jundlcndwastes:

                ❝There are such things as gags…❞ Anna happened to mention with a casual shrug of her shoulders. She’s not a killer, so she personally doesn’t understand how easy it is for people, people like him, to kill someone else. Perhaps it wouldn’t be something she would ever understand. She would defend herself at all costs when it came down to it, but becoming a killer? It wasn’t who she wanted to be.

               Anna grinned where he couldn’t see it, but the dimmed for the most part as she was turning around to face him again. ❝And here I was thinking you were anxious to get rid of me. Miss me so soon?❞ She teased. Her hands went to their usual positions on the swells of her hips. ❝I don’t know what you expect. I noticed who you were, asked some curious questions for my own benefit…❞ She trailed off, lips puffing out as she thought about the rest of her response. ❝You don’t have to be paranoid. I’m plenty good at keeping secrets. I don’t have an interest in gaining anything from knowing about you or what you’ve done.❞

               She reached up, brushing wavy blonde hair from her face and let out a sigh. ❝Besides, I have my own problems to worry about to add yours to my list.❞ Things she needed to get to soon or else she was in some very hot water with her boss.

❝ _{A DETERMINED individual can still make a lot of noise while gagged.} ❞

_{Looks as though someone had a lot to learn in the virulent art of bounty hunting, but Cade had to set the record STRAIGHT, even though he really didn’t have to..}

_{❝ Don’t worry, I’m still anxious to get RID of you, but I have to make sure that I can get rid of you.❞}

_{There was nothing about this woman that gave Cade the CONFIDENCE to believe that she could keep any secret safe, he hadn’t known her well enough to know if her word was gold.   Arms remained cross as he took a shot in the dark as to her TRUE aim.}

_{❝ So what do you NEED me for?.❞}

jundlcndwastes:

                ❝It certainly is,❞ Anna very much agreed with his statement. Here in the Outer Rim living an every day life was hard and you had to fight tooth and nail to survive out here. While her parents had preferred her to stay at the homestead and keep repairing droids for the rest of her life - an arguably ‘safe’ career she would have done well with - she had decided to step into dangerous territories. Smuggling wasn’t exactly a glamorous career. It wasn’t just sneaking illegal things from one place to the next. You had to watch out for other smugglers looking to snag a deal, and for pirates looking to loot you. You had to worry about getting a deal done or else it was less credits or your head. Take it from her, a girl who worked for a grimy Hutt who was looking for a reason to put a bounty on her, it was hard. 

               ❝But you make do with what you got and who you are. Besides, I like what I do. It pays off debts and keeps my head above water. I don’t care if the boss is a fat ugly sack of cruelty,❞ she spits out the words with venom in her tone. ❝A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.❞ Anna eyes the hangar that he is heading towards and she juts one hip out to the side, allowing her hand to rest on that particular spot. ❝Uh huh, I’m sure we will,❞ she replies sarcastically. ❝Maybe in the meanwhile you’ll work on the whole…killing thing. You know, just to stop them from being annoying when they talk to you. Killing is just…a darn mess.❞ Her pink lips twitch into a teasing smile and she turns on her own heel to walk off in her own direction. ❝See ya around.❞

_{Uncertainty BUZZED around his subconscious like a meddlesome fly, Cade was fairly certain that his level of empathy for this woman’s retrospective magnum opus was near zero.  But camaraderie, no matter how slight could manifest itself into a powerful MOTIVATOR. A faint semblance of a smile brightened his visage as he passed her.}

❝ _{I’ll keep that in mind the next time I find myself wrestling with the decision to TAKE a noisy man’s LIFE.}❞

_{Lips pursed, arms crossed, he knew there was more to this.  Halting his retreat back to the ship he inquired as if he didn’t ALREADY form a picture of her answer.}

❝ _{Maybe I’m PARANOID, but surely you didn’t stop me just to watch me leave?.}❞

jundlcndwastes:

           ❝Ah ah ah,❞ she practically tsked the blonde man in front of her, even waving a slender finger at him. ❝You should know better than to mistake caring for curiosity. You may not know this about me but what I lack in caring I make up for in great curiosity.❞ Besides, Anna had no real reason to turn him in. She didn’t need all the details, she didn’t even care if what he said was a lie to her or not. She had heard about what happened and pointed him out as the man responsible for the murder. She didn’t find any pleasure in turning him in.

               A rosy grin spread across her features and she practically sang, ❝Ah, a bounty. How elegant of a reason.❞ Of course she knew all about that. No, she had never been on either end of a bounty before but she knew people that had. Such as August who thanks to the fat slug was now in hiding because there was still a price on his head. She hated that anyone, including this man here, could find him and turn him in, or kill him themselves, but she forced herself to keep an open mind about people. She couldn’t hate all bounty hunters. It didn’t feel right. ❝I suppose it has satisfied me,❞ she answers him, resting one hand on her hip. ❝Dead or alive, huh?❞ She clicked her tongue. ❝And you chose the…easy…way out?❞ She quirked one slender brow upwards, not completely sure if she was judging him or not.

_{Cade just shrugged his broad shoulders and huffed to her initial response, frankly, he was INDIFFERENT as to how invested she was in his day-to-day activities.  Frankly, there was NO ONE in the galaxy whose opinion he garnered high esteem for.  Another prima facie example that his life had been consumed by nihilism. The only thing that mattered to him was if she was going to play HERO by attempting to turn him into the authorities.} 

❝ _{I don’t know if that statement was made to MOCK me, but I have no qualms taking the easy way out.  Life in the outer rim is hard enough as it is and I certainly don’t want to add to it by complicating my job for the sake of VANITY.  Besides…he was asking for it…}❞

_{Not true at all, but Anna wasn’t there so she would be none the wiser.  Unconsciously, his gaze began to DRIFT and his body began to turn to the hanger as this planet as well as this conversation (despite her coquettish mannerisms) was BORING him.} 

❝ _{Anyway, this bounty is not going to collect itself, so let’s RESUME this conversation…eventually.}❞

_{Intent on heading towards his SANCTUARY, the Mynock, Cade
IGNORED whatever words flowed from her mouth and began to walk past her.}

jundlcndwastes:

@outlawjedi from here

               Anna watched him as he took a step towards her, almost challenging the decision she was going to have to make with his admission. Please. There was no decision to really be made here because the smuggler had no interest in tattling on him for killing another person. Have you seen this galaxy? There was so much death as it was and people on the run, people searching for them, and she really didn’t want to get involved.

                 ❝Slow down there, cowboy,❞ Anna told him with a little bit of a laugh in her voice. ❝You got me all wrong here. For one, I really don’t care about what you did. It doesn’t effect me one way or another.❞ One of her fingers tapped down on one finger and then the other as if she was counting off her reasons. ❝Secondly, I don’t care about the recognition I may or may not get about turning you in, or whatever reward there would be. Oh, and forget about the oh so elated feeling I would get because it’s not there. However…❞

               Anna took her own confident step towards him, arms dropping down to her side and tilting her head up to get a better look up at him. ❝Humor a girl. Why did you do it? I’m very good at keeping secrets.❞ She said in an enticing tone. Fine. Flirtatious if you wanted but only because she was curious.

❝ _{If you didn’t care then you wouldn’t be ASKING me such questions….}❞

_{His gaze became even moreSCRUTINIZING as if Cade could glare hard enough to get her to change the subject, worked in NATURE.  And while his calamitous lifestyle has taught him to be MISTRUSTFUL of everyone but himself, never once, did she ever appear threatening.  Plus, if Cade didn’t know any better,  there was a certain WANTONESSin her tone which would suggest another prime motivator besides JUSTICE.  His stance relaxed, releasing a chuckle symbolizing the DISSOLUTION of tension.}

_{❝ I’m afraid the answer isn’t as GLORIOUS as you may think.  The man had a BOUNTY on his bald head.  The request said dead OR alive and I really didn’t feel like conversing with him the way back to Nar Shadaa.❞}

_{A slight fib, Cade held a lightsaber to his throat in an INTIMIDATION ATTEMPT  but SAVAGE reflexes caused him to ignite the weapon prematurely.  Nevertheless, he possessed fragrances that would keep the decomposing body from turning the Mynock into a RANCID mortuary.  Hands on his hips, his own question asked in a UNCHARACTERSITC effervescent tone.} 

_{❝ Are you SATISFIED? ❞}