I wrote it last spring, and I've been trying to workshop it, and it essentially needs a rewrite.
Keeping a lot of the stuff I have, I'm not rewriting it from scratch, but entire sections need to be rewritten.
But yeah, I like the premise, and it's like a more serious version of, I don't know, Men in Black meets Ghostbusters, essentially.
Cool.
Just imagine like some sort of organization that sends paramilitary groups, like mercenary groups, to deal with supernatural events.
Cool.
And it leans into the horror genre more so than those two other things, but it's still somewhat similar at its core.
Is it a short story, a big story?
Sure, this one's a short story.
I might expand.
I have ideas to expand, and maybe I could expand it into a novella or even a short book.
But I mean, I'm not...
I don't know a good word.
I don't...
I'm not rushed.
And so I'm certainly taking my time with it.
I guess I'm much more...
I'm not really ever thinking it's going to make me a ton of money.
So for me, the point of it is to make...
Tell the story that I really want to tell and have like all the set pieces that I really want to tell.
So it's more like a...
I don't know, an exercise in trying to tell the perfect story than anything else.
It sounds like you just enjoy the process more than...
Yeah, I do.
I do.
I mean, I always enjoy the process of essentially world building or, you know, creating characters, creating settings, writing the rules of the world, that sort of thing.
Yeah, that's cool.
Yeah, you said you were working on it, I thought, last time.
So I was seeing how it was going.
Yeah, I haven't worked on it at all since last time.
I haven't worked on it really much.
I worked on it a little bit over the summer.
Actually, yeah, right before the last session, I had tried to rewrite a section.
But it's done.
I'm just not happy.
I'm happy with it, but I'm not completely happy with it.
So like I said, it just needs to be workshopped.
Yeah, well, what's that Neil Gaiman quote?
The second draft is making it look like you knew what you were doing during the first draft.
Neil Gaiman's the boss, man.
Yeah.
Okay.
So, XP, anybody wants to spend that this time?
Yeah, can I spend...
You can.
Anyone but you.
Non-transferable.
No, I'm good.
You're still good?
I love you.
I know the best.
We play.
Okay.
I'm good.
I'm going to do it.
Love you.
Good night.
Okay, I'm going to sleep tight, too.
Okay.
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
Okay.
Someday.
Bye.
I'm going to spend 20 XP on Toughen.
Okay.
Let's see.
What is Toughened?
It's on my scoundrel list, and I have already have Black Market Context, Convincing Demeanor,
and Hidden Storage in that line.
You said Toughened?
I'm just following along the line.
Toughened.
Gained plus two.
Okay.
And let me look at your talent tree.
You guys seen the new Nissan Z car?
No.
2023, 380Z or 370Z or whatever they're calling it.
2023?
Yeah.
It's like, I mean, it was just released.
It's not out yet.
Like, the images and, like, the way it looks and the inside and, like, people drove it and
stuff.
Career Smarter Scoundrel.
Looks amazing.
Realistic dream car right there.
The Nissan Z?
Yeah.
2023.
Okay.
So, all right.
Yeah.
You did Hidden Storage, and now you've got Toughened.
Okay.
Yeah.
We gotta just follow that line for right now.
All right.
And let me...
So, does that raise me from nine to, like, whatever?
Yeah, it would be 11 plus two wound.
Let's see.
How do I...
Does it remind me of a Mustang?
Looks like a wiener.
I don't know if it automatically...
I think I can...
Okay.
Yeah, there you are.
So, I have you at 15 now.
And you were at 13.
Okay.
I love the system, being able to see that.
Yeah, it's really nice.
I mean, probably mark it in your book, too.
But...
Okay.
My journal?
Yeah.
Your journal.
Wait, what happened now?
Boo got a talent, Toughened, which gives him two...
Two points to his wound threshold.
Oh, okay.
Gotcha.
Okay.
And then I'm gonna roll Obligation.
I think that will be a...
Private...
Role.
Yeah, but shouldn't we know?
I don't know.
Because...
Yeah, I guess.
I can do it public and see how it goes.
You're just scared.
Okay.
So, nothing this roll.
Or this...
This session.
Something right back.
And let's...
Go ahead.
Put it on you once.
Take it off.
Okay.
And then let me...
How do I send...
Trying to...
I think that there's a way to...
Wait, doesn't...
It says Mac draws a result from the party...
Obligation table.
What's that?
It says Mac draws a result from the party...
Obligation table.
Oh, it was just because I had his character...
Highlighted.
I didn't mean to do that.
Oh, okay.
I think you should have gotten to your chat...
A button that says click to roll here for Destiny Pool.
Yeah.
Okay.
I can be a backpack while you're in.
Okay.
And then...
Frozen, you guys?
What?
No.
Your video is, yeah.
I can hear you just fine, though.
There you go.
Okay.
Boo and Ryan, in your chat, you should see a button that says click here to roll for Destiny.
Where in the chat?
It should just...
On Destiny Pool?
Don't do that.
Is that right?
No.
There should be a button...
Wait.
Hey.
How did he do that?
I just fixed it.
It's okay.
What?
No, it was one and one.
Oh.
So you went back.
Okay.
In the chat, there should be...
One of the bubbles should be click here to roll for the Destiny Pool.
It'll probably be towards the top.
Oh, no.
I do say it.
Yeah.
It's towards the top.
You can also just also hit that little dice icon at the bottom.
Yes.
But then it doesn't automatically...
I think this way it automatically adds.
Yes.
Right.
If you hit the button, then it automatically puts it into the Destiny Pool.
Well, then I'll do it.
I'll roll again because it didn't actually put it in the Destiny Pool.
Okay.
I don't see it.
So you might have to scroll up.
Oh.
Scroll up.
Do you see it?
It's not letting me do this while it's closed.
It won't let me scroll up while it's closed.
There it goes.
I got it.
Sorry.
Yeah, I got it.
I'm sorry.
All right.
Ow.
All again?
All right.
So one light and five dark.
So at least I rolled a light somehow.
Thanks, guys.
Yeah.
You're welcome, I guess.
Yes.
Fuck you.
And I'm eating a breakfast sandwich.
Or bar.
It's almost as if I knew.
There's a song called Big Breakfast.
I don't have a...
I don't have a
summary for this week,
but you guys
ended in the Spider Club.
You had
just talked to...
Shoot, what was that guy's name?
I didn't put him in here.
The owner, yeah.
About potentially...
Or about setting up a trap
for Kato.
What else happened?
You ran into the White Wookiee.
Hunter of Butt Radars.
Jelly G,
Vest Man Extraordinaire.
You just left in the
Sabacc Parlor.
He was my
Vest Friend.
Okay.
Boo.
Yeah, we were about to leave
to go to the
warehouse, I think.
Something at
where...
Not a warehouse.
Boarding someplace?
Like, for his stuff?
Yes, you had talked to him
about setting up a...
About setting up a trap.
He said he would get back
to you in a week.
But that trap
was supposed to take place
at the Zelcom Tower.
Okay.
But...
I'm going to leave it...
Or I'm going to start here
at the end of that night.
Because it wasn't clear
where you guys were going.
Okay.
I mean...
I thought we were going
to the Zelcom Tower.
Yeah, but that doesn't
take place for a week.
That doesn't take place
for a week.
Right.
Well, the trap...
So we have to find
something to do
until...
until our contact
gets a hold of us,
right?
Yeah.
So we should see
if there's any more
bounties
that we can...
we can do
during this time.
Okay.
Sure.
How?
Well, I am a member
of the guild.
Okay.
So I go...
I go to try
to find the...
So wait, wait, wait.
Okay, so...
Tell me where you guys
are right now
and what's going on.
I say we just
walked out of the spider.
Yeah, we were leaving
the spider at the end
of the last section.
Okay, that's what
I'm thinking.
All right.
And then...
I'll find one of our swoops.
Oh, yeah.
We should probably
jump on...
maybe go back
to choppers.
Okay, you do...
You have two bikes,
remember?
Yeah.
All right, I jump on one.
I jump behind Ryan.
Who is Ryan?
I jump behind our ex.
I see.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Okay, so at this point...
We take off.
You guys left
to go to the spider.
It was pretty late, right?
It was like two in the morning.
Something like that, yeah.
Okay.
And now you're getting back...
You're going back
to choppers' place?
Yeah, to regroup.
Okay, so it's probably
about three...
three-thirty, right?
Ish, yeah.
We were there
for longer than that,
but okay.
Okay.
You said what?
But I would say
we were there
for longer than that.
Okay, so...
All right.
Let's say it's about four then.
Okay.
And you guys...
You guys pull up
to choppers, right?
Yeah.
And...
You think he locked us out again?
Well, I mean, he's not waiting
on the step for you.
Well...
I tried to open the door.
Uh, the door's locked.
Dammit, I start knocking
on the door.
Um...
Nothing.
I knock louder.
Still...
Are we going through this again,
Chopper?
Still...
Still nothing.
All right.
I start yelling out
for the Ugnaughts
to open the door.
The Ugnaughts?
Okay.
Um...
Why didn't they open
the door the first time?
Because they were in the back.
There's a lot of noise
and stuff going on back there.
They can't hear anything.
So...
Still...
Still nothing.
Mac, you know this guy.
Do something, would you?
All right.
I go up and I try to do
the special knock,
which is...
Can't hear anything.
Oh.
Is that the special knock?
Nothing.
Just nothing?
It's not going to wake up.
You just hear air knocking?
Turns out your hand
is a lot stronger than mine,
all right?
Sorry.
Teach me this...
Knock.
Knock, knock, knock.
Knock.
All right.
I do that.
I'm Bane on the door.
Knock, knock, knock.
Okay.
Uh...
I flipped a dark point.
Shit.
He's not going to wake up again.
Well, now what?
Because I am running
on big breakfast bars.
Should we just try to...
Try to pick the lock?
We still have the bikes.
Like, why do we really need
to go back to see Trapper?
Just head to the warehouse
and trap this dude.
Yeah, but it's going to take time
for us to set up the...
The trap, though.
Well, let's go get it done.
Yeah, but...
Well, no, no, not...
It's going to take a while to...
for the guy to set up.
Oh.
To meet.
So he said...
He said it should take a week.
Oh, he did?
Oh, I missed that.
Yeah.
Okay.
Um...
Hmm.
Well, I'm a droid,
so I'm just going to shut down
for a week
to you guys.
So now it's just Sarn and Matt.
I drive to...
I say we should drive
to the local Bounty Hunters Guild.
Do you think they'll have any work?
Well, there's only one way
to find out.
Well, they let me in
because I know you.
Yeah, just hide under my trench coat.
I...
Oh, wait, I don't have a trench coat.
Can I hide underneath
your head thingies?
No, they're not big enough for that.
Well.
Um...
Can you just...
Could you just pull them up
on your holonet?
Yeah, but we don't have
anywhere to go.
It's like,
we need to find somewhere to sleep.
We need to do something here.
We have nothing to do.
Should we try to find a hotel?
I don't know.
I've lost.
Your communicator is ringing.
Answer it.
Hello?
Uh, hello, Mr. Skyblade.
Who is this?
This is Ken Forsen.
The owner of the Spider Club.
I just talked to you.
Oh.
How's it going, sir?
It's going okay.
Um...
I just thought I should tell you,
I have...
Not been able to get a hold of this guy.
Um...
If you remember,
our agreement was I was gonna try and help
set up some kind of trap.
Um...
But...
So, bad news is...
Can't get a hold of Kato.
Um...
Which kind of makes sense
because he owes me a lot of money.
It...
Yeah, it makes a lot of sense
maybe why he wouldn't answer my calls.
Um...
However...
Good news.
Um...
There's one of...
There's one guy here,
um...
Who just stepped in
and has been playing Sabacc.
And...
He might be able to hook you guys up.
So, come back to the spider?
Well, I'm just...
Meet this fella.
I'm just saying, yeah,
this, this, uh...
This character,
I think he runs around in Kato's circles.
He might be the way to get to...
Kato.
Alright, then.
Let's get back on our bikes
and ride back.
I jump on a bike.
Oh.
I jump on the bike.
Also,
if you're able to find this Kato guy,
uh...
Just because of the amount of money
that he pays me
and also the, you know,
the sort of image
that I have to uphold here
at my parlor,
um...
I need to make an example out of him.
So, if you rough him up,
rough him up a little bit for me,
um...
There's a thousand credits for you.
in it for you.
Alright.
Consider him...
No, not each.
Consider him rough.
You're gonna have to split it.
Uh, I know that's...
It's gonna be awkward
trying to split a thousand credits
between three people,
but I'm sure you guys
will figure it out.
Good.
Because we are murder hobos.
And...
We make it to 999.
You're asleep.
I can passively listen
while I am asleep.
Just call me Alexa.
Alright.
I say we head back
to the spider then.
Alright.
Should we wake up the droid?
I already told you
I can passively listen.
I have reactivated myself.
Alright.
Well, I guess we have no choice.
I say we leave him here.
I drove my bike
and speed away.
Oh no,
that's how it started last time.
But you turn around
and I'm clinging
onto the back of the bike.
Just like...
Like...
Only one hand on.
Just like...
Yeah, just like...
Alright.
Uh, roll an agility check.
Fluttering in the wind.
Agility?
Yeah.
Hmm.
This is not gonna go well.
Not for a robot.
No, probably not.
Uh, and, um...
Let's see.
Grabbing onto a speeding...
You should be able to...
Well, it was...
It was still
when I grabbed onto it.
Uh...
Can you hold on?
Let's say it's, uh, hard.
There is no agility.
You mean athletics?
Oh, is that it?
Yeah, that's what I meant.
That's totally what I meant.
What do you think I meant?
What difficulty?
Uh, hard.
I almost succeeded.
You got an advantage.
You did get an advantage.
Great.
Good for me.
How...
How would you like to spend
your advantage?
Um, so,
clearly, I don't...
I'm not able to hang on,
but the thing that I grab for
is the fuel line hose,
and so,
by me going flying off of it,
I rip his fuel line hose off,
and he starts leaking fuel
and slowing down.
That is not an advantage.
That is the exact opposite.
It is for me.
I think that's a threat.
Okay.
So, as you did that,
um,
he very shortly runs out of fuel,
and he's within,
he's within eyesight and shout sight.
Um,
his speeder...
Damn it, R.A.
His speeder just peters out.
What the fuck were you thinking?
Now we got one.
Now we're all back to riding one?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't think I forgot
what happened earlier tonight.
I speed off.
All right.
I go to face the, uh...
He's an asshole
because I offered him a ride.
Okay.
Uh...
All right.
So now Mac is gone,
and it's just you two...
Break this speeder back.
I can fix it.
No, I try to fix it
because I'm going to leave his ass there.
All right.
Mechanics check.
Oh, I thought mechanics
was a lot better than that.
I have pretty decent mechanics.
Uh, I don't know
what your mechanics is.
Oh, no.
You're right.
All right.
Uh, easy, hard?
Uh, hard.
This isn't going to work out.
Failures and a threat.
Oh, a threat.
Okay.
Um, you...
Don't sound too excited.
I'm so excited.
All right.
Uh, your threat is...
What's wrong?
Um, you became
particularly frustrated
while you were doing it,
and you suffered a strain.
God damn it.
Uh, and you started swearing it.
This is definitely
an advantage for me.
Yeah, I don't like this.
Okay.
Wait, uh,
is the green bar health?
Um, I think so.
Oh, did you just change the strain?
I just changed the strain.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, you accidentally changed
wound, it looked like.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Well, I don't know how you expect me
to bring it back there, RX.
It's got no gas.
You guys are pretty far apart still.
I don't know how you expect me
to bring it back there.
It's got no gas because of you.
So you're going to have to come here
and fix it.
Okay.
Start walking.
But I'm,
I'm kind of,
I walk like,
it's going to take forever.
Yeah, I walk like C-3PO though,
so it's going to take a while.
I think those commando droids
have knees.
They can walk a little faster.
Okay.
All right.
Well, I guess I just wait.
This has been a very stimulating session
so far.
Okay.
So.
I find something to kick.
In the meantime,
Mac makes it to the Sabacc parlor,
walks in,
and sees Jolly G.
he's still at the Sabacc parlor.
I walk in,
hello spider.
Woo.
Everyone turns around
and looks at you for half a second
and then goes back
to what they were doing.
And they applaud.
No applause.
Why is that so mean
to Mac Skyblade?
But they hear you saying,
and they applaud.
And then they all roll their eyes.
Tell me at least,
tell me at least Jolly applaud.
No,
but he does notice you
and he's happy.
and he starts walking toward you.
Well,
Mr. Skyblade,
you just left me here.
I did not leave you.
I left you at a table.
I got you into a nice game.
Yeah,
you're right.
I mean,
you didn't get me there.
I mean,
I got me there.
They know me here.
This wasn't,
again,
this wasn't my first time here.
I brought you here.
Remember?
you didn't know where you were going.
You were lost,
as if I remember correctly.
And you didn't even remember
the name of it was the spider.
I do remember all of that.
And I do remember that
you're a dear friend.
Yeah.
Because you got me here.
All right.
Well,
what brings you back here?
I have to talk to,
oh,
God,
I'm so bad with names.
Well,
you wrote my name down.
Perhaps you could use that
in the future.
I got to talk to that
Corson fella.
Oh,
the Corson fella.
I got to talk.
Yeah,
the Corson fella.
The owner?
Yeah,
he's got the owner.
Well,
since I'm here,
how's the Sabacc games going?
I got to tell you,
not so good.
Not so good.
How so?
Well,
I've been losing.
That sucks for number one.
Yeah,
no,
not good.
Yeah,
and I've lost a few
choice bits of
jewelry
because,
let's say,
I'm a bit low
in liquid assets.
Oh,
goodness.
Oh,
God.
Yeah,
my wives are going to kill me.
Wives?
Oh,
yeah,
I have three wives.
Oh,
my goodness.
All right.
Three of them?
Now,
cut back over to
Saren and,
uh,
RX.
Uh,
RX,
you have just
walked,
finally made it up to,
to Saren.
Christ,
RX,
took you forever.
Yeah,
well,
think twice about leaving me behind next time.
Well,
don't pull on a fuel line,
and you could have rid with what's-his-nuts.
Oh,
no,
did you see how quickly he left without me?
He keeps blaming me for leaving him last time.
You did leave me.
Even though he didn't want to leave,
ride with the droid.
Racist asshole.
Sounds like something I'd forget.
He is a racist asshole.
You could have at least grabbed onto his.
I'm happy with my decision.
All right,
we'll just fix the damn thing,
please.
Okay.
So what is it,
a mechanics check?
Uh,
yeah.
Uh,
I believe it was hard,
right?
Yeah.
All right,
I'm flipping a lightside point.
Since I made the error,
I can fix it easier,
and so it's normal.
Um,
I think,
I think instead,
what,
it would be either,
um,
upgrading your role from,
one of them from a green to a yellow,
or a boost die.
Uh,
I don't take a yellow,
that's fine.
Okay.
Uh,
what are we gonna do?
You do have three advantages.
Yeah,
I don't know what that means.
Um,
the advantage system is not very well defined.
Um,
no,
it's a narrative advantage.
Yeah,
I know.
There is no narrative advantage.
here.
We just need to get to the damn place.
Um,
all right,
well,
I,
I'm like,
and I stand up,
and I see a taxi.
And I'm like,
ah,
we'll just go there.
We'll just take a taxi.
that's not,
that's not the nature of an advantage.
It's supposed to be an advantage.
It's the outcome of the check.
Hmm.
So,
can it be that he was able to fix it,
but since the,
the fuel line broke,
we had no gas left.
Or just enough gas,
or something like,
you'll barely make it.
No,
because it's not fixed,
but we just don't have any gas now.
Uh,
okay.
I'll allow something like that.
Although technically,
that would be succeeding in some way.
That's more of a,
that would be more,
a success with like threats.
Right.
Rather than a failure with advantage.
How about this?
Can I,
can I just attempt the check again?
Unchanged.
Um,
and this time I'm doing something a little bit riskier.
Um,
and if I fail this time,
it'll blow up.
I like that.
Uh,
but not with the upgraded.
Um,
I said no change.
I know you said no change,
but.
Are you going to burn another light side point?
Please don't.
I have a plan.
Um,
no,
that was my advantage.
Trying it again is not an advantage.
I could just try it again anytime.
So I,
my advantage was that I got to keep my,
I learned from my mistake doing it wrong.
So I get to keep my upgraded dice.
Um,
all right,
fine.
That's not really how,
that's not really how any of this works.
I just,
I just have a sense.
seems a little vague.
I mean,
it's a little vague.
I mean,
it's purposefully vague and you know,
who gets to fill in the vape Vegas?
All of us.
Yeah.
Cooperative storytelling.
No,
it's,
it's God.
It's always God.
Well,
God agreed.
So too late to change your mind now.
It is way too late for me.
All right.
and you get an advantage.
That's okay.
How about that?
I'll retroactively apply the advantage.
Okay.
All right.
So you get,
you get the speeder started,
um,
and it starts floating.
It's,
it's,
it's rumbling,
uh,
but it looks like it's going to hold.
Yay.
Okay.
Let's go.
All right.
I jump on it.
Turn around.
Make sure RX actually gets on at this time.
I do have my hand.
You turn around and I have my,
and I have my hand on the fuel.
I just expect you to blast off again.
God damn it.
RX,
get on the damn ship.
I climb on.
All right.
So then I,
uh,
throttle up and go to the spider.
Okay.
Uh,
you guys pull up to the spider.
Your speeder just barely makes it.
You run out of gas.
Just in view of the spider.
Um,
and it just,
it just falls.
Cause after you run out of gas,
it falls.
The repulsor lifts just kind of fall.
And it's like right in front of the casino or not casino,
but the parlor.
Um,
and you walk in and you see,
you see,
uh,
Mac and Jolly G in the parlor.
Uh,
Mac,
what are you and Jolly G doing?
We're hanging out,
chatting.
I'm,
uh,
discussing how many wives he has and how many bad decisions that is.
And,
uh,
you know,
we're really just bonding.
I mean,
this guy is a great,
I,
I'm just really,
really enamored with this guy's salt of the earth attitude.
And the fact that he has a nice vest.
Okay.
Uh,
so you walk in and,
uh,
and they are just me,
you know,
neck deep in conversation.
ARX.
Yes.
you think he's going to try to take him back to the,
uh,
to Jolly G's house.
Have,
have another wife.
The probability of this happening is roughly 27.2%.
it.
So it is not impossible.
I like those odds.
Don't tell me the odds.
all right.
Um,
do,
uh,
well,
I,
I walk over to Mac and go,
what did you find out since we've been here?
Or since you've been here?
Uh,
this guy has three wives,
man.
Can you buy,
give a shit about his wives?
Oh,
then I haven't found anything out.
But I got here before you and in style,
everyone applauded when I walked in,
you wouldn't believe it.
It's like,
I'm a celebrity here.
Jolly G.
Is that true?
Uh,
no,
I don't think so.
Uh,
but he's pretty cool.
I believe,
I believe exactly one of those statements.
I mean,
I love,
I love his taste in vests.
In fact,
we traded vests.
Did you even notice?
We got each other's vests on right now.
Cool.
And they thumbs up each other.
All right.
Matt,
go talk to the owner.
See where this guy's at.
All right.
Wait,
before I leave,
what's his name again?
Orson Wells.
Oh,
what were you asking?
Anyone.
I was in character,
but I know.
I can't answer you in character.
Oh,
I guess,
I guess I am.
Uh,
I can answer his job.
You're a regular here.
Yeah,
I'm a regular.
Yeah.
The guy's name's Corson.
How many times I got to tell you that?
Corson.
His name is Corson.
You wrote my name down.
Why don't you write his name down?
You got a book for it.
Take it easy,
Steve.
I'm sorry.
His vest is really going to my head.
The Buster.
All right.
We switch,
we switch Buster's back.
Cause I,
I look fashionable in my Buster.
Yeah,
it looks better than you.
I mean,
and,
uh,
but I will,
I,
man,
what do you got in those pockets there?
Uh,
rations.
My wife.
No,
no.
Well,
I mean,
I lost one wife in the Sabacc game.
I used to have four.
Oh,
I'm so sorry.
Nah,
don't worry about it.
It's fine.
Okay.
Um,
so he says,
I think Corson,
he usually sits over there in that booth.
All right.
I think we should all walk up to him.
Yeah.
You guys are being my entourage.
I just started strutting across.
Yeah.
We got to walk together,
but we got to strut a little bit.
You know,
we're a crew,
you know,
the Kahuna waves.
That's so some pride.
Come on.
Yeah.
But never call me your entourage.
All right.
Fair enough.
That's a good,
that's a good,
reasonable thing.
Let's now strut.
And so we still start strutting.
What did I do?
I'm a robot though.
So I'm like trying to strut,
but it really comes more across.
You're the one with actual struts.
Yes.
That's,
but that's wordplay.
That doesn't actually teach me how to walk.
Cool.
Okay.
So I look kind of like a puppet.
Being jerked by some.
Yeah.
Being what?
I saw invisible strings.
Jerked.
Cool.
There are other,
there are other meanings for that word,
Tony.
Sorry to break.
Yeah.
So I walk up to the,
I walk up to the table and I see Mr.
Orson,
sir.
How's it going?
Orson.
His name is Corson.
Excuse me.
What did you call me?
He didn't notice.
Mr.
Corson.
Of course.
Thank you.
That'll be Mr.
Finn to you.
All right,
Mr.
Finn.
Wait,
hold on.
What is it?
It's Finn.
Sweet.
Even you forgot.
It's been a long time.
Were you a character?
I'm a character.
That'll be funny if he forgot his name.
Something I could just turn around.
See,
I'm not the only one.
He forgets his own name.
Would come as requested.
Oh,
well,
I mean,
I didn't request,
but if you guys are looking to get a hold of that Kato person,
as I am,
I would look over there and he points and you see this,
um,
Feline person at the Sabacc table.
and he's got two humans with him.
Did you see him come up here?
Mm-hmm.
And they are playing Sabacc.
Hey,
I was sitting at the table.
It was also in the booth.
What's that?
You use the same picture.
Oh,
yeah.
Okay.
Sorry.
This guy here?
It looks like a,
that guy's,
yeah,
that's not,
Alex.
Yeah.
This guy is the same picture as.
Yeah.
Because Boo called that the owner.
So I've just made it.
Oh,
he's not in two places.
Gotcha.
I thought maybe he had a twin.
That's just decoy.
No,
these pictures aren't supposed to be exactly what you see.
Uh,
but yeah.
So anyway,
it's exactly what I see.
Yes,
it's,
that's true.
Okay.
Sarn.
All right,
but no,
Sarn wants to sit there and play it.
Sarn wants to sit there.
You guys are still talking.
You guys are still talking to Corson.
So that fellow over there.
Yes.
Let us go.
All right.
What is his name?
Um,
you know,
I don't know his name.
I'm sorry.
I've just seen,
how do you know we should talk to him?
Why are we talking to him?
What does he know about Kato?
Because they pal around together.
Oh,
you,
uh,
okay.
All right.
Let's make our way across this hip music.
Uh,
shall I continue to stroll?
Yeah.
Stroll.
You strut your,
you strut your,
you strut those bolts.
Yeah.
You strut those struts.
One thing before,
one thing before you go,
I'm thinking this Kato guy,
you're looking,
you guys are looking for him.
Yeah.
Uh,
I think so.
We know he owes you money.
We'll beat him up.
Right.
But rough him up.
I heard that he had betrayed the black son.
Oh,
the black son.
Yeah.
I thought he betrayed the pikes.
No,
he didn't betray the black son.
He betrayed someone else.
Oh,
the pikes.
Tricked you.
So,
so anyway,
uh,
yes,
he betrayed the pikes for the black son.
Now,
I might wonder myself if a man who's willing to betray the pikes might also betray the black son.
And perhaps the black son might want to know about that.
Anyway,
go,
go ahead.
Go,
go play the box.
See what you can find out from that.
Feline over there.
All right.
I go and sit down at the table to play Sabacc.
I sit down next to the Feline.
Okay.
Or as close as I can.
It looks like I have to sit on the right side.
Yeah.
Well,
again,
this is not supposed to be perfectly how it's laid out,
but he's flanked on both sides by a human.
So he's got a human on the left and a human on the right.
Okay.
All right.
And so who's,
who sits down at the table?
I do.
Okay.
I sit down.
I sit next to the star.
And then.
So you guys are both sitting at the table.
You both go to sit down at the table.
Okay.
Well,
the dealer says,
what a,
what a conveniently empty Sabacc table.
Yeah.
Um,
yeah,
you're right.
It is full.
So there's one,
there's one space open that maybe if you,
if you can nuzzle in some space,
uh,
but the dealer stops you and says,
Hey,
you can't just sit down here.
You got to buy in.
How much is the buy-in?
Buy-in is 25 credits.
Okay.
Give me one second.
I need to check out my pockets here.
Let's see how many credits.
Check out my pockets.
All right.
I toss in 25 credits.
Okay.
Great.
Gambling.
Okay.
And.
All right.
I see that goes into the pot.
All right.
See the bartender making a drink that has like a live lizard creature in it.
And so I'm very curious about this.
And I go walk up and just watch.
At the bartender.
Yeah.
Okay.
So you're not even at the table.
No.
Okay.
I'm not a place to buy.
I won't be the use.
Okay.
All right.
So the table is now.
The table is talking at this point.
Uh,
you see that the fleen leans in and he says,
I wager here on this next hand.
Wait on.
Let's see.
I wager on this next hand.
15 credits.
Uh,
everybody at the table needs to match this wager.
If they wish to play in this hand.
He also says clarifying the rules for some reason.
All right.
I will.
Throw in 15 credits.
Okay.
All right.
And.
All right.
Yeah.
I'm going to flip a light side point to say that earlier.
I was just trying to,
um,
hustle the guys on the table by acting like I didn't know how to play.
And I've been playing my entire life.
Okay.
I think that's a fair trade.
Okay.
Um,
I'm actually pretty decent.
And I,
well,
I know all the rules and I know how to play.
Okay.
Uh,
use your cool.
Okay.
To,
uh,
assemble your dice pool.
Mm-hmm.
And let's say that the first roll is a average difficulty dice.
Okay.
That's not necessarily a success,
although our failure,
uh,
what was the roll?
All right.
So we leave that on.
And then the player rolls the dice,
leaving the dice on the,
on the table and then roll a force die to illustrate the shifting nature of the card signs.
A force die.
I imagine that's not good.
Okay.
So that flips each,
for each dark side,
one success and one advantage are converted into a failure and threat.
Um,
so just one threat.
Okay.
Um,
so you lose that hand.
Ha.
You know what?
Not so easy,
is it?
Never said it was easy.
What's your name,
stranger?
Nah,
nah,
nah.
Let's get,
let's get into this first.
How about 10 on this one?
10 credits?
10 more credits.
All right,
fine.
Take it easy on you this time.
Um,
let's say it's,
um,
difficult this time.
Cool against difficult.
Are you just taking it easy on me this time?
Well,
no,
because of the,
um,
the wager.
Oh.
Oh,
wager.
Okay,
now a forced die.
So.
The lizard guys in Star Wars are called Fosk,
right?
What's that?
What's the lizard alien race that Trask is?
Trask?
Is it Trandoshan?
Trandoshan.
Okay,
the Trandoshans.
Okay,
so,
um,
that dark flips your,
one of your successes into a failure,
and you lose again.
Wait a minute,
you can do that with a light side or dark side point?
Can we do that with lights and dark side points?
No,
no,
this is Sabacc.
Yeah,
we're playing Sabacc.
This is the rules for Sabacc.
But you rolled,
you,
you flipped a dice roll.
Yeah,
that's the rules for Sabacc.
mess with,
oh,
I thought Sabacc was a card game.
It sounds like,
it sounds like a,
well,
we don't have cards.
Uh,
so,
so you,
you lose again.
Uh,
let's go back over to,
um,
well,
Mac is just watching.
Oh,
it hasn't said anything.
Uh,
our,
our acts is out at the bar.
Um,
there's a Trandoshan now,
and it's like,
taking the shot,
eating a little lizard.
And I'm just kind of like,
interesting.
Okay.
Um,
the bartenders come back to you.
Well,
bartender,
the,
um,
the Troy.
and,
oh,
you guys are back,
huh?
Yes.
Unfortunately,
you know,
I don't see a lot of droids here,
and neither do I,
the other one says.
Uh,
yes,
you mentioned that last time.
Yeah,
you guys,
it doesn't really make sense for you to be here.
Uh,
what's going on?
Oh,
I'm just here with my companions.
Oh,
did you like that one?
They're seeking.
That one with the lizard?
Oh,
that was an interesting drink.
I am very interested in things I have never seen before.
Oh,
well,
let me show you this.
and then he makes a drink with,
uh,
a different kind of lizard,
um,
and then lights it on fire.
Uh,
and it,
it just burns into the drink.
Interesting,
but slightly derivative.
Yeah,
it's quite,
it's somewhat derivative.
Uh,
but still,
I am intrigued.
Thank you for showing this to me.
I cannot imbibe it though,
as I am a droid.
Yeah,
no,
but do you want to,
you want to try burning one?
Don't need to ask me twice,
friend.
All right.
When it comes to burning things.
He hands you,
uh,
both a lizard,
a drink,
and a lighter.
Uh,
it's a plasma lighter,
I guess.
Okay.
Uh,
I would roll a coordinations.
Roll a coordination,
okay.
And it's,
it's,
it's average.
Coordination.
And what,
what difficulty?
Uh,
average.
It'd be two.
Hey,
failed.
Failed.
Uh,
but with two advantages.
Okay.
Um,
so,
I go to,
I guess,
light,
the lizard,
and,
being an uncoordinated droid,
I fail,
uh,
and I throw my arms up,
uh,
because I start stumbling,
and the lizard flies through the air,
and it lands on,
the guy whose name we don't know yet,
Ted.
At the sabacc table.
Okay.
Uh,
okay,
so,
so this,
this lizard lands on his,
his head,
and he goes,
ha,
whoa,
a lizard landed on your head.
Ha,
ha,
and then,
and then one of the other guys says,
I got it,
boss,
I got it,
and he smacks it.
And while he smacks it,
of course,
it hits both the lizard,
and the lizard being on his head,
it hits his head.
So he's like,
ah,
goddammit,
you dolt.
And,
uh,
you know,
that's that.
But we got a slapstick routine out of that.
Yes,
yes.
I get up,
and I slap the guy who slapped him in the head.
Excuse me.
Yes,
keep it going.
And then you,
then,
and then he stands,
then all three of them stand up.
Says,
who,
who do you think you are?
Well,
you don't hit your boss like that.
I tell you,
I,
that's outstepping.
You know,
but he slaps my men.
Or my women.
Yeah.
When he slapped you.
Yeah,
he was looking out for my safety.
I don't think that is.
Which one are these?
Your men or your women?
All right.
Uh,
roll a,
both of you,
roll a hard,
leadership check.
Um,
Sarn.
And,
a hard charm check for,
Mac.
Ha!
Is it three difficulty at hard?
Yes.
Is that right?
Haven't you been flipping dark set points?
How come we don't have any light set points?
I flipped one.
No,
I used them all.
You used one and I used one.
Hey,
what are you doing?
You flipped a dark set point recently.
To turn his,
to fail his role.
I did already.
I had already clicked it.
No,
that was part of Sabacc.
Yes,
again,
that is the rules of the game.
The Sabacc rules.
All right.
Okay.
I mean,
both.
You're just using those,
that wasn't,
you're just using those dice for it.
Right.
Okay.
So you both succeeded.
All right.
So you both simultaneously,
um,
charmed him,
uh,
with your joke about,
about one of them being women.
I said,
yeah,
he is kind of a fancy boy,
huh?
And,
uh,
the leadership,
he says,
I like your spunk.
You,
you young lay man,
you twilight,
you.
Thank you.
Well,
um,
thank you for standing up for my honor.
How about you say,
and then I go and shake his hand and say,
Sarn Turbo.
Well,
nice to meet you,
Mr.
Uh,
Turbo.
Uh,
I am,
what is my name?
I'm going to write this down.
Sarn Turbo.
What,
Sarn Turbo?
Oh,
I know my name.
I am Varanus.
Oh,
that's so easy to remember.
How old do I write this?
Varanus.
And then he looks,
he looks over,
and,
Mac,
did you write that down?
Something.
Hey,
you,
other human,
the,
the funny one.
Yes,
sir.
Yeah.
Do you want to spot at this table?
You want in on the next hand?
Oh,
sure.
I've never played before,
sir.
I'd ever,
uh,
shut up and sit down.
Max Skyblade.
Oh,
right.
I didn't know it.
Extraordinaire and smuglord.
You didn't have to ask.
I know,
I know it's been spread around the whole bar here.
I'm pretty big around these parts.
Yeah.
You keep announcing yourself when you walk in.
Uh,
they're calling you.
How come you didn't know my name?
They're calling you the spider guy.
All right.
Now let's get in.
I say we start this at 15.
What do you say?
All right.
Good for 15.
All right.
Roll your cool.
Who me?
Against.
Both of you.
Um,
well,
it's average again.
right.
And.
Wait,
we both can't win though,
right?
No,
no,
no.
You still have to,
you still have to roll the light side point.
Or I mean,
the destiny roll.
Force die,
I mean.
I do.
Uh,
both of you.
So just one force die?
Yep.
Okay.
so,
uh,
Mac loses,
uh,
but Sarn,
Sarn wins.
Uh,
and then you get,
you get yours plus 15 from the pot.
So you win 30 on that hand.
Yeah,
but there should be at least.
Yeah.
Okay.
So it's mine plus 30.
No.
Why not?
There's three of us playing.
They still have to be playing.
If everyone's matching 15,
there would be 45 in the pot.
Right.
Does the house take some?
No,
on a success,
the PC wins back his wager.
For each additional success,
he wins another wager's worth from the pot.
So you have,
did you have a failure?
Yeah.
So you actually have two,
two successes.
So yes,
you would win 30.
Your,
your wage plus 30.
So 45.
Okay.
Well,
look at that.
He's,
uh,
the,
the fleet says,
it looks like,
uh,
you can play this stupid game.
Hey man,
blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.
Sorry.
Blind space squirrel finds space.
Not every once in a while.
Vest man over there.
Isn't doing too hot though.
He looks kind of lost.
He never does.
He always does.
All right.
Uh,
back over with our acts at the bar.
Uh,
the,
the bartenders.
Uh,
yeah,
that went real smooth last time.
Uh,
that could have been some,
that could have turned out very bad.
That man is quite a hothead too.
Uh,
those criminals always are.
Sorry.
I am a droid.
We are not the most coordinated.
Yeah.
I'm almost,
I almost regret giving that to you.
Although it was quite amusing.
Eh,
all is well that ends well.
Yeah,
I suppose so.
Uh,
now what for you?
I can't tell if he's frozen.
I'm thinking.
Okay.
Uh,
wow.
Is there anyone at the bar who ever,
uh,
you ever saw fraternizing with Kato?
Well,
not particularly.
Other than the hothead playing Sabacc.
Well,
I,
yeah,
I guess every,
Kato and everyone involved with him is a hothead.
Uh,
but around here,
um,
yeah,
there's some criminals around here who may have worked with him.
Um,
I don't see anyone in particular here.
Do you know any names?
Names of people?
The criminals that worked with him.
Yeah,
let's,
uh,
hold on.
Oh boy.
This takes forever.
Okay.
Uh,
maybe that,
what the hell is a Malida?
That's not a thing.
maybe that female human over there.
Yeah.
Do you know her name?
Uh,
yeah,
her name is a Grecada.
How do you spell that?
Uh,
I don't,
I don't really know.
I don't spell.
Grecada.
Uh,
although I guess if I had to guess,
I might say that.
I got it.
Grecada.
All right.
Um,
cool.
Well,
thank you,
bartender.
Yeah.
All right.
Well,
take it easy.
And thank you other bartender.
Thanks for almost,
uh,
starting to fire in my,
my establishment here.
what now?
The fire has been safely here in my hand the whole time.
Speaking of,
and I handed back the torch.
It was the lizard that went flying.
Right.
Okay.
Well,
and also pure comedy ensued.
Yes.
Slapstick comedy.
Yeah.
All right.
Cool.
Um,
well,
I woke up to the woman.
Hello.
Are you Grecada?
Who wants to know?
Uh,
my name is R.
I am a droid.
Well,
I can see that.
What are you doing in a bar?
Why are you talking to me?
Uh,
seeking information on a person named Kato.
Kato?
That son of a bitch.
Uh,
yes.
I assume he did have a mother.
You don't get colloquialisms,
do you?
I,
I do not have that extension.
Hmm.
Yeah.
I have,
you know,
are you,
I really only understand colloquialisms and Wookiee.
Oh,
I didn't know you spoke Wookiee.
I speak 3000 languages.
Cause I could have swore you were here last week.
I mean,
a couple hours ago and you didn't speak Wookiee at all.
Oh,
I just chose not to.
No.
Okay.
well,
that's good to know.
Um,
are you some kind of clone wars droid?
Uh,
yes.
I did not serve the clone wars.
What?
Are you some kind of separatist droid?
my chassis.
My chassis was used extensively during,
as by the separatists during the clone wars.
Uh,
however,
my programming has been so altered from my original factory settings that I
hardly am the same droid anymore.
And I only remember bits and pieces of the clone wars.
Huh?
It's been a long time since I seen one of you.
Well,
can I buy you a drink?
Hmm,
no,
we may converse,
but I don't drink.
I don't need to drink.
That's right.
What do you do for a droid?
Socially,
I guess nothing.
No,
not nothing really.
I watch lizards die sometimes.
That,
I mean,
I've,
I've seen the Trandoshans drink,
those.
I don't know how they do it.
I couldn't do it,
uh,
mostly cause I don't have the teeth for it.
Well,
yeah,
those little lures,
they look pretty,
uh,
pretty scaly.
Yeah.
Sharp little spines.
Yeah.
Well,
yeah,
I know you're Kato.
Um,
I am seeking to find him to do business with him.
Do you know where I can find him?
I cannot find him.
I mean,
I don't know where he is.
I dated him.
Uh,
but I haven't seen him in a while.
Uh,
I know that,
uh,
he's awfully ruthless.
Do you know any places where he likes to frequent?
Uh,
the spider for one.
Hmm.
Well,
that is where we are.
Ah,
yes.
And the other places.
Well,
I know that he goes often over to the,
um,
club where did you
choose to go on most of your
mating rituals
seeking the colloquialism date
where did you go on most of your dates
yeah it was either I mean he's not
it's not a very romantic man
either here or the umbra club
umbrage club wait hold on
all right
the umbra club
thank you for providing me with no new
information have a nice night
all right back to the sabacc table
well say what are you guys what are you doing here
I mean
where are you from
well I'm from Ryloth
oh terrible
I'm from hereabouts
hereabouts
thereabouts
well you gotta be from somewhere
everywhere about
gotta be from somewhere
well everyone's from somewhere
yeah
everyone's from somewhere
where are you from
a feline
oh okay
I yeah
that makes sense
yeah well
both
both the name of our species and planet are the same
it's uh quite convenient
oh
well not for humans
because
I don't come from a planet called human
I like this guy
this is funny
all right
let's raise the stakes here
how about 20 on this game
I think I'm gonna sit this one out
Sarn
you're gonna sit this one out
what are you some kind of woman
I
I just like to hold on to my money
I knew it
he just can't hang
all right
how much you say 20
I said 20
I thought you said 10
no
you said 10
I
most definitely did not say 10
5
no
all right
you want it or not
I did
I'm joking
this guy's
I guess I'm in for 20
all right
we're just busting bulls here
busting bulls
all right
uh we'll make it average again
so uh Varanis
what do you
what do you do for work
uh let's just say
I'm into the seedier
businesses
really
yep
cd
fuck
not good
for Sarn
Turbo
and how about
Mac
you have to roll
your cool first
yeah
and
you didn't start off
too good though
what do I have to roll
cool
oh I didn't know
I don't know how to play this game
that's like
that checks out actually
no not in character
I honestly don't know how to play
how we're supposed to
I just assume we're rolling dice
uh well that's
yeah you gotta roll your
that's still true
yeah you gotta roll your
cool check
and then you roll your
like that
yeah
well we both
you both failed
okay so you both lost
ha
man it's easy to take money
from you guys
yeah no I'm in uh
I'm a bit of uh
you might call uh
criminal
you ever
and then he um
then he rolls up his sleeve
and he shows you a tattoo
it's got some kind of symbol
on it
all right
well I'm going to roll a
underworld check
to see if I know what that is
okay
difficulty
yes
uh
average
difficulty
yes
it is difficult
oh fail
can I try rolling
I'll roll it too
because I probably
don't have underworld
right
all right
regular
yes
okay
what did it look like
can you describe it
um
it's black
and
the lines look
somewhat
like a sun
oh
well it looks like
the black sun
did you
can you say it out loud
uh
you said yes
so that
I mean
that's some black sun
right
I mean
I
you know
wow
this guy's smart
yeah
street smart
so what do you
what do you do for them
oh
a little bit of stealing
a little bit of dealing
a little bit of wheeling
a little bit of kiss stealing
you could say I'm a son of a gun
actually
we came
here looking for
someone
that you might know
oh
is that right
yeah
have you ever heard of
Kato
um
roll a charm check
oh shit
oh
charm his pants off
do it
charm
check
fail
oh yeah
huh
there's no successes
in there
at all
or failures
two advantages
yeah
all
crossing
advantages
ash
any
do you want to use your advantages for anything
yeah
I
well
trying to figure out how to put it narratively
I
I can't think of anything narratively
okay
um
he just sorta
oh
Kato
that's an interesting name
he says
you've never heard of him
maybe I have
maybe I haven't
well
Mac
this would be a good time for you to step in
he
he likes you
we're looking for a guy named Kato
do you know him
I might I might not
roll a charm check
Jesus Christ
and what do you do differently than what Sarn did
just ask the same question
he's got two more advantages than I did
yeah is there anything you want to use for your advantages
um
I don't know
I really don't know
I'm kind of
I think we're kind of stuck here
Jesus
it's hard
well
I think we're done here
it's been nice to know you
and he uh
sort of motions towards his uh
two men here
and they give you
what happened to my screen
they give you kind of a look
and
you are being invited to leave
alright
don't leave
let's follow
oh wait
so
before he leaves
I call out
I kind of
cause
well actually I have no idea what the layout of this place is
but let's just pretend
that
he kind of has to go towards the bar to leave
um
no no no no
he's
he's inviting you guys
I just kind of call out
he's staying at the table
he's inviting you to leave
oh
well he's inviting them to leave
I don't even know if he knows that I'm with them
oh
and um
and then I thought he was leaving
and he was invited us to go
yeah
no
I wasn't there
so I
I'm on my way out to meet up with these two then
who are
oh no I stay at the
no I stay at the table
oh
nevermind that
I won't do what I was going to do
uh
excuse me green one
I think you
should leave
why
I
I think we should get some fresh blood in here
no I'm good
I think you should leave
I'm not
going to
Varanus never asks three times
and he looks to his men
and they stand up
uh
Sarn
you
do you
do you think this is a good time to leave
no
all right
uh
but this doesn't look good
that's fine
I can handle my own
uh
I walk up
it's starting to get quite tense
wait
are you three
black sun
who wants
Rx
try charming this guy
we've trailed twice
maybe he'll do it
that's the wrong
that's the wrong approach for me
um
are you black sun
uh
who wants to know
nobody
um
but if you were a black sun
you might be interested to know
that you have
a traitor in your midst
someone who is seeking to
hurt black sun
uh
to benefit the
uh
your competitors
okay
um
we should do some kind of check
I'm not sure what
I would say deception
but
I'm not sure that this is a
this isn't really deception
is there a
yeah
so it's
it's just the truth
it's the truth
but he still needs to believe you
um
so maybe
I don't know if charm is right
what
what else on here
I'm certainly not trying to charm him
what about coercion
it's not
I'm not trying to coerce him
it's not really
coercion
underworld knowledge
okay
yeah
I guess I could
just uh
how you talk to these people
I can be
convinced that underworld knowledge works
what difficulty
um
let's say it's average
I know it
it's average with the setback
because his
his cackles are raised right now
because
of all that's going on
a lot of people are asking a lot of strange questions
okay
and so
he says
I'm not done with you yet
to
to Sarn
and
where are you at
Rx
have you walked up to the table
well yeah
yeah
because I thought they were going to get ready to go
I saw
I saw Mac trying to leave
and Sarn
staying seated
so
and I saw the tension
and saw the guys standing up
so I just kind of walked over
I mean I imagine it's not that far from the bar
okay
he says
how about you come outside with me
and have a
have a death stick
yeah
drugs
wait
who does he say that to
he says
well he says it to the droid
but
um
that's a weird thing to say to a droid
well he's going out for a death stick
so
you can follow with him
okay
yes
I do enjoy a good death stick
hey
you two
you two lugs
make sure
keep these guys under control
I don't know if I trust this green
this green thing
not a thing
then what are you
don't worry about it
okay
so they walk out
he walks outside with the droid
let's chat out here
okay
so
I have
information
on a
member
of your
illustrious organization
that
is a backstabber
and
may betray
your organization
is that right
yes
and
who is that
I'm not just going to give you that information
what are you prepared to give me
in exchange
I'm not even sure I should believe you
why should I believe you
hmm
I'm a droid
I know things
where do you even come from
who are you
my name
my designation is
RX
7 8
also called Rex
are you some
I am
a
bounty hunter droid
some kind of
um
you're a bounty hunter droid
yes
you look like
some kind of
separatist droid
like a
strategy droid
as
the humans say
a different life
my friend
hmm
and
you made it all the way
to Coruscant
mm-hmm
I've been here before too
actually
you in the guild
during the battle of Coruscant
I'm familiar with that one
battle of Coruscant
yes
one of the biggest battles
towards the
waning days
of the
Clone Wars
quite epic
in the skies above
in fact
well
so
what do you know
that you
want to tell me
and how did you find it out
oh
no he's
he's thinking
thank you
really don't play
don't play with my
leekos
I have a witness
that can testify
to
the
um
character
of
a new member
of the Black Sun
organization
uh
someone who
knows
this person
very well
and
can
inform you
about how
this person
holds no
loyalty
other than
to themselves
and could be
a very dangerous
person to have
in an organization
that requires
loyalty
and secrecy
above all else
okay
um
so that's
not a lie
you're referring
to Chopper
okay
um
what did you
roll before
knowledge underworld
I guess
I don't know
what else
that would be
okay
um
sure
I think
all right
so you could
you could
give him
the data
you don't even
really need
Chopper to
give it to
him
that data
points out
that
um
what's his
name
that Cato
gave him
information
that he was
not supposed
to
okay
yeah
um
well
you provide
me that
that proof
and that
name
and let's
see what we
can do to
go after
him
because you're
right
I can't
have people
like this
talking
all right
so
let's just
I don't know
if it's
only our
extroids
but let's
just pretend
I have a
holograph
a holograph
display
somewhere
um
and I can
just like
show him
the data
okay
so I
show him
the data
let him
read it
just figure
out the
name for
himself
okay
oh
so this
is
Cato
yes
that is
the name
of the
person
well
um
yes
I can't
have him
so he
betrayed
the pikes
well I
hate those
pikes
but
and he
was working
for the
pikes
huh
he could
very easily
do that
to us
he does
not seem
to be a
trustworthy
person
no
okay
hold on
let me see
I gotta
check something
I'm gonna
go get
more ice
okay
or maybe
pee I
don't know
what
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
I'm gonna
do that
okay
I'll
wait for
Sarn here
oh he's
not even
he's not
even in
he's
inside
yeah
well
the only
thing that
I know
about him
is he
works out
of that
Zelcom
tower
down in
Coruscant
neighborhood
and
I can
help
get you
some
passwords
to make
it easier
for you
to get
into that
Zelcom tower
that might
have all the
information that
you need to
find this
man
I don't
know
I don't know
where he's
at right
now
but I
could
certainly
help
grease
your way
into this
Zelcom tower
that is
acceptable
okay
but you
may
you may
still run
into some
resistance
there
I just
pat my
blaster
not a
problem
okay
well good
talking to
you buddy
I'll keep
my eye
out on
this guy
and I'll
let you
know if
I run
into him
first
appreciate
dealing with
you as well
friend
okay
good luck
at the
sabacc
table
thanks
well that's
all going
on I
already got
up from
the sabacc
table
and what
did
mac do
I assume
followed me
yeah
pretty much
all right
uh I
found a
lead
on
kato
all right
should we
probably
head back
then or
what time
is it
well at
this time
it's probably
six o'clock
and you guys
have not
slept
morning
yeah
the sun
is starting
to come up
over
um
Coruscant
you know I
don't know
because it's at
the center
of the galaxy
so
doesn't have
any I don't
really know how
it's supposed
to be shaped
looks fearful
in the movies
at least
no I mean
the whole
galaxy
so is there
a sun
that it's
orbiting around
and it's
also in the
center of the
galaxy
well
when they say
it's in the
center they
don't they
might not
mean it is
the literal
center point
well it might
mean it's
orbiting around
the sun the
biggest sun at
the center of
the galaxy
that I mean
yeah that could
be
although if it's
the center of
the galaxy
it's probably
more likely a
black hole
than a sun
got him
nailed me
school to
god
okay
um
so you guys
go back to
chopper's
place
get back to
the chopper
yeah
all three of
us on one
swoop bike I
guess
you would have
to
we only have
one left
yeah
I call middle
can we like
tow the second
one back
I just
always drag
it
so you can
try dragging
you can try
towing it
that would be a
mechanic check to
see if you can
get it into a
towing configuration
who wants to
do the mechanics
anybody it
should be me
yeah
what's the
difficulty tiger
average
mechanics
no
okay
man our
dice have
been pretty
cold tonight
four on two
too
I have two
advantages
um
our
advantage is
that we
don't break
our working
one and
failing
okay
that's good
that's a good
advantage to
have
okay
yeah
um
you guys head
back to
choppers
we finally get
there I kind of
like fall off
oh my god
I knock on the
door
or I try to
open the door
first
maybe he's
open
it's locked
I don't know
I'm half asleep
I just pound
the door
and
Ognot opens
and greets you
at the door
oh thank god
Ognot
hello
thank god
I'm so tired
you remember us
right
uh
no
but I mean
yes
I just don't
know what your
names are
that's fine
you little
Mexican
Ognot
hey
oh
Jesus
that's racist
you're sounding
Mexican
I mean I assume
Mexico is a race
it's fine
alright yeah
come in
you can sleep
in my bed
I already slept
I'm on the
shift right now
the early shift
you can sleep
in my bed
sounds great
and he
he
takes you over
to um
it's basically
the seat
out of a
speeder
it's a bench
seat out of a
speeder
oh
I crashed
out onto it
okay
uh
and
Mac
uh
there's
also
another
speeder
bench
seat
over there
yeah
if you'd like
to sleep
I guess
or
I would love
to
I'm already
on it
okay
uh
but
face down
out
okay
um
I'm going
to end it
there
I will
I don't know
what our ex
does
was he just
out in front
and I'm
standing up
okay
no no
I just like
fell off the
speeder
not like
down
like when we
landed
I just like
just because
we're crowded
onto it
it was just
kind of like
oh you just
barely made it
out
yeah
anyway
but no
I was walking
with them
and then I
just
I don't
know
shut down
or start
looking at
droid parts
or whatever
take her
nothing of
any consequence
all right
uh yeah
so we'll end
a little bit
early today
um
but
so
you guys
made some
progress
going back
to the
spider bar
I'm gonna have
to figure out
what that is
though
I got some
passwords
you got some
passwords
to make it a
little bit
easier for you
at the
zelcom tower
oh is that
what happened
when I was
gone
yeah
uh
it sounds
pretty good
everyone
let's see
what's next
the 30th
is everyone
good for that
day
it's a
Tuesday
right
uh
it would
be Monday
it's a
Monday
oh yeah
I mean it
doesn't matter
to me
yeah that's
fine
uh
I'll shoot
for Monday
I just had
some stuff
going on
so this
last two
weeks
Tuesday
was better
for me
so we'll
see when
it gets
closer
I don't
know
mom took
the day
off for
her birthday
okay
so
I don't
know what
our plans
are
because both
mom and
dad are
off
well I
had
all three
of us
are off
so
well no
one
invited
me
it's
because you
work
oh
would you
like to
come
to whatever
we're going
to be doing
that we're
not sure
of
well it
sounds really
fun
but I'm
not sure
yet
okay
so maybe
Tuesday again
so
is what you're
saying Andy
maybe Tuesday
yeah
okay
yeah
okay
mom and
dad will
probably want
to gamble
right
so I
might
get a
hotel room
for them
at
Harrah's
okay
and if
I do
then I'll
just
I'll
make sure
to come
home
in time
okay
but it
seems like
for everybody
either day
is fine
whether it's
Monday or
Tuesday
yeah
okay