The Welcoming Committee (D0, Night)

[Katarzyna Ulgo]

"A real badass Jedi in the area, huh?" Kat smirked, as she could easily put together this in her mind. "Sure, I can be somewhere nearby, if it puts you at ease, and keep an eye on things. I admit I'm a little curious too as to if this person is the real deal, or not... the past rarely rears its head like that without some ugly surprises."

[Riss]

Smiling with the agreement Riss leans forward until she's on her feet and with the momentum stands. There was the brief hesitation of going in for a hug, but the fact Kat was leaning on the wall would only make it awkward. Which meant she needed something easy enough to busy herself with and luckily she has this annoying belt still clinging to her. "Thanks," she says, the loop of the belt coming undone, blasters carefully being placed on a nearby desk.

On the desk there was all sorts of clutter but nothing that vaguely looked like it belonged on a desk. Still, it had a chair- or perhaps not, as Riss removes her jacket and merely uses it as a coat rack to keep the thing as together as she can.

"Surprises.. maybe? But then it's just another 'ol Riss adventure mmm? You'd love to be part of one of those again wouldn't you?" she chuckles, smoothing out the jacket to make sure it sat properly.

[Katarzyna Ulgo]

Chuckling, Kat couldn't help but to roll her eyes a bit. "Ah yes, I have certainly missed having to leave a planet in a hurry because an ex-lover you also owed money to decided to have a serious case of a broken heart and vengeful vendetta all at once." While she was obviously being sarcastic, there was certainly a sense of humor to her tone.

She missed those days now. Things had seemed simpler then.

"Or escaping a planet that's under siege." With a sigh she pushed herself off from the wall to stand a bit more normally. "Here I was thinking that Alderaan just wasn't exciting enough these days, so you came along to make sure it had a bit of that extra spice to the events."

[Riss]

Leaning forward onto the chair, both hands on either side of the back over her jacket. Riss looks to the wall for a moment eyes looking momentarily distant as she focuses in on the memory that inspired, the escape from Coruscant. A small shiver she hides well with a laugh, shaking her head. "Well, at least that escape was a little more fun after we got past the blockade, mmm?" she smiles, looking to Kat and leaning off the chair. Walking over toward her Riss' arms cross behind her head, stepping a bit closer but still conversationally distanced.

"Also, that one.. they leant me the creds and then got all weird about wanting me to stay and kriff. Not my fault I didn't pay them back!" she drops her arms, first pointing at herself on the 'my' and then pointing past Kat to give emphasis to her statement. Shaking her head both hands found their way comfortably onto her own hip. "Deserved what they.. got... didn't get?" she shakes her head, shrugs, "Whichever."

[Katarzyna Ulgo]

"I'll admit, it had its moment once we were past the blockade, yes," she agreed a touch wryly, her posture becoming somewhat of an inverse of Riss'. Where Riss was open and relaxed, Kat crossed her arms over her torso and seemed much more closed off and disciplined.

"Right." There was a brief chuckle from her. "Once I think it would be interesting to see you not leave a disaster in your wake during your romantic flings. If you were capable of it, that is... though there are some places that could do with a disaster. One way or the other."

It sounded very much like a challenge. Or a specific idea.

[Riss]

"Sometimes that's the risk you take when you add a little spice into life, mmm?" she says, that saunter just managing to work into her step as she moves a bit closer. Regarding Kat as she did so with a purpose. "Sometimes things don't go right, you add too much spice and it gets to be too much, but.. acquire the taste of it and even that disaster can be a bit fun?" she steps closer again, reaching a point where she was just within the boundary of a decent level of personal space.

Riss lays her hands out in the space between them, an offer for Kat to take. Giving her a little smile, "Besides, I think you know better than to really think my romantic flings always end in disaster. I can think of.. one or two that haven't?" she gives a coy look, and winks.

[Katarzyna Ulgo]

It was quite the internal debate, all things considered, as Alderaan so far hadn't offered her the peace of mind she had been looking for to find the right path forward. Still, she took the offered hands with her own, holding them there between them as a link. "Probably not a disaster, no. At least not yet that I'm aware of."

"Still," Kat began, stopped, then sighed. A rare moment of her speaking before having considered her words. "This is not much a time for games or... diversions. Alderaan needs help, and after Coruscant, there has been too much on my mind but barely a moment's chance to give it the time it deserves. And needs." She looked at Riss. Serious and yet calm at the same time. "Will you help?"

[Riss]

A link that got a bit closer when they were taken, close enough that there really wasn't much else to look at other than Riss. Something that was by design, surely, as she smiles and nods, "Haven't been.. the best at helping out, but I'm reliable when you need me, mmm? Just ask and you got it," she renews the smile as she leans in just a little more. Hands guiding Kat's apart so that they hung just out to the side by Kat's waist but were slowly rising.

"Do what I can to help around, and maybe even earn you some time for a break or two, if you want," she says, the cadence in her voice getting longer, lower.

[Katarzyna Ulgo]

"Maybe," she chuckled breathily, looking down as she smile a little. "But yes, I am asking for help. You're good at talking with people, so I am asking if you can look into trouble. I know you have a good nose for finding trouble, after all."

Kat took a deep breath, and took some control of their hands to keep them just between them now. And not on other body parts.

"I won't ruin your first night back on Alderaan with boring you on the details of the current politics, though."

[Riss]

Riss insists on moving her hands apart, if she'll allow, but perhaps sensing the hesitation just a little she starts shifting them first away from their bodies even more. A smirk playing on her lips as she regards her, seeing how much control she's allowed first, "I can talk to whoever you want," she smiles, a low and breathy laugh as she leans in a bit more so that her face was hovering ever so closely. Looking down to Kat's lips a moment, a quick glance, before asserting her gaze back onto her eyes. "About whatever you want," she breaks to give purposeful smile, "And I'll keep my nose out for anyone else stirring up trouble- though I usually do that anyway so it's on the house," she says with a tease to her tone.