"This is Jade Lethrem of Coruscant holonet news. Here with Atton Rand, who together with a friend staved of an assassination attempt from not two, nor three but a dozen assassins. And in the middle of the jedi temple no less." The glow of the lamp to the hovering camera droid was blinding. Not that Atton looked straight at it...the reporter was far more interesting.

While Zeltron chicks were a little intimidating at times one couldn't deny the eye candy value of them and this one certainly knew how to use it to her advantage. Dressed in a skirt more resembling a loincloth and a tight vest doing miracles to her bust Atton was sure she was quite a popular reporter. The way she tossed that dark red hair wasn't all that bad either...Atton already liked her.

Over in the middle of the temple chamber the thugs were limping or being carried away under the close escort of at least thirty bitter looking republic soldiers, more then one of them throwing a worried glance back at him. Atton had been well aware of the distance they've kept to him during the arrests, and couldn't help but wonder if they hadn't really wanted to arrest him instead. People always seemed to want to do that after all...

Mira had stepped further down the hall and clearly showed she didn't want the interview from the reporter that had actually arrive ahead of the soldiers. Atton shot her a glare as he watched her speaking into a small communicator, no doubt trying to explain what had happened to Olmark and trying to repair the damage. Of course she didn't realise the answer stood right in front of him, bounty hunters seldom understood how to influence people...at least when it didn't involve them running away.

"So tell me, mr Rand, how could a mere two persons stave off a dozen professional killers?" The Zeltron smile was wide as she put a mike before him. Her eyes were afire with greed though...no doubt she was expecting a promotion from this show.

Flashing her a smile he knew charming enough to get a twi'lek dancer to meet him backstage Atton replied: "Oh it was no difficulty, you'd be surprised how many times random people have waved their weapons at me, I'm just glad none of these fools died." The last he added for sympathy, easily concealing that he had wanted at least a few kills...damn Mira and her conscience. "Oh and please...call me Atton."

"Very well...Atton." The reporter pushed a strand of hair behind her ear with a furtive smile. "A cursory glance tells me the assassin's were not neutralized with blasters or vibroblades, is it true you used a lightsaber on them?" The question was unnecessary really, she clearly saw it hanging from his belt.

"Quite right my dear." Atton put on a sly face as he pulled up the weapon with a spinning movement, putting up a show for the camera before activating the weapon. The camera droid swung around to get a good look on him with the legendary weapon even as the zeltron took a step back, still smiling though. "A little too phallic of a weapon if you ask me...but it's handy." That earned him a giggle.

He could feel Mira's disapproving frown burn into his back but ignored it as he kept up his casual front before the ever more enamoured reporter. "So if you have a lightsaber...that means you are a jedi...doesn't it?"

Atton held his breath, letting his smile fade as he waited...waited...for the right dramatic moment. "Yes. I'm a jedi." He finally let the smile return as the Zeltron had the camera zoom in on his face. "I'm also a good pazaak player, drinking buddy and...as I've been told...quite a good dancer..." The last he added with just a hint of a question as he deactivated his sabre.

"I can imagine..." The reporter breathed as the camera swept to take in her somewhat flustered reaction. Atton could have sworn he heard the thing chuckle...damn weird machines. "I was under the impression that all jedi had been killed?"

Atton couldn't stop his face from darken in sudden grief. "All who've seen a jedi fall...know that they never truly die." Blinking he improvised, hoping to have given a dramatic heart-wrenching moment for all the saps out there he made himself visibly force a tight smile to his lips. "Besides, I'm a new jedi, for the order can never truly die as long as the force lives on." He chuckled, hoping to connect with the people watching. "Annoying isn't it?"

"Some probably think so." The reporter retorted, an...an admiring look on her face? "So please tell our viewers...what are you doing here...master jedi?"

"It's still Atton sweetie." He pointed out, grinning at the reaction he got. Huh...these force senses had some fun benefits. "And I'm here to claim the jedi temple for the use of the jedi order rising from the ashes of the old one, to reinstate the jedi at the heart of the republic...the usual stuff." Atton forced himself to keep his voice casual, trusting the message to be dramatic enough. The shock emanating from the Zeltron as well as Mira's sudden anger told him he had succeeded. "After that I might go out for a dinner...and then go out saving the republic, as I said, the usual."

"Well...I...that is quite an undertaking." The reporter finally managed as her droid backed off, catching them both in picture.

Atton shrugged. "Well...a dinner makes anyone nervous." He grinned at the blush on the reporter, her pink skin darkening slightly. Making a Zeltron blush...impressive work, he still got it. "As for saving the republic, been there, done that...though I guess you might say I cheat when I do that." He twirled the sabre around above his hand, the little use of his power enough to impress the Zeltron as well as catch the attention of the camera.

This was fun! He could practically feel Mira's rage build up to the point of an assault, the viewers awe...and of course the reporter getting more and more tingly...a win on three fronts! "You have saved the republic before?"

"Telos was saved from the sith attack, who destroyed the sith lord do you think?" Of course he hadn't exactly been there...but he didn't need to say that, the awed look on the Zeltron shouldn't be risked after all. He sent a quick thought of apology to the exile, but she knew how he worked so it wasn't that bad...right? "And the Onderon rebels were stopped in their tracks weren't they? That was a fun one..."

"Quite the adventurer aren't you?"

"A jedi's life is sacrifice, and helping the people of the republic is never wrong." Atton spewed the usual garbage people loved even as he flashed the most charming grin he could. "Besides, the girls always love heroes."

"They sure do." The reporter agreed before turning her back to him and facing the hovering camera. She took a step back, placing herself a little closer to Atton then really necessary, then tossed her hair back, shooting him a curious glance. "This is...ah...Jade Lethrem reporting from the jedi temple, now over to Owen with the weather."