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Done by the always fantastic;
AntoReakk

And featuring Fac, my unfortunate but cute T'vaoan. As well as the big Dragon+
Rar-Zec

And the excellent feline helper goons FHGhenchman on discord.

Where we see Darius calmly explaining to the other three about how he would prefer them not to take on the contract they just accepted. See? Its always good to talk issues you have with people out. Nice and calmy <3

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It was vitally important in a wide galaxy to know things. But often far more important than that was to know people. This allowed you to use their skill in knowing things for your own benefit. And to make sure you could see more things going on through them. Not be blindsided by something unfortunate. Which is why Darius was rushing up the ramp to the Bounty Hunters Guild now. He had luckily been in the area getting his specially made T'vaoan style armor fitted. To better fit in with his best little cheeper Rar-Zec - when he got a worrying message about Rar. Not that anything bad had befallen him - yet at least - but that something was starting that would be an issue. A bounty had been put on Rars handsome head! And that was bad! Darius hadn't even looked at the price, it was high, before he ran off to try and sort this out. Rar was currently out talking with some ship contacts so that should hopefully keep him safe as it was not his standard schedule that the Hunters may have. Hopefully it would be long enough as Darius almost leapt over the cleaner who was working on the floor just inside the door before he surged over to the desk! The Turian glancing up from the console he was working on before flicking aside a screen and looking up. Not seemingly bothered by the panting Dragon in front of him.

"Yes?"

"Bounty! The one fo...for Rar-Zec! Has it been taken yet?!" The Turian looking back down at the console and shrugging as he held his fingers over the keyboard.

"Spelt how? To make sure I get it right."

"R A R dash Z E C." Tippy tap. Darius' tail flicking behind him as his fingers drummed on the countertop.

"It has." Shit!

"Has the hunter left yet?!"

"Calm down please. Shouting won't make this go any faster." The Turian grunted before he tippy tapped some more. Darius trying to take a breath as he looked down at the desk to see the little name plate; Liviretia Egnamus

"S...sorry Liviretia. I'm Darius sorry again. Just uhh...invested in that target." In more ways than one!

"Its fine on the whole just I'm not the one who sets them up. Just a record keeper. They have not." A chance! "They are still in the building actually." A better one! Before Livir glanced up and narrowed one of his eyes. "Are you here to join or contest this bounty?"

"Uhhh...contest? Is that allowed here? I cant cancel it can I?" A headshake.

"The Bounty has been accepted so no canceling it no. It is allowed or I would have not mentioned it. Just know that what happens either way we of the Guild will have no responsibility of. And will bill for any property damages."

"Understood, where ar,"

"Room six, three of them, one Lead and two helpers." Levir pointing down the specific hallway as he tapped a few more keys. "Good luck in your contesting." Looking Darius up and down. "You seem dressed for it and capable."

"Yeah well," Darius would mumble as he started to move out. "It wasn't for this. Things just sort of worked out."

"Well hopefully it will continue!" Livir calling out before he went back to tapping. Dairus moving off at a jog before he groaned. He didn't have any weapons with him besides his hands and features. And they would likely be armed...Need to be quick if they didn't want to drop the bounty. Maybe they would be reasonable? And after a nice talk would agree to drop the bounty? Maybe? Stopping in front of room six Darius took a breath as he did a quick look over himself. Yup. No weapon had materialized since he had been worried about it as he gave his wings a flex and spread. They would be needed in their other form most likely. Before he would click the open door button.

The door sliding open to reveal those who would dare go after his beloved Rar. Though Darius could not fully blame them as he gave the three a little wave - they likely had no idea who Zec was. Just taking on a job. And it was another T'vaoan. What a shame really. And two cats. "Evening lads - getting uhh...ready?" That sure seemed to be what they were doing as they were not fully armored or armed. Mainly just the lower halves of their armor on and seemingly no weapons. Ok good in case they didn't want to drop it.

"Yeah - watcha want?" The T'vaoan would hissed as he finished clipping on his thigh armor. Darius awwing internally that the Kig seemed to cut his arm feathers short to wear that shiny shirt. Those were so good in hugs before he refocused back on the likely threat in front of him.

"Oh just curious about your picked up Bounty."

"Just one Target!" One of the cats would happily report.

"Quick and good payment!" The second confirmed. Just helpers. The T'vaoan nodding before shrugging.

"The cost means it won't be quick. It wouldn't be high if it was easy."

"Y..yeah I'm sure it wont be."

"What? You know something about Bounty? You want in?"

"Uhhh..."

"Cheep clearly!" The featherhead would hiss out before Darius clapped his hands together and interlocked his fingers. Focus and stop this if needed. For Rar.

"It will be tough. Is there any way I could convince you to drop it Mr?"

"Fac - of nest Lan. And no. Its a bounty I need. Wartime stresses need fixing." Fac narrowing his eyes at Darius as he clicky clack walked over in those armored talons. "You do know something about Bounty." Raising up a hand to rest his middle finger against Darius' chest. Uh oh. "Trying to take it for yourself!?"

What a stroke of luck for Darius that the door he had entered through just shut. So there was less chance of this being interrupted. And then Fac when and left a long scratch on his brand new armor. Fine. What a shame - Fac was pretty cute. Nothing to Rar but still. "No, but I'll be stopping you from going after my Rar." The Dragons wings shimmering before they collapsed together before erupting into a mass of tentacles! Fac trying to step back as those teal eyes widened before Darius' hand shot out and slid under his beak to grab his throat.

"Contestation in progress." Would be announced into the room, in a familiar metallic bird voice, as the camera in the corner swiveled and zoomed into Fac being slammed back into the wall as he gargled in shock! Those Tentacles swipped outward as the Cats ran over to assist with their fists up before both were snatched by the mass of Tentacles. Darius taking a quick look around before he nodded happily. He had all three. Still got it! The cats soon getting extra tentacles wrapped around them so they couldn't escape as one was flipped over. Those tentacles starting to slid up toward their mouths to work on their own asphyxiation as he looked back at the T'vaoan. Who was trying to kick out at him as those eyes kept their wide state as he was pushed back hard against the wall. Feather mane spreading out as a good show of how much his throat was being constricted. The camera taking special focus on that!

But those legs were too short to reach Darius' unarmored head. And the armor at least was being weathered as those hand and foot claws scratched and dinged off of his arm. "Should have taken the offer." Darius would grunt as he smirked at the Kig he was strangling as those tentacles forced their way into the cats mouth and to their throats to cut off air. "But this way you won't have to worry about those stresses eh?" Fac just gagging in response as his struggles to free himself were already lessoning. His eyes starting to go out of focus as Darius made sure he had a tight grip on the sides of the Kigs long neck. One good thing when you needed to snuff those birds really. A nice big neck to aim for. "Rar occasionally does Hunting you know Fac, my lovely Rar-Zec. Yet he himself got a Bounty." Giving Fac a shake side to side as the T'vaoan wheezed as his feet dangled limply just off the ground. "Makes me hope you had one too. Sure the money you would have been paid for the Bounty, if you weren't about to die, will be given back. But maybe you can get some money for me huh?" Fac giving a last feeble kick as his response to that as the leg flopped up before resting over Darius' arm. Giving him a good view of those grippy toe beans and the claws on them. How nice of Fac! Darius would give them a few rubs with the back of the fingers of his other hand and a few flicks for the offer. Facs teal eyes rolling back as his eyes mostly closed, leaving a bit of white and blue left, before his beak hung limply open and tongue flopped out. One dead Hunter. Well potentially. Darius would keep his tight grip and pressure shoving the Kig against the wall to make sure he wasn't trying to fake it as he looked back at the cats. Both trying to get that tentacle out of their mouths as their legs flailed around trying to find purchase. But now able to better focus on them he squirmed those tentacles deeper, not often he got to use these for battle purposes. So he could be a bit more rough as he worked them down. Those two helpers soon weakening too as they started to dangle off the ground too. The upside down one soon flopping his legs and almost kicking himself in the head! As the other just swayed gently side to side in his grip. Right.

Letting out a long breath the three bodies would clatter and flump to the ground in a heap as Darius flexed and stretched out the hand that been holding Fac before his tentacles started to retract back into him and group up again. Before a shimmer later they were back as wings. Reaching down to grab Fac before he glanced up at the intercom bleeped again.

"Bounty resolved, please report to the front desk." The camera focused on Darius now as he sighed and gave a little wave. He was never one for this Bounty Hunting buisness. Hopefully what he had done wouldn't bite him in the ass later. That was something only Rar was allowed to do. And a hup and grunt later Fac was laying over Darius' left shoulder. Maneuvered so his torso and dangling arms were between his wings to keep him more steady as his head hung limply down the Dragons back. Tongue giving a bit of a cleaning to his lower back as the cats were picked up under an arm each. Before one was dropped to pick up Facs left foot and use his limp claws, flexing back at the pressure, to push the door open button.

"Thanks Fac~" hed coo as he patted that armored rump before picking up the cat and heading to the front desk. To find out what would happen now. Before he blinked. "Rar?" The pretty red feathered bird leaning against the desk trying to look all cool and sexy. Like he always was. But it didn't cover the fact that he was panting. Had likely sprinted here to stop his bounty too.

"Well done hun," Rar cheeped as he nodded at the corpses Darius was carrying over. "Beat me to it!"

"I did but...this will be bad right? I'll accept what happened to have saved you." But Rar just waved a hand dismissively as he nodded at Liviretia who took over.

"These Hunters had accepted the contract and had therefore taken on the risks involved. The Bounty would end when either Rar," Rar giving a wink and a little peace sign, causing Darius to smile at the silly. "Or they were captured or dead. This has happened. So the Bounty is complete - just with a failure. And as you mentioned in the room Darius Fac there does indeed have some credits on his head. Not a bounty though," Livir turning his screen around to show a mugshot of Fac, looked to be a military photo, next to a report where he escaped arrest for the sabotage and then crash of a civilian transport.

"Uhhh...isn't that a bounty then? Just by a Government?"

"Yes but," Rar cuting in. "Those are called Bonds as they are issued by a Government. Not as much of a Bounty which tends to be individual."

"Uhhh," Darius blinking and squinting before he shrugged. Making Fac jiggle on his shoulder as his beak clacked softly. Seems he also thought it was a silly distinction! Even if it involved his now credit earning rump.

"It also doesn't stop you becoming a Hunter," Livir continued as reached over to pull a wheeled table over to the front of the desk. "Just means you are one who generally gets the smaller ones. Fac there was just here when Rars was posted and jumped at it. Seems he really wanted that money. Perhaps to pay that off but ah well. Now the payment for him will be yours Darius."

"Oh goody. What about the cats?" Nodding at Livir as he leaned forward so Fac would slump forward off his shoulder, Rar moving over to help catch and lower his fellow Kig, and smack onto the table. Rar humming along as he moved Facs limp limbs to his side and centered on the table before he grabbed the straps on the side and started to clip them together before tightening them down to keep Fac on the table.

"No escape for you Fac! Worth much to us now." Rar would comment before Livir tapped some keys and then shaking his head.

"Nothing on them. We can dispose of them if you want. Or you can keep them." Rar looked over from tightening the last strap and licking his beak.

"Free dinner dear." That they could be! Before the couple would look over at a kaching noise as Livir handed over a cheque.

"For Facs Bond. Good job stopping the Bounty Darius and bringing down a criminal. Enjoy the cats I'll need to keep Facs body for sending off to the Government."

"Ok makes sense...well that went well." Darius would huh to himself before Rar would whap a hand onto his rump!

"It did! So proud of you hun! And the armor looks amazing! I told you you would look amazing in it!" Both happily hugging as they walked off with dinner. Livir getting off the chair to move around his desk to grab hold of the table that Fac was strapped too as he started to push it toward the processing room. Though he would glance back at Rar and Darius as he left and then back at Fac as he smacked that limp beak to the side.

"And I'll be sure to send you off Fac - once I get my pound of flesh out of you. Had a sister on that transport you bastard. I'm sure the Government won't mind if you show up with your neck snapped a few times and missing a few feathers!" The door being pushed open by the table as he entered. "Just glad one of them showed up before you left - the benefit of knowing people!" The Turian laughing to himself as the door closed behind him.