Star Wars

Reincarnated as a Tooka

A Isekai Star Wars story

part 3b – Tooge

Jobs are easy, credits come and go. I fly, where do you wanna go ?

- Tooge, Rishi, time unknown

A good hour after liftoff and Tooge was ready for the jump to hyperspace. When he was about to hit the lever however. Undryl stepped back onto the bridge. "Did you find the ship to your liking ?" The Rishii asked her, clearly curious, she was gone a full hour on his ship, somewhere.

"I did, I hope I did not worry you. I needed to clear my head. Walking amid famialr corridors helped in that" Undryl replied with a simple nod

"Familar corridors ?" Asked Tooge, giving the feline half his size a confused look, "You've been aboard CR90s before ?" He asked her, it was not something he was used to hearing

"Used to build them" Undryl said simply. "Until about a week ago"

"Lost your job then ?" Tooge asked as he motioned for her to take a seat

"You could say that" Undryl replied as she sat down, Tooge hit the hyperdrive and the CR90 saw starlines.

"So why the rush to get back to Corellia if you lost your job. ?" Tooge asked looking to the woman as he monitored the systems remotely.

"Its personal" Undryl said, "But I feel I can trust you, I am going to Corellia to attend the funeral, no doubt it will be fully public too"

"Undryl Stathe a close friend of yours ?" Tooge asked

"Closer than you think" Undryl replied. "The funeral is set for three days at the soonest and Master Vanvaris has been requested to find Undryl's attacker or at least find out what weapon was used on her" Undryl explained, nearly saying 'used on me' before catching herself slightly. Tooge never caught on. "While he is doing that I can explore the production line for clues to help him."

"Undryl Stathe was killed outside Balkavan Hall however, so the production line might not be exactly what killed her. Someone did. But why bother listening to a spacer like me ? I'm just a pilot. Jobs keep me going" Tooge said looking back to his datapad. "If you ask me, Someone wanted Undryl Stathe dead over something petty."

"You mean someone went out of their way to have her killed outside a public place like Balkavan Hall ?" Undryl asked, if someone wanted her dead, why there ? "Of all places, why there ? Anywhere in Axial Park could have sufficed just fine. Why Balkavan Hall ?"

"Dunno, I just know I gotta get you to Corellia" Tooge said

"I trust you" Undryl then said a moment or so later.

"What ?" Tooge asked looking up from his datapad. Clearly confused

"I trust you, so Im going to tell you the truth, I am Undryl Stathe, the woman that died." Undryl said

Tooge looked at her, the half human sized Tooka barely came to his chest if not a wee bit higher when standing full upright on two legs. For a good long moment, nothing was said, finally he pointed at her and asked "You were her ?"

"I was, and still am." Undryl said

"Last I knew, Humans arent fuzzy, nor do they look like a Tooka, or smell like a Tooka" Tooge said truthfully. Undryl gave him a dirty look. Tooge raised a feathered arm. "Not saying that you stink, far from it. I'm just saying you dont smell like a human"

She then nodded, he had a point. "I was a human, but I was killed, the human woman, Undryl Stathe, that was me, I was killed. But the question is, why ? I might know, but I am not exact on that."

"So how come you're on my ship instead of at home setting up your own funeral ?" Tooge asked her

"Because I was killed, and when I was dying, something weird happened. I heard a voice as everything went black, it was calm, like a choir of a sort, melodic, peaceful." Undryl sighed. "Next thing I know I woke up on Rishi like this" She indicated herself, the dress she had was the same design she had worn as a human, only designed to fit a Tooka like her, somehow at least.

Tooge set his datapad side. A long quiet sigh was drawn out as he chose his next words carefully. "I'm not saying you arent her, nor am I saying you are her. What I'm saying is this, I trust you. So even if you are her, Undryl Stathe is dead. But I am glad you trust me enough to tell me this, For now, I'll play along." Tooge was smarter than he looked. Infact he decided to do a brief test. "I've an idea, what can you tell me about my ship, aside from the hyperdrive modifications and armoring upgrades I have personally done to it, what can you tell me about it ?"

"Your bedroom combination is still the default, but the bridge lock has been changed six times, I had this ship, this exact one, taken off production line for complete overhaul, twice, because of ribline cracks in the corridor floor and ceilings and a too thin ETR docking ring." Undryl said simply. Stating exactly what Tooge knew of his ship, why it took so long for it to get completed and shipped to him.

"Now how did you know that ?" He asked the Tooka

"Simple, because I, Undryl Stathe, ever since I could walk, had explored the corridors of each ship on the production line, and if I found anything wrong with the corridor in any manner, be it a hairline fracture, the wrong color from what the buyer choice, slightly twisted riblines, you name it, I had the ship then pulled off active production and taken to a sideline to be handfixed before being extended back to production." Undryl explained truthfully.

Tooge didnt have a mouth, or rather, lips to smirk with and he simply nodded. "You're right, the ship was expected two months after purchase, but I did not receive it for nearly six months." He said. He nodded again, "Alright, I believe you, you are indeed Undryl Stathe."

"At least until after my own funeral, Once that is over I might have to figure out a new name" Undryl said. "For now, if you must refer to me in public outside of this ship, you may refer to me as Master Vanvaris, Master Baozi Vanvaris has permitted me to share his surname." Undryl told him.

"I see, I have worked with Master Vanvaris a few times as a charter, he is a good pay, and a damn good Sabacc player to boot." The Rishii said simply. "So him being asked to be on Corellia for an unknown amount of time, take this" He held out a comlink, "This is linked directly to me, so when you need a ride, or plan to be longer then my alloted stay on Corellia, let me know" Undryl accepted the comlink with a simple nod of agreement.

Soon she would be back on Corellia, home really. Boazi could begin his investigation, and she could attend to other events as needed. The only thing on her mind aside from exploring the Production lines once again was the relic she had stashed away in her bedroom.