What stirs the hornets' nest? (D5, LA)

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

So, seems like what made things harder between "civvies" and the Gonks was droids - and apparently a Mandalorian - poking Oshazich's people. At the same time, Deonis had said the Mando might have been attacked first.

She still had some hope for peace, maybe even cooperation. But if she wanted to help that happen, she had to understand better what was going on here... So she made her way to the area where these conflicts had apparently happened. She wasn't looking for parts, or treasure, or anything of the kind, but for... Whatever it was that stirred trouble here.

Were there any droids around "poking" Gonks one way or another? Or was that Mandalorian around?

Or... Did any Gonks come out to attack her, or feel poked just by her presence here?

She hoped to at least understand the situation better...

[J-Richo Toboga]

He had not planned an excursion at the moment, hell he just came back from one, but he could not allow a strange woman to wander alone were the gonks were lying in ambush.

Following the woman with great discretion he made sure no harm would come to her

Stealth in the ruins! no darkness pen.: 4eA 4 successes

[The SCaT Droid]

SCaT naturally tries to keep himself small while traveling through this land. Last time he came here, 4 guys with guns ran up and pointed their guns at him. So SCaT moves around keeping cover the whole way on it's way to the lower city.
D5 LA: stealth/agility, ignore lighting setback with infrabinoculars, unknown difficulty: 3eA 0 successes, 4 advantage

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

The Mikkian, meanwhile focuses more on keeping her eyes open to anything that might be moving, or anywhere where trouble might be brewing, a glowrod lighting the way before her. She is completely unaware of the Mandalorian, but after some time she does seem to notice... Something moving around. Something... metallic?

Was that one of the droids Oshazich had mentioned?

Slowly, she tries to get closer to see what kind of droid it was and what it was doing...

Wait. Is that the same droid she's seen before? Was that one of the droids that had been "poking"?

OOC:

D5 LA - Perception/Cunning, Mikkian Boost. Intense Focus. Difficulty? Opposed?: 1eP+1eA+1eB 1 success, 3 advantage
- should notice ScAT but not J Richo

She's using a glowrod, so she's probably not exactly stealthy...

[The SCaT Droid]

SCaT quickly notices the mikkian in the rubble maze, and gives a wave. "Oh, hi Ms. Zimrzala, lovely day we're having. Have you come to look around for things too? Careful, I've heard there's been a bunch of guys who point their guns at people without saying a word. "

[Flession]

((Roll me a Perception Check at Hard Difficulty))

[J-Richo Toboga]

Hornet perception,hard, no darkness setback: 1eA+3eD 0 successes, 2 threat

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

((Roll me a Perception Check at Hard Difficulty))

((Does my Perception roll above count for this, and so I should only roll the diff dice? Or should I go for another roll?))

[Flession]

((Roll me a Perception Check at Hard Difficulty))

((Does my Perception roll above count for this, and so I should only roll the diff dice? Or should I go for another roll?))

((Nah, keep that one. Just roll me the difficulty dice.))

[The SCaT Droid]

Whoever was hiding was good. Unfortunately for them, SCaT had better eyes than most.

D5 LA: Perception/Cunning, Hard Difficulty, cancel darkness setback: 2eP+1eA+3eD 1 success, 1 advantage

[Flession]

Fortunately, none of you seem to notice anything on your end. No eyes on you, so far as you can tell. No Gonks, either.. Rather quiet today, to be honest. Still worth looking around for, though. Never know what you'll find around here.

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

SCaT quickly notices the mikkian in the rubble maze, and gives a wave. "Oh, hi Ms. Zimrzala, lovely day we're having. Have you come to look around for things too? Careful, I've heard there's been a bunch of guys who point their guns at people without saying a word. "

"Oh! Metallic friend!", she says, not quite hiding her surprise. "I'm.. actually trying to understand something. So... you've been here before, then? And... These 'guys'... Can you tell me a bit more about what happened?"

She tries not to be too loud when speaking, but again - she's not exactly hiding. Instead, she tries to keep her eyes open and tendrils tuned for any movement, strange sounds or other signs that something weird might be going on...

... or for any presence of the Gonks. If it was in fact misunderstandings that led to all those deaths... It would be a hard thing to deal with, but it needed doing...

For now, though, she didn't seem to see anything...

OOC:
((Just seen Fless' post. Here are the diff dice

D5 LA - Difficulty dice for Perception: 3eD 1 failure, 1 threat


Leaves me at 0 successes, 2 advantage))

[The SCaT Droid]

"Well, I was just looking through some of the rubble hoping to find scrap, anything useful really. While we were searching, 5 people came out with guns pointed at us, not even bothering to give a warning. I mean, even sand people know the importance of announcing your presence before pointing the barrel of a gun at people's faces. A grenade was our response. It dropped all but one of them, he shot a flare, then 20 people came looking for blood." SCaT had an apologetic look near the end.

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

"Well, I was just looking through some of the rubble hoping to find scrap, anything useful really. While we were searching, 5 people came out with guns pointed at us, not even bothering to give a warning. I mean, even sand people know the importance of announcing your presence before pointing the barrel of a gun at people's faces. A grenade was our response. It dropped all but one of them, he shot a flare, then 20 people came looking for blood." SCaT had an apologetic look near the end.

She looked a bit worriedly at the droid. "Ah... I see. So... they pointed their guns at you, but held their bullets? And... then you answered with a grenade?"

OOC:
Sorry for all but disappearing these past few days... trying to get back into things as possible -_-'

[The SCaT Droid]

"I don't know, it went by so fast! One second I see 5 muzzles pointed at me, the next I see a flash and they dropped. Then we couldn't outrun their reinforcements and it was too late to talk it out."

[J-Richo Toboga]

The mando was still there, hidden, observing.

Are they having a debate here?

He reached for his comms

''Hey there Scat...you and your friends are exposed. If you want to talk you should at least take cover...especially if they hold up a light up like a beacon in the dark''

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

"I don't know, it went by so fast! One second I see 5 muzzles pointed at me, the next I see a flash and they dropped. Then we couldn't outrun their reinforcements and it was too late to talk it out."

"I see", the Mikkian says. "It's often hard to stop violence once it starts, that's true.... But that's when it's most important to try, eh?"

She then hears the voice coming from the comm. She can't make out the words clearly, but she seemed to get the gist of it - and the fact that there was someone else around.

"Seems like there's someone else around?", she asks. She keeps her glowrod activated, and looks around again for any sign of the Gonks. "We'll have a hard time trying to make things calmer..."

[The SCaT Droid]

Putting his comlink into a more active transmission mode so Mr. Toboga could hear as well, "I assume that means you are intentionally trying to be seen Zim?"

[Zimrzala Skalirz]

Putting his comlink into a more active transmission mode so Mr. Toboga could hear as well, "I assume that means you are intentionally trying to be seen Zim?"

Her voice is not particularly loud, but it also doesn't look like she's making a real effort to not be heard. "Eh... Not exactly that, I guess. I just don't want the so-called Gonks to think I'm sneaking into what they may see as their territory if they show up. I feel it's easier to talk things over and convince others of your intentions if you show yourself clearly, you know?"

[J-Richo Toboga]

''That sounds like an incredibly bad idea.''

The voice on the comms replied

''They are known to attack on sight and are very violent''