Logged: Feb. 23, 2001 Logged by: Alexandre Titled: Cantina Patrons Fight Back ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Characters: Alexandre Rylos Stark Ramadeb Kyr Julianna Terrick Smuggler's Cantina -- CoronetThe Smuggler's Cantina is known throughout Corellia as a place where only the extremely cautious dare to enter. The Cantina has a reputation of having some of the most rugged and dangerous patrons around; some may even be for hire for the right price. At this moment, the cantina is filled with many creatures, some humanoid, and some not. The air is filled with the haze and musky smoke expelled from various kinds of inhaled paraphernalia. A long bar is situated at the northeast corner with several stools before it, while booths are nestled like cubbyholes along the walls. Julianna nods at Kyr, "well if the stew is no good. Then whatever you suggest would be fine." She smiles at Kyr. Ramadeb looks at Alexandre as they enter Ramadeb nods Rylos Stark continues to work with the drink, adding a little of several different bottles but the color doesn't change from the black sludge. He dumps it all into the mixing container and shakes it a bit before pouring it back into the mug as a yellowing orange drink. He checks the color but isn't done yet and looks for one final ingredient and a utility to use with it. He's still behind the bar. Kyr leans back and watches Stark mix the drink, taking careful note of his actions Rylos Stark pulls out the last bottle and pours a little onto the rest of the drink that he's making. He looks towards Kyr, "Barkeep, you have any fire around here? Maybe a small stun pistol?" Ramadeb checks the weapon locker to make sure his blaster is still there Kyr almost grabs the heavy blaster rifle under the countertop, but pulls out a hold out blaster instead and hands it to Stark "here you go Kyr drops small hold out blaster. Kyr grabs a l'lash mix and hands it to Julianna "Its all nutty goodness knock yourself out" Rylos Stark takes the hold out from Kyr and twirls it in his hand like a gunslinger would but then sets it to the lowest setting and discharges it into the drink. The drink glows for a moment before going out and a small layer of flame is burning on the surface of the drink. "Thanks." He slides the drink towards the barkeep. "Just blow out the flame before you try it. Served one to a Wookiee that wasn't so lucky." Rylos Stark hands back the hold out blaster as well. The bar doors swung by an unseen hand as a figure entered the bar swiftly his cloak masking all features, but this one had become a regular in this Cantina to the point he had his name on a stool he marched up to his stool and picked himself upon it and simply said, "Ale." he removed his hood to show his human features and looked around at everyone in the bar. The doors fly open and slap the walls loudly. The son of Melnikov comes crashing into the cantina. Behind him, several blaster bolts collide with the outside part of the doorframe. The young man runs in at full speed. On his way to the bar, he trips over a chair, and goes rolling along the floor. Kyr nods and replaces the hold out Blaster to its place under the bar counter. He looks around for an eager face to try the drink Julianna thanks Kyr and eyes the food suspiciously. Oh well never hurts to try something new she thinks to herself. Diving in she takes a big bite and discovers that it was actually pretty good. "hmmm...this is good Kyr thanks." Hearing the door open she looks up to see Terrick and waves Rylos Stark tosses his credits on the bar top and grabs himself another Corellian ale refill after paying for it. Terrick muttered something as he noticed the problem entering the bar "Sithspawn.." he was good he didn't budge until the last moment but he reached into his cloak and pulled out a silver device and leapt behind the bar pushing Kyr to the ground and simply saying in a empty tone, "Take cover.." he turned to his device and thumbed it on with a /snap--hiss/ sound a Rusted Orange blade appeared from the device as he kept himself behind the bar. Kyr swears loudly and shakes Terrick off of him vaults over the bar counter taking cover behind a fallen table, narrowly missing the sprawling man and points the hold out at the door and whistles loudly. Two big looking fellows look up. Kyr takes small hold out blaster. Rylos Stark seems to end up behind the bar since it all happened on his way out from behind the bar. He ducks for cover and glances towards the fella with the saber, "Nice toy... you wouldn't happen to have another one, would you?" Ramadeb takes Heavy repeater blaster. Ramadeb grabs his blaster taking a firing position near the door Ramadeb kneels down and aims at the door Julianna ducks under the bar table, inching along the wall she makes it around the other side of the bar. Safe for the moment she peaks from behind and watches to see what happens Alexandre hops onto his feet, as if he had never fallen to begin with. He looks from side to side quickly, and dashes for the bar. As soon as he decides that he is close enough, he leaps over the bar and crashes loudly onto the floor behind it with a well timed 'oof' sound. Meanwhile, two large figures appear at the door. Only their general shape is visible, but the boxy shapes of the bodies imply full body armor. Slowly the two figured walk forward into the pub. FORCE POWER CHECK (Terrick) *Neutral Power* Power: Pull ...................................Failure! Taking a deep breathe Terrick stood up and leaped over the bar moving at full speed to a table he gave it a swift kick to it's side and planted himself behind it. Drawing on the force he reached out attempting to pull one of their blasters away, but the scene was to fast for him to concentrate he would have to rely on his mechanical abilities for the time being. He raised his fingers to his eyes motioning toward the bar. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Streetwise Difficulty: Easy .........................Failure! Kyr cursed silently, knowing that his hold out blaster was inadequate to punch through the armor that the intruders were wearing. "Rylos hit the Stun trap Red button behind the..." He is abruptly cutoff as a blaster bolt catches him in the arm. Rylos Stark is already heading for the Heavy rifle that he's spotted under the bar. He acquires the weapon and checks the power levels on it, adjusting to the full power setting with the flip of his thumb. He looks towards Julianna and then motions to the red button that is out of his reach, "Ya mind hitting that button?" Stark takes up a firing position, low at the corner of the bar under what would be considered half cover... Ramadeb hides back in the shadows taking careful aim at the figure on the left, aiming towards his head adjusting the blaster to full power Julianna crawls over and hits the red button nodding at Stark as she does so. Moving along the floor she crawls to a position with a better view and better protection Kyr drops small hold out blaster. SKILLCHECK: Kyr Skill: Streetwise Difficulty: Easy .........................Failure! Alexandre scrambles up to his knees. He can barely see over the bar, but he sees the two armored figures and a sense of imminent doom takes hold of him. The son of Melnikov looks around for anything he could use as a weapon, but comes up blank. The only thing Alex can come up with is a bottle of heavy liquor, he grabs hold of it, and waits. Having shot down one of the beings foolish enough to make threatening jests, the hunters continue their slow stroll forward. "We are here for the boy!" two mechanical voices announce in unison. "We will take the boy and leave. Their weapons are at ready, and any sensory equipment on their armor has probably located most powered weapons within the room. "Melnikov! Come on out, and we will not beat you before we take you back!," the two voices say again, in synchronization. FORCE POWER CHECK (Terrick) *Neutral Power* Power: Pull ...................................SUCCESS!! Reaching deep inside himself Terrick begins to channel the energy know as a force. With that he reaches out and grabs on of the Hunter's blasters ripping it away from his hand and sending it across the bar. After which he casually stood up with his lightsaber in a defensive position. Kyr cries out briefly as his attempted dodge and the force of the blaster bolt sends him flying backwards. He lands on the ground with a thud and winces as the pain blossoms from his right arm. Covering the wound with his left hand, Kyr pushes himself towards the bar, trying to head for cover. He grins briefly as the Stun trap goes off, Shocking the two figures. Sparks fly as there systems begin to get scrabbled, but alas in real effect, it mostly just annoyed the two armored figures. Rylos Stark continues to take up aim from his kneeled position from around the side of the bar. He shifts his aim from the one hunter, to the second that still has his weapon.... "Nice trick..." after lining up his new target and taking aim. SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Light .........................Failure! Ramadeb fires his blaster while attempting to take better cover the distraction of jumping behind a table causing him to miss his target and hitting the wall instead Julianna watches in horror as the blaster bolt collides with Kyr. Taking a look at the two fellows in armor and then back at Kyr she decides to brave it out. She crawls slowly out from behind the bar and tries to reach Kyr while staying low to the ground. Reaching Kyr she takes off her pouch and pulls out some cloth and presses it to Kyr's wound. The bottle of alcohol smashes against the armor of the disarmed man. Once more, their focus shifts for the bar. "Melnikov! Come out now!" the united voices boom. Using the opportunity as it presents itself, Alex reaches for the blaster rifle that was removed from one of the two hunters. He makes ready for action, but still continues to plot a quick escape. "You can kiss the hid quarter of a Bantha, you brain-linked bafoons!" Alex yells from behind the bar. "The only thing you'll take back is your teeth in a baggy!" Alex is quite decided on not going willingly, it would seem. He takes the bottle of liquor next to him, and hurdles it over the bar, at the pair of hunters. The hunters are momentarily baffled by the stun fire and the flying blaster. Both beings attention centers on Terrick. "This is not your concern," the voices say simultaneously. "We will take what is rightfully ours. You will stay out of our way. You know nothing of our quarrel," the mechanical voices continue to chant, knowing full well that 'his kind' make anything they want their business. "You are one. We are two. If you hinder our efforts, we will hurt people." Just as they finish talking, the bottle of alcohol smashes against the armor of the disarmed man. Once more, their focus shifts for the bar. "Melnikov! Come out now!" the united voices boom. Terrick stands unmoved, "I suggest you leave this place in peace.. Melnikov and everyone in this bar are under my protection and as you can see no one here is going without a fight, where you are two were are more.." he motioned to the bar behind him with a free hand putting it back to his ignited saber, "Leave now and all is forgotten.. " Rylos Stark takes a better position from behind the bar with the heavy blaster rifle, centering on the forehead of the armed individual, "I recommend you do as the fella says. My drink is getting stale, and I'm in a real bad mood. I've seen what these things do to even heavily armored people, leave." SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Light .........................SUCCESS!! Ramadeb leans up taking aim at the one with a weapon and fires SKILLCHECK: Julianna Skill: Medicine Difficulty: Easy .........................Failure! Julianna picks up the cloth and looks at the burn. Seeing blisters begin to rise, she gently feels near the wound. 'hot'. "looks like you've got a 2nd degree burn here." She smiles trying to keep you from worrying. Looking up at the tables around her she finds a glass of whiskey. Taking it she fishes around in her small medkit and locates some gauze. Soaking it and presses the cloth back to Kyr's wound. The wound didn't look good. Oh well she would do what she could. "This will probably sting but we need to copal down the area, and the alcohol should help with infection later." She sighs concerned, and looks up at the others. Taking stock she motions to Kyr to move farther back against the wall if he can. Pulling out a small hypospray of bacta she waits for the burn to cool down. Alexandre begins to edge his way toward the corner. He figures that Terrick can keep the two goons tongue tied long enough for him to sneak out. If that doesn't work... there's always 'turn & burn'. As he moves, he holds the blaster rifle snugly in his hands, ready to start shooting at any moment. The goons are already on edge, but the bottle throwing and randomly placed blaster shots are really beginning to annoy them. Both hunters groan slightly as one's armor is 'tickled' by a blaster bolt. The Jedi isn't willing to mind his own business, the people here are weak-minded and egotistical... That is fine. Simultaneously both hunters touch a switch on their gauntlets, and simultaneously a dozen of small cartridges shoot out (in all directions) from each of their suits. A light fog quickly begins to fill the room. Terrick sighed softly, these guys won't give up. His lightsaber making an eerie glow in his general area keeping what he could muster in visible range he stepped forward and leaped into the air with a round house kick directed toward his front and toward the silhouettes in the smoke he had to act fast before they could move into the smoke. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Sneak Difficulty: Light .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Terrick Skill: Streetwise Difficulty: Easy .........................SUCCESS!! SKILLCHECK: Terrick Skill: Stamina Difficulty: Medium .........................SUCCESS!! SKILLCHECK: Terrick Skill: Martial Arts Difficulty: Medium .........................SUCCESS!! SKILLCHECK: Rylos Stark Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Light .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Rylos Stark Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! Rylos Stark rips off his shot after the hunters release a smoke that starts to obscure his vision. Unfortunately his fire misses the target and luckily misses Terrick as well, instead it burns into the wall. Ramadeb attempts to sneak behind the armored figures after firing his shot. he begins to slowly crawl in behind them staying low to the ground to stay out of sight. SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Stamina Difficulty: Medium .........................SUCCESS!! SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Sneak Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Julianna Skill: Medicine Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Julianna Skill: Chemistry Difficulty: Easy .........................Failure! Julianna looks at Kyr very concerned. Her color changes to a bright green. She's scared and worried. Unable to do much else to help she gives him a hypospray of morphine to help the pain. Watching the gas diffuse through the room she thinks it smells familiar but can't place it. A soft cough comes out of his mouth as the smoke-choked air makes its way into his mouth.. why he kept coming back after the trouble the place kept on giving him, just didn't make sense. Haze-affected eyes of grey peer about the smuggler's cantina, observing the mess. "Definitely need new management.." he mutters to himself, before stepping over a passed out Ishi Tib, lying in the doorway. A flash of something ahead made Dykan wary.. "Another brawl? It's a wonder Corellia hasn't wiped itself out." he adds, though the commotion inside drowns out his words. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Chemistry Difficulty: Easy .........................SUCCESS!! Everything goes according to plan. The Jedi does the typical Jedi thing, and thoughtlessly attacks the first side that appears to be an aggressor. This has been an error in judgement that many of them have made, especially the young ones. The son of Melnikov remembers his two first encounters with their kind... they are indeed what they are said to be. He knows the hunters, and knows their smoke. Using the limited cover it provides against their electronic tracking equipment, he climbs over the bar and begins creeping toward the door. Just to confuse things further, he fires a shot toward the pair, hoping to keep them, and everyone else confused enough to make a quick exit. The two hunters are quick to action. They know the effects of their gas, and expect to see bodies drop like logs. They monitor Terrick for any surprises that his kind is known for. Crooked shots whiz by, but the hunters' concentration remains steady. One keeps the barrel of his weapon trained on Terrick, and the other one prepares to defend himself against that glow-rod, should he have to. Emotions run high, and the hunter with the gun acts out of nervousness, letting a bolt loose at the heroic knight. Terrick concentrating he reached out leaping and turning with a full round house on the Bounty Hunters his foot slams into one's helmet cracking his view plate he quickly moves to parry an incoming bolt. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Sneak Difficulty: Hard .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Hard .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Hard .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Kyr Skill: Chemistry Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! Kyr coughs and looks at Julianna, his vision is obscured "Whatever you gave me is going to put me out soon, so listen closely. Behind the bar under the blaster rack there's going to be a cabinet with emergency equipment. In there is going to be two stun grenades. Now get to cover, I don't think they are interested in me anymore." Kyr begins to pull him self to the other side of the bar. Julianna nods and whispers to Kyr to keep the bandage on. Trying to look through the fog she slides along the floor back to the bar. Managing to get around it she locates the cabinet. Pulling it open as quietly as possible she takes out the stun grenades and crouches low peeking around the bar to see. Rylos Stark has a hard time breathing and jumps over the bar, headed for the door. His self-preservation overrides his joy of a firefight and he makes it outside where the Corellian air is... a little clearer. Ramadeb seeing he isn't as nimble as he thought attempts to roll out the door and seek cover on the other side of it where there is less smoke SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Survival Difficulty: Easy .........................Failure! Even though the hunters have seen Alex, he is sure that they're in no condition to pursue him. Conflicts were never his forte, so he puts all of his efforts into fleeing the scene. He sprints for the door, with all of his might, hoping to get out, before Terrick is done with the pair. Meanwhile, closer to the center of the old drinking hole, the two hunters go though the school of hard knocks. With his faceplate shattered on his face, one of the hunters collapses onto the ground, and begins to inhale his own gas. The other stumbles from the impact and falls to one knee. He growls softly, and decides to risk a close-range shot at the Jedi. Concentrating Terrick raised his saber and brings it toward the standing Bounty Hunter moving and weaving some he shifts his weight bring his lightsaber hard toward the Hunter's weapon. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Blaster Difficulty: Hard .........................SUCCESS!! SKILLCHECK: Terrick Skill: Lightsaber Difficulty: Hard .........................SUCCESS!! On a mission already, Katrick is especially tuned to the Force at the moment. And as he strolls down the street, near the cantina, he feels the Force being used in some way. Frowning, he heads directly for the disturbance, and hears the shouts and blaster fire inside. He immediately speeds up, running for the door. As he nears the door, he pauses a moment to listen, and then slowly opens the front door. Swinging his saber to bare he quickly knocks the Bounty Hunter's blaster shot against the wall and turned his foot to his face attempting to knock him to the ground. Kyr groans. His head is swimming and his arm hurts like hell. He crawls behind the bar, and drags himself to the stairs. With a crash, he tumbles down into the storeroom door. SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Survival Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Brawling Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! Ramadeb attempts to leap up and tackle the Bounty Hunter, the smoke making his vision to blurry he misses the assault taking a well placed boot to the face from the man sending him crashing to the ground with a loud THUD! Julianna notices her lungs begin to burn as she breathes in more gas, and her eyes tear. Her mind starts racing. The gas must be a mixture of tear gas and chloroform. She feels along the wall to the storage room that Kyr opened. Stumbling into the door she goes looking for some decent cloth with a tight weave. Finding some wrapped up against some food items she takes several pieces and dowses them in some Windex. Heading back up stairs she runs quickly to everyone handing them the cloth and motioning to put it over there mouths. Won't smell very good, but it should keep the relatively large compound out of their lungs. Taking cover again, she shouts, "Take shallow breaths everyone, will help keep off the drowsiness. On a mission already, Katrick is especially tuned to the Force at the moment. And as he strolls down the street, near the cantina, he feels the Force being used in some way. Frowning, he heads directly for the disturbance, and hears the shouts and blaster fire inside. He immediately speeds up, running for the door. As he nears the door, he pauses a moment to listen, and then slowly opens the front door. SKILLCHECK: Alexandre Skill: Running Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Terrick Skill: Lightsaber Difficulty: Hard .........................Failure! Unopposed by bounty hunters, Alex dashes for the door. However, knowing the hunters and their gas does not keep him from falling victim to its effects. His eyes and lungs begin to burn. Breathing becomes difficult. Alex's sprint slows to a medium walk, yet he continues to fervently push himself toward the door. Unknowingly, he heads straight for Katrick. The Bounty Hunter, just having placed a foot into Ramadeb's head by way of ridding himself of the pesky creature in the battle armor, is entirely too distracted to take note of Katrick's appearance. Terrick stands still holding the bounty hunters attention he studied the one standing and the other regaining his composure from a fierce kick he had deposited to him , "Leave this place we do not need this trouble here.." he said calmly his Lightsaber in a defensive position. He had hopped that deflecting that shot would deter them and their plans somewhat making them think twice about their situations. He stood there standing waiting for a reply and he noticed someone slip into the door he sensed him his familiar presence he smiled inwardly. Kyr stumbles into the storeroom that resides under the bar. He looks around and sees.... a lot of alcohol. The teargas hasn't made it this far down yet in large quantities. Kyr grabs his wound with his left hand and makes a dash for the back door. He shouts behind him "Juli, get down here!" Julianna hears something from Kyr under the din of the fight. Dodging, she scrambles down the stairs. Seeing Kyr she sighs and comes to check on him. SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Brawling Difficulty: Hard .........................Failure! SKILLCHECK: Ramadeb Skill: Brawling Difficulty: Medium .........................Failure! Kyr groans as he stumbles out the back door. Making a mad dash for the CorSec building, or the nearest officer. Ramadeb attempts to grab the foot of the Bounty Hunter and drag him down, failing in this action the Bounty Hunter place a hard backfist catching Ramadeb under his helmet knocking him onto his back. Ramadeb lets out a loud grunt in pain. After dispatching Ramadeb, the hunter returns his attention to Terrick. "We live to serve. We came for the thief. He is gone, and we must follow." He kicks his companion to help him wake up. "We will go boy, but when we are done with the thief, we will return to settle accounts with you." Keeping a tight grip on his rifle, the hunter begins to head for the door, his recently revived partner crawling after him. Alexandre finally makes it to the door. Without looking at him, Alex grabs on to Katrick and pushes off against him, sending himself through the doors and out of the cantina. Having avoided capture in this ugly situation, he counts his blessings, thanks his ancestors, and scuttles away from this place. Ramadeb slowly gets to his feet coughing Julianna heads back in from the storage room coughing. Waving through the gas, she points to the door, "I suggest fresh air everyone *cough* Ramadeb heads towards the door taking his helmet off he groans at the Pain. Ramadeb leans out the door coughing and spitting out the taste of the gas that's in his mouth. Ramadeb looks over at the no blasters sign and rolls his eyes Julianna walks slowly and tiredly out the door, taking of the makeshift mask she breathes deeply spitting out some of the chemical taste out. Looking up she checks to see everyone is ok. Though interesting reaction, she never liked chemical agents, preferred biological agents more interesting Katrick swings the doors open wide, and blinks as the gas assaults him from inside. As he is attempting to get his bearings on the situation, Alex and the bounty hunters pass by him. Feeling the effects of the gas, he takes a breath of good air and then steps deeper into the room. He uses the Force to protect himself from the rest of the effects.