Game: An Unpaid Debt

[Blackferne]

Wait, is it 10:50 now? Bulwark hit snooze and slept for 2 hours?

It is 10:50am. Either check in or I assume you don't want to go to the auction. I'm prodding this along as aggressively as I can.

[Dood]

Dood and Bulwark arrive at the whateverthethingis.

[Furiel]

Klak looks at Tony. He's no worse off than normal.

"Seems your night was not as harsh as I expected." Klak motions towards the door.

"Lets grab seats and see the others as they come in. Try to look like you didn't do what I think you may have done last night."

Klak heads into the room hoping Tony follows.

"I assure you I did not do what you think I did last night." Tony says following Klak. "However I'm quite confident that my activities late last night could prove to be quite beneficial down the road. But now is not the time to discuss those. Lets see what our Bothan competition and his partner are up to"

[Whiteness]

Jokull shows up at 10:55, looking closely to see if he recognizes any of these sentients from last night. He also tries to stay behind the rest and remain unobtrusive.

Perception Roll(1d20)+12: 16,+12 Total:28
Stealth Roll(1d20)+15: 3,+15 Total:18

[Blackferne]

The clerk leads the group to a large room with many chairs arranged in a semicircle. A clerk takes a waitress takes any drink orders anyone might have. After a few minutes a well dressed man wearing a jacket and slacks bordering between formal and casual dress enters the room. He has a broad smile and a slightly peppered beard. His arms sweep wide out as he walks towards the semicircle.

"Welcome my guests. I trust that you all have found your stay enjoyable," he glances at Tony and pauses a beat"or at least comfortable" glancing at Dood with a smile.

"No doubt you are all eager to get down to business and find out why you were all sent here to this auction. Well first I want to ask a small, but relevant question. Are you all familiar with the Katana Fleet?"

[Feel free to wookiepedia it, but it was a major news stories shortly before the clone wars broke out a few years ago]

[Dood]

Dood arches an eyebrow.

[Furiel]

The clerk leads the group to a large room with many chairs arranged in a semicircle. A clerk takes a waitress takes any drink orders anyone might have. After a few minutes a well dressed man wearing a jacket and slacks bordering between formal and casual dress enters the room. He has a broad smile and a slightly peppered beard. His arms sweep wide out as he walks towards the semicircle.

"Welcome my guests. I trust that you all have found your stay enjoyable," he glances at Tony and pauses a beat"or at least comfortable" glancing at Dood with a smile.

"No doubt you are all eager to get down to business and find out why you were all sent here to this auction. Well first I want to ask a small, but relevant question. Are you all familiar with the Katana Fleet?"

[Feel free to wookiepedia it, but it was a major news stories shortly before the clone wars broke out a few years ago]

"Quite familiar" Tony says in a skeptical voice

[Blackferne]

"Oh I couldn't believe it either, Mr. Plush. If I hadn't seen with my own eyes I'd just as much dismiss claims to have found it as well. And knowing that I have brought a navigation recording unit from one of the ships of the fleet. It is your standard ship recorder giving galactic coordinates of the fleet as they sit listless in space. That is what the auction is for. The recording unit from the navigation system of one of the ships." He takes a sip of a drink laying next to his chair "And then your various employers can use it to go do a proper retrieval of the ships to aid your faction."

[Whiteness]

Jokull laughs, That is what you've called us here for? I should have kept my nose out of this and let you con these fine gentlebeings.

He shakes his head in disbelief.

[Whiteness]

But since I have stuck my nose in, I'll ask what everyone is probably thinking. How are we to believe you found the Katana fleet?

[Blackferne]

Jokull laughs, That is what you've called us here for? I should have kept my nose out of this and let you con these fine gentlebeings.

He shakes his head in disbelief.

Joonhali looks at you with the jovial tone dropped "Mr. Frostasson if you have no interest in the auction you are free to leave. I allowed you a seat out of respect to your employer. But I do ask that you afford me the respect I deserve."

[Blackferne]

Mr Joonhali ignores your 'follow up question' clearly fuming at the insinuation of fraud.

[Furiel]

"Oh I couldn't believe it either, Mr. Plush. If I hadn't seen with my own eyes I'd just as much dismiss claims to have found it as well. And knowing that I have brought a navigation recording unit from one of the ships of the fleet. It is your standard ship recorder giving galactic coordinates of the fleet as they sit listless in space. That is what the auction is for. The recording unit from the navigation system of one of the ships." He takes a sip of a drink laying next to his chair "And then your various employers can use it to go do a proper retrieval of the ships to aid your faction."

Perception: 1d20+14: 13+14=27
is he lieing or does he actually believe he's found the Katana Fleet

"Are we allowed any kind of examination of the evidence prior to bidding?"

[Blackferne]

@Tony

If he is lying you can't detect it.

"Oh but of course. The unit is locked in one of my vaults. I will arrange for us to have a viewing of the unit and allow some moderate inspection, the datacore will have access restrictions in place naturally, so you can confirm it was from the fleet. The scavenge community has been searching for this fleet since it jumped 9 years ago, so most of the technical readouts are widely available on the net, serial numbers included." Joonhali says returning to his pleasant smile.

[Whiteness]

Jokull casts Mr. Plush an amused look, "Hey Mr. Plush, if you're interested in that, I've got a space station the size of a small moon for sale"

I can't believe anyone is taking him seriously

[Blackferne]

Joonhali motions to one of the guards who comes over to Jokull. "I'm tired of your insults Mr. Frostasson. Guards please escort Mr. Frostasson to his quarters to gather any items then take him to his ship."

[Whiteness]

Hang on now, I apologize for any perceived insult Mr. Joonhali, but how do you expect us to believe this story? As you said the serial numbers and technical readouts were widely avaiable, this unit could easily have been faked. And that is just one of many questions I, and I'm sure these fine gentles, have. Again I'm sorry if I insulted you, but..the Katana Fleet? That's a lot to take in in a moment

[Blackferne]

Hang on now, I apologize for any perceived insult Mr. Joonhali, but how do you expect us to believe this story? As you said the serial numbers and technical readouts were widely avaiable, this unit could easily have been faked. And that is just one of many questions I, and I'm sure these fine gentles, have. Again I'm sorry if I insulted you, but..the Katana Fleet? That's a lot to take in in a moment

"Thus the inspection" Joonhali waves off the guards "If you can stop trying to muddy the waters here, it will all be obvious in good time."

[Furiel]

"You'll have to excuse me for a moment Mr. Joonhali, but what exactly is our loudmouthed, disrespectful and ignorant friend here's business is it anyway? It was our understanding that there were to be 2 delegations here. He is not a part of mine, nor does he appear to be apart of the Republic delegation." Tony says motioning to the Bothan and human. "So again, why exactly is he here?"

[Whiteness]

Of course, Mr. Joonhali, please excuse me

Jokull looks around to see how many guards there are, guards that seemingly came from nowhere...

Perception: Roll(1d20)+12: 17,+12 Total:29

[Whiteness]

Well Mr. Plush, it seems as though your information is..lacking. My sources made no claims that Mr. Joonhali limited his invitations to just your two parties. Now, I believe there have been enough interruptions, may we let our host continue?

[Dood]

Well Mr. Plush, it seems as though your information is..lacking. My sources made no claims that Mr. Joonhali limited his invitations to just your two parties. Now, I believe there have been enough interruptions, may we let our host continue?

Dood looks around.

"No, Mr. Plush is right. Who is this person and what part does he have to play here? I can certainly understand why the four of us are here, but this particular person can only represent criminal interests - which is something I find rather troubling considering our current discussion."

[Blackferne]

@Jokull There are four armed guards in the corners of the room.

@Plush

"Originally the auction was intended to be between the Republic and the Confederation, but Mr. Frostasson's employer is an old contact whom asked to be included. I advised that it might be out of his price range, but assurances were that Mr. Frostasson's employer wanted a vested interest in the outcome of this auction and persuaded me to add one seat." Joonhali says. "Speaking of price range I am opening the bidding at 711 million credits. I figure I should put that out there now before anyone gets in too deep so they can report back to your masters about the pricetag attached to this item. I will of course have all payments put into an escrow count by impartial observers to protect both myself and the future buyer, from any mishandling of the sale."

[Whiteness]

Mr. Joonhali, I don't want to cause any more issues, please let me know when it would be..'appropriate' to ask any further questions about this sale

[Dood]

Mr. Joonhali, I don't want to cause any more issues, please let me know when it would be..'appropriate' to ask any further questions about this sale

Dood looks directly at Jokull

"The sale you tried to warn me is some sort of elaborate trap?"