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[velocitygirl]

The holidays were over, so Lilly was on Coruscant with Inyri.

Inyri had...vaguely gone over what happened with Wes by waving it away mostly and booking them a hotel on Coruscant. The first few days were well needed relaxation (this place had a spa) and general clothes shopping.

It's safe to say that Inyri may have spent most of her pay on new clothes. (Everything she already owned was too kriffing happy she decided. So was her general appearance. And she had to buy more cigarettes.

Really needed more of those.)

She'd left her commlink off the entire time so far. She didn't want to deal with Wes, whether he was calling because he realised he was a kriffing asshole or because he wanted her to get her stuff.

At this point in time, he could suck it.

"So," She calls to Lilly, as she pads around the hotel room, looking for clothes to wear. "Bar tonight, right? Drinking? It's a good thing."

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[awesome_lilly]

"It's an awesome thing," Lilly replies, sprawling on the bed as she rummages through her purchases.

"What kind of bar? Dive, dressy, something else?"

This is essential knowledge for clothing selection.

[velocitygirl]

"Let's go for dive." Inyri says, pulling out a shorter skirt, holding it up. "I'm not in the mood for expensive drinks. There's a few a couple levels below this one."

She moves to find a shirt too. "If you don't mind, that is."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly debates between a pair of tight jeans she'd packed and a new skirt of her own.

"Nah, dives are fun. Do you guys have pool in this universe? I could hustle our drink money."

[velocitygirl]

"What's...pool?" Inyri asks over her shoulder. "You should play sabacc. But we're pretty. We'll get all free drinks anyway."


:D

She moves to go get dressed, quickly, so she can spend more time on makeup and hair!

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly slips into the jeans and the spike-heeled boots she'd worn at the Christmas party.

"Sabacc? Why does that sound familiar?"

She pulls out a few tops.

"Hmmm. See, I need to find a shirt that guarantees free drinks but doesn't mean nonstop harassment. It's a fine line."

[velocitygirl]

"Low cut, but not midriff showing." Inyri says, turning to straighten her own low cut shirt. She rummages around in a bag, before pulling out some boots of her own.

[awesome_lilly]

"Good call."

Clearly Inyri knows her territory. Lilly approves.

"I'll take some of your wacky 'credits' too just in case, though."

[velocitygirl]

Inyri snorts, before pulling credchits out of a little baggy. "Here. That's a lot, so don't flash it around."

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh, I changed money at bar," Lilly said, pulling out a small purse.

From where, the narration refrains from saying.

"She's better than American Express."

She turns to the mirror and surveys herself critically.

"Okay, I look hot, you look hot, let's go ignite some lightsabers."

[velocitygirl]

Inyri grins, grabs Lilly's hand and marches them down to the lift.

The bar Inyri has in mind is mid-level. They're on the higher levels, so it's a cab ride and several more lifts till they get there.

When they get there though, it's pretty worth the effort. It's a hole in the wall sort of place; dark and the music pulses, but the drinks are good and the people aren't too unsavoury for the most part.

"Ta-da. S'not much...but enough," Inyri says, over the music.

[awesome_lilly]

It's not Milliways, that's for sure.

"It's perfect," Lilly says happily, scanning the crowd.

"So. Who's going to be lucky enough to buy us the first round?"

[velocitygirl]

"I'll do it. Spread a little interest amongst the bar huggers." Inyri grins, before weaving her way towards the bar.

Sly looks and just the right amount of bumping into someone usually does the trick. A few eyes follow her back to Lilly, drinks in hand.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly grins and plucks her drink off the tray.

"Well-played. I spot three likely candidates, one potential, and one... kinda creepy guy, actually. There's always one."

[velocitygirl]

She grimaces, wrinkling her nose. "Of course."

Inyri puts the tray on a table before sipping at her drink. She opted for very brightly coloured fruity ones for a start.

"Well, I'm sure we can ignore him."

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh, totally. And if not, well. I have spiky heels and good aim."

Lilly tries her drink.

"Hey, this is tasty... even if I'm not sure I recognize the fruit."

[velocitygirl]

"Havana fruit, I think. It's a smuggled fruit, usually. The tarriffs used to be insane, I'm not quite sure what they are anymore." Inyri sips at it again, glancing around.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly has never heard of Havana fruit. Somehow, she doesn't think it's from Cuba.

"Smuggled? Awesome. I like that, it gives the drink a little extra flavor."

[velocitygirl]

"Also, most places with produce as an export are worried, 'cause lots of them get infested with...some sort of termite." She wrinkles her nose. "But these would be fine, and Coruscant has no trees."

[awesome_lilly]

"Ew. Termites."

Lilly's expression makes it clear that this is totally gross.

"Maybe our next round should be clear."

[velocitygirl]

"Maybe." She nods. "Or something trusty, like whiskey."

[awesome_lilly]

"Whiskey is always good."

Lilly pauses.

"At least, I've never been to a universe where it isn't, yet."

[velocitygirl]

"It'll be a sad day when you do." Inyri grins. "Let's go find people to flirt with now, huh?"

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly, shockingly, agrees to this proposition. In another shocker, it proves easy for the two girls to find and flirt with a number of fellow patrons.

And, of course, to enjoy a number of free drinks.

"I think," Lilly says to Inyri sometime later, smiling at someone whose name she's forgotten, "that I like your world without trees."

[velocitygirl]

Inyri is currently standing very close to some guy...named...Pol? Dennis? Something. "Isn't it great?"

She grins brightly, eyes a little sparkly from all the alcohol.

[awesome_lilly]

"Totally," Lilly says, taking a long swallow of her drink and leaning into whatshisname a little. Skyron? Maybe?

Whatever.

"We should come here more often."

[velocitygirl]

"Anytime you want," Inyri murmurs, paying loads of attention to this guy's hair. He grins at her and his hands slide just under her shirt a bit.

[patches-x-x.livejournal.com]

Ignoring creepy people doesn't necessarily mean they go away.

Especially not when they've ... got their eye on you. So to speak.

The man Lilly noticed earlier slides through the crowd, smoothly pulling a blaster from beneath his coat. It's ten steps, then five, then three two one and his arm is tight around Inyri's waist and his blaster is pressing under her chin.

"Look who it is! Zekka Thyne's little baby doll come out to play. And down in the midlevels, wonder what you're doing here."

He pauses, digging the blaster deeper into her skin.

"He always did talk about how much of a little conniving bitch you were. Here to kriff some more of us and then shoot them in the back? To be more of a backstabbing whore? You won't get away with that down here, bitch. 'Cause there's a little surprising thing about Thyne that you apparently missed out on. He inspires loyalty."

With that, he spins her around and pushes her away from him. There's a flash of light, a quick humming noise, and then the smell of ozone and burnt flesh.

[velocitygirl]

The moment he grabs her, silent terror also grips her. Her fingers scrabble at the hand holding his blaster, terror taking over.

His words make her feel dirty.

And then it happens too fast. He's pushing her away and then there is only---

pain.

Her hand goes to her stomach as she falls. Screams from the patrons sound around her. It all sounds weird.

bang bang, i hit the ground

The man weaves out of the bar through the panic.

"I've called the hospital," someone shouts and vaguely, far in the background, beyond the hubbub of Coruscant's usual loudness, you can faintly hear the sirens.

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly doesn't know much about Zekka Thyne, but from what she does know, meeting a supporter of his is not a good thing. The blaster shoved under Inyri's chin kinda supports that conclusion.

Fuck.

Adrenaline and alcohol pound through her veins. She has no weapons, the man's much bigger than she is, the blaster is pressed against Inyri's neck. She's got nothing.

But Skyron, the man she was leaning against? He has a gun.

Lilly fumbles for the blaster and the flicker of movement catches the creepy man's eye. He pushes Inyri away and- and shoots her.

Too late.

There's screams, panic, patrons pushing past her for the exits. Lilly drops to her knees beside Inyri, clutching the blaster in one hand, protecting her friend from the stampede.

Someone yells that they've called the hospital as she reaches out for Inyri's hand.

"Oh god, Inyri. Please hang on? They're getting help."

Please don't let it be too late.

[velocitygirl]

Inyri strains to understand what Lilly is saying but she can't hear it. It just...everything sounds so fuzzy.

And she tries to grip her hand, fingers slick with blood, but she's not sure if her hand working or not.

But there is something very important that Lilly must remember. Because Inyri has got to tell Intel about this. They need to know about Black Sun's movements.


"Don't...don't," The words are hard to form against this pain and she grimaces and bites down on her lip. "F-forget what he lo-looked like."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly squeezes her hand, not sure if Inyri can feel it, and bites her own lip.

"I won't forget, Inyri. I promise."

The man, the moment... she won't forget.

[velocitygirl]

"Thanks." Inyri murmurs, before her hand goes slack, momentarily unconcious.

She wakes up just enough to know that she's moving, that someone is putting her on a stretcher and that someone is keeping the crowd at bay as they take her and Lilly to the emergency speeder.


And then it's to the hospital.