Star Wars: Chapter Negative 35, Spice Lords of Naboo (Team Not-So Good)

[POS Industries]

Mixari looked over her new prison uniform in utter disgust. "See, this is why I don't like Naboo: No style," she began to rant, "Sure, the mountains and lakes and waterfalls and what-have-you are pretty and all, but everybody here is so uptight. They lead quiet, nondescript lives in their earth tone clothing and never know how to cut loose and really enjoy themselves until it's time to paint up their new child queen. Seriously, what is up with that?"

She slumped down onto the cot with a sigh, "Honestly, it's only a matter of time until one of these people drives some poor schmuck so far up the wall that he just snaps and takes down the entire Republic out of frustration..."

[krogothwolf]

"Well this 'ere just bites eh" Velmont mubbled as he shifted in and out of his cloths "At least its mighty better then the last jail I ended up in, got some privacy 'ere to change."

He crumpled his cloths and then looked over his hat. He sighed at the thought of losing that too. His pistols were one thing but having to turn over his hat, well that just stunk. It was his prized possession. He did win it fair and square, well sort of, after all.

"Eh!" He shouted out to the nearest guard, "Can I least keep my hat mates? I'd feel dreadfully naked without her!" He thought for a second before hesitantly adding "Please?"

[rapter200]

Jail, just great. The one place he was trying to avoid, oh the irony. After changing he wondered what was going to happen to them. Naboo wasn't the worst place to be stuck or jailed in, but still this is not something he wanted to go through.

"Eh! Can I least keep my hat mates? I'd feel dreadfully naked without her!". “Its just a hat, you don't really need it right now, when we get released you can get it back.” Liflo replied to Velmont. The last thing they need now is an upset guard or two, and they get upset pretty fast.

[POS Industries]

"Well, in all fairness, it is a nice hat," Mixari interjected, a mischievous grin flashing across her face as she leaped up from the cot toward the door, fluttering her eyelashes at the nearest guard.

"Can I have his hat?" she called out before changing to a more sing-songy tone, "I'll be your best frieEEend!"

[Dauntasa]

"Well," said George, "Looks like we'd better get settled in. Doesn't look like we're getting out for a while."*sigh* "And I was looking forward to leaving the ship for a while, too. Ah, well." And with that, George leaned against the wall, took his hat out from underneath him(he'd sat on it to keep the guard from seeing it), put it on his face, and went to sleep.

[CABAL49]

Norlan didn't say a word on the trip to prison. It wasn't his first time getting arrested, and he knew it was better to say nothing for now. He went into his cell and changed his clothes without a fuss. He was tired anyways, and went to sleep.

[krogothwolf]

"Aw come on now lovely lady, you wouldn't take a Man's Hat would you?" Velmont replied, with a slightly injured tone, "This 'ere thing happens to be mighty special to me."

He looked out the peep hole in the door and at the general area Mixari's voice came from.

"It doesn't contain any of the Golden Yellow that ya normally have on your cloths." He called out to her. "'nd the Fabric isn't exactly stain-able, ya'd just ruin the poor hat if you coloured it. 'sides It be best if we tried to find one for ya when we get out. I'm sure there's someone out there who isn't to attached to their hat."

[Krylo]

The last guard left was standing outside of Velmont's cell waiting with what seemed like incredible patience as the prisoners bickered all around him. Everyone else had gotten to go to break or to their normal assignments already. No one else was giving anyone problems with their clothing.

He would have insisted on the hat by now, but every time he tried to get a word in edgewise one of them started speaking again.

He was finally at the end of his rope and as Velmont finished speaking to Mixari the barrel of a blaster rifle appeared in the center of the 1'x2' opening "Prison garments only. This is for YOUR safety," the guard growled in irritation, "as well as our own. Please remove your hat and pass it through the window immediately."

[krogothwolf]

Velmont sighed as the barrel pointed through the hole in the door. Guard's obviously had no sense of humour. The whole point of the bickering was to get a where abouts of were each person was.

"Well then sir, I guess 'ere you go." He said sadly as he passed his poor hat through the hole. As he looked through the hole again he took careful consideration of the surrounding area as he watched the guard walk away.

"Take care of it mate, it has been through a lot." He then looked over the locking mechanism for the door. He would wait till he figured it was safe before even attempting to open it up.

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Alright so After the guard has left and it seems safe, I'm going to see if it's possible to pick the lock.

[Krylo]

Withdrawing his rifle from the hole the guard looked over the hat, giving it a few smacks while still in Velmont's line of sight. When he was completely satisfied that it was completely harmless he walked over to Mixari's cell and tossed it through the door opening with a smile and a, "Here you go, miss," before walking off.

He wasn't entirely certain if he gave it to her to irritate the man it belonged to or if he did it for other even less scrupulous reasons. Either way he started whistling happily as he left.

As the whistling trails off however, Velmont takes his revenge pulling a small flat piece of steel out of his boot he pops off the back of the door's locking mechanism revealing a small electronic device. He deftly switches a few wires, however, causing an arc of electricity to arc through the device and shorting it. A few seconds later and his door slides open, simple as pie.

The entire procedure taking him roughly five minutes.