Old Friends [D1|MA]

[Solork Tan]

"Don't you worry, I have plenty of experience with battlefield munitiion traps. And hey, I still have an arm for it" Sol does his best to joke to keep the mood light. He peers down...it's trickier than he'd like, and he has to be careful to not bother Cartess or the device

Inspect the Device: 1eP+2eA+1eB+3eD 1 success, 2 threat

[Leah kuso]

Leah had taken the smarter approach; move slightly back so the much larger men could either deal with whatever it was or would be excellent shields.

"This seems a bit extreme, what if it was just someone doing a delivery?"

[Phroth Lissken]

"I don't think they take many deliveries." Instinct kicked in when he saw the glint of blaster barrel, and he wheeled quickly. The Spear Blaster drawn in a flash, aiming to the person on the ridge.

"Maybe let's talk!" He roared, trying to get his voice to carry, making a show of flashing the rifle to the side, then slowly setting it down on the ground.

[Meiyokashi]

"Don't you worry, I have plenty of experience with battlefield munitiion traps. And hey, I still have an arm for it" Sol does his best to joke to keep the mood light. He peers down...it's trickier than he'd like, and he has to be careful to not bother Cartess or the device

Best he can identify the device it is one with a simple disable trigger if one had the proper signal to deliver the device. However, how to come by that particular signal would be another story entirely.

[Meiyokashi]

Meanwhile, the figure with the rifle doesn't seem to budge with Phroth raising his weapon. For another few seconds they seem to watch the group and ascertain something about them for the figure to lower the weapon and walk forward. It's a matter of a tense few moments as they zig and zag through the sand. As she grows closer her survival gear becomes more and more apparent, just as the slugthrower rested at her side does too.

[Kira]

"Well.. this is probably the weirdest thing I wasn't expecting today," she said with a slight chuckle, looking between everyone but focusing finally on Cartess herself.

[Solork Tan]

Sol waves from the ground. "Hello there. I believe that you have the code to disable this device. At least, I hope it's yours or we are all in even more trouble."

He looks up at the human woman. "I would offer to put down my weapons to set you at ease, but I believe they are all down there anyway. Either way, I would appreciate you ensuring that The Instructor is unharmed"

[Kira]

"The Instructor?" she repeated with some amusement to her tone as she stepped forward. Laughing a little as she walks up to Cartess, "Just don't move. Now it's my turn to save the day, hmm?" she smirks at Cartess, giving her a wink. Glancing over her shoulder at Phroth and Leah she offers a quick wave before kneeling down in front of Cartess and sliding down onto her back beside Solork.

Reaching down into her garb she searches around a moment, "So, you've seen devices like this before? Kinda neat huh?" she says with some humor plastered to her tone.

[Cartess Kenotte]

Cartess, tracing a bead of sweat moving along her forehead through her mind seems to keep her composure just by the sheer concentration. Waiting, hoping, for this whole endeavor to be over as soon as possible.

[Solork Tan]

"No" Sol replies bluntly. "To be honest, I don't know what it does upon release. But the design looks intuitive to see a release signal, even if I don't know how to recapture the signal. My personal guess is a repulsor mine, something that would burst through the surface and then explode. "

He looks at at Cartess. *You're doing great!"

[Kira]

"Normally, yea. Just don't need it to burst through the sand before it goes off," she says, digging out a small device. Bringing it up over toward the side of the mine she inserts a little code into the device, a few button presses which have a small rhythm to it. A hiss, click, and a whir and she rights herself up a little. Pushing Cartess' leg so she slips off the device, "Now get off it already," she chuckles lightly.

[Cartess Kenotte]

Unready for the sudden push she slips off the device and stumbles a bit, catching herself with some suddenly found grace. Steadying herself right where she was she glances around with a brief smile at everyone and then looks down to Kira, "Good to know some things have not changed much," she offers a hand to Kira first, a clasp of forearms and she's pulled to her feet.

With Kira back on her feet both women offer one arm each to Sol to help in a similar fashion.

[Leah kuso]

Leah watched the exchange thoroughly confused at the lengths someone will go to avoid people.

"I know people who seal doors and hide in the woods, but this seems like an extreme. Who were you expecting?"

[Solork Tan]

"I know people who seal doors and hide in the woods, but this seems like an extreme. Who were you expecting?"

Sol gives her former classmate a side eye. "The Empire. The Redblades?"

Sol turns back. " That seems pretty tame by comparison"

[Leah kuso]

"Wouldn't making it look like nobody lives here would be better than making it obvious you're hiding would be better?" Leah shrugged "maybe it's just me. I haven't lived like you guys have before now."

[Phroth Lissken]

"Depends on the system. Sometimes it just might not matter." He replaced the spear blaster onto his back, steadying his breathing. The Karkarodon looking to the others.

[Kira]

Clapping some dust off her hands she looks to Leah, then Sol, and then back to Leah, "I'm not hiding from anyone. But I don't get visitors ever either. Most people around these parts don't wander out into the badlands and those that do know to avoid my home. So the mines?" she focused on Leah, glanced around, "Well, found 'em in a salvage job and figured it's a good way to keep out the type of people who would come out here to disturb some lone woman just trying to live out her days in peace."

"But I wasn't expectin' a Jedi to be one to come looking," she looked to Cartess with a short smile. With a wave she directed everyone to follow behind her, "Lets continue this inside, hmm?" and then walked back toward the shack, leading the path through the minefield. Making a special note to show off the little identifying markers that showed where to walk and where to stop.

[Solork Tan]

Sol picks himself up off of the ground now that he knows that Cartess is safe. "Thank you for the invitation. I will happily take you up on it"

Sol looks back to his teacher and steps along, waiting to have the conversation inside as indicated

[Kira]

The group would be lead toward the shack itself. Though the materials it was built with seemed random and worn the structure was overall pretty solid. Inside was just about as outside as outside was but the construction was more meant to keep air flowing through as to not let the structure get overly hot. Kira lead them inside with a small little tour, pointing out this or that about her place like where the kitchen was and even where she had some space if anyone needed to crash here.

Of course, the tour contained her room which was a separate space albeit with the same holes through it most of the building had. Sheets hung down on the walls facing the sands to keep it from blowing into the place.

"So, y'all came all this way out here for little old me. Something I can help everyone with?" she asked pulling over a few items that could serve as stools, glancing between the members of the group. Namely, Cartess who was the originator was still busy checking out the home while this question was asked.

[Solork Tan]

"Well, we heard that you were a friend of our teacher. Knowing her, that likely means Clone Wars veteran or fellow Jedi. Sol replies bluntly. "Which means that when the planet called our teacher, you were first on the list to say hello to...after doing our best to shake any tails of course. "