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[Kaelon Virex]

[ENCRYPTED CHANNEL: "HEARTLINE // GHOST-FREQ 9.7"]

Incoming User Broadcast…
[KaelV_93-TAR]
Signal Trace: Jammed
Genetic Authenticated Match: Human | Male | Age: 31
Encryption Level: Mirage Protocol (Untraceable)

"Looking for Trouble... and Maybe Something Sweeter."

Hey, stranger.
Call me Kael.
Ex-smuggler, occasional thief of hearts, professional maker of bad decisions with very good intentions.

I've spent enough time chasing credits, dodging bounty pings, and kissing people I knew would vanish in the morning.
Now? I'm looking for a connection that doesn't short-circuit when the lights go out.

You:

• Have a pulse (not negotiable)
• Know when to laugh and when to run
• Can handle a guy who talks too smooth and feels too deep
• Bonus points if you can beat me at sabacc (but I'll let you win once)

Me:

• Smart enough to break into an imperial vault
• Dumb enough to try it twice
• Got a ship that barely holds together, a heart that somehow still does
• Eyes like Taris at night — pretty, but hiding a whole lot

Let's meet somewhere strange.
I'll bring the spice wine. You bring the mystery.
And if we click? Who knows. Maybe this time I won't disappear.

Send a coded ping back if you're real.
And if you're not — lie to me gently.

️ — Kael V.
Response Code: "shadowkissed" ;-)

 

[Scherezade deWinter]

[REPLY TRANSMISSION // "SHADOWKISSED" ACCEPTED]
Signal Echo: Stabilizing…
Trace Status: Cloaked
Origin: Unknown Vector (Multiple Rebounds Detected)
Genetic Authenticated Match: Human | Female | Status: Unknown
Scherezade blinked. She was on her ship, her old communicator lying under a bunch of stuff. She hadn't touched that thing in… Well, ten years for her, fourty for the rest of the galaxy. And now it was beeping?

She dropped the little project she was working on and threw the stuff on top of the pad away from it, reaching out to see what was happening. Her mouth went dry, and then broke into a grin.

Ha! Maybe this person was into cougars. She was too young to be one, and frankly, her return to the galaxy thus had been overly filled with serious business. Maybe something light was just what a doctor would order, if she ever bothered with doctors.

Her fingers immediately set to typing a response.

Okay Shadowkissed!

You:

• Sound like the kind of heartbreak that writes itself in poetry no one admits to reading.
• Probably smell like ozone and bad decisions.
• Definitely think you're the one steering the ship.
• My grandmother wouldn't like you.

Me:

• Born of secrets and stitched from sins.
• Not exactly stable, but at least I don't lie about it.
• Can drink you under the table and still walk out with your comm codes, your secrets, and maybe your shirt.
• Sabacc? I don't play to win. I play to make you fold first.

So yeah. Ping received. I'm real enough.
But careful, Kael. You wanted strange. You're inviting Chaos.
- S.
Response Code: "glitterburn"


Kaelon Virex

 

[Kaelon Virex]

[ENCRYPTED CHANNEL: "HEARTLINE // GHOST-FREQ 9.7"]

OUTGOING USER REPLY…

[KaelV_93-TAR]

Signal Mask: Still Jammed

Verified Return Ping Received:

Response Code: "glitterburn" — MATCHED

"Well, glitterburn… now you've got my attention."

You really are real.

And here I thought I'd be ghosted again by someone with a better comm scrambler than a soul.

So let's see…

You:

• Show up like a storm and call it foreplay
• Sound like you've broken laws and hearts in a single breath
• Might be more dangerous than me (but don't tell my ego that)

Me:

• Just stood up too fast after reading your message
• Smacked my knee on the corner of my nav console
• Am now pacing like I'm not giddy, because I've got a rep to protect

Coordinates attached:

Nar Shaddaa. Upper Platform. The Gilded Veil. Private Lounge — Door 9.

Ask for "Vael Ryn." Don't smirk — I use aliases like I use escape pods: only when things get interesting.

Dress however you want. Or don't.

Just show up. Let's make the galaxy nervous.
— K.
[COORDINATES DATA FILE ATTACHED]

Follow-up Response Code: "dealmeout"