
"Welcome to Ruethers!" the sign out front says. You might think that you've gone crazy, but this seems almost like a family restaurant. Certainly not the place you were told about. But, this planet isn't that big, and Ruether is certainly the name you remember hearing, right? Well, this must be the place.
You go inside, and now you're sure you took a wrong turn. This is not the low-lit watering hole you're used to. Was that a waiter you just saw? What in space is going on here. All around you are farmers, workers, and kids. Kids! That hunter you met on Ord Mantel must've been spiced, because this is not a place where a battle-hardened bounty hunter like you would ever hang out. Just as you turn to leave, you feel a hand on your shoulder. You spin around (a combat reflex, you can't help it), but promptly realize that the man grasping your shoulder means you no harm. A bald man, with a solid frame and a bald head looks at you with cloudy blue eyes and says "I don't think you were looking for this place, friend,
"I think you were headed downstairs."
He begins to walk away, and you see him take a staircase in the back corner of the restaurant. Next to the staircase, you see another door leading to the outside, and just like that the door opens and in walks the hunter you saw on Ord Mantel.
"This way, blaster-brain! Ruether doensn't like us up here!"
You follow him down the stairs, and once you step out into the open room beyond, you know this is where you were supposed to be. Low light, smoke, the smell of lum and Corellian whiskey, and nothing but your kind of people as far as the eye can see. "C'mon," he says. "I want you to meet someone."
He leads you across the bar, untill you are at a table filled with laughing, drinking warriors. "Ranjo! Hey Ranjo! I want you to meet someone. He's looking to join the Aquisition Club!"
A man turns around, and you find yourself looking at all-too-familiar blue eyes and a bald head. "Yes, Rikan...we've already met. I'm Ranjo Ruether, the owner of this fine establishment. And you are?"
Woops...
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