Smells like home... [open]

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Ryloth, my home...

A lot of things happened since I've been gone. It looks the same, and yet ... so different. Brings back memories...

And those were many. It felt like approaching an old house, where you had spent a good time of your life. Images of the past immediately flowing into your head. Sometimes the imagination working so strongly you could swear you see real objects, real people, even though you know they aren't really there.

No matter how far Nika traveled, and what places she had seen, Ryloth always had that special place in her heart. For all of its flaws, it was still her home. She felt home. There was just something about these desert mountains and clay huts that was dear to her soul. Naboo, with all of its shine, glimmer, and beautiful nature, for some reason, never felt the same. Guess it was the call of Home, a feeling not unfamiliar to any twi'lek born here.

Nika came here with a freighter she was escorting, and as soon as the ship touched the ground, the twi'lek disappeared into the city. Nostalgia overcoming her quite completely. Everything felt so ... recognizable, so natural. And yet, not the same. Was is that long ago? When she was but a local riffraff running across the streets with a bunch of other kids? Where are those kids now? - the twi'lek wondered, walking down the street she used to live.

Children cast strange glares at her. And Nika understood why. Not too long ago, she too, glared at armed people with a mix of curiosity and fright. Mommy told that armed people were dangerous people, and they were not to be approached. Even if they were twi'leks themselves. Because betraying their own kin wasn't as impossible as Nika once thought it was. Her former friend assured that claim...

Right over there was her old house, where her family used to life. Parents sold it before they moved to Naboo, and now there was a different family living there. It was ... kind of sad. She wanted to come in, look at what used to be her bedroom, but could not. No, different people, and it was their house now. They even painted it differently... Sighing, and shaking her head, the twi'lek turned around to go somewhere else, and then...

SMASH!

She accidentally bumped into somebody going her way. She did not expect, and the force of impact was enough to send her unto the ground. The land was a rough one, especially for her butt, which landed on a sharp stone, making her yelp a bit. Looking up, at whoever it was, Nika smiled sheepishly, scratching behind her head.

- Eihehe, sorry about that mister... erm... whoever you are.

[Arley Voegeli]

Arley was on Ryloth becaue his ship crashed in a battle against a Jedi.The jedis name was Sarren, he had been chasing Arley for killing his friend on Nar Shaddaa. He had almost died, a feeling he had been all too acquainted with. He was angry because he had been beaten, something uncommon amongst the stronger Mandalorians; to. them strength was everything and with the Force he felt unbeatable. The Jed Sarren has out piloted him destroying his ship with his Turbo lasers, Arley barely had time to escape.

Arley roamed the streets of Ryloth aimlessly in search f another ship. He couldn't find one worth taking at any of the spaceports, so he carried on. As he roamed the city he walked through Spaceport to Spaceport untill he found a light freighter though he wasn't having any luck so far. He eventually found himself lost, as he didn't know the planet well. Ryloth was a beautiful city, Arley loved the desert and he had never seen such a thriving city in a desert before. Its scars and flaws shone brightly on the serface, and he took it all in. He let the city flow through him.

He was walking through a neighborhood, when smack! A twi'lek woman.ran right into him. It took him off guard and he stumbled. back a few steps. Arley walked up to the woman"are you alright?"are asked dismissing her question. Usually he wouldn't care, but he did need a little help on this unknown planet. It was paramount that he got it so he could leave he would not be stuck here for long, he couldn't he had to find that Jedi, so he could take his life also.

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The man Nika accidentally bumped into sure looked ... imposing.

A really big guy, towering over her, his shadow covering her entirely, it making him look even bigger. Usually, when you bump into someone like that on Nar Shaddaa, it ends up in a fight, which was why her hand instinctively reached for the blaster, but, as it proved to be, was an uncalled gesture - the guy proved to be nice, he even asked if she was alright...

But not too nice... - the twi'lek noted to herself, upon standing up from the dusty ground and cleaning herself up. He did not offer her a hand after all. Nika did not blame him though, she doubted she would were their positions reversed. Oh well, just another stranger she accidentally bumped into. Would normally just throw it out of her head a moment after it all happened, however ...

She just knew that look on the man's face.

It was the look tourists or first-timers to the planet usually sported on their faces, she saw those quite often. A bit curious, a bit dull, and completely, completely lost. To them it was an alternate reality, different from their own, in which they were helpless like children, without their guide. And oh look, the man didn't have a guide. Ok, well, maybe all of this were just wild guesses, but guess what, Nika never doubted her guesses. Staring at the man for a few seconds, the twi'lek approached, a curious look on her face.

Now that she looked closer, she began noticing details of the outfit. A bit torn here and there, and a bit singed too. The stranger smelled of smoke! But not the normal kind of smoke, the smoke that comes from damaged space-ships. Nika would recognize that one out of a hundred - she spent her childhood helping her dad fixing ships, some of them fresh from a dogfight with pirates. She remembered how they smelled.

- You look like you're fresh out of trouble cowboy. Something up? - she inquired, batting her eyes and wearing an alluring smile.

What happened to him I wonder...

[Arley Voegeli]

She stood up and dusted herself off. Arley never noticed how nice the Twi'lek women looked, but he knew that they could dangerous. She looked him in the eye, studying him. He studied her and she has the look of a seasoned spacer aboyt her, and he could feel the force around her.

She could tell Arley was lost, and that was good for him. Atleadt he hoped...He put his hands on his hips, letting his light saber glint in the sun. Se asked him a question. "Yes actually, Im a little lost, and I got shot down in a fight with a Jedi, he shot my ship down and almost killed me, could you help me possibly?"