The Old Republic

[Aaray]

Aaray made eye contact with the drunks who seemed interested in fighting, nodding when Krow said that he should probably be leaving. She watched as he got up some what unstably and watched as he exited the party, wincing as he bumped into people, angering a few.

Normally she wouldn't have done a thing, and didn't for a minute or two. But then, rolling her eyes, Aaray followed him out, promising herself that she would just be an observer. She was interested in what a force user was capable of doing, even if he happened to be slightly intoxicated. It could make for a good show.... It seemed a few other people considered the possible confrontation would be fun to watch, for there was a crowd gathering at the entrance.

Shoving some drunks and non-drunks aside rather roughly, Aaray made her way to the front of the crowd, so she could have a good view. A few people whispered about what was going on, others were beginning to place bets amongst eachother. Aaray decided silently, that if he looked as though he needed help, she would assist, but only if provoked. From her perspective, the odds didn't seem to fair. A few drunks turned and looked back at the gathering crowd, some seeming pleased with themselves, since the alcohol in their system gave them a false sense of security.

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[Lucius Krow]

The force gathered around him. He could feel it flowing around him. He wasn't going to fight them, and he wasn't going to let them fight him. Feeling the flow of the force he smiled. "You all want to go inside and continue to drink." He waived his hand, and the small minded drunks looked at each other, and shrugged their shoulders. They turned around and headed inside/ The people who tagged along too watch went inside groaning hoping to see a fight. Krow sobered up as the force flowed through him.

The crowd disappeared instantly, and the only ones left were Aaray, and Krow. Krow looked at her, and hadn't noticed that she had joined him earlyier. "So you wanted to see a fight as well?" He said laughing, and then walked towards her in a straight line. "A true demenstraition of the force eh?" He said, and then bowed to her. He thought of it as a show in a way. Even though he didn't know she was here. Mabe she was there to help, even though he didn't need it.

Krow takes his hand off the hilt of his lightsaber. "I might have showed some lightscmitar play, but I don't condone violence. I'd rather not fight if I can make things go another way." He said, and then released the force to rest. He didn't need it anymore, and he felt great using it again.

[Aaray]

Aaray raised her eyebrows as the drunks seemed to change their minds, all deciding to go back inside and leave Krow alone. The people around her all groaned and followed suit, a few people arguing about claiming their bet winnings.

As Krow walked toward her, laughing, she realized he was 4 inches taller than her. She looked straight at him as he spoke to her, but moved back suddenly when he bowed to her. "Nice theatrics," she commented, "I was only an observer, i enjoy excitment as well." She approved of him not fighting, remarking, "throwing the first punch makes you the provoker and the ones who challenged you the provoked, since without the "first punch" they might not have done a thing."

Giving him an approving nod, she gave him a bow as well, mocking his theatrics with a playful and not offensive tone. Upon straightening up, Aaray turned on her heel and began to walk back inside, shoving through the two guards at the door.

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[Lucius Krow]

She bowed back to him to go along. He smiled, andlaughed a bit. She liked a bit of excitement as well. Perhaps he would demonstrate more things the force can do for him, and her potentially. There was only them two and the gammorean gaurds outside, but even they went in after the potential fight ended.

Krow saw that she had turned to leave, and kinda didn't want her to. "Your going inside? Why dodn't you join me out here for a bit?" He said in a slightly nervous voice. He could persuade a lot of people, but it would probably be pretty hard to persuade a Mandalorian. He walked towards her in a following motion. "It's quiet, and there aren't many eyes out here. He spoke in a serious tone trying to convince her to stay outside and chat with him for a while.

He didn't even bother to use the force, and well he felt the need not too. He didn't even excrete the pheromones that the Falleen use to attract those of the opposite sex. He took interesting in this girl. He didn't know what it was be he enjoyed her company. Meybe it was his longing for companionship. He left his master, and traveled alone for quite a long time. He would like to have a friend at some point in time.



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[Aaray]

Aaray was half way between the two guards, slightly turned to her side when Krow asked her to stay. With a grunt the two guards shoved the rest of the way past her, deciding that they might as well stand in the shade if nothing interesting was going to happen. Part of Aaray wanted to stay, but part told her to go back inside. The latter was very convincing, but so was Krow.

She took a step inward more, but stopped, with her back turned to him, when he made a very convincing argument. There weren't many people outside, hardly any infact. And the noise was definately less annoying out here.

Biting her lip, Aaray took a quick sweep of what she could see of the banquet hall. Not seeing Drest yet, she decided to take Krow up on his offer. She kept both feet on the ground as she turned back and walked toward him. She really didn't know why she was agreeing to stay, perhaps it was because she never had a friend before and that this Falleen might be a good one to have. She stopped a few feet from him, arms folded over her chest and said, "Well, it is easier to hear out here instead of inside with all the noise and what not." She did keep her guard up outside however, knowing she was more exposed out here.

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[Lucius Krow]

Krow did it. He convinced her to stay outside with him. "Thank you for chatting with me." He said remembering what it was like to have someone to talk to, and now feeling it for real. Before now he would have only droids to talk to, and that got old pretty quick. "Walk with me?" He said as he did a Republic about face, and started to walk slowly. "Thank you for joining me. I forget what it is like to have someone to talk to. I deeply appreciate it." He said still with in range. He stopped three feet away from her and began to speak again. "Hell your the first person I have talked too in almost a year." He said, and then fell silent.

He watched as the busy streets outside of the Hutt's Palace made less noise than what was going on inside of it. Krow noticed that Aaray was a bit on edge being out here, and decided that he would'nt speak of it. He was a little on edge as well. He took a deep breath and then spoke again, "Have you ever heard of the Arna?" He said, and then continued to walk to the edge of the landing pad. Krow bent over slightly looking down over the ledge and watched as all the different type of transportations moved about.

It seemed to be getting dark outside, and that was Krow's favorite time of day. He just liked the peace of the night. Krow straightening out stood at his normal height, and then took his off his head, and let it place itself on the base of his shoulders. Shaking his dreads he turned around and leaned up against the ledge. He eyeed Aaray for a few seconds, and then he began to think. [I]Is it possible that a Jedi could get along with a Bounty Hunter? [/I]Maybe she would end up hunting me one day. He thought, and then let out a small laugh. A persistant fool he could be if they got any closer.

[Aaray]

Aaray hesitated a bit, but agreed to take a walk with him. She out a half sigh, half laugh when Krow mentioned that she was the first he had talked to in a year. "Yeah, well...i don't normally interact with people like i am interacting with you...i guess you just caught me in a good mood."

She followed him out to the landing pad, keeping a step or two behind him. She watched him as Krow looked out over the edge slightly, wondering if it was smart to be out here with someone she had first met. If he tried anything, she would be ready to defend herself she supposed.

Aaray noticed her helmet was starting to accomodate a low light area, I guess it is getting dark outside..., she thought. She always felt more comfortable in the dark, knowing her armor would make her hard to see. Suddenly Krow asked if she had heard of the Arna. Aaray thought for a bit, "Erm...not really...a whisper here or there maybe, but it was always in past tense. I really don't know what the Arna is." Aaray briefly wondered if thats what Krow used to be apart of, but maybe he was just curious.

Aaray considered him for a bit. Why was it so easy for her to talk to him? She was okay with having allies...friends, sure okay, but she wouldn't be able to completely trust them. Anything more than friends was just too dangerous for her, and it wouldn't be fair to the person involved, since she would never be able to guarantee to return. She heard Krow laugh a bit and asked, "Why do you laugh...do i amuse you in some way mr. force-user?" She used a dramatic, diva-like tone for the last bit of what she said.

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[Lucius Krow]

She followed Krow, but very hesitantly. A step or two behind him. He was very calm, and sure that nothing was going to happen to her. "A good mood? You aren't in good moods often?" He said in a joking manner. "It is rather akward that someone I just met is talking to me as casualy as if we had known each other for years no?" He said with a raised eye brow. He was very charasmatic, but he didn't think that had anything to do with it. "Could it be that knowing the feeling that we are both some of the last of our kind?" He asked and then looked at Aaray.

He saw that she was gazing ar her helmet, noticing that it is getting dark. "The Arna once was my home. I was part of the Arna. They were a faction of Gray Jedi. We followed both ways. The way of the Jedi, and the way of the Sith." He said, and then sighed. "We after some great wars died off, and tthoughs who still live are usually drifters like me." He said in a sadened toned. His skin began to turn blue again, and he hadn't noticed ut till he was completely blue. She thought he thought she was amusing. "No I was laughing at a thought." He said and then took several breaths beffore speaking again.

"It only happens when I am sad. When I am angry I turn red." He said, and then tryed to calm himself. "You seem a little edgy. Is there anything I can do to make you feel at ease?" He asked standing straight up looking at her with a face of some concern. He wasn't worried too much, but he fealt he should atleast try to make her happy or at ease in a way.

[Aaray]

She smirked a bit when he joked that she wasn't always in a good mood. "Actually, no...not really..." She seemed a bit surprised when he offered that the reason why it was easy for them to talk was because they were the last of their kind. Aaray frowned a bit, but realized that he was right, "Yeah...i guess..." She said in a bit of a resigned tone.

She listened as he told her about the Arna. She had never heard anything of detail about this faction. It seemed interesting to her, until he turned all blue. The change in skin colour caught her off guard a bit. She nodded a bit and said "oh" when Krow explained to her that he was laughing a thought and not at her. She briefly wondered what he had been thinking about, but cleared her mind of it.

She realized that Krow spoke, trying to reassure himself she assumed, and said that he only turned blue when he was sad and red when angry. "You're sad about the Arna?" She asked, trying to lift some of the silence that had fallen. She glanced around a bit, then back at Krow, seeing him show a bit of concern about how edgy she was. Aaray tried to laugh it off, "Oh, no...i am like this alot really...i can't help it really. The lesson of always being aware of where i am has been drilled into my head by my father since the age of 5 so...its just who i am i suppose." She took a breath and tried to calm herself down. If Krow had wanted to harm her in anyway, or if someone was watching them, he or they would've already made their move. "Believe it or not...there are people who would love to get me out of the way..."

[Lucius Krow]

Krow hadn't explained to her apparently that he loved the Arna. "I really loved being apart of the Arna. They were my place to belong." He said, and then stretched lightily. "I understand that you are trained to be this way, but you should listen to your instinct, and be able to decipher what or who is dangerous." He said rather quietly. He decided that it would probably be time to head back in. "I think we should go back inside. If anything were to happen to me while you were here. I would feel bad for putting you in trounle." He said beginning to start his walking stride/

"Please consider my offer to learn the way of the force." He said not tring to pressure her at all, but inly want to make her stronger. "That thought I laughed at was the thought of you taking the a bounty which was on my head. Pretty akward huh?" he said, and then looked over at her smiling behind the mask. He began to walk towards the large doors to the palace, and make his ways up the steps. They would be back in the bar area in no time.

Hopefully something was going on. If not something was going to have to happen. Being in a room full of crimanals, and bounty hunters wasn't exactly his cup of coffee. The gaurds were gone, and it was easer to get inside. If Aaray wanted to stay outside longer he wouldn't object, and if she was going to need to do something else then he wouldn't be disappointed at all.

[Aaray]

Aaray agreed that it would be helpful to learn to follow her instincts more. She followed Krow as he began to head back towards the palace. Keeping next to him this time. She trusted him a bit more than she had earlier. She smiled a bit when he said he would feel bad if anything happened to her while she was with him, "Oh, you don't need to worry about that...i can take care of myself."

Krow asked her to consider learning to use the force, being careful not to pressure her. "I will consider it..." Aaray noted, and she would indeed. She laughed half heartedly when he said that earlier he had been thinking about how awkward it would be if she took up a bounty that was placed on him. "Yeah...awkward....just make sure the reward isn't too high, cuz if its low i won't bother with it." She elbowed him playfully. She realized that other than the hand shake earlier, this was the only other time she had touched him.

As Krow headed inside the palace, Aaray called after him, "I think i will just stay out here for a bit...theres too many people inside." Aaray then leaned on the wall just beyond the doors. She looked around and made sure that no one else was outside, and then popped the seal on her helmet and removed it. The coldness of the evening hit her face instantly. She took in a deep breath of cold air, feeling refreshed since it wasn't filtered through her helmet. As she exhaled she realized that it was just cold enough to see her breath. Giggling a bit, she puffed out a small amount of air. She just leaned up against the wall for a bit longer, then put her helmet back on, sealing it. She remained leaning up against the wall, drawing in the dirt with the toe of her boot.

[Lucius Krow]

In a way he wanted her to stop him from going inside. She said she could hold her own, which he didn't doubt at all. Slightly stumbling to the right he smiled as she elbowed him. At the top of the steps he turned around and looked at her, but he didn't turn to see her. He used the force to do so. "What if I were to encounter another force user who wasn't friendly. Who had a partner?" He asked palyfully. His movements quickened in the force as the hilts of his lightscimatars floated to his hands, and then activated. He held them down by his side, and tnen with what seemed like a thruster of any ship had ignited. He lifted off the ground into a back flip.

His body moved smoothly through the night air. His back arched ias it pointed at the moon, and he brought his swords up in a x across his chest. It seemed like he was floating, but that was just the force. As his body did the full flip, and before he landed he quickly ripped the lightscimaters apart in an x motion. Scaring the hround with the raging hot metallic blades. He then began to perform the complicated fmoves of the Ataru lightsaber fighting style. He combined it with the Jar'kal fighting style.

Krow performed many rolls, and flips. A lot of evasive maneuvers were performed as well. He flowed through the force, it flowed through him so much that you could slmost see a glow on him. Deactivating the lightscimatars by hand they flowed back to the sash where they rested. As if they were two beast that were only released when it was time to kill. He stood there in perfect silence his breathing still calm. He hadn't done that in a while, and he was surprised that he hadn't cut him self. "I wouldn't let them touch you." He said softly, and then he turned, and looked at Aaray hoping she wouldn't be freaked out or scared by his performance of the force.

[Aaray]

Aaray was slightly surprised by his sudden performance. She hadn't seen any demonstration by a force user before, since she had never really met one in the past. Her father always told stories of the various force users he had fought, always describing the battle with detail (sometimes more detail than she wanted). Those were always slighly bias stories i think though... She thought as she watched Krow.

After he was finished, he mentioned softly that he wouldn't let any potential enemy force users touch her. She tilted her head slightly, responding, "I'm flattered..." She used her boot to push herself off the wall and added, "Impressive i must admit. With that performance, i doubt it would be much trouble for you to defeat both enemies."

Aaray briefly wondered if he had seen her without her helmet, wondering just how stealthy force users were. She considered testing his reflexes by making a quick move, but decided against it. She had to admit to herself that she was comfortable around Krow. This notion had both a positive and negative effect for her. The positive side was the fact she would like to have a friend she could feel comfortable around. The negative side was of the dangers associated with the possible chance they got closer.

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[Lucius Krow]

There is some worry to Krow about his new friend. The potential chance of getting closer to her thanjust friends. That iwas a thought that he didn't mind if it happened, but with his way of life, and hers the possibilitys are endless. He wanted to laugh at her comment about the bounty being high enough for her to take on him, but it was kind of a weird thought. "It would only be trouble if both enemies were force users of better skill than I. which I believe is possible, but highly unlikely." He said, and then he began to look at Aaray with her mask. Only a vague picture in his head, but he could see her clearly.

"We can't read minds, but we can see behind us." He said with a sot laughter in his voice. "The force can virtually make anything possible. I am pretty sure that somewhere along the ancestory of the edi and Sith they were able to read minds." He said in an educated tone. He walked up to her face to fave. "You look more elegant with your helmet off if you don't mind me saying." He said releasing a small amount of his intoxicating pheromones. He had never used it on another race, and wanted to see if would work. If not he knew it would only work on other Falleen.

if it did then he might just end up being a ladies man, and a rogue jedi. He smiled as he stared at her visor for several seconds, and then backed away from her. The back of his robes began to blow with the wind, and then he sat down indian style still looking at Aaray. Closing his eyes he used the force to lift himself in tnto the air to a slight hover, which had raised him to Aarays height. "You see this is the power of the force. It can be oyurs all you have to do is find it in you?" He said and then floated a little closer to her. Within her arms reach.

[Aaray]

Aaray smiled a bit, "Reading minds would be nice...you could learn your enemies worst fear and play off of it...eventually break them down and destroy them..." She allowed her mind to linger somewhat on that idea. She laughed slightly when he said that while it was possible that the potential enemy would be stronger than him, it was unlikely.

Aaray allowed him to get closer to her, moving her head back slightly when he told her that she looked more elegant without her helmet on. This made Aaray slightly nervous, smiling weakly she said, "Eh...thanks but...i don't think i do..." She said this more to herself than to him. Normally she would've warned a person who said that to her, but she usually gave most people she had just met a chance.

A strange feeling suddenly came over her. She found herself becoming slightly attracted to Krow. She didn't really know what to think of this feeling. As she tried to figure it out, she realized Krow was floating infront of her now. Unconsciously, she took a step towards him, then stopped. She shook her head slightly, clearing it and deluding the feeling somewhat. "No, erm...i can't....technically Mandalorians and force users shouldn't....i don't think its a good idea..." Aaray didn't know how to phrase what she was trying to say.

[Lucius Krow]

Aaray raised a very good point to what you couldd do if he were able to reads others thoughts. That would definently make it easier to combat foes. From her responce to his compliment Krow gathered that she doesn't appreciate who she is, or at least thinks low of herself. He wasn't sure if he should try to resuade her to appreciate her, or convince her that no matter how she looks there is always beauty somewhere.

He continued to float examining her body figure, and her actions. She took a step towards him, and the stopped. It worked? He thought too himself, and then was startled by her minor tyraid. She stumbled through her words,and whatever she was trying to stay she couldn't. Krow knew what was going on, and began to laugh. He let his feet down, and stood at his natural height. "Aaray relax." He said in a calming voice, and then took the last step. He put his hands on her upper arms. He had to test it one more time.

Releasing a higher amount of the preromone into her nostril passage way. "You are being induced with a pheromone that I secrete from my body. It is made to attract the the opposite or same sex. In this case you being the opposite sex. I am just testing tit to see if it works on another race." He said taking breaths between sentences. "Don't worry if it works the effects will were offs soon being your not of the Falleen race." He said waiting to see the affects.

[Aaray]

Aaray tensed up a bit when Krow took her by the upper arms. She was a bit confused about the pheromones he mentioned. It made her slightly nervous. She wanted to move back when he closed the gap between them, but her feet stayed rooted to the ground.

He told her that he was just experimenting, seeing if the pheromones would affect her the way it does the females of his species she assumed. She really hoped no one came out of the banquet now, having the same feeling as before come over her. She tried to keep herself relaxed, but she hoped this effect wouldn't make her blind to her surroundings. She would just have to trust Krow to act respectfully she supposed.

The pheromones were definately affecting her now, since he released more of them towards her. She relaxed her tensed up muscles, feeling attracted to Krow. She had never had this feeling before and after a few moments, the affects wore off, just like Krow had said. "That was...different..." she said softly after awhile. She noticed that his hands had scales on them as well. Interesting...must be common amongst Falleens i suppose..... An awkward feeling came over her soon, still feeling a little attracted even after the effects had worn off.

[Lucius Krow]

"Tell me how did that make you feel?" He asked as he let her arms go, and taking a step back at the same time. He canned her body for any physical effects. She trusted him a nd he could tell that much. He knew how it had effected other Falleen, but not how it would effect other races. He was interested to know. "Were you attracted to me?" He asked, and then realisied the intesity of the question. He was winging it in a since.

He hoped she didn't take a offence to the question, and hopedully it wouldn't be that big of an effect on her. He listened as she noted that it fell different. That hadn't helped him in knowing the effects. He was taking it over board, and he knew it. Something was coming over him. He was attracted to this human like no other before her. He didn't know what to do or say, and if he was correct then she was probably feeling the same way.

"I am going to be honest. I would enjoy you being my friend, but I think there is more than just friends that I am feeling. I somehow in some way feel very attracted to you, and in a way that is bad At the same time. I enjoy, and want this feeling. I feel alive." he said with his emotions getting the best of him. "How do you like someone you just met?" He asked himself, and then took off his mask. Putting it inside his robes. He looked her in the scanner wondering what she was thinking now.

[Aaray]

Aaray slowly nodded to his question about if she had been attracted to him. She bit her lip, glad for the fact that her helmet covered her face, she didn't like people to see her blushing slightly.

When Krow confessed that he had feelings for her that were more than them being just friends, Aaray let out a sigh. She was flattered that he thought this of her, but she was afraid slightly at the same time, since no one had ever told her that before.

"We barely really know eachother." she said softly. After a few seconds she continued, "Its too risky for us to be involved. We come from very different backgrounds, traditionally you and i shouldn't even be talking. There are things that i can't allow to happen at the moment, and unfortuantely this is one of them." Her feelings confused her. She thought about the offer Drest had made her, and her decision to take him up on it. She knew that if Drest had gotten more people involved, there would be more risks. "If we were to become involved with eachother, and certain people found out, it could be very bad for both of us."

Krow had taken off his mask now and had stored it inside his robes. She looked at his face and studied his features for a few moments. She looked down and decided to take off her helmet. She popped the seal on it, the helmet giving a small hiss as it depressurized. She took off her helmet and held it to her side. She glanced at his face once more then looked away. "The thing is...i can't promise to return after a mission, if you get my drift. And, i can't have that notion weigh over someone i care about..." She really hoped he would understand. "Maybe...in the future...things can be different, but right now, i think its best for us to remain friends..." She was finding it hard to look at him, focusing on a place on the ground off to the side.

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[Lucius Krow]

Krow wan't at all flustered that she didn't want become anything more than friends. He wasn't going to push her to anything, and force her. He wasn't going to allow anything to affect their friendship. Krow could hear it in her voice that she was planning on doing something that she wasn't sure if she would come back from whatever she was doing. "The fact that we are two different people means nothing to me, and if it is time you need then take it. If it space you need widen it." He said feeling sorta bad that she wasn't looking at him.

Reaching his hand up towards her chin to attempt ot make her look him in the eyes. "You have nothing to worry about. I can handle rejection." He said and then he smiled at her if she were looking at his eyes she would see that he was telling the truth. Krow yould let her chin go, and take a step back, and then turn around. He began to walk off towards the Moons Glow.

He didn't want to say good bye, because he knew that that would mean that they wouldn't see each other again. the Ship activated, and he would step up into the ship closing the loading ramp. He set his ships coordinates for Naboo. He wouldnn't allow her to stop him, The ship begant to take off, and then jumped to lightspeed.

(Planet Exit)

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[Aaray]

Aaray allowed him to touch her chin, another odd occurance, since most guys would've lost a hand. Even though she couldn't look at him, she could tell that he understood.

She watched as he walked off and did nothing. She had wanted to stop him, but couldn't. He didn't say good-bye, which she didn't mind, since that was a bit final. After he took a few steps, she replaced her helmet and turned and walked off towards the banquet. She locked the chat-friendly Aaray away and allowed business-oriented Aaray to take her place. She would definately need to keep better control of her emotions from now on.

She walked back inside the banquet and noticed a booth had opened up. However, as she was walking to it, an amature hunter decided to impress a lady friend that was with him. The amature rushed to take the seat Aaray was going to sit in, "Sorry buddy, gotta be faster." he smirked as he sat down, smiling smugly as his lady friend giggled. Aaray sighed and grabbed the amature by the front of his shirt and pulled him up to eye level, his feet about a foot off the ground. It got a little quite around her, Aaray stared hard at the man, who was shocked by his sudden predicament. "Don't even try, trust me...i am in a bad mood..." Aaray whispered ominously as she roughly dropped the man and gave him a shove to get him away from her. The man was clearly upset to be embarrassed infront of his lady friend, but Aaray could care less.

She took a seat at the booth and watched as a pair bounty hunters near by arm wrestled, a bet-making crowd soon gathering. She tried to get her mind off of what had just occured between her and Krow, waited to see if Drest was going to make an appearance.

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