Nar Shaddaa

Hala made her way to the boutique at the appointed time to Hutt-erly Fantastique, a garish shop advertising garments made up with strips of silk that looked simply draped upon the body and held together though some kind of magic of seam and thread. She waited and watched until she thought she saw the young woman enter the shop. She waited several minutes more to allow the commerce to commence, and when it looked like she had disappeared behind a curtain to try on the first round of clothing Hala made her move. Walking over to one of the Hutt's guards, she flashed him her diplomatic ID quickly and asked him to seal the shop so that she would have a chance to collect the long lost lamb once she had completed her business.

Prodigal Daughter Hunt, Survival, Diplomatic Authorization(+2 advantage), destiny flip: 1eP+2eA+1eB+3eD 0 successes, 1 threat


And the Quarren just laughed at her, told her that was a nice costume, and kept on walking. Glowering, Hala hurried at her stilted pace into the boutique but the young woman had already left. Calming herself, she gently interrogated the proprietor as to the woman's whereabouts. Far more helpfully, he said that she just stepped next door to try an Outer Rim fusion cuisine and that if she left now, Hala would be able to catch up with her!

Prodigal Daughter Hunt, Survival, Diplomatic Authorization(+2 advantage), destiny flip (reroll due to Nekoinu, clarification that "difficulty of bounty" applies to the general difficulty, not specified Hard(Bounty)": 1eP+2eA+1eB+2eD 1 success, 3 advantage


(6 advantage converts to 3 boost dice)

Hala stepped next door and waved off the host with a stern look. She walked through the dining area until she found the Alderaanean's daughter and sat down across the table from her. With her holo-emitters touching up her appearance, the martial nature of her dress was the only thing that set her apart from the other patrons of the establishment.

"Please, Lady Celna, don't be alarmed," Hala said, her voice filling with warmth as she fit a reassuring smile to her lips, "Your father put out an alert saying that you were missing and that he would offer a meager reward for your return. I don't know how much forethought he put into it, but he clearly cares about you. I accepted the request as quickly as I could to get it off the local net then tried to discretely try and find you since I landed. This is not a kind place, and it is full of hard and desperate beings. Your father said that you weren't to be harmed, but imagine if someone didn't care? Or if someone thought they could actually kidnap you and then use you to extort more money from your father? No, we should get you home. It wouldn't do well for the daughter of a Republic noble to be harmed during the peace talks, now would it. I simply wish for you to be safe and for the talks to go smoothly. I won't be asking for a reward, and you can come back with me so you will be safe until we can get in touch with the Republic's representative and make sure you can get transferred over to their custody and sent home.

"And besides," she said, flashing a bit of teeth, "You'll still have your story for your friends at home. You adventured in the Outer Rim. You met gangsters and thieves and thrived within their midst. You got to meet an Imperial officer and you weren't afraid - I certainly hope at least you aren't afraid. Are you dear? I have no intention of scaring you. Why don't you come back with me, and we'll see the process of getting you home safe."

Prodigal Daughter Bounty, Deception, Diplomatic Authorization(+2 advantage), local guide does not apply this time: 3eP+3eB+3eD 4 successes, 2 advantage

Lady Celna blinked and listened to what the woman had to say. "I, wow, this is sudden. But alright, fine, if daddy is so worried about me then I should go back," she said, though the worry in her voice was obvious. She opened up her mirror and looked at her heavily done makeup. "Shouldn't we just go to the Republic embassy then?" she asked, a bit confused.

"My dear," she said, her tone of voice understanding, "There is unfortunately a way to do these things. An Imperial officer such as myself, even well intentioned, would not be allowed near enough to the Republic compound to do any good. Their soldiers would intercept me and keep me out, or word would get back to the Hutts that an Imperial officer had been warmly received so early in the process and become suspicious of the whole affair. You will be safe in my company and you will be safe with us while we arrange for your transfer and your trip home. It's these peace talks and the politics of it.... it makes everything more complicated than it should be. It will cause less of a disruption for a civilian to accompany me to the Imperial embassy than it would an Imperial officer escort you to the Republican analog... and if these talks do not go well then more people will die needlessly. I hope you understand. You will still have access to the Holonet, and you won't be kept from speaking with your father or the senator or whomever you may need and your stay will be comfortable."

Her lips reformed that familiar easy smile.

"It is a complicated situation my dear, but you will be home soon enough. I promise."

"Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble after you went through the effort of making sure I was safe." She closed her mirror and then nodded. "Alright, we can go to the compound then. Probably best that I don't waste your time here, right?"

Hala stood and gestured for the girl to join her.

"If you please, Lady Celna?"

"Alright," she said, a bit timidly. She got to her feet and walked astride with the Imperial. "You are right. My friends are going to be so thrilled to hear about this!"