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He had just started t turn when he felt his hand gripped and almost yanked from its socket as she pulled him along to look at the lockers, his laugh sounding for one of the first times, causing him to shut his teeth and stop it. "Sorry..." He actually looked... like he had committed a cold blooded murder at laughing at her actions, like he had insulted her by enjoying the sight of her scavenging like he had the hand full of minutes before.
Location: The Grand Auction
[member="Ayumi Pallopides"] [member="Bellalika"]
Oka expected a private place but this was far from private. The carpet leading in smelt so good. He had to ignore the luxuries though. Walking over to a very secure clear case, Oka saw the Ankarres Sapphire. Very real, they weren't lying. He was expecting a fair price, well he was expecting...
Oka's robe flapped as the air flowed through the creases. Looking at the case, it said the auction time for the Ankarres Sapphire would be in one hour. In the meantime, he could relax or even see if any other Jedi were there.
Nix was taken aback by her suddenly firm grip on his wrist. What the Feth was happening?! Was she kidnapping him??!! Who the Hell WAS SHE???!!! He began trying to get out of her grasp. His hood fell to his back, further revealing his shaggily cut silver-white hair. "Unhand me, you frakking lunatic! Get the Feth off of me!" He yelled at her. After about ten minutes of yelling insults and useless struggling, he gave in. For some reason, he felt no need to attack her. Which was strange considering she was dragging him to oblivion. But somehow he knew she wasn't really going to hurt him.
[member="Aynea Savan Xyhn"]
Aynea had watched as the child struggled and fretted, what felt like ten minutes in reality more like ten seconds; [member="Nix"] looking up at the end of his struggles to find her walking away angrily, having let go the moment she had given up on him. To her surprise, he decided to follow her after all.
Finally, Aynea had found the place listed on her holoprojector as the site of the exclusive auction. Getting in was no trouble at all, as easy as simply walking through the front doors with the mark left behind by the jeweler when he had transferred over the location data. Walking on in, she flicked her wrist behind her gesturing the boy she'd 'employed' earlier to come hither.
There before her eyes, strangely enough and slightly discerning, was the same jewel she'd spend about twenty posts in another idle thread preparing a team to search for. Her eyes immediately glistened with amazement, her soul filling up with the greed and lust for the gem. "How the netherworld did that get here?!" Aynea shouted, not realizing just how verbal she had been with her thought.
Last she recalled, she was tracking it down to a single high-end merchant who had held it somewhere offworld on some nondescript planet. That's it, she thought, the idiot must've sold it before I could kill err, persuade him!
The Ruksenmih-vixen turned back to Nix whilst shuffling through her shimmersilk satchel again for something. She pulled forth a disk-locked purse and forth from it she pulled ten thousand-credit chips. "You see that large, blue gem there, sweetie? That's what I'm going home with today. It's been a long way coming - it's like they did the hard work for me! Here, go enjoy yourself, buy concessions or gourmet food or whatever you people do. I'll call for you here when I need your help with that thing."
As she had finished the last sentence, Aynea handed over a communicator that Nix could easily carry on his person or wear. He probably hadn't realized why he needed her, but that'd come around to later.
Nix's confusion deepened when the girl handed him ten thousand credits. First, she pulls a random boy off the street into an auction for a blue gem, and then she just lets him go with a bunch of her money. It made his head hurt trying to understand her logic. Sighing, he accepted the money and the communicator. He wasn't even in the mood to remark on it. He shoved his hands in his coat pockets and began walking around. Nothing really caught his eye. Nix wasn't one to shop for fun. He shopped for the essensials, and that was it. Eventually, a food stand came into veiw. The smell of fried food began wafting into his nostrils. It was a sudden reminder that he hadn't had anything to eat that morning. Wandering over to the stand he began looking for something adequate to fill himself with. The source of the smell was freshly made fried bread with sprinkled sugar on the top. It didn't look very healthy. But the smell alone made his mouth water. So, he went up to the vendor and bought a small loaf. He decided to buy a second loaf, as well as two bottles of juice. That girl may have been a bit strange. Alright, very strange. But she was, in her own way, kind of nice. And not just look-wise, either. That was why he made his way back to her, and silently handed her the second loaf and juice. Though he didn't look at her, or even appear to care, but the gesture itself proved that he did.
[member="Aynea Savan Xyhn"]
The large ruins and sense of adventure and foreboding as it could come. The armor was ancient durasteel and bone instead of Beskar (as they ha not discovered it) and runed with force enhanced crystals. The old model slugthrowers and sword/axes/hammers were adorning the walls.
Explore Ruins for Clues [[rolled 16]]
The ancient ruins were filled with more vases and broken statues but also with several murals as it went deeper into the erth dipicting fighting against the Rakata and then later the sith with one of the fallen lords swords being sealed away in a room under the ruins
Explore Marketplace [[rolled 20]]
The grand auction has begun, bidding shall begin on the equipment.
Journal of explorer team looking for the ancient mask of Mandalore -
Old model firespray 31 ship -
One live Taozin -
An amberite solari crystal -
A thorn of Ryloth -
Baby Krayt Dragon Egg -
Explore Capital [[rolled 20]]
The spa was elegant, with plenty of private areas for the three jedi, the offices of the sisterhood filled with initiates and lenty of disguises
Explore Quarantine Zone [[rolled 18]]
The equipmen scattered around would prove useful against the approaching zombies as several melee weapons and a light machine gun stood at the ready on a balcony
Explore Crystal Caves [[rolled 12]]
The amberite lifeforms were giving off more lifesigns as they were bonded with the crystals and providing a great sensation for those who could feel.
Explore Mountains [[rolled 10]]
The party encounters several sith purebloods in a hunting party
Explore Ocean Temple [[rolled 20]]
For all their hard work and skills the path towards the mandalorian knight armory was opened and they had a hide.
Explore Illerium factory [[rolled 17]]
the scientists down below working on the isotope continued while overhead the men stood ready but welcomed the back up
Explore Lakeside [[rolled 19]]
Jessie and his group found seveal more things in the woods that had come from the natives. An old sith scout ship full of equipment was buried.
Explore Silver Jedi outpost [[rolled 17]]
Matsu had moved down to the ruins near Junko going in the opposite direction as she started to work on exploring the ruined temple below thesilver jedi's outpost.
Explore Golan Defense Station [[rolled 20]]
The defense station was prepared and setup for defense, as well as hosting several stores of additional equipment.
Una pulled and tugged Solan through the thousands of lockers that lined the barracks. "What are you talking about? Why are you saying sorr-.." Something else caught her eye. A thin strip of white light was pouring through a half open door and spilling over into the darkness. She stopped short, letting Solan bump into the back of her as she stared at the heavy metal door. "Woooow. Solan. I know what this is." Una began to walk toward the door, letting his hand drop behind her as she went. "Get ready for something amazing." Pressing her shoulder against the door, she shoved her body into it. It was far to heavy for her to handle alone and her feet simply slid across the floor as she tried to push it open. But she kept trying regardless, her shoes making loud squeaks each time she slipped.
"You are going to tear my arm out of its socket if you can't stop dragging me from place to pl-" When she stopped her ran into her, reaching out though to make sure she didn't fall forward. Letting go of her immediately though he looked at the door she mentioned and moved to open it with her, wondering what they had just found. "Is this that vault the computer mentioned last time?" He pushed and looked inside, not sure what it was they would find, but interested none the less at what it could be that was inside here.
It scrapped against the floor as both of their weights leaned against it. A bright light blared from fluorescent lamps and right into Una's eyes. She covered her face, letting them adjust before she moved her arm away. Inside the armory hundreds of sets of armor lined up neatly along the walls. "Wooooah.." They had practically hit the jackpot. Beskar'gam was an expensive material and the two had pretty much found a whole mountain full. "Look at this stuff. Its real old huh?" She made her way through the door and began to stroke her fingers along the sets of armor that hung loosely on mannequins. Her light touches disturbed a few years of dust that had settled there, sending it up into the air and spreading it around the room.
"..." He simply took one look before smiling wide and looking at Una. "Do you know how much we could get if we sold all this back to the mandos... or if we put it on the black market. This is Grade A mandalorian armor..." He was moving around and looking at one of the suits closely. He actually wanted to keep one himself, the armor he had found in the other room was good, but this was Beskar, a armor beyond all others and coveted by the Mandalorians.
Aynea turned back at the return of [member="Nix"], seeing the offerings of food and juice in his hand. It would have served her little purpose, especially not meat from a Force-sensitive creature, but she simply smiled warmly and accepted, slowly but surely consuming it despite her lack of interest. Just then, an announcement was made that the auctions had begun.
Aynea immediately rushed over to the seats, brandishing her purse and preparing several sloppily-folded documents regarding her official shares in Ri'ess Regal Drives as well as various levels of authorization into its technologies. "One million credits on the Sapphire," she shouted.
The foxtress figured she owed it to the Mando'ade, her blood kin, to bring back a little something as well. "And five hundred thousand on the journal."
She had also wondered if the boy had wanted anything but assumed it best to wait patiently and see; and to judge.
Una squealed and spun on her heels, arms out wide. "We'd make so much moooney, but I'd want to keep a set for myself.." She stopped her spinning and ran along the entire length of the armory and back toward Solan. Excitement was pumping through her body and now she was warm it was easier to dispel. "What are we going to do with it all? I mean how are we even going to move it.." She stopped in the middle of the corridor and stared blankly at Solan. "Do you think we're even allowed to touch it?"
"Moving it is going to be the main problem, would probably take all day without my droids... id say we finish exploring the temple before we simply start cashing in on this.... but first." He began to get the armor that was now damaged off him, the cuts and bruises clearly in sight now as his shirt and trousers were stained red in places. His movements caused him to wince every so often as he finished getting it off and looked for a set of armor that he though fit him best.
Anija continued to observe the area for the time being, nodding at the Sai's words. In all honesty, she was glad for the security contract, as it brought both Hyperion Security and Mandal Hypernautics some business other than Mandalorian. That alone was good for PR... and the bank accounts. She murmured a few things into her helmet comm, and then with a glance towards the Jedi she shrugged. "I'm going to take a look around the factory. See where we might need to increase security inside..." Having said that, she gestured for Arrbi to follow her. As she moved towards the building, she made sure her rippers were holstered, but ready. No need to alarm the workers more.
Oka heard the auction was getting started. He walked over to the sitting area in the very back. Since someone just bidded 1 million credits on the sapphire, Oka had to go up. 1.5 million credits on the Ankarres Sapphire. 7 hundred thousand on the amberite solari crystal. 1 million on the thorn of Ryloth The ankarres sapphire seemed very special to Oka even though it wasn't his. Any crystal he could get meant only better but the sapphire was all he really wanted.
Una was busy finding herself a set of armor too, but she hadn't forgotten about Solan's wounds. "You should probably patch yourself up before you think about putting on one of these. I'm sure there are some medical supplies somewhere in the barracks.." She let her hand fall off a particular set of beskar'gam she had her eye on and turned to face her friend. "I'll go check."
She skipped her way back to the barracks, drumming her fingers along the locker doors as she went. Most of them had been left open for some strange reason. As if the owners had left in a hurry. Una brought herself to a halt by her chosen target. No luck. She moved along the line this time, taking a few minutes to search each locker thoroughly. By the time she reached the other end of the barracks she had a nice supply of medical aids. And a few ration bars. With her armful of loot she walked back to the armory with a grin and dumped it all at Solan's feet. "Sit, sit." She motioned as she sat down cross legged on the floor.
"You really aren't going to let a few scrapes go are you?" He sighed and sat down, removing his shirt to reveal in deed a few scraps... and a wide gash in his side. "Oh... huh uh... i should probably be feeling that..." While not life threatening, the only reason Solan wasn't unconscious was his adrenaline was still pumping, still expecting a sith lord, and he merely stared as he was lucky it wasn't infected. "Well ok, you win this time Miss Gal... but next time i get to heal you, ok?"
"Two million on the Sapphire," Aynea raised.
Shen then turned to [member="Nix"], realizing she didn't even get his name yet. "Hey, kid, got something to call you by? I'm Aynea Xyhn. It's a pleasure to meet you, by the way."
The steadily raising bid began to offset Aynea. Taking a good look at the individual competing with her, she wasn't quite sure how he had such money to offer. On the other hand, she had long since learned not to judge a book by its cover. Reaching deep within the Force for guidance and intuition, she felt out the lad. Finally, she had come upon a decision, trying to be as conservative of her fortunes as possible while still placing the rivaling bidder in a predicament which they would not likely find an easy way out of. "Eight point five million credits on the Sapphire."
There was only one sapphire that was the Ankarres Sapphire in the whole of the galaxy, and she could not pass up the chance to end her wild goose chase. It was worth it.
Aynea had gained some money selling some of her family's unused ships and earned a little extra by organizing RRDI's auctions for the company, so if anything, it wouldn't be too deeply felt a loss.
Ikki continued onwards and ready, the creature was dead there was a chance to go down lower and she was taking it as she walked. The armory and rooms not used for eons. Slowly she stopped in the one room and it was more intact then the others while she started to search. Old molded clothing, some papers that had faded with time and a box of silver ore. "Blood stones" She knew what they were, knew what they entailed and could see several uses for them as she moved putting them in her pocket.
