Let the Hunt Begin!

[Gimdel Thoeif]

[member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Hijinks"] [member="Nei Laa"]​

Gimdel stood at the edge of a large landing pad, he was expecting some company. They didn't know anything about him, nor each other. But they all knew the reason of the gathering. A hunting trip, the feared Dire-cats were the prize. As people passed, they took a moment to laugh at Gimdel, he was much shorter than any of them. He had hired a bunch of mercenaries, none who knew anything about hunting judging by the way they talked about it. Gimdel walked back and forth on the landing pad. When one of the security guards tried to pull him off the pad, he hit him in the gut and shoved him back. "I payed for the pad I stand where I want!" He yelled. His axe was slung over his shoulder, "What's the hold up?" he muttered.

 

[Joran Del-Finn]

[member="Gimdel Thoeif"]

Joran had been hired on to provide transport and participate in a hunting party. He hadn’t hunted since he was a boy but the pay was decent and the job was relatively safe. He landed his ship The Perseverance on the designated landing paid provided by his employer. The ship was a decades old freighter that was first use as a slave ship before becoming a smugglers ship. The paint job was your standard Dura steel gray, nothing fancy. It looked every bit as old as it was but also well taken care of. It was Joran’s home and means of earning credits. It was his most valued possession.

After landing Joran took a sip from his flask before heading down the loading ramp. Once off his ship, he laid eyes on an individual at the edge of the landing pad getting into a tussle with a security guard.


“You, Gimdel, yeah?”

 

[Hijinks]

Jink could see them, the Mandalorian and the Dwarf. Joran and Gimdel. Two of his partners on this little foray. A search for information, and possibly the start of a physical collection of dangerous animals from around the galaxy. The former was his job, and the latter appealed to his sense of showmanship.

Sitting on thin air ten feet above the odd pair, Jink grinned down. Trying not to laugh at the dwarf's angry shouting, he turned upside down, and walked down to meet them.

"Well, aren't we obvious?"

[member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member='Nei Laa']

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Hijinks"]

Nei eased the Star into a better level as the ship exited hyperspace. She, along with two other folks, had been hired to accompany a dwarf as he went on some hunting trip. The only reason she was even on this trip was for the credits. A few medical bills for both her and her ship had left her, well, not exactly needy, but still a few credits short of what the smuggler liked to call her "money comfort zone".

Breaking through the atmosphere, Nei caught sight of the landing pad, turning her ship towards it. As she got closer, the Nautolan caught sight of her employer, along with a familiar-looking human male and some weird...cat...thing...

Shaking her head, Nei gently landed the Lucky Star down onto the landing pad, allowing her a few moments to revel in the perfect set-down before unbuckling.

She double-checked her blasters to make sure they were primed, and added a few extra clips to her belt. Never hurt to be prepared, after all. The female then descended her ramp, all the while trying to place the human's face. I've seen him somewhere... As she got closer, it all became clear.

Scowling at Joran, she growled, "Stupid human." Stupid du'ka foh. Stupid dwarf. Stupid planet.

 

[Gimdel Thoeif]

[member="Nei Laa"] [member="Hijinks"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"]

Gimdel shook the humans hand -Joran if he remembered right.- And slapped him on the back. "So, yer the pilot if i'm not mistaken!" He shouted. When a floating cat guy walked up to Gimdel, he yelled to him; "I'll be sure to let the Dire's eat you first!" Then the last one arrived. She didn't want to be here apparently, just in it for the credits. "Now that thats out of the way, lets go get some kitties!" He shouted. He walked between Nei and Joran, pushing the two apart. "There'll be no time for that on a hunt!"

He walked over to the human's ship, hopped on -He did have to jump to make it onto the boarding ramp- and started into the ship. Not checking to see if they followed him.

 

[Joran Del-Finn]

[member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Hijinks"]

“That’s me. Joran Del-Finn for all who may not know.” He spoke to @Gimdel Theoif and the group at large. Gimdel was short and stocky was custom to his race Strong to, that pat on the back though lightly intended was still much harder than you thought possible by someone of that size. “And leave my ship in the hands of one of you? I don’t think so. He jested back at the man. Gimdel pushed past him and went onto the ship. He was foreword and blunt but cheerful. Joran may like this little man, yet.

He did not know what to think of the guy with the ears. But hey, credits were credits. There was another here as well, a Nautolan woman who he had seen before.

“Morning, to you to, Love.” he said with a cheeky smile, calling back to the first time they met and the girl had pulled a blaster on him.

“The man is right, lets get going, yeah?” he motioned for them to go up the ramp.

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Hijinks"]

Nei simply rolled her eyes at Gimdel's behaviour. She was dearly hoping that the credits would be worth it. As the dwarf shoved past her, she stumbled back a bit, letting out a soft curse in Ryl.

At Joran's comment, though, the Nautolan scowled. "I not be 'love'," she growled. "I be Nei. Get. It. Right." The last three words she emphasized with a jab to his shoulder -- not super hard, but not gentle, either. She hadn't forgotten the events at the casino, either.

Letting out a harrumph, Nei eyed the cat man before whirling around and stalking off after Gimdel, her tresses swaying with her gait.

Yep. This was going to be interesting.

 

[Hijinks]

Jink swung himself down into the back of the ship, and walked along the ceiling, casually tapping the grey Nautolan lady on the shoulder. He curled up on the ceiling like a house cat would on a ledge.

"So, Dire Cats. Those sound like fun."

[member="Nei Laa"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"]

 

[Gimdel Thoeif]

"Aye they are laddie. Always a fun bunch to go after, never the same as before. They keep you on your toes they do." Gimdel said, talking to the cat guy even though he was still walking away from him.

"So, ye all will get paid, but what's the rush?" He said, looking at the Nautolan. "Yer a fine lass, but ye could use with a bit of spirit!"

[member="Hijinks"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"]

 

[Joran Del-Finn]

[member="Hijinks"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Nei Laa"]

Once Nei, finished poking him in the shoulder Joran, gave her nothing more than a smile before walking off to take lead of the group on his ship. He lead them out of the cargo hold and down a hall towards the common area that lay just off the cockpit.

There was a kitchen, a dining area and sitting room. The sitting room had a couple couches and some book shelves.

“Kitchen’s in there, lounge in there, ‘fresher is over there.” he pointed each room out for his passengers. “Crew quarters is past all that. Take what you need, supplies have been provided. How ever if you want a drink, rule is you pour me one to.” and with that, he stalked off to the cockpit and punched in coordinates to Corellia.

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Hijinks"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"]

When Jinks tapped Nei on her shoulder, she made an attempt to sway at him, but naturally she missed. So, scowling, she instead sprawled on one of the seats, listening as Gimdel described the dire cats to the cat man.

Of course, when the dwarf made a comment about her needing spirit, she gave him the one-fingered salute. "And you could use with an inch or two," she fired back.

She perked up, though, when Joran mentioned a drink. Leaving the dwarf and the cat man behind, the Nautolan stalked towards the kitchen, bent on getting some alcohol.

Nei rummaged around before pulling out a bronze-colored liquid. Sniffing it, she decided it was alright, before staring at the glass cupboard. To ignore the rule, or not ignore the rule... As amusing as it would have been to majority irk the stupid human, the Nautolan (begrudgingly) decided it would be best to not push too many of his buttons. Yet.

She poured some liquor into both glasses, downed half of hers, and then made it even again. The female smirked. There's more than one way to skin a dire cat. Picking up the glasses, she left the kitchen, shouted a "Dwarf and cat man be stupid!" at the sitting room, and then entered the cockpit.

Scowling at Joran, she stiffly held the glass out to him. "Wanted drink, decided it be best to follow your rule," she said gruffly. "But don't read further into it, otherwise I cut you and use you as bait for cats!"

 

[Hijinks]

Jink looked at the Nautolan... Nei, she'd called herself. When she turned away from him, he returned her 'salute', and crawled along the ceiling to get closer to the window.

"I don't need bait, Gray Tails."

He looked at the dwarf, and smiled.

"If you weren't the one flying, I'd have stolen you a drink by now."

[member="Nei Laa"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"]

 

[Gimdel Thoeif]

"Eh? It's best to wait until the hunt is over to drink, never a good thing to hunt while drunk laddie." Gimdel said, looking at the cat man.

He turned to the direction the Nautolan girl had stormed off to.

"Eye, you could use with a few inches yourself!" He shouted.

[member="Hijinks"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"]

 

[Joran Del-Finn]

[member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Nei Laa"]

Joran took the drink from Nei. “I wouldn’t dream of it, Love.” he drained half the glass in a gulp and let the liquor burn at his throat. It was a welcome feeling. “Don’t you worry mate, I’ll get you where your going. Why don’t you go ahead and steal me that drink?” Joran said to [member="Hijinks"] as the ship left the atmosphere and he finished off the Drink from Nei.

He put the auto pilot in charge and made his way to the sitting room dropping onto one of the couches.

“I, got a few inches she could borrow.” Joran said in a hushed voice to the dwarf and the dwarf alone.

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Gimdel Thoeif"] [member="Hijinks"]

Nei simply ignored Jinks' comment -- for now. Instead, she glared at Joran (hadn't she told him it was Nei, not Love?) and followed him out into the sitting room again. Tossing back the rest of her drink, too, she blew a raspberry at the dwarf.

"Don't need more inches, dwarf," the Nautolan shot back. "I be perfect height: small enough to slip through crowds, and tall enough to not need booster seats." She smirked at Gimdel. "Unlike you, Shorty."

Setting her glass down, Nei then walked over so that she was under the cat man. "As for you..." She gave him a stink eye, arms crossed. "I do not have tails! These be tresses, not tails. The difference being, my tresses be much more useful than any stupid cat tail. Got it?"

 

[Gimdel Thoeif]

[member="Nei Laa"] [member="Joran Del-Finn"] [member="Hijinks"]
(Attempts to recover from loa on thread)

Gimdel's featured scrunched together into a toothy grin. He chuckled a bit before shrugging and returning Joran's whisper; "Not on the hunt laddie, best be waiting for that."

"Are you strong enough to take down twenty men? I don't think so lassie, Now, we best be off." He said in his usual blunt, cheerful way.

Gimdel slapped Joran on the back as he passed him, meant lightly it still was a much stronger blow than would be expected.

(Fails)