Alderaan - Love and Intrigue

Alysele walked idly in the gardens, awaiting her..guest? Partner? Other person? Whatever.

Xero was seated, or she assumed it was a Xero, feeding the cluck cluck lizard birds near a pond.

"Hello there." She replied coolly, joining him (??) on the bench. She observed the bird-thingie-reptilian-cluckers.

"Enjoying the festival so far?"

“Once you have been to one festival you have been to all of them, and besides the attention from suitors can become so droll. Well when you are beautiful, perhaps you might understand,” they offered with a digitally modulated voice.

“This is the only peace I can find.”

“An Organa, you will forgive me if my gift was lost in the mail, I heard it was a radiant wedding. I am sure the Jedi were pleased.”

“Duchess Ziandra sends her best,” they finished.

"One good thing about being a Jedi I was spared the siege of suitors that others might have endured." She smiled at him.

"Oh, I am sure it was lost. Still, I appreciate the thought." She observed his...face? Face-ish thing? She ignored the comment on the Jedi. She was well aware of the politicking going on behind the scenes to make it happen, and that the Thuls weren't left out completely.

"I send her my regards. I hope family life has been good for her?"

"She hasn't got fat," they replied flatly.

Xero tossed more bread to the cluck cluck lizard birds and said, "As you can tell by the smile on my face, I have good news for you. Well it's news, you will have to determine if it is good or not. There is a fringe group working to nefarious ends, and we need a hero like you to end them. With extreme or peaceful prejudice."

"No, she is still shamelessly beautiful. I saw the pictures." She let out a low laugh. Ziandra was many things, fat was not one of them.

"Well, I did hear the sing-song note in your voice, so there is that. What kind of fringe group? What can you tell me about them?"

“They don’t have a name, basically a cell of separatists who believe that Bouris Ulgo is the savior of the planet and that Alderaan should go it alone… also mixed up with some populism and generous xenophobia; basically pro-human and intolerant. Strong base among the common folk, some nobility,” he responded.

“Tuvi’s movement is one of the larger ones, non-violent or supposedly but he has pulled in an impressive among of ex-soldiers and freelancers. Maybe they won’t stay non-violent for long,” they responded.

“You’re a Jedi of some standing, I am sure you can get to the heart of the matter.”

"Mmhmm." Well, that sounded fun.

"Sounds completely independent of the current Ulgo-Thul affairs, I guess." There was some sarcasm in her voice, but eh, it could be managed.

"Tuvi? Any last name, or anything else I might know of?"

“Tuvi Kirns, he runs a holo-blog, it’s terrible, I binged all forty six of his holo-casts, terrible. I laughed only thrice, cried four times.”

Xero added, “I am sure you can find it, Jedi do learn how to use computers right?”

“Surely they must, but assumptions are monstrous.”

"What's a computer? Is it the thing that shoots the light thingie?"

Aly replied deadpan.

"Holo-blogs? Interesting. What will they think of next?"

She eyed him critically.

"Can I ask you a question? On a different topic."

“Oh this is embarrassing, but sadly you are married. I am flattered though, but what would Niall think? Also I will be washing my hair, but again flattered. Oh this is awkward.”

They tossed more treats, “But if you have another question, ask.”

"Oh, well, I was hoping for a threesome, but well, you are a known prude, so."

She shrugged.

"No, I was wanting to ask how is it to live in a House with Zeno Thul and Xeno Thul."

Alysele Organa wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:29 am

"Oh, well, I was hoping for a threesome, but well, you are a known prude, so."

She shrugged.

"No, I was wanting to ask how is it to live in a House with Zeno Thul and Xeno Thul."

“Only if Niall wears the hat… and skips a lunch or two,” they replied.

“Oh Zeno Thul? He’s a very nice man, he dotes on his children, and his wife, and only engages in acts of extreme violence when absolutely needed or at every opportunity. Which ever comes first. Xeno Thul… well I have no idea.”

“There are a lot of Thuls though.”

"And how do you know which one is being called by Lady Ziandra? Your family likes the letter Z, don't they?"

She smiled idly, then started moving a small bread crumb from his bunch with the Force, floating it towards the cluck-clucks.

“I trust the Duchess in that matter, do you have a history with the Duke-Consort?” they responded.

“Is it torrid?”

"I have met him on Nar Shaddaa."

She left it at that. "What? I'm a proper lady AND a Jedi knight." She smirked.

"Torrid is what I assume you left behind this morning."

"Nar Shaddaa, I do miss the old stomping grounds," they replied.

"It was so... dirty."

"Maybe you shouldn't have done the maid then." She winked at him.

"So...what are Thul's expectations for the Festival? Would you like to end up on the Throne?"

“We just want to help Panteer through these troubling times, regain our supremacy and protect our holdings. We are no threat to Organa, though I am sure Niall and Rhys may see that differently. We just want to get rich, protect Alderaan, and kriff our maids in peace,” they responded.