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LANDO CALRISSIAN

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NONAH #002

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"You've reached the personal comm unit of Lando Calrissian. I'm not here right now, so leave a message."

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[bespin]

Whoever did it... they were covering their tracks.

[ This is messed up. More of a headache than Lando particularly wants to deal with, that's for sure. He shrugs. ]

Well. I can see why you wanted a drink.

[carbonfrozen]

And they're great at it. Thought everything through. They even covered for the convenient resurrection, and the best theory I've got is that whoever they were, they were an imPort. Or at least they knew imPorts pretty damn well, if they could cover for that part.

[Which isn't helpful considering the sheer number of them. He presses his fingers to his temples, rubbing absently.]

That, and it's been too long since we had one. Figured I'd take out two mynocks in one shot.

[bespin]

It would have to be an imPort. I don't know of any native-- or group of natives-- that could do what you're talking about. Especially to a Jedi like Kenobi.

[ He takes his drink and sips it, thinking. ]

Do you think they'll strike again? There are more Jedi here, after all.

[carbonfrozen]

Maybe.

[He lives next to Luke. He can keep an eye on him, on Leia, on Kylo, if he has to.]

But I don't think so. Kenobi's a police officer—might be he saw something he shouldn't have. If that's the case, soon as he's gone from the picture, the killer doesn't have to go after any other Jedi. [A cold, cold comfort, considering how much of a threat this unknown killer is.] But I wouldn't put it past them to do it again. To anyone, not just a Jedi, who manages to get in their way.

[bespin]

So we should all be careful, is what you're saying.

[ Keep an eye on Luke, and Leia. And Kylo, while they're at it.

Lando rubs his face, sighing. ] You know sometimes I can't stand this crazy dirtball.

[carbonfrozen]

Wonder how long being careful's gonna last.

[Considering how often their galaxy's baggage seems to spill all over the network? He'll give it a few days and be pleasantly surprised when it lasts longer than that.]

Yeah? I've been here almost a year, every time I think this mudball can't surprise me anymore, there's something else that happens just to prove me wrong.

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[ Lando sips his drink as he thinks that one over. ]

So much for it being a vacation from the war against the Empire.

[carbonfrozen]

Some vacation this is, with that redheaded Imp hanging around, and with someone getting murdered.

[u g h]

We'll have to find a better word for this than that.

[bespin]

Can't call it a reprieve, what with them dragging Jedi business all over everyone's comms.

[ He sighs, takes a drink. ]

It's not a break, not a time out. Just... Different galaxy, same bantha shit.

[carbonfrozen]

'S'probably even worse now, because you can't just shoot 'em and be done with it either. It's always one thing or another keeping you from pulling the trigger.

[And he tosses his own drink back, because damn, does he really need it.]

And meanwhile they're gonna keep dragging up our galaxy's mess onto everyone's comms, and next thing you know everyone's got an opinion and they feel like sharing it. Even the ones who've only seen, what, holos from another universe? [A snort.] Like that makes them experts. Shavit.

[bespin]

It's definitely easier to get away with shooting people when there's a war involved.

[ Lando leans in at the mention of the holos. ] You ever seen one of these holovids they keep talking about? I'd be interested to see what they really say about us.

[ Especially after that Emily Goldfinch called him out on betraying Han. ]

[text at a reasonable time of day holy shit]

[carbonfrozen]

so I'm back

and now the last thing I remember from home is telling you not to scratch my ship

you didn't, right????

[bespin]

Well, you're at least catching up to me.
That was a day ago for me.
I mean, a day ago before I got here.

[ No comment on the ship's condition in that one day's time. Han didn't need that radar dish on the top, right? ]

Took you long enough to get back. I was starting to get worried.

[ Starting to? More like he's been losing sleep all month. ]

[carbonfrozen]

it got scratched didn't it

did you get my car scratched up too

can't have been gone that long

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[pickledturncoat]

Good morning! Our mutual acquaintance Han Solo mentioned to me a little while ago that you own a business and are looking for employees?

[bespin]

I didn't touch your car, save to pay the parking tickets you were accruing!

It was a couple weeks.

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[bespin]

Indeed I do. Ugnaught Moving Company, serving all four Porter cities! I'm always in the market for capable hands. What sort of skills do you bring to the table?

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[pickledturncoat]

I'm... capable of lifting things?

That's pretty much the job, yes?

permavideo;

[bespin]

When you put it plainly, yes. Though this being the world it is, some imPorts come with extra abilities that would lend themselves to this sort of work.

[pickledturncoat]

Ah. Unfortunately I do not have super strength or the ability to levitate things.

[bespin]

That's alright. I can still use some standard issue help.

What prompted this move? Not happy with the job assigned to you by the local government?

[pickledturncoat]

The local government, which clearly goes out of its way to torment me, has deemed that I am singularly equipped to be a bug handler at some bug place, in which I have no intention of ever setting foot.

[carbonfrozen]

what

I left a note in the glove compartment for you

and Luke and Leia and Kylo but yeah

[And then like two minutes later:] did anyone from our galaxy set anything on fire while I was gone

literally or metaphorically whichever

[bespin]

[ An eyebrow raises. ] Because of the spider thing? I suppose that might make you well-suited for the position.

Though your temperament around bugs, on the other hand.

[bespin]

If you'd been gone any longer, I might have thought to check.
What did the note say?

You've probably already figured out that Leia ported out too.

Our galaxy's contingent has been pretty quiet, actually. Luke and I were worried for a bit there. [ 'About that son of yours,' he doesn't specify. ]