Surrender (D7, EM, Ivory Phoenix)

[Cefey Raneth]

"Well, it was nearly him in a hospital," she murmured, leaning against the wall. While she normally wouldn't be for turning anyone over to the Empire, she was angry and frustrated with the situation. "Our holding cell is fine for now, but we can't keep him here for an extended period of time."

[Kai Wryssald]

Kai had a few things he could say on the matter, but he kept silent. They weren't keeping him here, and if they wouldn't turn him into the empire, well it just meant a quick death and a shallow grave for the fellow. Put him in the right spot and the manka cats would take care of the evidence. At least enough of it for people not to come looking for them.

[Dartris Ribmatt]

"I'll think of something. Until then, I'll just give you the bounty debt for now for your efforts. We'll settle up once things come back to normal and can properly turn him in. Until then, I'll arrange somewhere else to store him, but it won't be as quick as I'd like. If you could just keep him here for a day or two, that would work.

He looks over to Kai and nods. "Alright then, lead me to him and let's get this taken care of. Probably best to give those two a little bit of time away from each other so they can both calm down." Not to say Kai didn't look like he needed it too, but of the two, he cared more about Fey's emotional state than Kai's.

[Kai Wryssald]

"I don't like it." Kai offered after a moments thought.. "The man's got friends, otherwise you wouldn't need us to be quiet about all this, added to that it forces us to stay, even if we can get our captain back." A frown was on his features as he looked the other man in your eyes. "I understand we took a job, and you're making good on it when you don't have to. but my first concerns are for this ship and the ladies on it. Keeping this man on the ship endangers them and it."

He started off towards the holding cells. "Just figured you should know my feelings on it, and if you know this fellow, you should explain to him that if he causes trouble for us I'll slice his belly open and toss him into the middle of duskeen forest still living."

[Honorordeath]

Meanwhile someone approaches the ships entrance.

[Dartris Ribmatt]

He turns and smiles knowingly at him. "No, it has less to do with his friends and more to do with where he was." As he begins to walk down the hallway. "The leader of Providencetown isn't one to mess with, son. You have to go thru him to collect a bounty, and well, he doesn't like unapproved bounty collecting of any kind. Pays the local Sector Ranger quite nicely to enforce this rule, in fact. So what you did, if you got found out, would probably lead you to some bad times. If they found out I was behind it, well, I'd have even more questions to answer than you. Questions I am not ready to answer just yet, you see. Which is why discretion is key...which you managed to do, so good job on that. Just gotta keep this quiet and not have anyone find out about it for the next day or so and we're all in the clear."

He shakes his head. "He'll listen to me more than he'll listen to you, if he knows what's good for him. Your idea is quaint...but it's not the worst thing you can do to a man who won't take the hint." Looking upon the white-skinned bloody, beaten bruised man, he laughed. "Man, you really did a number on him."

[Cefey Raneth]

They knew that. It's why they had extra pay for this part. Fey crossed her arms in annoyance - keeping this guy that long wasn't part of the deal, and she didn't want him onboard the ship. He was a slippery customer, and it was probably cause all sorts of trouble.

Dump him with the Imperials. I don't care... Babe will know what to do when she comes back. She hated feeling so aimless without Jelna around.

"Well, he did bring that on himself," Fey wasn't too troubled by the man who had gotten his nose bloodied. "Door can't be opened from the inside, so you'll have to call when you're done."

[Kai Wryssald]

That answered a few questions, and just made the job a little less worth while the unit already seemed to be.

"I punched him once." Kai offered simply. "Not my problem if he has never stepped into the ring." He paused a moment. "Fey is the one that shot him."

[Dartris Ribmatt]

"Well then, didn't realize you were such a good man with your fists. Used to be one myself back in the day." Ribmatt smiles and nods polite. "But yeah, don't you worry about him and me. Just try not to forget about me, eh? Can't say I've had too many fond memories being behind a cage, and I'd rather not relive them." With that, he gives a small chuckle and waits for the gate to be open. "Don't suppose you have a stimpack on you, do you?"

[Kai Wryssald]

Kai handed over one of Drune's to the man. "It was his, he might as well get some use out of it." Kai replied as he opened the door, eyes on the man within the cell. If he made any funny moves, well, Kai was ready.

[Dartris Ribmatt]

Walking into the cell, he looked down on at the unconscious body on the ground. Placing his hand on the stimpack, he jammed it directly into the poor bastard, which stunned him up well enough to consciousness. "Drune, you've seemed to have made your hosts angry. That's not the smartest thing to do."

[Flession]

Drune started to cough up a lung, stunned to see Ribmatt out here and not a Imperial office. "Ribmatt! Yo-you...you mean they're..." He looked over at the two of them with a glare. "They're your hires?!" He paused and laughed nervously at the revelation. "Oh man, you...you nearly gave me a heart attack." He placed his hand over his heart. "Thought they were part of that crew that came here. Oh man..." He continued to lay on the ground, motionless. "How long have I been out?"

[Dartris Ribmatt]

"Bout a hr, I think?" He looked over at the other two, as if to check. "Now Drune, I didn't wake you up just to give you some perspective on your attainment. I woke you up because these nice people were fixing to kill because you insulted them. Now, I understand wanting to attack them cause they were going to attack you, self-defense comes with the risks. However to insult these people who are going to keep you safe until I can properly get you out of here isn't the best way to make sure you survive until the next morning. They're going thru a really hard time right now. Captain's been captured, another crew member's gone silent, it's just the two of them right now. And I would like to hire these two people to keep you safe until I can move you from here to a safe place."

His tone was like that of a father talking to a child: A sense of sterness mixed in with a gentle nature. "But in order to do that, they're going to need to know you're not going to cause any trouble for them. They need assurances that you'll not cause them any worry. So I want you two things for you, Drune. First, I want you to be on your absolute best behavior. I want them to forget until they bring you your food and water and then forget about you until the next time they have to do that. I don't want you to cause not a scrap of trouble for them. Cause, and I really do mean this, Drune, but yuu might be able to sneak away from them, Drune. I know you got the skills to do it. You're a good man in your field. But there's not a change in hell you're gonna sneak past me. And I won't kill you for it Drune. No, no...I'll make sure whatever years you have left in that body of yours is one of pain and anguish. I will make it so by the time your old age kicks in and your soul leave to whatever lies beyond this mortal coil, that it's leaving from a husk of whatever is left from your body. Don't think there's a damn person left on this planet who will stop me from doing it, too. And you know I'll do it too, don't you, Drune? I'm a man who never makes a threat; I make a promise." He paused and stood up and looked at the others with a calm look on his face and nodded before looking back down to Drune.

"I don't like being the bad guy here, but I won't have you risk these people or myself for some small glimmer of hope you get off planetside. Now, do you understand me?"

[Flession]

There is a look of absolute fear as Drune shook his head in agreement, not really saying anything to his comment.

[Dartris Ribmatt]

"Good. And the other, well...that's rather easy. I think you owe these two a apology for your harsh words earlier in the day. Kai here is quite protective of the pretty lady over there, and she's hurting more over than she's letting out. You can just stare at her and see she's in a mood. Now, I can speak from personal experience that a angry Twi'lek isn't the thing you want to be anywhere near. So maybe you should try to smooth things over with her before she decides to use you as a outlet for her feelings."

Grabbing his body from the floor with just his cybernetic arm alone, he got him to stand up and hold him steady. "Now, we apologize on our feet where I come from, so I'll hold you steady. Maybe so maybe start with the more dangerous one." He pointed over to Fey with his free hand.

[Flession]

Drune stars at Fey, giving himself a moment to let the blood come back to his lower body after lying down for so long. There was a long moment of silence from him as he began to collect his thoughts "Honey..." He looks over at Ribmatt before looking back at Fey. "Earlier I said some things I should not have said to you, it was out of anger and fear that you were working for the Empire. I see now that I was wrong in this, and even though you shot me twice, one for no good reason..." He looks bitter about that, to be sure. "I know the second one was because what I said hurt you...even though you tried to capture me cause you thought I was sleeping...even I had the decency not to do that to you......so please accept my apology for how I treated you this morning and please allow me to stay here. I will not do anything to make you regret this decision."

[Cefey Raneth]

The twi'lek considered for a moment shooting him again, with the stun-set on still, as the guy was painting himself in quite an innocent light when they all knew he was far from it. Still, if this made the guy behave and not cause any more trouble to them than it already was... well, they had done all this work for the money, it would be a shame to ruin it all now, right?

"Apology accepted." She had no intention of apologising herself of course. "No need to make this anymore difficult right now."

[Dartris Ribmatt]

He smiles to Fey and turns to Kai. "Now to him."

[Kai Wryssald]

They were going to have to apologize now? Well might as well be honest about it, well mostly honest. "I'm sorry for threatening to cut open your belly and feeding you alive to Nexu." There was a moments pause. "And for considering breaking your jaw just a moment ago when you called Fey, Honey."

"Not sure if this fellow." He indicated Ribmatt. "Wants me to apologize forbreaking your nose, but to me that's my job, and if apologize for that, I may as well apologize for taking the job altogether. Which is my mind a bit of a insult." There was another nod and he fell silent. Apparently done.

[Dartris Ribmatt]

He gives a bold laugh. "I meant for him to apologize to you, but hey, if you want to apologize as well, let's get the feeling all out." Ribmatt looked over at Kai and rolled his eyes.