Star Wars: Warlords

@majus
@Elfie

Nami giggles, out of relief as much as anything else – glad that Jura doesn’t seem to be in serious danger. “Doctor’s privilege,” she says, being as gentle as she can while she inspects the wound. “I have to…see everything.”

She looks around for anything suitable to use as a replacement bandage. Just to last until the morning when she can approach this with proper supplies and a clear head.

Kaelaen’s concerns register at the back of her mind, thoughts she hasn’t the bandwidth to consider just now.
 
@lady-lux

As Nami looked around, she realised that there was a first paid kit in the corrido that she could use to dress a wound.

"See everything? Is that is what is it called now?" Jura hummed.

Kaelae groaned.

"Take your mind out of your cunt." The Echani shook her head with a smile, while Jura ignored her.

"Oh... Do I need an adult?" Jura smiled at Naomi, then turned to Seri and winked at her.
 
@majus
@lady-lux

Seri can’t quite bring herself to join in the easy banter flowing between the other women, but she does feel a little lighter for Jura’s joking. “Glad you’re okay.” She smiles softly, meeting her wink with a nod.

“She - she was amazing. I - I wouldn’t be here without her.” She confesses, feeling like an internal dam is beginning to break.
 
majus said:
Few made a noise and nodded his head, in acknowledgement. Olena returned to the house, and found that Jackie was starting on the chair by the wall, eyes closed, her wound clothed.

Trisk noticed Olena's return and turned to her.

"I gave her medicine for pain, but she should be okay to be moved." He said.

As Olena started moving the bodies, the man decided to hel her. The two grabbed the legs of the older man and started dragging him to other room. The younger man looked to be better build, but lighter, so he was easier to move.

As they returned to the room with Jackie, Olena found two hold out blaster on the floor that belonged to the men.
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Olena would collect both of the blasters - they could prove to be useful if the group was able to make contact with smugglers or sympathizers. "Jackie, how well do you think you can move?"
 
@majus
@Elfie

Nami shakes her head with a smile. There’s a temptation to try and be a mature professional, but right now anything that breaks the tension is very welcome.

She stands up, reaching out to take Jura’s and Seri’s hands at once. “You’re both amazing,” she says. “You’re both alive. Thank you for looking after each other.”

She can’t keep a faint note of sadness out of her tone. Not for her friends, here with her now, but for the woman who died without Nami ever knowing her name. But as a doctor, she can only help the living.

“Seri,” she says, “there’s a first-aid kit out there in the corridor. Would you bring it through, please?”
 
@Elfie
@lady-lux

"Oh, myy..." Jura hummed a smile spreading over her lips, as she looked at both Nami and Seri.

"Don't inflate her ego anymore. With her empty head all the hot air will make her fly." Kaelaen said with a deadpan voice.

"Hey!" Jura protested, but not really bothered.
 
ImAWanderer said:
Olena would collect both of the blasters - they could prove to be useful if the group was able to make contact with smugglers or sympathizers. "Jackie, how well do you think you can move?"
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The former scout trooper winced. She moved, slowly trying to get up, before quickly seating back.

"I need to rest for some time." She shook her head. "In emergency, I will need aid to move." She paused. "With enough pain relief drugs, I should be able to move, but that won't be nice..."
 
@majus
@lady-lux

You’re welcome. Is what Seri very nearly blurts out, instinctively, squirming as Nami simultaneously praises and thanks both her and Jura. But that would sound ridiculous, or facetious, and besides she’s already just about ready to start crying. Again.

She lets out a strangulated sound between a sob and a snort of laughter at Kaelaen’s latest jab at Jura - unable to catch herself in time, and unable to ignore the humour cutting through her tension. But she nods jerkily at Nami, scurrying off like a frightened Loth-cat.

She locates the first aid kit, working it off its mooring on the wall, and heads back the cheerful patient’s bedside.
 
@majus
@Elfie

Nami smiles as Seri returns, gratefully taking the first aid kit. “Perfect, thank you.” She begins unpacking the necessary supplies. “I just have to change the bandage. Normally I’d put up a screen or something…” She doesn’t say the part about how most of them have seen each other fully naked already. “Maybe you two could just…look over that way?”

She prepares to take off the bandage once Jura has as much privacy as she wants, to get a proper look at the state of the wound before putting on a fresh dressing.
 
majus said:
The former scout trooper winced. She moved, slowly trying to get up, before quickly seating back.

"I need to rest for some time." She shook her head. "In emergency, I will need aid to move." She paused. "With enough pain relief drugs, I should be able to move, but that won't be nice..."
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"Kriff," Olena cursed, "alright, let me get you somewhere comfortable then." As the Amazonian Amaran reached down to help Jackie move, she shouted out to Trisk. "Oi, go bring the runner in! We'll be here for a while."
 
@Elfie
@lady-lux

"The exhibitionist will not mind." Kaelaen commented with a dry tone.

"Hey!" Jura protested, then paused. "Well... I mean..."

Kaelaen shook her head, before turning to Seri.

"What can you tell me about the woman who attacked you. Her looks, name, motivations, which was her room?" The Echani asked a question after the other.

As Naomi checked the wound, she found it to be a pretty standard procedure.

+3 (skill) +3 (roll) Vs DC (10-2) 8 - fail

As Nami started preparing the bandage and putting it on, she stopped halfway. She realised she forgot to put the medicine before the dressing,
 
ImAWanderer said:
"Kriff," Olena cursed, "alright, let me get you somewhere comfortable then." As the Amazonian Amaran reached down to help Jackie move, she shouted out to Trisk. "Oi, go bring the runner in! We'll be here for a while."
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Trisk paused as he turned to look at Olena.

"Oh, okay sure!" He called as he walked out of the building.

As Olena grabbed Jackie and raised her, the woman grunted, as his escaped her lips.

"Not yet at the target, and already wounded." She grumbled. "That was stupid."
 
@majus
@lady-lux

Seri promptly turns her back to Nami and Jura, and finds that has the added benefit of meaning she doesn’t quite have to meet Kaelaen’s eyes.

Her heart sinks at the questions, and her hand flexes, searching for something to grab hold of for support - and finding nothing.

“She… she’s - she was a Twi’lek. Violet skin. I - I didn’t know her name, or where she was on the ship. I didn’t even know she was on the ship. She just grabbed me, fr-from behind, pretty soon after you both left.” She shrinks under the bombard of questions, stammering her way through her answers.

Pausing, she considers stopping there - she really doesn’t want to confess why the Twi’lek came after her. But then, she remembers she’s already told Jura, so she’ll know if she lies. She hangs her head, feeling unmoored and isolated as she sways on the spot.

“I don’t know… what she was going to d-do to me. But - but I know why. I - she - I was -“ she lets out a shuddering breath, a heave that threatens to spiral into panic again, “B-back on Nar Shaddaa I - I got mixed up in something bad. I was… they were going to - well, do this to me, enslave me. I escaped but… what I did to get out, she - the Twi’lek - she must have been blamed for it. I wasn’t free long and, and when they dragged me back, b-branded me… she wasn’t getting the same. It was my fault.”
 
@majus
@Elfie

Nami hisses between her teeth, aghast at her mistake. It’s not safe to try and do this when she’s so tired. She’s lucky the stakes aren’t higher this time.

“So sorry,” she whispers to Jura. “This – gotta make sure it heals right.” As carefully as she can, she peels back the bandage again to apply the gel to the wound first. “Just a tiny sting, maybe…”
 
majus said:
Trisk paused as he turned to look at Olena.

"Oh, okay sure!" He called as he walked out of the building.

As Olena grabbed Jackie and raised her, the woman grunted, as his escaped her lips.

"Not yet at the target, and already wounded." She grumbled. "That was stupid."
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Olena sighed, shaking her head. "It's alright. Every inch of ground we can map out for the others is a win we can exploit later." The Amazonian Amaran helped Jackie hobble into one of the bedrooms that weren't occupied by the dead, assisting in putting her up in a bed. "Stay here, we'll figure out our next move in a little while." With that, the vixen began to explore the house with a closer eye for details - the group had found medical supplies for Jackie, but what else were these people hiding? Perhaps there was at least a basement that the corpses could be stored in?
 
@Elfie
@lady-lux

Kaelaen was quiet, just listening to Seri's explanation, not showing her thoughts on the events.

"A purple Twi'lek, should be easy to find which was her room." She nodded. "A former member of a slaver organisation, but betrayed by it... we should not have any trouble, but I should make sure of it." She nodded her head sharply.

Jura groaned.

"Oh, you and your big-ahh!" She hissed as Nami changed her bandage.

"Oh? Who has the big mouth?" Kaelaen crossed her arms under her bust. "It was quite loud~" She put a hand on her chin. "And soo high-pitched ~."

"Oh you-" Jura glared at the Echani. "You think you are funny?"

"I am sooo glad you are aware enough to recognise superior humour." Kaelaen answered with relief in her voice.

"I was using sarcasm." Jura groaned.

"Oh? You learned a difficult word?" Kaelaen gasped and stepped back, surprised. "Should our doctor check if your brain had a sudden case of swelling?"

"Are you... mocking me, snowflake?" Jura narrowed her eyes.

"Giska speak basic?" Kaelaen answered, her voice higher than normal.

"Why you-!" Jura pushed herself up on her elbows.

As the two chatted, Nami finished changing the bandages, this time acting slowly and carefully; she succeeded.
 
ImAWanderer said:
Olena sighed, shaking her head. "It's alright. Every inch of ground we can map out for the others is a win we can exploit later." The Amazonian Amaran helped Jackie hobble into one of the bedrooms that weren't occupied by the dead, assisting in putting her up in a bed. "Stay here, we'll figure out our next move in a little while." With that, the vixen began to explore the house with a closer eye for details - the group had found medical supplies for Jackie, but what else were these people hiding? Perhaps there was at least a basement that the corpses could be stored in?
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Before Olena could leave, Jackie called behind her.

"We better not stay here for long - the patrol can be checking the local households." She warned Olena.

The drugs could be easily found in one of the rooms. The house was actually pretty well supplied. There were several kits here and there. There was no basement, but Olena found five blaster rifles - old models, slow firing, but working.

10 vs DC 10 - success

As she walked through the room, she realised she saw something that did not match. She took a step back, and her eyes landed on a picture on one of the shelves. It took her a moment to realise what she was missing... there was one more person on the picture then they found! A person... in an imperial uniform.
 
majus said:
Before Olena could leave, Jackie called behind her.

"We better not stay here for long - the patrol can be checking the local households." She warned Olena.

The drugs could be easily found in one of the rooms. The house was actually pretty well supplied. There were several kits here and there. There was no basement, but Olena found five blaster rifles - old models, slow firing, but working.

10 vs DC 10 - success

As she walked through the room, she realised she saw something that did not match. She took a step back, and her eyes landed on a picture on one of the shelves. It took her a moment to realise what she was missing... there was one more person on the picture then they found! A person... in an imperial uniform.
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Olena hummed in thought as she noticed the picture, grabbing it and inspecting it, looking closely at the person in Imperial uniform... After a few moments, her eyes narrowed as she put the portrait back where she found it, before starting another search - just to be sure there wasn't another person in the building.
 
@majus
@Elfie

Checking over the dressing carefully, Nami is relieved to see that everything looks to be in order. The concern still nags at her, though, that this won’t be the only…incident. The last thing they need is for the group to start breaking apart under the strain of mistrust and divisions. With the mynocks circling out there, ready to strike while they’re divided.

Most of all, though, as the need to focus on her work fades, so does the burst of energy she’s been riding. She blinks a few times, trying to clear the growing fog, but she can feel sleep creeping up on her, whether she’s ready for it or not.

“There we go,” she says, resting a hand on Jura’s shoulder for a moment. “Now, I recommend rest. For most of us. All of us. D-definitely for me.”
 
@majus
@lady-lux

Seri listens mutely as Kaelaen dissects her information, and then returns to her back and forth with Jura. At a certain point, it all becomes so much noise, and she slips in and out of focus, unable to follow.

There’s a distant, prickling need to be away from here - off this ship. But otherwise, her mind is blank and begging for sleep. She wobbles, takes a step back, pressing against the wall, and wrestling just enough focus to hear Nami wrapping up her work. It’s a relief, though after everything, she feels a tingle of embarrassment at the prospect of asking once again if she can bunk on Nami’s ship - hasn’t she already asked so much?
 
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