Log:Mandalorians: King's Throne

Boba Fett's play for the Mandalorian throne comes to a dramatic conclusion

OOC Date: April 28, 2022
Location: Mandalore
Participants: Fennec Shand as GM, Sumi Kora, Hadrix Kora, Valeska Kora, Fae Renta, Orin, Kin-Li Kel, Hahtavi Kora, Raisa Taivu, Jallo Dara, Boba Fett, Narsai Ordo

Log

[ Fennec Shand (FS)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Following the challenge laid out by the Warlord of King Mountain, the explosions began to slow. Even the rioters seemed to understand just how important this shift was going to be. Though the fires continued to burn around them, and all over the city things were falling apart and breaking down, control for the city now fell to a simple grudge match. The open door of the Main Hall, a longhouse with massive torches on either side of the door, was ajar. It was inviting, welcoming even.

Inside, the flames that were consuming the city had not touched the grand Hall. But, embittered combatants the Fett Clan had faced only minutes before were already rallied, licking their wounds figuratively while sitting at and atop massive long tables lined to create a line to a throne. The tables were well made, sturdy, and inlaid with bones of varying sort. Different clan emblems were proudly displayed in those tables, but some were marred and marked, deemed betrayers to the Warlord. Expelled, imprisoned, or simply butchered, none remained who would look after those emblems.

Immediately, as people begin to fill the room, a pair of Nexu begin to offer a low growl. Each, in turn, rises to look for the door as enemies begin to appear. Though they crouch low and begin to slap the ground with their tails, they remain beside a tall structure of a woman rising to her feet. Kai'sa, to a pair of close lackeys, and Warlord to all others. Her frame was massive, easily standing at just under seven feet tall. Though her ragged blonde hair curled in thick ropes around her shoulders, it was quickly tucked into the helmet she fit around her head. The metal of her armor gleamed, though, carbon scoring and soot covered the armor in a thick, chalky matte-black. Beskar. Fire-kissed by the looks of it.

"Forgive my state, I believe I have you all to thank for my state. I was enjoying my dinner when a fire broke out in my home. I survived, but, I did lose a pair of offworld slaves," Kai'sa says through the vocoder, the T-visor shifting between those that enter. "Welcome to the Home of Clan Kai'sa. You're trespassing, and, you've killed many of my men. I have no obligation to hospitality to you and yours," she says.

A sudden crash of glass nearby starts the Nexu, who look up quickly towards a window on the longhouse being destroyed by a falling body. The body twitches, and a woman steps through a moment later: Fennec. She didn't have a quip, or a comment. She had a pistol in one hand, and a knife in the other. Both were bloody ... inexplicably. "That's where the door was," she mutters to herself, before looking to the tables below.

[ Sumi Kora (Sumi)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

<"We didn't fight and kill our own kind to play house with you, Warlord. It is not hospitality we seek. Dark saber has returned. Mand'alor has returned."> Sumi activates her lightsaber and points the violet blade toward Alor'Kai'sa, <"..and you're in his seat.">

Sumi's heavy bootfalls are accompanied by the ching-CHANG of loose brass shells bouncing about in her dump-pouch on her belt. Though the subtle hum of the lightsaber proved louder.

[ Hadrix Kora (Had)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

<"You're home no more, Kai'sa will be forgotten, your symbol expunged and your bones on the pile."> Hadrix strides through the doors, at Sumi's right shoulder, close quarters blaster in hand, metal shod boots allowed to make heavy ringing with each step the big man takes. The forward grip of his weapon is taken in one hand, several toggles pressed and the charging chamber beginning to thrum.

<"If you run, you might be able to strategically disappear, maybe come back and try to give us a proper fight when you fail to reclaim your throne."> coming to a halt and holding the blaster shotgun ready to swing and fire when necessary.

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Valeska arrives with the rest of the entourage. By now, nearly all the paint on her armour has been scrapped off, blown up, dinged, dented, and in a few tender spots burned thoroughly. The woman underneath hasn't fared much better. But here she is all the same with her rifle in both hands and helmet turning this way and that to survey the room. Eventually -- ultimately -- falls on the Warlord in all her... glory? Let's call that glory.

They're all covered in 'glory' by this point.

[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Fae Renta moves into the room with the rest of the party of Mandalorians, her un-beskar'd armor scuffed, nailpolish chipped, and ends split. Lips are probably chapped too, the poor thing. The massive woman's words are largely ignored in favor of the growling, snarling Nexu. Fae stoops a little bit and tucks the butt-stuck of her E-11 up under her armpit. Her free hand reaches out to rub her thumb against the top of her four fingers, armor and sand slipping and sliding as she does.

<"Psspsspsspsspsssss,"> she hazards as the teethy things, letting the other, more serious Mandalorians do all the quipping. When Fennec startles the teeth-pup-cat she's addressing, Fae stands up straight and sighs.

<"Not sure I'd call that a door,"> she adds.

[ Orin (OK)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Orin had joined the Mandalorian reclamation of the ancestral home. He walked with the thudding of armored boots, his weapon large in his hands but no less deadly. The whine of the weapon ringed in the air as his T-visor stares ahead.

<<Do us a favor. Don't run. You'll only die tired.>> He cocks his weapon, his armor slick with blood and battle marks. Orin moves to take Sumi's left flank.

[ Kin-Li Kel (kl)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Kin-Li Kel is in a file near Hahtavi. His armor? Definitely not Mandalorian. Still, he moves efficiently, an A280 at the low ready, pointed away from the others with professional muzzle discipline. The weapon doesn't seem personalized, but it is held with a fair measure of competence. He moves like a man set on covering the others. <<Kay-El, covering.>>

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

It has been a bloody battle indeed to get this far. Hahtavi, more or ... less, back into battle form arrives with the others of his clan and various other associates. His Galaar is in his hands, clipped to his tacitcal rig when he jetpacked up to this height.

Leaving the initial talking to others, this Kora is silent and wary. He comes up slightly off to the side of his Alor and Al'verde, marking targets in his helmet's HUD display about as rapidly as he can note them, sharing them with others. For his own part, Haht's rifle is pointed at one of the Nexu as they pause for dialog.

[ Raissa Taivu (Rai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Raissa is heading up towards the back of the group, the doctor was trying not to get shot just in case she needed to triage someone in the middle of the battle that was to come. She has her axe out as they hurry up with the others. She wasn't one for small talk, so she leaves it to the others as they arrive at their destination. Let us hope it was not their final destination though.

[ Jallo Dara (Jallo)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Jallo had finally caught back up with the others and steps through the door and off to the side just a bit hefting his blaster rifle up glancing around just a bit the visor of his helmet turning to look at Fae, <"Did you just try to call that toothy thing over to you?"> The helmet turns to 'look' at the toothy cat, <"Do you think it'll work?"> Then the T27 comes back up to aim in the general direction of the not so friendly kitties and company.

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boba and the silver armored friend who had been with him since this whole thing started off on Concord Dawn, step in to sight near the back of the pack. Behind them are the prisoners that were claimed from the mines below. The four prisoners are bagged and still cuffed. They're being escorted by two of the BHG IG-droids.

Boba, and the other man in Journeyman Armor, stand side by side with their guns in their hands. They say nothing, they just stare toward the Warlord, near the back of the invasion force.

[ Fennec Shand (FS)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

"I see no Darksaber here," Kai'sa offers, looking between the attackers, quietly. "But," she says, "It would seem you have chosen war. So be it." The vocoder did little to add an effect to her voice, but a sudden clicking of her tongue signalled the pair of Nexu. Meanwhile, Kai'sa's center of gravity was lowered slightly and her hand went to her hip. She didn't draw the obvious blaster that was there. Rather, she watched, ready to draw on whomever happened to fire first. She wasn't a monster, after all.

Above them, on the small ledge Fennec stood upon, a figure emerges to attack her, completely oblivious to what was happening inside. Fennec was too busy to aid the party below, for the moment.

[ Sumi Kora (Sumi)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

<"We are Mandalorians,"> Responds Sumi with a laugh about the Warlord implying there was diplomacy at work. <"This is the way.">

Sumi activates her jetpack and leaps into the fray, targeting one of the Nexu beasts with the lightsaber. It is well trained, and Sumi expected no less. They dance, and Sumi spins, cape following in a flutter as she gave chase. <"COME BACK HERE, BEAST!">

[ Hadrix Kora (Had)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Sumi airborne is enough signal for Hadrix who turns and sweeps, blaster centering on the opposite giant feline a moment before it spits its octagonal spray of blaster shards towards it. Already stepping towards one side, trying to clear fire lines and put a bench between he and it.

Not that the obstacle is a concern when the creature charges, forcing him to stutter step back and dive into a roll to get some distance, rifle up and begins sighting again.

<"Kitty kitty...">

"Hadrix." the ID10 floating by him biting out his name admonishingly,

<"Live a little.">

"Just don't get me turned into a cat toy!"

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

<"You must be slow, yeah? We chose war weeks ago. Months, years, eons ago."> That is the amount of reserved snark Valeska had saved up for this particular encounter. She's tired. She's beat to hell. She's ready to for the biggest bowl of cheap noodles she can find.

But there's work to do and work will be done.

Running forward to clear the group, Valeska ignites her jetpacks and blitzes after Sumi, carbine drawn up to immediately fire in the Kora Alor's purple-hued wake. A blast of red against one of the Nexu gets its attention... verily so. Whip-crack went his whippy tail.... and Valeska is swatted out of the air like a large bug and sent crashing into one of the many longtables.

Check, please. Table one.

[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Well, everyone's attacking the teethy cats. War has erupted around her, and all Fae Renta seems capable of doing, for the moment, is placing both hands on her hips in pure irritation. <"Are you kidding me? After all the good will I've done?"> she says as Sumi and Valeska go jetpacking towards the kitty she's attempting to tame. She tucks her blaster up into her armpit again and begins to do a series of intricate hand gestures and little hip wiggles in an attempt to catch the Nexu's attention. Somehow, some way, it doesn't appear to do anything at all. <"That's right, little creature. Look at m--oh.">

The 'oh' pops up out of her mouth the moment the beast sinks its teeth into Valeska's arm. Fae skips the lecture about 'what did we say about jetpacks' and simply switches her E-11 to 'stun'.

<"What are you all doing?! Shoot it!"> she yells back to the rest. Smooth.

[ Kin-Li Kel (kl)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kin-Li Kel has no rocketpack. He has no fancy armor. He is short of training, compared to the others. He has no expensive, modified weapon. Instead, he has typical space armor, a borrowed rifle, common sense, and fighting spirit.

He takes a moment to soak in the tactical situation. Giant cat-things leap about. Warlords offer ultimatums. Mandalorians do battle. Kin-Li? He takes cover, dropping to one knee. His rifle braced on a nearby ledge, his eyes narrow and he squeezes off one careful shot from the back of the ranks. The blaster bolt blasts a rock apart roughly three inches from the thing's snout. <<Kay-El, contact front, cat thing.>>

[ Orin (OK)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The battle has begun! Orin sees the Nexu bite into Valeska! Orin readies his weapon and fires, singing some of the beasts hairs. The beast stares at him and Orin narrows his eyes.

<<"Ready when you are, kitty cat.">>

He gets ready to shoot again

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Nexu - great! Not to mention the Warlord herself all in beskar and all her warriors arranged around her. Hahtavi eyes those Nexu and no doubt he's thinking this may be a nasty fight indeed. Before he may even urge Kin-li to get to some cover, light sabers are slashing but missing, bolts start firing this way and that, and Kin-Li displays enough sense to try and find something to get between himself and the closest Nexu. This Kora thinks that's a good idea and joins him, using what cover he may.

Two shots are fired in rapid succession from Hahtavi's Galaar rifle. One hits the nearest Nexu but the other shot is a miss - the thing is FAST. So much so that pretty much everyone who fires or attacks the things are getting tagged by them! What the... and Hahtavi himself gets swiped against his helmet, the clang of claws against durasteel just about knocking the ramikad down at once!

Somehow Haht, though his head is yet again assaulted, manages as he's knocked down to one knee. Thankfully his rifle is attached to his tactical rig.

[ Raissa Taivu (Rai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Rai hefts the axe up into the air, waiting for an opening for the second Nexu to open. The woman lets out a war cry before she rushes it, swinging the axe in an arc, but it just hits the floor. There's a growl of disappointment as she tries to rebalance herself, but all she manages is to get whacked by a large cat paw with razors for claws for her effort.

[ Jallo Dara (Jallo)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Jallo shakes his head a bit as the Nexu jump into action and then as they start to nom nom on the others he lets out an audible sigh, <"Don't think we want to call those things over here..."> The T27 is raised up the sights lined up and the trigger pulled and the bolts land in the general vicinity of where the Nexu was, <"Wow that thing can mooooove.... Shoot it mooore!">

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boba stands with his carbine held near his stomach. Beside him stands the man in the silver armor. Both of their T-Visors stare at the Warlord beyond the fighting. The distance across from them is not terribly great, but the amount of action unfolding there-in certainly is. The man in the silver armor clutches the grip of his long barreled pistol as if its taking quite a bit of restraint not to jump in to the fight quite yet.

Boba, however, just stands there like cold ice. Are they waiting for the Warlord to make the attack?

Behind them, the four bagged prisoners try to move a bit, confused, and alarmed by the sounds of the fighting. The IG-droids keep them from getting out of line though with metallic arm nudges.

[ Fennec Shand (FS)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kai'sa watches with a grim kind of glee as the cats go to work, jumping from attacker to attacker with a nimble, animalistic grace. Even if they were probably chipping teeth on all that armor. Kai'sa's gunhand taps the hand cannon on her waist as she waits, allowing the trained cats to do the bulk of the work for the moment.

Fennec, meanwhile, manages to bring some distance between her and her assailant, giving her an opening to do an acrobatic sidekick that sends the soldier onto a table below, with a crash and clang of armor.

[ Sumi Kora (Sumi)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Sumi takes to the air again, after spinning in place to track the beast. Her jetpack comes to life once more and she's moved airborne to get out of the Nexu attack range. Simultaneously, she plucks out a glop grenade from her bandolier, activating the fuse and allowing the spoon to fly off with a loud CLANK.

<<"Glop grenade on the nexu near me. Dropping now..">> Unfortunately, the desired effect was not achieved, and Sumi grimaces beneath the stoic visor of her helmet.

[ Hadrix Kora (Had)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

People are getting torn apart and the Nexu keep coming strong, he could keep plugging away - but keeping the damned things attention seems to be a far gone conclusion. Unless maybe he opts to do something a little more his speed.

"What're you doing?" Gripper again, the synthesized woman's voice with posh core accent matching his own, a fair shade more alarmed when the big man slings his shotgun and begins running full tilt for the nexu, "This better not be something you saw in a holo."

<"Read it in a novel.">

"No! Hadrix! NO!"

He's already laughing before he's crossed half the distance, footfalls coming rapidly until a final half-leap to put his arms around the massive feline's neck, gaining from it a toss of its head that yanks him off his feet and hauls him along with while he is suddenly bereft of footing.

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

There she is. Splayed out on the table as if she were part of the dinner spread. Momentarily dazed, she picks herself up from the brisket and mashed tubers, a growl in her throat and a half-eaten rib bone stuck to her back. A glare at several of the non-combatant onlookers then she jumps off of the table and runs back into the fray.

A glorp comes from above: a gift bestowed by Sumi. A gift Valeska has to leap to the side to avoid and still manages to get plenty of glorpy goodness all down her left side. Well, there goes what little is left of the paint on her armour. No worries. She's got---

A massive paw lifts up and swiped horizontally. A leg-sweep that knocks Valeska right on her bum. Then her lower back, shoulders, head CRACKS into the ground. One fluid motion of failure. <"Okay... you know what? I'm getting a /dog/, yeah?">

[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Fae Renta's seen winning fights. Fae Renta's seen losing fights. The last time she saw a losing fight this bad was when her entire Elite Royal Guard squadron was wiped out by a single Mandalorian. Now? An small squadron of Mandalorians being undone by two toothsome cats. She watches Sumi rocket up into the air and drop the glue bomb, narrowly shuffling out of the way to evade the glorp that sploots everywhere. But she's still got eyes on one of those cats.

<"I'm making progress with him,"> she says. She isn't. <"I'm going to try to stun!">

She rolls out of the makeshift cover she'd found and levels her blaster at the creature chewing on Valeska's leg. <"Excellent distraction, Valeska! We've almost got him!">

KREW KREW. Two big stun bolts slap the side of that creature like a middle aged dad slaps a bag of soil at the garden center.

[ Orin (OK)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

-PEWPEWPEW!-

"Kriff."

Orin curses as he misses the Warlord. He tries to move but the weight of his weapon slows him down. His armor is sliced barely, but the kinetic impact throws him a good distance until he hits the ground and rolls until he's back on his feet. <"Ow...">

[ Kin-Li Kel (kl)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

There's a real upside to wearing armor -- no one can see your face when you are overrun by terrifying cat-shark-things with teeth that can cut through durasteel. The armor may not save you from being bitten, but at least no one can see you look scared when it happens. In this moment, Kin-Li is saved from the embarrassment of VERY wide eyes as first Hahtavi, then the medic are attacked and chomped.

Still, he doesn't freeze. He makes a loud show of making a strange, wailing cry that is amplified through the speakers of his helmet. <RAAARRRRRRRaaaaRRROOOOOWOOOOO!!!!> Who knows what it is supposed to mean? The Nexu, however, seems to interpret this as some kind of direct challenge on its maternal line, or something.

Kin-Li lifts his visor, locking eyes with the beast. It stands there, locked in a challenge with the slender man.

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

His wits addled, it takes a few seconds for him to get back up and oriented after the blow to his head. Just in time to see Valeska getting mauled by one of the Nexu even more. That's it.

Hahtavi gets it into his rattled brain to do something crazy and hopefully unexpected. He cranks up the volume of his helmet's vocoder as far as it will go, then rushes at the beast and emits the most horrible screeching he can possibly emit while raising his rifle up over his head to make himself look as large and as intimidating as he can! With the claw marks scraped into his helmet, Haht's certainly a sight but what kind is left up to interpretation...

If nothing else, he does succeed in getting the darn thing distracted and hissing at him. It might jump in any second but maybe it will at least stop trying to eat Valeska!

[ Raissa Taivu (Rai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Raissa is momentarily taken aback by the sudden sounds of vocoders screeching and things of that nature. She tilts her head at the other two Mando's that are doing it and then starts to disengage from the Nexu, because she was seeing that there might need to be a blocker incoming. "Were you asking it on a date?" the woman asks. Leave it to humor in the moment for the woman!

[ Jallo Dara (Jallo)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jallo looks around at all of the folks not shooting and making loud noises before he raises his T27 back up sights in on the Nexu he'd shot at before and squeezes the trigger with the intent eliminating a threat but it seems that he just hasn't managed to figure out the targeting for his new blaster as the trio of bolts slams into the floor near the Nexu, <"I'll get you next time!">

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boba watches all of this unfold before seeing the Warlord strike at the member of his team. This is when he finally raises his left black gloved hand up.

"Enough. Kai'sa! You and your beasts have proven their point." Fett says in a loud voice, gruff, and unamused. The man in the silver Journeyman helmet glances over to Boba before looking back to the Warlord in question.

"We are here to offer you the chance to surrender. You have built a lot here, and our presence is just a measure of respect. Call off your beasts. Save what you have left, or my people and I will leave this hall... Then, rebuild it after we blow it away from orbit."

A grievous threat, but one backed up by a massive capital ship in orbit, and a city without its shield protection any longer. "It's over. Take the loss. Fight another day."

[ Narsai Ordo (Narsai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

From the crowd of Mando'a, perhaps having fought her way through or having been here all along, Narsai Ordo moves forward. Her own beskar-forged hilt is raised, a burst of plasma igniting to sing its little harmonic song. The petite armored figure might be late to the party, but she moves forwards with weapon at the ready, surging into the blender of angry claws and teeth that was scratching at her armored companions.

The blade slashes the more hostile creature, burning fur and flashing strikes of her weapon sending the Nexu staggering back and collapsing. It wasn't the first of the creatures she'd fought, truth be told the Redhead thought them quite beautiful...but less so when they were trying to eat her allies. Spotting the creature Hadrix had been wrestling with, Narsai lowers her weapon, turning her gaze to the creature even as Boba's own voice echoes out and then stepping towards the creature.

"Run away," she speaks calmly towards the feline, her voice soft and yet no-less firm.

[ Fennec Shand (FS)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kai'sa's cheerful demeanor turns south when one of the pets eighty-sixes itself out a window, and the other is torn apart by a lightsaber. The smoking gun in her hand is held firm for a moment, before she offers a kind of spit retort. "The ragelands will never rally under your banner," she states, plainly. "Even if you had the Darksaber, no thugs wielding the weapon of Jedi will sit upon the throne, again. Good luck," she says quickly. In a moment, her free hand rises, throwing down a small implement. Beskar dust and reactive chemicals explode from the ground in a shower of heated-dust and smoke. To thermal receptors, a sudden orange cloud paints the area near the Warlord in orange, concealing her. To unassisted vision, a black cloud envelops the wall, with a thousand sparkling pinpoints of light amongst the cloud of superheated gasses.

Rather than give chase, Fennec reaches back outside of the broken glass to grab a long implement wrapped in delicate paper. She drops to a nearby table and turns towards Boba. "I hit her villa first, so I missed the party outside," she says. Her pistol is holstered and she glances towards Fett. "Your enemy has fled. In accordance, she has surrendered her honor. That means this belongs to you, now," Fennec says. The delicate paper-wrapping is held towards Boba. Inside, an annoyingly ornate sword is wrapped. Made of Beskar, from King Mountain.

[ Sumi Kora (Sumi)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Sumi lands on both feet heavily, bending at the knees. When she straightens, it's to observe the retreat of Kai'sa. <"When next we find her, I suggest we drop a warhead on her."> Sumi recalls the violet blade to deactivate and chuckles. <"..from orbit.">

[ Hadrix Kora (Had)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- When Narsai appeared with her saber swinging and Hadrix had let go with a wild attempt to turn it into something that will let him get to his feet. It does, for a half a heartbeat before he pole-axes over again onto his shoulders and pack, scraping along and shooting up sparks before he turns and goes into a roll that's more to bleed of speed than any sort of grace, ending with him on his side, Gripper floating above.

Any quip lost when the Warlord opted to flee using parlor tricks and the big man climbs to a kneeling position at first, one hand resting on his knee and the other rubbing at his neck beneath his gorget, visor centering on the beskad being presented Boba fett, speaking to Sumi, first, <"Personally I want her a bit more whole, for my mug collection.">

Then his attention goes to Narsai <"Cutting it a bit close there, cyare?">

Puns

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

The cat prowling over her takes a sudden hike and Valeska is left to literally pick herself up. This goes about as well as one can imagine as her right leg, which was about seventy-something percent original material by now, has taken another blunt beating and is now protesting. So she resorts to clinging to the nearest, toppled table to drag herself mostly to her feet.

<"Ey. S'all yours, Mand'alor,"> she says towards Boba with a weakened gesture to his new, glorious domain. Filled with debris, broken tables, and lots and lots of cat hair. She probably had something else to say but it's a trial enough trying to make it look like she's not ready to keel over.

[ Kin-Li Kel (kl)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kin-Li Kel lowers his blaster rifle as the Nexu with whom he locked loving gazes with is sort of....chunked, into little Nexu-bits. His visor is raised, so a tiny frown can be seen on his face, flashing briefly over his features. Then a shrug as he watches, the blaster dropped to its sling to hang. With a soft sigh, he reaches up to lower the blast shield of his helmet.

<Doctor, do you need assistance with your wounds?> He steps over to Raissa, stopping a meter or two away.

[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Lady Fae turns to watch a lightsaber carve into one of the lizard-cats (this writer has forgotten the name) and takes a step towards the second. But it is too late. The creature she'd been trying to tame has turned tail and fled! A soft, vocoded sigh escapes the woman whose attention has turned to the second, injured beast. This throne and who sits atop it has seldom mattered much to Fae, but, as has been said, she does know a losing battle when she sees one. The only attention Kai'sa gets from the Hapan is a brief turn of her head towards the emission of orange dust that briefly scrambles her optical signals. She waves that dust away and -- tsssssssssssssssssssss -- pulls her helmet from her head.

She stoops down low by the injured, unconscious creature. Her fingertips slowly smooth through the fur, pretty features turned a touch sour with a frown.

"There there," she says gently. She folds the stock of her E-11 forward and tucks it beneath the barrel. The weapon is slid into a mag-lock at her thigh and, from a belt just beneath, she retrieves her vibrodagger. A soft tap of its blade against the ground makes it begin to sing and hum with vibration, and she turns to look towards the creature beneath her with some hesitation. Her fingers smooth through its fur again.

"There there," she says.

[ Narsai Ordo (Narsai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

A little flick of her thumb and the singing plasma blade retracts before Narsai tucks the weapon away and turns towards Hadrix with a little grin behind the mask of her T-visor, shrugging her shoulders. "I have shorter legs than you, and there was a lot of stairs." Probably a joke, right? A nod in agreement with Sumi's words she watches the settling blast of parlour tricks that was the last trace of the escaping warlord before exhaling a breath. "There'll be another day for her. I doubt she'll hide in the sands forever..."

Turning back to the presentation of the sword to Boba, the Ordo Alor folds her hands. "Today is a victory, hard-fought and well-earned."

[ Jallo Dara (Jallo)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Jallo sighs in relief as the razor toothy kitties are taken care of and then there's the Warlord's grand exit his own vision obscured enough to cause him to shake his head a bit to clear out the sounds, <"I'm going to have to get a filter for my helmet's audio receptors at some point.">

[ Raissa Taivu (Rai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Raissa's attention turns away from the smoke and mirrors usage so that her eyes don't burn, even with the visor on. She turns to see Kin-Le and she gives a dip of her head to the man, "Thank you for the assist." she states. "And no, it won't take me long to patch myself up. We should see about the others first though, just how I do things really." she admits as she reaches up to remove her helmet. Her golden gaze moves from person to person, seeing who needs help first. "I wonder if we can use medical supplies on the Nexu." she ponders aloud.

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

As soon as one cat-reptile Nexu is cut down and nearly dead, and the other flees, Hahtavi's lowered his rifle and steps up to try and assist Valeska.

<"Doc's hurt ... want me to help with your injuries ... or you prefer I call Hadrix over?"> Hahtavi's injured as well though not nearly as badly as Val. <"We got an uninjured medic? Val'ika's in need."> He's already got a hand pressing against a place that's bleeding, applying pressure while he swings his rifle around to keep an eye on all those in this great throne room who had formerly been serving the Warlord. Or are they too fleeing into the tunnels?

A look then back to Boba Fett, briefly.

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boba observes the fleeing Warlord, and gives a glance to the man in the silver Journeyman armor who just shakes his head. "Ever the champion." Fett grumbles through his helmet as he looks to the others. "Well done, everyone." He says. "We will get medical help up here swiftly."

He then turns to Fennec who presents that item. Boba just grabs it with no fanfare, and carries it toward the throne in the grand hall. He leans it against the throne, and turns back to face everyone. "Here we are then..." He tells them. "The fighting continues, but the day is won."

Boba raises his right hand up then and motions to the IG-droids. "Bring the prisoners." He orders. The droids shove them toward the man across the hall. Their metal feet impacting loudly against the stone. The four prisoners, bagged and gagged, walk forward. They look around beneath their hoods, but can do nothing but comply. Once they are lined up, Boba walks toward them. He walks down the line, measuring them up as he reaches up to unmask one. A middle aged man with black hair, and wrinkled features. He shakes his head, then unmasks another. A woman of similar age, and hair color. Boba nods once to her as she opens her eyes wide at his helmeted face. He walks to the next one though, and pulls their mask from them.

An older blonde woman, her hair tied up. She looks to Fett with a stare that hardens. She starts to speak something through her gag, but is obviously muzzled.

"Hello, Princess." Boba says mockingly toward the older woman. "I was hoping you would be here to see this."

Fett reaches up and pulls her gag down.

Instantly, Bo Katan begins to speak. "Damnit, Fett. What in the fodrik are you doing here?!? You've no business here, you Clo--"

"Careful, Katan." Fett says, raising a hand up to shush her. "We have business."

Boba steps down the line then to the last prisoner. He reaches up, as Bo shoots a glare at him, only to watch him remove that last mask.

The mask is ripped off the last figure, who just breathes a sigh of relief. He has no gag on.

"Bout damn time, Fett." Cobb Vanth says. "Could you loosen these kriffin' cuffs already?"

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Valeska tilts her head at the last prisoner revealed. Did she hit her damn head too hard again? She takes off her helmet, revealing black hair sweat-matted to a young woman's face. "Wait. The Marshall? When who the drek is that?" Hazel eyes slide over to the silver armoured Mandalorian who has yet to say anything this whole time.

[ Dailo Fett (D)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Stepping up from the way the Mandos fought is a red armored warrior bearing only the Fett sigil and wearing a black back pack. <"Not bad,"> In tones the Slavic sounding Lady Fett who kneels down in the center of the room to lower her pack to the ground. The top opens of its own accord, and a small green head pops out, ears going wide as large black eyes come to view the battle all around.

Dailo lifts Grogu out of the bag and sets him down. Where Grogu goes next is straight toward the silver clad Mando, and Dailo straightens back up, casting her poncho to one side.

[ Fennec Shand (FS)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

As Fett begins to speak, and takes the sad weapon, Fennec regards the prisoners. She begins to remove her own mask, as Katan is revealed. When Katan is told to quiet, Fennec offers her a soft smile. Fennec remained near Katan, even as the others were revealed. No knowledge is betrayed on her stoic face, but she does manage a smile when Dailo appears. "Some reunion," Fennec says softly, loud enough for Katan to hear, in particular.

[ Raissa Taivu (Rai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Raissa gives another nod to Kin-Li, "As you wish." the golden eyed woman states. The black markings on her face easier to see today with the blood loss making her a bit more on the pale side. She gives a look over what is unfolding and there is a moment that her attention is completely taken by the little green creature with the big ears. OH GOSH IT'S SO CUTE! Ahem. She doesn't approach, but she's never seen anything like it before. The older woman then starts to lightly step, heading towards the injured that are in need of healing.

[ Kin-Li Kel (kl)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kin-Li Kel's eyes cast in the direction Raissa's do. His own reaction is hard to gauge, what with the visor down and all, but after a tiny pause, he asks, <What....is that? I've never seen a creature like that. Is it sapient?> His voice trails off, and he quickly moves to catch up with Raissa, keeping two steps behind.

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Hahtavi keeps an eye on what's going on, but he's a lot more concerned about Valeska's injuries and getting a medic for her. But there's Hadrix coming her way. Haht continues to apply pressure to slow bleeding, then steps back when Hadrix is ready. He himself has a little blood that has seeped down from under his helmet and onto his armor.

Once his Al'verde is tending to his clanmate, Haht steps back. Rifle still in his gauntlets, this Kora stays vigiliant, watchful as Boba speaks and uncovers prisoner's faces, Dailo arrives, and a small green fella is set outside of her pack.

To waddle-walk right up to the silver armored Mando who'd arrived with Fett.

Hahtavi doesn't say anything. He observes whatever it is that is unfolding before them all.

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Valeska slow blinks. Once. Twice. "Who the drek is that woman? That cat alive or asleep? Where did Dailo come from? Is that frog walking on two legs?" There's a lot going on and she's not making much sense of it. She follows the little frog's walk over to the silent, silver-armoured Mando; black brows pinching just a little. Gears are turning in her head. Wires are burning a little.

Ah, there's Hadrix and Hahtavi. "We /did/ win, right? Otherwise, I had pictured the March a heck of a lot differently, yeah?" To spare herself some dignity, Valeska opts to hoist herself up on the edge of the long table; letting Hadrix do his field medicine thang as she watches the scene play out.

[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Fae lowers the blade against the nexu's throat, eyes turned towards the damage it had sustained by the lightsaber. Charred skin and fur, but no blood. The dagger presses into flesh enough to dimple, but Fae can't quite press further than that. "There there," she says a final time, and withdraws the blade away it is tapped against the ground once again. -Ting-. The resonance within the dagger dulls to a whine and then vanishes altogether, and it's tucked back into the same strap that she'd retrieved it from. She clips her helmet to her opposite hip, folds her arms over her chest, and moves away from the creature.

The reunion between the small green creature and the Mandalorians on the throne are given a brief glance, but Fae's done what she came here to do. She maneuvers towards the back of the room, covering a yawn with the palm of her hand.

[ Narsai Ordo (Narsai)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Faces unknown, and some she'd heard of. After all, at least one of the Revivers was meant to be related to Bo Katan...even if it was likely as a foundling. Folding her arms, she would offer medical aid but medics seem to be plentiful so instead her eyes turn toward the exchanges and the new arrivals, particularly falling on the sight of the little green critter making his waddling way over to the Silver-armored Mandalorian.

Whatever her expression was, it was hidden away and reduced to simply a tilt of her armored head.

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boba just quietly watches his daughter bring the pack in, and set it down. When its revealed that the child is within it, Boba just nods head once as the boy waddles toward the silver Mandalorian.

Cobb was in the process of talking to that very same Mando. "You know, when you two said to give the armor over, I didn't think you'd put me in these smelly rags. I mean this stuff smells like the backside of a ba--" Even Vantha quiets down as the Mando looks away to the boy, and Vanth does the same there after.

The man in the silver Journeyman Armor walks toward the little green fella, who lifts up his hands. He crouches down, and sets his blaster down on the ground, then picks the child up. Together the two stand up... staring at one another. The kid's face reflect back in the helmet, and his right hand reaching up to stroke the glossy black T-Visor.

Boba looks to those with him, to Val, and the others. He reaches behind his back, and detaches something from his belt. The hilt of the Darksaber. "That..." Boba says, as he turns to walk toward the throne. He sets the dark metal hilt down upon its right arm. "That is the Mandalore."

Boba starts to walk over toward Cobb then, moving to uncuff him.

Bo speaks up then, voice sounding confused. "You're not stealing the throne?" She asks Boba's side profile.

Boba snorts a little laugh as he pops the cuffs off of the Marshall. "Me? Mandalore? No. I'm... just a simple man..." He trails off before nodding to Vanth who rubs his wrists and steps over to pick up his gun.

Boba looks to Bo Katan, who stares at him with such, such confusion. "I was hired to do a job, Princess." Boba says.

"By who?" Bo asks.

Boba points then to the little green guy. "By him. To free his father."

[ Sumi Kora (Sumi)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Sumi pulls off her helmet and slips a smoke between her scarred lips. As the mantle of Mand'alor is passed, so dies the vow to serve Mand'alor Fett. Sumi lets it die in silence as the Princess is made to watch the throne pass on with out her. Striking the flint to spark the flame, she allows the lighter to stay lit long enough to bring the smoke to life then clamps it shut. <"Crusades are fun, aren't they. Who's hungry?"> She steps outside then, intent to find rations back at camp to chow down.

[ Valeska Kora (Val)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Three more very slow blinks and new information is processing. A flick from Boba to the silver Mando, to the green guy, back to the silver guy again, to Boba. Finally, she throws her hands up in exasperation. "Politics, yeah?" This planet has grinded her up into a fine powder and reassembled the pieces. Not to mention the double wallop from the giant, cranky cat. So Valeska isn't in the best frame of mind to put it all together.

But she's getting there. "You were stuck in those mines, too?" Said to the silent man. "Well, I mean... gotta move mountains for the ones you care about, yeah?" Towards the emerald elf-looking creature, she tilts her head. "Sorry for calling you a frog." An adorable frog.

She gives the silver man a dip of her head and grins towards him as Sumi makes the suggestion. "You hungry, Mand'alor? Little get-to-know-ya?"

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[ Fae Renta (Fae)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

"Famished," Fae says to Sumi as the woman walks past her through the doors and outside. The smell of that cigarette is enough to perk the Hapan's head softly to the side. She wants to give chase and steal a drag but, for at least the next few seconds, she remains leaned up against the heavy frame of the door she's leaning against. "...Could go for some chili. Or steak. What was that creature that lived at the bottom of Boba's old palace? A... rakdor? Rankflor? Can you eat that?"

And then the Hapan is pushing off of the door to jog up behind Sumi and, if we're being honest, probably try to steal a hit of that smoke.

[ Hahtavi Kora (Haht)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Raissa makes her rounds to tend to folk's injuries, Hahtavi removes his helmet. He's lucky his neck wasn't broken from the Nexu's blow to his head. There is some blood, mostly from his broken nose when his helm twisted hard to one side. The rest is mostly blunt trauma, swelling and bruising.

If he's gotten a concussion on top of everything else that's happened to him? Great. Been a rough road, reclaiming his homeworld from savagery. Haht finds a place to lean a hip while Raissa wipes at the blood and examines his aching head. He watches and listens, a little confused by his expression.

Pale grey eyes, one natural and one artificial, slip from Boba to the Silver Mando and back again quietly.

[ Boba Fett (BF)]=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Cobb slides his blaster back in to the holster on his pants as he looks around the room at the gahtered soldiers. "Ya'll did good. If any of you want anything on Tatooine, just reach out to me. Marshall Vanth, ya hear?" He says to all gathered.

The silver helmeted Mando looks up then from the green child to the other Mandalorians. "Thank you." He says to them all in an even, smooth, voice. "Yes, I was imprisoned down there while on a quest. I had help.." He notes, looking back to Bo, and her allies, before back to the other Mandalorians. "But ... I have a lot to catch up on."

He turns then to look at the throne, where his eyes linger behind the maxk. He tears them away though as he looks to Boba. "Thank you, Boba." He says evenly to the man as well.

"Of course." Fett states.

"How much do we owe you for this? I'm not sure I could ever repay such a debt." The Mandalore says.

"Of course you can, because it is free." Fett states as he walks past the two, silvery armor, and green pointy ears.

Boba looks to those still here. "I apologize for perceived deception, to all of you. I had to do it this way to preserve their well being." He notes, pointing back to the Father and Son. "You fought like heroes. you fought like Mandalorians. I am proud of you. As will he be." Boba notes before he starts to turn away again. He looks to Cobb next. "WE should get you home, Marshall." Boba states.

"You're not staying?" The Mandalore asks of Boba.

"No." Fett replies. "You have a lot of work here, yet to do. But, I have to get the Marshall home, where he belongs. And besides. My wife is probably going to kill me for being gone as long as I have been." Fett says with a much more grumbly voice there near the end.

This gets a little laugh from Grogu who reaches up and pats the side of the silver helmet of the Mandalore. "Dad." He says in a little happy voice, a big smile on his green hued face.

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