Fear and Loathing in Mos Eisley
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We were somewhere around Toshi Station on the edge of the Jundland Wastes when
the spice began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit
lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar
all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge mynocks, all
swooping and screeching and diving around the speeder, which was going about a
hundred miles an hour with the top down to Mos Eisley. And a voice was
screaming: "Holy Maker! What are these gorram animals?"
Then it was quiet again. My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring
beer on his chest scales, to facilitate the tanning process. "What the hell are
you yelling about?" he muttered, staring up at the sun with his eyes closed and
covered with wraparound Duros Starglasses. "Never mind," I said. "It's your turn
to drive." I hit the brakes and aimed the Great Red Shark toward the shoulder of
the highway. No point mentioning those mynocks, I thought. The poor bastard will
see them soon enough.
My name is Grod Oo'Gan. I am a Rodian smuggler.
I spend my time drunk on Tatooine Sunburn and high on Ryll. There is nothing
more desperate and depraved than a Rodian in the depths of a Ryll binge.
I have a Barabel friend. He is my attorney. He told me, in Barab: "You're going
to need plenty of legal advice before this thing is over. And my first advice is
that you should rent a very fast landspeeder with no top. This blows my weekend,
because naturally I'll have to go with you--and we'll have to arm ourselves."
I have 8 different pistols on me, but you won't find a single one.
I dress hipper than your Jedi. I have an understanding of the general dichotomy
of legal and illegal. Right and Wrong. I am gonzo. I will feign my death.
We had two bags of Muon Gold, seventy-five pellets of Sedative H4b, five sheets
of high-powered Neutron Pixies, a salt shaker half-full of Giggle Dust, and a
whole galaxy of multicolored Booster Blues, Thruster Heads, ShadowPaw, ScramJet...
Also a quart of Tatooine Sunburn, a quart of Breath of Heaven, a case of Grey
Gabaki, a pint of raw Yarrock and two dozen SweetBlossoms... Not that we needed
all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious spice collection
the tendency is to push it as far as it can go.
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Yeah, I should get back to work.