Why a Bantha?

[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Will, it has horns and it is still huge for a baby Bantha, but it's still a cute animal. Despite it knocking me over. Ok, hmm let's see."​

Z​athra walked around the baby bantha trying to find a good area to climb onto the bantha. will, might as well try my luck, and that's exactly what Zathra did, or tried to. She climbed up onto the side of the Bantha and petted it on it's head but then the Bantha acted like a raging bull, which wasn't good. It threw Zathra from her back and sent her flying forwards off from the neck of the Bantha. She rolled down the hill and then laid on the ground for a while. Ow, that hurt, a ton. Will, now Zathra was dizzy and kinda shaken, that was not planned, not planned at all!​

 

[Sitara Qin]

Sitara burst out laughing for a bit as Zathra was sent flying by the baby bantha. She then calmed herself down, patted the bantha on the nose and then ran over to Zathra. “Oh my god, are you okay?” She said, trying to hide her enthusiasm. She offered her her hand and helped pull her up. “Okay, so maybe we should probably try to train it or something.” She scratched her chin and headed back to the baby bantha who was eating the remaining fodder.

She then had an idea. What if she just used mind control techniques on the thing?

Non-sentient beings should be easy to communicate with right?

She pressed her hand to the bantha’s head. ‘Okay, listen to me, Bantha thing. It’s a long walk and we’re gonna need to ride on your back.’ The bantha seemed confused. Maybe it didn’t speak basic? She then projected a series of pictures depicting what she wanted to do. ‘We’re not going to hurt you, little thing.’

She took a deep breath and decided to see if it’ll work. Using her hands to caress the bantha, she attempted to climb on. Thankfully, she didn’t get thrown overboard. “Okay Zathra, climb on behind me.”

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"OW.....that felt like chit......I'm a bit dizzy.....to think I love animals and take care of them but what do they give me in return? Throwing me off into sand, ehh I have sand in my mouth...ahh...I tink I bit my tngue"​

Zathra stood up a bit wobbly and then spit some sand out of her mouth along with some blood in the sand. Then she rubbed her tongue against the roof of her mouth to see if anything was wrong. Yep, she bit her tongue and ow, it wasn't hurting crazy which was good by it was tender and sore. Zathra walked up the hill slightly dizzy and wobbly and walked towards the baby Bantha. Man, these things were dangerous when necessary. Once Tara somehow tamed the wild baby bantha Zathra jumped on behind Tara and just waited to see if the bantha would make her fly off of it again.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

“Boohoo. Quit whining.”

Tara rolled her eyes though smiled. Poor Zathra, though at least she hadn’t gotten trampled over by full sized banthas. That would’ve been terrible. She was going to be a Sith pancake if she hadn’t dodged in time. She patted the baby bantha on the head and looked around her. Ugh. It was all desert to her. Which was was back again?

“Okay baby bantha. Onward!”

And the baby took its first step. And its second. And Tara groaned. God, this thing was slow. “Ughhhhh.” She moaned and turned to look at Zathra. “Any ideas on how we could make this thing go faster?”

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Ughh....your so...demanding...which isn't bad...it shows you have control, I think. Ok, hold the food out on a stick or something to get the bantha to go faster."​

Zathra grabbed what remained of the fodder from her pack and then tied it upon a metal rod. The food was in a plastic bag which was tied to the rod. Hopefully, this little baby bantha would fall for the trick if not, will then....she had one more idea........which she didn't want to do. Zathra held the rod out in front of the baby bantha. But sadly, it didn't work....great she would have to do what Tara did, just for longer. Zathra walked out to the front of the bantha with the bag of the fodder with some fodder in the bag and showed it to the baby bantha. She shakes the bag and the baby bantha looks up and begins to run towards her. In response, Zathra then runs towards the town......just like the military academy...she hated cardio but she got the genes for doing good in it or just having great endurance from her father Tyranus.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

“But I don’t have a stick.” Sitara whined as Zathra gave her her suggestion. She was surprised to see that Zathra was prepared and clapped. Well, she sure was handy to have around. Sitara smiled as Zathra activated her plan…which failed completely. “Well then.” She grumbled, crossing her arm over her chest, unimpressed by Zathra’s failure. “Got any better ideas?” And…she actually did.

Zathra began to shake tease the Bantha with the remnants of the fodder. Sitara grinned and watched as Zathra began to run to down, which made the bantha run towards her. “Wait! Zathra!” She called, as Zathra began to charge away. “I could’ve just moved it with the force!” She screamed, but it was too late, the bantha was moving too fast and Sitara couldn’t slow it down.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"I like my idea better! Even though I hate Cardio."​

Man for a baby bantha it ran really fast. Well, it did have four legs instead of just two which would explain that. Zathra held the bag under her arm and luckily none of the food fell out as she ran on. Boy, after this she was gonna be tired....really tired which would be quite annoying. Zathra breathed deeply but also slowly as to keep constant circulation which was hard when you were running fast with fodder under your arm when an animal was chasing you but it had all happened before, on Dathomir of all places.
Hopefully the baby bantha wouldn't trample her and if it did, she would survive it, hopefully.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

She shook her head. If Zathra wanted to run, then she would let her run. Boy, this chick was fast. Had she been just a few speeds slower, the baby bantha would’ve undoubtedly trampled over her lithe body. “Zathra the gates!” She said, as she spotted the tatooine gates ahead of them. “Throw us the fodder!” She screamed loudly, hoping the Mandalorian girl could hear her. If she didn’t, she might actually get crushed. A Zathra pancake...Colorful and flat.

Sitara didn’t want to see that.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

Luckily Zathra did hear Tara and she threw the bag of fodder towards Tara. She jumped out of the way of the Bantha just as it ran towards the gate where she was just at and then it stopped. She stood up and dusted off some sand and gritty stuff off of her armor and hair and she also wiped some sweat off of her brow. Boy, was she tired now....Zathra was panting from all of that running. Boy she was exhausted. She placed her hands on her knees and breathed deeply, in and out, in and out....that's what her drill sergeant said when they had to do Cardio. Sure, she was good at it cause she got it from her father and mother but even with that....she still got tired easily and kinda quickly.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

As the gates opened for them and the bantha came to a halt, Sitara wiped a drop of sweat off her forehead. Pheeeewww. At least they were safe now. It was time to fulfill her end of the promise. She took out her comlink and shot a message to Tyrannus about meeting her in a restaurant on coruscant. “Okay Zathra, let’s get this baby on your ship.” She said, with a large grin on her head. “Thanks for the help.” She patted the baby bantha, and coaxed it to follow her.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Your..*Pant*..Welcome"​

Zathra then walked back up the hill and behind the baby bantha. Boy, a good night's sleep would be will deserved after this adventure. Who knew you could get so tired in a desert, will you could get tired easily in a desert. Quite easily indeed. Zathra straightened her helmet and wiped some sand off of it along with some gritty rocket fuel probably from a pod racer of some sort. She patted the baby bantha on it's back and it let out a small roar, not that loud of one but still loud enough to probably scare somebody, like Tara. She smiled at the baby and hopefully, that roar did scare Tara if not well....their were other ways.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

Tara jumped as the baby bantha roared loudly behind her. Godfethingdammit who did th—Zathra. "God dammit, Zathra." She darted a glare over at Zathra who was getting quite a kick out of doing this. “You know, for record’s sake: I hate you.” She declared, sticking her tongue out playfully. She reached out to touch the baby bantha’s head, patting it gently. They were at the docking area now where all the ships were. “Okay, let’s…get her in?” She said, smiling at the baby bantha.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Hahaha, ok I have a cargo hold where we can take the bantha I'll lead the bantha to it."​

Zathra walked to the front of the bantha and scratched it under it's chin and then the baby bantha followed her. The bantha followed her and then she walked into the cargo hold in back of the ship and the bantha let off a series of low pitched roars. It was knocking over her furniture along with some other stuff in her ship, great she would have to deal with that later. She lead it into the big cargo hold and it walked in. Zathra then ran towards the door of the cargo hold and closed the door behind her. She then walked towards the cockpit and slid into the pilot's seat, on her left their sat a wookie by the name of Breadsticks.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

She followed Zathra up the ramp, making sure her new pet was okay. Once they made it up the cockpit, she took a seat next to Zathra and…Oh, Zathra had a pet wookie. People and their attraction to furry little creatures. “I see you have your own…friend.” She knew wookies didn’t like being called pets, so y’know, for the sake of sensitivity. Sitara flashed him a smile before looking over at Zathra. “Okay, Zathra, I’ve arranged to meet with your father on Coruscant. First…I guess we should make a stop on the Induparan Crown Worlds. My…friend has a place there on Ec Pand where we can temporarily keep the bantha. Then we can go to Coruscant.” She said, clapping her hands together.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Ok, thanks. what, you never seen a wookie before? He's my friend so don't worry. Breadsticks meet Tara and Tara meet Breadsticks. Don't worry she's a friend. Gosh, you can be so annoying at times."​

Zathra flipped some switches and the ramp went up along with the landing struts and then she pulled a lever backwards and then ship flew up towards the sky and through the atmosphere. Red, or just Breadsticks then flipped a few switches and pressed a button and soon the coordinates were set for the crown world of, whatever they were called. Zathra wasn't good with names she didn't know or forgot. She then flipped the switch forwards and the ship went into hyperspace, will now they would just have to wait. This was gonna take a while but not a long, long while luckily which was good.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

This…was taking forever. She kicked back, lounging around on the chair. Who named a wookie breadsticks? What wookie mother would name their kid after food! That was weird, cruel, but well, wookies were weird and they were probably cruel. They were all…furry after all. “Okay Zathra, while this is taking forever, I’m gonna go raid your food cabinet.” She declared, moving her way to the kitchen to go find some snacks. Maybe some chocolate. Or beer. “Do you have any beer?”

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Uh, yeah...it's in the top cabinet farthest from the door. The cabinet had bear, some wine, and some booze but I save that for special occasions so only take one beer!"​

Oh, Tara better not take all of her beet cause then she would be ticked off. Not just ticked off...she would be steamed, like a volcano. Red roared beside her and she rolled her eyes. Really breadsticks, you just ate now...no more food. Zathra ignored her subconscious as usual cause it always annoyed her. Like an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other to help her make decisions. To just the easy violent way or just the hard peaceful way..bleh.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

“Thanks.” She was glad Zathra told her where it was, otherwise she would’ve totally gotten annoyed trying to find it. She grabbed a can of beer, popped it open and headed back to the cockpit. “Can’t give you any. Don’t drink and drive.” She took a seat, and rested her feet over the handles of the chair. She chugged up some beer. “Are we close?” She inquired, ignoring the wookie for now.

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[Zathra Fett]

[member="Sitara Qin"]​

"Yeah, we are roughly, like one minute from this planet"​

Zathra rolled her chair around since it was a chair that was bolted to the ground but the chair part was rotatable. Boy, she better not get dizzy upon the chair but she doubted she would get dizzy upon seat. She clicked her middle finger and her pointer finger against the metal console of the pilot's display. Yeah, space travel was boring at times. Most of the time it was boring, unless you were being chased by some space pirates or the police. Zathra hummed quietly from a song that she heard once. The only problem was, she couldn't remember what the song actually was at the time. She continued to lightly tap her fingers against the metal console until finally they exited hyperspace and reached the planet.​

 

[Sitara Qin]

She waited until the ship fully landed. She jumped up and down, excitedly heading over to the cargo hold where they kept the bantha. Once she got to him, she gave him a big hug. “You know what, I’m gonna name you Bubbles.” She declared, squeezing it’s tiny big body. Yeah, Xander’s servants were totally gonna take care of him while she wasn’t there. How did she know it was a guy anyways? Well, she didn’t really feel like checking. She beckoned him to follow her.

As the ramp lowered, she invited Zathra to come down with her. The servants—who knew her since she spent a lot of time with their master—greeted the both of them. They offered fresh fruit and wine. “My…friend lives here. Uh, he lets me come over sometimes.” She said, once the bantha was taken away to a pen.

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