First Reply Stomping Grounds

[Jonyna Si]

Ryloth, Outskirts of the former palace of Teemo The Hutt​

TAG: OPEN TO BOUNTY HUNTERS, OR ANYONE LOOKING TO TALK TO JONYNA

Jonyna was always a nostalgic sort. Even 900 years later, the palace once owned by Teemo the Hutt, Jonyna's former employer in another life, was still a spot that Jonyna enjoyed visiting. This far out, Jonyna could enjoy the night sky, get away from Council Paperwork, and just...relax. Think about life, meditate on the Force, and ponder her future.

Not much else to do, than sit on the top of her speeder bike, and think about what would come next. Would the Alliance last? Would her relationship with Jenn Kryze ? Would...she?

She'd die in battle. That was an inevitability she had long accepted.

But when would that be?

The desert wind blew across her fur. Dust in the Wind. That's all life was, after all.

Maybe she would be one day too.

 

[Alana Calloway]

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Stomping Grounds​

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Location: Ryloth​

Tag: Jonyna Si​

Outfit: Outfit
Weapons:
HG-88 Big Iron
SD-L1 Long Blaster
HESTIZO-201 "Silverrain" Vaccine
1 x VB-113 "Tidefall" Class Vibroblade
Gear:
Slicing Glove
DS-102 "Aegis" Personal Energy Shield
Sentinel Tech Gloves
VKA-7J "Hurricane" Combat Stimulant
G1 Omni Link

Alana watched from a distance, her eyes narrowing as the wind picked up, swirling the dust in the barren expanse between her and Jonyna. The former employer of Teemo the Hutt, sitting atop her speeder bike like she had all the time in the galaxy to think, to ponder, to wait. She hated the fact she was using her Sith gear for this. It felt dirty as all hell, but she had no clue where the rest of her stuff could be.

Thankfully, it was easy to spot someone so lost in their own thoughts, easy to track them when they thought they were untouchable, alone in the desert night. She could almost hear the quiet echoes of Jonyna's inner monologue, the resignation to her fate, the sense of inevitability clinging to her like a shadow.

Alana's hand tightened on the grip of her blaster rifle, her eyes still locked on her target. A soft, barely perceptible smile tugged at her lips.

Jonyna had no idea who was out there, no idea that Alana had been hunting her for weeks now. But Alana knew one thing for sure: she hadn’t been in the bounty game for a very long time now.

Life was dust in the wind, sure. But Alana didn't care. She wasn't looking for an inevitability. She was looking for a payday, and maybe, just maybe, a little bit of closure.

Actually, it was almost entirely closure.

With a deep breath, Alana slid out from her cover, the cold night air biting at her skin. "Jonyna..." She muttered under her breath. It was time to make that future just a little bit closer.

She wasn’t about to shoot someone from afar like a coward.

The hunt was on.

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Alana Calloway

The stir of the wind was always something Jonyna kept track of, even if unconsciously. The Cathar was so attuned to the elements, it was often something she didn't even realize she was doing.

Maybe it was the Force trying to tell her something. Maybe it was entirely natural, and Jonyna was just paranoid.

Just for a moment though, Jonyna felt like she was being watched. It was an uneasy feeling, but Jonyna knew better than to doubt it.

She sat up, her feline eyes scanning the horizon.

While she had brought her regular loadout, her armor was back at the ship. Who could be stalking a tiger in the middle of the desert?

 

[Alana Calloway]

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Stomping Grounds​

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Location: Ryloth​

Tag: Jonyna Si​

Outfit: Outfit
Weapons:
HG-88 Big Iron
SD-L1 Long Blaster
HESTIZO-201 "Silverrain" Vaccine
1 x VB-113 "Tidefall" Class Vibroblade
Gear:
Slicing Glove
DS-102 "Aegis" Personal Energy Shield
Sentinel Tech Gloves
VKA-7J "Hurricane" Combat Stimulant
G1 Omni Link

Alana had been still, watching from a distance, her body blending into the dunes with the ease of someone who had spent too many years surviving in places just like this. The desert was quiet, but quiet didn't mean empty.

She saw the way Jonyna suddenly tensed, the way her ears twitched ever so slightly, catching something on the wind that Alana had barely even registered. Sharp. The Cathar had good instincts.

But Alana had patience.

She let the silence stretch a little longer, knowing full well that the feeling of being watched was often worse than actually seeing your watcher. Then, finally, she broke it—not with movement, but with her voice, low and even from her hidden vantage.

"So, you’re Jinyna?”

She shifted then, stepping into the open with the practiced ease of a hunter who knew exactly when to make herself known. The desert heat shimmered around her, her duster shifting slightly in the wind as she studied Jonyna with that same sharp, unreadable gaze.

"Lucky for you," She continued, tilting her head slightly, "I'm not."

She let the weight of those words hang, giving Jonyna the space to decide exactly what kind of game they were playing out here in the sands. She fiddled with her rifle, not pointing it at the Cathar. “Uhhh, you know you got a bounty on yourself, right?”

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Alana Calloway

Suddenly, Jonyna's ears shifted as a voice cut through the silence.

"Jo-nyna, but yes..." She asked, as she extended her senses outward, trying to track where the voice was coming from. "And uh...not really?"

She wasn't surprised she had a bounty on her head, being a Councilwoman and all, but she wasn't aware of any. Her hand idly drifted to the hilt of her katanas, while her tail wrapped around Claire like a vice.

She wanted to be ready, if this got hairy.

 

[Alana Calloway]

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Stomping Grounds​

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Location: Ryloth​

Tag: Jonyna Si​

Outfit: Outfit
Weapons:
HG-88 Big Iron
SD-L1 Long Blaster
HESTIZO-201 "Silverrain" Vaccine
1 x VB-113 "Tidefall" Class Vibroblade
Gear:
Slicing Glove
DS-102 "Aegis" Personal Energy Shield
Sentinel Tech Gloves
VKA-7J "Hurricane" Combat Stimulant
G1 Omni Link

Alana let out a slow breath, hands raised just enough to show she wasn't looking for a fight—yet. The weight of her rifle was a comforting presence slung across her back, but she didn't reach for it. Not yet.

"Listen," She started, voice even, measured. "I get it. You hear 'bounty' and think I'm here to collect. And honestly, a small part of me kinda wants to."

She kept her stance loose, but her eyes were sharp, tracking every shift in Jonyna's posture. The way her ears flicked, the subtle tightening of her grip. Alana had been on both ends of this kind of standoff before, and she knew how quickly things could turn ugly.

"I don't know what you did to land yourself on someone's hit list, but your name's floating around in places you probably don't want it to be." She tilted her head slightly. "And not just any bounty—this one's got some serious weight behind it. Enough to draw attention from the kind of people who don't ask questions before pulling the trigger."

Her red eyes flickered down to examine the Cathar’s body language. Protective. Territorial. Alana could work with that.

"I'm not here to drag you in," She added, tone softer now, more like an offering than a threat. "I just figured you'd want to know before someone less friendly comes knocking."

Then, with the ghost of a smirk, she shrugged. "But hey, if you'd rather just assume I'm the enemy, go ahead. Wouldn't be the first time."

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Alana Calloway

Jonyna tilted her head to listen, hand still on the hilt of her sword, but never drew. She made it clear she was ready, but not eager to start a fight.

"It wouldn't be the first time for me either. You clearly haven't done your homework on me if you're just here to warn me. Jedi Master Jonyna Si, at your service. I...appreciate it though. That kinda thing would've saved my butt back in the day. I'm not here to pick a fight, just enjoying my day away from work. You could join me if you want. You got a name?"

 

[Alana Calloway]

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Stomping Grounds​

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Location: Ryloth​

Tag: Jonyna Si​

Outfit: Outfit
Weapons:
HG-88 Big Iron
SD-L1 Long Blaster
HESTIZO-201 "Silverrain" Vaccine
1 x VB-113 "Tidefall" Class Vibroblade
Gear:
Slicing Glove
DS-102 "Aegis" Personal Energy Shield
Sentinel Tech Gloves
VKA-7J "Hurricane" Combat Stimulant
G1 Omni Link

Alana's lips tugged into a crooked half-smile beneath the shadow of her hat, but her eyes stayed sharp—watchful.

"Yeah, I figured you weren't the jumpy type. Would've been a shame if I had to test that title of yours. I’m just a lowly bounty hunter, you see.”

She leaned slightly on the railing nearby, casual but never quite at ease.

"Alana Calloway," She said, voice low, a little gravelly. "Used to mean something different. These days, depends who's asking."

A pause. A flick of her gaze to Jonyna's hand on the hilt.

"Appreciate the offer, Master Si. Can't say I'm good at the whole…relaxing thing. But I could stand to sit a spell. Long as you don't mind sharing a quiet moment with trouble."

She would move closer, stowing her rifle, as she deemed that this whole hunt was going to be futile at this rate.

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Alana Calloway

Jonyna looked the hunter up and down, before finally taking her hand off her sword. They had come to an understanding, it would seem.

Instead, she turned back to the setting suns, and smiled, patting the spot next to her. "You're pretty for a bounty hunter. Usually your sort are the grizzled former vet types. Who even put a bounty on me? The Imps? The Sith? Please tell me it was the sith, there'd be some hilarious irony to them contracting out their work to hunters."

Then again, Jonyna wouldn't put it past someone like Darth Malum of House Marr to try that. Tsis Kaar too busy fighting each other to do their own dirty work.

 

[Alana Calloway]

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Stomping Grounds​

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Location: Ryloth​

Tag: Jonyna Si​

Outfit: Outfit
Weapons:
HG-88 Big Iron
SD-L1 Long Blaster
HESTIZO-201 "Silverrain" Vaccine
1 x VB-113 "Tidefall" Class Vibroblade
Gear:
Slicing Glove
DS-102 "Aegis" Personal Energy Shield
Sentinel Tech Gloves
VKA-7J "Hurricane" Combat Stimulant
G1 Omni Link

Alana let out a quiet chuckle, taking a slow step forward before settling beside Jonyna, her posture still a little tense despite the relaxed invitation. She glanced out at the horizon, the dimming light reflecting the weariness in her eyes.

"Grizzled former vet? Guess I fit the bill, but only by choice. I don't think I'm that far gone yet." She reached into her coat, tapping the edge of the thrower rifle slung across her back. "As for the bounty...no, it's not the Imps or the Sith. The Hutt Cartel, and...this thing was floating around for...about...." She paused, picking up her datapad, and reading it. "Nine hundred years? Give or take."

She let out a low, amused sigh. "But yeah, if it were the Sith, I'd be interested to see how they'd explain that one to their masters. Wouldn't put it past them, though. They like their intrigue. And their dirty work." She paused, glancing sideways at Jonyna. "You've got more enemies than you let on, huh?"

 

[Jonyna Si]

TAG: Alana Calloway

Jonyna just rolled her eyes as she leaned back, looking up at the Ryloth sky.

"Of course it's the hutts. I would've figured that bounty would've disappeared, but apparently not. I swear, you kill one Hutt crime lord, and the entire family is gunning for you. Ugh, I can handle it." She groaned, rolling onto her side to look at Alana. "You'd be surprised, to be honest. I don't try and make enemies, but I also don't mince my words, and my heart is pretty much always on my sleeve, so I piss a lot of people off pretty easy."

Jonyna thought back to all the people she had made foes with.

The Hutts, the Mandos, the Sith, and of course, the various Empires. If any of them she felt little pity for, it was the Imperials.