As Gacen woke up he felt like a drill was drilling into his brain this was almost certainly alcohols fault. He lay there unable to get up for about half an hour, what happened last night? as he began to think memories started coming back to him. Oh god Ash had found him drinking but he'd been so careful ughhhhhh, Gacen slumped out of bed as he remembered he'd agreed to lay off the alcohol oh god he knew what his brain did without it though. Ash seemed pretty serious though so he should probably listen, Gacen made his way to the cockpit to find Ash already up.

"Morning sleepyhead how's your head?" she said with a definite sarcastic tone

"well i feel like i'm being shot continuously by a Blaster rifle soo not as bad as i was expecting" he grinned this was a blatant lie it was more like a light saber stuck in his skull but he thought Ash could use some positive news

"alright well you ready to get some lunch we have arrived at Irodonia" Lunch but he'd just woken up that didn't ma– he looked at the clock 12:00 ahhmakes sense

"well it'll be breakfast for me but sure" he could really do with some food to soak up the alcohol he looked at Ash "youuu need me to land the ship for you?" she still hadn't really got the nack for landing he didn't want a repeat of last time she tried to land, so expensive

"no don't worry i think i got it now" Gacen was worried he was very worried but probably should trust her he had plenty of disposable income anyway

"alright then Ash bring us down" he said leaning back to put his feet of the dashboard. She began bringing the ship down into the small spaceport of Iridonia, Gacen began getting anxious that was a rather small landing pad even he would have trouble with such a thing and he was pilot ace of the galaxy, "youuu sure you got this" Ash didn't respond clearly fully concentrating on the task at hand, this is fine she has it covered surely Gacen mulled over the possibilities for a while but then suddenly felt a small oomf as they landed

Ash turned to him with a cocky smile "uh yeah i got this" Gacen hadn't seen her this pleased in a while nice one. He got up and began pacing he was starting to get some nerves, he hadn't been outside while sober for quite a while, maybe just a quick drink wouldn't hurt, he began to try to stealthily drink from his flask but quickly found it snatched out his hand damn she was fast

"what did we JUST talk about" Ash looked visibly angry he had to explain

"it was just a little to calm the nerves Ash nothing more" He wasn't sure if that was true or not now she had confronted him

"i don't think it was nothing more, the rules are as follows alcohol is only allowed at a bar or social event where i will decide how much you can have" god she wasn't his mum Gacen wasn't really on board with the idea of rules

"Ash i didn't agree to you babysitting me i said i was gonna do it myself" he could do it he was somewhat sure

"you wanted to get better Gacen this is the way, trust me on this i don't want to have to limit you but i also don't want to be dealing with the alcoholic binges so it's these rules or none" she seemed pretty firm about it and as much as Gacen hated to admit it she was right, he had tried to kick it before and failed so her help was probably a good thing.

"alright Ash, sorry we'll do it your way" Ash seemed genuinely pleased with that

"thanks bud, anyway lets get some grub" she said perking up they made their way out the ship and after all the ship parking preamble was done they were looking for a cantina

"you know I can probably spot a good cantina here" Gacen said with a cheery smile he was starting to wake up and the fesh air was helping his headache

"uh huh why's that then you been here before" Ash seemed unimpressed with his street smart knowledge

"well it's Iridonia home of my distant relatives the less red zabraks" he forgot the name something starting with I

"what so you have a natural instinct" Ash said clearly not taking his powers seriously

"exactly and by that i know that this cantina the Rancors Jaw will server the best food on the damn planet" Gacen said while pretending to be tapping into some force power

Ash stifled a chuckle heh even she couldn't resist his wit "Oh really the Rancors Jaw sounds appetizing" her response was dripping with sarcasm

"hey a Rancor can be delicious if cooked right but i do admit the name does just sound like the owner thought of an animal and then a body part and went with the first which sounded good." Gacens tone wavered a bit the Racor cooking reminded him of home he should refocus don't wanna head there not right now. "after you" he said with a rather baroque bow at least he thought so

"alright mr showman pack it in we're in a public place" she said walking into the bar she's just jealous Gacen thought jokingly as they entered the bar they got the immediate vibe of a sleazy cantina full of lowlifes and criminals "are you sure abou-" Ash began

"It's PERFECT" Gacen said with a smile as he sauntered over to the bar where a rather large Zabrak stood washing a glass. Music was playing softly in the background sounded like some generic popular music not really Gacens style. Ash joined him at the bar somewhat less impressed. "one pint of your finest beer please" Gacen said with a smile Ash turned to him with a sour look "you said only at bars this is a bar" he said innocently haha beat that logic

"fine but only one" she said she did not seem pleased

"don't worry only one, oh sir can we also have some menus" Gacen waved his hand to call him over, the zabrak brought over the menus they looked pretty tacky but Gacen was starving so he didn't care. He was browsing until he saw they did Grilled Rancor he was so surprised, no one ever did it because it was so hard to make "hey hey Ash Ash have you decided" he said excited

"uh yeah why are you squealing like a child" Ash raised her eyebrows concerned

"they do grilled Rancor" he said maybe he should tone it back a bit he was getting looks

"congratulations that sounds disgusting" Ash said looking unimpressed and turned to the Zabrak "i'll have a Bantha Burger and i assume you know what he wants" Ash said gesturing to Gacen who had calmed down. The zabrak just gave a nod and passed Gacen his beer finally this was gonna be good, they began to make their way over to a table.

As they were heading over Gacen was about to take a sip and then he felt a tap on his shoulder "Gacen Zandar?" A rather rough looking Houk asked, this guy looked big better say no

"uh no sir you must be mistaken" he said confident his cover was safe.

The Houk began to mess with a holopad "oh really" oh no he has the holonet Gacen was all over that "not this Gacen Zandar" he said holding up a bounty photo of him, oh ok wellll this is bad. A bunch more goons surrounded them, Ash turned to Gacen

"what did you do?" she said as they were forced back to back

"i don't know probably an illegal crime sometime in the past there's a lot to choose from" Gacen said panicked

"well it looks like we're gonna have to fight them off" Ash said readying her fists

"god dammit fine" Gacen said lifting the hand not holding his beer

*as the fight began a new song started playing on the jukebox*

Gacen didn't know how many guys there were but knew he didn't want to be in the middle of them he slid between the legs of the Houk beer raised as not to spill it. He saw Ash began to fight most of them off they were gonna get schooled but then three began coming for him, he took a quick sip of beer for courage and went to swing at the one closest which made them stagger back before he kneed them in the face knocking them cold to the floor. As he turned the second went for a swipe at his chest he moved his hands in the way blocking some of the blow, but as he did some of his beer was spilt damn gotta keep that out of the firing line. He went for a quick kick to the old voidwolfs knocking the second guy to his knees, he thought a celebratory sip was in order but as he was about to the other goon left clonked him on the head getting beer all down him. He elbowed the third guy in the side forcing him to move back then Gacen grabbed a bottle and threw it at his head with that he was out like a light. Hows the beer situation he thought about half left let's put it down to avoid further damage to his drink. As he took a breather he pondered where Ash was in that big but admittedly smaller looking mob of goons, Suddenly he saw her and the Houk go flying out of the mob and over the table he just put his beer on, Motherfucker god dammit now he had to get another drink, Ash quickly returned to the mob seeming to hold her own, she's probably got this Gacen thought. He gave the Houk a quick kick for spilling his drink before hoping over the bar, he began to pour while he watched what he could see of Ash fighting off the rest of the guys. He counted six bodies already on the ground and two more would soon be on the way as she threw a Rodian into a Deveronian knocking them both out in the process. Honestly if he got involved he'd probably get more in the way than anything, the beer was finished and he was really craving a drink when he felt something break over his head knocking him to the ground. FUCKING GOD DAMN BASTARD he thought as his vision clouded he'd almost certainly dropped his drink, as his vision returned he saw the Houk was standing over him with some sort of vibroblade he quickly began to shuffle backwards as the Houk began trying to attack him with the blade way too close t the old voidwolfs. He shuffled back to the end of the bar his balance was still off so he couldn't stand properly, the Houk began to move forward though it was having trouble with all the glass from the beer cutting at his feet ha bare feet idiot. Gacen saw his chance and quickly unholstered his blaster with a quick one two he shot both of the Houks kneecaps the Houk fell to it's knees roaring in pain. After a minute of regaining his balance he moved over to the Houk and knocked him out with but of his gun, stupid beer spiller. Gacen carefully made his way over the glass and began pouring as he looked up however he saw a goon flying straight towards him he ducked instinctively he hit the wall with a loud crack Gacen popped his head back up to see the bar empty and Ash standing in the middle of 14 unconscious goons "wow remind me not to get on your bad side" he said as he poured his beer.

Ash gave him a grumpy look "then don't pour that" what no he never got his first one

Gacen began to say "the one i had got spilt and…" Ash cracked her knuckles clearly not in the mood "fine"…