ATTENTION (8:07:31 AM): Buddy
Chat session .

BrandiBjarlen (8:07:39 AM)
has entered the room.

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SW Baniss Nim (9:29:05 AM)
has entered the room.

Darth Diem (5:20:26 PM)
has entered the room.

Darth Diem (5:20:41 PM): Evening!

Darth Diem (5:21:32 PM): As usual, I will be in and
out doing other things for the next little while...

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:22:20 PM)
has entered the room.

Darth Diem (5:40:21 PM)
has left the room.

Darth Diem (5:42:19 PM)
has entered the room.

Darth Diem (5:42:38 PM): Silly updates... OK, I'm
back, still bouncing in and out of email for a bit...

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:45:39 PM): OK.
Not like we have quorum anyway

SAGA Cobb (5:45:54 PM)
has entered the room.

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:46:13 PM): Hi, Big
Guy!

SAGA Cobb (5:46:15 PM): ah, thanks. I can never remember the
name of the room and was looking for past logs

SAGA Cobb (5:46:17 PM): heya

SAGA Cobb (5:46:57 PM): so...

SAGA Cobb (5:47:22 PM): ...anyone have some radiator fluid
Cobb can gargle to get the foul taste out of his mouth?

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:47:54 PM): From
speaking Huttese?

SAGA Cobb (5:48:12 PM): no...no...speaking Huttese alone isn't
enough for that...

SAGA Cobb (5:48:36 PM): hmmm...maybe it's to deal with the
aftertaste that lingers from Cobb's lips being suctioned to a Hutt's buttocks

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:48:37 PM): Ohhh...from
having your tongue up the Hutt's heinie?

SAGA Cobb (5:49:08 PM): er, yeah. that

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:49:22 PM): Yeah, Cobb
is gonna have to brush his teeth for a week before Xarai will even come within
5' of him.

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:49:29 PM): brb

SAGA Cobb (5:49:44 PM): floss with my eyes closed cuz I do NOT
want to see what comes off my teeth...

Darth Diem (5:51:38 PM): Do Hutts even HAVE
buttocks?  You kinda need legs for that...

SAGA Cobb (5:52:09 PM): well...

DoD Xarai Vaa (5:52:14 PM): Huttese
cloaca?

SAGA Cobb (5:52:28 PM): that's a physiological question in
which I have absolutely zero interest in seeking an answer.

SWRahReston (5:52:56 PM)
has entered the room.

Darth Diem (6:04:52 PM): (So may I assume that your
admirer gets sent packing, then, Brandi?    )

BrandiBjarlen (6:05:44 PM): ((er, admirer?? More than
likely!   (will go read
quick)))

DoD Rengar (6:06:14 PM): (( one of the hangers-on came by and was flirting with Brandi,
MR... ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:06:36 PM): ((ahhhh))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:06:37 PM): ((Snivvian))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:06:51 PM): ((He's the
right height, Brandi. ))

Darth Diem (6:06:57 PM): He's about your
height.  GOOMB.

DoD Rengar (6:06:57 PM): Crow used to be pretty good at scooping dice out of one of my
player's coffee can holders.

Darth Diem (6:07:23 PM): Never mind those little
piggy tusks...

Darth Diem (6:07:56 PM): The purple jumpsuit is
actually quite snazzy.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:08:01 PM): Hawt!

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:08:02 PM):

SAGA Cobb (6:08:14 PM): It's Disco Schmoo!

Darth Diem (6:09:17 PM): Anyhow, while Brandi is
being romanced... is there anything in particular the rest of you would like to
be doing, beyond looking tough?

SAGA Cobb (6:09:38 PM): Our Major-Domo...is he of a familiar
house, to me?

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:09:43 PM): Just saw
this great ad for a new cell phone...Ozzy Osbourne using it to text to the
coffee barista, the taxi driver, the psychiatrist, because no one can
understand him.

SWRahReston (6:09:54 PM): .oO(I'm not here... I'm not here... look at someone else...)

Darth Diem (6:09:57 PM): Hmmm... roll me a
Knowledge check, Cobb.

OnlineHost (6:10:12 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  19

SAGA Cobb (6:10:19 PM): the only Knowledge I have is Social
Sciences.

SAGA Cobb (6:10:32 PM): so that'd be a 27

BrandiBjarlen (6:10:35 PM): ((That is a good one,
Mike ))

DoD Rengar (6:11:25 PM): (( looking tough sounds good.  unless the Nikto have
anything to contribute ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:12:06 PM): ::To the Sniv', in
Basic:: "That's very kind of you, but I rarely drink spirits."
::sniffs:: "It smells interesting, though."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:12:18 PM): ((What
species are the dancers?))

SAGA Cobb (6:12:26 PM): (your kind)

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:12:31 PM): ((Jedi? ))

Darth Diem (6:12:55 PM): ::grins toothily::
"Is very tasty.  You like!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:12:59 PM): ::If the
dancers ever take a break, I'll try to talk to them.::

SWRahReston (6:13:00 PM): ((Twi'lek, as far as I recall))

SAGA Cobb (6:13:19 PM): I ask the Major Domo -- "Excuse
me, but this is the old Nulay compound, is it not?  Is the great Darga
here as...honored guest...?  Or...successor?

BrandiBjarlen (6:13:21 PM): ((Does it smell at *all*
appetizing?))

Darth Diem (6:13:42 PM): Sure, the dancers get a
break eventually.  The Nikto appear to be playing some sort of card
game.

DoD Rengar (6:14:02 PM): (( oooo - gambling!  so there. ))

Darth Diem (6:14:07 PM): ((The drink?  The
vapor tickles your nose and has a chilly bite, something like eucalyptus.))

Darth Diem (6:15:01 PM): Igren Demos sneers at
Cobb.  "There are no more Nulay."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:15:06 PM): ((Will wait
my turn, Leslie.  Let me know when you catch up to me. ))

SAGA Cobb (6:15:25 PM): "Replaced by the ascendent
Demos?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:15:33 PM): ((one more question, then
I'll eat my dinner for a bit ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:16:04 PM): ((Do I think that
accepting the drink will commit me to anything?))

Darth Diem (6:16:07 PM): ::straightens his
robes::  "Mighty Darga is lord and master here.  I am but his
humble servant."

SAGA Cobb (6:16:21 PM): nods

Darth Diem (6:16:57 PM): ((You mean, like, "a
pretty girl wearing a flowery hat gave me a drink and now I'm
married?"  No, nothing like that.))

SAGA Cobb (6:17:17 PM): ((hmmm...there are worse fates, I
suppose...)

Darth Diem (6:17:19 PM): ((He's obviously trying to
impress you, that's all.))

BrandiBjarlen (6:17:25 PM): ((got it. ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:17:35 PM): ::Take the drink, and
take a cautious sip::

SAGA Cobb (6:17:36 PM): Okay, I wander about, getting a feel
for the place, seeing and being seen.

SWRahReston (6:18:19 PM): :: fading back into the background, lurking and eavesdropping ::

Darth Diem (6:18:25 PM): ((The drink is bubbly and
has a minty zing.  It's surprisingly good... but awfully potent.))

BrandiBjarlen (6:18:49 PM): ::Bow in return::
"You honor me with the gift."

Darth Diem (6:18:57 PM): Cobb struts and Rah
lurks... Ren goes a-gamblin'... Xarai goes to talk to the dancers...

DoD Kez Viridux (6:19:09 PM): Kez will go gambling.

DoD Kez Viridux (6:19:12 PM): That sounds like fun

Darth Diem (6:19:13 PM): Gosh, that leaves plenty
of empty chairs for Brandi's new friend!

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:19:26 PM):

BrandiBjarlen (6:19:31 PM): "Perhaps you would
like to sit and tell me of your travels."

SAGA Cobb (6:19:34 PM): (...we figured she'd want some
privacy...)

BrandiBjarlen (6:19:34 PM): ((
))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:20:04 PM): Watching Brandi get romanced
doesn't sound like fun

Darth Diem (6:20:12 PM): He hops up into Ren's
abandoned seat, smiling broadly.  "Knew you'd like it!  My is
named Grev."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:20:15 PM): Especially when the dude gets
inappropriate and then she chops his hand off

SAGA Cobb (6:20:16 PM): oh...I don't know...

DoD Kez Viridux (6:20:30 PM): (( She has the death mark in
12 systems ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:20:38 PM): ((LOL))

SAGA Cobb (6:20:44 PM): heh

BrandiBjarlen (6:20:58 PM): "I'm Brandi."

Darth Diem (6:21:21 PM): And speaking of getting
romanced, as the dance number continues, a ruddy-skinned and barely-clothed
Twi'lek woman makes a point of trying to integrate Cobb into her routine.

BrandiBjarlen (6:21:25 PM): ((taking cautious sips
every - oh, 20 minutes. ))

SAGA Cobb (6:21:59 PM): er...is it Xarai?

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:22:00 PM): ::looks on
with a bit of amusement::

Darth Diem (6:22:03 PM): "Is nice to see
pretty girl.  What bring you to bright up Grev's day?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:22:05 PM): (( Why are Twi'lek women never
dressed ?  Cloth shortage on their home world ? ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:22:19 PM): ((Hey, I'm
fully clothed!!!!!)))

Darth Diem (6:22:22 PM): ((No, Cobb... random
dancer.    Looks like she's angling for a tip.))

Darth Diem (6:22:39 PM): ((It's REALLY hot
there.  ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:23:03 PM): ((True
dat!))

BrandiBjarlen (6:23:23 PM): ::smiles::
"Business." ::tips her head toward Darga:: "What brings you
here, Grev?"

Darth Diem (6:23:23 PM): ((Kinda like the clothes
fell off all the Jedi masters on Felucia in the Force Unleashed game...
ugh.     )

SAGA Cobb (6:23:24 PM): A) hard to dance back dressed in
armor...even 'light' armor...B) could actually function as a, er,
pole...C...uhhh...just where DO you put the credstick for a dancer???

SAGA Cobb (6:24:16 PM): But hey, I'm game.  We're
infiltratin', after all.  If I can get a quick glance at what is standard
'fare' here (or if my extensive experience in nightclubs and other social
situations might help...)

Darth Diem (6:24:36 PM): A) she seems to be
counting on that... B) yep, that's the plan, gosh, did she just get her ankle
up on your shoulder?  C)... use your imagination.

Darth Diem (6:25:23 PM): "Same, Brandi!  Grev
is super pilot.  Lots of creds flying for Great Darga."

SWRahReston (6:25:39 PM): ((adjustable wench))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:25:51 PM): ((Ba-dum-BUMP!))

Darth Diem (6:26:14 PM): The Nikto seem happy
enough to clear a little elbow room for Ren and Kez...

Darth Diem (6:26:24 PM): Do either of you speak
Huttese?

SAGA Cobb (6:26:26 PM): well, I give her a 1.5x tip.
then lean in and whisper something to her after a lingering look at her lekku.

DoD Rengar (6:26:32 PM): (( i do ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:26:55 PM): ::lays it on a little,
not TOO thick:: "Oh! You must see lots of places, then! I haven't traveled
to too many." ::wistful tone:: "Tell me what they're like?"

Darth Diem (6:27:09 PM): Excellent... they're
playing Iyu Kirrr, which seems to be a native Nikto game.  They're happy
to explain it to you, though.

SWRahReston (6:27:30 PM): ((holds up mental scorecard, giving Brandi a solid 7))

SAGA Cobb (6:27:35 PM): (shrewd, Brandi!! Playing the 'Lost
Schoolgirl' role.  Nice touch!)  *smirk*

BrandiBjarlen (6:28:04 PM): ((nice to know my
"friends" appreciate me! ))

Darth Diem (6:28:15 PM): ::eats it up with very
large spoon::  "Oh!  You should see oceans of Malastare!"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:28:25 PM): (( I'll let you know on the
Huttese thing in a moment ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:28:31 PM): ((Better
you than me, short stuff. ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:28:31 PM): (( Still finding my sheet! ))

Darth Diem (6:29:04 PM): Ante for the game is 20
creds... tell me how much beyond that you'd like to wager and make me a Gamble
check whenever you get around to it, guys.

BrandiBjarlen (6:29:16 PM): ::keep feeding - catalog
all of the places the Great Darga sends his pilots ::

Darth Diem (6:29:47 PM): "Beautiful sunset!"
Grev raves.  ::waggles eyebrows::  "Cato Neimodia has nice
sunset too, you know.  Want to see?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:30:16 PM): (( Apparently I do not speak
Huttese.  Can you learn new languages in this system ? ))

DoD Rengar (6:30:20 PM): :: Happily lose a few hands learning the game, drink a little
(okay, probably a lot), casually ply the guys for gossip (what was the name of
the secret project? ... checking notes... ))

Darth Diem (6:30:30 PM): ((Sarlacc Project))

DoD Rengar (6:30:51 PM): (( perfect.  can blend That in via a mention of the card
game itself ))

SAGA Cobb (6:31:01 PM): (yes, Steve...Linguist feat)

DoD Rengar (6:31:16 PM): (( sabacc... sarlacc... okay, not the same.  read too quick
))

Darth Diem (6:31:52 PM): ((Is close enough, and if
the whole party would like to go ahead and make me individual GI checks, that'd
be cool.))

BrandiBjarlen (6:31:52 PM): "Oh, not tonight
.... I just got here! Have to leave something to see for tomorrow."

BrandiBjarlen (6:32:18 PM): //rolls-dice1-sides20

OnlineHost (6:32:18 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

Darth Diem (6:32:22 PM): ::grin widens::
"SunRISE, then?"

DoD Rengar (6:32:27 PM): (( two rolls - gamble, then GI ))

OnlineHost (6:32:31 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  18

BrandiBjarlen (6:32:33 PM): 26 GI

OnlineHost (6:32:37 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 2 20-sided dice:  14 2

onlinehost (6:32:45 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

Darth Diem (6:32:46 PM): "Grev knows great
breakfast place.  They deliver."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:33:04 PM): ((22 Gather
Info from talking with the dancers.))

SWRahReston (6:33:27 PM): ((18))

BrandiBjarlen (6:33:55 PM): "mmmmm"
::appears to consider it:: "Maybe ... it depends on when the Great Darga
has us leaving, though. Perhaps I could meet you if we're not gone by then.
"

Darth Diem (6:34:10 PM): Over the next few hours of
gambling, schmoozing, lurking, and fending off the advances of Disco Schmoo...
you hear no mention of a Sarlacc.  However...

DoD Rengar (6:34:13 PM): (( 14 gamble, 3 GI ))

Darth Diem (6:34:40 PM): ... you do catch a few
hints that Darga is expecting some business partners who are running a bit
late.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:35:11 PM): ((Hmmmm. ))

Darth Diem (6:35:13 PM): "Grev live in hope,
fair lady!"

Darth Diem (6:35:50 PM): Eventually, the dancers go
on a break... another few rounds of appetizers circulate... and Darga decides
he's bored.

BrandiBjarlen (6:35:57 PM): ::grins:: "That's
very sweet of you, Grev."

SAGA Cobb (6:36:10 PM): I dry off my armor

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:36:22 PM): ((TMI!!))

Darth Diem (6:36:39 PM): He claps his pudgy hands
together, rings clattering.  "Set up the race course!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:37:07 PM): ::whispers
to one of the dancers:: "Race course?"

Darth Diem (6:37:22 PM): An enthusiastic rumble
greets this announcement, and seems mostly genuine.  Several
"courtiers" begin elbowing one another in encouragement.

Darth Diem (6:37:38 PM): ::nods, and wipes sweat
off her brow::  "His newest toys.  You'll see."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:37:46 PM): "Ahhhh."
::smiles::

Darth Diem (6:38:55 PM): Darga looks around and
fixes his eye on his new best suck-up, Cobb.  "You!" he barks in
Huttese.  "I need a pilot for my personal racing droid.  Who is
your best?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:39:12 PM): ((I suspect
you're on, Kez. ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:39:13 PM): I'll wager 50 creds (sorry,
I'm a little behind )

OnlineHost (6:39:17 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

SAGA Cobb (6:39:35 PM): "That one, called Kez, your
Awesomeness."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:40:07 PM): (( What's gamble, untrained ?
))

SAGA Cobb (6:40:14 PM): wisdom

DoD Kez Viridux (6:40:18 PM): "Pilot?  Wha ?
Someone need a pilot? "

DoD Kez Viridux (6:40:26 PM): (( 17 gamble ))

OnlineHost (6:40:41 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 3 20-sided dice:  9 10 12

Darth Diem (6:41:27 PM): ((Kez did well with the
strange game, and has raked in about half the pot by the time Darga calls for
his droids... earn 100 creds))

Darth Diem (6:42:14 PM): Darga waves Kez
forward.  "Yes, yes, just a little droid.  Nothing to worry
about.  My last pilot will recover soon enough.  Ho!  Ho!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:43:07 PM): ((It's
Santa Hutt! ))

Darth Diem (6:43:19 PM): Others are stepping
forward... a Quarren mercenary, a grinning purple-jumpsuited Snivvian clearly
bent on impressing someone, and at Kez's nomination, a sour-faced Igren Demos.

DoD Kez Viridux (6:44:07 PM): *whispers to Cobb* "what
am I piloting ?"

Darth Diem (6:44:08 PM): The court shuffles to get
a good look at the courtyard behind and below Darga's dais, while the Hutt
pushes a button to slowly rotate himself in place.

SAGA Cobb (6:44:40 PM): *whispers back* "Beats me. Could
be anything from a star cruiser, to one of those dancers over there. Be
careful, if the latter...they're a little oiled up..."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:44:51 PM): ::working
my way back to the rest o fyou::

Darth Diem (6:44:55 PM): Slaves scurry to set up
obstacles around a large, oblong room, clearly some sort of garden in its
former life.  The transparisteel dome is cracked and has been crudely
painted over.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:45:01 PM): ::and,
pinch Cobb on the butt for that comment::

SAGA Cobb (6:45:26 PM): (um, neither Cobb nor I knows whtether
that was a reward or a warning! )

Darth Diem (6:45:57 PM): The arena, for such it
clearly is, stretches about fifty meters at the long ends and is about thirty
meters across.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:46:43 PM): ((Xarai's
face does not betray a clue. ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:47:08 PM): "Well,
this should be interesting."

SAGA Cobb (6:47:33 PM): yup...have Xarai help me 'escort' Kez
to the area...so we can get ring-side seats1

Darth Diem (6:47:39 PM): You see four battered
droids, roughly man-sized, balanced on a single wheel.  (think the
waitress in Attack of the Clones)

Darth Diem (6:48:10 PM): The other three pilots are
being handed some sort of interface visor and directed to stand at the edge of
the balcony overlooking the arena.

Darth Diem (6:48:33 PM): The crowd keeps a respectful
distance from both the pilots and Darga, elbowing for a good view of the track
below.

Darth Diem (6:49:01 PM): (Would somebody care to
make a Know: Tech on the visor?)

SWRahReston (6:49:15 PM): :: takes advantage of everyone being focused to drift toward an
exit that leads deeper into the complex that no one appears to be watching ::

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:49:17 PM): ((I was
gonna say...that sounds like Kez or Nim.))

OnlineHost (6:49:22 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  20

SW Baniss Nim (6:49:29 PM): know tech 30

DoD Kez Viridux (6:49:45 PM): (( I am not a Know Tech kinda
guy.  I do Know Galactic Lore! ))

DoD Rengar (6:50:22 PM): :: cover Rah's exit ::

Darth Diem (6:50:36 PM): Nim takes a quick peek at
the visor before Kez puts it on...

OnlineHost (6:50:57 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  19

Darth Diem (6:51:08 PM): The visor appears to read
the eye movements of the user and translate them into commands, while providing
an in-droid view of the action.

SWRahReston (6:51:10 PM): ((is fairly oblivious to most technology...))

OnlineHost (6:51:25 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

onlinehost (6:51:55 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 6-sided die:  6

SWRahReston (6:52:08 PM): ((spent a Force point - 25))

Darth Diem (6:52:16 PM): It appears to be a bit
unstable.... various software errors... hmmm, probably intended for a non-Human
pilot, not for a Duros either...

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:52:31 PM): ((So, Kez,
don't be looking up at us when you drive.))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:52:37 PM): (( Oh goodie.  I'm going
to get all addled in the brain pain. ))

Darth Diem (6:52:41 PM): Nim is fairly confident
that he can tweak the visor to decrease the chances of it shorting out and
shocking the crap out of poor Kez.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:52:43 PM): (( ))

SW Baniss Nim (6:52:59 PM): and do so

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:53:00 PM): ((That's a
good thing!))

Darth Diem (6:53:06 PM): Use Comp and Mechanics
both, please, to fiddle with the visor.

OnlineHost (6:53:17 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 2 20-sided dice:  15 2

DoD Kez Viridux (6:53:18 PM): (( assist on that? ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:53:24 PM): (( Or no assists in this
system ? ))

OnlineHost (6:53:28 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 2 20-sided dice:  1 20

BrandiBjarlen (6:53:29 PM): ::will offer my +5
assist::

SW Baniss Nim (6:53:33 PM): comp 30   mec 17

SW Baniss Nim (6:53:58 PM): use fp on mec

OnlineHost (6:54:03 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 6-sided die:  1

SW Baniss Nim (6:54:07 PM): mec 18

DoD Kez Viridux (6:54:09 PM): (( can offer assist on
Machanics ))

SW Baniss Nim (6:54:25 PM): then mec 20

SAGA Cobb (6:54:40 PM): look for some betting action

SW Baniss Nim (6:54:54 PM): with baradi

SW Baniss Nim (6:55:04 PM): com 35 and mec 25

Darth Diem (6:55:48 PM): Betting action, you
say?  Certainly!  Darga himself is participating, even.

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:56:03 PM): ::moving
with Cobb, acting as dippy arm candy::

DoD Kez Viridux (6:56:27 PM): ::whispers:: "How rude is
it to beat our host?"

Darth Diem (6:57:05 PM): How much would you like to
bet?

SAGA Cobb (6:57:05 PM): "Consider it a test.  Cheat,
sabotage -- whatever it takes.  This ain't the Corellian Regatta!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:57:16 PM): "Yeah,
we need to impress him, Kez."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:57:32 PM): "Play to win. Check"

Darth Diem (6:57:35 PM): Kez, here's the rules...

Darth Diem (6:58:13 PM): There are three laps
around the track.  For each lap, each pilot makes an Int check.
Highest result earns 4 speed points, then 3, etc.

DoD Kez Viridux (6:58:19 PM): (( Rule 1: There are no rules
? ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:58:31 PM): ((brb - Brandi's just
watching, will assist if the chance comes up))

Darth Diem (6:58:34 PM): Roll of natural 1
automatically comes in last. and makes you lose a point.

Darth Diem (6:59:40 PM): Guy with highest number at
end wins.  The catch... once per lap, you can make your droid attack
another racing droid.

SW Baniss Nim (7:00:27 PM): so who is the pilot for kus

Darth Diem (7:00:29 PM): You declare the attack,
declare how many speed points you would like to wager on it, and then roll 1d20
plus that number vs. a Ref Def of 13.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:00:34 PM): ((Kez))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:01:00 PM): Just an INT check ?  Not
pilot ?

Darth Diem (7:01:08 PM): You win they get
damaged... you lose, you lose your speed points.  Whether you succeed or
fail, you will lose 1 speed point if you attack.

SW Baniss Nim (7:01:11 PM): i have good int

Darth Diem (7:01:24 PM): If you hit zero, you
crash.

Darth Diem (7:01:46 PM): Nope, no pilot.  Just
Int.    Sorry, dude, I feel your pain.

SWRahReston (7:01:53 PM): ((Nim, are you saying YOU should pilot instead of the pilot?))

Darth Diem (7:02:00 PM): I think Chaika hit 5th or
6th level before I ever saw a starship...

SW Baniss Nim (7:02:04 PM): my int is +4

DoD Kez Viridux (7:02:43 PM): My INT is +3.  But it's
too late now.  I've been nominated as "the best"

SW Baniss Nim (7:02:51 PM): np

Darth Diem (7:03:38 PM): Tell you what... because
that's kinda lame, I'll let you roll your Pilot check instead of the attack
roll as it was explained.  Speed point wager still applies.
Fair?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:03:41 PM): (( Force points allowed ? ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:03:48 PM): Cool

Darth Diem (7:03:48 PM): Sure thing.

Darth Diem (7:04:35 PM): How much are folks
wagering?

SAGA Cobb (7:04:57 PM): what are the odds?

Darth Diem (7:05:12 PM): The way the Gamble rules
work, you're up against Darga.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:05:12 PM): 100 credits
on our Kezster

SAGA Cobb (7:05:24 PM): uh...

SAGA Cobb (7:05:29 PM): yeah, 100 sounds good

DoD Kez Viridux (7:05:47 PM): *slips Cobb 100 creds*

SW Baniss Nim (7:05:52 PM): 350 on out kez

DoD Kez Viridux (7:05:53 PM): "To bet on me, of
course"

SAGA Cobb (7:06:15 PM): okay, another bet on Kez

SAGA Cobb (7:06:18 PM): with his money

Darth Diem (7:06:32 PM): OK... we'll do the race
first and then the Gamble check.  On your marks... get set...

Darth Diem (7:06:33 PM): GO!

OnlineHost (7:06:40 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 3 20-sided dice:  1 12 18

onlinehost (7:06:49 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

DoD Kez Viridux (7:06:52 PM): FP!

OnlineHost (7:06:55 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 6-sided die:  1

DoD Kez Viridux (7:06:59 PM): Int: 12

DoD Kez Viridux (7:07:20 PM): Attacking the leader with all
my speed points

Darth Diem (7:09:24 PM): You have 2 points to play
with... the Quarren, Icks, is out in front, with Grev hot on his tail.

Darth Diem (7:09:44 PM): Demos curses and snatches
off his visor as blue sparks fly from it!

OnlineHost (7:09:57 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

DoD Kez Viridux (7:09:58 PM): Who can I attack ?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:10:07 PM): And do I win bonus points for
winning the attack ?

Darth Diem (7:10:39 PM): You don't win bonus points
(you actually lose a speed point), but you damage the other droid.  And
you can attack either of the survivors.

SW Baniss Nim (7:10:40 PM): who is in what place??

Darth Diem (7:11:19 PM): Demos gets the visor off
before it does any damage to him, but his droid careens out of control and
crashes into the wall... much to the jeering amusement of the crowd.

Darth Diem (7:11:31 PM): Icks, Grev, Kez.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:11:50 PM): OK, I'll attack Grev, who is
in front of me.

SAGA Cobb (7:11:52 PM): (Brandi gonna go kiss his booboo?)

OnlineHost (7:11:58 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

BrandiBjarlen (7:12:02 PM): (um, no)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:12:05 PM): That's a 23 on the attack

SW Baniss Nim (7:12:29 PM): why is kez in last place....  one of them thru a 1

Darth Diem (7:12:32 PM): The majordomo scowls
furiously at all of you... as if he blames YOU for his misfortune.

Darth Diem (7:12:51 PM): (Kez is in last place of
THREE because the fourth guy already blew up, Curtis.)

SW Baniss Nim (7:12:59 PM): ah

Darth Diem (7:13:00 PM): Nice shot!

SAGA Cobb (7:13:06 PM): well, ONE of us is responsible, so I
just give a shrug

Darth Diem (7:13:58 PM): Grev snarls as his droid
spins, but recovers it.  The two of you are neck and neck going into the
second lap... next check, please!

OnlineHost (7:14:15 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 2 20-sided dice:  3 20

Darth Diem (7:14:34 PM): Icks is on fire today!

Darth Diem (7:14:47 PM): Whups, sorry, that's
Grev.  My bad!

Darth Diem (7:15:01 PM): He is REALLY determined to
impress his girl!!

SAGA Cobb (7:15:16 PM): (Y'know...)

SAGA Cobb (7:15:23 PM): (Brandi -could- help out...)

SAGA Cobb (7:15:32 PM): (stand up and flash Grev!)

OnlineHost (7:15:33 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  6

SAGA Cobb (7:15:37 PM):

DoD Kez Viridux (7:15:39 PM)
has left the room.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:15:57 PM)
has entered the room.

SW Baniss Nim (7:16:02 PM): wb

SWRahReston (7:16:05 PM): ((brb))

Darth Diem (7:16:07 PM): Interweb troubles, Steve?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:16:31 PM): Stupied esc key

BrandiBjarlen (7:16:38 PM): ((hmmmm .... I think I'll
smile distractingly at Grev when he comes around the turn.))

Darth Diem (7:16:46 PM): Ah, if I had a nickel...

DoD Kez Viridux (7:16:55 PM): Use my "Knack"
talent

DoD Kez Viridux (7:16:57 PM): Roll that agin

OnlineHost (7:17:01 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

DoD Kez Viridux (7:17:04 PM): Better.  18.

BrandiBjarlen (7:17:11 PM): ::and raise the goblet
(hoping to spill some ) ::

Darth Diem (7:17:17 PM): ((Alas, he has a visor
covering his eyes... you'll have to pick a different sense if you want to get
his attention.    ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:17:34 PM): ((Pump out
some pheromones, Brandi!!!))

Darth Diem (7:17:37 PM): Much better!

DoD Kez Viridux (7:18:01 PM): Can I attack both?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:18:04 PM): Or just one ?

Darth Diem (7:18:12 PM): Not better enough to top
Grev's 20, alas, but you and Icks are tied in second place.

SW Baniss Nim (7:18:12 PM): what check are they using in the race

Darth Diem (7:18:20 PM): Just one attack.

BrandiBjarlen (7:18:54 PM): ::Raise the goblet and
call out:: "That's the way, Grev! Think about sunrises!!!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:19:06 PM): ((Int for
racing, Pilot for attacking, it sounds like))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:19:17 PM): Who did I hurt last time ?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:19:20 PM): Grev ?

Darth Diem (7:19:24 PM): Yup.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:19:36 PM): Take him out

OnlineHost (7:19:40 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  16

DoD Kez Viridux (7:19:45 PM): 31

Darth Diem (7:19:47 PM): Go for it.  He seems
to have the same idea...

OnlineHost (7:19:54 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  14

Darth Diem (7:20:18 PM): The two droids collide in
a spray of sparks and screech of tortured metal!

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:20:32 PM): :gasps:

Darth Diem (7:20:39 PM): The translator droid
flings his hands over his eyes and moans.  "Ohhh, I can't bear to
watch!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:20:47 PM): ((Of course
it does! ))

Darth Diem (7:21:58 PM): For a second, it looks as
if the two droids will remain locked together and careen into the wall... but
both pilots maintain control.  All three pilots are mere centimeters apart
as they start the third lap!

Darth Diem (7:22:06 PM): Final Int check, please.

OnlineHost (7:22:16 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

DoD Kez Viridux (7:22:27 PM): Reroll that sucker, I think

OnlineHost (7:22:29 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  18

DoD Kez Viridux (7:22:32 PM): And a FP

onlinehost (7:22:35 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 6-sided die:  5

onlinehost (7:22:37 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 2 20-sided dice:  11 12

DoD Kez Viridux (7:22:38 PM): 26

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:22:59 PM): "GO
KEZ!!!"

Darth Diem (7:24:12 PM): Grez has lost too much
momentum, and misses one of the ramps, costing him a precious few seconds...
Icks and Kez barrel towards the finish line side by side!

Darth Diem (7:24:41 PM): The Quarren snaps his head
to the side, clearly flinging his droid into attack mode...

OnlineHost (7:24:52 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

DoD Kez Viridux (7:25:15 PM): (( Rules check ? ))

Darth Diem (7:25:27 PM): (Sure.)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:25:30 PM): (( If we are neck and neck....
and he attacks and loses a point.... does that leave me in front ? ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:25:34 PM): Or should I try to take him
out ?

DoD Rengar (7:26:12 PM): (( he has to miss to not reduce Your speed, though... ))

Darth Diem (7:26:29 PM): (Just realized I forgot to
declare how many points I was betting.  He'll use 3.  So if he hits,
he knocks you back by that many... if he misses, you'll pull ahead.))

SW Baniss Nim (7:26:29 PM): ((hopping my fixing helped))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:26:46 PM): (( ah!  And no way I can
dodge it ? ))

Darth Diem (7:26:53 PM): ((It did... it hurts lots
if that thing blows up.    ))

Darth Diem (7:27:17 PM): ((Nyet.  Droid has a
pretty low Reflex Defense.))

Darth Diem (7:27:34 PM): ((Do you have Vehicular
Evasion?))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:27:37 PM): Then I'll be 3, because I
can't miss   Knock his ass back

DoD Kez Viridux (7:28:21 PM): (( What's that from?
Starship book feat ?

Darth Diem (7:28:33 PM): ((I think it's the PrC,
never mind.    ))

OnlineHost (7:28:46 PM): DoD Kez Viridux
rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

DoD Kez Viridux (7:28:53 PM): That's a 16, unless I auto
miss

Darth Diem (7:28:54 PM): Ruh roh, Raggy.

Darth Diem (7:29:15 PM): We'll call that an opposed
check, then, since you guys wagered the same number of speed points...

OnlineHost (7:29:25 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  5

Darth Diem (7:29:33 PM): Aaaaand you kick his
ass.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:29:46 PM): woot!

Darth Diem (7:30:16 PM): The droids collide with an
audible crunch, but Kez comes out of the spin well in front, using his
opponent's near destruction to catapult his droid across the finish line.

Darth Diem (7:30:25 PM): Gamble checks out of our
betters, please...

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:30:28 PM): "ALRIGHT!!!"

OnlineHost (7:30:36 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  3

SW Baniss Nim (7:30:41 PM): and what is that check

OnlineHost (7:30:48 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  19

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:30:54 PM): Errr.
4 Gamble.

DoD Rengar (7:30:56 PM): (( wise ))

Darth Diem (7:30:58 PM): (Wisdom)

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:31:00 PM): (Wis check
if you aren't trained.)

OnlineHost (7:31:03 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  18

OnlineHost (7:31:03 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:31:04 PM): No, wait,
that's a 5.

SW Baniss Nim (7:31:08 PM): wis 13

DoD Kez Viridux (7:31:09 PM): 20 here

OnlineHost (7:31:13 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

SAGA Cobb (7:31:15 PM): HAH!

SAGA Cobb (7:31:22 PM): Um...Cobb's gamble check...

SAGA Cobb (7:31:23 PM): 0

SAGA Cobb (7:31:28 PM): should I roll for Kez?

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:31:30 PM): (You do get
+1 for level!))

SAGA Cobb (7:31:34 PM): ah, 1

Darth Diem (7:31:36 PM): Kez breaks even...

Darth Diem (7:31:50 PM): Cobb and Zarai lost
everything.

SAGA Cobb (7:31:55 PM): the question is...what were we
gambling? I was gambling for Kez to win!

Darth Diem (7:32:02 PM): Nim lost half his stake.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:05 PM): Just so I'm
clear, Leslie...

SW Baniss Nim (7:32:06 PM): same here

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:21 PM): Looking at
p. 47, it says "5-9, lose half of stake.

SWRahReston (7:32:21 PM): ((wasn't gambling))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:23 PM): I got a 5.

Darth Diem (7:32:24 PM): I know, that's a funny
hiccup in the Gamble rules.  Presumably, you were doing a point spread.

Darth Diem (7:32:35 PM): Darga rolled a 19.

Darth Diem (7:32:50 PM): Which meant his check
surpassed 20... and you lost by more than 10 points.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:56 PM): ahhhh

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:59 PM): got it.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:33:12 PM): I see that
now.

SW Baniss Nim (7:33:16 PM): well i wont do that again.  unless i know all the rules of
gambling

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:33:42 PM): It's in the
sidebar on p. 47 of the rulebook, Curtis, just so you know.

SW Baniss Nim (7:33:57 PM): thought i was betting on the winner.  was not told anything
different

Darth Diem (7:33:58 PM): Since you were up against
Darga and not the house - like you would be at a normal race - it's slightly
different.  Like I said, point spread.

SW Baniss Nim (7:34:11 PM): if i had know would not have bet

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:34:16 PM): Leslie did
say we were betting against Darga.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:34:24 PM): "Nothing with controls
that I can't fly, my babies"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:34:32 PM): "Well
done, Kez!"

SW Baniss Nim (7:34:44 PM): good race kez

SAGA Cobb (7:34:52 PM): "Controls and guns"

SAGA Cobb (7:34:56 PM): "Great job!"

BrandiBjarlen (7:35:02 PM): ::grins at Kez::
"nice job!"

Darth Diem (7:35:06 PM): There's no point in anyone
making a Gamble check in this instance if all they do is put their money on a
particular racer... this method lets everyone roll dice and participate.
Gets a touch confusing, though.

SWRahReston (7:35:07 PM): :: applauds ::

DoD Kez Viridux (7:35:43 PM): "Guns certainly
help"

Darth Diem (7:35:49 PM): Darga booms with laughter,
clearly amused by the results.  "Well done!  So, you are not
just talk!  This is good!  Come forward and claim your reward!"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:36:31 PM): ((You get
your very own Twi'lek dancing girl! ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:36:34 PM): :: goes forward ::

Darth Diem (7:36:37 PM): ((lol))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:36:55 PM): ((Collect
the entire set!  Trade with your scummy friends!))

Darth Diem (7:37:30 PM): Darga holds out a necklace
of heavy, square coppery links set with bright orange jewels.  It's rather
gaudy, especially on a green-skinned Duros.

Darth Diem (7:38:13 PM): Grev sighs desolately.

BrandiBjarlen (7:38:53 PM): ::raises a goblet to
him:: "Well raced, Grev."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:39:13 PM): :: accepts, bows and thanks
our host ::

Darth Diem (7:39:31 PM): The court goes back to
drinking and eating as the band starts up again... people chatter about the
race for the next few hours, especially replaying the part where the majordomo
blew up on the starting line.

SAGA Cobb (7:39:47 PM): gonna keep an eye on him

Darth Diem (7:39:50 PM): ::Grev brightens and bows
graciously::

SAGA Cobb (7:39:55 PM): like, if he brings us food or drinks.

SAGA Cobb (7:40:02 PM): methinks we didn't make a buddy

Darth Diem (7:40:08 PM): Oh, the majordomo's not
waiting tables.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:40:27 PM): :: Toasts his opponents ::

SAGA Cobb (7:40:28 PM): I know. but he could slip something,
or try to be stupid

Darth Diem (7:40:31 PM): He's lurking not far from
Darga's dais... and yes, he's glaring at you guys lots.

SAGA Cobb (7:40:38 PM): (Kez, didn't you 'toast' them on the
course?)

SAGA Cobb (7:40:56 PM): to my arm-candy, murmur
quietly..."We better keep an eye on him."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:41:06 PM): (*rimshot*)

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:41:35 PM): ::nods
slightly::

Darth Diem (7:42:06 PM): You would actually think
he was eyeing the Twi'lek... which would make him not that different from many
male members of the crowd... but he's obviously irritated and suspicious.

Darth Diem (7:42:16 PM): Perception checks?

OnlineHost (7:42:20 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  3

onlinehost (7:42:22 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

DoD Rengar (7:42:23 PM): NOPE

BrandiBjarlen (7:42:24 PM): //rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (7:42:24 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

onlinehost (7:42:34 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

onlinehost (7:42:38 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:42:39 PM): 19
Perception here.

SW Baniss Nim (7:42:40 PM): 11

BrandiBjarlen (7:42:41 PM): 16

OnlineHost (7:42:41 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

onlinehost (7:42:43 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

SAGA Cobb (7:42:45 PM): 9

onlinehost (7:42:48 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:42:49 PM): ((Good
lord, we all suck.))

SWRahReston (7:42:53 PM): :: evidently busy looking at her feet ::

SAGA Cobb (7:42:57 PM): (we

SAGA Cobb (7:43:08 PM): (we're ALL eyeing the Twi'lek)

Darth Diem (7:43:11 PM): lol

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:43:20 PM): ((Note that
the Twi'lek did get the best roll. ))

SW Baniss Nim (7:43:25 PM): ((not me))

Darth Diem (7:43:35 PM): Well, except for the
Twi'lek in question.    And yes, Xarai is getting a creepy vibe off this dude.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:43:49 PM): ((Dang,
that's a DC 0, babe.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:44:13 PM): ::will
quietly and casually note this to my comrades.::

SAGA Cobb (7:44:31 PM): "Think he suspects?"

SWRahReston (7:44:36 PM): "Huh?"

Darth Diem (7:44:41 PM): It's a little odd, though,
that he's glaring at you more than he is at either of the Duros actually
involved in the race... maybe he's offended by the amount of clothes you're
wearing?

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:44:47 PM): "Hard
to say. "

SAGA Cobb (7:44:52 PM): I know I am...

SAGA Cobb (7:44:57 PM):

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:45:24 PM): ((See, I
*knew* that I'd have to get into the bikini before we got out of here. ))

DoD Rengar (7:45:35 PM): (( maybe he be daaaaarrrrrkk jeeeeeddddddiiiii  ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:45:44 PM): ((ROFLMAO!!!))

SAGA Cobb (7:45:48 PM): or force sensitive...

Darth Diem (7:45:52 PM): Anyhow, even as you take
note of this... the post-race hubbub is interrupted by some new arrivals.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:45:54 PM): ((Dang, I
just got a flashback!))

SWRahReston (7:46:33 PM): "Maybe he's peeved at being beaten by a guuuurl."

SAGA Cobb (7:46:53 PM): "Nim...do you think once we get
quarters you could sweep them for bugs?"

Darth Diem (7:46:57 PM): Three tough-looking
Humans, a Rodian with an enormous blaster rifle, a black-furred Wookiee, and a
scarred Zabrak female stride angrily into the hall.

SW Baniss Nim (7:47:00 PM): yes

SAGA Cobb (7:47:09 PM): "Thanks, bud."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:47:21 PM): "Well...they
look friendly enough."

Darth Diem (7:47:39 PM): The Zabrak woman is
leading two slaves by chains hooked to their collars.  Both are thin,
bedraggled Twi'lek women.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:47:51 PM): ((Ohhh,
poodoo.))

Darth Diem (7:48:13 PM): The room falls silent as
the piano player slams the cover shut over the keys.

Darth Diem (7:48:25 PM): Darga scowls.
<<What are YOU doing here?>>

DoD Rengar (7:48:51 PM): :: making sure my rifle isn't far from hand ::

SAGA Cobb (7:48:52 PM): resume tough-guy pose, in case I ever
let it lapse.

SAGA Cobb (7:48:56 PM): and quietly translate

Darth Diem (7:49:03 PM): The Zabrak woman yanks
furiously on the chain, making the slaves stagger weakly.  "The
slaves you have been selling us are WORTHLESS, Darga!"

SWRahReston (7:49:11 PM): ((time to fade into the background again))

SW Baniss Nim (7:49:33 PM): keep in the background making myself as small as posible

Darth Diem (7:49:36 PM): "They have been dying
befre we can even get them to market.  They are used-up...
second-rate!  I want my credits back for the last four shipments!!"

Darth Diem (7:50:06 PM): The Hutt rolls his eyes at
the heavens.  <<See what ungrateful business partners I
have?>> he rumbles.

Darth Diem (7:50:52 PM): <<We have had the
same arrangment for years.  It is no fault of MINE if you do not know how
to take care of your own product!>>

SW Baniss Nim (7:52:10 PM): ::find a booth in the back and climb under the table::

Darth Diem (7:52:16 PM): The slavers bristle at
this.  "What do I look like, a bacta merchant?  I shouldn't have
to pour money into treating used-up slaves!"

Darth Diem (7:53:04 PM): <<There was nothing
wrong with that product when it was shipped.>>

Darth Diem (7:53:14 PM): "That's a load of
poodoo!"

Darth Diem (7:53:46 PM): <<Bah!  Now you
insult me?!?  Apologize at once or I will have you removed!
Permanently!"

SAGA Cobb (7:53:55 PM): stand up

DoD Rengar (7:54:00 PM): :: whisper to any of our group that is near :: "Sounds like
Darga has been sending the good slaves ... elsewhere."

OnlineHost (7:54:10 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:54:18 PM): ::nod
slightly to Ren:

Darth Diem (7:54:23 PM): ((Treat Injury checks
would be viable at this point, yes.))

BrandiBjarlen (7:54:29 PM): //rolls-dice1-sides20

OnlineHost (7:54:30 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

OnlineHost (7:54:31 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

SAGA Cobb (7:54:36 PM): 18

BrandiBjarlen (7:54:40 PM): TI 15

OnlineHost (7:54:43 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

SWRahReston (7:54:44 PM): TI 19

DoD Rengar (7:54:47 PM): another nope

DoD Rengar (7:55:06 PM): :: ready the cannon, though ::

Darth Diem (7:55:25 PM): They're not in good
shape.  Emaciated, weak, drooping lekku.  Starvation, radiation
poisoning... hard to tell from here.

OnlineHost (7:55:49 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

SWRahReston (7:56:05 PM): ::whisper to Cobb...:: If you want to offer medical services, I'm
game...

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:56:05 PM): ((No better
than what's already been reported.))

SAGA Cobb (7:56:09 PM): are they staring each other down? or
is this a time for interjection?

Darth Diem (7:56:14 PM): "Darga, we've gone
good business in the past... but this is ridiculous.  LOOK at them!
You're not doing your reputation OR ours a bit of good!"

Darth Diem (7:56:39 PM): ((The argument appears to
be deteriorating quickly... if you're going to interject, now would be a good
time.))

SAGA Cobb (7:57:03 PM): "Twi'lek females take special
care.  Not everyone knows.  I have a fair hand at it -- look at this
one here -- and would be willing to discuss taking them off your
hands...."

SAGA Cobb (7:57:08 PM): "Let you recover your
losses..."

SW Baniss Nim (7:57:12 PM): staying in my hiddy hole

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:57:34 PM): ::Tries to
look stupid and happy::

Darth Diem (7:57:43 PM): I would like a Deception
check from Xarai to keep a straight face... and a Diplomacy from Cobb.

OnlineHost (7:57:49 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

OnlineHost (7:57:49 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  7

SAGA Cobb (7:57:56 PM): 16...using FP

OnlineHost (7:57:57 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 6-sided die:  3

SAGA Cobb (7:57:59 PM): 19

OnlineHost (7:58:01 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

SAGA Cobb (7:58:09 PM): actually, that's a 20

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:58:16 PM): 11, I think
I shall FP

DoD Rengar (7:58:39 PM): (( throw in a 16 intimidate from Ren -- making the impression
that the newcomers should Like this option ))

Darth Diem (7:58:53 PM): The slavers still look
angry, and suspicious... but they pause.  "I'm listening,
Muscles."

OnlineHost (7:58:59 PM): DoD Xarai
Vaa rolled 1 6-sided die:  2

SAGA Cobb (7:59:04 PM): "What was the cost of these
females?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:59:08 PM): 13
Deception.

Darth Diem (7:59:56 PM): "500 creds
apiece."

SAGA Cobb (8:00:13 PM): "The Mighty Darga should not be
bothered with...depreciated...goods.  I can help you recoup some of your
investment, so you can resume negotiations with the respect deserved."

SWRahReston (8:00:28 PM): :: reaches for her pocket, frowns, eyes Ren and holds out her hand
::

SAGA Cobb (8:00:41 PM): "500 credits?  They are,
after all, under-fed.  I will be assuming their health concerns.  750
for both."

Darth Diem (8:01:12 PM): The slavers look somewhat
mollified, but still scowl at the Hutt.  "Decent first gesture... but
it don't fix the problem.  I got a whole shipload of these."

DoD Rengar (8:01:30 PM): :: since he has both hands on the cannon, simply juts his left
back pocket out to her, sly grin on his face ::

SAGA Cobb (8:01:32 PM): "Perhaps we can inspect
them?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:01:34 PM): ((Somebody
go back to town and get a whole shipload of Twi'leks!))

SAGA Cobb (8:01:36 PM): "How many?"

SAGA Cobb (8:01:39 PM): (hehee!)

SWRahReston (8:01:53 PM): :: rolls her eyes, sidles over to Ren and appears to be patting
his butt ::

Darth Diem (8:02:03 PM): "Two sick slaves I'd
stuff out an airlock and call it a day.  But this is a trend.  FOUR
straight shiploads of them."

SAGA Cobb (8:02:38 PM): "Let's not get bogged down.
4,000 credits for the entire cargo."

DoD Rengar (8:03:11 PM): :: Rah finds her credit stick ... eventually ::

Darth Diem (8:03:11 PM): ::sticks out lower lip
stubbornly::  "What about the NEXT shipment?  And the
next?"

BrandiBjarlen (8:03:13 PM): ::Brandi

BrandiBjarlen (8:03:35 PM): ::Brandi's eyes go a
little wide at FOUR shiploads of Twi'leks::

Darth Diem (8:03:49 PM): "Why shouldn't we
take our business someplace else?"

SAGA Cobb (8:03:53 PM): "The Wise and Insightful Darga
has retained us as his new talent.  *turn to Darga*  "We could
put our attention to this, if you wish, your mightiness..."

DoD Rengar (8:04:14 PM): :: muttering to Cobb :: "I don't think we can quite cover
the whole operation.  howsabout we try some angling on the lardo?"

DoD Rengar (8:04:18 PM): (( goomb ))

Darth Diem (8:04:21 PM): The Hutt harrumphs
thoughtfully.

SAGA Cobb (8:04:28 PM): quietly.  "I have it
covered, Ren."

Darth Diem (8:05:19 PM): "The price my new man
offers is a fair one.  Zila, I will make you this offer..."

DoD Rengar (8:05:32 PM): "Just saying... maybe it's in Our interest if these guys do
walk away." :: shrug and back off ::

DoD Kez Viridux (8:05:48 PM): (( After the exciting droid
race, I need to go visit the little Duros' room ))

Darth Diem (8:06:48 PM): <<I will refund
15,000 credits for the previous shipments... under the condition that you
uphold our contract for the next six months.>>

Darth Diem (8:07:39 PM): ((While the Hutt is
talking, could I get Perception checks from the crowd?))

BrandiBjarlen (8:07:45 PM): //rolls-dice1-sides20

OnlineHost (8:07:45 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  11

onlinehost (8:07:46 PM): SAGA Cobb
rolled 1 20-sided die:  7

SAGA Cobb (8:07:48 PM): 7

onlinehost (8:07:51 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

onlinehost (8:07:52 PM): DoD Xarai Vaa
rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

BrandiBjarlen (8:07:52 PM): Perc 18

onlinehost (8:07:55 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

onlinehost (8:07:55 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

DoD Rengar (8:07:57 PM): 21

SW Baniss Nim (8:07:58 PM): perception 19

SWRahReston (8:08:06 PM): 21

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:08:15 PM): ((Perception
11...clearly too busy acting dumb))

Darth Diem (8:08:23 PM): <<If the quality
from our supplier does not improve, you can try to find a better deal someplace
else.>>

OnlineHost (8:08:32 PM): Darth Diem
rolled 1 20-sided die:  14

onlinehost (8:08:59 PM): DoD Kez
Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  18

DoD Kez Viridux (8:09:05 PM): Percept: 20\

Darth Diem (8:10:31 PM): "Welllllll... that's
barely half our loss on this venture..."

BrandiBjarlen (8:11:20 PM): ::quietly to Cobb::
"Perhaps by "attention" you might mean the supplier?"

Darth Diem (8:11:43 PM): "... Still... it is
very generous of Mighty Darga to correct this error.  And we have done
good business in the past."

SAGA Cobb (8:12:13 PM): "At this point the cause is
unknown.  Surely some of the resolution must be shared.  Should the
cause be another party, then the Magnificent Darga will have us collect for
everyone's trouble."

SAGA Cobb (8:12:34 PM): "After all, it could be a problem
on YOUR end... We, however, are taking the brunt of the responsibility."

Darth Diem (8:12:41 PM): The slavers exchange
glances for a moment.  Then the Zabrak woman shrugs and faces the dais
again, bowing stiffly.  "Fair enough.  Deal, O Magnanimous
One."

DoD Rengar (8:12:45 PM): :: get Xarai and Brandi's attention while Cobb talks :: (more ))

DoD Rengar (8:13:06 PM): :: point out the goblet making its way to the dais ::

SWRahReston (8:13:22 PM): :: starts moving to intercept the slave  - stealthily ::

SAGA Cobb (8:13:24 PM): I pull out two credchips, make sure
they total 4,000, and bring it forward.  "Where may we pick up the
rest of the cargo?"

SWRahReston (8:13:40 PM): :: or not ::

OnlineHost (8:13:49 PM): SWRahReston
rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:13:50 PM): ::note it::

Darth Diem (8:13:55 PM): Darga waves his hand
peremptorily at Cobb.  "Keep your credits, good fellow... your
initiative in proposing a fair price is appreciated."

SWRahReston (8:13:56 PM): (definitely not...)

DoD Rengar (8:14:11 PM): :: stalk over to the merc holding the slave's chain, coldcock him
hard with the butt of the rifle ::

OnlineHost (8:14:12 PM): DoD Rengar
rolled 1 20-sided die:  6

BrandiBjarlen (8:14:14 PM): ::look at the goblet, and
start moving closer to it, looking as if I'm just trying to see stuff near
Darga better::

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:14:18 PM): ::and,
casually move to intercept::

SAGA Cobb (8:14:24 PM): blinks

SAGA Cobb (8:14:36 PM): but is ready to cover Ren

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:14:37 PM): ((yeah, how
un-Hutt-like was THAT?))

DoD Rengar (8:14:45 PM): (( eh.  unless I totally surprise him, just an 11 ))

SWRahReston (8:14:46 PM): :: Rah suddenly explodes into action, leaping on a servant with a
goblet ::

SAGA Cobb (8:14:48 PM): for whatever is his play.

SWRahReston (8:15:02 PM): "Stop!  Mighty Darga, your drink is
poisoned!"  (in basic)

BrandiBjarlen (8:15:05 PM): ::move inbetween Hutt and
Rah::

Darth Diem (8:15:18 PM): As Rah starts pushing past
tables, startling courtiers... and Ren strides over to club down a slaver...
people start reaching for blasters...

SWRahReston (8:15:26 PM): ((trying to avoid hurting said servant))

BrandiBjarlen (8:15:32 PM): "Someone seeks the life
of the mightly Darga!!"

Darth Diem (8:15:49 PM): <<WHAT?!?!?!>>

SWRahReston (8:15:53 PM): ((pushing past nothing - leaping ON tables))

SAGA Cobb (8:16:10 PM): well...I have NO clue what people are
talking about, but whomever I was about to hand the credits to, I circle-kick
instead

BrandiBjarlen (8:16:10 PM): "It is true, your
magnificence!"

Darth Diem (8:16:22 PM): Gamorreans swarm forward,
weapons at the ready.  The startled slavers hastily draw into a defensive
knot.

Darth Diem (8:16:35 PM): <<SILENCE!!!!!!>>

DoD Kez Viridux (8:16:50 PM): (( Silence! I kill you! ))

Darth Diem (8:16:50 PM): If nothing else, Hutts are
very loud when they feel like it.

BrandiBjarlen (8:16:53 PM): "Even as you showed
your wisdom, someone sought to take it into " ::stops talking, at the
"Silence"::

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:16:58 PM): ::mouth
stops in mid-exclamation, even though I don't understand Huttese, I get the
gist!::

SAGA Cobb (8:16:59 PM): my circle kick becomes a rhombus and I
settle into a crouch, instead

DoD Rengar (8:17:24 PM): (( heh.  did my blow land before that bellow? ))

Darth Diem (8:17:53 PM): Rah springs down from a
table directly in a terrified kitchen servant's path... a mere half meter from
the dais.

SWRahReston (8:18:19 PM): She snatches the goblet and drops to her knees in front of the
hutt, holding the goblet up before her.

Darth Diem (8:18:24 PM): ((It would have, Ren, if
an 11 had hit even flatfooted...))

BrandiBjarlen (8:19:00 PM): ::steps to one side, but
still in a defensive position slightly ahead of Rah::

Darth Diem (8:19:14 PM): The translator droid
rushes forward with a scanner, while the guards keep the slavers hemmed
in.  Weapons are pointing in all directions.

Darth Diem (8:19:33 PM): "The wine is indeed
poisoned, Great Darga."

Darth Diem (8:20:06 PM): <<YOU!!>> he
booms at Rah.  <<WHAT HAPPENED?  WHAT DID YOUSEE?>>

SWRahReston (8:20:14 PM): ((aaaand, once again, Rah goes nuts...))

SWRahReston (8:20:23 PM): :: looks to the translater droid ::

Darth Diem (8:20:44 PM): ::droid hastily
translates::

SWRahReston (8:22:23 PM): "It was an intuition, Mighty Darga.  I saw the servant
stagger as he passed the new arrivals, and my instincts told me that it was
poison.  I am a healer, your Gloriousness."

DoD Rengar (8:23:30 PM): (( interesting.  Ren saw the slaver yank on the slave's
chain as the servant passed - creating an opening. Aw, different perspectives
))

SWRahReston (8:24:11 PM): ((Rah is... er... shading the truth. A little.))

Darth Diem (8:24:35 PM): The slavers begin
spluttering protests.  "What?  That's ridiculous!"

Darth Diem (8:24:45 PM): "We're being set
up!"

SAGA Cobb (8:24:47 PM): ((heh, I suspect actually being
correct is a pretty hefty bonus to your Deception check...))

Darth Diem (8:24:56 PM): The slaves look at the
floor and quiver in terror."

SWRahReston (8:25:41 PM): "I believe one of the new arrivals may have dropped it in the
goblet, Lord.  If I had been mistaken I would have been humiliated... but
if I had not... I thought it worth the risk."

SAGA Cobb (8:25:50 PM): I move forward and gently but firmly
take hold of the chain, if I can.  "Let me remove these, so there are
no hindrances to the discussion."

DoD Rengar (8:26:39 PM): :: give Cobb a 'she was the one that dropped it in the glass'
look ::

Darth Diem (8:26:48 PM): ((The Gamorreans won't let
you through, I'm afraid))

SAGA Cobb (8:26:58 PM): ka

DoD Rengar (8:27:00 PM): (( she being the slave he is heading... nm ))

SAGA Cobb (8:27:00 PM): okay

Darth Diem (8:27:15 PM): (They've already elbowed
Ren back after he tried to clock the Zabrak.))

SWRahReston (8:28:02 PM): ((Those of you who've been to Cularin may note the similarity to
the way Tarasin hunt... she blends into the background, then strikes
suddenly...))

Darth Diem (8:28:18 PM): "She's lying!"
the Zabrak protests.  "How do we know THEY didn't poison it?!?"

DoD Rengar (8:28:45 PM): :: chuckle :: "Becuase the servant didn't walk past
us.  Nor do we still carry any of the drug."

Darth Diem (8:28:49 PM): <<Search
them!!>>

SAGA Cobb (8:29:05 PM): 'them' who?

SWRahReston (8:29:13 PM): "Mighy Darga, I am very close to you.  I am certain your
perception is so acute that you would have seen had I tried to put anything in
the goblet."

Darth Diem (8:29:17 PM): The Gamorreans do as
ordered, and the slavers have little option but to surrender their
weapons.  They would be slaughtered if they fought back.

Darth Diem (8:29:39 PM): Sure enough, one of the
Twi'lek slaves is carrying a second suspicious-looking vial.

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:29:58 PM): ::heart
sinks::

Darth Diem (8:30:03 PM): The slavers protest that
she acted independently, that they knew nothing of her plans... she says
nothing.

Darth Diem (8:30:20 PM): Darga has them all tossed
in the dungeon.

SWRahReston (8:30:43 PM): :: will stay on her knees in front of Darga until he dismisses her
::

Darth Diem (8:31:01 PM): <<You have done
well, little healer.  You have all done well.>>

SAGA Cobb (8:31:13 PM): (a protocol droid comes out to take
your golden bikini measurements)

SWRahReston (8:31:25 PM): ((eeewwwww))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:31:31 PM): ((lol))

SWRahReston (8:31:45 PM): :: bow to the floor, then back away to my pals ::

Darth Diem (8:32:08 PM): <<You shall all have
the finest accomodations possible this evening.  Mighty Darga is generous
to his loyal servants!>>

SAGA Cobb (8:32:19 PM): "We are here to serve.  Our
little Rah there is very talented."

Darth Diem (8:32:44 PM): Clearly upset by the
ordeal, Darga soon retires, activating a hoversled which carries him off down a
side passage.

SW Baniss Nim (8:32:58 PM): seem safe now so i will come out of my hiddy hole

Darth Diem (8:33:36 PM): You are all escorted to
your quarters... and as promised, Darga is very generous.

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:33:42 PM): ((Wheeee!!!))

BrandiBjarlen (8:33:58 PM): ((How did Grev take all
this? ))

SW Baniss Nim (8:33:59 PM): check the quarters for spy stuff

SAGA Cobb (8:34:03 PM): golden bikinis for -everybody-!

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:34:09 PM): ((Hot and
cold running boy-whores? ))

Darth Diem (8:34:12 PM): Pretty much any luxury you
can imagine will be sent to your quarters.  Fine liquor, exotic sweets,
incense, massuese...

SWRahReston (8:34:13 PM): "Nothing like saving his life to encourage him to trust
us..." Rah murmurs to her companions as they move.

SAGA Cobb (8:34:17 PM): ohmygod...

SWRahReston (8:34:38 PM): : sighs :  "All I really want is a tent and a clear
night... "

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:34:40 PM): ((I think I
made Michael pass out. ))

DoD Rengar (8:34:43 PM): (( well, that solves where Ren is on Thursday -- hung over and
still whoring it up ))

Darth Diem (8:34:45 PM): hee hee

Darth Diem (8:34:52 PM): double hee hee

SAGA Cobb (8:34:57 PM): *chuckle*

Darth Diem (8:35:13 PM): I think that's probably a
good place to call it for this evening, rather than starting another encounter.

SW Baniss Nim (8:35:19 PM): ok

SWRahReston (8:35:22 PM): Rah will take advantage of a nice hot soak in a bath and a light
meal.

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:35:29 PM): ((How about
5 minutes of IC talk?))

SWRahReston (8:35:31 PM): Works for me.  Still a sickie and need sleep...

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:35:40 PM): "I'm
not sure it was the slavers."

SWRahReston (8:35:40 PM): ((I'm good for that))

Darth Diem (8:35:42 PM): If any of you would like
to sneak out during the night, please post to the list and let me know where
you would like to go snoop around.

SAGA Cobb (8:35:58 PM): oh, count on it, Leslie!

Darth Diem (8:36:02 PM): ((Oh, by all means, chat
away...    ))

SW Baniss Nim (8:36:05 PM): did i find any spy stuff in the rooms

SAGA Cobb (8:36:06 PM): Right now there's an unattended
shipful of slaves...

Darth Diem (8:36:17 PM): Perception check, Nim?

SAGA Cobb (8:36:19 PM): Ooo!

SAGA Cobb (8:36:25 PM): For that matter, there's an unattended
ship!

SAGA Cobb (8:36:29 PM): Winners all around!

OnlineHost (8:36:30 PM): SW Baniss
Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

DoD Rengar (8:36:32 PM): "Hard to say, exactly, Xarai.  The one with the chain
did snap it at just the right time to cause her to stumble into the
servant."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:36:35 PM): "I can
think of a couple of possibilities.  I suppose that the Twi'lek did it on
her own...but, stang, that doesn't seem likely.  How would she have
managed that?"

SW Baniss Nim (8:36:37 PM): 12 untrained

SWRahReston (8:36:40 PM): "I'm not either, Xarai - I saw the one slave drop something
in the goblet, and I thought it might be politic to save his life."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:36:53 PM): "The
question is...who was she doing it for?"

SAGA Cobb (8:37:08 PM): "Hard to imagine slaves have
access to poison vials."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:37:15 PM): "Exactly,
big guy."

SWRahReston (8:37:18 PM): "A very good question.  I fear we won't get to question
her, though, unless I can get access as a healer."

SAGA Cobb (8:37:22 PM): "Two of them....and the two to be
brought forward."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:37:33 PM): "And,
even so, Rah...she might not talk."

SW Baniss Nim (8:37:36 PM): maybe it was given to him with instructions what to do with it

BrandiBjarlen (8:37:36 PM): "After tonight, you
might be able to, Rah."

SWRahReston (8:37:40 PM): "True."

Darth Diem (8:37:44 PM): You don't see anything...
and there aren't any computer panels in the rooms.

DoD Rengar (8:37:45 PM): "Well, they were upset by the slaving going bad.  And
were rather conveniently about to agree to drop their pants and take it up the
... you know.":

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:37:56 PM): "Yeah,
Ren...that's true."

SW Baniss Nim (8:38:04 PM): cameris

SWRahReston (8:38:07 PM): "And here I thought I was going to have to squeeze through
the ductwork.  w

SAGA Cobb (8:38:14 PM): I play around on my datapad, then hold
it out for people to see (and not be overheard).

SWRahReston (8:38:18 PM): Which is fairly generously sized, I might ad."

SAGA Cobb (8:38:21 PM): "Or, they could be a group like
us..."

SWRahReston (8:38:24 PM): Add

SAGA Cobb (8:38:25 PM): (is what is typed)

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:38:35 PM): ::nods to
Cobb::

SAGA Cobb (8:39:06 PM): Question -- those construction and
trade goods...have we made the exchange for them? cuz that woulda tapped me out
completely

BrandiBjarlen (8:39:13 PM): ::Shakes her head
slightly, but in thought, not necessarily denial::

SAGA Cobb (8:39:20 PM): then I clear the screen

Darth Diem (8:39:59 PM): Oooh!  I'd forgotten
that.  Yes, you can have brokered a deal for that stuff in the time you've
been here... I'll get you that number before next session.

SW Baniss Nim (8:39:59 PM): i am still impressed by kez's winning the race.  it was
great eventhough i lost money

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:40:08 PM): "If we
can get Rah in to see the Twi'leks, I should see if I can go, too.  They
might be more willing to talk to a sister."

SWRahReston (8:40:15 PM): Now that she has her cred stick back from Ren (pickpocket!) Rah
has some money.

SAGA Cobb (8:40:31 PM): "I think we might be better off
checking the other slaves.  The ship should be unattended, and the slaves
should know."

SWRahReston (8:40:32 PM): :: nods to Xarai ::

SWRahReston (8:40:48 PM): :: nods again to Cobb ::

SW Baniss Nim (8:41:15 PM): and maybe the other slaves arnt as bad off as the 2 they brought

SAGA Cobb (8:41:28 PM): "Plus, we can see what's ailing
them."

Darth Diem (8:41:32 PM): ((You guys don't seriously
think they left an entire shipload full of slaves entirely unattended, do
you?  On THIS backwater Wild West hellhole?))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:41:38 PM): "Good
point."

DoD Rengar (8:41:40 PM): (( at this point, I don't know we need much. getting back our
investment, yes.  but Cobb didn't have to pay for the slaves. ))

SAGA Cobb (8:41:44 PM): No, but that's what we have blasters
for )

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:41:46 PM): ((Yeah, I
rather doubt that.))

SWRahReston (8:42:06 PM): "I'm pretty interested in what caused their condition
too.  Could be malnutrition, radiation... cant' tell without an
exam."

SAGA Cobb (8:42:17 PM): "Or something similar to the
Felucians."

SAGA Cobb (8:42:26 PM): "being 'prepped'."

SWRahReston (8:42:27 PM): :: shudders ::

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:42:30 PM): "Hmmmmm...yeah..."

SW Baniss Nim (8:42:54 PM): maybe they were being paid to play a part

DoD Rengar (8:42:57 PM): "I'd like to think that was an isolated thing."

DoD Rengar (8:43:33 PM): "What I wonder is - are these slavers delivering to the
Empire?  Or is someone else getting the good, strong bodies?"

SWRahReston (8:43:37 PM): :: Rah sits with her knees tucked up under her chin, arms wrapped
around them ::

SAGA Cobb (8:43:49 PM): "I doubt it is. The S Project is
one with Imperial involvement as well."  (This is typed out on the
datapad again, which I hand around, saying out loud, "Check how our
finances are.  Can we afford this?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:43:55 PM): "Yeah....this
is like unpeeling an onion."

Darth Diem (8:44:14 PM): ((Ogres are NOT like
parfaits!))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:44:23 PM): "I've
got a couple hundred, big guy, that's it."

SAGA Cobb (8:44:38 PM): "Well, I have the 4 grand.")

SW Baniss Nim (8:44:44 PM): so do i

SAGA Cobb (8:44:54 PM): "Plus, whatever our trading gets
us."

SWRahReston (8:45:20 PM): "I can chip in at least a grand - assuming Ren left me that
much."

SWRahReston (8:45:42 PM): :: with a wry grin at Ren - she's teasing ::

SAGA Cobb (8:46:02 PM): (um, the 'finances' statement was to
cover me showing people a datapad that talks about other stuff...)

DoD Rengar (8:46:05 PM): "Well, I had to hand Kess *something*.  But you got it
back.  All good."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:46:10 PM): ((yeah, I
know. ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:46:29 PM): ((Just
making it real, babe. ))

SWRahReston (8:46:33 PM): "And it was fun getting it back."

SWRahReston (8:46:56 PM): ((Rah knows - she's just trying to flow with the conversation))

SAGA Cobb (8:47:01 PM): heh, okay

DoD Rengar (8:47:17 PM): :: to Cobb's typing :: "Yes, I know there are
entanglements.  But how do the funds get there?  Different bankers,
perhaps?"

SAGA Cobb (8:47:20 PM): Cobb's smart enough to use the
diversion, and not perceptive enough to realize everyone actually gets it!

SAGA Cobb (8:47:40 PM): oh, no wait..that's jsut Michael

DoD Rengar (8:47:50 PM): (( funds and bankers are heavily 'accented' ))

DoD Rengar (8:48:00 PM): (( wasn't gonna say it ))

SAGA Cobb (8:48:23 PM): tapping away, typing, "Nim, can
you do some tracking to see the status of their ship?  And perhaps that
group's use of slaves?"

DoD Rengar (8:48:31 PM): :: to Rah :: "No kidding.  Next time, no
pinching."

SW Baniss Nim (8:48:44 PM): not very good at tracking

SAGA Cobb (8:49:31 PM): "On the net'.  Use the name
'Zila'.  The ship should be registered somewhere.  And Ren -- how
about you tapping into your dirty friend *snicker*   They have to be
docked somewhere -- right?"

Darth Diem (8:49:39 PM): ((He would have to find a
computer terminal... presumably they're around, but there wasn't one you saw in
the main chamber and there's nothing but a Room Service button in here.))

SW Baniss Nim (8:50:39 PM): will do the next time i find a terminal

SW Baniss Nim (8:50:59 PM): maybe i can ask room service for one

SAGA Cobb (8:51:06 PM): Tapping away.  "Goals i see
are as follows:"

SAGA Cobb (8:51:15 PM): "1. Find/question slaves.
Free, as well."

SW Baniss Nim (8:51:19 PM): push the RS button

SAGA Cobb (8:51:21 PM): 2.  Investigate group/ship

DoD Rengar (8:51:32 PM): "Oh, I kept that option open.  Duh." :: grin ::

SAGA Cobb (8:51:37 PM): 3. Investigate if health issues
localized."

SAGA Cobb (8:52:17 PM): "4.  Get a massage."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:52:30 PM): ::giggle::

SAGA Cobb (8:52:35 PM): grins at Xarai  "I should
make you give me one -- y'know, to keep up the act..."

DoD Rengar (8:52:42 PM): (( is it just me - or are the health issues just, you know,
standard slave health issues?  maybe a little metagamey of me, but my gut
says there's not much there. ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:53:01 PM): "If
you were to actually *ask*...."

SAGA Cobb (8:53:36 PM): "Oh really... Well, some other
time.  We have experts at our disposal, and no reason you should miss
out..."

Darth Diem (8:53:38 PM): ((eh, bit sub-par even for
slave metagame normal... not Felucian mutant-level of subpar, though, from what
you saw.))

SWRahReston (8:53:39 PM): ((I think there's a valid mystery here - if nothing else, how she
got the poison))

SAGA Cobb (8:53:58 PM): ((right, and why apparently 4 straight
shipments are 'bad'))

SW Baniss Nim (8:54:14 PM): ((guess they are off duty))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:54:39 PM): ((Leslie
may have missed it, Curtis))

Darth Diem (8:54:41 PM): ((... whups, sorry, missed
that.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:55:00 PM): ((Though,
it's about pumpkin time anyway))

Darth Diem (8:55:08 PM): ::voice over the
intercomm::  "Room service!"

SW Baniss Nim (8:55:27 PM): yes may i get a portable computer terminal please

DoD Rengar (8:56:25 PM): :: over his shoulder :: "And some Whiskey!
Corellian!  And some food!  And some girls!  And a private
room!"

Darth Diem (8:56:26 PM): "... sir, I'm afraid
this is the kitchen... "

BrandiBjarlen (8:56:27 PM): ((I think RS is
speechless ))

SW Baniss Nim (8:56:48 PM): well whom should i call for one

SWRahReston (8:56:51 PM): "Tekka nuts!" Rah adds.

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:57:03 PM): "Lum!!!
The spiced kind!"

Darth Diem (8:57:22 PM): "Yes, sir, Corellian
Whiskey, coming right up!  Tekka nuts.  Lum.  Will assorted
appetizers suffice for the gentleman?"

SAGA Cobb (8:57:23 PM): "Twi'leks!"

SAGA Cobb (8:57:30 PM): "Oh, scratch that -- have one
already."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:57:35 PM): ::playful
slap::

SAGA Cobb (8:57:57 PM): "Wait! Substitute 'Twi'leks' for
'Assorted Appetizers'! But make sure Twi'leks are part of the assortment!"

SAGA Cobb (8:58:00 PM): *smirks*

Darth Diem (8:58:02 PM): "I am afraid you will
have to speak with the Master regarding access to external communications,
sir."

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:58:06 PM): ::shakes
head::

DoD Rengar (8:58:17 PM): "Sure.  Just make sure there's something sweet in the
mix."

SW Baniss Nim (8:58:18 PM): ok thank you. have a good night

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:58:49 PM): ::once Nim
hangs up:: "You know...Darga has a fair amount of trust for us now.  We
may be able to get him to LET us investigate their ship in the morning."

Darth Diem (8:59:14 PM): You DO all have your own
room, four on one side of the hall and three on the other.  The parade of,
ah, refreshments is on its way.

DoD Rengar (9:00:16 PM): :: ren'll take two.  Of everything. ::

SWRahReston (9:00:21 PM): "As long as we ask the right way.  And given the
prodigious diplomatic skills some of you have, I'm sure you'll ask the right
way."

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:00:32 PM): ((On that
note...shall we adjourn?))

Darth Diem (9:00:34 PM): ((We good for this
evening?  Got things to a level where we can work them out on the list?))