Sort-of-but-not kidnapping Doctor Twi'lek.
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Been awhile since I'd heard from either Doctor Twi'lek or Lord Laz'ab, and since I ain't suicidal enough to try talkin' to that crazy one without the guy who holds the vials of sedatives or whatever, I fired off an invite to Doctor Twi'lek.
In retrospect, I probably didn't word it all that good, somethin' like, "Hey, meet me at the busted sandcrawler by the overrun Czerka facility in the middle of nowhere on Tatooine. Don't worry, I ain't gonna shank you or nothin'."
Surprised he showed up after that; he figured I'd found datacrons or somethin', 'cause we talked about that briefly once before Lord Laz'ab got all twitchy 'bout the topic. I DO remember where some are out there, nobody takes 'em, they just kinda leave 'em there, but I just wanted to drag the old guy outta his workspace and get him some time away from work, sick people, injured people, dyin' people, or completely crazy people.
Also kinda surprised he made the jump onto the balloon. Easy to forget that guy's Sith sometimes. Anyway, a couple other people were there too, some Jedi who said he was an archivist for the Order, and some military grunt.
They were friendly enough, or, at least, friendly to the point that nobody had sabers drawn and I didn't have a gun at my head.
Once we got out away to where Doctor Twi'lek couldn't jump off and escape, I started tellin' him of all the weird shit that I got to see or overhear for the past couple weeks; he figures the tribal zabrak princess lady just has some kinda mental illness or somethin'. Probably spot on there. Talked about other oddities, mostly safe small talk stuff, 'cause of the Jedi and Pub trooper. They hopped off at the second busted sandcrawler. Azil'mort and I stayed on the balloon for, like, a few more hours. Must've made three more circles around before we hopped off.
Once you can get him talkin', he's good company; even smiled a few times, and not that smarmy fake one I've seen him do. That one that's got the feel of, "Oh, you poor, stupid thing, let me humor you." to it. Talked about Jedi and attachments for awhile, and I remembered some of the stuff that little green one's gone on about on the Huttnet frequency, so--I think I actually explained it sorta clearly to him! Dunno if that's good or not, but it's somethin'. Talked about how the Empire's treatment of non-humans is a pain in the ass and is only gonna hold them back long term.
I asked him a buncha questions about how Sith use the Force to heal, then mentioned a coupla times I got stuck bein' patched up by a Jedi--'least he didn't ask for details on that. Guess he uses mostly conventional methods for patchin' people up, 'less they ask him to use the Force stuff. He likes hangin' out in the tea houses in Voss-ka; suggested maybe he invite Obisen sometime, since Obisen's been doin' a lot with medical work and they might find that sorta conversation interesting.
Also asked him a little bit about Lord Laz'ab, without comin' right out and askin' what the hell was wrong with that one. Not my business anyway, all I gotta know is that it's bad enough to keep a distnce and to not go off alone with him anywhere; came up 'cause droids came up, and I started goin' on about how I was workin'on makin' interrogation droids with shells that were resistant to Force lightning. Damn things'd last longer if they were; I got a few that stand up to bein' whacked with a lightsaber, but the lightning still fries 'em.
Kinda wanted to see if Lord Laz'ab'd want to test some of 'em out since I'm thinkin' he'd give 'em an accurate testing and not some half assed zap. Doctor Twi'lek said he'd bring it up sometime and see what kinda reaction it got. I did tell him there was no way in hell I was gonna do any testin' like that (or anything ever) alone with that guy; he seemed to agree that that was probably pretty prudent, and said he'd make sure he was there as well.
Um--lessee--oh! Told him about what happened to Worms gettin' yanked by the base of her lekku and how screwy she is now 'cause of that injury. Forgot to ask if he thought it'd help to take a look at her, though. Should probably do that.
After a few trips, Doctor Twi'lek said he had to get back to Voss, but, thing is, he was pretty relaxed by the end! He was actually smilin' and laughed a few times; that guy's gotta get out regularly so he don't end up turnin' into a surly pain in the ass to everyone, and he's kinda fun once you get him talkin'. Said he was gonna see about gettin' Lord Laz'ab to ride on the balloon since he found the whole thing kinda nice and a good way to unwind.
All I can think of is that guy flippin' once he figures out he's 'trapped' in the basket and can't get out for another half hour, but maybe it wouldn't bother him if Doctor Twi'lek were there.
Good mornin' and a good afternoon, actually. I like spendin' time with other Twi'lek, 'specially once they realize I ain't a big bag of dumb. Plus, only other Sith mender I've met that wasn't a complete creep is Taz'hezyst, and he don't do that anymore--and he just uses the Force stuff, not actual medical equipment.