Hound of Coruscant(closed,invite only)

[Foxfire]

Location Coruscant lower levels

Players Kalic Tolms(temp NPC)
Players Halc Greimer
Players Aldric Cibre



The darkness of the lower levels of Coruscant were infamously known and feared, yet many beings lived and moved in them. The midnight hour was quickly coming and a Mon Calamari healer was quickly making her way back to an area called Bas'Ker to the residency call the Halls. For a trama doctor not much rattled her but what did was an area just outside Bas'Ker called the Dartmoors. The dartmoors were known by the locals for their hazordousness crumbling permacrete holes and the wind gusts that suck ones deeper into the bottomless expance of the under world.

The doctor, Kalic Tolms, had been holding her breath for so long that she felt woozy. She rested with her back proped against a steel beam which had lost most of the permacrete. She layed her head upon the beam and closed her blubous eyes. With in the quiet silence of the depths her chrono beeped signaling the mid-night hour. The sound did bring her back to the waking, but what caught her breath again was the sound that made the steel that her head was leaned upon vibrate.

The hound! I've got to make it to the Hall.

The hound, a new terror of the deep had recently made those of the Bas'Ker very afraid especially around the hour of midnight. The haunting shrieks and bewailing cries made all even the notorious mobs run in fear. Ones had said that you could not help but have fear coursing through your veins once you heard the howl of the Hound of Coruscant.

Again she roused herself to move as quickly as the Dartmoors would allow. A few times she had to save herself from falling into a permacrete pit fall. As she rounded the third of such she found herself breathing hard at narrowly escaping. Stooping over to try to catch her breath Kalic noticed a dence fog rolling past her feet.

Fog?

There had to her knowledge never been fog on the lower level of the dartmoor. Stand lup right she inhaled and stretched her sore muscles. It was then that she heard the sounds of heavy breathing coming from behind her. Looking over her shoulder she noticed the fog was getting thicker and moving toward her direction.

Beware the fog! The fog is the arbanger of the hound.

Those words echoed within her head from one of her paitents that had fallen three levels and was impaled upon permacrete support rods before his death.

She gasped as a shadow stirred with in the fog and the howl ripped through her skull and her very being was gripped by fear. Most beings responce to this type of fear was to curl up into the fetal position and await the blessed arms of death. Yet for Kalic she had seen horrors and still for the most part had the use of her legs.

Turning Kalic used them to her best though many times she felt that she was being gripped or dragged down by unseen hands. She just put it off to adrinelin and the cold gripping fear. She ran as fast as she could till she could see the welcoming warm parimeter lights of the Bas'Ker. Cutting through the surrounding fog she cried as she passed a reptilian bounty hunter with blue grey skin who thought her a bit odd for running at such a time and place. Rushing to her home she threw open the door and slammed it shut behind her bolting every lock she had and baring the doors with what was movable. The hound was not going to get her, not tonight.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

((OOC---This takes place before Music to my fins, and is the case referred to at the beginning of that thread.))

The upper city... It never slept, the lights never went out, and it always seemed to remind certain people of a starry sky. Tonight however things where different, Dark Black clouds loomed at a far distance hours away, the rain that would come from them was even further. For a tall apartment building setting in between the Temple and the senate, it was actually quiet for a change...Quiet except for one single room on the 200th floor.

A tall man stood wandering his room with his flute playing it at such a high pitch and loud note that it would normally hurt peoples ears; For those who passed the room it did.

For an Aldric Cibre it had been a month sense he had a case, for him solving cases was an addiction, It was no question to those few who knew him that he would be suffering from withdraws. It was at this point though that an idea came to him, he pulled the flute away from his mouth setting it on the table and finding a notebook. THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO! I'VE NEVER MADE UP A LANGUAGE BEFORE I'LL START NOW! Without further words he had his pin out and notebook on the table; for Aldric he always had his mind moving, if it stopped working he would likely find new addictions, addictions he didn't want to cave into.

He looked up to another person in the room with a quizzical face, Yes?!?! And just what are you looking at me for? He was actually looking at himself in the mirror, it was something that happened to him on occasion, talking to himself in a most literal sense. By the time he looked back to his notebook it had only felt like seconds but from the full notebook that already had a complete homemade alphabet and several word, it was obvious to Aldric he had been sitting there for at least 30 minutes. He let out a sigh and took a gulp down, as he looked back to the mirror now knowing it wasn't another person but a reflection of himself.

He stood rubbing his eyes and letting himself think clearly when a knock at the door came at no better time. With a swoosh before the person could even say anything he looked the Mon Calamari up and down. She was female, and worried, the only times worried people came to him was for a case, with that facts now safe in his mind it was as if the addiction was gone.

Yes Doctor Tolms, I am Detective Cibre!
He smiled as she caught her breath, than her eyes went into a questioning look for the Mon Calamari race.
Oh think goodne-- Wait!? how did you know i was Doctor Tolms? Was i expected? She attempted to look into the apartment.

No i wasn't expecting you, But I'm familiar with your work and you smell of the Dartmoor's, that is your last location, need i have any other knowledge of you to know who you are?

A look of "Oh i guess that makes snese?..." came from the Mon Calla.

So what is the case?

He invited her in and went right to kitchen area to get a warm drink for the clearly shaken Mon Cala. She sat down on the couch and began speaking, Well... There's a monster in the Dartmoor's, outside Bas'ker hall's where I currently help. People Disappear all the time, it almost got me a few hours ago.

Aldric now had some warm tea in his hand as he left the counter and handed it off to Doctor Tolms.

And this monster has anyone seen it?

If anyone has then i don't know about it, but i do know what everyone says about it is a sound it makes... the sound of a gigantic hound! Aldric smiled knowing the case would be challenging. He stepped over to his trench coat and put it on pulling his bag over his shoulder. I'll take the case!

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The rooftop...

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He fallowed the Mon Cala to the roof knowing where she was taking him, to her air speeder, he hated the idea of getting on a vehicle but he couldn't talk her into walking there she was to worried about the so called hound, so he gave in and let her take him to the speeder.

Withing seconds of the speeder ride he began getting sick to his stomach, even eating the crackers that normally calmed his stomach.

Are you alright Mr Cibre?
Motion.... sickness.... it'll go away... as soon as we..... get there... He said wheezing at every pause.

They landed and he was greeted by a security guard, but he didn't notice, he stumbled to the corner of a building and let his lunch out. He stood and took in the Bask'er hall.

Well isn't this the place? He said amused at the security, while Doctor Tolms hurried into the building quickly hoping not to be picked up by the hound, He fallowed with a shrug.

[Cassy]

Lallane Cassandra Novos walked the streets of Coruscant with some what of a quickness in her steps; her hood was raised so her hazel green eyes stood out a bit, but other than that she looked like a shadow in the dark.

She had already ridden in a cab amidst this endless thing called 'traffic' here on Coruscant, it was a relaxing ride; albeit a bit long for her tastes as the driver kept oogling her.

The place was called 'Bask'er Hall', she stopped just short of it and walked up to the security guard, lowering her hood as she did so. He looked her up and down, and then made a statement about expecting a few Jedi. She gave him a beaming smile, and he blushed a little, letting her through.

When she entered, she immediately noticed Aldric and nodded to him, wondering if the Mon Calamari with him was a contact involved in this supposed case or what? The reports about this "beast" were...disturbing. A wild animal on the loose eating people or worse was never a good thing...

"Hello there." the words left her lips with a sultry country accent as she removed placed one hand on her hip, stopping a few feet short of them both. She took them both in for awhile, gazing over them both but then smiling smally. "I'm here to assist on behalf of the Jedi Order...but I'd rather not sound like a robot." she grinned with a look that said 'you probably already knew that', she placed her hands behind her back and began to look around, her black over robes draping onto the floor.

'Please let this go smoothly.....' Cassy thought to herself. 'If this hound is real, I'd rather not be eaten today....'[/i]

[Res]

Resaat had rode with Lallane to the meeting with Aldric. Though not much was said to him about it. All Master Konti told him that it would be a great way to prepare him for becoming a investigators. The ride was silent, nothing was said between the Padawan and Knight. So Res didn't know much about the Jedi.

They had reached the meeting place and the Togruta hopped out of the speeder. Fixing his robes and adjusting his new saber on his belt he followed Lallane down the street to where Aldric was waiting. Reaching the security guard the older Jedi told them why they were there. Standing back letting the more experienced Jedi handle it.

This was the first time since he was taken by Mal Konti that he had been on a mission without him. Standing there he saw the Mon Calamari doctor. She looked unnerved to be where they were but maybe that's why Resaat was there to calm the people down so Aldric could do his job.

[Foxfire]

Another mornful crying howl echoed through the dartmoor which followed down into the Bas'Ker. People looked up on shocked horror as they moved back into their homes. What was the howl? Many had wondered bu,t what, was a who. Halc Greimer a grey jedi found himself back upon and ino the depths of Coruscant. His mornful howling was just that mornful his visions within the force had driven him back here. Why was the force so heartless he cried? Was it his condition he was bothered by,....no what bothered him was finding another remote food vendor case empty. His hunger was growing. His stomuch did a hissing growl, simular to what the locals thought was the hound. He had to find again his store of foods but the levels to it were blocked by locals. He had cased them down to ask for directions but they were in fear of him.

His hunger affected his control of his force the more afraid he got about starving the more he poured out the force fear from every aspect of his being. He would shudder and his telekinitic ability would shake the permacrete and cause them to weaken further and fall through. The shear chaous he was causing simply for the strange reason that he was just hungry and his othersides were not helping him protecting him. What will he do now is help coming for judgement for the errors.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Aldric took in the large mansion like entrance room.
Now that we are inside the confines of the halls we are safe until the Hound gets more courage to come close. I'll repay that tea you gave me earlier. I'll be right back to feel you in.

Aldric nodded to the doctor and began taking in the scenery a little more specifically now. Picking out small things with his eyes like the fact that there was no dust, at all even in the most hard to reach places. From this and the fact that he knew the doctor had little time on her own hands told him she likely had a Maid or Butler, or who ever owned the building at any rate.

He was now standing on the outside of the staircases railing hanging onto it with one hand and reaching for the Chandler with the other. In that very moment he heard something at the front door a speeder pulling up and letting two people out. He could tell this by to separate doors opening and shutting.

Aldric tilted his head as the doors opened to see two robed figures enter, each displaying his and hers lightsabers on their belts. He looked down still on the outside of the staircase and gave a look as if saying "what are you looking at?"then he looked at where he was standing and shrugged jumping the roughly 8 feet down. As he landed he spooked Doctor Toms as she walked into the room almost dropping the cup that looked like coffee.

MR Cibre?!?! What where you doing up there?
Investigating... He changed the subject before she could say anything else which she did try, I wasn't expecting Jedi to be part of this... He said with a questioning look on his face, but let it go before it could turn into anything.

He turned to the duo of Jedi standing in front of him, taking in a few facts, as the older one spoke.
"Hello there."

While she was talking he was thinking,
She doesn't seem to be surprised that I'm here! Also she seems to know who i am she's to familiar with me!

"I'm here to assist on behalf of the Jedi Order...but I'd rather not sound like a robot."

He held out his hand to shake it, while doing so he would awkwardly place his hand close to her wrist to get a pulse from her. He made it look like a mistake, but hopefully she wouldn't pull away before he got the pulse.

My name is Aldric Cibre... And apparently you knew i would be here before i did. Your names? He said smiling toward the Mon Calamari, I was going to tell you they where coming. Doctor Tolms said with a sigh with a Mon Calamari sorry look.

It's no problem.

He said looking out the window to the west where the storm was coming from.

Well under normal circumstances i would like to explore the halls further before the Dartmoors but being as the rain will further weaken the already weak grates and shafts i think it would be wise to explore them first. He said giving a smile to the two Jedi in time for another Howl to be heard from the so called Hound...

[Cassy]

Cassy felt the slightest flick if the thumb up her wrist as he shook her hand; she wondered if this was an odd custom of the mans to make him feel more at ease.

With a passive smile, she nodded to the Mon Calamari and spoke in a soothing voice to everyone present.

"I don't think a monster on the loose is acceptable...rain or not." she nodded towards Resaat, before turning and speaking to him; looking down slightly hand on her hip. "If it comes down to having to capture this beast....I'll be backing you up." she voiced her confidence in the Padawan, before addressing the others again.

"That's right....we should capture it, and free it if possible. Ship it off somewhere, find out what kind of...beast it is, get it back where it belongs." she continued "Unless...it insists...." she hated to kill a harmless, afraid animal. But an apex predator on the loose wouldn't do.

"Shall we then?" Cassy would wait for everyone too make their preparations, before leaving with the group as they'd set off.

[Res]

The Togruta boy stood next to Cassy. They had met on Shili some months prior when Resaat was getting his crystal for his saber. He was holding himself up tall because this was his first mission and he wanted Knight Novos to give a good reporting back to Konti. Even though Mal Konti couldn't teach Taa any saber techniques Resaat was still learning a great deal from the Hutt.

The Padawan stood silent he was told to just aid Detective Cibre. He would such a thing. When Cassy looked down Res smiled knowing he would have to do some work but would let Aldric do most of it. This ought to be interesting The boy thought as his partner said that the best way was to catch the beast. Folding his hand across his chest he continued to listen to the conversation. Then he heard the sound of the beast it sounded like it wasn't too happy.

[Foxfire]

Halc was on the move again his nose and his senses led him three levels down to an abandoned eatery. The gloom the the place hid many hazords and living dangers. The hypertrophied vermin had infested was feasting on things that were drawn to the food stores that were still held safe from all but the sentiant beings that were now to afraid to return.

Halc's hunger overrode his inate fear of the creatures.

So hungry. So ..... hungry. Hungry. I must eat. You'spointing at the verminmust go now. Go now! Before I eats you......... raw.

With the finall word the force fear flowed out like a river, washing over every thing and raising up to the habited levels. The weaker vermin ran, but the stronger ones shook off the fear and sharged him. With a snap hiss Halc charged with eyes blinded by hunger and rage. He was so hungry that his normal self let the darkness of the force etch a place on him. His right eye glowed with a dull red color.

Enhanced speed and his lithe body cut and gutted as he sped through them. The vermin lashed out with teeth gnashing, yet Halc never blinked he simply swung the borrowed blade, slicing and hacking his way. The vermin would stop short a few times when they saw him slow to feed upon one of the alphas. In gore they fought so loud that the battle echoed up the levels and to the habited areas.

The sounds made many run for their houses and take their weapons in hand. Tho this far up from the disturbance and with the sound distorted and changed by the echoing of the levels it was still a sound that ones feared. Also the fleeing vermin had come to the upper levels or ran deeper to the lower ones to escape the fear and gore.

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Silence.

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Halc slowly rose from a mound of corpus of vermin slane by his hand. With saber in hand he walked upon weakened legs. They were brused, cut, and had been bitten. One young vermin's head still attached to his leg as he made his way to the store room. With vermin meat in one hand and lit saber in the other Halc looked upon the door. Reaching out with the right hand(one with the meat in it) held fast the door with the force. Slowly and surely he twisted and pulled upon the door.

Halc's strength slowly died in the force. A whine of distress rose from his lips. It became a roar that echoed with in the force and shook the permacrete around him. Gathering a bit of strength he closed his eyes and sighed. In that moment the force directed him to the meat behind him. For the force knew his hunger and what was behind the door would not sate his hunger. Going back to the vermin meat he set to eating what he could till his hunger was lesser but the meat gave him a bitter taste and it was not satisfiying. So again the Hound moved on to find better feeding grounds.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Aldric had successfully gotten the Jedi's pulse confirming she was indeed rather calm, well as calm as one could be in such a situation. Did that mean she knew who Aldric was? He didn't dwell on the thought long, he was getting a good reputation among groups like the SIS, and the Republic for being able to solve difficult crimes.

Without further ado he turned to Doctor Tolms Will you me joining the party Tolms? I may need you to tell me where you attacks took place... She shook her head long before he was done talking, Absolutely not! That Thing has my sent now, if i got out there all that awaits me is my death! She said factually as sat down firmly on the waiting bench.
I hired you for that. Aldric shrugged as he tightened his scarf a bit before opening the door for the two Jedi and fallowed them out, before shutting the door behind him he looked into the room and spoke, Your loss... He shut the door and took a long breath in and let it back out when he did he could see his breath leave his mouth as a fog.
Shall we move... he said looking at the two Jedi and he made his way down the steps and gave a nod to the short reptile like guard.

He moved in silence for a few moments until they where leaving the safety of the Halls area and beginning the walk to the not so safe Dartmoors.

So... the words seemed to echo in the area and he changed his tone to not call attention from the so called hound. Why did the Jedi get involved in this case? He asked before stopping at one the the weakened grates on the road-like floor. He wondered how some fell through them when they where so visible. He knelt down to it and barely pushed the grate and it fell through and he looked down into it still waiting for the Jedi to speak.

He stood and hopped over the grate barely making the distance,
Talking now mainly to himself he said quickly How could anyone short of a blind man miss a weakened grate this big? He said as he moved to another one and looked at it, it was dark yet he could still tell exactly what it was.

Then he heard the same Roar of the so called hound that he had heard before, this time the howl sounded more like one of pain.

How completely sad... he said looking in the direction he had thought it came from... Shall we continue?

[Cassy]

Cassy moved out of the Halls into the street at a slink; when they entered the streets she raised her black hood over her head. Her green eyes seemed to stand out creepily as she turned to the young Togruta Padawan just behind her.

"Raise the hood of your robes Padawan; although this is a good learning experience and no harm can be done by people knowing the Jedi are involved...there's no need to show them which Jedi are involved..." Cassy nodded to him; hinting that the two of them should be as covert as possible.

Cassy walked; her beautiful features raised into a suspicious look as her lips pursed. One eyebrow raised as Aldric seemed to notice the grates they'd been walking between. He nudged and tapped on one; it dislodged and plummeted to the lower levels.

"Let's see, short of a murderous unknown creature on the loose? I can't really name the reasons my good man." Cassy's green eyes from under her hood flecked around Aldric as she heard another roar. She wondered if they shouldn't accelerate their search. "We're only here to make sure there isn't anything...dark at work." Cassy let out a wave of cold breath; she looked to Resaat at her side and nodded at him once, telling him to stay sharp.

"For some reason; I don't believe each of those roars is because he's trying to deliver gifts and is struggling with Basic." she quipped. "We need to get eyes on this thing....at least if we can see it...we can follow it." she nodded to Aldric "We can only chase sound for so long....let's get closer to the roars...closer to where it would strike...if we can lure it out..we'll see exactly what it is."

[Res]

Resaat followed the others out of the hall and did as Cassy said. But with his montrals it was somewhat awkward, though he did it nonetheless. Following closely nodding to Knight Novos in agreement in everything she said. Mal Konti said to follow the advice of the Knight.

They had stopped at a grate that the Detective hit and it dropped to they level below. Looking down seeing people jump out of the way. Aldric had unusual tactics when it came to finding out things. Watching him jump back and forth over the gap Res couldn't help but chuckle a little at the site.

Standing just behind his partner, the Togruta Padawan heard the hound roar once more. This time he sounded much closer be they still were in danger as of yet. Lellane was right the only reason they were there was to protect Mr. Cibre and make sure no Dark Force objects were at work.

[Foxfire]

The bitterness of the meat held within his stomuch turned and twisted. Churning till Halc could hold it no more. The release of the meat the precious food something that he had lived for was leaving him. Making him weaker Halc tried to flee the feeling, yet a different fear was starting to take hold upon Halc. His body itched and tingled as he felt someting of greater light moving toward him.

Halc dove through a vermin chewed hole and worked his way to the next floor. The lower floor was very dark but Halc's sences knew right away what this place was, a garbage pit. Foot long magots and colorless worms moved through the filth eating as they went. Through all the smells Halc was able to pick out one distinct smell, that of a mon calamari. His mind flashed with a vision of the dark jedi healer standing above him with probs digging into his flesh.

A howl of pain of the memories ruptured forth from Halc. Echoing loudly the life moved from the howl and the force fear that poured forth. Dropping to his knees Halc tried to gather pack his strength to move. A larger maggot moved near him raising to sence out what he was. Halc could feel the hunger from it and others around him. Just then a clang and a bang sounded from a shaft at the far end of the pit.

A sack of trash hit the pile and rolled to the bottom ripping and tearing open the life forms moved to the new garbage.

The outs it is. To the monster that hurt us. We must finds z'it and hurt it too for the pain and for the hunger we feels.

Finding the smallest bit of force energy still held within his soul he flew across to the shaft and started to climb back to the Bas'Ker back to the hall and the mon cal healer who knew did not know that at that very moment, the moment of her sending her day's trash would endanger her life and the life of many others.

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(occ-for Resaat's char.)

Mal senced a disturbance with in his knowledge as he meditated the chaotic mind that he once knew had returned. What was more the mind was near to his one and only student. Sending a holo-message Mal sent a single word message,.....

Halc

He hoped that Resaats time with him and the reviewing of those that he had encountered would be enough of a warning.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Aldric made his way down the street far enough to hear an echo that sounded like a sound he was all to familiar with, getting rid of what ever it was you had just eaten, that was something he had done upon arriving at the halls. Than he heard a holo com go off in one of the two Jedi's pocket Aldric ignored it as he came to a food vendor that looked as though it had been attacked by the hound judging by bite and scratch marks found near the lower part of the door, it was old and no doubt the pass codes had been gone for years now.

Aldric smiled, his last case he did was for the SIS, and as payment they had gave Aldric a new device that was mostly against the law, only reason he had it is because he had a fresh permit for it. He was exited mainly because of what the device called a ''Universal Key'' was supposed to be able to do. He smiled beaming with joy a the two Jedi as he pulled the left side of his trench coat open and reached into the pocket with his other hand pulling out the device that resembled a lightsaber handle. Once it was out he changed the settings for a second and pointed it at the door, pressing the start button and a high pitched "BEEEEZZZZZZZZ" sound came from it as it started working One second, two, three, four. He was counting the seconds because for every second it went through 1,000 combinations slower then a Astromech droid, but the upside was that it was portable. Click... Aldric looked down at it and smiled the code was broken at roughly 4,000 combinations, Aldric would've hated to do that himself.

He pressed the button on the "Key" and the door opened revealing all different types of food that had been spoiled for years now from the smell of it. That wasn't it though, it all poured out and buried Aldric to his hips in food. Well know we know what the Hound is looking for! He said slightly irritated as he began digging himself out tossing cans and boxes off until he could start moving his legs again. Little help? He said looking through the food as he tossed it, Eww...Yuch....OH look those are yummy... he said tossing different foods off, and pocketing a can of slimy Bantha meat, he had an idea that it might come in handy.

Once he was finally out he brushed himself off and then was hit with one last thought, the damage done to the door was significant to a Hound, but the bite marks and scratches themselves where only the size of a small hand or mouth.
Intriuging... he mumbled, going through the facts so far, Doctor Tolms, says she survived an attack by the Hound yet didn't see it face to face, there have been a handful of attacks and only one survivor besides Doctor Tolms, and somehow they fall through the grates even though they SHOULD be able to see them... Aldric wasn't worried that he was talking out loud and likely to fast to keep up with. Being as the hound is likely to be around for a while i think it would be wise if i did my job further at the Halls, i think i over looked something while i was looking at the Chandler... Something i believe Dr. Tolms forgot to mention when the case was opened! He said making his way up the winding long road that lead up to the Halls...

[Cassy]

Cassy made her way behind Aldric, her black robes covering her features with her hood raised, as Resaat's tan robes followed at her side with his hood up as well. She heard Resaat's holo activate in his pocket and say but one clear word. 'Halc'. Was it a language? Or a name? Either way Cassy knew nothing except the sound. She looked at Resaat questioningly, but no further did she press the matter. Smiling at the twelve year old smally, she trusted him fully. She was there after all when he'd retrieved his lightsaber on his home planet. Most didn't get the chance to accomplish such a feat. But he did. With a nod, she would stare him down no further.

She walked without so much as a miss step as her black robes flowed about, she couldn't help but to check Aldric out as she walked behind him. He was somewhat cute in some insane babblish way, she couldn't put her finger on it. But he lacked peace, he was always thinking about...something. Perhaps she could teach him peace someday.

Eventually they came to what looked like a broken down burger joint. Cassy stopped, put her hands on her hips and looked down to the street, and up to the run down neon sign of the place, she did this a few times comedically before addressing Aldric.

"THIS, is where you bring a lady on your first date..oh Aldric you shouldn't have." the droll humor leaked out of her as her eyes squinted as she inspected the rundown building. She looked to Resaat with a 'his methods are insane' face as she noticed him seemingly reaching into his pocket to check something near the door.

She smirked at Resaat as she heard a few buzzes and whirs, then a few high pitched computer noises come from in front of Aldric as the door swung open.

A rancid odor filled the air as Cassy raised her hand in front of her face for a moment before following Aldric inside with a swoop of her robes, asking Resaat to guard outside while they checked things out inside.

"Practice your sensing abilities Padawan.....if anything comes along, we'll be just inside." she then turned in a swoop of her cloak. Hoping to train him to push fear of being alone aside briefly while he stood guard outside alone, and perhaps he'd attempt to hone his Sense through force.

Inside as Cassy entered, Aldric jibed at asking for help. She rolled her eyes and blocked her sense of smell briefly with the Force as she moved her hand away from her mouth with a disgusted look. With a Force Push she moved all the junk and debris and spoiled food away from them.

She noticed that whoever did own this place did a truly piss poor job of cleaning when they left this establishment. Something about that would have to be done. Aldric pocketed a can of very expired Bantha.

"A midnight snack perhaps?" she jested without even looking his way. She kicked a few things out of her way as she looked about. Nothing seemed amiss, if the Hound had been here, this place would've probably been ravaged. Expired meat and breads alike would've been eaten by it.

"I'm going to guess you plan on luring that thing out with some of that?" Cassy nodded, a good idea. For a moment, she remained silent. But then she also got an idea. These boxes were packed to the brim with expired meats and foods. "I....agree." she looked down and looked back into Aldric's eyes with her emeralds greens. As if it hurt her to agree with anything he'd come up with.

"Resaat and I will....attempt to make somewhat of a trail leading to us with these leftovers." she continued "We'll follow behind you to The Halls...but not before leaving a nice trail of stink for the Hound to follow. If it does come, we'll have an opportunity to capture it."

As they stepped outside, she communicated to Resaat through the Force telepathically at an enchanting whisper. Flooding his mind with information quickly.

"Young Padawan....it appears Detective Cibre has made progress in the case. He wishes to return to the halls.....we've discovered prime bait for a trap. Dozens upon dozens of boxes filled with expired foods and meats are here behind us in this building. We shall follow behind Detective Cibre back to the halls; but we shall be leaving a trail of these boxes behind us in an attempt to lure the beast to our position."

Her psychic fairy like voice would trail off after flooding Resaat's mind with mere eye contact. She would then turn and levitate seven or eight of the expired food crates out of the old Bantha Burger herself. The smell came with the expired boxes that floated around her, as she did her best to block it out with the Force as they floated into position around her.

She would wait for Resaat to gain control of a few boxes of expired food himself as many as he could levitate with them. Before following behind Aldric at a decent pace.

They would place the boxes down one by one with the Force, setting them down into somewhat of a Hanzel and Grettle trail. Eventually, though the trail was long they'd run out of boxes.

"Good." she'd nod to Resaat once. Jogging with him at her side to catch up to Detective Cibre. When they reached him, they'd walk next to him at his own pace. "We've set a trail.....the large boxes of expired foods has been positioned leading through the the streets towards the Halls....although I doubt it could be super intelligent when overtaken by rage or hunger...the trail should be enough to lead him too us."

She looked over to Resaat as they strolled the trail, after remaining silent for awhile.

"Young Padawan........when the time comes. Our goal is to hurt him enough with our lightsabers...that we can restrain him through the Force with little effort together. Once we've held him in place I should be able to subdue him telepathically." she nodded to Resaat before turning to Aldric.

"Once I've gotten it to sleep, or trance, we shall restrain it....upon which time of it's awakening you shall interrogate it....find out what it knows...who sent it here perhaps?" she shrugged a few suggestions as the trio's journey back to the Halls became familiar. They were nearly back.

[Res]

The Togruta Padawan stood watching the detective to his thing. Then he heard a buzz come from inside his robes. He had put a holocom in his pocket before leaving the temple just in case that Mal needed to get ahold of him for some reason.
reaching inside and retrieving the device, Resaat held it out and pushed the button.

"Yes Master"

The Padawan places the com back in his pocket and thought for a moment. Halc the Padawan thought, he couldn't put his finger in it but he had heard that name once before. Thinking back to everything his Master had told him about his missions. That name had to be mentioned in one of them. Resaat had a great memory, but he had so much information that it was hard to sort out at times. Looking back at Knight Novos nodding as she instructs him to watch and sense for anyone or anything.

They opened the door to the old burger stand and the smell hits his nostrils. It almost made the Togruta loose his lunch. He wasn't as skill as Cassy at blocking the smell out using the force but he did the best he could. Listening to the banter between the other two Res had to stifle a laugh. They were there to work not have fun. As Knight Novos exited he nodded to the message that she sent telepathic.

Following Cassy and Aldric back to the Halls after setting the trail. He was still pondering over the message that Master Konti had sent him. They had returned to the Halls and as they entered Resaat had finally remembered the name Halc. He wasn't a very present person to run into. Resaat was the least experienced but he had information that could help.

"We aren't trying to find a beast per se. We are tracking a Grey Jedi. So with all due respect Mr. Cidre, I believe this falls under the jurisdiction of the Jedi Order. Though we could still use tour expertise in the matter of tracking him down. He is well trained in the force and once he senses Knight Novos and myself he will try and mask his force signature."

Resaat looked around hopping he wasn't out of place.

[Foxfire]

Halc climbed till his little arms were giving out, yet what drove him was the smell. Not the smell of the garbage rotten and wriggling but the smell of the mon cal and her species nature odor. The garbage shoot led to the kitchen of Kalic Tolms. The room was dark and quiet as he opened the little door. As he rose from the shoot his anger rose within his twisted mind and a fog made from his own minds illiusions came pouring out as well from the shoot. Slowly it covered the floor and then covered him. Walking through the kitchen the quiet wet foot flap from Halc could just be heard. They stopped as Halc neared a corner of the counter. There just above the fog on the counter was a half eaten pie. A sniff, a whiff, and the pie floated into the air and slowly gently lowered into the fog.

The pie had settled some of his hunger and made his focus fuzzy as to why he was there. The fog rolled onward as Halc moved from the kitchen to a dining room to the main hall. Here the fog thickened and deepened. The only sound was the clanking of a pie plate upon the tile floor. The scent of Miss Tolms was strongest here and it and it alone snapped his mind back to the now and the pain of the past. A twist of force and the fog swirled and the now empty pie plate was flug from it's safe place to fly across the room. Embeding it's self into the front entrance way glass panels which were on either side of the main door. Halc shook in anger. His anger swelled and grew in strength likewise so did his power. Soon the lites were shaking and the grand chandler was swaying. The room seemed to darken even the air was getting harder to breathe. Force fear seemed to pour from every painting and every weeping angle statue in the grand hall. Beings with in the paintings seemed to be alive and the statues moved with every blink.

Kalic Tolms shreaked and screamed at everything in her house. She ran from one room to another finally shutting herself into a room she had setup for children who would come by when sick. Breathing heavily she pushed against the door. A suttle russle of bedding caught her attention. Slowly, fearing what she would see, she found a child's bed with stuffed toys upon it and in the middle was a stuffed rodian. It was further from the rest sitting there. Then with a blink of it's eyes and a twitch of an ear it said......

Are you my mommy? Let's play shall we my pet.

A voice box ripping shreak Tolms threw open the door and ran for the front door wanting to leave yet she ran and found herself breast deep in fog of the main hall. Here the fear flowed the strongest and she could not move through any further. She was weeping and crying as Halc moved to her from under the fog. He looked at her as she was on her knees. Yes her knees the illiusion of being chest deep was his doing. She was near to breaking and he could feel it too.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

((OOC---nice who referance. And will use brown for miss tolms sense Resaat is useing Red))

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Aldric moved swiftly up the streat trench coat flapping behind him as he made a run, the two Jedi where on the other hand taking a little more time, they where making a trail for the so called hound, something that in normal cercumstances would have been wonderful, in this case though Aldric found it as barely useful; he however didn't really think to say anything, untill the two caught back up with him only about 200 yards away from the entrance to Bas'ker halls. Cassy spoke first, "We've set a trail.....the large boxes of expired foods has been positioned leading through the the streets towards the Halls....although I doubt it could be super intelligent when overtaken by rage or hunger...the trail should be enough to lead him too us." Aldric simply nodded absent mindedly just before it started raining and he realized that any of the grates would be weakend greatly, and even some of the other wise stable road; He was no longer running or even jogging, but walking at a normal pace avoiding the access hatches, grates, and other weak-spots. Cassy spoke again,
"Young Padawan........when the time comes. Our goal is to hurt him enough with our lightsabers...that we can restrain him through the Force with little effort together. Once we've held him in place I should be able to subdue him telepathically. Once I've gotten it to sleep, or trance, we shall restrain it....upon which time of it's awakening you shall interrogate it....find out what it knows...who sent it here perhaps?" Aldric stopped in his tracks instantly, YOU WILL NOT HURT HIM! He said firmly while raising his wind flap on his trench coat to keep the cold rain off his neck. It IS a living creature after all, and from what i have observed it is simply misslead and... He stopped noticing that the Padawan, Resaat as Aldric could remember, looked like had something to share,
"We aren't trying to find a beast per se. We are tracking a Grey Jedi. So with all due respect Mr. Cidre, I believe this falls under the jurisdiction of the Jedi Order. Though we could still use tour expertise in the matter of tracking him down. He is well trained in the force and once he senses Knight Novos and myself he will try and mask his force signature." Aldric smiled with joy, AHA! more proof, where did you get it, now wait never mind I'll just be happy I'm right, Where was i?, Oh yes; I've known it was an inteligent little person sence the Bantha Burger, hang on tight for more suprises. Aldric smiled as he spun and continued his way to the Hall.


Once there he entered through the front door, and to his shock saw some fog in the kitchan area,(At the moment and unknown to Aldric Halc is eating the pie.) Aldric now knew in a hint of fear that something was horribly wrong, he know knew yet another peice of the puzzle, What or who ever it was somehow could make fog, and he now knew that was the reason people where missing the grates; and for some reason Aldric felt woosy again, but not wanting to loose this case and have Doctor Tolms dead, he fought it off, and it seamed to go away for a second.
That's bad...Very...Very...Bad! He whispered, Alright what ever happens ignor the fog, and follow my lead, it may not be a beast, right now it certainly is acting like one. He said hoping they wouldn't do anything that he would view as nuts which ironicly would be the opposit for Aldric as he was the most nutty one in the room.

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He entered the main hall where he again spooked Miss Tolms,
OH! Aldric i didn't realize you came back in yet! Did you find that disturbing creature yet?

Aldric shook his head and walked up to a shelf that had ales from accross the galaxy, most extreamly expensive, and took one down from his home world of Alderaan and poured himself a glass, Well, yes and no; anyone else want a galss? Aldric looked to Resaat, You? No? I asked if you wanted some not if you where old enough. He said before shrugging and turning back to Tolms who now had a Mon Cal expresion of shock as if saying "this guys nuts!" Aldric held his glass in his hand, Instead and i think you'll be enterested to know, i found something much worse than a hound...

Oh?! and what's that?
Aldric smiled and took a calm drink before looking over his shoulder to make sure the fog wasn't coming closer yet,
He was even suprising himself how he wasn't panicing knowing that impedning danger was looming like the storm.
A Lier! He said making his way around the room. Namely you.

I will not be acused! Aldric spoke quickly, And i didn't even get to the good part thank you for confirming it. He said cooly and quickly, the only way she could have know what he was building up to was if it was true and she actually had done it. You see I'm actually suprised i didn't pick up on it until i was out at the Bantha Burger. You see many things you've told me need a bit more explenation then you gave. For example! He started still holding the glass, You told me you never saw the creature, but you did hear and somehow knew what it looked like. Therefore i would guess that the one person that did see the creature and also the first and only one that was killed would have been the one to tell you, and sense that person died quickly i would have to say you where they when she died; I'll get to the reason why i know she's a she in a moment. But first back to where i was therefore you likely knew the perons well so she was a good friend that you felt obligated to see on her death bed and also who would fell the need to tell what she saw. He took a breath from the quick talking, Now...I know she was a female because simply i read the first hounds murder was roughly three days ago, and from the amount of dust that has gathered on your very nice chandler i would like to say that it hasn't been dusted in exactly three days time, don't even ask how i know that, i never forget anything! Anyway, your maid who was also your friend, was also another Mon Calamarian who told you that our good friend the hound is indead a hound. Now for the fact that you lied, simply put it wasn't quite a lie per se as much as you didn't give me all details, obviously you didn't want anyone to know who had died because in the news you didn't let any name or identifying marks be given to the general public. Now it would be best for your health not to argue with me we are on the clock!

Miss Tolms started crying at his points that he made, What does that even have to do with anything?! She practically screamed at him, Aldric thought that a bad idea knowing that the hound was likely right behind him. He looked and strangly the walls where now warping and for some reason he felt sick again, and scared. He turned back to Miss' Tolms who was now in more fear then he had thought possible, by this time Fog was entering the room, It would be wise to get out of here mis..... Aldric was interupted as he walked to Docor Tolms while he saw a vase thrown at his head, He narrowly dodged, as he looked at Miss Tolms again who yelled at Aldric, THE HOUND GET BACK! Aldric stood up, drank the Alderaanian Ale, and shook his head, No...No, think Miss Tolms I'm not the hound. She however didn't listen and ran out of the room screaming.

Aldric turned around to make sure the hound wasn't charging him, but only saw the walls seaming to move, it didn't seam possible but for some reason he was starting to believe it. He removed his traq Gun and held it not very steady either.

Then he heard a screaming from upstares, the distress of the other person seamed to bring him out of fear, yet to him it was still there, however he made his way to the upstars room wobbleing all the way.

At the door he was about to unlock it with his universal key yet the door wasn't electronic so pulled out a normal lockpicking kit but couldn't focus on it, and from the inside heard the words, Are you my mommy? Let's play shall we my pet.
and what sounded like the painful crys of a Mon Calamarian. Aldric now worried the worst that he wouldn't get there in time...

((OOC--- Sorry for any miss spellings Spell Checker not working.))