Undercover Vacation

[happybeeps]

WHO: Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, Tommy Shepherd, OTA
WHERE: Risa
WHAT: Hiding, fighting for his life, maybe some vacation antics thrown in there.
WHEN: Risa Event
WARNINGS: Probably Violence. Will Update

This is not where Poe wants to be right now. Or rather, it would be, if he knew Ren wasn't out there. Poe goes from sleeping safely locked away in his ship bunk to awaking in a plush bed on Risa, and as much as he wants to appreciate the gesture he needs to find a new way to hide away himself and his droids from Ren.
He can't find the ships no matter how hard he tries, though more than a few Risans tell him where he might find them. He's stuck out in the open.

Which means some shopping is in order, looking first and foremost for something to help him blend into the crowd, and then see what he can do to make the droids less recognizable from a distance. And maybe something he can use as a weapon.

Besides sticking to the crowds, Poe's able to find some shelter in the nightclubs. The lighting is dim, and crowded enough that he can go more or less unnoticed if he tries, though it may be evident he doesn't seem to be having quite the relaxed time the other patrons are. Maybe a drink will loosen him up?

Of course, he can only keep hidden so long. Poe's not sure if Kylo's caught his trail yet, but either way, he keeps moving, looking to the subterranean glowing gardens next in hope that he'll be safe there. This vacation has been far from relaxing, and the stress of it starting to wear at him. He's not used to feeling so trapped in situations like this, forced to hide without any real means of taking the fight to Ren.

[OR feel free to throw a different starter at him.]

Comments

[beholding_archivist]

"Oh?" The surprise in his voice at that response is genuine "I thought it's fairly common. This Force as well as sentient little robots." He gestures down towards BB-8 at those words.

"May I ask if you were brought here by the Agrii as well? From Agra 10?" The droid, the knowledge of the Force... Those aren't traits he has encountered with any of the locals so far. So it feels a valid guess.

[happybeeps]

"Droids," Poe corrects automatically, but he frowns and shakes his head, "It's...not. Just seems to be here." And among some of Poe's closest friends and allies.

"I was. I haven't been around so much lately. There's a kind of bounty on my head, you might have heard. Trying to keep a low profile." Hence the hiding out in the dark.

[beholding_archivist]

"Droids, yes. I'm sorry." The apology comes in a similarly automatic way. And it's followed by a short shake of the head and a frown.

"To be honest, no. I haven't heard of any bounties during the two days I was actually in Temba rather than here. I haven't encountered many people there." A cautious pause. "Why the bounty?"

Should he be worried about this man?

[happybeeps]

It's not a literal bounty, to be fair, more of a blanket threat to turn him over, but Poe looks amused by the caution.

"I'm part of the resistance back home." And generally that means those whom they are resisting are eager to get rid of them. "He might describe it a little differently."

[beholding_archivist]

"So. Politics." Great. Politics. Just what everyone needs when kidnapped by aliens to rebuild their planet.

"I would very much prefer not to get involved in any sort of political dispute, to be honest. But putting a bounty on someone while stuck in a place entirely unrelated to the issue, that's..." He trails off, producing a short noise of disapproval.

"Have you tried talking, at least? Attempted to come to a temporary agreement of rather focusing on the more pressing matters? Like, you know. Being abducted by aliens?"

[happybeeps]

"War," Poe corrected. Politics wasn't wrong, but Poe didn't tend to think of it that way.

"And it wasn't so much a bounty as a mass threat to everyone that it would be in their best interests to hand over anyone with connections to the Resistance."

He shrugged a shoulder, "I told him killing me here wouldn't make any difference to what's happening back home, but he still seems pretty determined. Maybe he just thinks it will be cathartic."

[beholding_archivist]

"I assume such an announcement was received very well by the populace." He won't argue on the politics/war matter, but he remembers meeting a few people already that hardly appeared the types to accept open threats such as that.

"-and yet you are trying to hide from him because he is acting unreasonable. Which I don't see the be very likely to contribute anything to the cause of rebuilding an alien civilization." Wouldn't it be in the Agrii's interest to remove such obstacles? Maybe? Jon clearly has had too little time to get more of an idea of Temba before being relocated here. Because this seems ridiculous.

"Have you any allies to stick around aside from-" This sentence is completed with a single finger pointing down at BB8. Obviously not everyone will be intimidated by a beeping metal ball.