Dark Fun and Games (Sith/Semi-Open)

As Kaz stepped into the halls of The Wheel, the scents of greed, addiction, and sex filled his nose. There were many places in the Galaxy to find pleasure, but few of them happened in such an enclosed space and despite the air scrubbers it was overwhelming enough to be intoxicating.

Moving through the crowd of people, his eyes darted from person to person hungrily like a predator looking for the weakest prey. It did not take long for a familiar scent to catch his attention, causing him to veer off to a different direction. It was a scent whose name he had not learned just yet.


Mr. Blitz,Mirien Valdier,

Now Mirien walked slowly through the station. Her eyes flicked this way and that scanning the areas around her, watching for both potential threats as well as what might be the possible source of the strange sensation that had drawn her further into The Wheel.

As she moved yet something... No, someone else familiar entered the picture. This time she recognized a familiar presence in the area and an actual smile spread across her lips. This one she remembered, a one known as Kaz. Oh, this day just keeps getting more and more intriguing. 

For she had met him back at a lovely gathering of Sith and had started enjoyed a bit of a brief game with him, never letting him have her name while having a fun conversation about alchemy and life in general. Still though at the end, she left him without a name to call her for that had to be earned. And who knew, maybe today might be that day as it seemed the force may have drawn the pair back together.

So now she changed directions and started towards where she could sense him in the distance. For all this day was to be, a simple resupply, it was turning into something else entirely. As for what that was? Even she did not have a clue, but all of them were about to find out soon enough.

It didn't take long and she spied the Sith Master she was looking for. "Well now Kaz, you may quite possibly be the last person I expected to see this day when stopping in for a few things for my journey to Hapes. I have to admit it's not an unpleasant surprise in the least."

"Though," The dark-haired beauty said as she glanced from left to right with a bit of suspicion clearly written in her eyes. "There is something a little off about this place. I've yet to put my finger on it for the moment. I'm sure you have sensed it too, yes?" She asked as she lifted a single eyebrow. It seemed reintroductions Mirien was going to skip. It was just wasted time to her, which was why she had simply moved into the conversation without waiting for him to reply.

"Any thoughts?" While Mirien was speaking she naturally stepped closer reaching with care to stroke behind the ears of one of his pets. With her love of animals and alchemy, she could hardly resist that particular temptation. Got to love such creatures. The woman thought to herself. 

Mr. Blitz, Kaz Valnor

Rai's path towards the presence he sensed was obstructed by a few hundred of his rich patrons, who just really didn't seem to know how to move out of the way. Completely exasperated, he abandoned subtlety and shoved his way through the crowds as he ran. He didn't quite know why he felt such urgency, but whoever he was looking for was at least as strong as he was. Either they were a threat to try and eliminate, or they had some business and his haste would be rewarded.

Which one the two oddly dressed people he found were, he couldn't tell. The Shard composed himself as he walked up to them, attempting to act as if he hadn't just run across a whole sector of his own station. His mechanical hands slipped into his pockets, revealing his lightsaber's hilt as his coat was pushed away from his waist.

"Rarely does one guest bring so many animals here. It was quite a shock for my security."

Mirien turned and lofted a brow as she too finally found the source of the oddity she had been feeling all along. Now, this makes things quite entertaining. A droid, but had the force? There had been rumors of such creations, through mystical living crystals but never had she seen one before. Of course, the glint of the saber on his waist did not go unnoticed and the icy woman assumed quickly that whatever this being was it had to have had at least some type of training to wield a weapon such as that. Small details, but they were details that mattered in Miri's mind.

Her hand was still upon the beast nearest her, stroking its ears ever so sweetly. "A shock? Why I do find that surprising." Mirien said with a grin, "For they are beautiful creatures that don't deserve to be cramped up on board a ship while in port. I also imagine it makes them rather cranky at that too." Her gaze turned back to the droid, "Which is not something I would wish upon any soul. Well, maybe a couple souls I just might .... nonetheless I'm sure you get the idea." 

She sighed as the smile soon faded from her lips as she withdrew from the beast, and all her attention turned to the newcomer. "Now you are an interesting being, if I may say so, Mister?" Here she was hoping to get a name and any other details it might offer up freely. For such a fascinating find like this always sparked her curiosity.

Mr. Blitz, Kaz Valnor

"Oh, we're playing a game?" Kaz asked with a chuckle. "I do so enjoy games. Especially when they involve removing clothing."

As Kaz followed the man deeper into the station, it took only a cursory testing with the Force to determine he really was a droid. As only living creatures could use the Force, that meant there was something inside the droid that was living. There were many smaller aliens that might choose to use a droid as a vehicle, but the droid's form did not appear to allow a creature to enter and leave.

There were one species he had read about during his alchemy studies around three hundred years prior that fit though, a Force-using being that would have no need to enter and leave the droid body. "A shard are you? I do wonder how alchemy would affect you. Yes, that sounds like a most interesting experiment. Perhaps that can be my reward for winning the game?"

"You're both correct, of course. I am a Shard."

The Sith turned to give the man following him an apologetic half-bow.

"I regret, though, that you will not be allowed to experiment on me anytime soon. There are certain elements of this station that might fare poorly without my eye on them."

Raijin started to walk away again, having located the security lift he'd been searching for. The doors were open and a gaudily decorated (and clothed) B2 battle droid was standing watch in front of them. Like Rai, he had a lightsaber at his belt, albeit of a completely different design. He bowed to the three Sith.

"Lord Raijin, I was about to inform you that lunch is being served."

"Excellent, Rom. We'll be taking our guests and their friends down with us."

"As you say, my lord."

The Shard gestured towards the lift, grinning at the other two Sith.

"This is the fun part. Guests and animals first, please."


Mirien Valdier, Kaz Valnor,

A curious smirk spread across the brunette’s lips. “Have to say it’s a pleasure to meet one of your kind. Such a rare treat it would seem.” Now she did have to wonder what exactly this being’s plan was, and just what was behind the scenes of the station in which they now walked.

She gave a sidelong glance at Kaz, lifting an eyebrow as she did so. “In the name of the advancement of the alchemical arts, I must agree. For you must let someone run some tests eventually. Because it would allow a few more mysteries of the Universe to unfold for us all. Who knows what could be learned, what could be advanced with just a little knowledge of Shards like you.” Of course, there was no guarantee that said Shard would survive the experiments, but she wasn’t about to mention that aloud. For that would be rather … impolite.

As they came to the lift, Mirien caught sight of the saber the B2 droid was carrying. As eccentric as its dress style may have been, that was a secondary concern to the frigid brunette. For the time being while quite curious, she was still incredibly on guard and alert, waiting for an attack to come at any moment.

Unfortunately, it was always the moment one let their guard down for a fraction of a second that such an opportunity would be used to the opponent’s advantage. And this … shard, she did not trust. Though, there were few in the galaxy at all that she had ever trusted. So perhaps that was more normal than anything else.

Stepping into the lift, she positioned herself carefully as not to expose her back to the others present. While she liked Kaz enough, considered him to at least be friendly enough to have her back should things go badly, she still had her issues with leaving her back open to anyone. It was a vulnerability she didn’t like and wasn’t about to leave open if she could avoid it.

“So, Mister .. Raijin, is it? Why don’t you tell us more about this place? As it’s clear you’ve been running it for a good while now.” She observed as she folded her hands neatly behind her back, waiting for the lift to come to its destination.

Kaz Valnor , Mr. Blitz