

And then begins to approach the knight, keeping eye contact with him, one hand on romeo and one hand one hand on her sidearm. She stops just out of the knight's reach, giving him and his escort a once over. No one could see it, but the cheeky grin behind that helmet grew and grew.

"So here's the thing" She began. "This one decided to be difficult. Yes, this is a high bounty, but at this point I'm not sure a hundred k is enough to make me wanna do this"

She could see the knight's anger building, the grip on his saber tightening.

"So here's what I'm suggesting you do-" Without warning, She let's go of romeo and spins to the side so that he's clear of the blast, unleashing her mini flamer in a sweeping motion at the knight and his escort.

 

[[NPC]]

The knight barely has time to move as the bounty hunter spins before spraying them with flame, he instinctively holds his saber up before he realizes what is happening, and a stream of flame ignites his cloak and stains his already blackened helm.

The stormtrooper beside him is unprepared, and though his armour is more protective than that of the knight's, he succumbs to the flame, dropping to the ground and writhing in pain, his screams suddenly silenced as the helmet's vocal projector bursts under the heat.

Two more stormtroopers, that joti is unaware of, Come out of hiding and assume firing positions, one on top of a ruined building to their right, and one from a small tent to their left. The one on the left fires first, although being a storm trooper, it is hasty and inaccurate, however, rapidly squeezing the trigger and sending bolt after bolt should make up for that..
The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

There it was, the moment he had been waiting. The Force surged through him as he took a step back while fire dashed to engulf their enemies. Romeo watches as the first Storm Trooper is forever gun as the fires take him, but quick feels the new dangers coming. Two more come to from their left, firing like crazy at them. Ducking, Romeo lets the Force burst out of him.

With a simple thought, the remote releases his arms as they start dancing about in his crouched position. The burning Storm Trooper becomes a kindling for something much more. The flames begin to twist about in an unnatural way as Romeo begins to command them. Still, the Force is not done here. The twisting fire quickly leaps over onto the trigger happy stormies, lighting them and the tent ablaze.

His eyes are focused, and brighter red than ever. Standing, Romeo looks for the Knight of Ren, speaking:

"This was never going to end your way Knight of Ren...you've no idea who you have targeted and now not even your precious order can come to save you. Give up, and maybe you get to live to see another day. Mainly I just want you to pay the woman what is owed."

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

Joti dives backwards as a storm of blaster fire zips past her, one round denting the side of her durasteel cuirass. She kicks up sand as she hits the dirt, now on her back and a much smaller target. She Unslings her carbine and takes aim, but becomes distracted as the orange glow behind her becomes brighter and seems to flash.
She stares wide eyed as the flames begin to dance. She glances at romeo, watching his gestures control the flames before they envelop the tent and the troopers within.

"You didn't tell me you were a karking Pyromancer!" She yells in surprise over the chaos. Realizing that there are still more troopers, she jumps to her feet.

"Do something fancy and deal with fanboy over here" she shouts before her jetpack ignites, carrying her quickly towards the other troopers on the right.

 

[[NPC]]

The knight hastily tears his burning cloak away, tossing it aside as he regains his bearings. As he recovers, he is met with the sight of burning troopers and dancing flame.
He had intended to retaliate against the rogue bounty hunter, but then romeo demanded his attention yet again.

"Owed? I owe nothing to that traitor!"

He lunges suddenly, saber upward from his side, determined to finish what he had started.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

"Well....ya didn't ask." Romeo replied.

His hands danced around once more, letting the fire go. Now his attention was on the may attraction, well Joti was the main attraction here for him, but the Ren was running at Romeo like a mad man, there was only one thing that could be done.

Romeo's connection to Force opened again, placing Romeo a very powerful and unique place. He could see the threads that connected the Ren to life, to being alive. His hand reached out with red bolts of energy dashing from his finger tips, and piercing into the Ren. Each energy bolt continued to stay connected to Romeo's finger tips, cut threads of the Ren's life and transferring it back to Romeo. It empowered Romeo even more than he already was. These bolts would continue snapping threads until they reached the final one, taking the Knight's very essence of living and giving it to Romeo.

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

The stormtroopers on top of the building were having trouble hitting her as she zipped through the air, and by the time they had a good shot, Flames were already being spewed from joti's third and final flameer, mounted to the underside of her carbine and feeding from her jetpack's fuel cells.

Anyone who hadn't been caught in the flames had been blasted while running by the time joti finished her strafing run over the building. Once she was sure the building had been cleared, she hovered toward romeo.

"What in the-"

...

She descends slowly, staring in silence as the knight slowly falls to his knees, the lifeforce literally being drained from his very being.
She was... disturbed. Maybe it was hypocritical considering she just burnt several people, but her understanding of the force and her views on it were skewed to say the least, and seeing this unnatural power unleashed like that, She wasn't sure what to think of this.

"What... did you do to him?" She asks quietly.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

There was that voice again, that damn voice slipping into his mind. Why did he even think this was a last resort situation? Whispers of the dark nipped at his mind, poking for attention. Romeo dropped to his knees and closed his eyes. He was focusing on ignoring them. Joti had finished the rest off, see what Romeo had just done and wanted answers of what he just did.

"I-i-I absorbed his life. I..." He stopped speaking.

Romeo's head hung low now, ashamed and bitter. This wasn't who he was anymore, using powers he knew were too dark to bare.

"I made a mistake..."

Romeo stood up, and took the remote out of his pocket. Tossing it to Joti, Romeo then used the Force place the cuffs back on himself, activating.

"Let's just go...I don't want to be here anymore." He said.

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"Yeah... We'll leave orbit and go from there" She really wasn't sure what was happening now. it was off putting to say the least.

She looks at the cuffs, watching in slight confusion as they clamp around his wrists seemingly on their own. He had to have been more powerful than she had originally thought when they met, to manipulate fire and to move or even activate things with his mind, without so much as moving a finger.

He clearly wasn't well, and she wasn't going to argue with whatever logic had caused him to cuff himself like that.

"I knew you liked those cuffs" She says in an attempt to lighten the mood, Holding a hand out in a gesture to help him up.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

Romeo titled his head over at her as he walked back towards the ship, her voice was helping keeping him relaxed and cool. Reminded himself of what his feelings were, his true emotions.

"Yes, yes I do." He winked at her trying his best to get back into the right state of mind.

Getting on the ship, Romeo once more removed the cuffs without using his hands. Placed them to the side and removed his jacket and then folded it up neatly. Making sure it was a perfect square.

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"There we go, that's the spirit" She pats him on the back and continues to the ship. Whereas romeo folded his things neatly upon his return, Joti opened up her little armory and practically tossed both the jetpack and carbine inside before sealing it shut once more. Just in time to spot romeo folding his things neatly, and then awkwardly pretend to ignore the fact that she'd lumped everything together.

"So.. I don't think your ren friend is going to be an issue anymore" She sits down near romeo while k1 begins takeoff.

"I'd say you owe me and all, but I guess you kinda handled it yourself. I mean I grilled some stormies, sure, but I doubt they're worth that 100k to you"

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

His eyes drift over to her's with a new softness about them and a gentle smile to add to it. Romeo felt a little bad she didn't get paid for this, she did help remove a bounty from his head, and that meant a lot to him as far as her risking her neck for a stranger.

"Oh.." Romeo said as he scooted over to her. "We'll make sure that gets settled. I promise." Romeo looked at her for a moment then spoke again.

"Who, or what, exactly do you think I am?" There was a hint of self doubt in the words he spoke.

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"Hopefully someone who pays his debts" She half chuckles before giving the matter more serious thought.

"I... hmm" She rests her chin in her hand and ponders the possibilities.

"You're no knight of ren, that's for sure. Somehow I doubt you're sith, certainly not a jedi..." Wait... Jedi?

"Dark jedi maybe?" Maybe she was thinking of the question in a much too technical manner.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

A chuckle escaped his mouth as she joked, and he gave her a pat on the head. Of course he would pay his debt, it was something Romeo hated being in. More than that though, Joti had the right idea on where his powers came from, and more so where he came from. But that wasn't the point. There was a thing about being humble, it meant throwing away any pride, past or present.

"Well...maybe. If that makes it easier for you, but no, that's not where Im going with this." Romeo spoke. Now he was falling over, his head aimed at her lap. When it finally met it's landing spot, Romeo closed his eyes in relaxing. Her presence was calming regardless of his inner battles, it helped keep him centered on what mattered the most: "I'm just a man, Joti, just a man."

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"Guess that's what we all are in the end, just men and women. Just trying to make our way through the universe right?"
She strokes his hair while pondering over everything that had happened, and admittedly trying to get into that raven haired head of his, which seemed to function much like her own. mostly.

"And what about me? What am I, other than just a woman?"

The most obvious answer she expected was bounty hunter, but she was curious if he'd surprise her.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

A smile that was more just happy than anything cut across his face as she played with his hair. Truth be told, for a man who had more power than he knew what to do with, he felt...safe right now. Comforted. When she asked about what he thought she was, Romeo already had his answer before they had jumped onto her ship.

"A desire I'll never have, probably. A keepsake. A friend? What you are to the galaxy, and what you are to me are very different things." Romeo started, "I guess the best answer I have...and don't you make fun of me, my heart." He stopped there for a moment. "I've done a lot, said a lot, but..." then he conintued, "You open up a dark part of me, something only one other person could do to me."

Aloy Vizsla

 

[Aloy Vizsla]

"A desire. Your heart..." She thought in silence for a time. It was true that in most cases, she'd be a temporary acquaintance, Another passerby in the galaxy. And so would be, as so many others had in short life. But for the first time in awhile, she had hoped that this wouldn't be the case.

"Who was she?" A more direct question, one asked in a tone of both empathy and curiosity. "Or He, I suppose. I'm not one to judge" She had to get some humor in, even now. It was joti speaking after all.

The Red of Sinner

 

[The Red of Sinner]

Snickering, it had never occurred to him to think in such a way, not that he was against such notions, it just wasn't him. Romeo was around enough men to be considered handsome, and they were all brothers to him.

"Ah...I'm not sure I should say. Erika, granted if I were to even try to see her again I'd probably be either killed or arrested on the spot. Jedi being Jedi, ya know? Anyways...". It was clear that while Romeo trusted her, it wasn't a topic he was ready to talk about, not because of a stranger listening, but because it was more personal than anything could be.

Aloy Vizsla