#|| hello!

     Ki was correct in believing Faye could’ve handled the situation herself, however, she was trying to keep a low profile while still out in public. Since arriving, the man had been pestering her and damn near begging to get punched. That surely would’ve turned heads so having someone else step in kept the attention off of her. 

     Sighing, she calmed the rage that had been brewing inside her like a raging storm. Her attention returned to the stranger as she offered a genuine and thankful smile. 

          “There needs to be more like you,” she laughed before then straightening up. “Let me buy you a drink or something. Might be good to stick together. And at least that guy knows you’re not going to tolerate his shit so that’s one less creep to worry about.”

She listened intently to the man speak, pleased to have found someone to talk with. There were plenty of other well-mannered patrons in the bustling cantina but something about him piqued her interest and she was curious to see if she could figure it out.

"That must be my issue then. Wisdom has always chased after me but I'm always quicker," she laughed into her drink. "I gather all this experience but fail to make the correct choice when the time arrives." Faye drained the rest of her glass of the smoking red liquid and signaled the Rodian bartender for another when he finished his current task.

"Faye and the pleasure is mine," she eagerly shook his hand, smiling wide. "As for the choices. Well, I wish it was simple as gamblin' or a bad game."

While she didn't gamble often in games, her luck typically held strong and she always had a sense of when to back out. For the most part anyway. It was impossible to win every gamble but she hadn't lost a ship or droid in a bet yet.

@aphorysms​ said:  “ don’t touch that. ”

     The voice startled him slightly, his hand moving away from the trinket as he turned to look at the stranger. His black eyes stared at her, not recognizing who she was. An enemy? A friend? He couldn’t be sure and he didn’t have any real sense about her except that he should still remain cautious. She didn’t appear dangerous at first glance but there was something that made her more than just an average person. 

@bledflag​ said:  “ i got your back, you got mine. ”

          “Flag friend!” Nanaue said happily as he nodded his head quickly. The slits of his gills flared with each nod. He hadn’t seen the man since they first entered Jotunheim back on Corto Maltese but that only made him happier to see one of his friends was doing well, at least for the most part. There was something different about him, a change and he couldn’t quite figure it out but it didn’t matter! He was no longer alone and was happy to follow the man wherever they needed to go.

@villainousmask​ said:  “ don’t touch that. ”

     A large webbed hand hovered in front of a mask hanging on the wall, its features carved into a grimace as the carver knew the shark-esque meta would be attempting to touch it in the future. Slowly, the webbed hand fell back to Nanaue’s side as he shuffled his feet as he turned to face the man. Maybe if he wasn’t facing all the priceless belongings he’d be less likely to want to touch and investigate everything. And while he wouldn’t mean to there was a high chance something would end up breaking as he wasn’t the most delicate of beings. 

          “Bruce?” She called out into the forest. Placing her hands on her hips, she looked through the maze of trees trying to spot the large mutant. They’d been in hiding for months and she was growing anxious about remaining in their current location. It was far away from civilization but Achim plenty of resources to track them down and people in the closest town were beginning to murmur.