Alderaan - Love and Intrigue

Sitting at one of the vendors Riss had this meat-stick kinda thing that was very spicy half stuck in her mouth as she focuses on a thought. Eyes blinking shut for a moment as she weariness of the long day was taking it's toll. It was hard not to feel the tension in the air knowing what she knew, seeing what she'd seen, feeling the way she felt and yet despite it all she'd done her best so far. Warning those she could.. doing whatever was possible. Now it just felt like waiting for the axe to drop, but that wasn't the only reason she wasn't back on her ship sleeping, it wasn't even the main one.

After all, every time she closed her eyes.

Riss comes back to the moment, glancing around the fair for a second and feeling the light tingle of the spice on her lips. Pulling away from the meat-stick thing she inhales slowly through her nose, exhaling between pursed lips. Settling, she took another bite.

There wasn't much else to do but to wait for the dance to finish this obligatory social norm, so what else was there to do but wander around the place, waiting to figure out how to best approach her. And here he was. Looking around at this display and festive events. Maybe there was something there here to occupy his time. Or someone, it seems. The girl from the bar a week ago was there. Heat signatures indicated that maybe she was drunk...or moody. One could be a quick possibility.

He couldn't explain why he approached her. Being exposed to this much emotion of late was stressful. Very stressful. Still, she showed him a kindness and talked with him a little when she didn't have to. Even if he didn't care, it would be rude to not attempt to do the same. Still, best come bearing gifts. He stopped by a stall and picked up a beer. One thing he didn't like, but he was already going out on a limb to talk to her, maybe he could suffer thru one bottle.

"Riss, if I recall correctly. How are you?" He looked at her with a neutral tone. Maybe he did actually care about the answer for once.

Riss gives him a glance as he sits in the space next to her. Brow furrowing as she recalls back to that night, "Kriff it's like a lifetime since I met you," she says, mid-chew and finishes off the bite. Holding the skewer with one hand she waves it around a little passively as she considers what to say. Inhaling again she takes a good breath into her lungs before letting it out, long and slow, "Waiting for the world to spark into flames, no sleep, not enough food, no energy.." she says, giving the skewer a wave to call attention to it, "and.. almost a day now, not quite, but getting there since I held someone I cared about in my arms as they died. Just hoping that I've done enough for that death to.. mean something.." she shakes her head.

"I'm doing alright," she lied, transparently.

There is an explosion and smoke at the Spring palace... the people are all running like crazy at the sight.

Almost too beyond it all to have too much of a reaction she takes another bite, setting the food down on the plate in front of her. Mouth full, "As if on cue, yea?" she says, speaking around the bit of food, with some strange sense of mirth to it as her hands reach to the edge of the counter they were sitting at. Using the leverage to push herself up onto her feet. She was tired, it showed in the lag with her movements.

Looking to Nudimsu, "I'm.. gonna go see what I can do, mm? Might.. maybe I can just get these people to calm. Don't need anyone getting hurt trampling over themselves, care to help?"

" Omandri did say, "'May you live in interesting times' was a curse to some. " He said, fairly genuinely before lifting up one of the two beers in his hand. "I still owe you a proper drink, I believe." He nodded and looked at the beer and dropped it on the ground. "It seems that we must take a raincheck on it yet again." Well, it could have been worse; he could have actually drank it.

He looks on and checks a few things in his gear and nods at her. "I can't promise I can help you maintain order, but I will do what I can."

"Get me up somewhere high, maybe?" she suggests, giving herself a once over. Making sure nothing was missing with the lacking sense of self from the lack of sleep. Finishing with the check she raises up her right wrist, "Cascader, it'd help project," she says with a half-smirk.

He motions to her for a moment and pulls out a earpiece. "Earcomm. Try not to lose it, please. Just click your teeth to activate it when you're ready." He nods and places one in his ear. "They're not cheap." He then pulls out his Ascension gun and his pistol. "I'll try to find some high ground to offer you visual aid and support, then. Just be careful." He began to search around to where the explosion was to find a place where he could be comfortable.

Taking the earpiece she gives it a brief look over, turning it over between her two fingers, "Strange little thing," she says, before popping it into her ear. Taking a moment to pause and thing, but shaking her head. Making her best thought at what clicking her teeth meant she did so, "This thing working?" she asks but looks to him pulling out his pistol and quickly puts her hand on the top of it. Looking to him and meeting his red-pupil-less eyes she shakes her head.

"No blasters.. not right now," she says, there's a sternness to the words, a quick flash of a smile.

He looks to her and stares at her and instead of speaking it, he mouths the words his response. Loud and Clear. It echoes clearly into the earpiece as if he said it. "It doesn't have a incredibly long range on it; about maybe 25 meters or so. Should be enough to cover most of the area, at least."

He looked at her and shrugged, placing his blaster back into his holster. "Very well; I would prefer to avoid bloodshed myself." Wasn't like he could quickly grab it if he needed to. He still kept his Ascension gun in hand, however. Then proceeded to make his way to the area as cautiously and quietly as possible.

"Just-" she gives a nod toward, what was likely, a veritable crashing wave of panicked people. "Don't need anyone getting jumpier, mm?" she steps forward, putting a hand on his arm. "Stay safe," she says before he parted and then walked off on her own through the people.

Speaking through the device, she let her voice drop significantly but ultimately still enunciated, "And keep an eye out for trouble, mm? Point me.. Kriff, any way," she said, and where people panicked and ran she walked forward. Heading in the direction of the palace, but keeping an eye on the crowd as she'd work her way through. Making sure no one was getting trampled or the like. Maybe if they weren't she'd not even have to worry about standing up and making any grand speeches at all. That'd be entirely welcome.

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"Finding nothing- gonna keep going to the palace. Meet me there if you like, mm?" the voice comes over the comms as Riss wades through people running from the palace.

"Meet you there."

Nudimsu said continuing on the way. Well, at least he could figure it out.