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Kuryi Gabriel Saros
Approaching the Smugglers Moon
Approaching the Smugglers Moon
The Art of Battle dropped out of hyperspace near Nar Shaddaa having suffered no interruptions in its trip from the Arami yards. Kuryi quickly ordered the helm crew to bring her into a standard holding orbit and had the Capone readied for departure from its hanger. He also order the comms and sensor crew to sync with the satellite network that Kuryi owned around the planet and download its recent data and see if they could find any trace of a ship that might belong to their person of interest based on the information Kuryi had already. They were also to keep a link open with the network in case Kuryi found himself needing to use the networks capabilities while he was on the surface. His orders given one of the sensor crew spoke up about an unusually number of well armed Hutt Cartel vessels forming into a military formation. Kuryi asked for the image to be relayed to the holo monitor and saw the sight himself for a few moments before the group jumped to hyperspace themselves. What was it the Hutts were up to he wondered.
Leaving the bridge Kuryi summoned his officers to assemble at the Capone in twenty minutes. Ahmbra, Cazador and Eahn each had skills that could be useful no matter which way the situation turned, Miria had her force derived talents and Iella was to have been the original leader of this task before Kuryi had received more information. Adia he was unsure about, originally she was his most able ground commander and he himself had not been planning to go. Now, he was present and had considerably more experience, particularly on the smugglers moon where he and Te-ru had fought as underlings to their former Hutt boss before he was brought down and they struck out on their own. Worst case scenario she could lead the commandos and operatives he was bringing down when separated from himself, after all he didn't plan on taking them inside the clinic they were headed to, he could leave Adia with them outside.
He wondered briefly as he headed for the Capone if he should have brought Te-ru along as well, but dismissed the thought, she had other duties now. Besides Ahmbra had been with them on Nar Shaddaa in the early days, he knew the lay of the land as well.
At the twenty minute mark they were all assembled as per his orders as well as a squad of his Elite Operatives and a unit of Crimson Commandos. The final member of the team was the furry lizard thing that he had picked up on Coruscant, insurance against the target, though it also limited Miria while she was in proximity, a shame but unavoidable. They quickly hurried aboard the Capone and Ahmbra took the pilots station to guide the vessel down to the region where Kuryi's information had told him he needed to go, or as close as they could get at least.
Ahmbra guides the ship down, dodging the ever-flowing traffic to and from the Smugglers Moon. Finding a suitable landing pad in the district with the black market clinic Kuryi had been informed about, the ones closest to the destination were already occupied. After some flying he found one, seeing a freighter heading there as well he gunned the engines and cut off the path of the opposing freighter and landed the ship. A brief, angry transmission came from the freighter as its pilot sought for another spot to land, Ahmbra probably didn't care as he and the others waited for Kuryi what their plan of approach was.
The team assembled in the Capones main hold for Kuryi to tell them what they were about, up until this point he had kept it on a need to know basis and so far only Iella had the full story. “We are here because I have received intel that 'Lord Darkhen' will be buying some highly illegal black market medical equipment from the clinic run by Dr Cox, an unorthodox surgeon that pays Gardukka for protection from the other Hutts and other parties that might seek to infringe upon his independent work.” Kuryi said as his opener. “This 'Lord Darkhen' would appear to be the sith lord that Lady Andrea has asked me to locate, I'm not sure I entirely trust the woman, even after Anaxes, so I'm going to see this Traiserus myself, have a bit of a chat if possible.”
“Thats why you brought the lizard then.” Miria spoke up as she glanced sideways at the ysalamari and suppressed a shudder, she really did not like the creature.
“Precisely, I've seen Lady Andrea fight first hand, if Traiserus is even half as competent id prefer to have some protection.” Kuryi replied before he started giving assignments. “Eahn, you are to carry the lizard and accompany me along with Iella and Cazador into the clinic. The rest of you will remain outside, we don't want to give the wrong impression here but just the same it is an unstable and unpredictable situation, I want you on hand should things turn ugly.” He said before pausing for questions. None came so he gave the order to move out leaving 4 of the operatives with the Capone for security and taking the other six and the five commandos with the team. As they started to leave the landing pad Kuryi turned to Adia and Ahmbra. “Adia, you will be nominally in charge of the backup team, keep Ahmbra close and take his counsel, he knows Nar Shaddaa well and you have little experience here.” The two of them nodded and let Kuryi take the lead while the 'backup team' hung back a little to let the other four move ahead on their way to the clinic.
It did not take long for Kuryi and those with him to reach the clinic, out the front was a clearly jury-rigged neon sign stating the clinic provided various kinda of medical services in aurabesh, the clinic itself looked a little run down with piles of garbage building up to the side of the building. Kuryi was about to check in with the backup group when Adia contacted him.
“We've been held up a little, some fallen walkovers that we've had to go around and we were told in no uncertain terms to turn back at one point for trespassing, we had the numbers to go through them but Ahmbra advised otherwise.” She said over the comms.
Kuryi smiled and shook his head slightly. “We will be heading in, I trust you will be here soon if things fall apart, I doubt they will do so immediately, but all the same try not to be tardy if I call for you. Have Miria keep her senses open as well, lest she sense something is amiss is I haven't called, use your discretion if that becomes the case."
The first thing Kuryi noticed as he opened the door, is that the inside looked a lot cleaner than the outside, or at least it looked like some effort was made to make the inside of this clinic at least the appearance of a sterile environment. On either side of the door on the inside stood a security droid, their heads moving and glowing photo-receptors taking in the arrivals in the clinic. They took note of the weapons but seeing they were holstered made no other action, one made a odd static sound.
A little further up was a front desk lined up with behind it a feminine looking protocol droid with some rust patches. She turned to the new arrivals and gestured, "Welcome to Randy's Aba-" She froze, lights dimming in her photo-receptors and then came back to full after less of a second. "Apologies, Doc Cox's Stitches and Needles, please step forwards and state the nature of the medical emergency."
There was some rustling sound at her voice and in the 'waiting room' two figures who had the air of bodyguards, dressed in a combination of concrete gray and black who both had ignored the seats lined at the wall stood up a little straighter taking in the two Echani, a Twi'lek with a weird lizard on a backpack and the human male.
One of them glancing at a door at the back, where two more security droids stood before his eyes got a neutral guarded look and he resumed observing the new arrivals along with his partner, taking note of the holstered weapons.
Kuryi chose to ignore the droid and waved his people to take their ease while he approached the two men, keeping his hands clearly visible and away from the heavy blaster on his thigh, of the two holdout pistols he carried out of habbit one was tucked into the cuff of right boot and the other in a holster under his clothing near the small of his back, neither were easily accessible without also being noticeable, they were only intended as backups after all. “The two of you work for Lord Darkhen, would I be correct in that assumption?” Kuryi asked the two men in a casual tone that still managed to carry an air of authority with it.
At the mention of that name the two men stiffen even more and put hands on holsters, the flaps already loosened so all they had to do was draw their weapons as they made sure to look at the man stepping forwards to them and his three companions.
Before anything else happened the droid receptionist spoke up again however. "Excuse me, sir. Please state the nature of the medical emergency."
“Thank you gentlemen.” Kuryi said with a slight nod to the two men. Kuryi then turned to the row of seats and took the one near the centre of the row, leaning back slightly and putting his arms over the backs of the two adjacent chairs. “You two look tense, you should relax more, I simply wish to speak with his lordship, we have, shall we say a mutual acquaintance.” he then said, still ignoring the droid.
A look of confusion appears on the two men, sharing a single glance, one focussing on the Echani male sitting down while the other keeps his sights on the three companions.
The droid receptionist meanwhile moves around the desk, holding a medkit and strides towards Kuryi. "Please state the nature of the medical emergency. If you cannot speak or think coherently please gesture to any injuries you may have sustained." It stated as it approached and reached out as if to lift Kuryi's coat to possibly check for injuries.
Kuryi raised an eyebrow and glanced oddly at the droid for a moment. “Persistent one aren't you. There is no medical issue here, I am simply waiting to speak with Lord Darkhen." Kuryi finally answered the droid. “This is a waiting room is it not?”
The droids freezes, its hand almost touching his coat as it considered the new data and then spoke up. "Lord Darkhen, appointment 17:00 local time, currently unavailable in meeting with Doctor Cox, please wait." It then turned around and strode back to her desk, pausing taking in the other three. "Please state the nature of the medical emergency."
"What do you want." Came a new voice, the door at the end open now, two male voices talking, arguing in the back, cut off when the door closed and a woman dressed in dark blue with a hood hiding the upper part of her face strode in and the faltered, shaking her head and frowning for a second before she locked her hidden eyes with the Echani male.
Kuryi smiled amicably at the woman and otherwise showed no signs of getting up from the chair he had made himself comfortable in. “To speak with your... Master.” he said with a little more emphasis on the last word. He could admit to himself he was not entirely familiar with the way the sith ordered themselves, he only had the Lady Andrea to go on as an example after all, but he suspected other sith would likely follow a similar hierarchy and he had paid attention around Andrea and her people. “As I told the muscle, we share something of a mutual acquaintance, He and I”
Kuryi's people meanwhile assured the droid they were just waiting for their boss to conduct his business and that they did not require medical aide.
The woman seemed to study apparent leader of this band that had walked in, the frown still on her lips as she looked around and studied the three others before looking back at the echani male. "I ask again, for the last time, what do you want." Kuryi may have thought he spoke with authority before but the way this woman talked was eerily similar to how a noble would seem to speak to someone beneath her status.
Meanwhile the receptionist droid moved behind her desk, perhaps seeming a tad dejected nobody required her services.
“Let me put it this way little girl,” Kuryi replied, deliberately making light of the woman's passive aggressive attitude. “I am aware of 'Lord Darkhen's' actions in the Tapani sector. Evidently I knew he was going to be here today as well. I know who and more importantly what he and you my dear are.” Kuryi folded his arms across his knees and leaned forward a bit. “I'm not certain I entirely trust the one Darkhen and I are acquainted with so I seek to open a dialogue and learn certain truths for myself. Is that clear enough of an answer for you?”
She remained impassive for a moment and then spoke up again. "Loose the weapons, coat and those armour plated gloves of yours, then we'll see what happens next."
Kuryi tilted his head slightly as he studied the girl. He stayed like this for a moment before standing up and planting his foot with the holdout pistol in the cuff on the small table surface sitting in front of the chairs. “I'll agree to those terms, with one condition. That you remove that hood of yours, I find it especially difficult to trust people who hide their faces.”
She crossed her arms lazily, "My face is not for you to see... Echani." She said with a snort. "And I don't trust people who claim to know a lot, including where lord Darkhen would be at this day and hour. Loose the coat, gloves and any weaponry you have, including concealed ones if you have them." She then looked at the other three present at the desk. "Those three and you the only ones?"
“We four are the only ones at the clinic, despite appearances I am not a complete fool.” Kuryi Answered as he removed the holdout pistol from his boot and tossed it to Iella. He then shrugged out of the coat revealing the flexible light armour he wore under the bulky fabric and continued speaking, “I could have given the information about this meeting to another, I imagine their course of action would have been far less... pleasant.” he said as he reached around smoothly to draw the pistol on his back before tossing that to Iella as well. The gloves and heavy blaster at his hip he left alone for the moment. “A small show of faith my dear. The hood.”
"My show of faith is not shooting you right now, want to continue to dance until your card is full and you are shown the door or will you actually comply with what is asked of you?" She said snarling, shaking her head again.
"You realise my dear that even without seeing your face you are as easy to read as an open book. Subtle shifts of weight, habitual ticks, open displays of emotion, even the untrained can read the later. Your face would be a formality among my people at this point.” Kuryi said sensing that was part of her resistance to his request. Never taking his eyes from the girl he pulled the blaster from his hip deliberately and as with the holdout blasters, tossed it to Iella. “Eahn, Give your blaster to Cazador.” He said as he stripped off the crushgaunts and placed them gently on the chair behind him rather than throwing them to Iella. “As you requested.” Kuryi said with a small nod as he turned his hand palm up and extended them out from his sides.
She froze and glanced at the Twi'lek and then back at the Echani male. "Just you, nobody else is coming.... and what's that... thing, on his back." She uttered, ignoring everything else he had said right now.
“My insurance. You wish me to be disarmed, so too will you and his lordship be similarly disarmed.” Kuryi answered as he beckoned Eahn to come to him. “I told you I am no fool, I have come to talk, I will give up my weapons as fighting is not my intention. I will not however leave myself vulnerable and exposed.” Kuryi said in a tone that made it clear in this he was not budging. “In short my dear, Eahn and the cargo he carries comes too.”
She said nothing as she stepped forwards, patting Kuryi down, making sure to avert her face so he still wouldn't get a good look at her face, seemingly satisfied she stood back and walked to the Twi'lek, shaking her head again, studying the lizard before patting him down too. "Both of you seem clear." She said, perhaps a bit begrudgingly and then gestured. "Come along then." She said taking the lead to the door opening it again once the Echani male and his pet Twi'lek followed her. "Be sure to show the proper respect." She said as she opened the door and walked in, the two 'guests' following after her.
The room looked like most other operating rooms, thought there was some equipment that looked out of place here and there but neither Kuryi or Eahn could place it, though, eyes glancing over two security droids on opposite ends of the room to the sides and at the far end two figures who stopped talking to turn and watch the new arrivals.
One was clearly Doctor Cox, seeing the medical scrubs he seemed to be wearing, although it looked ragged and not cleaned in months. A elderly human male who was frowning, glancing at his droids and then at Kuryi.
The other was man with a unblemished face that must have been cultivated over generations of noble breeding, in fact, to Kuryi it seemed as if the man looking at him was the exact same person he had seen in the holovid of at least 15 years ago. Nothing like the burned and mortally wounded appearance Andrea had informed him about.
Lord Traiserus Darkhen opened his mouth to speak but as Eahn took another last step he faltered, reaching for his head and then within the blink of a eye his appearance changed his head of full hair was now charred and over half burned away. Half his face looked like someone had punched into a half molten candle and started to sag right away, blood pouring out from his face and other similar wet spots forming on his clothes as he fell forwards.
The hooded womans reaction did not falter as she saw this, turning and pulling a blaster as she did, squeezing the trigger at point blank range. Kuryi however could read what she was doing and was just in time to activate his shield belt before she opened fire, the shield soaking up the shots.
“I see why you need the equipment here.” Kuryi said with a surprised look that even his schooled clam did not hide. “Eahn, step back towards the door. Keep me in range but let his lordship alone.” Kuryi added quickly as he made a conclusion as to what was happening. He had gotten the shield up before any harm was done to he or his. So rather than react to the blaster pointed at him, potentially about to fire again. He spoke to Traiserus instead. “My apologies Lord Darkhen, I was unaware your… condition... was so advanced. Nor that my protection would have such an adverse effect. I truly have not come here to seek hostilities with you.”
The woman seemed determined to fire again but froze at the words spoken behind her. "Sylvanna, cease." Lord Traiserus Darkhen coughed and got to his feet, a hand that was a moment earlier blackened and marked with burn wounds smooth once more as he brought it to his face which was also once more whole. He then looked at his suit and clacked his tongue in dismay at seeing the blood stains.
Meanwhile doctor Cox was looking alarmed, his two security droid had raised blasters. "W-w-what is going on!? Who are yo-"
"Doctor, please remain calm and tell your droids to lower those blasters, start packing the equipment I requested and our deal will continue as agreed upon." Came Traiserus's smooth reply.
"I... your woman started shooting and then... who the hell are these people!?" Doctor Cox exclaimed.
With a sigh Traiserus looked at the doctor. "You were saying one did not need special training to use your equipment?" The doctor blinked for a moment and then nodded. "Thank you doctor." Traiserus made a gesture and with a loud snap Doctor Cox's head turned a 180 degrees. The droids did not move at all, blasters still raised. "Do not worry about those he needed to confirm their commands by voice, he is unable to do so." Traiserus said distractedly before turning to Kuryi, "You will tell me what just happened and how you did it." His tone of voice commanding and authoritative, booking no argument from the look in his eyes.
“I can not say I know exactly what happened,” Kuryi replied. “While I have some experience with those that wield the force, I know little of the details behind it. But to guess I would say you were keeping yourself alive with it until you can use these machines to repair the damage a rival did to you.” Kuryi was however somewhat wary now. A wounded animal was a dangerous animal and in his experience sith tended to be highly irrational when wounded and angry as well. He had just killed the doctor after confirming what he needed from him. What would be to stop him killing Kuryi and Eahn upon learning about the lizard. “To put it simply, you were momentarily cut off from the Force.”
Traiserus seemed to think about it when the woman spoke up. "He asked the Twi'lek to step back."
At that Traiserus turned to the Twi'lek in question and then glanced at the backpack with the lizard. "Sylvanna, step closer to me, away from that Twi'lek." She did and then stopped and he nodded. "You had lost it but now you feel it at the back of your mind. Stay at my side and holster that would you, there is no need for hostility clearly." She still had her blaster out and grudgingly obeyed Traiserus, turning around to face the Echani and Twi'lek.
Traiserus meanwhile addressed the stranger once more. "So it is something with that Twi'lek, or the curious contraption and animal on his back. I will look forward discussing that in a moment, for now. You know who I am but who are you."
"He mentioned a mutual acquittance." The woman, Sylvanna, said, speaking up again before lapsing back into silence.
Traiserus frowned and tilted his head. "You know about the force and have experience with those that wield it..." He closed his eyes and let out a sigh, clacking his tongue. "I can take a fair guess of who might it be but please, since you disturbed my meeting, in which I had hoped not to kill anybody I might add, you owe me an explanation, in addition to your name."
“Kuryi Gabriel Saros, of the Saros Outfit.” Kluryi replied with a slight bow. “I have been looking for you for about six months now actually.” Kuryi said before looking at Sylvanna. “I believe you have even killed several of my agents in the Tapani sector.” he added before looking back to Traiserus. “I was asked by our mutual acquaintance to find you with my contacts as I have reach they do not. Their intention is to kill you I believe, I do not entirely trust them however and I make it a point not to get involved in others conflicts without first learning the circumstances. You are not for the record an easy man to find.”
The sith lord allowed himself a chuckle. "As you said, your... our, mutual acquaintance seems to want me dead. So I indeed made a great deal of effort to not be found, especially with the state I am in currently. So who is this fellow acquaintance anyway and perhaps I might divulge some of the circumstances." He asked cordially as he took a few steps forwards, reaching out with a hand, a look of pain on his face as at one point his hand withered and looked burned once more, returning to a unblemished appearance as he pulls his hand back, nodding to himself. "Fascinating."
"You sent a fleet under your son to attack her, Besides that I do not really know what other connection you might have with her. I do not believe she actually trust me either, she refused to tell me even her name when we met, calls herself Tsis instead." Kuryi replied as as he studied Traiserus. Covered by and illusion wrought from the force he was not even sure if what he could see was accurate.
For a moment Traiseurs looked confused and then a look of comprehension appeared on his face. "Ah... I was mistaken. I was under the impression someone else send you. No you are talking about the one in control of a planet I have a interest in, although it is more the interest of a scholar. That pursuit failed so I felt the need to pursue other matters and interests, like the one that brought me here. Self-preservation is a wonderful motivator to get things done. Hearing that she wants to kill me is curious but not entirely unexpected, our kind are not the type to let grudges linger. I myself have a similar weakness truth to be told, but that woman is of no concern to me, no the one she has either a alliance or other partnership interests me, mainly because that one is interfering with my plans in the Tapani Sector." He chuckled again, "I would shake your hand, Kuryi Gabriel Saros but your fascinating lizard will prevent me from doing so." He raised a hand, "But I am not asking you to leave your protection, it is understandable. But yes, I am Traiserus Darkhen, of the Darkhen noble line of the Tapani Sector, and I am here to purchase some medical equipment to save my life. Well I was, the good doctor was rather unreasonable there as you saw and I admit I lashed out a bit too... permanently after I was able to stabilise myself after undergoing the effects of whatever neutralised my abilities to keep myself breathing and walking."
“You seem to have saved yourself some credits at least.” Kuryi said with a passive tone, “Not a small amount either if I understand even half of what that equipment is capable of.” A thought entered Kuryi's mind as he watched Traiserus, one he was not entirely sure about, but it may resolve several issues at the same time. “How adverse would you say you are to losing an arm?” Kuryi asked without making any moves that might be interpreted as aggressive.
Traiserus's response was raising a eyebrow and quickly making a gesture to the woman named Sylvanna who was already reaching for a blaster once more but stopped, seeing the gesture. "Excuse me?" Lord Traiserus calmly asked. "I am sorry but this a rather odd question coming from someone whose motives are as of yet unclear to me. Then again it is a rather bizarre question in general."
“As I understand it you have at least two people that wish to see you dead. Both of which are apparently in alliance with one another. You said yourself one holds no interest to you, And to be blunt I cannot say I care at all about the other as I do not know them. Tsis knows I have been looking for you at her request, were I to bring her 'proof' of your demise she would likely stop hunting you.” Kuryi replied before pausing to let that information sink in a moment. “With this equipment I have little doubt you could graft yourself a new arm along with the other repairs you need to make to that body anyway. And in your favour if Tsis were to share your 'death' with her ally perhaps they will grow bold in tapani and make a mistake you can use to rid yourself of them.”
Lord Traiserus got a odd smile on his face as Kuryi stated the equipment would be able to graft him a new arm. "Hmm, not exactly the case that this machine can graft me anything, but I have a pair of suitable donors." He mentioned, mostly to himself. "A interesting offer for me thus far, you have yet to reveal what you... wish to get out of this."
“Trying to find you has lead me to investigate the Tapani sector rather thoroughly, one thing I noticed was an exceptionally low Syndicate presence in the sector. Outside of the free worlds region it is almost non-existant. As you may have guessed from my introduction I am a relatively low ranking boss within the Syndicate, those who can open up new markets however tend to rise quickly.” Kuryi replied. “Consider it something of a business proposal.”
"Ah, now we come to the heart of the matter." Traiserus said, walking to the former doctors desk and sat down, placing his hands together two of his fingers pointing above his hands, their tips touching as he leaned the magainst his chin in thought. "Yes I know of the Syndicate I also know we, I and some other parties, have done their best to keep them out, mostly because most of the Tapani hierarchy are... shall we say too refined to deal with the likes the Syndicate represents, no offense meant." His eyes glanced to those of Kuryi, taking him in for a moment before he continued. "There is also the fact you seem rather at ease selling out this other business associate of yours, or acquaintance, whatever you use to describe her. And you wish to literally have me 'cost a arm or a leg' as part of this business proposal." He grinned before becoming thoughtful once more. "No I can deal with both of them on my own just fine, you can however make me more curious of this proposal... if you give me that fascinating creature of yours and tell me exactly where it came from, how you obtained it and if there are more."
“I would assume there are more, I find it unlikely that it is the last of its kind.” Kuryi replied casually. "That one came from a company of particularly well trained soldiers with a penchant for black over a year ago now. They had been trained to kill force wielders apparently and one of their squads carried this to assist in that. My people killed the squad, left the creature alive and then I took it for myself when I saw the potential asset it could be.” Kuryi then added as he stood a little straighter. “Considering its value I'm sure you understand that I will not be just giving it to you. Besides, its presently quite lethal to you remember."
He shrugged, "It is but I can still use it. Give it to me and I will arrange for your outfit to get a opening, a foothold into Tapani Space. I am even willing to pay you 2 million credits, along with my arm and a signet ring, my associate, who, as a measure of trust I will reveal this, my daughter here, is carrying for me to hand over to your acquaintance to inform her of my untimely demise. Perhaps we can also see if we can have more interaction or even business in the near future."
“You realise of course for this ploy with your arm to work you will need to drop off the radar entirely, perhaps even to so as far as to have your family announce your death in a public fashion.” Kuryi said. “Having some evidence is all well and good but my associate will need more than one source of information if she is to believe it.”
Traiserus kept smiling and shrugged nonchalantly. "With this equipment and you giving me your fascinating beast a new announcement will come within a matter of weeks, maybe even days of how the current scion of house Darkhen tragically met his end in a unfortunate accident, they will even find genetic material of me at the scene of the accident to verify it was me."
Kuryi watched Traiserus for a time as he considered the offer, it certainly had its advantages, A foothold to open up the underworld market in the Tapani sector outside the free worlds region had the potential to increase his influence in the Syndicate ten fold if he could secure its exclusivity. Handing over the lizard was a potential risk, he had not short sold its value but on the other hand Gris had studied the creature and the backpack it was contained in. The little Ugnaught was certain he could replicate the process should they be able to find more of the creatures themselves. Not that his contacts had made any progress in that regard, but then they were not under strict orders to find them, only to keep an ear to the ground for more information, maybe it was time to change those orders.
The biggest issue he had was the betrayal of Andrea's interests. The woman had given him no explicit reason to mistrust her, his doubt stemmed from simple healthy paranoia towards a woman that was known to have many secrets. The said he did not owe her anything at this point, their relationship was a professional one based around business. Business he had already stepped in in this case by not telling Andrea about this meeting beforehand, something the woman might consider a betrayal in itself no matter the outcome, short of presenting her Traiserus as a live prisoner.
Perhaps there was a way to play both sides however.
“You said yourself you bare my associate no grudge, that your only interest in attacking her was in the location she had set herself up in, correct?” Kuryi asked of Traiserus.
He leaned back in the chair he was sitting and nodded slowly. "I do not, I suppose in a way she probably only bears me a grudge since I assaulted that place. Though if she does want to pursue me, as evidenced by you meeting me, with you stating this associate of yours asked you to help her find me, well I might reconsider her status in my plans. But right now, she is rather insignificant in the greater scheme of things."
“If this deception with the arm any your own 'disappearing act' works, she will have no further reason to hunt you, it is after all difficult to kill a dead man.” Kuryi replied. “I will agree to your terms and give you the lizard with one added cravat, That you cease any and all actions against my associate and her assets from here on out. Whoever her ally is I care not for, but my associate you leave alone, you did after all start this conflict with her.”
Lord Traiserus raised his eyebrows in surprise and then let out a chuckle. "Very well, I accept... but you will only get a million for the lizard then. For the simple reason that I indeed will not try anything with your associate... but I hardly doubt she will do the same, I might be 'dead' but my assets and empire would still stand and if she does, working together with this other pest. I will end her. Because I will not lie down to be butchered Kuryi Gabriel Saros." He stood up, "Shall we shake hands on it like civilised folk?" Traiserus asked, extending his hand.
"Has anyone ever told you that you sound like a bureaucrat, an honest one admittedly but still a bureaucrat.” Kuryi replied as he took a step forward to the edge of the Ysalamari's field and extended his own hand outside its effect towards Traiserus.
Traiserus took it with a smile and shook it, "We have a deal then. So do you prefer cash, cheque or direct wire transfer?"
“Under the circumstances I believe this should be a transaction without record, don't you.” Kuryi answered as he looked at the droids still around the room. “Just as I'm sure neither of us wants any evidence of this conversation to survive electronically.” He added.
Traiserus was smiling as he went to a briefcase, opening it he started counting out several piles of credit chits and gestured at the pile, taking a few steps back. "One million credits, if you could hand the delightful creature to my daughter then I think that transaction is satisfied, as for the droids, let me worry about those, you can make your leave." It seemed the Tapani noble had gone back to his usual manner and dismissed Kuryi seeing no further words needing to be exchanged.
Sylvanna glanced at the Twi'lek and the creature on the backpack and had a visible shudder hearing what her father asked of her.
“Aren't you forgetting something?” Kuryi said without moving towards the credits.
Traiserus clacked his tongue, "Ah of course." He seemed to think for a moment and then nodded, reaching into his robes, bringing out a lightsaber hilt, igniting it to show a red blade. He studied it for a moment and nodded, deactivating the blade and extended it to Kuryi, "If you would like to have the 'honour'?" He chuckled. "You may also take it, for further proof or personal trophy."
“Perhaps I will even learn to wield it, though I understand for those without the force it is a difficult and dangerous task.” Kuryi replied as he took the ignited hilt, tested the weight and adjusted to the gyroscopic effect of the blades field. “On the bright side you have easy access to painkillers here.” Kuryi said with a cold smile as he struck at the arm just below the shoulder. The smell of burnt flesh was once again noticeable as the arm dropped and lost the illusion Traiserus had placed on it. The arm became a charred, necrotic husk with two fingers, including the ring finger missing from it. Spying a roll of surgical plastic wrap Kuryi deactivated the lightsabre and proceeded to wrap the arm up in the plastic. “Eahn, give the girl the lizard.” The Twilek seemed uncertain about the deal but complied without comment.
Traiserus flinched barely, gritting his teeth, the blade cauterised the wound at once. "Oh believe me, I have been in pain for a while, this is nothing." He said through clenched teeth.
Sylvanna handed the Twi'lek a ring and then accepted the backpack with a small shudder.
Traiserus meanwhile touched his shoulder where his right arm was once connected and chuckled, "Such a odd feeling, it feels like it is still a part of me and yet... ah no matter, our business is concluded I believe. For now.... I am sure we will contact each other again. Perhaps if your associate decides to still interfere with my business, no worries I will keep to my deal and not go after her... but as I said, if she is foolishly determined to keep going after me, well, I must respond in some way or another."
“Had you truly died today that may still have been the case, but you will not make the first move.” Kuryi replied as he scoped up the pile of credit chits. The sabre now hanging from his belt and Traiserus' arm in hand, Kuryi simply gave a nod to the sith lord and turned away, heading for the door they had entered through as he motioned Eahn to fall in with him. “Until next time Lord Darkhen.” He called over his shoulder.
As the two of them returned to the waiting room Iella raised an eyebrow. “The lizard...”
“Has found a new home.” Kuryi finished for her. “I have worked out an arrangement with Lord Darkhen.” Kuryi then began retriving the gear he had left with Iella.
“As you say sir.” Iella replied without questioning it, there was little she could do and she did not know the whole story after all.
“Lets find the others and return to the Capone.” Kuryi said as he started for the door, “Darkhen is taking care of things here.”
“And your other meeting ?” Iella asked.
“You will accompany me to that one after we have returned to the Capone.” Kuryi replied simply. As they left the clinic the sound of blaster fire and electronic squeals could be heard as Darkhens people put down the droids.
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A Short Time Later on Nar Shaddaa
A Short Time Later on Nar Shaddaa
Kuryi entered the lobby of the Gundark Pit hotel with Iella a step behind and approached the desk.
“I'm here to speak with a Lady L.” Kuryi said to the receptionist at the desk.
“Certainly sir, room 1138, go right on up.” The receptionist replied with a smile and a gesture to the lifts. Kuryi nodded his thanks and proceeded to the lift with Iella on his heels. A short time later the pair stood outside the indicated door and Kuryi tapped the buzzer
She opened the door after looking through the peephole, inclining her head in greeting as she studied them with light gray eyes. "Kuryi Gabriel Saros and Iella Akura. Thank you for accepting my invitation, please. Enter and make yourself at home." She said stepping aside so they could enter and headed to the rooms living room, sitting down in a chair opposite one she indicated Kuryi to sit down in. "Thank you for seeing me, despite the rather, shall I say, cryptic method of contacting you to gain your interest."
“I was attending to other business on the smugglers moon as it happens, this meeting seemed like a potentially interesting diversion.” Kuryi replied with a slight bow before he moved to the offered seat and sat down. Iella took up a position against the wall behind him and remained silent, every inch the bodyguard she gave the impression of being.
"I hope that other business ended satisfaction for you then." She replied in a courteous manner, "Since I am hosting this rather impromptu meeting I would be remiss if I didn't act like a host, so. Drinks?" She asked.
“I do not drink while on business.” Kuryi replied, dismissing the offer. “An introduction would not go amiss, You of course appear to know who I am. All I have to go by in an initial.” Kuryi followed up with as he leaned back in the seat and appeared to relax.
She looked back at Kuryi for a moment and then stood up, reaching for the wrap that covered the lower half of her face and pulled it back, raising a eyebrow at Kuryi, "You are Echani, are you not? You and your associate in fact, 'read' me as your kind seem to have a knack for doing and you tell me how much you know of me. Or does that only work if you spar with someone?"
“My people are taught that personal combat is the purest expression of the self. As for 'reading' people, Echani are simply taught to be more observant. Are you aware for instance that Twi'leks can have entire silent conversations with each other through subtle movements of their lekku?” Kuryi replied.
She shook her head, "I was not aware, but yes, what is your current observation of me then?"
“Fearless, in the sense that you believe no harm can come to you. Highly confident, bordering on arrogant, likely a contributing or feeding factor for the fearlessness. Quite determined about your objective and motives, yet despite all this you seem to be hanging on for every word I speak. Curious to say the least.” Kuryi replied after a moments study.
She cocked her head to the side and then nodded slowly, "Hmm I had not expected you to acquire that much from a simple visual observation. Quite impressive." She sat back down. "Well then, as for why I arranged this meeting. You and I... share a... business partner of sorts and I am starting to have... concerns about her and would like to know if you perhaps have similar ones. She calls herself Andrea and has some controlling interest in the Kessel spice mines.... I would prefer to remain somewhat anonymous, for now, I will do a proper introduction if I feel I am confident you are perhaps feeling similar, otherwise all you have is a alias she would not know who to contribute it to."
Kuryi watched the woman for a moment, he had wondered who Andrea's other allies were, maybe this was not one of those and more of an associate like himself. Still this was a curious development that he had not expected. “Andrea is nawar'aven, she spins secrets and anyone dealing with her would be wise to be wary of her intentions.” Kuryi replied slipping in a phrase from Ryl into the sentence.
She seemed to consider those words for a moment and then slowly nodded in agreement before voicing it. "Yes, a feeling that she'll want to use you as long as you are of use to her and then discard you if you become useless or something far more worthwhile can be gained from it, do you agree?"
“I've had that impression from time to time.” Kuryi answered. “She was attacked around 6 months ago, I offered my assistance. As I'm sure you are aware since you appear to know quite a bit about me, the fleet at my disposal is not inconsiderable. She rejected my offer out of hand. We have stood side by side in combat prior, yet she displays a lack of trust where any of her secrets are concerned. No matter how small.”
Again she considered the words for a moment before moving, reaching for the bottle she had already on the table when she asked if he would like a drink, grabbing three glasses she poured them, sliding two in his direction as a open invitation to take them if he reconsidered his initial response while pouring a glass of her own and rose it to him in a small salute or toast. "Lady Lena, of the Phindar Black Sigil Syndicate, primarily arms and droid trafficking." She then said as a introduction, but nothing further.
“So you're the one that kicked the Syndicat rats off Phindar around a year ago.” Kuryi replied with a jovial grin. “I have heard of the Black Sigil, my own operations do not extend to that region so I cannot say I have encountered any of its members before, but I have heard of you.”
She stiffened for a moment and then simply nodded again, "Thank you, I admit to prefer a more background role. Circumstances however are forcing me to take a more active and representing role, such as this case." She took a drink from her own glass before setting it down on the table, her eyes closing for a moment. "We were discussing our mutual partner, or associate, Andrea. I assume you are aware of her rather unique status and capabilities?"
“You mean Sith and a wielder of the Force? I'm aware.” Kuryi replied.
"That she is indeed... please take no offense, but, you have no interest in claiming the reward on her head for her being what she is? Or as we stated it seems she rather has a minimum degree of respect and consideration for her associates?"
“Interesting phrasing you have.” Kuryi replied with a raised eyebrow. “But no I have no interest in a 400 year old bounty, there are much easier and less directly risky ways of making money.”
She shrugged, "Well I was wondering, as I said I acquired a great deal of knowledge about you, as a sign of trust I'd reveal the source but my broker wishes to keep his informants secret, I hope you can understand. Among the information I actually acquired a great deal of rumours, among them that you have a lizard creature, a Ysalamiri that can apparently negate a force users power in proximity. A set of Mandalorian gloves that are rather rare, so called 'crush-gaunts' which are made of that particular iron of the Mandalorians that resists a lightsaber strike." She glanced at his gloves. "I also heard of another creature you had, though that rumour is the least considered to be truthful since there are hardly any sightings of it, some kind of creature that can apparently become invisible and also has a resistance to lightsabers?" Kuryi might note that especially when she mentioned the two creatures she seemed more keen and interesting in hearing confirmation about those than the gauntlets.
Kuryi raised a hand and turned it a few times. “Their utility goes beyond resisting a lightsabre really, and few people even know about crush-gaunts enough to recognise them for what they are.” He replied before lowering his hand again. “I actually acquired all three on a job with Andea, she seemed particularly unnerved by the creatures. She also declined to spar with me after the job so that I might test the gauntlets, a shame that.”
She opened her mouth to reply, then froze, staring at the door to the hotel room and stood up, shouting to Kuryi and his associate. "Arm yourselves!"
On cue the door blew open thanks to a small explosive attached to it and through the wreckage came striding two Trandoshans and a Quarren, armed to the teeth, the lead Trandoshan fixing eyes on Kuryi and with a feral smile began to raise his blaster.
Lena didn't liked to be interrupted and after a moment's hesitation she had decided to tell Kuryi anyway what she was so she gathered what power she had in this form and extended her hand, intending to loose a lance of destructive force energies at the three intruders.
Channelling her powers in this limited form was somewhat odd for Lena to do so all she did was disintegrate some of the panelling in the ceiling, the bounty hunters did not seem to notice as they raised their blasters and fired at Kuryi and Iella.
The two echani shared a quick glance as blasters were raised, the two of them had already activated their personal shields at Lena's warning and as the blasters discharged they were already moving into close quarters to retaliate in a far less random fashion, their shields taking the hits as they moved. Iella struck out at the Quarren, aiming to disarm and disable while Kuryi took a more direct approach and activated the more lethal features of his crushgaunts and struck at both Trandosians.
The quarren spluttered in confusion as suddenly his blaster pistol was kicked out of his grip, lunging with the knife in his other hand it was blocked by Iella who disarmed him of that weapon too before delivering a spinning kick to his head that dropped him to the ground, dazed and confused.
Kuryi meanwhile was moving faster than either Trandoshan could track, his hands enveloping the lead Trandoshans head with both gauntlets and with a sickening crack he crushed the poor bounty hunters skull, killing him instantly. The other Trandoshan let out a shrill scream seeing it's hatch brother die this way, the Echani boutny was too fast however, spinning around and moved into reach grabbing the second Trandoshan by throat and squeezed, crushing the Trandoshans windpipe before simply breaking his neck with a light twist.
She calmed down, taking a breath and surveyed the scene, "Well... I guess the word of a bounty on your head are correct?" She asked slowly. Before he could ask or wonder she shrugged, "I am a force user. Another of these sith, very different from Andrea however."
“I did note the lack of lightening from your fingertips.” Kuryi said as he turned from the corpses. Iella had taken some cord from a pouch on her belt and was binding the Quarren, it was possible it might have information that could be of use later. “I have made enemies in the Syndicate unfortunately. One particular not so bright spark thinks he should have been given Annamar when the previous administrator moved up, it seems he holds a grudge.”
"So I see, as for my lack of lightening, not all of my kind use or favour lightning. That is all I can say about it." She shrugged, "Should we perhaps continue this meeting somewhere else? In case more are coming?"
“That would seem the logical thing to do, at the very least someone may be coming to investigate the explosion.” Kuryi agreed as Iella hoisted the Quarren to its feet.
She gestured ahead, "Lead the way, I assume you would trust your own instincts and any safe places you have on this world over anything I would suggest."
"The only place I would truly call safe on this rock is Capone, and that's only because she's mine." Kuryi replied before gesturing to Iella to head out with the Quarren in hand.
Nodding she followed, "Understandable and I assure you I, nor my presence, will impact it's security. I had hoped this meeting would have transpired without any interruption at all."
Kuryi lead the way back to the Capone to find that the team he had left outside the clinic as his possible backup were back aboard already and awaiting his return along with Cujo, his Nighthunter 'pet', its whip-like tail shifting back and forth rapidly when it saw Kuryi, then it promptly vanished from sight upon spotting Lena.
“Relax, Cujo.” Kuryi said to the Nighthunter before raising his voice a little and addressing all those assembled in the main hold. “She is not an enemy.” The troops in the hold went back to cleaning their weapons or armour and Iella entered the vessel with the prisoner in tow.
“I'll stick this guy in the back, Miria and I will interrogate him before we leave.” She said as she pushed the Quarren past a few of the troops. Kuryi nodded and gave Ambrah some quick instructions to stay in the cockpit and watch fro trouble before he turned back to Lena again.
“If you would care to follow me to my office we can converse in private.” He said before leading the way to his quarters aboard the Capone.
Lena looked oddly at where she had seen a animal of some kind before, then it had vanished, that must have been the Maalraas or 'Nighthunter' she had heard about. She was casting her gaze around, taking note of the vessel's interior, nodding to herself when she saw some of the faces and put names to them from what she recalled of reading the information packet she had received. She was snapped out of that when he spoke to her and she followed in his wake.
When they reached the area she looked around, nodding slowly, visibly impressed. "You found a means to combine a place of business and your sleeping arrangements on a ship this size into one room without making it look small or cluttered." She said as she invited herself to take a empty seat and sat down, studying Kuryi once more.
"I am sorry the interruption of those bounty hunters has made me a bit at a loss, I believe I was asking and wondering about you not feeling any ill feelings towards force users... well I suppose if you had you would have me stunned the moment I set foot within your ship." She offered a soft smile, "My apologies if that seems paranoid but we all must be cautious in these times."
"Now then, I think I can safely say that... you and I both share a concern that Andrea will happily see us dead if it means her own agenda is set ahead of anything else... so the main reason revealed that I wished to arrange this meeting, I wish your help to 'remove' her. At least that is, if she indeed intends to betray either of us... that would be undeniable proof that she cannot be trusted as a partner, killing a business associate just to further ones own agenda, agreed?"
Kuryi moved around to the larger chair behind the desk and sat as he listened to Lena. He noticed the slight depression on the wall indented bed and gave a short sharp whistle after lena has stopped speaking. Cujo promptly became visible again laying as it was on the bed with its long neck drooped over the side and his head focused intently on Lena.
“Killing ones associates typically is seen as a bad business decision, specifically by other associates that will begin to wonder if they are next.” Kuryi answered. “It is a tactic the Hutts are fond of however and they seem to get along well enough, of course few people trust Hutts completely as a result. Personally I find it a distasteful practice and a waste of potential.” he then added.
She inclined her head, keeping 'Cujo' in the corner of her eyes, "Exactly my thought, to the Hutts it might be... traditions, culture or just a form of entertainment they apparently like to indulge themselves in but it is a waste to me. So I actually wish to propose two deals. One, things stay as they are, we will just go their separate ways and if Andrea decides to double cross one of us, we will attempt to contact or if at the very least warn the other so they know what they can might expect or we could work together to bring her down."
She paused, letting that sink in before she laid out the details of her more ambitious plan. "The other offer I have is... I do not know how much you know of the sith but we generally have a view of... might makes right I suppose, to lay it out in a manner so you may understand what I mean. If say I serve Andrea but I see how her actions and decisions bring the whole collective down, it would only be natural to assume command over her, either by removing her completely or, if she is willing to see reason be put into a position of lesser power and perhaps serve me instead. I would like you to help me if that happens... not with ships, troops or anything... merely by not interfering at all if she were to think to ask you for help if that were to happen. I can assume you are a man of business so I would offer some of my services."
"Namely that I can perhaps find out the whereabouts of who put that bounty on your head, this rival of yours who would like to see you dead. I don't know if you asked her to look into it to help you or if she perhaps offered but from the look of things if she does, she has not given any reliable intelligence. I however have probably better contacts than she has... as evidenced with the amount of information I gathered on you, information Andrea herself lacks."
“So basically you want me to tell you if she acts suspicious and stay out of your way of you decide to make a move on her then.” Kuryi replied summing up what he had gotten from Lena's proposal.
She nods, "That is what I am saying, yes. My apologies if it seems long-winded." She smiled, "I actually don't talk as much, it is rather... refreshing. I admit I might not sound too trustworthy by showing some designs of working against her and usurp her position but I have no intention of killing her, unless she gives me no other choice."
“I imagine Andrea would see it somewhat differently... even without killing her.” Kuryi replied a little hesitantly. “Your proposal does have some merit however, as you surmised Andrea has been of little assistance in locating my rival. I know his name, that he is devaronian and that he holds a similar position to myself within the black sun though, enough to believe he should have been made administrator of Annamar. Since the failed attack on Annamar he has retreated to the shadows and has been of little hindrance to my operations lately, I do not expect that to hold for long before he makes another grand push however, those hunters may have been simply the tip of the asteroid.” Kuryi explained. “All of this I have obtained through my own sources, Andrea has only been able to confirm he is a Devaronian.”
She blinked and chuckles, amused. "I see, yes I know she has been distracted of late, perhaps that is the reason, or she is not putting as much effort into it. I am willing to let my people look into matters however, at least if you agree to one of my propositions, or perhaps both of them."
She mulled something over, not sure if she should mention it but then she shrugged to herself, seeing not too much harm to her current position. "I have to confess... once you made planetfall and my agents knew you were here I had you tailed, just in case for my own protection. I was surprised to hear you were actually going somewhere else on this moon. Since I actually thought this place, while a good meeting point would already be dangerous for you due to the bounty on your head. But to hear you were meeting someone else... and going there with your Ysalamiri and coming out without it... may I ask why? Since you did admit to not trusting Andrea and you also said those creatures, that one in particular, distresses her greatly and yet you have... left it behind? Or perhaps even traded it in for something."
“Followed me? I suppose I should have expected that since you appear to know so much already.” Kuryi replied with a raised eyebrow. “Interesting suppositions you have there. Other options may be that I loaned the lizard to another associate, or used that meeting as a pretext to transfer it to a hidden location, im sure if we were to sit her long enough we could come up with hundreds of possible reasons I did not return with the lizard from that meeting.”
She shook her head and gestured to Kuryi. "That animal is arguably the most worthwhile means at your disposal if Andrea intended to kill you. From what I have learned about you, you are definitely not a fool or by no means unintelligent. If a associate needed some means to deal with a force user you would probably have loaned out your crushgaunts or perhaps even Cujo here but not that lizard, moving it makes no sense either since it has a radius around itself so moving it to a hidden location away where it can protect you is... difficult to believe. Especially considering it is your only one and its homeworld is a place of mystery, trust me I have put considerable effort in finding that world so I know."
She shrugged, "If you do not wish to tell me, I cannot force it out of you, which some of my kind have that kind of power, which would also be nullified by that creature. But yes I suppose there can be a myriad of reasons, it is just rather strange to me."
“If Andrea truly wished to kill me I doubt she would try it in person, she would expect the lizard after all since she is aware I acquired one, It was not for her sake that I had kept it around so far.” Kuryi replied before moving on to the later portion of what Lena had said. “ Since you are aware of what they can do and their potential uses have you tried harvesting them yet, assuming your efforts proved fruitful.”
She rose a brow, "Excuse me? I said I put a lot of effort and resources but I do not have the specific coordinates of the world. No matter, I suppose if I am curious I will investigate it further on my own, unless you prefer not to." She let that hanging for him to reply. "Otherwise I am still waiting for a answer to my proposition."
“I would prefer my private business stay my own, yes.” Kuryi replied in a no-nonsense tone before continuing in a more even tone as they had been conversing in already. “My apologies if I was mistaken, but you have still not actually denied knowing where to find ysalamari, whether you have or not however if you should wish to harvest them for your own use, I know how to do so safely while avoiding complications.” Kuryi added as a hypothetical proposal of his own. “As to your proposal I do have a question.” he then added. “Should I agree to it, and Andrea learns of the arrangement, if she then decides that it is a betrayal and moves to act against me, what actions would you take?”
She tilted her head, amused. "She would not learn it from me or my agents... because none beside myself know this meeting is happening, or what is being discussed. So if she does you are on your own... unless you contact me openly of course then I am forced to take action and if she also moves against me at the same time."
“You are aware you openly walked aboard my ship on the smugglers moon of course. Unless you are claiming that you are one hundred percent certain Andrea has no agents on Nar Shaddaa that my have potentially witnessed that, as far fetched as it might be, you cannot claim with complete certainty that no leak may come from you. Neither of us got to where we are by being overconfident in our capabilities I'm sure.” Kuryi replied before leaning back and being silent a moment.
He did not let that moment stretch for long however before he spoke again. “As it stands however assuming you can provide a secure method of contacting you should the need arise I see little reason not to agree to this. After all if Andrea does not act against either of us then the agreement simple becomes an ultimately unnecessary precaution, should she act against either of us then it instead becomes a prudent precaution. A win-win situation if you would.”
She just smiled again, "Andrea does not pay the attention she should in this region space, besides Kessel it seems... that and she herself has trouble recalling my face. We have a agreement, or rather a precaution in place." She reached into her clothes and came out with a datapad. "The frequency and dates of a secure line and when I listen in on those, if you provide me with something similar then I think we can conclude this meeting."
She just smiled again, "Andrea does not pay the attention she should in this region space, besides Kessel it seems... that and she herself has trouble recalling my face. We have a agreement, or rather a precaution in place." She reached into her clothes and came out with a datapad. "The frequency and dates of a secure line and when I listen in on those, if you provide me with something similar then I think we can conclude this meeting."
Kuryi turned to the workstation on his desk and started inputting codes and data to assign a frequency in his network for Lena to use before setting up a DNA locked dropbox for messages to be left in should he not be monitoring the frequency at the specified times. After a few minutes the work was done and he transferred the details to the datapad after copying Lena's directions to a similarly encrypted file on his workstation. “Here you are.” He said, handing the datapad back. “Remember what I said about the Ysalamari too. Should you become aware of their location I would be willing to share my knowledge, in exchange for access to more of the creatures for my own use.”
She took the datapad with a smile before putting the cloth back in front of her face and stand up. "If I learn of anything in regards of that I will consider it." She paused, "So I shall take my leave, unless there was anything else? You have a bounty hunter to interrogate. Speaking of that, you did not reply to my offer of finding out more about this rival of yours, this Devaronian... well you agreed to my initial proposal so I have a new offer in regards of that, how much is that information worth, credits wise, if I happen to stumble across more about this rival? Depending on what I uncover of course."
“That would depend on the quality of the information stumbled upon of course. The more use it is in eliminating them as a threat to my operations, the more it is worth to me, simple.” Kuryi replied.
She nods, "I agree, well then, perhaps we meet again, or perhaps this will be our only meeting. I wish you well." With that she inclined her head and saw herself out.
Kuryi leaned back as Lena left his quarters and signalled his people to let her proceed without interruption. Time would tell if the deals he had made today would be profitable or costly, one never rose in business without taking a chance or two however.