Missing Mechanic Investigation (D2, EA)

[Raven Cadera]

That smile. It felt so devoid of the meaning that should be behind such a gesture.

Shaking that feeling off, Raven took point as they ventured further in, more than happy to shift her focus to their mission rather than thinking about Irizka. She stopped as she noticed the light, made sure that the other two were aware of it, then pressed on at a steady pace and alert to danger.

[Garen Saxon]

Garen paused before they stepped fully into view.

"Right." He whispered to the others. "Well, maybe they'll trust a fellow mechanic." Saying that he stepped forward, hoping to spot their friendly quarry.

[Fé Kelborn]

Fé stepped forward with them, looking ahead.

[Raven Cadera]

"Alright. Just staying on guard," with a nod to the apprentice forgemaster, Raven fell in behind Garen.

[Meiyokashi]

As they inch closer, taking it slow and careful they can hear ahead that things.. were probably alright. Inside his room, shadow casted by the torch laying on the ground, Dimitri was busy verbally berating himself along the lines of: "Good going. You finally find what you've been searching for, for all these years and-" he sighs awfully loud, dramatically so, "and then you get yourself trapped in a ruins. Your father always did say your arms were too spindly, didn't he? What good is a mechanic without a great deal of upper body strength anyway?"

Dimitri's voice was distinctly coreworld with a slight undertone, for those more familiar, of the lower city.

[Garen Saxon]

Well, that was an alright straight line. Garen stepped forward, moving slowly and waving a casual hand. It was hard not to be intimidating when you were a huge guy covered from head to toe in armor.

"Hello there." He greeted the mechanic, his voice low, rumbly, calm. "Sounds like you could use a hand?"

[Raven Cadera]

Letting Garen do the talking first, Raven made sure to not have her hands near any weapons for now and instead held them up slightly to show that she was not intending any violence.

As much as a Mandalorian could look like they didn't intend any violence, that is.

[Fé Kelborn]

Fé follows up, as well. At least he didn't sound like he'd been there too long. Thank goodness. They could have very easily found him in much worse condition.

[Meiyokashi]

Dimitri was halfway through lighting a cigarette and in mid-conversation with a broken down droid he'd had sat up next to him. Pausing like he was caught red handed doing something very inappropriate, a veritable deer in headlights as he stares at the Mandalorians.

"Who in the Force are you lot?" he stammers out with that smooth and yet rugged accent of his.

[Garen Saxon]

"We're Mandalorians. We're here to help." Garen said. The later part of that statement seemed very important to include.

He went on. "Vieth asked us to look for you. She was worried you'd been abducted or something." Garen scowled; invisibly, of course, and his tone didn't show it. "Why'd you run off and go sink yourself in this ruin without telling anyone in your community?"

[Meiyokashi]

"Ya know, I usually expect rescue workers or a couple of local farm boys with some extra muscle on their arms that would come by to clear out that blockage- not the famous Mandalorian mercenaries," he says, not sure whether he wants to laugh but rather clearly amused. Waving a hand, "Colony ain't exactly my responsibility, right? I do what I can to make things more comfortable there but they ain't more important than chasing the entire reason I lived my life- finding and repairing ancient tech," he says, waving his hand in front of his face like a shooting star.

[Raven Cadera]

It wouldn't hurt to ask. "So did you find any of that here on your little trip?" she asked, standing at ease with one hand hooked to her belt. Didn't seem to be any dangers here.

[Meiyokashi]

"Only the best thing ever," he says with a touch of pride. Indicating the droid opposite him, sat up like it was having a chat, "It's definitely going to need some work- but for an ancient protocol droid this thing looks like it's in decent shape. Can't wait to see what I can do with it."

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[Fé Kelborn]

"Interesting... If it's memory is intact, who knows what might be there," Fé mused. "Though hanging around this damp place probably isn't much good for it. Should we start getting back?"

[Garen Saxon]

"We're actually here for another reason." Garen held his hand up, addressing the mechanic. "We're looking for something that could substitute for a cyber-brain for one of our projects. Have you seen anything around that would work for that?"

He looked at the partial protocol droid. Hmmm, that thing probably had something suitable inside...

[Raven Cadera]

The droid was an interesting mystery. "I guess we can haul this back for the good mechanic," she mused with some interest.

[Fé Kelborn]

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Fé, who wasn't too familiar with what the Basilisk project entailed, raised her eyebrows, but shrugged. He could tell her about it later. Looking to Raven, she nodded. "Don't see why not."