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[b]Illusion of Grace, heading to a hutt meeting.[/b]

"We've reached the Carnovia system."

Thrall just nodded, frowning, "Well bring us in and contact Hoddo's palace on the planet, ask him if his Carnovian Eels are still wet, that should indicate who we are affiliated with." He snorted, that pass phrase was set up between beard face and that hutt slime a long time ago, it always reminded him of the slimy eels... he distinctly recalled fixing the freezers of Hoddo's palace after they had failed... the smell of rotting eels still makes him gag.

It took only a moment and they were cleared to land, "Well bring her in." Thrall said after a while and then settled back as the ship approached the ocean world and began it's landing descent on the rather large spaceport, usually reserved for the water whalers or transports for harvested eels.

A moment after the ship was landed Thrall was outside and headed for Hoddo's palace or whatever waiting party he had for them.

As it turned out a squad of four Gluss'sa'Nikto guards awaited them with a small hovering droid at their head which bobbed up and down gently as it spoke. "You are not the jedi, The Great Hoddo asked for the jedi to meet him." the droid chimed out in a melodic tone that had a noticeable air of confusion.

Thrall slithered towards the group, "Correct, beard face, the jedi, sadly could not make it but he send, old Hoddo knows me Fiddo so let's get this over with, shall we?"

"You!" The droid exclaimed suddenly as its memory files finally caught up. "Why would the Master speak to a slave."

"You!" The droid exlaimed suddenly as its memory files finally caught up. "Why would the Master speak to a slave."

"Oy, first I was not a slave, but paying off a debt, Hoddo just treated me as a slave. Second beard face paid off my debt and I was free to enter his service. Now you going to let me in Fiddo or shall I just slither back and see if I care that your master sends you to the scrapheap for not doing your job?"

"Memory files do not confirm that statement, I have no record of you being 'freed'." The droid responded.

Thrall turns around and slithers away, "See ya, have fun at the scrap pile."

"Mr Pontax." A voice called out from the main entrance to Hoddo's Palace. It had come from a Nimban woman that was striding quickly towards the group of guards. "Where are you going?" She asked when she reached the guards and walked up to stand in front of the droid.

He turns around and snorts, crossing his arms. "Going away, came here to do a job at the request of my boss who somehow is friends with your boss, but if doing a job means being insulted by a glorified doorknob I'm out of here. Real smart of Hoddo to have a droid like him at the front to piss off the people he wants to help him, real smart."

"Let us say the mechanical help has been less and less useful since your departure Mr Pontax," She replied with a sigh.

He glared at the droid, "So I see, can I shoot it?"

"I'm afraid Hoddo would likely be displeased at that, why spend credits on a replacement when a memory reset would accomplish much the same." She replied. "Fiddo was right however, Hoddo asked for the Jedi, why is he not here?"

"Fighting in a insurgency, he'd love to have come here but the locals apparently wanted him to stay and have him fight at their side." Thrall just said dryly, leaving it up to her if he was joking or not. "Now I think you can imagine I rather not be here at all but the boss man wanted to help out Hoddo so here I am."

Jeyen shook her head slightly for a moment. "I cannot be sure how pleased Hoddo will be to hear the Jedi did not come himself. Come inside though, I will announce you regardless." She said before she turned and headed for the entrance flanked by two of the nikto guards. "The freezer is malfunctioning again, offering to fix it may put Hoddo in a more receptive mood." She suggested mildly.

He threw up a little when he heard that but swallowed it down, "If you have a gas mask to loan me I will consider it." He muttered, following her in. He would not fix those things to please Hoddo, the torture of the smell of rotting eels he would not wish on any of his servants.

Jeyen lead Thrall through the corridors of the palace and past several floor to ceiling aquariums, housing species that were mostly not native to the ocean world, before they arrived at the main audience chamber and she ushered Thrall inside before stepping up onto Hoddo's platform to stand beside the Hutt. "Thrall Pontax has come in the Jedi's stead Master." She said to Hoddo.

Not caring if his reluctance showed, he bowed and waited for the Hutt to speak.

Perhaps my message did not convey the appropriate level of importance think job holds." Hoddo said as he looked at Thrall. "I expected Tohkran himself some time ago."

Thrall shrugged, "He would have come himself but he is fighting in a insurgency against some oppressors, you know how jedi are from the tales, have a baby cry and they draw their lightsabers to defend it." Thrall said a bit bored, "He send me instead, also with a request but that can wait after I've done the job, assuming you trust me with it." He gestured to Jeyen, "Also heard the freezers have a problem again, can fix that too pro bono while I am here."

Hoddo laughed at that for a while before he settled again. "silly jedi... So Tohkran has given you authority to accept on his behalf, you know he will still be the one to earn my displeasure if you fail?"

"Duly noted, what's the job?" Thrall asked, still with his arms crossed, he was eager to get out of this place.

"I have an associate recently arrested by the republic. This associate is lets say someone i would rather not see rot in a cell for the next however many years." Hoddo said. "The job is simple, bust my associate out and return them to me."

Thrall nodded slowly, "Prison break, huh? Which prison?"

"Why Kessel of course" Hoddo answered with another booming laugh.

He winced, "Last I heard it was now under private control, which means either sloppy security or high grade, got any information on what to expect?"

"Far from sloppy I'm afraid, Jeyen can give you details we have uncovered on the prison itself, mostly floor plans and data that is several years old. I do however have a Bounty hunter on the moon under my employ, he might be of some assistance if you can contact him on arrival, Again Jeyen has the details." Hoddo replied.

He nodded, "Well, then I better think that Jeyen gives me the details while I see about fixing those freezers, wouldn't want to disturb you any further of your no doubt oh so busy schedule Hoddo." And he bowed again.

Hoddo waved a dismissal while Jeyen gestured for Thrall to follow her out of the audience chamber.

He follows and a moment later, a impromptu gas mask on his face as he was fixing the freezers, even with the mask he was gagging and turned to Jeyen who also had a mask of her own in place, "He really needs to buy new ones but I have them fixed, for now, don't count on it for the long run. So besides the floor plans, that by your own admissions are somewhat dated, there is that bounty hunter that frequents the place?"

She nods, "That is all we have and you are without a jedi to assist you."

Thrall snorts, "Beard face might be occupied but there's other jedi, requires me to turn back to the nest though but was going to anyway, don't really have any resources for a prison break, so yeah there's that." They both left the freezer area and Thrall was glad to smell, somewhat, fresh air again. "So yeah I will return to the nest, gather the resources I need for a prison break and do Hoddo's dirty business." The talked some more before Thrall decided it was time to leave and bid his farewell. Leaving with the Illusion of Grace towards Refuge.

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[b]Summary:[/b]
Thrall accepted a job on Tohkran's behalf... to do a prison breakout on Kessel... after a resupply back at the Refuge.