04-02-2016, 11:05 AM
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The door's made a loud 'cling' as they were opened, the club-like bar looking as new as possible due to all the repairs made after the firefight from the last time Kalli was here. It was hard to tell if they cleaned up the blood stains- the floor still had the scent of varying liquids, primarily drinks. A few heads turned to look as she entered, all of them having been here from the last time, some grunted, others barely gave a care, and then there were those who nodded in respect before going back to their daily bar visit. People of all sorts, human or otherwise, seemed to be rather calm and quiet, the entire bar echoing with the sounds of a news report from the TVs hanging above. At first, Kalli thought she was in a completely different place, her mind blank from confusion, but then she came to recognize the staff, the same large man who was in charge, as well as a few waiters and waitresses, music humming as they went about to place to each booth and table. Kalli silently walked past as she headed towards the bar counter, the big man- as well as a smaller, more snide looking bartender -stood behind, the big man himself recognized Kalli, slowly looking down at her as he cleaned another glass. "You're not dead yet?" Was all he asked, sounding both confused and curious. "Not yet." she replied, putting both talon'd hands on the table.
"No, but if I am going to die, its soon- mainly because of what happened last time. I never got to ask: You know where those assholes live?" She looked up, smiling with a hint of sinister intent. And the just as the man was about to answer, the smaller bartender spat "Death wish on you then. You don't have to kill them for us, just head back the way you came Prime." He put heavy emphasis on 'Prime'- making it sound like a mockery, an insult. Just as Kalli was about to reply back in a similar manner, the big man stuck his hand out, blocking her view to the bartender. "We know that they have a tendency of meeting up at the outskirts of the water purification facility, but this is general knowledge. I wouldn't expect to find anything there other then the same men you fought back a day ago." The big man pointed to the window, a glimmer of light bounced off a massive facility over the slums in which she initially landed in. "That massive structure you see there, that is the purification center. The Emperor's men are stationed there as well, though how they have not bothered to disrupt the gangs is beyond me." He lowered his hand again, taking the cloth that hanged out of the glass cup in his left hand and proceeding to wipe away smudge marks. "Good luck to ya'." He stated, the other man shaking his head as Kalli turned to leave.
"Hey prime." A random individual stated, turning to look behind where he sat. "Why are you so involved in with us lowlifes, you ain't got much to gain outta this other than a swift return to where you once came." Kalli turned her head to the left, one eye peering back at the questioning man "Because I'd like to make a name for myself and do some good around here." She stated, turning to look at the door again and walking out. And in the silence of the morning, the man muttered "Damn primes."
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Time continued to pass, the sun in full force as it exposed the bustling slum-like living over the rather unkempt and poorly managed area of Tier 4's city. It was a active place, in both legality and criminal goods, but it felt lacking in stormtrooper patrols, except right near the Water Purifier, in where dropships hovered in and out as stormtroopers walked around it's massive wall, it was a intriguing piece of architecture, especially how it stood dominant over the shorter houses and cobbled together shacks that Kalli moved past. It was odd, a gang that openly commits crime- or, at least, what is crime in this 'verse' -freely gathers just around the Water Purifier. May that be corruption, cooperation or otherwise, she saw it as another problem, perhaps one that could be easily fixed with some applied force. Moving through the bustling slums on her way towards water purification, the streets began to enter a panic, gunfire booming over the clatter of shoes and the voices of scared civilians. Instantly, Kalli rolled into cover, two bullets having shot right past her and hit a stranger in the chest, causing the now-dead man to fall over and blood to pour into the street. Leaning out around the corner, two more flashes occurred- causing the corner to spark with ricocheting bullets.