Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:16 pm

Guard #2
Image [One of the card players wavers and lowers his weapon.]

"Wait a sec— Ain't you one of them... Bluefist Echoes or whatever?"

[His eyes widen. A lightbulb has gone off.]

"Yeah! You're Jessa! It's the Bluefist Echoes, guys!"
Guard #3
Image [The other armed guard wavers, points his gun upward.]

"So… Uh... Why are the Echoes selling droids?"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:32 pm

Meshel Kevon
Image ”We ain’t.” Meshel relaxes as he realizes the situation. He’s still obviously angry but now it’s not aimed at the three reptiles,”Somebody wanted to take’em anyway, got covered in oil fer his trouble. We were wantin’ ta have a “word” w’him about tryin’ ta take what ain’ ‘is.”

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:38 pm

Guard #2
Image "Oh, you must mean the guy we just—"
Guard #1
Image [The other guard cuts him off.]

"Sorry, Sir. All sales at Hazz's are final, and we respect the confidentiality of all of our clients."

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:34 am

Meshel Kevon
Image Meshel gives the first guard a look of disgust and reconsiders his stance”Droid thieves are good customers of yours?”

Looking around the shop and realizing there is no real sign outside he realizes these three probably can’t be too picky on their work anymore than their band can. A thought starts to form.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:10 pm

Guard #3
Image "Uh... We don't buy from droid thieves…"

[He looks to the door guard.]
Guard #1
Image "We only buy and sell droids with proper documentation."

[It's an obvious lie. Targus notices that there are no droids in the little shop at all (Image).]
Raysel
Image [As the reptilians try to cover something up, Raysel leans over to her dad.]

"I think I knew one of these lizard guys. Remember that kid who lived with the G'tune family?"

Spoiler:
Geise Knowledge (Core Worlds) total with boost:
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Raysel + BD-BD; Hyperlight Echoes; Knowledge (Core Worlds) assistance:
0 Success, 1 Advantage

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[The young girl's suggestion jogs negative memories for Geise. She's right: These aliens are known as Nosaurians. They hail from New Plympto, a Corellian sector planet that was taken over by the Empire shortly after the fall of the Republic. The planet's main export is ji rikknit, a potent spice that's all too common on Nubia. The part of the story that Geise remembers but Raysel doesn't know is that the little Nosaurian orphan she mentioned was taken away from his parents when they were found to have "adopted" him as a cover for slave labor (ImageImageImageImageImage).]

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:00 pm

Jessa, too recognizes the Nosaurians for what they are. Her knowledge of the species comes from a troupe of Nosaurian buskers she once knew: The group made a few creds telling stories in their sing-song language. They punctuated their performances with a biological light show, illuminating the insides of their mouths. Jessa remembers thinking it'd be a good trick to send subtle signals back and forth (ImageImageImage).

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by ThreeBFour » Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:54 am

Hazz's Droid Repair and Sales huh? Seems you boys are lacking on both." Targus says as he looks around noticing the lack of droids. "Maybe you guys can help us out a little? My friends were attack by a human with three droids, which he said he was going to sell them. The oil slick led here and your doorman seemed to be expecting us, so what's up?"
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Targus is not trying to charm or intimidate, just asking blatantly.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:23 am

Guard #1
Image "Seems it was a misunderstanding, then. When folks show up at our door with droids, we assume they want to sell 'em."

Guard #2
Image [The scrappiest Nosaurian is obviously enamored of Jessa.]

"Yeah, sorry if one of our customers gave ya a hard time, Jessa! We just bought some droids. Hazz took 'em to his workshop. Were they yours? Hazz is always looking to buy droids. Just not droids that belong to the Blueforce Echoes."

Guard #3
Image [The green-scaled Nosaurian gives BD-BD and Genius a good once over.]

"Hazz'd probably pay a good 750, maybe 1,000 for these two droids here…"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by DeepSpacer » Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:49 am

DeepSpacer wrote:
Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:13 am
Jessa Biela
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"Hazz'd probably pay a good 750, maybe 1,000 for these two droids here…"
Jessa pauses and considers the offer, while looking with squinted, scrutinizing eyes at the droids. "Naaaahhh.....I think we'll keep them.....for now." She says in a completely serious tone of voice. (She'd sell them in a heartbeat if she could.)
"Seems it was a misunderstanding, then. When folks show up at our door with droids, we assume they want to sell 'em."
"If it is a misunderstanding that we have, then please just return the droids to us. No harm, no sore feelings."

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Sun Nov 25, 2018 3:40 pm

BD-BD
Image [BD-BD fixes his optic sensor on Jessa.]

"BLORTT?"

Spoiler:
"Excuse me, Madam?"


[The droid hums for a moment, processing. His dome pivots toward the Nosaurians.]

"Bzzzrt boop zzzzrrt. Badeet beep!"

Spoiler:
"The perpetrator was human. Dark skin and hair. One eye perhaps cybernetically enhanced. Unfortunate facial hair."
Guard #3
Image [The green-scaled guard seems to understand.]

"Dark skin, cyber-eye, one of them—whatdayacallit?—mustache things. Sounds legit…"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by DeepSpacer » Mon Nov 26, 2018 3:14 am

DeepSpacer wrote:
Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:13 am
Jessa Biela
Image Jessa manages some courage and motions for the cantankerous Meshel to step aside for a second(remove SB due to Plausible Deniability) and tries to convince them to bring out those droids with a deceivingly sly smile. "Surely, you can see things our way, can't you?"
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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:48 pm

Meshel Kevon
Image Meshel nods seeing Jessa’s signal and moves back out the door. He stops just before ducking out to apologize to the one he assumes is Hazz.

”Sorry ‘bout bein’ a hard case earlier. Jus’ this whole thing ‘as my head boilin’ ya know?”

Not waiting for a response he ducks outside.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:29 pm

Guard #3
Image [The three shop guards look at one another. They shrug and holster their weapons. Finally.]

"Well, if they're your droids…"
Guard #1
Image "We might be able to return 'em…"
Guard #2
Image "Problem is Hazz ain't here. He took the droids over to his workshop."
Guard #1
Image "Might still be time to get 'em back undamaged. Garl, why don't you take 'em through?"
Garl
Image "Right!"

[The black-scaled Nosaurian scuttles over to a control pad on the back wall. He punches in a numeric combination with a clawed finger. A door slides open.]

Spoiler:
Hard (ImageImageImage) Perception check plus ImageImage for lighting and quickness for anyone who wants to try to read the combination.


"This way, folks."

[There's just one problem. Glancing at a chrono on the shop wall, you notice you're now officially late for your rendezvous at the Flutterplume Club (Image).]

"You comin'?"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:53 am

Jessa tries to scan the door combination, but the little guard's fingers are too fast. The Twi'lek does notice something interesting, though: The shop is decorated with flimsiplast posters for concerts at Studio Plasmafire. Wasn't that Engothian Gozer's old club that CV-1AT said got closed down (Image)?
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DeepSpacer wrote:
Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:17 am
To notice combination...

Seems like I do not notice what the code is, but I notice something else.

Jessa Biela; Echoes; Perception Roll:
1 Failure, 2 Threats, 1 Triumph,
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Guard #1
Image [One of the guards notices the woman staring (ImageImage).]

"Hurry it up, folks! And, Garl, they don't go past the workshop!"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:32 am

Garl
Image [Jessa, Targus, and the droids follow Garl the Nosaurian into a corridor. The door to the "shop" closes behind them.]

"This way, folks."
Image

Emergency lumas give the place an eerie, red glow. At least it's cool after the Nubian heat outside. Garl heads to a door on the other end. It opens with a simple button press.

Image

On the other side, you find what must be Hazz's workshop. The lab is surprisingly free of any functioning droids. Droid parts? There are plenty of those. In fact, tools and parts litter the place. The door to the corridor closes behind you.

Garl
Image "Uh... Wait right here. I'll see if I can find Hazz."

[Garl presses another door control and disappears further into whatever building you happen to be in now.]
Genius
Image [Breep doop beeee….]
Spoiler:
"Look at all these droid parts! I'm scared…."


Meanwhile...

Image

Geise, Meshel, Voron, and Raysel head toward their rendezvous point. Outside, Nubus has fully set. The neighborhood looks different in the early night.

Image

Gaudy, green lights make the rendezvous point stand out even more against the rest of the neighborhood. Lights within say that the business must still be open.

Raysel
Image "The coordinates are actually inside the laundromat. Should we go in?"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:54 am

Meshel Kevon
Image Meshel takes a moment to look in through the windows of the laundromat.

”We’re already runnin’ late. Not a good first impression ta be honest.”

Spoiler:
Unless Meshel sees obvious trouble he’s going to head right in.

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Post by ThreeBFour » Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:21 am

"Jessa, can we go back out that way if need be?" Targus whispers quietly, as he scans the room.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by DeepSpacer » Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:30 am

Jessa Biela
Image
ThreeBFour wrote:
Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:21 am
"Jessa, can we go back out that way if need be?" Targus whispers quietly, as he scans the room.
Jessa says nothing, but pads the bulge in her side as if she has a blaster under her garments.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Boutrose Saba-Norr » Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:24 pm

Ghaise
Image Ghaise looks at the Laundromat in its eerie location, and thinks to himself about how he is worried for his little family, meshal, jessa, targus, and the others, but especially Rayzel. Everything is a risk, but without risk, we cannot succeed, and on this planet, for a non-human to fail usually means being out on the streets, or worse. I can't put Rayzal through that again.

Turning to the others, "We're going in, our would-be agent wouldn't send us here if she thought it was unsafe, I get the feeling that shes actually invested in our well being."

Looking at Rayzal specifically he says, "Raz, remind me when this is done to send a message to those Nosaurian kids, I understand their need, but working in a chop shop could get them in trouble, and if our fortunes are on the rise i'd like to see if we can help them out too."
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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by SavageBob » Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:37 am

Raysel
Image "Yeah, I wonder about those guys. Seems like a weird job. Just buying used droids?"

[Raysel stands to her full height. She takes a deep breath.]

"But you've got a gig to get to. Let's do this!"
Image

The inside of the laundromat looks just like you'd expect. Machines line the walls, mostly unused. The lighting makes you squint a bit from overkill brightness. A red-scaled biped stands behind the counter. Looks like another Nosaurian.

Image

Nosaurian Clerk
Image "Welcome to Haltor's Laundry and Cleaning. Will that be pickup, drop off, or self-service?"


Meanwhile...

Image

With their guide gone for a moment, Jessa, Targus, and the droids make a quick but thorough search of the droid workshop. The area's largely a mess of computer parts, droid pieces, and tools. A set of three computer monitors shows different views of some area with a dirt floor and ramshackle walls.

Among the tools are a "breaker" heavy hydrospanner, a fusion cutter, a small can of fire paste, an electromag pulse disruptor, and a welding rod. There are also four emergency repair patches scattered about.

The droid parts are largely unidentifiable. Some are consistent with a CZ-series business droid, but Targus knows that such droids share many common servos and circuits with other protocol droid models.

BD-BD
Image "Whiiine… Zortt bleeoop?"
Spoiler:
"I've got a bad feeling about this. Where are the droids?

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by DeepSpacer » Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:07 am

DeepSpacer wrote:
Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:13 am
Jessa Biela
Image Ooooo....what have we here? thinks Jessa to herself. This looks QUITE interesting! While other items may have a more practical use, she like the EMP Disruptor. It looks more interesting to her than patches or tools.

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:38 am

Meshel Kevon
Image


*Never seen this sort before but that makes four. There an enclave ‘round her or som’thin’?* Meshel wonders as he makes his way over to the counter.

Playing it casual he nods to the red lizard,”Yeah, Harbeth Farjam sent us. Said you’d have something for us?”

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Nosaurian Clerk
Image [The saurian looks at the group, then down at a datapad.]

"Let's see here… Habeth Farjam?"

[He scrolls past a few screens, looks up.]

"I do have something here under that name. You got a claim ticket?"

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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by DeepSpacer » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:09 pm

DeepSpacer wrote:
Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:13 am
Jessa Biela
Image ...don't mind if I do!!! They won't miss it...thinks Jessa to herself. She palms the EMP Disruptor. It looks more interesting to her than patches or tools. It also has a +1 Setback to Perception to notice it on a person.
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Jessa Biela; Echoes; Skulduggery:
1 Success, 3 Advantages
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Done! While she cares not for the patches, 3 Advantages might incline her to toss a couple under her cloak, as well.


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Re: Reverb in Blue (IC)

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Post by Spiritbw » Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:25 pm

Meshel Kevon
Image


“Yeah, think I got somethin’ like that ‘ere.”Meshel mutters as he pats down his pockets till he finds the letter. Taking a moment to smooth out the worst of the creases he holds it up for the nosaurian to read.

“This is it Yeah?”

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