Into the Fire

[Jendu Verbenti]

Karst grunts as he suits down. 

"Did they send any maintenance crews in to repair things after the guard was crushed? I know they could care less about Jendu.. no offense.. But if a guard was splattered, you'd think they'd react with some concern.  If they did not react that means that it was deliberate, and a message to the guards. It means the guards do not feel safe either."

Tibbs hears his real name spoken and when Caisey isn't looking he flashes a concerned look at Karst.  He then looks at Caisy and flashes a warm smile, while trying to decide if she noticed.  ~She didn't say anything about it,~ he thinks to himself.  It seemed she either wasn't that interested in what Karst said when he sat down or she was paying so much attention to the senator that she failed to notice.

Caisy blushes and pulls her arm away from Jendu.  "Yeah, I guess you could say that.  He was one of those that like to throw their weight around.  A real bully."  She narrows her eyes and looks around at the crew.  "Waaaaait....  Are you saying that someone could have done this on purpose?  That would take some serious planning to set up."

When Caisy blushes and begins to pull her arm away, Tibbs will place his hand on hers and give her a reassuring look, letting her know that it's ok and she doesn't need to pull away.

"In the case of a guard bullying inmates, I guess I'm glad that whoever put such elaborate plans into action had her heart in the right place. Right, Red? But that begs the question of why Jendu would be targeted next? I mean... why would you do that?"

Nova paused purposefully. Then, "Oh. I mean, why would someone do that?"

Caisy takes on a confused and hurt look. "I don't understand. Are you trying to say I had something to do with all this? I'm not going to say I wasn't happy to see that guard get squished, because he did get handsy with me, but to say I somehow managed to sneak out, climb up and sabotage some equipment to fall on him at just the right moment... Why, that's just preposterous! And... Jendu? You mean Tibbs?" She looks back and forth between the two of them as if trying to figure something out.

Tibbs was shocked that once again his real name was mentioned and this time Caisy seemed to take notice.  He turns his head to look at Nova (assuming that Caisy can't see his face now) and his jaw dropped slightly while flashing Nova a look that translated easily into, 'Really?'  

"Oh, no no. Don't mind me, Red. Just thinking aloud — I meant 'you' in the general sense.

And we're all Jendu. I am. You are. We are Jendu. Jendu is us. It's a spiritual term for 'we'
that I picked up from a pilgrimage to the Holy City on Jedha. From back when I was little."

I'm just looking out for us. All of us. You know, all the people I've come to trust in here...."

"I think I might have heard something about that word," Tibbs pretends to recall.  He hoped to help add to the credibility of Nova's lie.

[OoC: Con= 4d6; Total=13; Not a horrible roll. Just 1 point from average.]