"Something light on the drink...I need my wits about me," X replied taking a seat.

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Yelena nodded. She didn't drink herself, at least not normally. After she got a some food cooking, she grabbed a couple of drinks and went to sit across from X.

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"So lets have a look at that riddle," X said, gazing across the table. He stopped for a moment and caught himself staring but shook it off.

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Yelena pulled out her holo recorder and the second device she had attached to the computer. It was something she used to record everything from what ever device it was attached to. After all, she had smuggled information too.

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As they looked at the riddle X squinted and remained silent for a while.

The Tree that houses the strongest beast, the making of broth that makes their feast.... but the sentient soup makes...


Sounds that

Haunt

Indigenous

Lizards on

Ice"




The riddle was formated in this way quite intentionally.

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Yelena read the riddle several times. And each time it made less and less sense. "Ok, I don't get it." She finally said.

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X studied it hard. It also made little sense to him.

"The trees that house the strongest beast probably means Kashyyk," he mumbled
half to himself. "Sentient soup...."

He sat in silence for a time then after a long while grinned.

"That's it... If it's Kashyyk it would make sense. The Wookies used to make
a soup from Togrutas. They are the one sentient beings the Wookies eat.
If you take the first letters of the last five lines that are formated separately
it spells out 'Shili' the togruta home world. Let's do a search for key phrases out
of this riddle in conection to Shili or Togrutas."

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Yelena read the clue as X spoke. Of course, how could she have not gotten it. "Alright." She finally said when he mentioned looking it up. "At least this will give us something to do until the sandstorm passes."

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X nodded and headed over to the computer just beside the table that they sat at.

He put in several phrases and came up with nothing. Eventually he put in "Lizards on Ice," and found out that the most prominent Togruta security company was named, "Lizards on Ice."

They had got this name by making their reputation by hunting down trandosian slavers and "Icing" them or... throwing them in prison as it was.

"This looks promising," X said.


(Sorry had internet issues but should be on regularly more or less again after this weekend)

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((Its fine.))

Yelena got up and went over to him. Looking at the screen, over X's shoulder, leaning in she frowned. "I know this company. We don't get along." She commented. "Do you think they are protecting the next riddle?"

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X glanced over at Yelena. "Protecting it or not... it's somewhere in their company. My guess in their data base or computer system...similar to the first one."


He sighed.

"But for now we will have to wait out this sand storm. How about another drink?"

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((Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot about this (not used to doing public stories for a while))

Yelena nodded. "A drink sounds ok." She told him.

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(No worries, i assumed you probably got busy)

X walked back to the bar and poured some more drinks. He wasnt sure if it was the stuff in hos glass or what but he had started to grow rather found of Yelena and it worries him that it might show... But for now he didnt seem to care.

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((you can say that. I get distracted by games easily.))

Yelena watched after X almost smiling. He was interesting, that she knew. And he understood the world, like her. Shaking her head she had to remind herself not to open up to much. She couldn't let him find out more about her, no one should find out.

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X offered Yellena the drink and then took his seat. "Well then, what do you typically do during a sand storm for entertainment?" He asked, his tone sounding serious but seemingly joking. It was sometimes hard to tell.

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((Sorry, I keep forgetting about this. ))

Yelena shrugged. "I check systems, tune up my ship. Rest, little things. I've never really do the fun thing. I'm always on the move, always aware. Have to be."

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