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Hera Syndulla ([personal profile] for_everyone) wrote2018-11-11 10:49 pm

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There's only a small port at Mos Elrey, and Hera had already decided to avoid it. She doesn't want to deal with Imperials looking too closely at their identichips, or local 'authorities' demanding bribes to ensure the ship's protection. The other option is to touchdown outside the city – that's not difficult on a planet like Tatooine, and Hera quickly finds a tall dune in the Western Sea along which to tuck away the Ghost. It's eight klicks from Mos Elrey, the collection of sand-and-mudbrick towers black like shadows along the horizon. Which is the downside – they have no speeder, and so they'll have to walk, leaving them vulnerable to attack by Tusken Raiders, along with whom or whatever else might be lurking among the dunes around them.

Of course, that's only one danger. The sky is clear, now a deep gray-purple that's brightening as the twin suns rise. If they leave too early, they run a greater risk of attracting unwanted company, as the Tusken Raiders in particular were known to ride the dunes at night. Leave too late, and they'll be caught in the dangerous midday heat. They'll have to hope there won't be a sandstorm in the time it takes them to reach city, and that they'll avoid any hidden pits or slips of quicksand.

But to Hera, none of those concerns rival the fact that this blasted planet is ruled by the Hutts.

Chopper, unsurprisingly, is content to stay with the ship. Hera has checked over her blaster, and sheathed her vibroblade, and at the moment is rummaging through one of the drawers under her bunk, the doors to her cabin left open.
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-11-14 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanan, meanwhile, keeps twitchily touching the disassembled lightsaber hanging at his belt, while fidgeting with his canteen.

"Should I get us more water? Maybe I should strap on some more water."
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"No, but -- "

Kanan cuts himself off, thinking about what he could actually do with the Force if it came down to it.

"No, you're right. I'll be fine with what we've got. Though, uh."

He fidgets with his own cloak, which is a lot more gray than any brown color. It helps.

"Never mind."
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Kanan opens his mouth, then closes it again.

But after a moment --

"Mostly I'm reminding myself that we can outrun Hutts."

(Okay, that's a little true.)
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[personal profile] notallofus 2018-11-15 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but if the opportunity arises . . . "

He trails off, a slight shiver running down his spine.

"And, you know, we have an excellent escape route."
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'When', she says.

He can work with that.

Kanan pulls up his own hood, tucking a fold of it over his face to keep the sun off.

"I'll be ready. Shall we?"
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"Maybe he's fallen out of the cargo bay," Kanan grumbles, more for effect than because he really means it.

"You think we should be worried?"
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"You think he could use a new motivator?"

Well, 'new'.

Kanan scrubs his hand over his face as he asks that question.

"Not that it isn't too late for this mission, but next time . . . "
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"Would it also make him react faster to us being in trouble?"

Sometimes it's the little things.
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"I bet he'd do it if you were in trouble," Kanan says, in an attempt to sound supportive and . . .

Yeah, okay, Chopper knows him too well.

"You know they'd do it, too, Chop!" He calls out, because that's much more in the usual vein.

"Jawas would wrestle you into submission in a minute."
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"As I'll ever be," Kanan says, smiling crookedly for a second before composing his face into harsher lines.

Tatooine always seems to require that, and he knows it's not just the harshness of the light from the twin suns.

"Luck's got to be on our side at least some of the time."

(No, it doesn't.)
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Kanan can feel the skin across his cheeks pulling a bit, and there's sand crusted in his throat and in his eyelashes. Heat isn't his favorite, but it's better than biting cold, so he's not complaining.

But he does kind of wish he had brought a second canteen. Maybe there'll be time to refill it in Mos Elrey, but if not, at least he's got half of it left.

And, given that he suddenly has an urge to upend the entirety of his canteen over his face, he is going to stop thinking about water now and focus on the job at hand.

"I'm guessing we'd do better not sneaking in?" he ventures, after clearing his throat twice.

Sand. Honestly.
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"Water would be great," Kanan says, only a little wryly.

"But I guess something stronger would do almost as well."

He's not looking toward the Stormtrooper, but his attention is pretty fixed that way, regardless.
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"So it is," Kanan mutters, resettling his hood around his face -- just to keep the sun off -- and shaking some of the sand off his boots.

"Lead the way."

He'll do his best to keep pace with her, especially as the crowd density picks up. The colors of the awnings get brighter, staking out portions of precious shade for the more well-to-do vendors, while also creating something eye-catching but not painfully bright to draw in new business. Someone stops dead in front of them and begins haranguing a Chadra-fan woman selling power converters and a few other droid parts, while behind her a street food vendor starts calling out more loudly in bad Huttese, trying to advertise his wares over the sound of the arguing.

Kanan scans the area briefly, trying to see what Hera sees, and maybe also to keep an eye out for signs of trouble. It's definitely not difficult to find in a place like this.

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