"I have managed to find a few places where he isn't. And that there's a great bantha that can take me to my destination. Wherever that may be," he says as he gives the crazed preacher a wave as he's pulled away. "If all is lost, that's always an option, I suppose. A crazy option, but I've done crazier."
Kagor & Rufus Streets
As the pair of you move away from the crazy priest you can still hear him yelling to the crowd and slowly his voice fades.
Gotal - Cantina
You overhear others calling the man at the table Puggles. He is a short, fury, with pointed ears, sharp teeth, and a long tail alien. You find out that he is hiring bounty hunters to join up with Kast to head into the waste and track down Talon. They are paying 10 credits a day with 100 credit bonus to whoever finds him. So it seems they have no found him yet and are looking to get more bounties on their team to find him.
Kagor & Rufus Streets
Both of you hear the following conversation.
"Yeah, Heff’s dead," says a low, gravelly voice. "Even a bacta bath wouldn’t help."
"Yep, yep," replies a fast, breathy voice. "Sad to see an oldster make da Final Jump."
Kagore looks around to see who is talking.
Kagore and Rufus - Streets
The name is not familiar to you.
You look around and see the two that are speaking. They are both canine like aliens and seem a bit upset about what they are discussing.
Gotal - Cantina
Gotal slides into the booth across from Puggles, "Rumor has it that you are hiring, what's the job? I could use some credits.."
Rufus glances in their direction as well, but doesn't see a reason to intrude on their grief. He keeps moving.
Kagore also keeps walking.
Gotal - Cantina
Puggles eyes Gotal cautiously. "You don't look like the bounty hunting type. What's your skills?"
Kagore and Rufus - Streets
As you make your way through the city and heading back to space port your passing near the Cantina and you hear a pained scream up ahead. There, in the shadowy alley next to the cantina, you see three figures beating a fourth person. One of the figures steps into the light and you recognize the distinctive armor of a bounty hunter. He pulls his blaster and addresses the beaten person. "You’re gonna tell us what we want, or you’re gonna end up real dead!"
Gotal - Cantina
"I am handy with a blaster and I have good eyes, observational powers are everything. Still, you are right, I am not a bounty hunter by trade. I am a man down on his luck who needs credits though, desperate beings make the best agents don't you agree?
So, who is that your employer is looking for?"
Gotal - Cantina
Puggles grins. "The Hunting party slots are all full but could always use more ears and eyes on the street. If you provide useful information for the location of Adar Tallon you will get paid 50 credits. No need to get your hands dirty just information. he shows you a picture of the man which you already know looks like.
Kagore taps Rufus on the shoulder and nods toward the alley and slides carefully as he can to the nearest wall and cover to try to stealthily sneak up on the bounty hunters.
Rufus rolls his eyes uneasily at the idea of taking on three bounty hunters in an alley, but he loosens his blaster in its holster and follows Kagore, stepping lightly.
Gotal - Cantina
Gotal considers it, "Well, not as good as 100 credits but I suppose beggars cannot be choosers, where is he rumored to be right now? I don't want to come back with a lead you've already heard, that's just a waste of my time... and yours".
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
You both move so silently that they do not see or hear your approach.
Gotal - Cantina
Puggles grunts "Someplace in the sands, definitely not in this awful city."
Kagore gives a silent nod to Rufus as they take up position behind the two bounty hunters not directly in front of the man on the ground. Using deadly precision he thrusts a fist into the base of the man's neck where regardless of armor he might be wearing would be vulnerable to a powerful unexpected blow.
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
Kagore strikes one of the Bounty Hunters right on the back of the head taking him out clean as he falls to the ground motionless.
Only having the most rudimentary hand-to-hand combat training in Imperial basic, Rufus opts to draw his blaster. He thumbs it to stun before blasting the other bounty hunter.
"Hello," he says to the man being accosted. "We'll be your rescuers today."
"Three bounty hunters beating up a man in Mos Eisley? What is the world coming to Ru." Kagore turns his attention of the lead hunter who drew his blaster on the beaten man. He gets a hard squint look in his eyes as he stares the man down. "You have 3 seconds to put that blaster away before I take it from you and end your career. Get the hell outta here." Kagore puts on his best hard case look as he attempts to intimidate the man, readying himself to dodge and attack if the hunter starts moving the blaster toward him.
"Three bounty hunters beating up a man in Mos Eisley? What is the world coming to Ru."
Rufus shakes his head as he trains his blaster on the hunters. "I know. This keeps up, Mos Eisley will lose its reputation as a family getaway."
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
Rufus blaster shot plugs a nice hole in the back of the 2nd bounty hunter and he falls to the ground!
The last one seems to react a bit faster than you after you get the ambush on them and immediately takes off running as fast as he can.
Rufus draws a bead on the guy and takes a shot. Blue waves ripple out from his blaster engulfing him.
Kagore will let the last hunter flee and kneel to help the hurt alien. "You alright?"
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
Rufus blast drops the fleeing Bounty Hunter and he hits the ground with a thump!
No one appears to be rushing into the alley as you consult the alien.
Now that you get a good luck at the person you saved he is diabolical face, razor sharp teeth, and two horns jutting from his bald head.
He nods to you and starts to stand up. "I am Labria — hiccup! — and if you need information, I am — burp! — the person to deal with."
Kagore glances at Rufus as he helps the alien to his feet. "Fortune smiles on you my friend and I were so close but she also smiles on us it seems. We are looking for someone that might not want to be found. Do you think you can help us?"
Rufus smiles and takes the other arm of the alien, but he keeps his blaster out of its holster. No one is coming at the moment, but he feels better having it out nonetheless.
Gotal - Cantina
Gotal grunts, "Huh, so a needle in a haystack then. I hear this is a backwards place outside of the city too. If I were him I would lay down tracks that I was here and then skip offworld. People would be gathering here and wasting their time while I'm several systems away. Alright, I'll see what I can find and get back to you".
Gotal stands and heads out of the Cantina. He turns on his comm, "Rufus, Kagore. Any luck??
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
Based on the way he is sluring words you can obviously tell he's drunk.
"Yea *burp* anything to help *belch* friends! Who yer lookin fer?"
You both hear Gotal's familiar voice in your ears as the alien answers you.
"A man named Adar Tallon. I'm sure its a name you've heard before if your in the information business as you say."
Kagore lets Rufus take the comm call while he focuses on his conversation with this alien.
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
"I dun know the name *hickup* but that name been on lot of lips *burp* lately!"
He tries to gather his breath.
"My employer is interested in the name though and may know more *belch*"
Rufus thumbs on his comm, hearing Gotal. "Hard to say. We may have a lead. I'll let you know if we need to meet you someplace."
Then he responds to the strange alien. "That sounds great. Maybe we can meet with your employer. Who would be--?" he fishes.
"Indeed, who is your employer?" Idly Kagore wonders if this is going to involve the Hutts in any way...
Gotal comms back, "I'll wait where I am now then and just watch and see who comes and goes. When you are done should we meet back at the ship?"
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
"Slag Flats... At First — hiccup! — Twilight you meet me. At — burp!
— Spaceport Hotel. I’ll take you — hic! — to Slag Flats."
Kagore rests a strong hand on the drunk man's shoulder to steady him as he looks him in the eye to confirm his sincerity or if this is some sort of drunken conceived trap for mooks.
"Will you be alright? Its dangerous on the streets right now and more hunters might come looking for you. Perhaps we should come with you to protect you?"
Kagor & Rufus - Street Alley
Labria looks at the 3 downed Bounty Hunters.
"I be ok now thanks to yer fellers *burp*"
He gets himself up and dusts off his cloths.
"Remember, twilight at the space hotel! *hickup*"
"We'll be there."
After they part ways he comms Gotal and meets back up at the ship. After explaining everything Kagore starts discussing plans.
"We should keep Gotal back when we meet him, watching around us for ambushes of other hunters. Plus this alien only knows the two of us so if there is any information to be had here we could always use an ace in the hole."
"I like that idea. And if it doesn't work out, we can always ask the Bantha spirit to guide us," he says with a sardonic grin.
Gotal nods in agreement with Kagore's idea.
"I met with a Puggles in a cantina. He is putting together teams of bounty hunters and sending them someplace in the sands, definitely not in this awful city, as he so eloquently stated.
Is it worth feeding him intel that the man went off planet to try and peel some of our competition off?
For sure they have yet to find him... I hope."
You consult your plans and the first twilight of day two comes to Tatooine. You head to the Spaceport Motel (Rufus is familiar with this place) and you see Labria outside where he said he would be. He waves you over and leads you to the outskirts of town to Tower Ridge. He drives a beat-up speeder bike, weaving drunkenly ahead of your group as you follow.
Kagore nods to Rufus as he begins to follow Labria on foot. He knows that Gotal won't be far behind though depending on where this man leads them he may find it tricky to follow. Still this was the best lead they had and if they were going to have a hope of finding there man before the bounty hunters they needed good intel.
He found himself both highly alert to his surroundings as they traveled and reminiscing back to his days following the clone wars, when he had abandoned the fledgling empire and what it stood for to try to make a new life for himself. He'd ended up on a backwater planet like this one and witnessed what sort of crime ran rampant in the dark corners of the galaxy. Slavery had been one he couldn't ignore. Before he relived the specific memories that set him on the path to joining the rebellion he shook himself back to focus on the present. He had a job to do and he was here to help make sure his current comrades didn't get themselves into trouble in this hive of scum and villainy.
"Where are we going Labria?"
Gotal follows trying to stay out of sight as best he can. He will also keep an eye out to make sure no one else is following his allies and this "contact".
"Ready when you are," Rufus greets the horned alien. He tries to deflate any tension in the air with a grin and a quip, if necessary. He follows Labria along with Kagore to the outskirts.
"Were going to meet Slag Flats *hickup*"
He pauses for a moment.
"Slag Flats is an Ithorian-in-exile *burp*. She has carved a place for herself in the underworld, but not a large enough place to upset Jabba the Hutt."
This man seems to always be drunk.
"She can tell you where to find *hic!* this Tallon. She holds audience *burp!* in the silo."
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Gotal you do not notice anyone following nor anyone seems to be paying attention to your allies up ahead.
Gotal will remain behind and unseen as best he can. If they enter a location he will find an inconspicuous place to watch the entrance from. Occasionally moving so as to not seem as if he is watching. Most importantly, he will keep an eye out to make sure that no one is trying to enter the location where his allies have gone.