He'd moved couches. He'd prepped the movie. He made some egg sandwiches. He'd put up a banner that said "welcome friends" over the entrance. He'd had at least one drink, and planned to have more.

It was movie night.

Frowning, Manny fiddled with the vidplayer, making little minute adjustments. It was something to do while waiting for the guests to arrive...

Sholua had been somewhere. Where isn't important, just that it wasn't on the ship is important. Which found her sauntering up the ramp of the 'Manka Cats Rule' at about the time the movies was due to begin. She had a bottle of 'green' with her that she knew two of her new friends would enjoy.

True to her promise, Dhel found a bag of lily-nuts. They're native to Bellionas, but most of the sentients here seem to stomach them just fine. She arrives from the kitchen with several bowls of them balanced on her arms. "How are there even this many couches in here? Were you hiding one in your room?'

Setting out the bowls, she waves once hands are free. "Hey, Sholua....oh! Is that what I think it is?"

"Well it's green and the label says it's alcoholic so I'm hoping it's at least a version of the 'green' you had before."

She waved the bottle, watching the liquid . . . gloop slightly.

"It may need diluting . . . and you'll have to find your own straws."

The Karkarodon had been more distant than on the ship since arriving. Trying to commune with the system, to feel what needed to be done.

Still, relaxing was just as important. The Joben speeder bike roared as he pulled up to the ship, killing the engine before stepping off. The hulk of a Karkarodon making his way up the ramp shortly after the others arrived.

"Ayyyyyy!" Manny greeting the first group of newcomers, directing them down the hall towards the rec room. "Hey, you found Green. Awesome!" He grinned at Sholua. "And no problem, first cabinet, top shelf, got a whole bunch of straws. You know, just in case."

He waved to Phroth, and then to the two ladies. "Oh hey, this is the shark guy I was talking about! Phroth, Sholua, Dhelih... uh... here's each other!" He smiled at all of them, affably blank, as usual.

Dhel blinks. "Huh...met earlier today...actually." She grins at Phroth. "Small planet?"

Sholua stared at the shark for a moment before shaking her head and grinning.

"Small world, eh Too Many? I should have known the 'shark boyfriend' would be you."

Having hitched a ride with Phroth, Raven entered the ship not far behind the Karkarodon after having made sure they hadn't been followed, which gave Phroth the chance to arrive first of the two. For someone so heavily armored, she sure made little sound even when stepping on the ramp up or walking in the ship.

"Hey," the tall Mandalorian said as she stepped in and saw the others, raising a gloved hand in greeting. With the helmet on, she wasn't instantly recognizable to the new faces. "Wow. Quite a gathering, Manny. How many are you expecting?" she asked and undid the clasps on her helmet, easily sliding it off with a practiced motion... that still left her black hair a bit of a mess.

Tyllia emerged from the ship's bathroom. Yes, she had already been on the ship when the others arrived. People would make of that what they would, of course! An unfamiliar woman emerging from Manny's bathroom. The scandal. Or was this just expected?

She didn't know; or particularly thought about it for that matter. She simply walked into the rec room, stared at the unfamiliar faces, and shrugged.

"Hello," came her greeting after a few moments of awkward silence.

SCaT went ahead and snuck through the space port for practice and noticed a group of familiar people going to this space van. A sign that welcomes friends on it, but future friends count right? He takes a cloth out to clean the comlink before approaching, giving out a simple tune while he waits his turn. Giving a wave to the nice bothan as he steps by the threshold.

Tyllia Demici wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:18 pm

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Dhel takes a moment to look at the growing...very feminine-leaning...crowd and raises an eyebrow at Manny, then glances at the couches. "Oh, this is going to be cozy." She offers a wave to Raven and the droid, who will hopefully find opposite ends of the room?

She offers a hand to the only face she doesn't have a name for, namely Tyllia. "Hi! Name's Dhel. Are you the assistant I haven't met yet?"

Sholua had been giving Manny a raised eyebrow about the unfamiliar girl emerging from the refresher when the droid appeared.

One of those.

Her expression went completely blank and she held the bottle of 'green' out to whoever was closest, slowly dropping into a combat ready Form IV stance, eyes locked on the B1 chassis.

"Ahaha..." Manny brushed a hand awkwardly through his hair. "Yeah, uh, hey, that's Tyllia. She's another magician!"

"Oh dip, how many people did I invite?" Manny muttered, then he shrugged. "Anyone want drinks? I've got lots of stuff. Some of it's green!"

Looking at the droid, Manny wondered who'd invited it... but only for, like, half a second. "Hi! I'm Manny!" He greeted the droid, raising his fist for a bump.

Dhel absently takes the bottle from Sholua with the hand not extended in greeting, offering a side-eye at the distinct chill she's feeling from that direction. "Sho...?"

Sholua Tempes wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:29 pm

Sholua had been giving Manny a raised eyebrow about the unfamiliar girl emerging from the refresher when the droid appeared.

One of those.

Her expression went completely blank and she held the bottle of 'green' out to whoever was closest, slowly dropping into a combat ready Form IV stance, eyes locked on the B1 chassis.

Phroth was about to greet the others when he saw Sholua drop to that stance. Looking to where she was, he recognized the droid from the transport over. Interposing his frame between the mirialan and the droid.

"That one's been reprogrammed. Works for a racer on planet, I think. Spoke with them on the ride over. They're... not the enemy." His smile was too toothy to be reassuring.

"And yeah, very small system." His laugh was hearty.

Holding her helmet in her hands, Raven glanced at the gathered ones. It was... a lot more than she was expecting. And so far faces she didn't consider friends yet.

"Hey..." the tall woman grabbed Manny by the collar of his shirt. "... Did you invite half the planet?"

A number of things happened seemingly at once. First, there was the B1 droid showing up again. An interesting coincidence. The second was the green girl dropping into what looked an awful lot like a lightsaber form in response to seeing the droid.

Interesting...

She already knew there were others on Bellionas, of course. Some for sure; the rest merely guessed at. But this was still one of those... odd coincidences... that the force liked to throw at her. Her gaze lingered on the woman... perhaps a bit *too* long to be a casual one... before her attention was finally drawn to the Bothan. Introductions were to be made.

Manny introduced her as another magician.

"You heard the man," she said, shaking the bothan's hand and speaking in a casually amused tone. "Magician, not assistant."

Raven Cadera wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:39 pm

Holding her helmet in her hands, Raven glanced at the gathered ones. It was... a lot more than she was expecting. And so far faces she didn't consider friends yet.

"Hey..." the tall woman grabbed Manny by the collar of his shirt. "... Did you invite half the planet?"

Manny shrugged, smiling sheepishly. "I mean, half these people live here already. Oh yeah, Sholua and Dhel are taking rooms. It's cool."

Still... Manny looked around, frowning. "I guess some people could sit on someone else's lap. And if the first person is Phroth, maybe someone could sit on the second person's lap." He nodded. "Yeah, we'll make it work."

She relaxed, ever so slightly. She addressed Phroth while keeping the B1 in view.

"If you're sure. Never gonna forget what they did. What they were built for."

She turned back to see who had rescued the bottle she had nearly dropped.

"Oh Honey! Pour us some 'green' will you?"