Criston Diamonyx's Story

"It does!" Said Rhia with a bob of her antennae, "I do hope they are well stocked."

"It's good to meet new friends in my travels! I don't get enough practice speaking when there are only Gardeners," Rhia tapped her throat, "Most of the Matriarchs do not have vocal flaps."

Rhia waggled her antennae in the direction of the Pho, "Another of us, little Sprinkles still hasn't gotten the hang of Eigengrau, the poor Seeker, just rough noises of emotion."

Rear hands together Rhia mimes thumbing at a device, "Talks with a device if it is too loud."

Criston Diamonyx received comm that an unknown vessel had entered the atmosphere on his modified babel. He touched a hand to his ear and murmured something. In an instant he was right beside Geniti Biritege. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

Relina brought the Kyber near a large clearing and began the landing. The lower fin folding under the ship as it came to a rest a blast of air as the ship came to a not so gentle rest.

Relina left the ship on low power and started towards the exit ramp.

Criston Diamonyx grabbed the princess and hit his comm channel in one swift move. He shouted into it for backup, unable to hear the response over the roar of the ship. The gush of air out from the impact of the ships descent was near catastrophic, destroying the vegetation and crushing what cushions weren't sent flying. Some fell over as the impact shook the ground. Earthquakes here weren't known.

Criston withdrew from his side a blade and shoved Geniti behind him. Backup was on the way, said his ear. He held the blade abreast. It had a subtle glow to it. Whatever had just landed couldn't be any good. Most ships landed in the spaceport. This one landed right here. Right where the Princess was.

Rhia looked at the man as he appeared so suddenly her antennae crossing in defensive reflex. Then uncrossed them and relaxed. It was some High solder belonging to Geniti.

A similar event nearby came from a large red blade arm pushing a manhole upward from an alleyway. Then back down as Rhia relaxed. Rhia did not use forklifts; she used high soldiers. Other smaller workers report in their noisy blasts of Quietus that the man wasn't a danger so that the high solder knew to stand down. A fanged creature looked at some terrified man throwing trash away then retreated back down the manhole that ought to be one size too small. The high soldier said nothing that he continued to wait as the manhole twists then to clatter back into place.

While aware that something that riled high soldiers was worth knowing Rhia was really rather hungry. A finger to her lips looked him up and down curious more of what behind the armor than any military value.

"Such a diligent one! Don't worry, if someone gets in the way of Pho I will hit them with these stone benches."

Then the ship descended scattering everything. Rhia took a step back her cling feet keeping her upright. Though she heard the Quietus erupt from the area as her sailors emerged from their holes to alert her. A quick return of Quietus told them to put whatever weapons they'd smuggled out of the spaceport away. Though over a nearby hedge two sets of crimson spider bodies lurked. Blade arms clack their talons unhappily. High soldiers were sharp things the size of small cars that did not shoot, they cut and tore. Rhia's ship identifier on the tabards wrapped around their midsection and cephalothorax.

A hissing sound came from the Kyber as it's exit ramp lowered. A puff of steam appeared and from it walked a lone figure. She wore a black hooded Jedi robe. he pale face was hidden by her hood as she made her way down the ramp. Anyone that could sense power would feel it flowing from this young woman. On her back was a black short staff that was made of metal her Lightsaber and the only weapon she carried. she looked to the startled crowd but was speechless for the moment as she took everything in and reached out with the force to sense what was going on around her.

Lei Wufang stopped walking, her glasses dropping from the ridge of her nose as she pushed them down to get a better sight. Some huge, vessel was blocking out her sunlight, interrupting her pleasant walk through the park.

Oh boy, more offworlders?

she sighed, not looking forward to the inevitable trouble they always brought along. This time she'd not get distracted, but rather set out to mingle with the crowd.

Criston Diamonyx urged the Princess back towards the Pho truck. It wasn't the best of ideas, but it was the best protection they had at the moment. It was cover. He caught out of the corner of his eye the barefooted girl making her way towards the crowd. His heart jumped and he narrowed his eyes. There was free and brave and then there was free and reckless. He motioned to her to get away from the circle and the off-worlders.

Considering the rare presence of Royalty, the avoidance of the cosmodrome was more suspicious than usual. Not to mention the wreckage and civilian endangerment. Right now it was his duty to keep the Princess safe. He would let the other Free Knight handle this conundrum.

Relina raised a brow at the fire. Part of her told her to grab her lightsaber but she pushed that thought back. Instead she pulled back her hood revealing her black hair which had a braid in the style of a Jedi woven in. her face was covered in tattoos. She looked over the crowd.

"Um... Hi... guess i don't really know the landing laws here... I'm Relina... a uh was.. um can you even understand me?" she spoke in galactic common.

Relina frowned, being arrested was not in her plan for the day. Or any day. She looked the glowing man in the eyes. "Listen... this is just a big misunderstanding." Relina started.

Relina staring into the man's eyes and with a little wave of her hand attempted a mind trick on the man. "You do not need to put me in custody.. I am of no threat. You wish to help me and tell me where to land and let me join you in peace."

Relina sighed she would have to work on her mind trick more it seems. "Fine... I will come and answer your questions... But the Kyber better not get a mark on her... she's my baby... and my home..."

Without another word she put back up her hood and moved to follow the man. She readied herself mentally for a fight though just in case.

Criston Diamonyx sheathed his sword and looked to Geniti and Rhia, "It seems the threat has passed."

Lei Wufang shook her head and sighed, wondering what was bringing these off-worlders to her planet. She continued mingling with the others, chatting casually about everything other than the magic she was studying.

Crew of the Korolev

Part crew, part defensive force, Rhia's tithes tend to her needs.

Rhia's crew wanders into the clearing though there's a few that headed back to the ship. High soldiers had many crevices they could hide small pistols and few wanted to reach inside their mouths past the fangs. The remaining five high soldiers clustered around the ship that had landed. Poorly socialized with humans if the guards showed fear or concern none of the weaponized forklifts could tell. High soldiers crossed their blade arms and locked some of the talons as a matter of social conventions to demonstrate peaceable conduct. The smaller five workers barely to the waist of most humans idled as they picked and ate small weeds and blades of grass. All wore their tabards bearing Rhia's ship registry information. Rhia's second remained to watch the ship quite busy sitting in the large central chair that still carried her scent.

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Rhia looked at the ship as she moved along with Geniti while she pressed her hands together. Sighing at her crew but appreciating their care all the same. A trader's eye told her they didn't get outworlders much and Gardeners were likely not something they'd seen often.

Rhia put her fingers to her lips and shook her head not sure which of newcomers would be Lineage of Wrath to Gardeners, "Your guards are very prompt! Mine follow me everywhere but they don't mean any harm."

A flourish of her right hands said to Geniti, "Your sun reminds me of ours on Sopitos! Though ours takes up most of the sky."

Lei Wufang wrapped up her conversations as it was time to get back to work. She had tomes to decipher, and the magic of the mountains wasn't going to wait.

Taking her leave, she said goodbye to her new friends and heading back towards the path.