Log:Hutt Cartel: The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

OOC Date: February 4, 2019
Location: Deep Forest - Demon Moon, Dxun
Participants: Tarion Tavers, Oozlevort, Sajin, Kisaiya, Merek, Kaelyn, Usha (as GM)

For the past three days, it has been nothing but a sea of white at the edge of the demon moon's jungle. White tents temporarily house affluent attendees from across the galaxy. They are dressed in white safari gear while eating meticulously prepared feasts at white covered dinner tables using fine white china. Their boisterous music blends in with luxurious smells of food and spice in the air, seemingly creating a barrier between their little community and the untamed wild of Dxun's jungle.

Safe in their little white bubble, most of those who have come to the Hutt Cartel's Big Game Safari event aren't actually competing. They've instead come to support a hunter or two or perhaps sponsor a contestant. And after making sure hunters were well-fed and well-rested, they all now gather here on the third evening, where the camp meets the edge of the wilderness, to begin the game itself.

It is an odd collection of folks getting ready to dive into the jungle. Most contestants are wealthy aliens looking to try out what latest, fancy equipment they've acquired through less than legitimate means. Some come with a particular blood thirst in their eyes, excited for the adventure of it all. And others are from more humble origins - either looking to support their families with the prize or to bring it back to their bosses/masters. Regardless of their origin story, they are all lined up at the entrance of the jungle, a buzz of adrenaline pumping over all of them.

And what is a jungle without an invader? Tarion Tavers, Jungle Invader and prize-seeker, is here today to take part in this exotic enterprise. The man is dressed in the same grey armor that he always wears, but today he's taken the liberty of smearing it down with camo face paint. Yes, face paint. Additionally, it would appear that he did this without taking the armor off, as only the front is painted, and the back is still mostly grey. "A real hunter never shows his back to the prey," he comments off the cuff to the nearest other contestant, adjusting the green reptile skin purse that he carries his supplies in.

He is somehow already covered in local dirt and flora. Wrapped around his forehead he wears a sweat band with various twigs and leaves shoved into it, forming a sort of natural concealment headgear. Also with the bounty hunter is his large TA-16 repeater, for serious game. Also for serious game is the duo of bandoleers strapped in an X over his chest, except they're just ordinary womens' belts and not ammo belts of any kind. "Let's kriffin' do this, guys," he announces loudly, looking around for whoever is meant to set them off on the hunt, smirking a confident, cocky grin at the others. Tarion starts to wander away from all the white, on the verge of deciding that there are no rules and he should simply return with something's head. "I've always wanted to be part of a battle royale like this." Wait, that's not what this is, right?

Oozlevort arrived and set his transport down in the landing clearing. Having read on the Holonet about Dxun, the DEVIL MOON, this Gand is not about to take any chances. He trudges down the ramp of his ship in a full heavy powersuit, raising his height to nearly 5 feet, complete with rocket-boosted boots and a shoulder-mounted floodlight. His A280 rifle with hunting scope is quick-mounted on his back where it can easily be wielded. A small SE-44c blaster pistol is holstered at his side. Before the event the Gand sequestered himself in a white tent with his altar, burning mildly hallucinogenic incenses and divining the path to his prey. Now he stands at the edge of the jungle, ready to find his prey.

Sajin is just standing there, his Formfitter's helmet secured to the rest of his power armor. At least one of the guantlets sported a shock glove. As always, his heavily modified bowcaster was strapped to his chest, right hand on the grip and ready to go. Strapped to his back was a massive Ryyk blade of intricate design. Two pistols rested on his hips, along with that fanny pack full of grenades. The handsome Hapan was apparently ready for war it would seem. "It's a hunt Tarion... Battle Royal is next month, remember?" He mentions to th bounty hunter, craning his neck, stretching it. Servos in his armor whine as they do so. He was here for the last reason. To get money for his family. He'd a lot of debts to pay as of late.

Kisaiya is with her sister... or she was with her sister. She's lost track of her at the moment. She turned her head looking one way and then the other while covered from head-to-toe in her armor. She tilted her head one way and then the other. I mean, she'd enjoyed the food and all (she hadn't actually expected that really, she just figured... go here and hunt.) It was a nice surprise.

She finally unslung her rifle though, now that they were starting to get ready. Checking the charge on it and waffling her head from side-to-side. It would do, another check to make sure she had her pistol and knives. Check... Check. Okay, now just need a Kaelyn. Another look about for her sister. Then a tilt of her head backward and she calls out to her sister - e-e-except it seems that the voice unit on her suit is not working quite properly and instead it comes out deep, growling, and something that sounds like it emerged from the deepest molten pits of mustafar. "KA-A-A-A-AE... Wait, ack, what's wrong with the voice thingy."

Merek has on his black and silver armor which has a kama upon it as well. It's been modified, while he places the helmet on also. He checks all his weapons, then he places his pistol to hand, while he checks with the others that are getting ready for the hunt. He had with him a cane that he came with to support him while he's there, though he shifts that away so he's more free for the hunt also.

Kae is well, she's wearing her own armor, that that she kind of got on Mandalore after being 'voluntold' she was gonna participate in an arena event.. The H-visored mandalorian produced light armor is quite visible, and well, the goofy Sephi is seen wandering from one of the food tents just as she hears gravel-voice call her name... She blinks and looks around curiously now.

Kae peers and squints, looking around curiously and well she flails, before she skips her way toward her Sister.. Kae is also carrying a rifle, a DLT-19 auto rifle and of course her favorite pistol! Kae beams and calls out "Ooh Kiiisssaaaa! Look!" she calls out, holding up a deep fried dough thingie... Kae then lifts her helmet so that her mouth is visible and then takes a bite of the fried bread "Oooh this is good! Want some?!?!"

As engines from speeders rev up, and contestants do some last minute stretches, a tap tap tap, comes from a microphone where an elegant young Bothan wearing glasses speaks with excitement.

"Welcome all to the tri-annual Big Game Safari event, right here on Dxun. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you all of the rules: The creatures you will be hunting each have a colored tag attached to some part on their body. This tag not only monitor's the creatures location but also reports on its vitals.

BLUE TAGS = 3 points

RED TAGS = 5 points

YELLOW TAGS = 10 points

You have all night to kill as many creatures as possible, and collect their tags, but please remember your target MUST be dead in order to claim the tag. Top three contestants that gather the most points will win the credit prizes. There is no restriction on the kind of gear that you use, and you are welcome to work in teams."

The Bothan pauses a long while to make sure no one has any questions, and then after a few beats, he nods, "Right then. There will be doctors here waiting for you here at camp should you need medical assistance. Just know that once you've left the playing field you cannot re-enter again. Now on the sound of the horn..."

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WWWWWAAAAAAAAMMPPPPP

"Yeah so like, the last one alive wins, right? So if I kill everyone else, I win, correct?" Tarion appears to be confused by the format, looking up at the bothan and gesturing towards all the other contestants, drawing a big circle with his finger. "On account of that makes me the most dangerous gamer. Logic, learn it, ok ka," and he pulls out his rifle to begin the slaughter- "I'm just kriffing with you guys, I know we're only here to kill like, stuff with tags on it. Ha. I wouldn't- well, not for fake points, anyway," he decides then, shaking his head and looking out towards the jungle. It's doubtful anyone has remained to listen to him rant, so by now it's entirely likely he's been left behind at the staging area. "Ooookay. Hunt time. I got this. Ha. YELLOW TAGS, baby."

Oozlevort did not bring a speeder, but he uses his armor's 'rocket boots' to set himself in a clearing further from the rest of the rabble. And he uses the thermal vision when he is overhead to track any nearby animals and appears to spot three in a small herd. He lands further away so as to not spook them and trudges through the jungle toward their last position. His old rifle with a scope is at the ready , looking for a proper shot.

Sajin just kind of stares at Tarion, shaking his head. Perhaps he was a little worried the excentric bounty hunter would just come out and shoot him but... that doesn't come to pass... yet. Either way as the horn sounds, the heavily armed and armored Hapan starts and a steady pace into the jungle. He glances to see where Tarion goes and splits off in the opposite direction. He aims to get distance from the others. His helmet head glances around, the tracking system in his HUD working over time. He needed to find a grotto somewhere and a tree to plant himself in for the night. Where there was water and food source there was game. Though, before that happens, his eyes catches some movement in the brush. He pauses and watches the hedgerow. A Zakkeg. Not much of a shot through the brush but her can see the red tag. He waits and watches to see if it'll move.

Kisa's sitting in the passenger seat of the speeder, she's letting her sister drive this time. Mostly because it was a pain to try and balance the A280 /and/ drive. It was much easier letting it sit on the open window opening and swivel it around on it. She looks one way, then looks the other, and points off in the direction opposite the way some of the others are going. "I'm pretty sure that's where we should be going." She forgot she had that thermal option in her own helmet... but she'll probably remember eventually. She's just going off gut instinct!

Merek looks through the forests, not far from where Oozle is. He comes to a pack of vornskr, while he takes a moment to settle into position. He lifts up his 718 and takes a clean two shots at one of them. The first hits with the crimson bolt rolling into it. He then takes another shot which sears against the grasses.

Kae is of course driving, veeerrry slooowly... "Hey Kisa... Ummmm well umm.. " She glances around curiously and blinks "Ooh yeah Thermals in the helmet! I so forgot aboutmine too!" she then blinks and pulls the speeder to a stop, turns and gets whapped in the face as the speeder slows down... She now has a biiiig leaf across her visor "I don't see nothin! LItterally!" She turns now to look at Kisa... The leaf is still there. "Don't even see you either!"

Kae then blinks pauses, takes off the helmet, tugs the laf loose and puts it back on. "Yay better!" She calls out with a happy flail... "Sooo where do ya think? Also do they make monster calls or something we can just use to lure em in?"

The blue-tagged vornskr that attract both Oozlevort and Merek seem to have no idea that they're being tracked, which is why when the red blast hits one of their brothers, they split in confusion at first before coming back together to collectively attack Merek.

Oozlevort is luckily hidden enough to remain unseen.

Sajin's Zakkeg likewise remains undisturbed from whatever it was doing before.

"Dun nunununa."

"Dun nununununa."

"Dunna dunna nunna dunna nunna nunna nunna daaaaaaa," That's Tarion, beboping along to his own theme song that he is singing to himself as he trawls through the jungle, occasionally tripping over roots and bumping into trees as he goes. Every so often he sheds one of the leaves attached to himself, but at about the same rate, he picks up new ones, either by accident or plucking them up from the ground.

Spotting something up ahead, the bounty hunter freezes, motionless, peering through the underbrush. "Oh, there we go. Blue is... not that many points." A frown creases his face as he stares at the baby maalraas lying in the profuse greenery, a large demon-feline thing with nightmarish eyes. "I can't remember how many but... I'mma keep going. Dunna dunna nunna..." Quieter, at least.

Oozlevort raises his rifle as the pack of vornskrs attack Merek, who is by all rights molesting the Gand's hunt. But he isn't so evil as to let a pack of wild canines tear apart his competition. He raises his massive rifle and fires, but the shot goes wild and hits a tree. THUNK. It sizzles. The Gand mutters behind his armored helmet and shoulders his rifle, pulling out a blaster pistol instead.

Sajin rests against a tree trunk not far from him to limit his movement as he watches the red tagged beast foreging in the bushes. He glances to the Chrono in his HUD. It would be dark soon and he needed to get the tree stand up if he was going to hunt unmolested during the night. He knew there was a small grotto up ahead. Raising his bowcaster he takes aim, the bush is thick enough it causes some trouble with the sensors on the scope. PAPOW! "Stang..." Sajin whispers reaching up to adjusts his sight before taking another well placed shot. This time it impacts in a firey burst. He follows through with the shot, waiting to see the result once the smoke clears.

Kisaiya is already starting to look around, reaching over to yank the leaf off her sister's helmet. She squints at her and as she does - off to the side - she sees the Nexu off in the distance. "KAE! KAE! KAE!" She starts thwaping her sister on the arm and pointing off to the side, "Over there! OVER THERE! Kilo will never forgive me, but it is big and it's worth a lot and I'll buy Kilo a whole little fort after." She's checking over her rifle again waiting for her sister to turn the speeder.

As her sister finishes the turn she leans out the window, hooking a leg on the outside of the door with the other under the dash. She holds herself, breaths, and... Squeeze. The blaster bolt flies out and smacks the Nexu. "WOO! HIT IT!"

Merek feels as the vornskr manages to take ahold of his arm, then he shouts as he places his pistol towards the creature to make it back off, though because it is right up to him, it is difficult to aim and most of the shots sear on the grasses while he rolls his shoulder into the canine to try to push it away, as he moves to find some cover.

Kae flails at the shot, and of course the thwapping... SHe blinks a few times and is turning to try and bring her long skinny auto-blaster to bear... Soon enough, she's standing, and pointing her gun in the general direction of a Nexu. "This is gonna be..." She pulls the trigger, and her blaster roars to life, unleashing a spray of blaster bolts in the general direction of the Nexu... The rounds well, she takes out a couple trees, and some bushes, there's a lot of dirt flying up too, as the repeater barks probably loud enough to be heard for quite a ways...

As the smoke clears Kae looks up over the top of the rifle and blinks... She tilts her head as one of the trees makes a crack, another crack, then well falls over, away from the Nexu.. It lands with a thud... "Look! I made firewood! That was fun!!!"

With Tarion dissatisfied at the baby maalraas' tag colors, it is well left alone to simply be a baby. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the the Vornskrs, who are surprised by yet another hunter that's come into the mix. Two head straight for Oozlevort now that he's revealed his location, while one continues attack Merek.

It takes a minute, but the smoke indeed does clear from around the Zakkeg to reveal that Sajin's arrow deeply pierced its side. It's bleeding out onto the green foliage around it, but it's also pissed. Rising from its injuries, it chases Sajin to deftly SNAP its jaws at the Hapan's direction.

Likewise, the Nexu takes a definite hit, whimpering at Kisaiya's shot while trees fall around it. Wasting no time, it chases after the speeder, attempting to take swipes at the Sephi before she gets away too quickly.

"They say a man's life is made up of moments," Tarion monologues quietly to himself as he wanders through the jungle, pausing to collect a skull of some long-dead creature missing half its teeth, and perch it on his head, using the sweatband to strap it down. "I say, it's made up of... minutes. Like, a lot of them, but you only remember certain ones, and... and the rest you just forget about, they're... they're gone, out of your head, where do they go? Where do the minutes go? I don't know." Adjusting his purse next, he climbs over a fallen log, blanketed thickly with lichen and moss, palm fronds whispering over his armored legs as he passes. "But it's the minutes that make the man, except that... okay, the man makes the minutes." His musings bring him onto the fringes of a clearing, and across the space stalks a larger maalraas, returning to the other with a fresh kill in its maw. "And the minutes make the memories, or don't, I guess, and those are the ones that are gone. If there's no memory, was the minute ever seconds?" Blue eyes squeeze shut, hands clamping down on the skull atop his own skull. "Yellow tag, I summon thee," and a hand rubs the skull for good luck.

Oozlevort raises the massive armored arm of his heavy powersuit, blocking a blow by the vornskr's venomous tail as it charges and lashes at him. With his rifle shouldered, the Gand quickdraws a sleek white pistol from his hip and fires two quick orange blaster bolts into the Force-sensing exotic beast. That backs it off and gives the Gand some breathing room at least. Another vornskr thrashes madly but cannot penetrate his thick armor yet.

Sajin doesn't see the Zakkeg until it comes barreling out of the smoke now setting fire to the brush in which it was foraging. Even then, it's a blur through his scope. As the thing leaps at him in attack be brings his bowcaster up in instinct, firing. The round blasts it through the mid section and the thing flie pst him and onto the ground motionless. Sajin takes a moment to breath before taking the tag scanner from his belt and scanning the red tag on the thing. "That's one... let's see what else is out here." He turns then and starts back towards the grotto that he had planned on going to. He keeps his eyes open however. Methodical. Patient.

Kisa let's out another yelp as she sees the Nexu make a leap at her. She hears the claws rake over the armor, peeling off a very fine layer of the Corellian Armor Systems armor... Okay, little redundant, but that's how it goes sometimes! "Kae! Kae! Bring us back around!" She gives a sort of waving motion back toward the Nexu as she brings the rifle back up. She's still leaning half way out of the window, training on it, and her mouth pulls off to the side (not that anyone can see it under the armor). Another pause, a let out of breath and the blaster bolt rings out.

This one catches the Nexu in the chest and it falls over with a heavy whump. She's already trying to swap her hands around to grab the tag as Kaelyn takes them close enough to the downed target for her to do so.

Merek draws up his pistol while he weaves through the vornskrs, then he takes a few shots. A couple to make sure that Oozle's remains on the grasses, then his attention is back to his, which he fires a few more shots at also. The crimson bolt is clean as the energy rolls back the foe, while he takes a stance also.

Kae ummms and ooohs "Yaaay!" she calls out as she brings the speeder to a stop... "Nice shot! Ooh and grab!" She adds then grins a bit before sliding her rifle back inside... "Okie, on to looking agaaiiiiiin!" She calls out,t hen umms "Ya think we can eat any of these big critters?" She asks curiously asshe drives along, then she squints..

Kae pulls the speeder to a stop gently, and points at a mum and baby malraas... "Kisa?!?! Look? Want em?"

It is perhaps this Maalraas family's lucky day, for Tarion spares not only the babe but the mother as well. As the bounty hunter moves on for better quarry, the happy little creatures seem to continue on with their peaceful Dxun existence until Kaelyn and Kisaiya come around with their speeder. Unhappy with the sound of their vehicle, mother maalraas grows protective, whipping her tail about to deter the pair from approaching too closely.

At the same time, Oozlevort's two shots land squarely on his Vornskr target, blasting it back a good number of paces to prevent it from immediately attacking. Still it gets back up and along with the other canine beast, they team up to pounce upon the Gand. Likewise his third Vornskr brother take another hit from Merek, but still shakes off the wound to turn around and claw at the human.

As Tarion moves through the jungle trees, he's gradually become more and more aware that he hasn't shot at anything. Around this time, a nexu has the unfortunate (maybe) fate of crossing his path. The thing is large, striped, looking like it could eat his legs in one good chomp, and honestly he doesn't even stop to see if it has a tag on it. He just laughs, points his gun at the thing, and yells, "WHERE DO THE MINUTES GO?!" before opening fire in a burst of red-hot plasma.

Oozlevort blasts off in his CAS heavy powersuit, the booster rockets in the suit's enhanced boots charring the vegetation as he leaps back 5 yards. A vornskr goes leaping in front of him, misjudging, and the Gand brutally guns it down with his SE-44c. The next vornskr, Blue 1, squares up and is shot in the ribcage for his trouble. But it is just a fleshwound and the exotic transplanted animal comes snapping at Oozlevort again.

Sajin manages to find the grotto and a sizable tree to place his mount. He wors quickly to set the thing up before hopping up onto it. He sits there, letting the jungle/forest settle. Suddenly his tracking system identieifes another red tag. Instead of waiting he levels his bowcaster and takes a shot. It hits hard enough, and on target, but causes a lot of smoke. This causes him to miss his second bolt as the target was well on his way away from the attack zone by then.

Kisaiya looks over at her sister as she's hit with the tail and pulls her out into the other seat. "Hey! HEY! You. You. You. Lemme drive for a sec." She climbs over her sister as she pulls her into the passenger seat and begins to fly the speeder away from those Maalraas. She's switching between the different modes of her helmet when she sees... HEY! "WOO!" She points and settles the speeder down.

"Kae... Kae... I'm gonna sneak up. Shh." And Kisa slips out of the driver seat and starts through the jungle, carefully picking her way as quietly as possible. That is until she sees. "Ahhh Kriff." It's quietly said as she speaks toward her commlink. "Kae. They look like slaves... Wait, I got an idea. Who's better at talky-talky? Maybe we can get their tags and pick them up later."

Merek takes another clean gouge, into his torso. He winces while he backs up with the blood which is on his armor also. He takes a few more shots at the vornskr, and he places a hand to his side while he holsters his pistol. He picks up that tag, and looks to see that Oozle is doing well enough. He makes his way back to camp for some treatment while he takes his medpac so that he can treat some of that while he does also.

Kae is really not in the mood to argue with her sister, having just well been slammed across the shoulder and back by a tail whip.. SHe winces and nods a bit, trying to well keep pain tears in... She then glances around and after settling her rifle down, she places her hand on the seat of the speader, braces and then flinches or jerks her self.. There's a dull pop as her shoulder pops back into place and she glances to Kisa "Go do that, I'll set up to snipe or something.... That really hurt." She mutters...

Kae sighs, she toughs things out a bit and tries to move a decent distance off but still see the slave sand such... "Just keep in mind." She whispers over comlink.. "They're probably ordered or told to shoot at whoever approaches,b ut if you think you can get the tags without killing em, do it..." She says with a big grin.. "Too bad we don't have stun grenades."

The truth is that the Nexu spotted Tarion before Tarion spotted it. Hunger does that apparently, and for once a creature in the galaxy isn't fully repulsed by the Bounty Hunter. Thus it is quite an embarrassing ordeal when the Nexu gets a face full of red plasma. Baring its sharp teeth, it hisses at Tarion in anger and launches itself against him in an attack.

Oozlevort seems to be doing much better with his Vorknskr friend - taking one down with a final, fatal shot while also hitting the other. Once Merek manages to stop another dead in its tracks, Ooz is suddenly left alone with the last remaining Vorksnkr that wastes no time turning around to retaliate.

There's hardly any time for Sajin's target to react once its hit. Heck, hardly anyone could even get glance at it. Much like the Zakkeg, it takes a minute for the smoke to clear, but this time nothing stands where a target should be. Instead, a few paces east a a blaster shot comes from behind a rock at at Sajin's direction.

"Where do they /go/?" Tarion demands of the Nexu as it comes leaping in towards him, teeth snapping closed a few inches from his leg as he jerks the limb back with a helter-skelter backpedal. "SWALLOWED UP by the monsters of the mind, like you, you useless piece of furry trash! Wodi had a pet like you," the bounty hunter taunts the beast, as it circles him cautiously now, while he circles it, staring the creature down with a level of disregard for his safety that borders on the mentally unwell. "I always /hated it./ I'll kill you and kill the void in my head in the same shot," grinning back at the smiling, screeching feline as he pulls the trigger again.

Oozlevort killed one vornskr, but the first in the pack remains alive and wounded. And it refuses to back down. "Oozlevort does not like these creatures," the Gand mutters in his enclosed helmet. "And they are worthless." The Gand fires two shots at the beast and then engages his suit's rockets, getting a running leap as he goes to find other more valuable quarry. He flips his 'thermal' vision on again to search the dense jungles for life. Hopefully the wounded vornskr retreats.

Sajin levels his caster, waiting to find his target again. Nothing but smoke and fire until a blaster bolt smashes into the tree he is standing on. He can see a bit of movement in the haze and takes his shot. Jumping down from the stand, he walks over towards the felled slave/mercenary. He's frowning behind his helmet. It's a twi'lek too. "Kriffing cheating Hutts." He takes out the scanner and scans the tag. He keys the comm to Tarion, "Hey... spread the word. They've eihter armed slaves or have Mercs out here activly tagged." He didn't have time to sympothise with someone firing at him with the last will to live, nor was he informed this was going to happen. He won't loose any sleep.

Kisaiya is moving back away from the two slaves as she ponders for a second and then shakes her head, "Wait, no, we probably shouldn't. You're probably right, they'll just attack us." A sigh and Kisa moves away from the slaves to hear something... above? She turns her head up, "Kae. What in the hells is that?" She points up into the tree tops where a winged creature can be seen.

"And why does it look like its hunting us?" She blinks and raises her rifle, "Oh.. OH! KAE! Let's try to bag it, but - well - be safe." She tries to track it and shoots. Setting a tree on fire.

Kae blinks up at the bird.. Over the comlink she calls out "Think it's edibibble?" She asks, and well a bolt goes zipping out and burning a tree, Kae moves to a place, like in a clump of roots and all, taking up cover as best as she can so the big bird will have a hard time getting to her at best.. Buuut she can shoot...

OF course as Kae leverages her self in she fals, and her blaster fires while she's aiming and well yeaaaaah, another tree bites the dust... Kae then blinks, squints and takes careful aim, firing again, missing the flying thing...

Kae then peers and pouts "Kiiisssaaaaa! That thing is tough to hit!" She calls out. She then umms "That or I really needs to practice shooting again!"

Tarion's blast knocks the Nexu back once more. This time it lets out a growl of agony at the second shot the hunter takes. Feeling the weight of its mortality closing it, it rises once more - if not feebly - to charge the bounty hunter with its last life energy. A blue, lifeless hand releases its grip on the blaster it had so solidly clung to for dear life just a few seconds ago. The Twi'lek slave that Sajin just shot at lies lifelessly still behind the rock. A red tag hangs from his earlobe like a piercing. Based on the poor, old quality of his weapon, he was lightly armed and hardly even armored. Only a loin cloth covers his dead body.

The two human slaves that Kisaiya and Kaelyn abandoned, eventually flee once they see a Drexl approaching. Thin and gaunt, they frantically run through the jungle brush in bare feet with their blasters at their sides, before they run into the heavily clad Gand. Giving it little thought, they take cover and automatically start shooting.

Meanwhile the Drexl is by far the most conspicuous site in the sky. It sheer size casts a shadow darker than any of the canopies. And of course, it is hungry! Descending upon the speeder, whips its tail around, trying to grip onto the vehicle with his large claws.

This is going very well for Tarion, until it isn't, and the nexu's claws drag a row of angry red lines across his painted-up armor, lines that quickly well up and spill over with blood that starts to patter onto the leaves in the immediate vicinity. "Ah!" the bounty hunter cries in pain, clutching at his chest, stumbling backward and raising his gun at the same time to send a perfunctory blast back at the beast, which finally drops it lifeless to the jungle floor. "Ah, krif, that got me good," Tarion mutters, straightening up and dabbing at his chest, which is bleeding quite readily. RED-ily. ha. <<Sajin, if they got a yellow tag on them I don't care if they're the queen mother of Drip, I'm bagging them for that sweet, sweet prize money. Every last decicred, ok ka?>> he finally comms back, giving the Nexu a good kick for good measure.

Oozlevort is still running in his awkward heavy armor. But he pauses to check his blaster's power level, holster it, and bring to bear a large snare rifle from his back. The Gand loads it with a large drum clip full of stunning nets. By his poor luck, two humanoids begin firing on him! The Gand, confused, raises his net rifle and guns them down in short order. They collapse on the ground wrapped in the weapon's stunning nets, convulsing as electricity courses through their bodies. "Why are hunters firing on Oozlevort? Oh, these are to be hunted? Oozlevort did not know this."

Knowing that now there were slaves firing back at them, it was not a good idea to stand still at a tree. He continues along through the foliage until he spot something furry with a red tag running away. "Ahaha!" He really doesn't know any better at this point. He raises his caster and fires twice rapidly, both bolts landing within a coin size of each other. They explode as they impact with violent volocity. He just continues on through the jungle, looking for his kill to scan the tag. If it's another slave he will grumble. But Tarion's words made him feel less crappy about it. He must have really needed that money.

Kisaiya is still trying to track that flying creature. She tries again to lead it with the large rifle. Another squeeze and the shot careens off, the creature gracefully dodging off to the side. "WELL! YOU CAN'T GET ME EITHER YOU FLYING STUPID HEAD!" she Tries again to aim at the creature, her head leaning one way and then the other. But she can't quite get a clear shot at it yet.

Kae has a good spot, she can kind of stay in her hidy hole and well shoot! She takes aim again, squinting as she sticks a tongue out of the corner of her mouth. Not that anyone can see that, that H-visored Mando helmet kind of obscures things... juuuust a little right? She takes careful aim and then squeezes off another couple rounds "We're sooo gonna haz food toniiiight!" She calls out cheerfully.. "That is if we can hit the giant flutter bat!" She adds..

Seeing Kisa miss again, Kae flails "This things' like really really ahrd to hit for a giant poultry waiting to be fried!!!" She calls out... "Maybe we shoulda put some kind of big gun on the speeder!" adds the girl, before she looks back up at the Drexl. "Kiisssaaaa!" she says over the comlink.. "This thing is difficult to hiiiit!"

The two slaves' shots end before they can even begin. The electric netting wraps around them, instantly knocking the two out, their old blasters falling to the wayside. There they lie helplessly awaiting their fate.

Sajin's next target is easy enough to spot as its red tag flops about as the hair-covered figure tries to sneak past. The target moves swiftly and dips behind an entrance to a cave, one would almost think he's gotten away. However, the first blast hits and the a shrill cry sounds through the woods. It's loud, and throaty. The distinct cry of a Wookie in utter pain. Then hardly a second later, the second blast lands, followed by complete silence.

Oozlevort is an alien and humanoid life is viewed differently by such alien minds. The slaves chose to fire on him, unprovoked, so he has no qualms about stunning them. He draws his sleek pistol and executes the two slaves even as they twitch under the influence of his stun net. Brutal, but life is cheap in Hutt sports. He holsters his pistol and brings his stun net rifle back to bear, beginning to trudge in his powered armor back to the base camp.

Sajin can hear from a slight distance as he continues through the woods the screaming Drexel and the shouts of th sephi twins. He starts to run, and as soon as it comes into view he raises his bowcaster and takes two shots. PAKOW, PAKOW! He looks towards the twins, "Get out of here you two!... Go!" Hopefully giving them one more chance to attack and escape before becoming more injured.

Kisaiya shrieks out as the giant beast swoops down, this time catching Kisa and raking through the armor. Vicious gashes along her back with the talloned front limbs. She tries to burrow lower and - thankfully - avoids being grasped by the thing by sheer chance more than anything else. And then her sister is yelling, Sajin's leaping over and shooting and Kisa is rolling over to bring the rifle up.

Awesome thing about bowcasters, they hit like a runaway speeder. And those two shots managed to force the Drexl into just enough of a pause for Kisaiya to line up - squeeze - and careen the killing blow on the creature with a long sigh.

Kae oohs, sees the bolts, having been aiming carefully at the Drexl.. She blinks again when Kisa gets the final shot on the goony bird... She starts wiggling her way out of the roots, and then bounces over to the downed Drexl, injury and all, yeah Kae's a nut... "Oooh can we eat this?!?!?!" Jeeze Kae has Drexl Bird on the mind, then again, knowing Kae, Fowl of any kind, preferably fried, deep fried is one of her favorite foods... She digs out a big knife, forget the tag, well she has,s he's well trying to skin the damned thing! Singing a song about tasty fowl.... and how juicy and sweet they are..

"Yaaay we're gonna haz fried Drexl tonight!" She calls out, waggling her arms in the air, before going back to work with the Vibro knife! "Doop Dee Dooop.." She pauses and looks between Kisa and Sajin "Ya two wanna helps? Lotsa meats here!"

It's as if all of Dxun can hear the fall of the great, flying beast. The jungle stills both in fear of the creature itself and of its unfortunate fate at the hands of the hunters. Meanwhile, the view from the camp is spectacular, with patrons watching the scene through the binoculars in the distance. Sajin's two explosive shots hit the Drexl on one wing before it begins diving to the ground. And just before it hits bottom on its descent, Kisaiya's shot lands clean on the beast's chest, killing it instantly. A round of applause can be heard from camp as hunting continues throughout the night, until the first traces of morning slip in.