This time it was Mos Espa
Lenny, Dave, and I hit the beaches on Tattoine this weekend, and as soon as we walked into the bar, it became clear that this was to be no ordinary shore leave (are they ever?).
About an hour in, Lenny comes up to me with these two Bothan girls, one of whom was holding a Trandoshan water pipe. They urge me to take a toke or two off of that and, being able to resist everything BUT temptation, I said "ok!". Now, I trip real easily, and I have no idea what was in that pipe... there's a good chunk of my memory from that night missing, but I have enough for an entry.
I remember it started with Lenny daring me to, "Tube it, Dude!!!! TUBE IT!!!". So, I unhooked one of the airhoses from my chestbox and allowed the air cannister fill with smokey lizard goodness. When you're in the academy, you learn all sorts of little tricks you can do with your chestbox. It's an amazing little device.
Anywho, after inhaling enough of this Kerkroot tobacco to smother a Batha, I wound up sitting with these Zeta Reticulans for a couple hours. Now, for those of your who haven't heard of them. ZR's are these weird bug eyed guys with big heads. They kinda look like Biths, but tiny. Apparently they sell these slaves that they capture on those weird "beyond the outer rim" planets that you're always hearing about, but no one ever sees. Yeah, you know, one of those. *rolls eyes* But they abduct these people, and sell them on the black market for something called "liver and onions". They need iron, or something... which is why their skin is grey.
Lenny told me this, and I'm like "you're shittin' me.." and he says "Dude, do you know how much a plate of liver and onions goes for on Zeta Reticulon?" He also told me the people they abduct worship them, and put them on keychains... apparently there was an incident involving a balloon and some monkeys in a desert...
No, he couldn't have said that. That's so ridiculous, it had to be the drugs talking.
Anyway, These guys are weird, because their lips don't move when they talk. Now, Carl on drugs and people who communicate telepathically are NOT a good mix. The fact that I'd been sitting with them for two hours at that point made no difference. I suddenly noticed and started freaking out. It's kind of a blur, but I apparently picked up a Jawa and was screaming at him about them bubbleheads at my table. According to Lenny, I was spinning around in circles an shaking the Jawa, occasionally stopping to hide myself behind him while warning him not to go near the Reticulans because they were crazy.
Thankfully, I had the mic in my helmet off. Otherwise, I might have looked stupid.
Wait a minute... if I had the mic off how did Lenny know...
FUCK!
About an hour in, Lenny comes up to me with these two Bothan girls, one of whom was holding a Trandoshan water pipe. They urge me to take a toke or two off of that and, being able to resist everything BUT temptation, I said "ok!". Now, I trip real easily, and I have no idea what was in that pipe... there's a good chunk of my memory from that night missing, but I have enough for an entry.
I remember it started with Lenny daring me to, "Tube it, Dude!!!! TUBE IT!!!". So, I unhooked one of the airhoses from my chestbox and allowed the air cannister fill with smokey lizard goodness. When you're in the academy, you learn all sorts of little tricks you can do with your chestbox. It's an amazing little device.
Anywho, after inhaling enough of this Kerkroot tobacco to smother a Batha, I wound up sitting with these Zeta Reticulans for a couple hours. Now, for those of your who haven't heard of them. ZR's are these weird bug eyed guys with big heads. They kinda look like Biths, but tiny. Apparently they sell these slaves that they capture on those weird "beyond the outer rim" planets that you're always hearing about, but no one ever sees. Yeah, you know, one of those. *rolls eyes* But they abduct these people, and sell them on the black market for something called "liver and onions". They need iron, or something... which is why their skin is grey.
Lenny told me this, and I'm like "you're shittin' me.." and he says "Dude, do you know how much a plate of liver and onions goes for on Zeta Reticulon?" He also told me the people they abduct worship them, and put them on keychains... apparently there was an incident involving a balloon and some monkeys in a desert...
No, he couldn't have said that. That's so ridiculous, it had to be the drugs talking.
Anyway, These guys are weird, because their lips don't move when they talk. Now, Carl on drugs and people who communicate telepathically are NOT a good mix. The fact that I'd been sitting with them for two hours at that point made no difference. I suddenly noticed and started freaking out. It's kind of a blur, but I apparently picked up a Jawa and was screaming at him about them bubbleheads at my table. According to Lenny, I was spinning around in circles an shaking the Jawa, occasionally stopping to hide myself behind him while warning him not to go near the Reticulans because they were crazy.
Thankfully, I had the mic in my helmet off. Otherwise, I might have looked stupid.
Wait a minute... if I had the mic off how did Lenny know...
FUCK!