Model Write-Up #24 - Donut and Stitch

(With help from my friend Vlad Draghici)

"Donut, as he called himself, was abandoned by his parents at a very young age, on the streets of Nar Shaddaa. He was a street urchin for a few days, but struggled to survive alone. He had been running from a gang of psychopathic Rodians when he stumbled across Stitch, who was, at this time, and infantile Wookie. He had numerous scars from lashings and torture - a consequence of his being a disobedient slave. With no other real option, the two stuck together in order to try and survive better in the crime-ridden underground of the planet. Their life was hard, but with Donut's innate knack for mechanics and Stitch's strength as a Wookie, the two were able to find jobs here and there which supported them enough to live. However, Stitch lived in perpetual fear of his slavers coming back to take him, and Donut desperately wished to find his parents - to ask them why they abandoned him, and what his name really was. Neither was particularly satisfied with their current conditions, and they both realised that if either of them was to deal with their respective issues, they would need a better income. Stitch suggested becoming mercenaries - with their individual skills, they would be able to achieve some level of prominence with local crime lords. They took up the occasional job, and although their standards of living increased to a certain extent, they were mostly still poor and barely getting by. Then, Donut caught wind, whilst eavesdropping on some mercenaries, of a great "Crusade" being started in the Outer Rim, to which only Mandalorians and their partners were invited to join. Stitch spoke of how such an opportunity could not only gain them enough fame to take any job they wished, it could also yield significant riches in the form of salvage and territorial division after the Crusade was finished. The two could profit from the destruction waged by the majority of the Crusade; meanwhile, they would stay at the back of the group and have choice pickings of what was left behind. Donut agreed with Stitch, but as the two were discussing how to sneak in, a Mandalorian in lime-green armour walked past, talking via com-link to an associate. He mentioned the crusade, and, knowing this Mandalorian was likely en route there, Stitch and Donut made their move. With the former distracting him, Stitch came up from behind and broke the Mandalorian's neck. Donut took his armour, although it barely fit the underfed mercenary, and the two boarded his ship, en route to an uncertain future. On the way there, Donut read through archives on Mandalorians and did his best to maintain an impression of them; however, given he was only fifteen, he worried to what extent he would actually appear capable. Stitch assured him that anyone who thought to the contrary would be scared away by a large, dangerous Wookie - and so the two joined Mandalore the Crusader's fleet, looking to con their way to riches. When the Hyperspace Malfunction occurred, neither had any particular idea of what to do or where to go. They decided to go out on their own, and attempt to figure out a new business venture - perhaps there were opportunities in the Unknown Regions which weren't available in the wider galaxy. None of the major leaders or factions have really taken notice of them, but the wife of the dead Mandalorian, unknown to Donut, also joined the Crusade. Knowing Donut was not him, she has set out on a warpath to hunt the pair down and find out what happened to her husband..."

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