A Stroll Through Hallowton (Open)

[Ira]

Wakanda's clothing tugged down towards the river through the Force. It would be a few moments later that she returned up the bank though fully dressed and clothes cleaned and dried. Oh how the Force made things easier at times. She approached the metals though left behind and slowly began to gather them up. Left montral was decorated first with one golden band decorated with rubies. Then the right. Finally, she picked her saber hilt.

She held it gently in her hand, studying the silver-blue metal hilt. The clothing she wore and the jewelry were the only things other than the saber which she had connecting her to home. However, the clothing and the jewelry were nothing compared to the saber. She was silent as she studied it carefully, the warmth from the hilt was comforting. To be expected though with the crystal which the casing housed. Wakanda finally looked up and over towards the others.

"Well then, where to, my friends?" She called as she approached them, a soft smile worn upon her white lips.

[Ayen]

"Well then, where to, my friends?"

“That's what I'm going to find out.”

Tori pulled out her cellphone and called Nex. It ringed a couple of times before he picked up.

“It's me. Where are you? Yeah? Hold on.”

Tori lowered the cellphone and looked to the others.

“You guys in the mood for seafood?”

“I'm good with that.”

“Same here.”

“Wakanda?”

[Ira]

Her eyes widened.

"Seafood? Oh - Like the fish and the things? Yes? I have no had the fish en the long time!" She placed her hands on her stomach, seemingly fascinated by the thought of fish - However, it was just the thought of food which got her going at the moment.

"Lead the way! This sounds perfectly fine to me. Are you just sure that you are okay with paying for me though? Eh... I have little I can offer for the money, for the compensashin. Uh." She looked down and started pulling a golden bracelet from her wrist with difficulty.

"This might help."

[Ayen]

"Seafood? Oh - Like the fish and the things? Yes? I have no had the fish en the long time! Lead the way! This sounds perfectly fine to me."

Tori brought the cellphone back to her ear.

“Get us a table we'll be right there.”

Tori hung up and put her cellphone away.

"Are you just sure that you are okay with paying for me though? Eh... I have little I can offer for the money, for the compensashin. Uh."

“It's fine, really. Don't worry about it.”

"This might help."

“Oh no. I can't accept that.”

[Ira]

The bracelet popped off her hand. However, at Tori's words, she looked down at the golden bracelet. She sighed softly. "Ef you are sure," she said softly, simply tucking it into one of her pouches. She stepped forward and started back towards Hallowton, a jingle and jangle in her step with her anklets tapping against each other gently with every step.

As she walked, the woman fiddled with her pouches, seemingly examining them. A warm breeze could be felt in the air as her aura expanded slowly once again. She felt a bit rejuvenated from the bath, and it showed in the expanding aura that danced about and shifted gently. The very edges of the Force aura from the woman could be felt toying and playing with the edges of clothing and hair, pulling on it gently as a playful breeze does. Her brown robe was no exception as it fluttered behind her in the breeze left from her. And those who traveled with her were not left out either.

[Ayen]

"Ef you are sure."

“I'm sure.”

The three continued to lead her across the road on Hallowton until they came up to a seafood restaurant that served several tables outside at the front of the building in addition to the ones inside. Spotting Nex and Mary at a table for six, they walked over to it and sat down. Shinta pulling out a chair for Wakanda to sit in before taking a seat himself. Tori grabbed the menu on the table by her chair and opened it.

“So what are you getting?” she asked Wakanda while turning her head over to the alien.

[Ira]

"Oh, thank you." Wakanda beamed a smile at Shinta as he pulled out the chair for her. Oh the smell of food. The smell alone was enough to work up her appetite. Her stomach apparently did not miss a beat either for once she sat, a grumble came from her stomach. A nervous, embarrassed, and quiet laugh came from Wakanda as she fumbled with the menu for a moment.

She glanced over it for just the briefest of moments when she heard Tori. "Uh. Uhm..." Se fought against the urge to pick out the entire right side of the menu. She felt like she could it all plus another Akul, but that was besides the point, now wasn't it? She was eating on their money, on their bill. She couldn't do that to them. Quickly, she looked for the lowest number on the menu.

"I just eat the fish cakes. Yes." She nodded and folded the menu, placing it back down onto the table. Resisting the urge to look back at it and pick out other things to eat along with it despite her stomach telling her to do so.

[Ayen]

"Oh, thank you."

“No problem.”

They all heard the rumblings of her stomach and decided to laugh with her to make it less awkward for the woman. The others were picking out their own meal from the menus while Tori was still waiting to hear an answer from Wakanda.

"Uh. Uhm... I just eat the fish cakes. Yes."

“Just the fish cakes? Are you sure?”

“It sounds like you can eat a whole lot more than just fish cakes.”

“If you're worried about money we can always dine and dash.”

“Nex!”

“What? They're evolved. What do they need money for? I say we remind them of their rich heritage by not giving them any money.”

“Doesn't matter it's still wrong.”

“Yes. Let's steal from a restaurant in the city where a ruthless queen, an even more ruthless shield, a warrior who took on Vulture's best single-handed and the most dangerous woman alive lives...”

“I'm sensing sarcasm in your voice.”

“No! What ever gave you that idea?”

The others shared a laugh before Tori looked back at Wakanda.

“Again, are you sure?”

[Ira]

"There will no dining and the dashing," Wakanda said with an obvious look of disapproval. Half of their reasoning why not went right over her head. She wasn't one for such things herself, despite her lack of approval of the concept of money. "I would rather hunt than that. Stealing earns a hand being removed, back home en the most severe case. En others, you no eat what the tribe hunts." Man, back when things were so simple, right?

However she frowned lightly at Tori's questioning. She wasn't one for lying however, she wasn't one to spend people's money either honestly. She didn't want her meal to cost them too much money. That would be problematic too if it did. Always more concerned with others than herself, such was Wakanda's way.

She offered a polite smile. "Yes, I am sure. I do not want to be the espensive. I just eat the cakes of fish."

[Ayen]

"There will no dining and the dashing. I would rather hunt than that. Stealing earns a hand being removed, back home en the most severe case. En others, you no eat what the tribe hunts."

“You hunt?”

“Did you ever take down a full grown grizzly bear?”

“That's assuming there are even bears in her world.”

“What all have you hunted back home?”

"Yes, I am sure. I do not want to be the espensive. I just eat the cakes of fish."

“It's not a problem, really. Don't worry about it.”

[Ira]

Wakanda stared down at the menu. She spoke softly, finally deciding on an actual mean and not an appetizer alone; "I eat the baked salmon then. Et come with fish cakes too et say." Wakanda refolded the menu, and sat up straight at the table, thinking over the things she had hunted before. A shine of excitement touched her blue eyes as she lost herself in thought for a moment, remembering days of hunting when her husband would take her at times.

"We hunt the akul many times. Kroyies sometimes - rare though. Big wolves with poisonous tails. Thiamirs often times for little meals and little ones. Oh, great food. Make me so hungry just to think about et." She clamped two hands onto her stomach at just the thought of the feasts they had occasionally within her tribe.

[Ayen]

"I eat the baked salmon then. Et come with fish cakes too et say."

“Baked salmon with fish cakes. Got it.”

The waiter finally came over to take their order. Going around the table and getting what everybody wanted before taking their menus and going back to the chef. Tori's attention setting back on Wakanda as they talked about her days hunting.

"We hunt the akul many times. Kroyies sometimes - rare though. Big wolves with poisonous tails. Thiamirs often times for little meals and little ones. Oh, great food. Make me so hungry just to think about et."

“Akul?”

“What's a Thiamir?”

“I understood big wolves.”

“A big wolf with a poisonous tail... That's an unsettling thought.”

“Do you actually eat the tail?”

[Ira]

She was taken aback by all the questions. But then again, they had did not know what lived on her planet, they didn't know a thing about it. Wakanda offered a soft and understanding smile at all the questions, even chuckled softly at them. Almost felt like her first few weeks with the Jedi on Coruscant.

"I go down list," she said with her smile still worn.

"Akul are most dangerous hunters on Shili. Destroy villages at times. Large. Es big big] cat. Es...Big." The woman was certainly not a master of description.

"Thiamirs are much smaller, like cats of a house. A little bigger than those cats. But about same size. Many people....Call them the rodents. They look like the mouse. But much bigger than normal mouses." She paused for a moment, thinking about the wolves. Those...Weren't really good times.

"Unsettling, yes. The stinger could rip through the chest of a person with no essue. And after cooking, nothing of animal goes to the waste, really. We try to use everything. Even tail. Et safe to eat after cooking et, so yes, we eat et.

Mmm.

Now I miss the akul. So good to eat."

[Ayen]

"I go down list. Akul are most dangerous hunters on Shili. Destroy villages at times. Large. Es big big cat. Es...Big."

“Wait a minute. You hunt hunters?”

“The hunter becomes the hunted.”

“Aren't you listening? She said it was a really big cat.”

"Thiamirs are much smaller, like cats of a house. A little bigger than those cats. But about same size. Many people....Call them the rodents. They look like the mouse. But much bigger than normal mouses. Unsettling, yes. The stinger could rip through the chest of a person with no essue. And after cooking, nothing of animal goes to the waste, really. We try to use everything. Even tail. Et safe to eat after cooking et, so yes, we eat et.

Mmm.

Now I miss the akul. So good to eat."

“I'm suddenly not very hungry...”

“Wimp.”

“Lay off her, Lil.”

“I'm actually more hungry now.”

“You talked about tribes before. I assume you were part of one too? What were they like?”

[Ira]

Wakanda scratched the tip of her nose. It felt kind of strange, so many people asking questions, being curious about things. Everyone else kind of just went along with it despite not knowing a thing. But then again. This place was completely different, now wasn't it? She again gave a quiet laugh as their exchanges.

She finally gave a nod at Tori's question.

"Yes. Three, en a way. Antiman tribe, birth tribe which mother and father belonged to. The second one...Hm. Was not willingly done. The third, adopted me, and I married there.

What et like though. Difficult. Hard life. But, simple. Nothing to get en way of knowing what emportant and what es no emportant.

I no remember much of Antiman. Otaktay, I try to forget. Sanuye tribe though. Generally happy. We stopped moving. We live off land. Use what we need. That es what et was like, living en tribe. No have the running water. No the places to go eat. No place to...Live like this."