Goemon

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

The world of Kesh was pretty in some ways as he lounged there, with the work they had done converting the sections of the palace someone built for themselves... Well the energy vampire got to enjoy it and she looked up. The robes she was in not much but the rest of the black rose enjoyed their armor and gear. The yasha armor she had was set up with the gleaming helmet and sleek power armor when she finally rose up and some of her servants came into the room presenting the latest list of arrivals and there was some that stuck out for criminal records that might attract problems and attention. Bounty hunters often made a mess but a good scare and they took their targets and went to collect. SHe doubted in the power of making them pay for damage but having a giant sithspawn beast that could eat them if they got caught was always a good way to ensure they thought twice. "Come now lets go and have some fun, the markets might have something interesting as well." She liked at the ones there and snapped for them to follow her walking through the palace hallways.

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

The marketplace seemed to be casually populated, neither busy nor sparse with customers. People seemed to just amble around from one shop to the next, perhaps not even with the intention to spend some coin. It seemed like one of those rare moments of peace where those present would forget their hardships and obligations. Yet towering above the small shops and huts of the marketplace were large buildings;they were symbols of wealth and power, a reminder from those who truly held power. Those who owned the land and leased it to those who barely make ends meet.
Her target was in one of those towers, living in luxury and away from the populace. He was a human male, living in the glass penthouse on the top floor. The tower itself was guarded like a fortress, with guards at every corner and entry yet the idiot still inhabits the top floor made of glass. Glass for kark's sake! Pressing a button on her remote, Jynx called over her droid, reached in and once past the sea of ammo and grenades reached the bottom with her rocket launcher.
[ I really think you should reconsider your career choices...] the droid complained.
"Perhaps I should reconsider my choice of droid brains instead" she responded. Being so high up it may have been hard to find a place to accurately snipe her target down, but making the top floor out of glass just made her job easier. She took aim with the rocket launcher and fired.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

Sawa was standing there as she heard a sound moving quickly and showing the unnaturally fast speed and reflexes of the energy vampire while she was descending the stairs seeing a top level was on fire from an explosion and she looked at it. Not wasting more energy when she stopped and laughed a little that something was happening. "Well that is one way to wake people up." She was moving and lept onto a roof as force energy wrapped around her body and she shaped the air launching into the air with jets of flame erupting from her hands and feet. She was going up to the rooftops to see where the shot came from and stood in her full robe while looking with her silvery eyes and listening to the heartbeats of those around her with the scent of smoke and explosives in the air while she was following it.

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

The atmosphere changed and all eyes turned towards the fiery blaze. The tower itself was rapidly being evacuated by various staff members. A creature in the economic food chain was just removed and what will fill it's void? Those guards are useless, without pay and the people in the marketplace are now renting unowned land. Perhaps the local government will swoop in and claim the land to increase their own income. Not that it was any of her concern...her concern was how much she was getting paid for this job.
She walked towards a nearby drinks vendor, a Keshiri with a frightened look on his face.
"I'd like a drink, any drink it doesn't matter. Make a choice, have fun." she slightly smiled, a contrast to the general atmosphere. The vendor silently broke his shock and brought her an opaque purple drink. She sat at a nearby table and simply watched the tower burn.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

There was more in the air as she was moving, the heartbeats of some increasing and Sawa dropped down to the ground while walking and tracking. More predatory then some liked as they gave a wide area for her to move and follow the scent coming to her while she looked at the one getting the drink and she stopped. Standing there for a moment or two with her silver eyes landing on the woman before she approached quietly, the air shaped around her to almost glide and cushion her footfalls. Micro breathes while her chest barely rose or indicated she was breathing before she stopped and stood next to her pulling at the air leaving a chill in her wake. "An interesting approach to waking people up in the morning." She spoke letting her voice come out more edged with hunger while looking to the man getting the drink and her grabbed a bottle for her that she ordered. With the ruler of Kesh no longer around those who came from the grand palace he had built were known well enough.

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

"An interesting approach to waking waking people up in the morning" Jynx froze mid sip when the stranger spoke up. Well, that's a first... Taking her time to drink, she managed to mentally regain her composure,
"Well, I've never been one to disappoint.. " She quickly finished off her drink in one arm, and in another gained a grip on one of the throwing knives hidden in her sleeve. "So, to whom do I owe the pleasure of this compliment?" She carefully eyed the stranger, any sudden movements and they'd probably find a knife three inches deep into their skull.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

The woman seemed different but Sawa was standing there as she had her drink and took a sip. Slowly letting her silvery eyes flock over to her. "Oh I am... I suppose someone important here, since the self crowned ruler of Kesh vanished claiming he was in charge. I've been trying to cool tempers, it says a lot when the first thing you do is build a palace to yourself and keep most things locked away. Doesn't endear you and now have to clean up and try to make people happy.... though I could kill a few but angry people in large groups tend to make explosions or fires that ruin everything."

 

[Jynx]

Oh so it's an official who has no qualms with murder.
"Oh the burdens of politicking must really take it's toll... I don't suppose this is a long winded arrest is it?" Jynx looks to the side, slightly away from [member="Sawa Ike"]. It should at least lower the stranger's guard should she need to attack. Her arm was still under the table, gripping on one of her knives, whilst the other was resting on her shoulder and ready to draw her vibroblade from it's sheathe on her back.
"Though I'd strongly advise against it." she paused, "Just my professional opinion though,"

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

"Well I could arrest you, tie you up, place you in a dungeon... but there wouldn't be much fun or enjoyment in that... Also I am old and very lazy when it comes to things. Might forget you were in there." She remained there and shrugged. "It isn't worth it, people die and don't really accomplish much within their lives. I just prefer at least knowing there are people running around and what they could do. Might be useful in the long run or wait a couple decades and find them again when they are old and bed ridden while I am still looking young. Then make them watch as I kill their family and friends."

 

[Jynx]

"Well, it all sounds very easy when you put it that way doesn't it,"
The wind was picking up and the sky began to darken. Those dark clouds previously on the horizon were rapidly approaching, likely to bring rain. Quite convenient that the table she sat on had it's own shade, nailed into the ground as to avoid being blown away from the wind.
"Why, won't you sit down?" she said, gesturing towards the chair opposite to her. Should [member="Sawa Ike"] decide to sit it would make it easier to kill her, and if the woman did have an intention to kill Jynx the advantage of attacking from a standing position will be lost upon sitting. Therefore the most likely moment for the woman to attack her (if it was her intention) would be immediately or whilst walking towards the chair to sit down, with the latter making it more obvious when an attack comes.

The people were already clearing the streets at the sight of the oncoming rain. Perhaps this will make it easier to make a mess then escape...

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

Sawa looked at her while she was looking over some of the things and the seat across from her gave a grin. She made a look while going and with no obvious weapons but the shaper sat down with her bottle taking a drink while she looked up and motioned. The air shifting around as it swirled lightly and distorted to make a cone that could protect from the rain and weather. "Come and sit, you will enjoy it. Never know when a new job offer might come your way." Her smile was there letting her fingers dance across the surface of the table getting some of the small nuts for eating and making small talk over.

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

"Do you perhaps have a job offer for me then?" This was interesting, she didn't seem to want to attack Jynx at all. Well, one should never give up the chance to acquire more coin. Perhaps the trip back to collect the bounty could be delayed... She slightly relaxed and placed both hands on her lap, though still with a grip on a hidden blade.
The rain was intense, it fell in an almost continuous stream from the skies and the ground. The resulting sound was almost deafening. Yet her clothes were still dry. Did she only notice now because she was so focused on the stranger? She quickly threw a glance upwards at the invisible shield keeping the rain from hitting her immediate surroundings. Though that glance soon turned into a slightly long stare.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

There was a few thoughts going in her mind while she smiled. "Yes there is something I could use your services in." There was something in her eye as her fingers drummed on the table. "The black rose has been wanting to move through the southern systems and find new sources of crystals. These are usually protected by mercenaries, pirates, ones who do terrible, horrible things compared to many and kick puppies. We pay for their deaths and the crystals, valuables they do. Special bounties on them and if there are exotic creatures found." Try the honey approach more then likely as it will work and she was letting some of her attention go to everything around them. "Usually beats the threat of do this or I'll tear your throat out in the span of a heartbeat and take that spoon to stab in your eye."

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

"Well, perhaps we should discuss my pay before delving into the intricacies of throat tearing..."

This took a strange turn... Generally she'd be arrested or detained regardless of the fact that she was a gun for hire. Plenty of other mercenaries out there. Was she interested in Jynx personally then? Perhaps that was more likely, seeing as how no one in their right mind would just let her go after blowing up a tower.
Could this person just be some sick murderer in a high position? Lowering her guard with the prospect of a job and slicing her throat once her back is turned? Jynx immediately grew cautious once more, ever ready to attack the person sitting across the table.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

"Ah well what would you like? Credits are fun but there are so many more things that can be paid for and I have learned people in this galaxy have more needs and hungers then just the simple ones." She kept her eyes on the woman and didn't blink, her breathing slow and steady in the seat until she looked like a statue instead of a being and her pale skin went a little more pale. No tricks but the light and shadows she could work with while pulling at the heat within the area. "Though the intricate details of slitting throats and tearing them out can be fun as well, all those arteries and veins you can use a blade on."

 

[Jynx]

"Oh though details I'd rather not stress on the veins and arteries - they just get in the way of the windpipe. Pretty trick with the air you have there..." The air got colder; the woman [member="Sawa Ike"] was sitting still, too still. A casual display of power.. and she felt it. Jynx felt it too, not just the air getting colder but a certain presence coming from this woman. She was familiar with what it was called; The Force was a common phrase and something she sometimes called upon during certain assassinations. Yet she had not felt it earlier, only now was she more sensitive and could sense the presence from the woman opposite of her. Slowly she tried to call upon it and reach out to the opposing presence, probing it for a response.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

Ah there it was while she remained there breaking the stillness with her eyes flicking to find the woman's. "Find anything interesting?" She said it with less seduction and more curiosity as opposed to making it something more. She loved the humans when they tried to find something from her cause letting them try to connect with a being who drained emotions and energies through connections was funny.... At least to her. She had a small laugh with it in her head while leaving everything opened for the woman if she really wanted to see it. Five thousand years of carnage and hedonism mixed in with violent feeding. "I hope everything is in order for you now."

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

Sawa Ike opened up everything to her and she didn't waste time trying to process the information.
"Well, that is more than what I expected." It was a lot more than what she expected, sitting across from a 5000 year old energy vampire. A slumber through time, betrayal and capture; she'd probably make a fortune writing a book about that.. if she possessed more literary 'finesse'.
"I assume that you don't allow many people to see that. So, that begs the question.. Why?"

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Jynx"]

"People see what they want to see." She was watching her only with her silvery eyes moving in her statue like body. Breath held in while she was still. "They don't see beneath the surface because they do not want to." Then she moved motioning. "Now come and sit, enjoy the time because you humans have so little of it compared to some species. It would be a shame to waste it in trying to posture yourself as the more dangerous when the one you sit across from does not care enough to threaten you directly." She finally smiled with a tight lipped look that slowly curled up the side of her lip to show the sharpened incisors.

 

[Jynx]

[member="Sawa Ike"]

"Well, if humans have such short lives why should they waste time enjoying it. Rather, they should go and make use of the time they have. You know what they say, the brightest flames burn shortest. But enough of this. Get to the point, why continue speaking to me?"
Not enough information. Jynx didn't have enough to discern the intentions of the person before her. Why even talk to her? Why open up to her like a book?