To Slay a Dragon

[Azula Tindara]

The sphere must have weighed at least 60kg. Jaani hefted it off the ground with ease, but it wasn't exactly throwing weight. He'd pulled the storage webbing from a piece of bulkhead from the remains and now laid the sphere down on it. He grasped the edge of the net and twisted it up in a bundle, with the sphere wrapped tightly at the bottom. He turned to see [member="Mrrew"] vanish in a cloud of dust as the Dragon struck.

 

[Mrrew]

The Dragon slowly, sluggishly, raised it's head, it's eyes setting on [member="Jaani Doosun"]. It's head lurched on it's neck druckenly, but it still managed to move slowly forwards towards Jaani, growling deep in it's throat.

 

[Azula Tindara]

Jaani could see no sign of [member="Mrrew"] , not even a smear of bloody fur in the sand. The damned beast must have eaten the master of the Beast Hunter's Guild whole. Well, Jaani though, this definitely wasn't a good idea. After realising he'd been out of his depth during the invasion of Naboo, he'd come out into the Galaxy to learn and expand his horizons. How fitting that he'd almost immediately found himself even further out of his depth and staring at his own inevitable death so quickly? A famed warrior on his own world, barely a challenge for a Jedi warrior and now a snack for a monster on some forsaken desert.

Muscles bulged and strained as he pulled on the twisted net. As the sphere lifted off the deck he threw his left leg back and started to twist. He span on the spot as the Dragon closed on him. The creature was obviously drowsy now, perhaps it would have a nice nap after devouring its would-be hunters. With one final exertion Jaani launched the sphere through the air. He collapsed as the glitter ball flew towards its target. Yet from the beast's perspective it would be like a mouse launching a marble at your head, Jaani mused. For a fraction of a second Jaani thought the sphere wasn't going to crack. And then, with a pop, it broke. White sparks flew in all directions as so much energy was unleashed in the Dragon's forehead.

 

[Azula Tindara]

OOC/ Argh paragraphs! Will fix later

 

[Mrrew]

See, a K'kayeh dragon's mouth is roughly the size of a house. Legends say that each tooth is as long as a Wookiee is tall. And that wasn't a myth. The thing is though, in comparison, an 8'1 Togorian is roughly the size of a tick. And it wouldn't be to hard, if ticks had hands, for a tick to hold on and avoid getting swallowed. Or, for a Togorian, that is. But it stank like... well, rotting meat. And sewage. And Bantha dung. And a few other things he couldn't place. He was all to happy when the booma hit teh dragon's forhead, unleashing enough energy to practically disintegrate a human. But to this thing a human was a flee. The Dragon roared in pain and anger, layers of skin ripped from his forehead. Mrrew tookthis chance to drop out of the thing's mouth. And, oh, it was only a 100 foot drop or so to the sand.

While Mrrew fell, the Dragon's small head swayed back and forth on it's neck. The tranqulizer was enough to make it slow and drowsy, maybe even knock it out eventually. But the booma? It was enough to make the monster see stars. The dragon gave another, weaker, roar while it's head still swayed drucnkenly on it's long neck, before stumbling, and falling. The great beast shook the ground for miles around, practically causing an earthquake in the general area, as it fells. Plumes of sand erupted to the sky. The Dragon was defeated.

 

[Azula Tindara]

Jaani took a knee, using one hand to prop up his head. He stayed utterly still for a few moments, only the rhythm of his broad chest as he took great gulps of air showed he was alive. He leisurely got to his feet, pulling open a small bag at his belt. With two fingers he scooped out a blob of healing salve from his homeworld and started working it into the deep cuts on his body where Sithspawn and Dragon's spikes had caught him.

There was a matted lump of fur on the ground. At first Jaani sighed, assuming it was the remains of the Togorian that he hadn't been able to see at first. Then it moved. [member="Mrrew"]'s fur was saturated with Dragon's frothy drool. Jaani stumbled forwards, taking a moment to correctly phrase his words in basic: "Can I get a lift?" he asked with half a smile hidden in a pained expression, before turning to look at the remains of his ship.

 

[Mrrew]

Mrrew slowly, slowly, raised his head from where he'd landed in the sand. Miraculously, he didn't shatter every bone in his body. That's a Togorian for you. However, he was covered in.. dragon spit. And he smelled much the same as the Dragon's mouth. Mrrew slowly got up, scowling at the fallen dragon, and nearly falling over again as he put weight on his right leg. He quickly righted the action by attempting to balance on his left. Ever seen a cat try to balance on one paw? No? This is why. The Togorian tumbled over again. This time, the angry looking Togorian didn't try to get up. He slowly stared up at Jaani, however.

"Right... That was your ship..."

The Togorian glamnced at the ruins of the ship, before slowly reaching for his comlink, and speaking quietly into it to summon his droids.

"The Dragon is captured. Send in the carrier... ANd get my ship over to my coordinates." There was some angry beeping on the other end of the line, and Mrrew abruptly hung it up, before lkooking back up to the Gungan.

"That was eventful."

(Sorry for poor rp, Just woke up. )
[member="Jaani Doosun"]

 

[Azula Tindara]

Jaani leant forwards, resting his hands on his thighs and taking deep gulps of air. There was a resonant thrum as a carrier approached their position, kicking up another cloud of dust. Up close, with the beast downed, he could appreciate the enormity of it.

“We didn’t get any artefacts did we?” Jaani asked. He leant forwards and extended a hand to the Togorian. He looked back across to the dark outline of the fortress, immediately feeling the trepidation building. Neither of them seemed in a state to go back in there and collect any more goods. Then again, the reward could be high. After all, it might take time for the droids to rig up the beast.


OOC/ [member="Mrrew"] Shall we go back for more and deal with the spirit or draw a line under this one and move onto other pastures?

 

[Mrrew]

Mrrew glanced over at the corvette-sized carrier as a small group of loading droids began to march out. He wasn't even sure if the dragon would fit... The Togorian shrugged. They'd figure out a way to deliver the K'kayeh. Mrrew looked back to [member="Jaani Doosun"], smilling. Well, as much as someone with a feline muzzle can smile. Really he just showed a lot of fangs.

"Chances are if we go back in, something else will jump out and kill us,,," Mrrew glanced at another small group of droids that went into the ruins to gather the Sithspawn. "We'll get plenty of extra from the Sithspawn. No need to collect artifacts. I didn't see anything of worth, anyway..." Mrrew looked over to the passed out dragon while large droid tried with all their might to move it. It budged a little. "While... this is going on..." Mrrew looked the Gungan up and down, then down to his own slime covered self. A few dozen meters away, Mrrew's astrodroid was landing his ship. "My ship has a medbay. If you need it..."


(Nah, we've made the client wait long enough. Was a fantastic thread though. You're probably one of my favorite rp partners. )