FANDOM EXPOSITION, The Park, All Day Saturday (8:00 - 23:00)

[fjordicswagger]

Where had the staff come from? Nobody knew. But sometime at six in the morning, a group of people arrived in the park and immediately spread out over the premises, constructing a bunch of nondescript stands at a rapid pace. They set out cheap soft drinks on the picnic tables, put up some large banners, cleaned the place up and scared off a few

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Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan had planned to spend his day meditating in the woods again. Of course, that was before he'd picked up on a... particular presence... on the island.

He took a seat at the picnic area for a moment, apparently at peace.

Well, except for the way he was eyeing Hondo's stand, anyway.

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

"Not a fan of the guy with the completely legitimate business venture over there, I'm guessing?"

Hello, Master Kenobi. Kanan had noticed the way you were eyeing the Weequay. And having spoken to said Weequay himself, he had at least some vague idea as to why.

The weird rainbow-spotted dog at his ankles had more or less lost interest in all of that, at the very least, and was now trotting over to investigate Obi-Wan's boots.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

"If he has sold you anything," Obi-Wan said mildly, "I would propose you go back and jostle him into a refund."

Which said it all, really.

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan gave an amused nod, and then shrugged his shoulders.

"I was pretty sure I was stepping into a huge mistake around the same time he gave me the 'more where that came from' spiel," he admitted. "But there wasn't that much harm done. I just paid an obscene amount of credits for some caf of questionable quality."

He hadn't made any yet, but if he knew Hondo's type, it was probably only at least the second worst caf he would ever put into his mouth. So... still worth it.

It was a tough life, being a caf addict in a land of Earth coffees.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan let out a soft snort.

"That one once attempted to sell us Count Dooku," he shared, "Only to capture Anakin and myself so he could ransom us, as well."

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

Well. That got Kanan's attention, anyway. He blinked at Obi-Wan. And then turned to kind of stare at Hondo for a moment. And then it was right back to blinking at Obi-Wan again.

"... Wait. He managed to capture you and Master Skywalker?"

And Count Dooku. The things that Kanan didn't know... probably would have made him laugh a lot, now, in retrospect.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

"He drugged the drinks at the local drinking establishment," Obi-Wan sighed. " All of the drinks. It was rather a stroke of genius, I suppose, for a complete mercenary attempt to wring money out of the Clone Wars."

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

Since both Obi-Wan and Anakin seemed to be alive and well, and the mental image of them being bested by that tuft-sucking scum was just too priceless, Kanan felt that he wasn't doing too much harm by grinning, there. Just a little bit. Really.

"Now there's a man who knows how to get what he wants. I'd almost have to respect that, if he wasn't so slimy."

It was a pretty big 'almost,' in fairness.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

"He has his own, twisted sense of honor, I suppose."

He had ordered his forces to stand down in the end, after all.

"But I still wouldn't believe a word that came out of his mouth. I'm sure he's looking to rack up some kind of dirty deal around here."

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

"Oh, probably. I think I'd be more concerned about the other vendors, people who actually have something worthwhile here with them, than most of the island's residents here to browse, though." He tilted his head a little. "Probably for the best I limited myself to the caf. The Expedient is iffy enough, I don't suppose getting fuel from someone like that would do me any favors."

Kanan enjoyed not exploding in the vacuum of space. Funny that.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

"If you're lucky, you'll simply run out of fuel right before he suddenly finds himself in another position to sell you something," Obi-Wan said dryly.

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[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, definitely thankful I decided to stick to the caf," Kanan mused, depositing the three vacuum-sealed bricks of it onto the table with a heavy thud like some kind of illicit spice haul. "With the way the Expedient flies, I find myself worrying that I'll end up stranded even when there's good fuel in there."

Moonglow didn't put their money into ships hauling baby. Not by a long shot.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

Obi-Wan leaned over to eye the bricks critically.

"Have you opened them yet?" he said. "Perhaps a chemical scan?"

RE: Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

"Not yet," Kanan admitted, shrugging his shoulders. "For all I know, he's got these things padded out with gravel or something. My best hope at this point is that he just sold me some really cheap caf for entirely too much. But I'm not going to actually try it without giving it a once over, either."

He was a caffeine addict, Obi-Wan, not in some kind of hurry to die.

Re: Picnic Area

[saddeserthermit]

"It's Hondo," Obi-Wan said wryly. "It is always best to examine all angles, and if you can't find one, it's likely a bad one."

Re: Picnic Area

[uncertain_dume]

Alright, then. Keeping an eye open for anything in the caf that might be overly addictive (beyond the usual addictive things about caf) it was. Kanan sighed a little, giving the bricks a look that was something approaching woebegone, and then flopped down onto the bench himself.

Pretty much immediately, the pup was trying to get up into his lap, which was... definitely a show, considering he could barely get his front paws up on the seat.

"Well, worst case scenario, I throw it out. Or use it to run machinery on. Or give it to somebody I really don't like."

He wasn't that vindictive. Usually.