08-02-2016, 06:58 PM
Honestly, it's been much too long since Morene has gotten some time to herself, the more she thought about it. Working the job she did, if she could even call it a job at this point, didn't really give her much time to relax. Admittedly however, Morene knew she couldn't stay here forever. Twiddling her thumbs, the huntress whined to herself, throwing her head back to look up at the heavily polluted skies--
"Hey."
Morene blinked. Almost tempted to look back down, she dismissed the eerily close words as somebody walking past. She closed her eyes--
"Hey, weird lady, talkin' to you."
Whoever was talking, it was most definitely to Morene. Must've been the clothes she was wearing, but how dare they nonetheless! Morene thought to herself, she wasn't weird, and she'd give whoever this person was a piece of her mind.
Looking down however, Morene quickly saw the glistening white armor that she immediately identified as one of those guardsmen at the gates of the Nexus. Her mouth gaped open for a slight second, looking for the right words to say. Was she in trouble? Well, she DID admittedly break into some private property to go to sleep, but...
Instinctively, she replied anyways, keeping her back straight as she addressed this man clad in white armor, contrasting his very unprofessional and slouched posture.
"Yes? Is there something you need, sir?" Morene's words came out slower than she wanted them to. Perhaps in confusion, but hopefully she'd be enlightened as to why she was roused soon enough.
"Yeah, I'll make this quick," the Stormtrooper answered as he folded his arms across his chest, "I've been following you for a bit now, after that whole encounter back at the Gates--"
"Wait, what?" Morene couldn't help but interrupt. Followed, now? As in, deliberately stalked? Apparently so, and surprisingly enough to the huntress, Morene didn't much care.
"Don't mind that," the Empire soldier continued as quickly as he could, "I was about to give up askin' you about this as soon as I saw you literally sleep in a dump-- But anyways... Since you're a Prime and all that, I wanted to sneak in a bit of help from ya."
Morene blinked. This presumably young man wasn't very good at persuasion. Then again, Morene was the type of girl who could be persuaded into doing about anything if you put the word 'help' somewhere in the same sentence, she hated to admit. The woman couldn't help but wonder...
"Me? A 'Prime?' Never have I heard such a thing, might you enlighten me?" Morene asked in genuine curiosity, and with a slight tinge of concern. Should she also have asked if she should be worried she didn't know what a Prime was? She couldn't swear to it, but Morene could almost remember what she assumed to be the captain of this Stormtrooper's squadron to have referred to her and Yuuko as such.
"Yep, you're definitely new," the Stormtrooper mumbled to himself. He continued however, a bit more politely, though Morene wasn't going to mind either way, simply wanting answers.
"A Prime is some person or thing that was summoned directly by Omni and spawned at the Fountain back at the Nexus. You're one of 'em; the more you know."
"Ohh... Why is that so important?" Morene came right back to ask, and she could faintly hear the Stormtrooper groaning.
"Omni explained it to you or somethin', didn't he? You've got Omnilium, can basically do anything with it. And yeah, I know that's pretty vague, but he meant it. Like, cheap-out basically any problem you may or may not have had back in your... 'home territory,' I'll just call it that for now. Yeah."
"Do you need any money? You could have just asked..." Morene looked down ever so innocently, almost about to reach for her pockets before the Stormtrooper chimed in once again.
"No, no, I know the Empire might not look like they can do basically anything without half-assing it, but I've got food on my table! I-- Alright, I'll cut this short, come with me and help us complete this mission the big boys gave me and my team, and I'll make it worth your while... somehow."
Morene's eyebrow raised. They were guarding the Gates, were they not? She couldn't help but ask, hoping the Stormtrooper in front of her wouldn't get tired of answering them.
"Your higher-ups just now gave you something else to do?"
"Yep," the armor-totting soldier replied, clasping his hands together, "there's some sort of special schedule that comes into guarding those Gates, since apparently they're reaaally important to the Empire for whatever reason. But, about that thing I mentioned, yeah, to skim it down, we're looking for some sort of ancient... magical... artifact thing. What exactly it is, I'm not sure, and where it is, I'm not sure, and why it's important, again, I'm not sure, but it's important."
A moment of silence.
"Alright, I'll help," Morene said ever so suddenly. The Stormtrooper stared at the mysterious Prime in seeming confusion, though Morene couldn't see.
"That easy, huh--" the Empire soldier began, before Morene interrupted with a single motion, raising her hand upwards.
"On one condition! What is your name?"
"Uhh... Well, what I'm supposed to say is LX-6585, but here's the part where I beg of you not to tell anybody that I like being called Lex on the day job."
She wanted to ask about the werid codename, but Morene already knew the answer. Some organization with the name like the 'Galactic Empire' doesn't seem like they'd care too much about namesakes when it's obvious they've got countless troops to sort through. Morene also wanted to ask the consequences of being known as 'Lex' by his closer peers, but the man was taking it lightly enough, so Morene shrugged it off.
"Very well, Lex," Morene stood up, turning to the trooper as she continued, "where shall we start?"
"That weird library place nearby, that's where. I imagine they're not gonna let a member of the Galactic Empire just waltz right in, so that's where you come in, miss...?"
'Library place?' Morene pondered to herself. She enjoyed a little reading every now and again, but this seemed special. The woman had to guess there was some useful information they might scrounge up there, of course. But, wouldn't the uppermost tiers have more credible sources to base a lead on? Unless of course this library Lex spoke of was unique after all.
Wait... Was she forgetting something?
Oh, how impolite of her, not even mentioning her name after asking for his. Morene smiled, finally introducing herself proper.
"Morene Fellon, or just Morene. Now, where to?"
"Follow me, I gotta feeling you don't even know what I'm talkin' about with this library thing. The... Archives of something, it's called. I forgot, it's been a while."
Morene sighed. This Lex fellow was pretty good at reading people, that's for certain. Stretching her arms outward, Morene took to the Stormtrooper's advice, following him into the busy streets of Coruscant in hopes he truly knew where he was going. Though, if he didn't, it's not like Morene of all people could blame him.
Either way, it was something to do, and Morene would take it. Hopefully enough however, the huntress thought to herself, she wouldn't regret it.
"Hey."
Morene blinked. Almost tempted to look back down, she dismissed the eerily close words as somebody walking past. She closed her eyes--
"Hey, weird lady, talkin' to you."
Whoever was talking, it was most definitely to Morene. Must've been the clothes she was wearing, but how dare they nonetheless! Morene thought to herself, she wasn't weird, and she'd give whoever this person was a piece of her mind.
Looking down however, Morene quickly saw the glistening white armor that she immediately identified as one of those guardsmen at the gates of the Nexus. Her mouth gaped open for a slight second, looking for the right words to say. Was she in trouble? Well, she DID admittedly break into some private property to go to sleep, but...
Instinctively, she replied anyways, keeping her back straight as she addressed this man clad in white armor, contrasting his very unprofessional and slouched posture.
"Yes? Is there something you need, sir?" Morene's words came out slower than she wanted them to. Perhaps in confusion, but hopefully she'd be enlightened as to why she was roused soon enough.
"Yeah, I'll make this quick," the Stormtrooper answered as he folded his arms across his chest, "I've been following you for a bit now, after that whole encounter back at the Gates--"
"Wait, what?" Morene couldn't help but interrupt. Followed, now? As in, deliberately stalked? Apparently so, and surprisingly enough to the huntress, Morene didn't much care.
"Don't mind that," the Empire soldier continued as quickly as he could, "I was about to give up askin' you about this as soon as I saw you literally sleep in a dump-- But anyways... Since you're a Prime and all that, I wanted to sneak in a bit of help from ya."
Morene blinked. This presumably young man wasn't very good at persuasion. Then again, Morene was the type of girl who could be persuaded into doing about anything if you put the word 'help' somewhere in the same sentence, she hated to admit. The woman couldn't help but wonder...
"Me? A 'Prime?' Never have I heard such a thing, might you enlighten me?" Morene asked in genuine curiosity, and with a slight tinge of concern. Should she also have asked if she should be worried she didn't know what a Prime was? She couldn't swear to it, but Morene could almost remember what she assumed to be the captain of this Stormtrooper's squadron to have referred to her and Yuuko as such.
"Yep, you're definitely new," the Stormtrooper mumbled to himself. He continued however, a bit more politely, though Morene wasn't going to mind either way, simply wanting answers.
"A Prime is some person or thing that was summoned directly by Omni and spawned at the Fountain back at the Nexus. You're one of 'em; the more you know."
"Ohh... Why is that so important?" Morene came right back to ask, and she could faintly hear the Stormtrooper groaning.
"Omni explained it to you or somethin', didn't he? You've got Omnilium, can basically do anything with it. And yeah, I know that's pretty vague, but he meant it. Like, cheap-out basically any problem you may or may not have had back in your... 'home territory,' I'll just call it that for now. Yeah."
"Do you need any money? You could have just asked..." Morene looked down ever so innocently, almost about to reach for her pockets before the Stormtrooper chimed in once again.
"No, no, I know the Empire might not look like they can do basically anything without half-assing it, but I've got food on my table! I-- Alright, I'll cut this short, come with me and help us complete this mission the big boys gave me and my team, and I'll make it worth your while... somehow."
Morene's eyebrow raised. They were guarding the Gates, were they not? She couldn't help but ask, hoping the Stormtrooper in front of her wouldn't get tired of answering them.
"Your higher-ups just now gave you something else to do?"
"Yep," the armor-totting soldier replied, clasping his hands together, "there's some sort of special schedule that comes into guarding those Gates, since apparently they're reaaally important to the Empire for whatever reason. But, about that thing I mentioned, yeah, to skim it down, we're looking for some sort of ancient... magical... artifact thing. What exactly it is, I'm not sure, and where it is, I'm not sure, and why it's important, again, I'm not sure, but it's important."
A moment of silence.
"Alright, I'll help," Morene said ever so suddenly. The Stormtrooper stared at the mysterious Prime in seeming confusion, though Morene couldn't see.
"That easy, huh--" the Empire soldier began, before Morene interrupted with a single motion, raising her hand upwards.
"On one condition! What is your name?"
"Uhh... Well, what I'm supposed to say is LX-6585, but here's the part where I beg of you not to tell anybody that I like being called Lex on the day job."
She wanted to ask about the werid codename, but Morene already knew the answer. Some organization with the name like the 'Galactic Empire' doesn't seem like they'd care too much about namesakes when it's obvious they've got countless troops to sort through. Morene also wanted to ask the consequences of being known as 'Lex' by his closer peers, but the man was taking it lightly enough, so Morene shrugged it off.
"Very well, Lex," Morene stood up, turning to the trooper as she continued, "where shall we start?"
"That weird library place nearby, that's where. I imagine they're not gonna let a member of the Galactic Empire just waltz right in, so that's where you come in, miss...?"
'Library place?' Morene pondered to herself. She enjoyed a little reading every now and again, but this seemed special. The woman had to guess there was some useful information they might scrounge up there, of course. But, wouldn't the uppermost tiers have more credible sources to base a lead on? Unless of course this library Lex spoke of was unique after all.
Wait... Was she forgetting something?
Oh, how impolite of her, not even mentioning her name after asking for his. Morene smiled, finally introducing herself proper.
"Morene Fellon, or just Morene. Now, where to?"
"Follow me, I gotta feeling you don't even know what I'm talkin' about with this library thing. The... Archives of something, it's called. I forgot, it's been a while."
Morene sighed. This Lex fellow was pretty good at reading people, that's for certain. Stretching her arms outward, Morene took to the Stormtrooper's advice, following him into the busy streets of Coruscant in hopes he truly knew where he was going. Though, if he didn't, it's not like Morene of all people could blame him.
Either way, it was something to do, and Morene would take it. Hopefully enough however, the huntress thought to herself, she wouldn't regret it.