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The Burning Deck <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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Bars like this one can be found all through the Corellian Sector. To
say it's a rough place would be an understatement; the Burning Deck is
a known hangout both of some of the best Corellian smugglers and
pilots on Nar Shaddaa, and of some of the most notorious bounty
hunters in the galaxy. It is a dark bar lit by a dull red light, with
tables and booths scattered about in a seemingly random pattern. The
bar itself is against one wall, and is scarred by many blastmarks and
burns. In one corner, a three-person band consisting of a Rodian, a
Hammerheaded Ithorian, and a Nikto play snappy tunes on exotic-looking
instruments.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <S> Street
Boba Fett walks into the bar, and lets his helmeted visage sweep over
the surroundings slowly.
Kap Aldar sits in one of the corner booths, his eyes fixed nervously
on the door, an unfinished drink on the table before him. He notices
the arrival of the bounty hunter and mutters, "Swamp gas. Knew it'd
happen, sooner or later." He slides out of the booth, looking for a
path through the crowd, trying to bypass Fett.
Boba Fett takes several steps into the bar. If he's seen Aldar, he
gives no indication.
Kap Aldar is currently skulking through the crowd, making his way
toward the door and bypassing Boba Fett.
Boba Fett continues on toward the bar, which he leans against and
pounds a fist on once, to gain the bartender's attention.
A rather large Gamorrean bumps into Meebo, as one tries to exit and
the other enters. The rodian flinches back his good arm, as the
drowling alien bumps into Meebo's slinged arm. Some blood oozes from
the bandage. "Hey you, watch where ya go'en."
Kap Aldar spots Meebo as well, turning his back in a sort of solo
dance move and then ducks around the Rodian, heading for the door.
The bartender turns a scowl toward Fett, but his face quickly changes
when he recognizes the bounty hunter. "Um. What kin I do fer ya, sir?"
"Aldar," Fett says to the bartender. "Seen him lately?"
Meebo moves just to the side of doorway, after noticing Boba Fett at
the bar. A female waitress dances by the rodian with a tray of drinks,
Meebo scoops one up. He then turns back to watch Fett.
The bartender nods. "Yeah, he's here," he says, looking around the bar
slowly. "Or...well, he WAS here. Justa few minutes ago I saw 'im.
Musta just left."
Boba Fett turns without another word and heads for the door. If he
notices Meebo, he gives no sign.
You head into Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This is a long street stretching between two high spires. Like nearly
everywhere else on the Smuggler's Moon, it is packed with people of
various races and sizes, most of them armed, nearly all of them
looking dangerous. High overhead can be seen freighters and
transports, some of them moving on approach patterns toward hidden
landing pads. One of the better-known and more dangerous bars in the
Corellian Sector, the Burning Deck, is nearby.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <E> Bel Iblis Ave East
<PS> Pawn Shop
<AS> Armor Shop
<BD> Burning Deck
<DN> Lift
Kap Aldar is currently lurking in the alcove of the pawn shop, eyes on
the Burning Deck. He's *trying* to be inconspicuous.
Boba Fett steps out of the Burning Deck, and begins to scan the crowd.
Meebo emerges from the bar entrance, about ten paces behind the bounty
hunter dressed in armor.
His presence obscured for now by the shadows and the passers-by, Kap
makes tracks for Bel Iblis Avenue. As he goes, he glances back from
time to time to keep tabs on the hunters. Reaching the intersection,
he draws his Blastech pistol from its holster, then ducks into the
night.
Boba Fett continues to search the crowd for a moment, and then heads
for one of the nearby shops.
You head into Armor Shop <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Armor Shop <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This shop's purpose seems clear enough: it contains various types of
body armor, held upright on humanoid dummies. There are a few bits and
pieces of what looks like it may be imperial design, but no actual
stormtrooper armor; still, many powered vests and personal shield
generators may be found. Anyone doing much business on the Smuggler's
Moon may do well to stop here early on in their visit. Type +list to
get a rundown of items sold here. Type +einfo for additional commands.
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<S> Street
Boba Fett walks up to the short, fan man behind the counter. "Kap
Aldar. Has he been here?"
The owner of the armor shop shakes his head nervously. "Nah...I 'ain't
seen Aldar ina few days."
Boba Fett turns and heads out of the shop without another word.
You head into Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This is a long street stretching between two high spires. Like nearly
everywhere else on the Smuggler's Moon, it is packed with people of
various races and sizes, most of them armed, nearly all of them
looking dangerous. High overhead can be seen freighters and
transports, some of them moving on approach patterns toward hidden
landing pads. One of the better-known and more dangerous bars in the
Corellian Sector, the Burning Deck, is nearby.
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Bounty Hunter Meebo <E> Bel Iblis Ave East
<PAWN> Pawn Shop
<ARMOR> Armor Shop
<BD> Burning Deck
<DN> Lift
Meebo to feel a bit safer he presses a button on his utility belt. A
small hum and glow surrounds the Rodian.
Boba Fett heads down the street to the next shop.
Meebo heads in the opposite direction, dowards the pawn shop.
You head into Pawn Shop <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Pawn Shop <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This small, run-down looking shop is filled with various odds and
ends, mainly trinkets and personal items sold to pay off debts to the
Hutts or other local power brokers. Few of the items seem to have any
real value, but every once in a while a discerning eye may come across
quite a find here.
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<S> Street
Boba Fett walks up to the counter and says to the shopkeeper, "Aldar.
Where is he?"
The shopkeeper looks at Fett with a frown and says, "Aldar? Kap Aldar?
Thought I saw 'im hangin around outside a little while ago."
Boba Fett turns for the door without another word, and strides out.
You head into Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This is a long street stretching between two high spires. Like nearly
everywhere else on the Smuggler's Moon, it is packed with people of
various races and sizes, most of them armed, nearly all of them
looking dangerous. High overhead can be seen freighters and
transports, some of them moving on approach patterns toward hidden
landing pads.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <Blastech DL-44> <IS> Interstellar Shipping
Nar Shaddaa Marketplace <W> Bel Iblis Ave West
Boba Fett walks steadily down the street. The crowd makes a bit of
room for him, and his masked face sweeps across the crowd from side to
side.
Kap Aldar looks nervously toward Bel Iblis Avenue West, ducks into an
alcove, trying to hide from the hunters again.
Meebo scans the area, as he limps, in the opposite direction of Fett.
Fett catches a glimpse of Kap Aldar sliding into the alcove of
Interstellar Shipping, while Meebo misses him completely.
Boba Fett stops for a moment where he stands. He then moves to one
side, to duck between two nearby shops, trying to blend into the
shadows.
Meebo stops dead in tracks. He curses, calling himself a fool, to lose
track of his opponent.
Kap Aldar pokes his head out, looking left and right, then tries
heading back across to Bel Iblis Avenue West, still trying to evade
his pursuers.
A landspeeder whirs past, obscuring Kap Aldar's flight across the
thoroughfare.
Meebo stops, and does a 360 degree scan. Still nothing, no Aldar or
Fett.
Boba Fett moves quickly and silently between two alleyways, and stops
to scan the crowd. He loses sight of Aldar behind the speeder and
pauses again. He looks to the left, then to the right.
Meebo panics slightly, and rubs his snout nerviously. He mumbles,
"Damn." And heads towards the shipping area.
Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This is a long street stretching between two high spires. Like nearly
everywhere else on the Smuggler's Moon, it is packed with people of
various races and sizes, most of them armed, nearly all of them
looking dangerous. High overhead can be seen freighters and
transports, some of them moving on approach patterns toward hidden
landing pads.
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Bounty Hunter Meebo <IS> Interstellar Shipping
Nar Shaddaa Marketplace <W> Bel Iblis Ave West
Boba Fett tries to blend into the crowd and move back down the street.
Meebo does not catch Fett blending in, he continues to walk towards
the shipping area.
You head into Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>.
Bel Iblis Avenue <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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This is a long street stretching between two high spires. Like nearly
everywhere else on the Smuggler's Moon, it is packed with people of
various races and sizes, most of them armed, nearly all of them
looking dangerous. High overhead can be seen freighters and
transports, some of them moving on approach patterns toward hidden
landing pads. One of the better-known and more dangerous bars in the
Corellian Sector, the Burning Deck, is nearby.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <Blastech DL-44> <E> Bel Iblis Ave East
<PAWN> Pawn Shop
<ARMOR> Armor Shop
<BD> Burning Deck
<DN> Lift
Boba Fett moves amidst the flow of the crowd, back down the street.
Kap Aldar skulks along Bel Iblis Avenue, his pistol in one hand and
his commlink in the other. He mutters urgently into the commlink:
"Just *be* there. I've got company." And then he makes his way toward
the lift.
Boba Fett spies Aldar, and ducks into the shadows between the pawn
shop and the armor shop.
Kap Aldar takes one last look around, then pockets the commlink and
steps onto the lift.
Boba Fett moves toward the lift quickly after Aldar is gone.
You step onto a lift headed for another level.
East Platform <Corellian Sector: Nar Shaddaa>
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You are standing on a narrow landing platform used by speeders and
hovercars. Overhead rise several great dark towers, above which can be
seen many ships flying through the upper atmosphere. Below the
platform, the speeder traffic of Nar Shaddaa zips steadily by, and the
vast cityscape descends, level by level, to unguessable depths toward
the hidden surface below. A narrow skyway reaches out toward another
platform in the distance. There is also a lift nearby leading upward
into one of the great spires looming over you.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <Blastech DL-44> <S> Skyway
<UP> Lift
<H> Hovercar
Kap Aldar glances toward the line of waiting hovercars and speeders,
and the line of people *waiting* to board them. He glances back toward
the lift and then bolts for the skyway, trying to keep a low profile.
Boba Fett continues to follow Aldar, ducking between two parked
speeders before heading for the skyway.
Meebo hops of the hovercar, his breathing seems a bit hard. His
placid-like eyes, glance about, trying to locate two targets. Fett or
Kap.
You head into Skyway <Corellian Sector: Nar Shadaa>.
Skyway <Corellian Sector: Nar Shadaa>
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You are standing on a narrow steel bridge that, from the look of it,
has seen better days. It creaks and sways slightly in the wind, which
is rather strong at this height; you are far above the planet's
surface, although there are many nearby buildings that rise far higher
than you. There is enough room on the bridge for several people to
walk abreast, but most people on it seem to hold tightly to the
railings to either side. Beneath you, through the metal grilling that
forms the floor of the bridge, you can see speeders and other craft
zipping by in steady streams, some close enough for you to see the
occupants, others far below, appearing only as glowing specks. This
skyway runs from a nearby platform east of here, to another one far to
the west. As you look around, you can see similar structures
connecting many of the high towers in the area.
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Smuggler Kap Aldar <Blastech DL-44> <EP> East Platform
<S> Skyway
Meebo spots Fett, and attempts to blend in with a group of merchants.
Kap Aldar takes hold of the railing to steady himself, while keeping
his other hand free to hold the blaster while he moves with the crowd
along the skyway. He's so distracted trying to keep his attention on
the hunters that he fails to notice the Devaronian he bumps into with
his right shoulder. The Devaronian grabs Kap by the shoulders, jerks
him and then pushes the smuggler so he's half over the railing. "Watch
your step," the Devaronian hisses, then shoves Kap onward.
Boba Fett looks around for Aldar but for the moment has lost sight of
him. He continues across the skyway slowly.
The Rodian slips into a crowded merchant area. At a brief moment, he
had Fett spotted, but after bumping into a droid, Boba is lost.
Skyway <Corellian Sector: Nar Shadaa>
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You are standing on a narrow steel bridge that, from the look of it,
has seen better days. It creaks and sways slightly in the wind, which
is rather strong at this height; you are far above the planet's
surface, although there are many nearby buildings that rise far higher
than you. There is enough room on the bridge for several people to
walk abreast, but most people on it seem to hold tightly to the
railings to either side. Beneath you, through the metal grilling that
forms the floor of the bridge, you can see speeders and other craft
zipping by in steady streams, some close enough for you to see the
occupants, others far below, appearing only as glowing specks. This
skyway runs from a nearby platform east of here, to another one far to
the west. As you look around, you can see similar structures
connecting many of the high towers in the area.
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Co-Wiz Titan <EP> East Platform
Bounty Hunter Meebo <S> Skyway
Smuggler Kap Aldar <Blastech DL-44>
Kap Aldar desperately glances around in the crowd as he continues
along the skyway, trying to get a glimpse of Fett or the smelly Rodian.
Boba Fett remains concealed by the crowds as he moves cautiously along
the skyway.
Meebo positions himself behind a merchant stand, he continues to scan
the area.
As he reaches the western end of the skyway, Kap holsters his pistol,
then grabs the railing and begins a spider crawl with his fingers,
keeping a grip on the skyway's edge. His legs dangle above the
glittering black Nar Shaddaa abyss. He hangs there, looks down
briefly, curses a whisper into the chill whipping wind, and then
waits.
Just Meebo's luck - he *noticed* Kap going over the rail.
Boba Fett misses Aldar's maneuver and continues along the bridge, his
masked face sweeping left and right.
Meebo catches Kap's jump, and now sees him hanging on the skyway rail.
Glancing quickly at his injured arm, he knows he won't be daring the
same feat. Caustiously, he moves up to the next merchant stand, about
10 paces a head. He also draws his blaster.
Boba Fett stops on the center of the skyway. He turns and looks back
toward the East Platform, annoyed that his quarry seems to have
disappeared.
Kap Aldar doesn't notice Meebo. He just hangs from the skyway, trying
not to move too much, conserving his strength.
Kap Aldar keeps a secure hold on the bridge. Sweat trickles from his
forehead.
The Rodian sees his opportunity. A hover car passes by, and Meebo
jumps to the other side of it, trying to cut off Kap's and Fett's line
of sight. As the car heads towards the skyway bridge, Meebo stops
following it. Meebo ducks behind a pillar that supports the bridge.
Boba Fett begins to walk back toward the East Platform when he notices
Meebo ducking to one side. He hesitates for a moment.
Kap Aldar still doesn't see Meebo, but he *does* see an oncoming
airspeeder zooming to pass under the skyway - with maybe a foot of
clearance, leaving far too much of Kap exposed for his comfort. He
tries to swing up under the skyway, hoping to lace a leg around one of
the support girders.
Meebo flicks the switch to his blaster to stun. He trains his blaster
on Kam and wheezes. "Mister Alder, this blastica's aimed right on ya."
His snout twitches, "Make it easy on yerself, come with me. I assure
ya, I'll be easier on ya then Boba Fett!"
Oh, that just didn't work out well at all. The speeder's lights shine
on him, and the driver slows enough so the impact isn't fatal, but not
enough to keep from WHOOMPHING! right into Kap's abdomen and folding
him over the hood, whirring away from the skyway with the smuggler
dazed, battered and draped across the front hull.
Boba Fett watches Meebo for a moment, and then curses and looks
beneath the bridge, just in time to see Aldar hit by the speeder. He
immediately ignites his jetpack and takes off after the speeder.
Meebo tucks his blaster at his side to conceal it. The rodian flags
down a passing by hovercar. The car stops and Meebo jumps in, pointing
to the speeder Kap sprawled to, he grunts. "Follow that speeder!"
The wookiee in the speeder harrrronks! and shoves Meebo out onto the
bridge, flat on his snout.
Kap Aldar shakes his head, dazed and groggy, then takes an accounting
of where he is: Hood. Airspeeder. Slumped, just inches from tumbling
into the abyss. He glances wearily toward the airspeed driver, a
Klatoonian who seems rather peeved by his new passenger. Kap doesn't
seem too thrilled, either, reaching for the pistol holstered at his
side. As he tries to draw, the Klatoonian notices and banks the
speeder, trying to fling Kap off.
Boba Fett sets the jetpack to full burn, trying to close the distance
between Aldar, the speeder, and himself.
Kap Aldar forgets about the pistol, for now, and just settles for
hugging the hood of the airspeeder. He smiles weakly at the driver and
jerks his head toward the spaceport. "If you could, just...uh...GET ME
TO MY SHIP!"
Meebo curses, as Fett and Aldar are many meters away.
The Klatooinian sneers at Kap and then swerves his airspeeder around
the other way, aiming for the skyway. "No!" Kap yells. "Wrong way!
Wrong way!"
Boba Fett raises his wrist as he approaches the speeder. A quick
flexing movement, and his whipcord lashes out toward Aldar.
Meebo notices speeder changing it's course. Calculating it's turn,
Meebo realizes it's headed towards the bridge, which he is standing
on. He moves back to the same pilar he was hiding behind earlier.
Kap Aldar sees Boba Fett swooping in from behind, but doesn't really
have anywhere to run and hide, so he tries to do the next best thing:
Scrabble up onto the hood and into the airspeeder proper.
As Kap tries to crawl across the hood, the whipcord swickswacks around
his wrists, binding him, and he goes hurtling off the airspeeder as
he's held in place while it whirs on.
Boba Fett reverses thrust with the jetpack, his arm pulled downward as
Aldar drags beneath him, joined to his gauntlet by the whipcord. He
flies back toward the skyway.
Meebo shakes his head. "Damn." And quickly gets up from his position
behind the pilar.
"Fett!" Kap yells upward, wincing as his ribs twinge with agony from
where the speeder slammed him earlier. "Let's talk! We can deal!"
Meebo brings his blaster to side, keeping an eye on where Fett lands.
Boba Fett swings Aldar onto the skyway roughly and sets down a few
feet from him. "I don't deal."
Rani is walking up the skyway, her hood and cloak pulled tightly about
her. She stops upon hearing a ruckus and looks up. She frowns and
stays near the railing, but smiles when she hears the name 'Fett'
Coming down hard on his side, hands still bound, Kap tries to jerk his
arms down to protect his ribs.
Meebo shoves the blaster in the holster, knowing he lost.
His effort results in Kap doing a pretty good job of protecting his
ribs, but at the same time it causes Boba Fett to stagger toward the
edge of the skyway. The bounty hunter avoids going over, just the
same.
Boba Fett raises his other arm, his gauntlet blaster primed. "Easy or
hard, Aldar?"
"I got friends," Aldar growls.
Rani approaches quietly towards the confrontation, watching and
listening.
Meebo seeing it's not exactly over yet, he moves onto the bridge. The
Rodian's wiry hand beside his holsters blaster at all times.
The sound coming from behind Fett's mask might be laughter. "If
they're as pathetic as you, they shouldn't be a problem. On your feet.
Algo the Hutt wants to talk to you."
Meebo draws his blaster, "Come with me, I wanna learn about yer
friends."
"Algo?" Kap scurries up to his knees, bound hands clasping together in
pleading to Boba Fett. "No! Not Algo! You know what he'll do to me?"
He doesn't seem to give a fig about the Rodian at the moment.
Rani's voice slips into the conversation as she pulls her hood
slightly back. She's still some yards away. These are the days she is
happy she takes occasional vacations from her miserable Borgo Prime
rock. "And how much is Algo paying you to talk to him, Boba Fett?"
Boba Fett swivels his head to face Meebo, and raises his gauntlet
blaster to track the Rodian.
"You've got to be kidding," he says, ignoring both Rani and Aldar for
the moment.
Meebo trains his blaster on no one in particular. He just holds it up
in the general direction of Fett, Rani and Kap. He steps forward a few
paces.
Kap Aldar is a man facing likely execution at the hands of Algo the
Hutt. Seeing Fett distracted by a foe, he does what any
self-respecting doomed man would do: He lunges up and forward, trying
to knock Fett off his feet.
Rani's pale eyes look past Boba Fett and Aldar to regard the Rodian,
"Looks like you have competition, Boba Fett." She seems slightly
amused by all of this and just stays near the railing.
Kap Aldar slams into Boba Fett and finds an unyielding armored wall,
despite the distraction. He stumbles sideways, deflected by the armor,
and his eyes widen as the abyss beyond the railing nears.
The bound quarry goes staggering into the railing, tips and begins to
plunge toward the abyss.
Boba Fett is unmoved by Aldar's attack, but turns his attention away
from Meebo as his quarry tumbles over the edge. He plants his feet and
grasps the whipcord with both hands, pulling hard against the
corellian's weight.
Meebo wheezes, "Fett to worried about me, instead of yer bounty.." He
taks a few steps foward, not worring about Kap falling. "No we both
gonna loose!"
THWANG! Like a fish on the end of a line, Kap Aldar dangles beneath
the skyway, his raw wrists still bound by the whipcord. He sways
lightly under the bridge until two speeders go zipping past. He has to
swivel right to avoid one, and draws up his knees to avoid the second.
Rani peers over the rail at the man dangling and whistles amused under
her voice.
Boba Fett maintains his footing and his hold on Aldar, and begins
slowly to retract the whipcord. "Rodian, I'm going to bring my target
in. You failed. Run away and hope I never find you...and stay off
Tatooine."
"I'm telling you, Fett!" Aldar growls between clenched teeth as he's
reeled back up toward the skyway. "I can make you a very rich man!
Name your price!"
Meebo wheezes, "Ya but you almost lost him, don't hide the fact Fett."
Wheezes, "Tatooine, can't we talk about this." Meebo pleas all this
time, while Fett is wrestling with the cord.
Rani just watches like someone at an arena, leaning a bit on the
railing.
Boba Fett stops retracting the whipcord, and lashes the end around one
of the structural supports of the skyway, leaving Aldar hanging a few
feet below the bridge. Detaching the cord from his gauntlet, he turns
toward Meebo, and draws his EE-3 blaster rifle. "No."
Meebo simply puts his blaster away, and walks across the skyway.
Kap Aldar dangles beneath the skyway, jerking his legs up and
swiveling desperately as airspeeders zip past.
Boba Fett watches Meebo leave, his EE-3 still trained on the Rodian.
He speaks for the first time, however, to Rani. "Twi'lek," he says.
"What's it to you what I'm paid?"
Rani slips her hood further off, "Oh come now, Boba Feet. I know its
been years since you've been to Borgo Prime, but you could at least
give a lady a welcome." She looks over the railing a bit, "The Hutt
must want this one pretty bad."
Boba Fett slings his rifle back over his back. "Algo wants him," he
says, "but he also suited my purposes with the Rodian. Job from Jabba.
Does your syndicate have interest in him?"
Rani arches a brow and smiles broadly, "No no ... I would have put the
word around by now. I just don't like Algo very much." She peers over
again, "Who is he? I haven't seen him on Borgo."
Boba Fett walks over to grasp the whipcord and begin hauling Aldar
back to the bridge. "Kap Aldar. Smuggler, gambler, the usual sort. Ran
up a few too many unpaid debts."
VAROOOOOM! Another speeder zips beneath Kap. The soles of his shoes
squeak along the roof. "FETT!" He's dragged briefly, then the speeder
is gone and he swings back the other way.
Rani tsktsks in an sarcastic way, "You'd think they'd learn that we
keep our books well organized." She smiles as the man is nearly killed
by another speeder, "Poor Kap Aldar. He's right ... Algo doesn't ask
many questions before he guts someone."
Boba Fett pulls Aldar up several more feet and then reaches down to
grab him by his shirt. "Quiet you, or I'll let you drop," comes his
mechanically filtered voice. To Rani he says, "Not my problem what
happens once I drop him off."
Kap Aldar sighs, his shoulders slumping as Fett reminds him of his
fate. He remains suspended against the skyway, staring up at the
masked bounty hunter. "I don't want Algo hurtin' me, Fett."
Rani smiles towards Kap, "I really doubt Fett is going to pay
attention to your whimpering, son. A contract is a contract after all
and Fett listens to money."
Boba Fett hauls Aldar up onto the bridge by his shirt. "Like I said,
not my problem. Algo didn't specify he wanted you alive, so shut up."
"Then kill me!" Aldar urges between clenched teeth. "If it don't
matter, alive or dead, then make it dead!"
"I caught you alive," comes Fett's response. "You get delivered
alive." He turns to look at Rani. "You have any business for me? Or
was this just a chance meeting?"
Rani smiles a bit at the bounty hunter, "Just a chance meeting, Fett.
I had to get away from Borgo for a little while. But do come and visit
soon. I am sure when I get back there will be any number of brazen
lambs for the slaughter." A soft, almoster maternal looks is given to
the 'brazen lamb' in Fett's hands now.
Kap Aldar sags against the railing of the bridge, head hanging low.
"I don't have much time for social calls," Fett says. "You need me,
you know how to get word to me." He grabs Aldar by the shirt again and
shoves him forward down the skyway. "Come on, you."
"Give my best to Algo, Kap Aldar." She smiles ... less maternally, as
she heads off down the skyway the other way. Ahhh ... vacation.
Kap Aldar staggers ahead of Fett, hands bound in front of himself. |
