Nar Shaddaa

Remmington arrives at the Yellow Viper Cantina to meet up with some interested prospects for the team. After he looking around, it seems like he is early so he decides to kill some time with some gambling in the mean time at one of the tables.

Freed from her duties for the meet, Aphr had made her way to the agreed meeting spot. She found it amusing that the man would pick the Yellow Viper Cantina for a meet; it's hardly a quiet place for discussion, but she wasn't one to question it.

She looked over the crowds as she walked, looking for the one that matched the image, finally noticing him after a moment and approaching with a smile.

"Hello there" she said politely "would I be right to guess you are the one I'm here to meet regarding Huttball?"

Her arrival is rather timely as Remmington wins his game and then the pit boss informing him that he is done with gambling for the day.

He turns to her and smiles. "That is correcy. My name is Remmington Thalalas and I am looking for members for team Valkyrie. You must be Aphr Ahaya. It is a pleasure."

He extends his hand in greeting.

The hand is accepted, and she smiled sweetly. "Seems my arrival brought good luck to you. I am indeed Aphr."

He has that strange feeling about him...

"You seem to have become very interested in Huttball. Have you played before?"

Remmington shakes his head. "Never. This is actually my first time on Nar Shaddaa as well."

He smiles. "Well I certainly cannot complain about having such a lovely good luck charm around. Have you played Hutt Ball before? You seem to have an impressive array of skills Miss Aphr."

He studies her for a moment as well.

"I've been on Nar Shaddaa for years, so I've seen it plenty of times. I haven't played though." She laughed politely, grinning "and I'm certainly some kind of charm. If it's lucky, then that's even better, no?" she fell into place next to the man "why don't we get a drink while you tell me about your Huttball plans."

Ashla visited the Yellow Viper Cantina to find some information about that job opprotunity she heard about on the holonet. She failed, but it wasn't entirely a waste.

After she finishes, she notices a familiar face and approaches. "Oh. Aphr, right? How's it going?"

Ashla’s communicator begins to ping with an incoming message.

"Fuck. Excuse me."

She steps away and answers it.

An electronic voice says, “Shadow, tomorrow at midnight, come alone.”

It ends.

Well, that seems like a trap. Ashla shrugs and rejoins the group.

"Sorry about that. How are ya doing?" Then, she looks over and studies Remmington for a second. "I think my dad would have liked you."

The Viper's gambling parlor was not the most impressive gambling parlor but Baes really did not have the funds to look for somethong better.

Drapped in her her leathers, eyes hid by her goggles she sat a a small black jack table. She did not intend to count cards, no ma'am, not at all

Gambling tier 1-100 credits (cheating-computers): 2eA+2eP+1eD+1eC 1 failure, 5 advantage


The first turn was a dud but at least she did not lose all of her bet...and it made it more believable, yes?

Gambling tier 1-100 credits (cheating-computers): 2eA+2eP+1eD+1eC 3 successes, 1 advantage, 1 Despair


The bouncer came on the floor rapidly

''Counting cards me? Waaaaat?'' she said not being totally convincing before being escorted out.

She shrugged ''Well, that'll teach me.''

"That certainly sounds like a plan." Remmington smiles.

He is about to greet the other Togruta when she suddenly gets a call. Once she comes back he greets her as well with a smile and extends his hand.

"Thank you for saying so miss. My name is Remmington Thalalas. I guess you two must be friends? Well let's discuss a bit of the future over some drinks."

He orders some drinks for them. Meanwhile he notices the commotion and a familiar face being escorted out.

Was that Baes?

Once the bartender pours the drinks to hands a drink to each of the ladies. "Now I am planning to start a Hutt Ball team. Though I'm recruiting players from all factions. I think that alone will garner us a lot of attention. Plus if we keep winning we are bound to make a lot of credits from it."

He'll pick up his drink once the girls take theirs.

Ashla decided to not mention that she meant her father would have favored him as a victim, albeit after Aphr.

"We have met on a few occasions." Ashla didn't have any friends. Well, she didn't think she did. She wasn't sure qualified as a friend. That said, she seemed to get along with Aphr. But she would let the Twi'ek girl define their relationship.

She takes the Sith's hand, oblivious to the fact that he's a Sith. "Ashla Vyliis. Nice to meet ya. Huttball you say? That sounds interesting. I used to play once and a while when one of Kidaja's teams had too many injuries to go through with a match. It was pretty fun."

Remmington eyes study the 2 girls for a moment and notices their lightsaber and lack of one.

"It will be nice to have someone with experience on the team. I welcome both of you to team Valkyrie. You both seem like you are pretty agile so I'll be sure to put that to good use." He says with a pleasant smile.

He raises his glass and brings it forward. "Here is to a bright future."

Once they all have a sip of their drinks he asks. "If you do not mind my inquiring but may I ask where you received training from?"

Ashla shrugs. "I didn't really have any training. When I wasn't running slaves or spice for Kidaja, I was forced to be a dancer or a prostitute." Ashla's face reveals that she found the latter options much more distasteful than the former. "But when there was a lack of players, he would ask for volunteers. I lept at the chance." Ashla shrugs. "I wouldn't say I'm the best - otherwise, Kidaja would have kept me playing Huttball - but I think I am decent."

Remmington studies Ashla for a moment. "Hmm... that an interesting story you have there Ashla. I do certainly wish to speak more with you about your history but that is not exactly what I meant.

I meant training with the Force."

Ashla looks down at her lightsaber. Damnit. I still forget about that thing. "I'm mostly self-trained, I guess. Though, I've been training on Corsucant recently."

She notices Remmington's blade. "And you?"

"I graduated from Korriban Academy. I had training before but my master, Jaina Von drilled my hard for the past few months. Maybe you heard of her?" Remmington asks.

"Did you build that yourself?" He follows up.

A Sith? "Unfortunately, I haven't. I'll be honest. I don't know of too many Sith. I haven't been in the Order even a year yet, and I didn't care about Jedi or Sith before."

Ashla goes for her saber, but instead takes a drink. She didn't want the Sith to think she was attacking. "In fact, I didn't build it. I'm curious, how did you know? Since most Jedi build their lightsabers, people usually assume I built this one unless they know my situation or my Master." She arches an eyebrow. "Do you know Master Maaka?"

A Jedi and a Sith having a polite conversation. Maybe these peace talks won't be the complete waste of time they appear

"Hi Ashla" Aphr said in greeting when the woman came back from her call. The two force users started a conversation though, so she went quiet while they spoke.

Remmington shakes his head. "I am not really familiar with Jedi either. My master may know, she used to be one."

He smiles pleasantly. "Lucky guess maybe? Though if I had to say something, it is that most Force users like to customize their lightsabers to their own tastes. Looking at your saber, I had a feeling that it doesn't quite suit you." He nods.

"Ah so you already have a master. A shame. I was willing to help you with your training if you were up for it." He offers her a wink.

He looks over to Aphr. "I was not leaving you out of that question miss Aphr. You have the potential as well."

Ashla strokes her saber. "Hm? I didn't build, but it always seemed familiar to me. Much more than Sashto's did."

She seemed kinda surprised by the comment about Aphr. For now, she listens. This could be something she should know, but being a recent recruit, hasn't quite got the lesson yet.

Remmington nods. "Well you certainly have my interest. Though I think we should continue that conversation another time Ashla."

Aphr gave Remmington a confused look. "I'm not sure what you're referring to."