The young Jedi lifted her head up after awakening from a nap. She sat up straight in her seat. Her transport was passing in the civilian travel lane above Nar Shaddaa, as it descended down to the planet below.
She was traveling on a civilian transport, an Old Republic refugee ship. The deck she was currently on, F Deck, was completely packed and crammed. Luckily she was sitting in one of the more open spaces. Still, there were travelers and people all around. She didn't want to take a more expensive transport, mostly because she couldn't afford or didn't want to waste the low amount of credits she did have. She could have gotten credits out of her family's many financial accounts, but she didn't want to take credits out of those for a simple journey such as this.
"Exiting Hyperspace, Welcome to Nar Shaddaa". The droid over the ship's intercom spoke to inform the passengers. "We will be landing at Platform U738". "Estimated time till arrival, 20 minutes".
She was wearing her black scarf which was now over her head, acting as a hood to cover her face. She had grabbed a brown poncho back on Commenor, which covered her typical black clothing, and her lightsaber.
As she sat back in her seat to rest while the ship landed, a little Rodian child rumbled and tumbled on the floor in front of her feet. The little one looked up and Himalia smiled back at him. He must have been 3 or 4 at the most. He looked up in awe at her, and soon she knew why. He could see her lightsaber, up through the middle of her cloak. His little mouth opened wide. She gave him a little "Ssshhh" and placed her finger over her lips as she smiled at him again. He soon stood up and ran back over to his family or whoever he was with. Minutes later, the ship reached the planet surface. Himalia had been here once, with one of her masters from Tython, but they only went to the Promenade and saw little else of the planet. She looked up above her to the Holoscreen within the ship showing where Platform U738 was. The Refugee Sector. She had to be at entrance to the Corellian Sector in less than 15 minutes.
The Mission, Yes the Mission, she now remembered. She was tasked with technically 2 missions, but both were on Nar Shaddaa. The first part was to go to the Duros Sector and investigate a species trafficker, who was known as "The Slicer", whose real name was apparently Jaikel Seabhor. Oddly however, his species had not been identified, nor his age, appearance, or social information. All Silver intelligence could get her was the title he had earned and his apparent real name. She was given a couple of contacts that knew more of him. The only other thing she was given of this horrible person, was his reputation. He was called the Slicer, because his trafficked victims almost always had a either an appendage or a entire limb sliced off when they were brought to their new "owners". Himalia would enjoy hunting such filth. She thought to herself that he wouldn't have lasted a day on Balmorra, surely her people would smell the rat. But this wasn't Balmorra, this was Nar Shaddaa, where most here would sell you out without a second thought if it meant getting credits. Luckily for her, she wouldn't have to do this alone either. The Assembly had sent a fellow Padawan, a Togrutan named
Kuxirra Tano-Bonteri
to assist her. They also stated to Himalia, that this Jedi could use a fellow Padawan who was bit more older and experienced and quite friendly as well. Himalia definitely fit that mold. As for the second mission, she would think about that later, it was less important than the first.She couldn't help think that mission could be a bit too much for two Padawans. It was known that the Slicer had many important and powerful friends on Nar Shaddaa, even rumored to have a Hutt in his pocket. After all, she had only been given the mission after the Jedi who was supposed to do it, Jedi Knight
Kazsk Morno
, informed the Assembly that he was held up. No matter, she would do an even better job than the Masters thought. All of this went through her head, preparing herself for the mission ahead, as the transport finally landed on the platform in refugee sector's many rundown spaceports.
Himalia stood up out of her seat and made her way through the crowd as the ship began to empty. By the time she made it out, she reached down to check...............yep, she still had her saber. Just to make sure. She stepped out of the ship and looked back out of the hangar to the open skyline of Nar Shaddaa.
She moved through the massive crowd exiting the ship and split off to another exit in the spaceport, which would take her to the Corellian Sector. She would be on time, she just hoped that her fellow paddie would be there too.
The first contact was located at The Bellyfish, a lowly cantina in the Duros Sector. The meeting spot for her and her peer was at a terminal right next to the access hallway that linked the Corellian Sector to the Refugee Sector and its spaceports. As she made it to the end of the entrance, she entered the Corellian Sector and walked several feet to the nearby terminal. She now put her head on a swivel to see if she could spot her Togrutan companion.
Kuxirra Tano-Bonteri
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