Sending out an SOS

[redjacketthief]

Who: Farmland Defenders and YOU.
What: Tourists are causing problems.
When: August 29, Morning.
Where: The Farm.
Summary: The farm has been raided by the Kin'corians--Aid is needed STAT.
Rating: KC for those troublesome Kin'corians!


[Intentional Audio Message:]

Attention Luceti.

Assistance is needed immediately at the farms to the northwest of the village. We have hostiles and--

[The oddly cool, clipped tone that the message was given suddenly breaks off into a heated bark.] Putain de merde!

[There's a rustle of pages and the sound of bodies colliding, followed more swearing in French.

The feed cuts out.

Hurry, Luceti.]

Comments

[vulcanblazer]

[If there were any thugs advancing on Lupin, they're met with a demon rushing in headlong with his fist, sending them flying several yards. Adell turns when he sees Lupin... definitely hurt, definitely not in a good way, but still bold and looking fearless.]

Sorry it took me so long.

[He turns back to his knocked down foe.]

Stay down if you don't want your ass beaten down. I told you to play nice when you got here!

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin sighed and holstered his gun--for now. Odds were high that he would need it again, but a break was more than welcome.]

You were faster that I thought! Adell, right? [He paid attention to the journals and did his homework in his quest to make use of his recent downtime.]

...Did you think they would listen for long? They just got out of a war. [One that could be coming for them next.] I'm surprised it took them this long to get out here.

[vulcanblazer]

[He nods.]

Yeah, that's right.

...Considering we're all in the same boat, I was hoping for a little civility. But I guess there's bad eggs in every bunch.

[redjacketthief]

'Bad eggs' is putting it lightly...

[He straightened his glasses and tried to shove his disordered hair out of his face as he tried to take a survey of the area.]

There's some fruit bearing trees out here, and a few crops that we recently planted that could be in danger of being trampled.

--Oh, and a bantha. Think of the biggest steer that you've seen, then multiply it by a hundred. It won't be as big as a bantha, but it will be close...

And you'll understand what a resource he could be. We don't want him hurt.

[vulcanblazer]

...That has gotta be a huge beast.

But all right, we'll keep him safe. You gonna be all right with that arm?

[redjacketthief]

This? [A pat, mostly because he was playing dumb.] Yeah, I think. I got into a brawl a few weeks back, and this was my prize. It's going to be a pain for a while...but I think I can handle okay for now.

[It was a lie. There was more wrong with him than just the injury, but the rest was a problem that was invisible to the untrained eye. There was a calculated element to his movements and gait, and missteps or stumbles where no problems were seen otherwise. He had needed to retrain himself to do just basic things over the last several weeks and, while he had made progress, the compensatory habits left him fatigued. In turn, this left him more likely to experience the problems that had caused these behaviors in the first place.]

[vulcanblazer]

[It's good enough to fool Adell, though. Having not known him at all, and his tone is convincing.]

Good, glad to hear it. How many more of them are there out here?

Threadjack!

[thefinaljedi]

[Luke wanders up at this point, fresh from smacking a couple of mooks trying to sneak around the back. Even weakened in the Force as he was, he'd sensed Adell's presence a ways off]

A dozen more by my count. At least. I just dealt with a bunch around back.

Nice of you to join us.

XD

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin tensed at Luke's words, startled by the Jedi's sudden appearance. He hadn't heard anyone coming--it was a clear enough sign that he couldn't ignore. He hadn't been able to recover his stamina after all of the chaos from the last month, and it was showing.

He knew it. This wasn't the time.]

Another dozen? Damn how many got out here?

[vulcanblazer]

Too many. They got organized fast. I didn't expect dissent to be this bad so quickly.

[Adell turns to Luke and nods.]

Where are they? If they don't stand down, I'll beat them down.

[thefinaljedi]

[Luke hefts his staff, the black iron catching in the morning sunlight]

They wouldn't stand down. So I asked them to leave. Politely.

[Luke taps his forehead, indicating that he'd left them the psychic suggestion to just...leave.]

Told them this wasn't the farm they were looking for.

[redjacketthief]

[There was a moment of stunned silence before Lupin started laughing. It was little more than a stifled giggle, but the tension in his shoulders lessened with it.]

Heh. Of course you did!

[vulcanblazer]

[Though Adell's never seen those movies... he gets the drift.]

Well, I don't know how you did it, but if it worked, I'm fine with that! The less fighting we have to deal with, the better in this case.

[thefinaljedi]

The Force is a powerful ally in times of trouble, Adell.

Still, thank you for coming. The farm is too important to risk.

[redjacketthief]

Yeah, thanks.

And thanks for the assist. It was starting to get really tense with that guy.

[vulcanblazer]

I'm starting to see that, Luke!

It's no problem. It is pretty much my job, after all. But still, I'd come even if it wasn't.

[thefinaljedi]

Yea. They seem to really want to get at Hamal. I'm just worried they're gonna trample the crops. There's still plenty of growing season left. its only been a few days.

[He shakes his head as his senses warn him of an approaching wannabe thief]

Stand down, return to the village. Now!

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin whipped out his gun again, mentally kicking himself for even thinking for a moment that he would have a chance to relax. He kept his jaw tight, lest he say something that would ruin whatever it was that Luke was attempting, but he was willing to shoot for more than just disabling if it became necessary.]