Jabba's 11 (Aria Perugia)

[Willa Isard]

Location: Nar Shadda

Willa looked over the towering city scape of Nar Shadda as the sounds came through the filtered helmet. Her intel reports had hopefully been correct in getting her what she wanted to get for the Rac and standing there now she could make out the place in the distance. An opulent nightclub that was owned by a nasty hutt named Warlow and he was worse then others he had seen. The hutt was paranoid on top of the usual problem of you know being a hutt.

That was why she was at this distance with the anti material scope while she was watching ships coming and going. The lower levels of the city would provide with enough information a way for her to get in while she was moving on the roof. There had been a scout patrol looking at things when she had stayed for to long and they chased her the other day. Now she was relocating before something could try to get a bead on her and she jumpedinto the cloud speeder.

Heading back to the small apartment she was renting for this and removing her helmet as she clipped it to her belt with her equipment. Thinking about K'sara and how her self discovery was going. The vahla touched the fresh tattoo under her armor for a moment before the thoughts of her jedi master shifted to throwing more up on the screens and she was looking at the trash tracks that were coming. She'd be able to get in and fight her way up to the vault.

[member="Aria Perugia"]

 

[Blair]

In his palace Warlow was worried beyond usual. Why? Because he knew someone was coming. A message had been sent via the Holonet to him, warning that he was now the target of the infamous Aria Perugia. It was a clear yet vague enough message, telling him the day she would be stealing from him but not what. Of course the Hutt was worried. There were plenty of rare valuables he collected over the years that could easily be stolen and used for profit by someone else. And naturally he couldn't afford to have his good reputation sullied by some woman who was in it only for the glory. Warlow was taking no chances. The message had been sent a week in advance. He took as much time and preparation as needed.​

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Guards stationed everywhere. Everyone using the best weapons he could provide. Constant watch of all the nearby areas and any possible places a person could scout him out. Warlow even had some parts of his palace shut down or kept under higher guard just to make sure no one would sneak in or out through them. He wanted to be ready for Ms. Perugia. If she tried anything he was going to find her and gut her before feeding what was left to the womprats. It was all leading up to this, the day in question when Aria threatened to come, that Warlow tried playing it cool and regular.​

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His palace, while small, was alive with only his trusted guests, guards and dancers. Everyone was being checked out and double-checked to make sure they were who they said they were. Everyone who wore helmets had to keep them off. Anyone with a weapon had to be cleared by Warlow's men first. Even the dancers were checked for any hidden tools; though they thought it was just an excuse for the boys to have their hands all over them. For a hutt who claimed to not be worried about today it was clear Warlow was as paranoid as ever. If Aria was going to make her move he wanted to know ten steps ahead.​

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[member="Willa Isard"]​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

She was looking over the scans of it as the day came and Willa was ready. Gearing up and checking her darts as the special darts from Triam were useful to her. She was also noticing the increase in security before she was moving towards the cloud car and raised the top to conceal her. She was ready and prepared to begin as she went deep down to the lower parts of the city and with the holomap display of the sewers found the tube she was looking for. Willa slowly started climbing as she dug in with small spikes on her hands and boots, her rifle and smg ready just in case with the line launchers.

Then there was a sound a she activated one of the drones from the sniper system and it was mapping the tunnels ahead for her. She couldn't see anything coming but something was there while she was moving and she stopped pressing her legs into the metal and her back while she grabbed her smg switching the silencer on and the line launcher she could use to oull herself up or them down as the drone mapped them. One guard patrolling as she holstered the gun and climbed up leaning close to the meter and taking aim with her wrist as silently the dart launched into his neck and she was moving.

Catching the guard and motioning with her fingers for the drone to head off and keep going while more appeared to map the tunnels leading up. The climb through the dark tunnels after she had kicked the one guard down the shaft brought up up in one of the slave quarters showers. Willa averted her eyes for a moment and was just listening as she kept herself there and it sounded like something else was happening. She started setting some explosives and linking them for the explosions at the end as she came up and carefully blended into the steam and tile securing the grate then waiting.

 

[Blair]

Only a few minutes went by before something went wrong. One of Warlow's men wasn't reporting in. It was from down in the sewers. Not wanting to take chances Warlow ordered for three men to go down and check. Meanwhile he wanted another sweep of the palace. All the guards nodded and began searching; only a handful staying behind. It was then that Warlow began to get all the more paranoid.​

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<She's coming!> he exclaimed in Huttese. He pointed to two more men and ordered <You! Go and make sure my treasures are untouched!> After they left he then ordered <The rest of you stay where you are! Search everyone. I' not taking any chances.>​

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The guards got rough and started checking everyone, making sure they were either unarmed or who they said they were. Warlow was starting to worry about his own men. What if they were paid off? What if one of the was Aria in disuse? He could feel as if the walls were closing in. With no one looking he hid a blaster under one of his pillows. Just in case.​

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[member="Willa Isard"]​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa could hear more sounds while the drones were in place around the palace. going through the vents and mapping it for her before she was creeping through the slaves quarters and could hear a guard. Her fist clenched seeing the man roughing up the one slave and she took in the blonde hair and blue icy eyes as her dancer outfit was being pulled at to see if she was not who she appeared to be. Then there was a moment while the man had her against the lockers when she saw Willa in the shadows with her armor blending and she cried as Willa almost snarled to herself moving up and grabbing the guard.

Her arm went around his throat locking his jaw closed while she pulled his helmet off. The dark skin of the guard turning a different shade as she looked at the girl and spoke low. "Stay quiet." She got only a frightened nod from the girl before she was backing away with the guard in her arms and left him in one of the open lockers. Putting a lock on it for safe measure and her hand came out grabbing the chain that was around the girls neck. She pulled her close and was looking her over as she spoke. "Are you going to scream if I let you go?" The blonde shook her head no as Willa let her chain go an spoke.

"I need a quick way towards the vaults." The slave seemed confused for a moment and then nodded her head in understanding as she was looking at the map the drones had for her. She marked where the vaults and guards station was as well as the part of the place where Warlow was located. Willa nodded to her and gave her a gas grappling hook with some extra ones as she spoke. "Use the grate and follow the markers, they'll take you down to where I came in. You're free now run along." There was a nod as she showed the girl how to use the grapple and was looking up at the vents planting more explosives.

 

[Blair]

When [member="Willa Isard"] would arrive at the vault there would be only two guards, both armed and keeping a constant watch on the nearby area. They would not be able to see her from the grates but any wrong move or coming out too early and she would be mowed down by them. One was a human man with a heavy beard and muscular build while the other was a rodian, skinny but obviously devoted to his leader's cause. The two of them were discussing what was going on, guessing as to what Aria Perugia would try next. The man, however, scoffed and claimed she was no real threat.​

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Suddenly, during the conversation, the sound of an explosion could be heard. None of Willa' bombs, but something else. A smaller one. Word came from over the comms calling for someone to check it out. The man nodded to the rodian, letting him go off while he stayed behind. It wasn't until he was gone that the man smirked, reaching back into his pocket and pulling out a key-card to get into the vault.​

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Once it opened he proclaimed "Jackpot." before stepping in.​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa was listening as she moved and stayed there for a moment. Her drones were still working and she just heard more things from their audio sensors that made her want to blow up more sections of the palace with the hutt inside but there was the slaves inside and they'd be in danger. No she needed to work on some of the things and was planting some more explosives as a few more of her drones returned after mapping the area around her and she listened to guards. Her mind racing as she heard a name she didn't know and they said she was coming. not that someone was here.

Then there was an explosion and it wasn't one of her charges as she was seeing the rodian run off and the man staying there. She could handle one guy while he was... going into the vault? She questioned it and was moving setting a charge at the grate while climbing out of it and setting it back as quietly as she could. The armor cloaking her before she was following and curious now with her smg raised and the silencer on it. She didn't know what was happening but she had come here to get the modulator from his ship in that vault. The rest of the vault well that could go towards helping fund the rangers.

She was following and being careful while her gun was held forward starting to put some of the pieces together with that new information and name. The hutt wasn't laying all of this out for her she was guessing now and that was both disappointing and something to be thankful for. Meant she wasn't a big enough fish in anything to merit danger but someone was and they were here or they were coming so she needed to move fast while she slid her hacking tool onto the keypad to make sure the vault doors systems were disabled. She didn't want them just sealing them on her.

 

[Blair]

By the time half the guards arrived at the site of the smaller explosion it was it was revealed to be in the kitchen. No one was dead, the worst suffering a minor injury, but half of the ovens had been destroyed in the process. As they searched one guard had found a timer explosive hidden underneath. This was planned out. Someone had planted this hear long enough to wander through the palace. Possibly make for...the vaults! Upon realizing this he called in.​

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"Everything alright down there?" his voice echoed from the comms.​

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The bearded man quickly responded "We're all clear here. Why?"​

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"Keep your eyes open and your blaster ready. I think she's coming."​

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"Roger." he said only to cut off communication and laugh before saying "Poodoo for brains."​

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He looked about the vaults, trying to figure what to take first. Unzipping his pack he had slung around his shoulders he basically played "Eeny meeny miny" with some of the valuables that were within Warlow's vault. An expensive bust? Maybe a few of the jewels, or even a diamond encrusted tiara. She spotted a few holocrons, perking her interest as she knew either the Jedi or Sith would love to have those. Then there was a pretty expensive looking modulator which, as he figured, would probably fetch a hefty credit or two. He smirked as he tried to add it to everything else he planned to take off with.​

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[member="Willa Isard"]​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa paused and was listening as she moved with her SMG raising up and she looked around the vaults. Damn.... She thought it while looking around and holding the gun while she looked at the bearded man who was talking. "You're not really a guard are you?" She said it while standing there and walking careful around some of the treasures and clicked a button to detonate a charge at the far end of the palace. One of the drones had set them but she was working on the fistraction while outward communications were disabled and then another going for security to lock the place down.

"I'd say you were taking an opportunity but then I started listening and the hutt seems scared, as prideful as I am I can't give it to myself." A look upon her before she was running a hand into some of the jewels with a smile on her face under the mask. These were just so welcoming and she was certain one or two even could be used for a lightsaber if she looked hard enough but the real question was who was this. "You're either whoever the hutt is afraid of or you are working for them." She didn't want to shoot and really stealing from a hutt while dangerous wasn't the worst. "So which is it?"

 

[Blair]

The sudden sound of someone talking had made the man tense. He turned only to raise his hands the moment the gun was shown pointed at him. He kept them up and stayed where he was while the masked woman began to figure out who he was. Obviously not a guard and obviously not working for Warlow, at least not anymore. Whoever he was it was clear he was after the same thing as her; stealing from the Hutt of course. When she asked which he was he shrugged and said "Okay. You got me. I'm not really a guard."​

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It was then the man reached over and tore his beard off, revealing it as a fake. From there he removed the hat he'd been wearing, revealing a tied-up bun containing long brown hair. After that he removed his breast-plate, revealing his chest was tied down with wrapping; which indicated breasts from a female. Finally he removed a collar around his neck which, as later revealed, was a voice modulator. He, or rather SHE, dropped it to the floor and fully revealed herself to [member="Willa Isard"] .​

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"Aria Perugia." she smirked with a bow. "At your service."​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Well that wasn't something she was expecting while the woman revealed herself and Willa was taking that moment to keep searching around the vault. Sending one of the drones to watch the entryway as she got to see the big reveal and had to admit she had her fooled. "So you've been planning this for awhile." There was at least to her no way the hutt would put a new guard on the vault. He would and should have been putting a trusted one... Which meant the woman was working this angle for awhile as Willa lowered the gun a little because unless you are going to shoot them holding a gone on someone for prolonged periods got tiring.

"So what are you here for Aria Perugia?" Willa held up on her other hand some of the jewels and riches but there was bound to be more to it then that. She knew why she was here and placed a hand on one of the heavy busts of some human in an admiral uniform. The rest of it she was looking at while grabbing from her utility belt the carrier came out and unfolded. For gear and to seal away clothing on long missions where you needed to keep your scent minimal. She slung it over her shoulders and unsealed it to put in a few things. "There is a lot of stuff here and Warlow is a hutt after all unlikely any of this was gained without hurting people."

 

[Blair]

When [member="Willa Isard"] asked Aria gave a little shrug and said "As long as I needed. I actually took over for the real guy. Bad case of food poisoning." She smirked a little and added "That's what happens when he tries to get frisky on our first date." She turned and started filling her bag with a few more things while making it clear that she had played him up only to have him out of the way and take his place. A very thorough sort of thief. "How about you?" she asked Willa while still filling up. "You have a plan outside of coming in and just hoping someone was there to open the door for you?"​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa looked at her. "Well I had this complicated plan to sneak around and get the access key while the guards were distracted, knock out the ones down here with one of the drones and sneak in then down the trash chute but there were more guards." She gave a small nod of her head loading up a little more. "Your doing I take it, they seem to know you were coming despite the disguise." Her hands went to grasp the bust though and she was looking at it. "Would anyone actually buy this?" She was curious while looking at some of the things though and she had made her way around the room until she had want she wanted.. A roonstone covered tiara by the large ship that was overloaded with crates of spice. "I came here for the ship though so why don't we just get our stuff and go our different ways?"

 

[Blair]

After hearing out Willa's initial plan Aria stopped and commented "Sounds complicated. And messy. I can imaging getting dust from chutes out of clothes would be tough." She continued until she finished, only taking what seemed like the bigger valuable things and leaving the rest behind. When Willa commented about them knowing she said "Well yeah. Sort of rude, I think, to just take without letting someone know. Plus it's all the more fun to see the try and stop me. She stood before looking at the bust, taking it from Willa and examining it. She smirked and said "Not anymore." Turning it over and showing the bottom she explained "It's a fake." she tapped on it and revealed it was hollow before laughing and chucking it to the side. A loud crash came before she commented "Guess Warlow's doesn't have as deep a pocket as they say. Probably made that just so everyone would think he was top poodoo."​

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"And you two are in deep poodoo." someone from behind said.​

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When they would look both Aria and [member="Willa Isard"] would see the guard from before along with a dozen others and the vault door with their guns pointed at them. Aria sighed and dropped her bag, putting her hands up, before indicating for Willa to follow.​

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"Which of you is Aria Perugia?" he insisted.​

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Aria, thinking quick, pushed Willa in front and said "She is." When Willa would look back she shrugged "Sorry, boss. Games up." before saying to the men. "I'll admit I was her inside man the whole time. That's how she got in. Does that mean I'll be let go?"​

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The guard laughed before telling the others "Take them both up to Warlow."​

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Aria, looking to Willa as they were escorted winked before saying "Oh great. And what else will the so-called great Aria Perugia get us into next?" indicating she had a trick up her sleeve.​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa was listening to her while she had climbed in the ship a little and couldn't see what she wanted. Then she climbed down to search it as something more came. The sound and appearance of guards before she was thrust forward and named for the other woman. They looked at her taking her as she moved with the guns on her into the place with the hutt. A looked from at the woman as she was speaking got a silent glare from under the helmet before she was standing in front of Warlow and looking at the large hutt. Her smg and sniper rifle were taken while she was looking at the different guards and making a note of who had what.

"I'm going to want those back." There was a deep laugh from the hutt that got a laugh from the others in the place around them. Dancers laughing nervously, bounty hunters laughing like it was a joke and the guards that got her ire as under the helmet she listened to the hutt speaking. "So you are finally here and on time.... Though you could take what was mine." Willa was looking at the hutt and ground her teeth as she brought up the drones and explosive with a small flexing of her hands to try and get a small flicker as she waited to see what this one had up her sleeves. She needed to run back to the vault and get that modulator.

 

[Blair]

As they were brought before the Hutt Aria looked to Willa when she made her little threat. She laughed along with the others as if trying to gain favor with them. When Warlow had chuckled, still thinking she was Aria, the real one was trying to figure out what do to to buy time. Of course they could try using the explosives and drones but that would mean they would go in the process; not the best idea. They could try to make a run for it, but they had too many guns not to miss and she didn't bring any smoke grenades or the like to provide cover. The need to improvise was required.​

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Stepping forward Aria started with "Well since you have the real culprit, maybe I'll just leave and forget this ever..."​

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<And who are you supposed to be?> Warlow demanded from her.​

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"Me? Just a hired hand, really. This crazy woman said I would get a lot of money id I helped her get inside. Apparently not. But I AM willing to work for scale. And I bet you have a bigger scale than her." ​

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The large slug humed with interest before asking <And what's to keep you from turning on me?>​

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"I figure you've got to have the bigger pockets. Hutts always have the bigger pockets, and they don't even wear pants. Am I right?"​

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Some of the men chuckled at this before Warlow gave them a dirty look. They quieted down before Aria tried to take the opportunity again. Coming forward to approach Warlow the guards stopped her, only for Warlow to allow her to pass.​

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"I can be a lot of help to you, big guy." she began. "Not to mention....I sort of have a thing for slugs." she winked, getting the Hutt's attention. All the while she hoped [member="Willa Isard"] would get the idea to play along.​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa was looking at the woman as she started up her thing and she didn't know the full plan but she did have a few ideas of what they could do as the guards were letting her forward towards the hutt. She shifted and was working to try and set off one of the explosives while she spoke. "You traitorous shutta." She moved a little as some of the guards got in close to her with their guns and she clenched her fist as she moved. The flamer in her wrist going off as she spun around kicking the one guard in the face with her knee and she activated the small jet pack she had and the energy shield.

Her eyes set off the explosives in the vents at the far end went off and she was moving. Across the room as shots rang out and impacted with her energy shield before she jumped into cover and spoke. "You know Warlow I planned for a few things but not someone betraying me." She popped out as the mini rocket in her gauntlet fired into the group of bounty hunters that had formed in front of him and more explosions came through the place. Willa reached out with her pyrokinesis and sprayed it across the guards coming into the room.

 

[Blair]

Just when Aria thought she had a chance to play things more subtly [member="Willa Isard"] apparently wanted to take the more direct approach. And by 'direct' she meant letting all hell break lose. Aria quickly scrambled away, finding cover behind the giant Hutt, Warlow, who was only gasping and complaining about how she was doing this. Apparently he still believed her to be Aria since he kept ordering his men to attack her, not caring about the real Aria hiding behind her. But she always believed you had to know where to look to find the right opportunity. And apparently she was sitting on it when she flipped a pillow only to find a hidden blaster underneath. She smirked as she picked it up. During all of Warlow's barking orders he felt something poking against his head, making him gulp and go silent. Aria held it at his side while smiling whistling to Willa to let her know everything was under control.​

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"Alright. For those of you still alive, or close enough to be, here's the thing. Me and my friend are leaving. With our things. And Mr. Warlow's things as well. Anyone disagrees and I add another ear-hole to his head. Understood?"​

 

[Willa Isard]

[member="Aria Perugia"]

Willa was looking and listening as she saw the woman get the hutt while she ripped from the hand of one of the guards her smg. Then her bag shouldering them before she switched her mini rockets into a knock out gas that she fired into the group looking at Aria and the hutt. Her sniper rifle getting picked up before she was walking. "Come on and lets get the stuff." She unholstered the smg while getting the line launcher off of it and instead switchign into the grenade launcher and raising her eyebrows up under her helmet. "Hope I don't have to come back." The energy shield on her shimmered while she was walking and heading back towards the vault while she past one fo the guard stations firing a grenade into the room when they were in as they drew their weapons. "Better hurry up."

 

[Blair]

After Willa did what she needed Aria kept the blaster pointed at Warlow as she moved over to her new compatriot. She quickly picked up her bag before holstering it tightly around her body. She moved next to Willa before nodding to her, unzipping the bag for a moment to grab something. "Oh Warlow. Word of advice. You should invest it better blasters." She tossed it to the side before showing in her hand she had the ammo pack. It was never loaded. From her bag she produced a red wide-brimmed hat that she placed on her head; a known feature of the infamous Aria Perugia. Seeing both of these things made Warlow realized how he'd been duped, making the Hutt give an angered growled. Aria, holding onto Willa, winked and said "Better luck next time."​

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[member="Willa Isard"]​