Arriving at the party on Nar Shaddaa. Earlier episodes are here. No spoilers except for companion names.

( Masquerade Part 4: Let's get this party started )

EDIT:  I got clarification from the person who's running het_bigbang, and no, with the thing I was thinking about 50 percent done, it doesn't qualify.  Has to be started specifically for the challenge, even if it's never been posted anywhere else.  So the question below is, in fact, moot.  Please disregard.

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So, I have a question for the folks reading along on these little stories every Friday.  I'm considering pulling together one of the stories I want to tell about Adiira and Malavai for a writing challenge called het_bigbang.  It would mean expanding the fic out to 10K words, which it kinda needs anyway, to hang together and make sense to a reader coming at it cold. 

More to the point, it would mean holding off on posting it here.  Het Big Bang does a dramatic reveal of all the fic written for the event on August 31st.  I have other stories to post about Adiira and crew before then, but not enough to last until the end of August.  I could put up stories about other characters in the SWTOR universe, like Jaeda, my bounty hunter (see week before last) but I might wind up skipping a Friday or two.

What do you think?  Go ahead and try the writing challenge, knowing that it means you don't get that story until after August?  Or keep posting everything in sequence here, and you guys will see that story likely starting sometime in July?  Let me know.

note: After rereading the requirements for the challenge, this may all be moot.  The instructions say you have to start fresh for the 10K challenge aka the "Little Bang".  I'll write and request clarification, but there's no entirely new story that I am so invested in telling that I want to write 10K words starting from scratch today.

No spoilers other than companion names.

( Naps and preparations )

No spoilers, I don't think.

( “Well, it’s about damn time!” Vette was chuckling over something on a small holoscreen. )

SWTOR has companions who travel with your character, helping him or her out.  Naturally every character class has the same companions, as Bioware's database is good but not infinite.  So they let you customize your companion's appearance, which helps some in watching ten Sith Warriors run by all followed by the same Twi'lek.  When you get your first companion (coming from EQ and WoW I struggle not to say "your first pet") you also get the customization free.

I didn't like any of the custom looks for Vette; I love the delicate headpiece she's wearing when you meet her.  So I didn't use the custom option (I sold it instead -- it was worth a pretty penny.)  Unfortunately, she's also wearing a shock collar when you meet her, so my Vette still has the shock collar (I think that changes with the custom looks but am not sure.)

So why is Vette still wearing the shock collar?

( Ask her... )