The Babysitters' Club(D1 LE)

[Nekoinu]

"Son of a bantha!" the techie shouted on the other side.

"What?"

"They know we're here. Let's just use the fusion cutter." A few bangs on the door. "If you just open up the door, it'll be quick and painless!"

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Make a Stealth Check at Average Difficulty with One Die Upgraded. Take Three Setback Die, One because they know you are there and the other Two for the two children.

[Arali Zian]

((Stealth: 2eA+2eD+3eS 1 failure
))

Well, there goes the hope that they'd spend a moment more fiddling with the locks.

Without a better option available to her, the twi'lek makes her way to the bedroom. Hotels like this are generally fairly uniform. A bunch of boxes the same size and shape with the same furniture. That should mean, on the floor below, there is another bedroom. With another bed. And that bed is right under this one.

She ushers the kids into the bedroom and shuts the door, engaging the undoubtedly uselessly flimsy lock as she ignites her pale blue lightsaber, lighting up the room. At this hour, someone's probably asleep on the floor below, unfortunately. Which makes the safest place...

Arali drives her lightsaber through the foot of the bed, off toward the corner, and through the floor below.

[Nekoinu]

Make a Lightsaber Check at Average Difficulty. Advantage/Threat will determine time.

[Arali Zian]

((Lightsaber: 2eA+2eP+2eD 4 successes, 3 advantage
))

[Nekoinu]

The cut is clean and, fortunately, there was no one below in the room. Back at the front, the fusion cutter still had a bit to go before the door gave way. Tuuvu appeared to be excited by the premise of adventure while Draya seemed to understand the necessity of the situation.

There was, however, the issue of jumping down.

[Arali Zian]

"Okay, everyone hold hands," Arali douses and holsters her lightsaber, and takes a child's hand in each of her own.

"We jump onto the bed on my mark," she explains, "And... jump!"

[Nekoinu]

Athletics or Coordination at Average Difficulty. Take Two Setback Dice from the children.

[Arali Zian]

((Coordination: 2eA+2eD+2eS 0 successes, 2 threat
))

[Nekoinu]

Thud! Arali slammed into the ground with the children on top of her. The children rolled off of her from the impact. Up above, the thugs ran up to the bedroom door and tried to open it. "Come on! This door isn't going to last any longer!"

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Arali is prone and takes 2 Wounds from the fall. The children are also on the ground, but relatively unscathed.

[Arali Zian]

Arali holds the children close, the impact burning through her shoulder as she completely misses the bed, rolling mid-air so that the kids land on her, not the floor, but no time to worry about that now. For that matter, no time to tend to it now; normally, it would be only a moment's concentration to tend, but there are more pressing concerns.

"Keep moving, keep moving," she says, getting back to her feet. She leads the kids on, and out, grabbing her arc generator again. If they can get out the front door and jam another lock, that should buy them enough time to make it to ground level and out to the street. Whoever these people are, they will be a lot less brave in full view of the public, even in this part of Nar Shaddaa.

[Nekoinu]

Make a Mechanics Check at Average Difficulty with 3 Setback Dice due to getting all three of you up.

[Arali Zian]

Mechanics: 3eA+1eP+2eD+3eS 2 successes

[Nekoinu]

Arali and the children made it out to the front door of that door and sealed it tight. It had been just in the nick of time as the thugs try to open it from the inside.

The group reached the entrance of the complex where three more thugs were waiting. Next to them was a repulsor-supported crate, suitable for transporting humanoids. "Well, well, what do we have here?"

[Arali Zian]

Dammit! Stupid stupid stupid! Of course they have the main entrance covered.

Options are running out, but off to the side is the fresher! Another wall to put between them and their pursuers.

She ushers the children in, and tries to jam the door, but it's the wrong kind of lock. It just falls loose, scrambled, so she instead knocks some nearby flotsam down in front of the door, to at least buy her a second as she keys her comm to a Jedi distress frequency. Any other day, this would be a doomed option, but as many extra Jedi as they have right now? Maybe, just maybe...

((Flipping destiny for positioning, then flipping destiny to allow backup to show.
Mechanics: 1eP+3eA+2eD 3 failures, 5 advantage
))

[Alysele Cortess]

AS the situation grew desperate, a steady sound could be heard in the building, echoing in the dark.

Click.

Click.

Click.

A blonde woman arrived at the same location, not even trying to sneak.

Arali and the children made it out to the front door of that door and sealed it tight. It had been just in the nick of time as the thugs try to open it from the inside.

The group reached the entrance of the complex where three more thugs were waiting. Next to them was a repulsor-supported crate, suitable for transporting humanoids. "Well, well, what do we have here?"

"Thugs with more smell then sense." Her voice was arrogant, familiar to Arali most probably, from years ago. The woman withdrew a tube from her belt, a blade of blue light extending from it. "What about it boys? You want to take the night off now, before it gets worse?" She reached out with the force, pushing the notion of "better step away" into the heads of these men.

OOC: D1 LE Coercion (Willpower) vs Thugs, Force Influence: 2eA+1eP+1eF+1eC+1eD 1 advantage, 1 Light Side


Using lightside for +1 success, so total is 1 success, 1 advantage

[Nekoinu]

"Nobody mentioned actual Jedi in this job. Come on, let's get out of there." Two of them pick up the crate and the other kept his hand near his blaster. He opens up his holocommunicator and tells the other two to leave the Jedi be.

Unless otherwise impeded, all five of them depart from the scene...

[Alysele Cortess]

Aly stood, her saber in her left hand, her right on her hip. "Congratulations. You made the first smart decision in your life." She waved at them. "Ta-ta."

When she was sure they left, she turned her saber off and entered the building. She raised her communicator, and sent out a notice on the frequency. "Threat dealt with. Knight Alysele Cortess." Next, she pinged the source. "The trash has been taken out. I'm at the entrance, ready to escort."

[Arali Zian]

That... sounded like a lightsaber?

She listens for a moment... leaving? Excellent.

Arali keys the all clear into her comm, just as the rescuing knight does the same, then clears away her crude barricade, and heads out to see... Aly?

"It's been a while," she greets. She, of course, saw her at Club Vertica, but didn't say anything to her then. "Thank you for your help. Tuuvu, Draya; this is my cousin, Alysele. Alysele? These are Tuuvu and Draya."

[Alysele Cortess]

"Oh."

The voice was even. Very. Even. And suspicious.

"It's you. Not a fan of being ambushed? Know the feeling."

She glanced at the children, a small amount of warmth coming into her voice. "You two okay?" She looked back at the twi'lek woman. "Master Lorne has you protecting children?" Her tone was even still.

[Nekoinu]

Tuuvu apparently had no idea about the direness of the situation. Draya looked at the rescuer with the same blank stare.

[Arali Zian]

Still haven't learned, have you?

It's amazing how many knights nurse their grudges. But at least she can remember mercy enough to soften up to the children.

"Something like that." Not for Lorne, but that's not the important part. "We need to get the children somewhere safe."

[Alysele Cortess]

She simply nodded, the blue light receding. "Sounds like a plan." She switched gears to 'action model' mode, waving to the kids. "Hello, time to take a trip. You guys can visit the Jedi enclave."

She glanced back at Arali. "What happened? You annoy someone again?"

[Arali Zian]

"The compound is closer, and I have a place there," Arali retorts. "But either way, we need to head up." Even that is a risk to Vatou's secrecy, but not nearly so much as the enclave.

"I am not sure. I need to check in with someone."

She sends a message to Vatou on her comm. 'Attack at the apartment. The kids are fine. En route to my place; more secure. Alysele has met the kids. She does not know your involvement.'

[Alysele Cortess]

Aly rolled her eyes. "Okay... better than nothing. These are your responsibilities." She gestured towards the kids.

They were silent, and in one piece, and that was something good. She was the same as a young child.... cute but traumatized by being abducted from her home with her parent's consent.

"You go right, I'll go left." It made sense for her... and that was all she cared about. "Let's be quick. Don't want another scrap."

[Nekoinu]

For the time being, Vatou did not respond. He may had encountered trouble or simply silenced his commlink.