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Kah Manet
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Da Boogey Gunga

The light of the fire flickered and bathed the Jedi in shadows, the quiet wind kissing against his skin. Before him sat some of the younglings of the Arca Praxeum, the Gungan breathing deep and make deep, guttural clicks.
“Mesa gun tell yousas aboutin’...da Boogey Gunga!” said Kah, jumping to his feet and growling as he said the words da Boogey Gunga. “Dey say da Boogey Gunga was first born when da slavahs of dee Empire came to mesa home. Dey came, and dey saw my people.”
Kah took a moment and looked down at his feet, his eye beginning to fill with tears.
“Deysa looked upon us and laughed, dey studied us and dey deemed us unworddy. Dey penned up our men, grabbed our kiddies, and dey made dem scream. Mesa fadda said dat hearing da screams was worse den anyting he had felt. When dey grew tired of da child, dey were discarded, burned by da flames of dah troopers. When dey finished widd da kiddies, theysa grabbed de women and did da same. Dey butchered our kin and laughed at der limbs as dey threw dem into piles.
“One of dah men in da camp, some kind of witch doctuh of da tribe, placed a curse on da piles and it was said they formed togedda and created da Boogey Gunga.”
“What’s he look like, Master Manet?” asked one of the Younglings.
The Gungan began to chortle a little, staring at the girl.
“Imagine yah worst nightmare girl. Imagine a writhin’ bag ah snakes dat squirms and moves and smells of da dead. Imagine Mastah Liam covered in mud, with dozens of robes comin’ off of him. Da Boogey Gunga iddn’t pretty. Da Boogey Gunga is coverd in da blood of doze dat offended da Goonguns of my tribe.”
“Where are you from, Master Manet? Naboo?”
“Yessah boyo, mesa from da swamps of Lianorm on Naboo. Da Boogey Gunga was the tale we told our kiddies to try and make dem feel safe. Tah feel some kind of security, tah know dat bad deeds were punished and dey need not worry of dee Empire. My fadda first told me of da Boogey Gunga when mesa had just formed legs, hesa claimin’ dat he was one of da men in dat camp. Hesa was so proud of my people, and itsa hurt him to know he could not save his people. Mesa tink dat is why he told me da story of Da Boogey Gunga, to know that some day his people would be saved.” said Kah, the wind flapping one of his ears to the side. He grabbed it and threw it over his shoulder.
“What happened to your father, Master Manet?” asked a girl.
“Hesa was slain by slavahs, men who tried to take my mudda and sista. Dey slew him right in front ah me.” said Kah, his eyes staring at the fire and not moving from it. Silence approached them for a few moments, until Kah realized that some of the kids looked as though they were having a horrible time.
“Ah...less change topics. Have yousa all heard of da time Masta Liam grabbed a data spike instead of his lightsaber?”

This tale takes place around the battle of Yavin, times where things were different. The Force was still making an impression, and we all had hope. Those days are gone but the battles, they were fierce people sacrificed themselves for what they believe in. It was here that it is said a fierce Wookie by the name of Chewbacca the Destroyer fought against the imperial forces. During the fight it's said that he fought using the old style of a wookie bowcaster and using the trees jumping across them as if it was stepping stones, taking out hundreds of stormtroopers as he went nothing standing in his way as he killed them men fighting against him, no care in the world for there family. As the battle progressed the underhand tactics of the Rebels was said to be someone that would scare the minds of soldiers forever, the Destroyer brought mini versions of himself with some dark summoner power, these creatures referred to themselves as Ewoks. They were brutal in combat, they did not fight like normal armies no they fought like demons sent from an inferno. Blunt objects were used to beat Storm Troopers to death, the blood was so bad that it ruined the earth soaking the mud with red from the carnage that they carried out onto the Imperial Forces.

It was during this time that Chewbacca the Destroyer was said to have stepped up the carnage he delivered to the Imperial Forces by taking out a AT-ST team, ripping them free from the vehicle and throwing them to there death. Using this vehicle of destruction he turned the weapons on the Imperial forces, making sure to inflict as much damage as possible against the guns were said to be like an inferno blasting away at anything that moved on the battlefield. The carnage they inflicted was only increased by the fact that Han Solo The Traitor was seen as well, he made sure that no-one survived inside the shield generator showing no mercy at all to anyone who moved around near him. After slaughtering the forces it's said that he then managed to take out the shield generator protecting the mighty death start with a single satchel charge. It did not take long at all for the Shields to drop which would cost the lives of thousands of troops, men and women who served. It was here that they forged history they killed without mercy and without regret. Even the prisoners it was said that Han and Chewbacca went around killing for sport. They cared not for anyone and would not listen to reason killing each person without remorse. This was the day that Endor was covered in blood, blunt weapons and battering was given. This is the tale of Chewbacca the Destroyer and Han Solo the Traitor and it still carries forward to this date.

The largest square of the Citadel was packed. Lights and speakers coated the walls and artistic parapets that surrounded the square, though no one noticed. A large square platform sat in the center, a floating island amongst the sheer numbers that had come to see the battle.

A fewer number of people stood within the rooved parapets, separated from the rest of the general population. Each wore blue or red, showing their support for either side of the Battle for the Beverages. Nearly all of Arcona has gathered, friends and colleagues standing with one another to make small talk and burn time. For such a simple disagreement, there was an unusual amount of tension.

Mks had chosen a central opening in the parapets to hang his legs over, the spectacle fully aligned to his senses. No one disturbed him from this venture, as a large grumpy-looking Barabel stood directly behind him, who happened to be his friend and colleague and tended to dissuade any conflict fairly early on.

Zakath shifted his weight and snorted irritably. Again.

“I see no reazon for uz to wait so long bozz.”

The Miraluka didn’t move an inch, “Patience, bae, patience.”

The Barabel paused for a moment before pointedly unfolding his arms, “Bae? No, not thiz again. I hate it.”

Mks came to life and fully turned to face his friend, “What? What do you mean?”

“Thiz word thing. Last week waz ‘turnt’, the week before ‘swerve’. It’z annoying.”

“What? This is the first time- I mean I haven’t noticed-”

“Yez, thiz iz your stupid idea that you’re not young anymore-”

The forced indifference in the seated man was so obvious that a nearby couple moved for the shame. Zakath immediately became furious, his eyes gleaming like a devil’s moon, his every muscle and sinew coiled with concentrated power as his arms tensed to lash out with sharpened talon- until he stopped, took a breath and exhaled it huffily.

“Alright, so concerts aren’t my thing anymore-”

The talons moved forward with haste to physically turn the Miralukas body to face the square.

“You. Are. Not. Old. Turn around, watch.”

“Alright, alright.”

Zakath felt burn of shame for a moment, before catching a rather simple looking human walking in the opposite parapet. The figure immediately stood out and the reptilian hulk suddenly felt the prongs of fear as the figure raised two fingers to his eyes and pointed them- quite pointedly too, at the Barabels person before stalking away into the shadows.

He swallowed and shuffled a little closer to his partner.

Then the music began and the sound was a visual of bobbing heads emanating from the speakers. Spotlights lit opposite corners of the square and immediately the crowds began to part for two small groups of people, one coloured in red cloaks and the other in blue cloaks. They swiftly made their way towards the platform, the groups staying in opposite corners. The crowd went wild for a moment as the hoods of the cloaks were pulled down, chants of the participants names ripe in the air.

A figure dressed in a light grey robe climbed onto the platform and stood within its center.

“People of the Citadel! I welcome you to this grand display and wordy battle to determine who is more correct in this war of soda vs pop! I give you the red corner, with Ernordeth for Soda!”

The crowd roared as Ernordeth stepped forward, a microphone amplifying his voice at the collar. The music changed and he began:

Dehydrated and tired, a young kid playing games that I had acquired,
Staying up past my bedtime, so naughty, but I needed a boost-I wasn’t sorry,
Only one thing on my mind that got me wired, only one thing that I knew that I truly desired,
I wasn’t thinkin’ bout a coffee with biscotti, or windows down in the seat of a ferrari,

Around my throat like a boa, I should’ve already told ya,

I gotta get me some more soda, soda, soda, soda
I gotta get me some more soda, soda, soda, soda
Need least a half a can of soda, soda, soda, soda
Gotta get me some more soda, soda, soda, soda

The crowd stirred into life once more, a mixture of boos and cheers. The grey robed figure stepped forward.

“Wow, folks! That is something we will surely not forget for some time- presumably! Lets throw it to the blue corner and get our response!”

The crowd flared up for a moment until the music restarted and the blue robed Braecen strutted confidently to the center.

Cheeeeeeck, this out:

Not gonna be confrontational, or sensational, but educational and motivational-
In the face of a brother in arms, whose let his charms, disarm his better senses and harms his own two arms, like bad firearms-
How kooky is that? We got the same kinda interests, gaming chill as a cat, we the same kind of specialists-
But time and time again, you express my kinda thirst, so just let me know when, so I can correct you first,

Pop, pop in the fridge-
Pop, pop in the fridge,
You almost got it right, you just twisted a smidge,
Pop, pop in the fridge-
Pop, pop in the fridge!

This time the crowd gave it their all, hooting and jeering with as much volume as they could muster. The grey robed figure walked back to the center of the platform, clearly shaking his head.

“Unbelievable! An incredible response, but what do we all think? Who should go home with the crown?”

The crowd shouted a chorus of names, blending together into nonsense. It became clear, as the minutes went by, that there was no clear winner. That generally, there were other drinks that people could drink and that drinking water was probably better anyway. It was declared a tie and everyone got drunk.