A display of heroism

[Myltan Digger]

A boy found himself walking down an extraordinary slice of Coruscant. A part of the planet which was genuinely quiet. Not a sound could be heard past Myltan's footfalls. Though he could clearly see the way he was going, even with the night's darkness, he was occasionally stumbling. An effect brought onto him thanks to a good round of drinking he'd went through earlier, his senses dulled. He never really realized that he was being followed. Not until he turned around a corner into the alleyway he always entered on his way home. It was a convenient shortcut.

Regret would soon hang heavily onto him, however, as a singular word reached his ears. "Hey!". Such a word was met with Myltan pausing. Not moving or saying anything for a moment, he had a bad feeling that was only confirmed as he turned around. His eyes locked onto the barrel of a blaster, pointing right at the middle of his chest. His hands went up automatically, a surrendering gesture. Followed by a short stammering that the other Human could take whatever he wanted.

The man only responded by beginning to step towards Myltan...

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Ra found herself drawn to return to Coruscant time and again. As always when she visited, she went to the orphanage she thought she had grown up in. There was a little girl now about eight she had rescued. Stopping in to check up on the girl, she found her growing up nicely. As with most children, the change within Ra had been accepted and there was no distance between them. While they had never been super close, Ra hoped someday she could adopt Xian and take her home. To a real home and have a family.

Promising to come back and visit again, Ra left Xian and that orphanage behind. She was walking away and about to go to her favorite restaurant in the area when she heard somebody yell out, "hey". Thinking it was directed at her​, she turned in the direction of the voice to see the person following another into an ally. Now she had enough Force sense to know this wasn't a good sign for the person that was being followed.

Taking a hold of her blaster, she went to follow the guy that had called out. Him being distracted by the one already in the ally. Stealthily coming up behind the man with the gun, she tapped him on the shoulder and raised that gun.

"Hey."

It was all she said and ​fired the stun shot into the chest of the man. When he woke up, if they were still around, she would question him.

Replacing her blaster at her hip, she looked at the boy he was going after. Probably still with his hands up in surrender.

"What was he after?"

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[Myltan Digger]

The sudden shot rendered the man unconscious immediately, crumbling to Myltan's feet. While the sluggishly drunk boy looked down, silent for a few moments as he stared down at him. Completely forgetting to let his hands lower, thanks to the stunned surprise he felt. Eventually, however, sense came to him as he heard the voice of his savior. And those arms dropped to his sides.

"Uh..." was the first thing he murmured, at the question, his gaze trailed to the man. It seemed rather obvious to him. "Pretty sure he just wanted money. Yeah--... I mean. What else would he be muggin' me for? My shoes?.. He's got shoes." The would-be mugger wasn't looking to be waking up soon, even as his would-be victim began to prod him with his foot. Still dazed and intoxicated, he practically forgot the woman existed..

 

[Ra'a'mah]

Was this young guy slow or something? Ra looked at him and raised an eyebrow slightly and shook her head. No, he was just drunk, now she could smell that drink on him. Letting out a sigh, she listened to what answer he could think of.

"Yeah, you look like a rich kid with tons of money."

Her voice was rather flat and almost without emotion. Touched with dryness and sarcasm, he may not pick up on it in his state.
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"You need to learn how to fight back. Why be somebody's punching bag?"

Watching as he started poking at the unconscious form, Ra shook her head again slightly.

"I'm Ra. You need to sober up and if you want, I'll show you how to fight back."

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[Myltan Digger]

Rich kid.

The words caused Myltan's eyes to drop, shortly analyzing himself before a grin developed on his face. His hands went to rest behind his back and he was just about to nod when her next words came to him. His mouth just dropped momentarily, before he shook his head.

"Don't know what you gots to teach me but, Ain't feelin' for my chances when some guy's got a blaster pointed at me.-- Appreciate the concern though, saved my life-- an'.. all that. Yeah."

His words were just a little less slurred as he said that. And for a second it looked as if he was about to turn around, but, he paused during the motion. Spinning right back around and pointing at the woman. "Speaking of... Since y' bothered doing that for me. I guess I owe you don't I? Anything you want? A drink? The money I would have gave this bloke?"

 

[Ra'a'mah]

"That guy was at point blank range of you, if he was going to kill you there wouldn't have been anything I could have to save you. In knowing how to fight, you could have disarmed him and gotten away."

He mentioned owing her for saving his life and she let out a small scoffing noise. Crossing her arms across her torso, she got a better look at the kid. Shaking her head as she did, he was going to need some serious training if he was going to stand a chance in the galaxy.

"It was no bother kid. You don't owe me anything, you owe yourself some knowledge though. Grow a backbone and a pair. I can help. What do you say?"

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[Myltan Digger]

He was silent, as the woman relayed the words to him. And his lips eventually pursed, his hands went to his hips and he looked her over for a few moments. Eventually, a low sigh broke from him and he tried to put on a convincing smile.

"Fine. I guess it wouldn't really hurt me. But-- Let's make it short, aye? My head is killing me."

 

[Ra'a'mah]

"What do you want done with him?"

Tipping her head in the direction of the would be mugger who was starting to come to after her stun shot.
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"As for hurting you, one can hope you're a fast learner."

There was no hint of threat in Ra's tone, but a simple statement of fact. With him apparently not having a clue how to actually fight, it may take longer than he was expecting.

"Need to clear that head of yours before then."

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[Myltan Digger]

His gaze fell to the unconscious man shortly, lips pursed. But his shoulders ended up raising in a shrug. Indicating his lack of a decision, and concern.

That gaze of his came back to Ra eventually, his expression flipped as he smiled. "Uh-- Yeah sure, I guess we do. Maybe. But, we should focus on getting out of here first, right? Getting a bit of a shiver standing out here."

 

[Ra'a'mah]

It was obvious he didn't care what happened to the guy that attempted to mug him, so Ra left the form laying on the ground. He would wake up and probably be a victim of robbery himself.

He looked back at her after shrugging his shoulders and mentioned he was getting chilled. Holding her hand out to him to help him over the prone form of the attacker, she looked at him closer.

"What's your name kid?"

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