Rebel Scum

[Ira]

The encounter had been an interesting one to say the least. But she had gotten what she wanted out of the meeting with Vulture. Permission to go ahead and kill some people (it's nice to have permission to feed like that, felt so much better when the Jedi had to give her permission to do so though honestly). But for now, the act needed to begin. It was always about making it look good when it came to her work, generally. Acting included.

The plan was simple; go in claiming to just be running away. For what? She'd make that up on the spot once she met these people and got a decent enough feel for them. Learn about them, get close to them. And wait. Waiting was always the hardest part though. She hated the waiting game when it was generally applied to feeding as she did.

But this was sector four up ahead, wasn't it? She had spent long enough studying maps and whatnot that she was fairly sure. And considering the chaos seemingly taking place still with rioters still doing their thing, this really seemed like the right place. Now it was just a matter of going and finding the right people with the right connections for this rebellion or resistance, or whatever they wanted to call themselves. But how to do this exactly? Draw attention. Make a scene. That generally worked. And might end up with someone dead! Oh how wonderful of an idea. Killing in self defense; it always seemed to win people over. And how many times had she done that before back home? Too many.

Slipping into the sector was not an issue at all. So the only issue now was picking the right person out of the people of the sector to be the first victim. To twist their mind and thoughts to her will. Needed to be armed and potentially dangerous. For the time, Ira simply waited in the shadows, watching those around here. She looked over those who were near carefully, looking for weapons or one who acted or behaved in such a way to lend themselves to her cause without too much difficulty of twisting their minds with the Force.

Finally one stood out clearly to her; armed with a couple of simple blasters (or hand guns to most people from other places). A thin smile took its place across Ira's lips as she watched the man, his voice and tone indicated his aggravation already, and his actions - pushing people aside and out of his way...could potentially lend itself to leaning towards a potential mental break down.

From a distance still, she watched him, her eyes following after him and everyone else seemingly faded away for a while as she pulled on the Force and let her whispers be carried by it towards her unsuspecting target. It took but just a moment for the whispers, crying for and demanding blood, to take hold within his mind. But that was all it took; he drew one of his guns, aimed it towards the person closest to him and fired.

Seemed he wasn't the only one armed though. Several more shots rang out loudly and clearly.

"Oh dear," Ira muttered, remaining still and leaning against the wall of the building, which was responsible for creating the shadows in which she stood. "Well isn't that just terrible."

It couldn't have gone better. People so on edge were such easy targets. Now if these people mattered to those leading this rebellion, as she assumed they would - because people leading rebellions for the 'betterment of people' tended to do that 'caring thing' -, then perhaps they would show up or something to quiet this down a little bit or to potentially save the lives of people.

Now, just to wait.

[Kira Yamato]

Kira was in the area when the first shots were fired. His first instinct was to duck his hand reaching for his gun as he looked around the area. Not around here, so the source had come from somewhere else. He quickly made his way through the streets finding it easy to find the source since most were trying to run away from it. Kira soon found the source along with several bodies. Some dead, some just wounded, but the man was already aiming at Kira, but his mind was already thinking ahead adjusting his angle just right.

As the man pulled the trigger he would discover something shocking. His bullet didn't hit it's target or any of the surrounding buildings, but instead was meet by Kira's own bullet was he quickly fired a second after sending the gun skidding across the ground out of his hands. The man seemed not ready to give up after that however as he didn't back down, but instead came at Kira. He quickly put his gun away. Was this guy for real? As he threw the first punch, Kira caught his arm turning to the side twisting it behind his back forcing him onto the ground, but even still he was determined to continue, before Kira's gun delivered a sharp blow to his neck knocking him out, but he was still breathing. The medics were next to arrive. He waved them away from himself and pointed them in the direction of the injured sighing.

People were so on edge these days, but what could one expect living in Isafaro, much less under the shadow of the Resistance. They hadn't exactly tried to hide the fact they had set up shop somewhere in this sector, but it wasn't the Resistance he was worried about. It was the other people. It was they that paid the price for all of it.

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[Ira]

And how noble, someone had to step in before it could get too out of hand. How utterly disappointing to her. Ira stepped forward quickly from where she stood and out to the open. That didn't last too long and hardly even had the effect she had wanted it to. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. No matter. Time to act.

"People are just so crazy around here," Ira said softly as she approached the one who had stepped forward to handle the situation (with precision that tickled her to a degree). "Just to start random violence," she shook her head. "And these people could potentially serve the Resistance too. Not a very good show of what they're for, I suppose."

The togruta moved to stand next to Kira, staring at some of the people on the ground. It took every ounce of control not to let her lips twist up into a grin at their pains and deaths. "But, thank you, for stepping in. I was going to but then you showed up. Are you hurt at all from it?" She turned her yellow orange eyes towards Kira and offered a soft smile towards him.

[Kira Yamato]

Kira glanced over at the sound that was directed at him he could only assume. He shrugged. ”Everyone's on edge around her lately.” he said slowly taking in her appearance. Another non native had made it to Genesis it seemed. He paused frowning at her words. Imai had pretty much an open door policy on who helped them even trying to enlist Gabe, but Kira didn't think that was the best approach, so he didn't mention that the man didn't work for them. ”He could have just as easily worked for the Vulture military.” he said. Soon more security came to take the man away.


”No. I'm fine.” he said shaking his head. ”They're the ones that really got hurt.” he said gesturing to the people behind him. Kira looked about for any sign of a gun, or ranged weapon, but found none. Of course it could very well be concealed like his own, but it seemed unlikely considering the two lightsabers. More then likely another Force sensitive. ”What about yourself? Are you hurt?” he asked even if he couldn't see any sign of it, it'd be best to get treated for it now if she was then it become a problem later.

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[Ira]

"I suppose that's true," Ira looked over towards the unconscious man, raising her brows as she did so, making it seem as if she had not ever thought of the possibility that he could work for Vulture. Because that was such a surprising concept to her. Finally, she glanced over her shoulders and around towards the wounded on the ground.

"I think the medics who have shown up seem to have them taken care of;" which was her rather nice way of saying she honestly did not care about them. The more of them dead the more it made her life potentially easier. She folded her arms and returned her gaze to Kira, soft smile still in place. Oh, she could just feel someone taking their final breath near her and it was absolutely delicious.

"Me? Oh no, I'm fine. I've made it away from dealing with some of Vulture's people to make it here. Something this small surely isn't going to bother me at all," as she spoke, Ira lifted a hand and waved it, as if to physically dismiss his question. "Come to work with the Resistance group though?" Time to get to work.

[Kira Yamato]

Kira was still trying to Gauge her reactions to all of this. She seemed to give his words serious thoughts as if she had never considered them, but at the same time she surely couldn't have expected that they worked for the Resistance could she? Kira looked back at one who didn't have any medics attending to them. ”One moment.” he said walking away from her. If she followed fine, but the man was obviously in need of attention. Kira wasn't sure how long he would last. He bent down beside him. One that Ira would feel on the verge of death. At a threshold.

”Hey, you're gonna be alright. Just stay focused. Got a name?” he asked him slowly taking out a cloth and applying pressure to the wound causing the man to flinch in pain. He struggled to speak, but Kira needed him to stay with him. “Darren” the man replied as Kira put on a bit more pressure to stop the bleeding. ”Got a family?” he asked him keeping his eyes focused on him. It was clear the man was trying his best to not let the pain show, but it was clear anyway. “I....My wife.” he said wincing a bit. And just like that he was fighting again. Struggling to hand onto that life to see that person again. To know what it felt to hold her again.

And then he was guided away as more medics came taking him away. Aside from the blood now it was almost as if nothing had even happened now. Aside from the lack of normal activity. In fact it seemed like people were avoiding the area. Not that he could actually blame them. ”Oh. I here they set up shop around here.” he said knowing exactly where they were, but there were some people that he should say shouldn't be allowed to work with it, like Gabe. If Imai found out if he was doing this....well he'd cross that bridge when he came to it. Open recruitment was a surefire way of getting caught considering they were rebuilding right now. If they were caught this time though, there might not be another chance.

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[Ira]

Ira turned to watch Kira as he moved towards one of the wounded. Oh hope. Such a precious little thing which was so fun to simply extinguish. Seemed he had a slight talent for talking it back into people. How cute. Part of her already wanted to figure out what it was in him which kept his own going so she might destroy it before him. But she was getting carried away and lost in her own thoughts. Now was not the time to feed her hunger of their pains. She needed to remain focused.

"How kind of you to help him. I find it hard to really offer hope to people in such a state. I just never know what to say," Ira shrugged her shoulders lightly. She looked around as she continued to speak.

"That's what I heard too. That's what I came here for actually, to maybe help them out some. I can't do much, but I can try, at least, I figured. I've my sabers to lend and my skilled use of the Force as well, why not lend it to this cause?

I just don't know who to find to speak to about such things. Or where to go for that matter." Ira finally looked back over towards Kira. "You...You wouldn't know who I should be looking for, would you? Or at least a direction to point me towards?"

[Kira Yamato]

Kira simply shrugged as she spoke. ”That wasn't anything. It's something most people would do.” he said honestly. Even if they didn't know how it was still something that most people would try to do and help others. ”Trying is all anyone can ever really do isn't it?” he asked. There was no guarantee of success or even of being able to be partial successful, but people still tried anyway because it was the only thing they could do. So he had been right about another Force user.

”Last I had heard someone name Imai was in charge of it. I'm sure theres plenty of people associated with it around.” he said to answer both questions. Neither answer was untrue, but he wasn't sure how far he could trust her. ”You said you had gotten away from some Vulture troops. What exactly were they after you for?” he asked. There were some that would find anything to go after another for, but always a common thing seemed to be they made the reason for it known, so what was hers. ”How long have you been around?” he asked slightly wondering how much of the situation she actually had under control. ”Kira Yamato.” he said offering his hand to her.

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[Ira]

"I guess it is," Ira simply replied concerning trying. At his answers though, honestly she was a bit disappointed. Better than absolutely nothing - Oh wait! This was nothing. The plan had been an absolute failure now.

"Imai," She muttered softly, as if committing the name to memory. "Well, I guess - " Ira stopped hearing him ask his question and merely frowned. Now she needed to think of that excuse, didn't she? Ira looked down though kept her arms crossed, giving a quiet sigh. "I'm usually not one to go out of my way to help people. I usually try to keep to myself," Ira said softly. Not because she was hurt like some might imagine, but because she was thinking. "But, with the way they were treating some people who seemed to basically already seemed to be surrendering was kind of the driving force for me to step up, I guess. And, yeah. Lets just say I didn't realize what exactly I was up against at the time. I'm used to soldiers from my home being kind of easy, you know? Well, I guess probably not. Seeing how we more than likely aren't from the same place," Ira raised a hand and rubbed the back of her neck.

"I've been here for a while now, actually. Just watching everything. Really, in general, I guess afraid to really act before to stand up to what I was seeing happen here. This kind of corruption was common to see where I'm from. I heard the whispers that people were here to take a stand. Never really found the courage to come forward before though to try to help. Though, I just kind of took my arrival here while escaping to kind of be a sign from the Force." Ira paused and looked down and towards the hand Kira offered towards her, pausing for a moment. Thank goodness there was something else to talk about other than attempting to sound like a terribly awkward Jedi. Following the Force, the Force leading her. As if.

"Oh. Name's Nakana Sanuye. Nice to meet you Kira," she said taking his hand and shaking it. "Sorry about not introducing myself before. Just...Things are kind of crazy around here." Really, they were. To not completely annihilate this area to put down a rebellion was simply crazy and foolishness. If there's a rebellion, you completely squash it. Honestly, what was so hard about that?

[Kira Yamato]

Kira watched as she seemed to commit the name to memory, although as he listened to her response to his questions he was starting to have doubts about the validity of her story. That kind of corruption was common, and she had thought she was used to dealing with soldiers, but yet here she had fear about interfering? On top of that if she really took it as a sign of the Force why would she wait so long to actually try to get involved? The Resistance hadn’t exactly not recruited before the attack, in fact they openly recruited quite a few people.

Something wasn’t adding up in her stories. And Kira didn’t like it, not that he allowed any of that to show or voice any of those concerns, but they were still there. ”Nakana.” he repeated slowly testing out the name. ”It’s a good name.” he said shaking his head. ”No, considering everything that’s happened here it’s understandable. Things are a lot more on edge in this sector now.” he said keeping the fact that it was just a powder keg waiting to happen to himself. One little push would be all it would really take for them to try to take down Vulture, but even he was sure they weren’t ready for that. And the fact that this sector had two of Isafaro’s biggest problems here didn’t do the sector any favors. ”We should probably get out of the way here.” he said wanting to move the conversation away from this spot. There was no telling if any of the other Resistance members would show up, but something in him was warning him to be cautious of her, and for now his logic was following.

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[Ira]

Goodness how she hated that name. But she said nothing. Ira merely glanced around as Kira proposed the idea of moving. She didn't want to at all honestly. Not if more people might show like she hoped they would soon enough.

"What if people have questions about what happened? Shouldn't we stay? I mean, you were the one to stop the guy..." Ira looked around still for a moment longer. Finally, she shrugged and resigned. "I don't have anywhere to go honestly. I wouldn't mind tagging along, if you don't mind me doing so, and going where ever you want."

[Kira Yamato]

Kira shook his head. ”There are plenty of other people here as well. If they need to know what happened theres plenty of people to ask around here.” he said shrugging, but it seemed she wouldn’t argue the point further thankfully for him. He started walking towards an inn. It wasn’t in the direction of the Resistance base, but she couldn’t know that and he didn’t want her to. ”Sure. I’m not going anywhere.” he said honestly. Although that might be troublesome later, but for now it might actually prove to be the one thing he needed.

”So why’d you pick Isafaro of all places to stay for so long?” he asked. Surely if she had been here for a while she would have run into Isafaro military before now, so that really did beg the question what had she been doing all this time? And if she had left Isafaro why come back all of a sudden? He just couldn’t figure either of those out.

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[Ira]

Ira simply followed Kira as he led the way; not like she knew where she was going anyway. And for now, she resisted the urge to draw a saber from her hip though his back was such a tempting and begging target wasn't it? And what did he taste like; the fear? Suffering? Death? What did those taste like coming from him.

The togruta shook her head, shaking the thought for now. She needed to keep her own hunger for the feelings and emotions of others in check for now. Maybe after she learned a little bit more she could go feed like a nice little reward for her efforts.

"Oh. Well. I'm not from here, like I've said. Even if I did leave here, where else would I go? I don't know anything about anything beyond Isafaro. No means of traveling either. Unlike back home, I don't have my own speeder or ship here. I was just here." Ira sighed.

"It probably doesn't sound realistic to you, you seem like you know a good deal more about this place and beyond than I do. But that's really what has happened. Maybe once this is all resolved, maybe I can manage to find a means of travel or something and go explore places I haven't been to."

[Kira Yamato]

Kira wanted to frown at her words, but didn’t. He supposed even if it was a bit odd it was possible, but why anyway would want to stay here for a long time was beyond him. Still if she was looking for places to start ”I’d suggest going to Hallowton if you get the time.” he said not knowing the thoughts she was having. Weither Imai liked it or not at this point Kira had made up his mind not to tell Ira about the Resistance base. Unless she changed his mind otherwise that was.

”You could always walk.” he pointed out shrugging a bit. ”You’re the third person I’ve run into with a Lightsaber. It seems like all the realms are really getting pulled into this one.” he said making a bit of conversation for now. ”I think it’ll take longer to resolve then a lot of people realize.” he said almost sadly. ”Theres going to be more death before this ends.” he said referring to the current state of things. ”So how long you been in this sector?” he asked her.

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[Ira]

"Walking out into the unknown sounds like an awesome idea - no guide or anything like that - awesome idea. Why didn't I think of that? - Oh, because I don't really have any camping supplies. Look, Isafaro isn't a friendly place, that much I understand. But I've also told you, I don't tend to go out of my way to help people. I like to keep to myself. Do that and Isafaro isn't too bad of a place to you. It's when you have a caring heart that it starts to get to you a lot. I made that mistake when I decided to finally go help someone. Look at what it got me." Ira simply shook her head.

Third person? Who else was there here? Mobius? Had that bastard somehow manage to return to life again? Oh, he could make things so much fun though. An amused smile came to her black lips as she thought about. They had a good deal of fun together when one considered the love-hate relationship they shared.

"Who? Maybe I know them. It'd be nice to see a familiar face." And if it wasn't a face she liked, it was always one she could melt away.

"And concerning how long I've been in this section, not long at all. Like I said, I tried to keep to myself, to keep quiet to not get involved in anything. So, I kept out of here too."