Daine almost unleashed a giggle at Kel's hillarious comment, then bit her lower lip to stop. She winced at the feeling of dread that gathered around her, then pretended to be occupied with her hair while Thrace decided what to do.
Artima did her best to hide a grin by pretending to cough into her hand. "Alright, so now what?" she asked Thrace. He ignored her and suddenly turned the blaster on Orenoko. "Now I take all of you down to the Hutt and collect a very hefty reward," he said. Orenoko looked suprised, but quickly covered it with anger. "I helped you catch them," Orenoko said. "Yeah, and remember who you threw out the airlock? That was your first mistake because that was my brother. Your second mistake was thinking I would forgive that so easily," Thrace said, putting the blaster right up against Orenoko's forehead. Artima watched carefully, thinking how to use the situation to their advantage. "That's why you tried to shoot him earlier," Artima commented. "Yes. Before you stopped me." "Well, I'm not stopping you now." She raised her hands slightly to show Thrace she had no intention of getting in his way.
Shall I use the Force to stop him? Jaina asked Artima through the Force, not wanting to end up as bantha fodder.
Don't worry about Orenoko, he's a piece of slime as is. Worry about us, as long as we get out of here alive I don't really care, Daine added to the Force-meld. Unless of course...
Thrace happens to be Force-sensitive or something, then we are all bantha fodder as is, Jaina finished for her friend. But I doubt it. If you want me to catch him by suprise, just tell me Artima...
Just do it... forget the waiting. Just do it and save our rear ends! Daine insisted, only to sigh upon getting the impression that Jaina was not listening to her. Fine, ignore the Sith!
Re: Gammorean Politics « Reply #229 on Dec 4, 2006, 9:17pm »
Thrace seemed torn for a moment, and Artima could see the muscles in his jaw working and he debated with himself. Artima knew he was restraining himself from exacting revenge for his brother's death only because the Hutt probably wanted Orenoko alive. Do either of you have your lightsaber? If you do then we're going to try something... Artima thought to Jaina and Daine. In the meantime, while trying not to attract too much attention she placed her right elbow on Kel's shoulder and leaned on her friend, doing her best to be casual. "No pressure, Thrace, but uh, I'd like to get this over with before my next birthday," Artima pressed.
Re: Gammorean Politics « Reply #230 on Dec 21, 2006, 11:17am »
"Yeah, we've got places to be and things to see, doncha know?" Kel said with a cocky grin, winking. "Don't have time to waste!" She tapped her chrono in a gesture of mock impatience.