Ezra walked into a small resale shop on Lothal that sold pretty much anything if you could find it.
"Good afternoon Char. Hey Cass." he greeted the owner and the young employee. With the younger it came out more as flirting due to the fact she was a couple of months younger.
"Good afternoon Ezra." both women greeted him.
"Haven't seen you in a while. Got something we might be interested in?" Cass asked with a smile looking up at him.
"Actually I'm here for something, but I might have a few things to trade." he replied eyeing a unique helmet on the shelf behind the seventeen year old girl.
Cass pulled down the helmet. "Figured you'd be interested in this. Bet you can probably tell us more about it too."
"Oh I can. That's not what I'm here for though. I'm looking for a disguise. I know a lot of street rats that trade here so I know you're bound to have something Cass." he replied showing the girl one of Sabine's old custom built paint guns she gave him to trade.
Cass was an artist like Sabine and was interested in all forms of art. She even studied it to a point. Ezra knew exactly what she would be interested in. It didn't even have to be working for her to find some use for it. Sabine's broken paint gun would probably be fixed to where it sprays multiple colors at once, or taken apart and used in one or more of Cass's projects. This was right up her allie.
"Char, do we have any costumes in the back?" Cass asked her aunt that had raised her and her little sister.
"That blue eyes would be interested in. Besides that helmet, you're the one that makes those deals." the owner replied taking the cash register. "I'll get your sister to take over while you help our customer."
Cass grabbed the helmet and gestured for Ezra to follow her into another room. Once they were clear of any listening ears they struck up a conversation.
"So, how are your rebel friends?" she asked.
"Fine, it's gotten a little harder now that we're not based on Lothal anymore. Kanan's blind now. Everyone else is the same though."
"When are you going to introduce me to this crew of yours. I'd love to compare art techniques with Sabine, or get a look at Kanan's lightsaber." Cass remarked.
"I'm guessing you want to check out my new one too then." Ezra smiled knowing her reaction.
"You got a new one?" she asked shocked turning around to look at him. "What happened to the blaster lightsaber?"
"Vader. I ran into him and this guy named Maul a couple months ago."
"Maul, I've heard of him. Red skinned with black stripes and horns? Yellow eyes and lower half cybernetics?" she asked as if she had meet him before.
"You forgot back stabbing son of a sithspit, but yeah that sounds like the guy who tried to kidnap me & blinded Kanan. What do you know about him?" Ezra replied.
"Nothing much. Mostly stories and a few meths. I think I have a book on him back here as well. What exactly are you looking for anyways?"
"Something that would be convincing for a local bounty hunter to wear."
"Oh that's pretty easy to find. Just take a look around and see what you like. I even have a few weapons you might be interested in." Cass opened the doors to a room filled with stuff the store wasn't supposed to sell, hadn't pulled out yet, or couldn't sell.
Ezra scrounged through the stuff until he found a few things. He picked up a few outfits. Then his eyes caught a cylinder shaped weapon that almost looked like a lightsaber. It even called to him. He reached down to pick it up. Cass's hand beet him to it.
"That's not up for sell." Cass said pulling it away from him.
"Is that what I think it is?"
"It is. That's why it's back here and not in the case in the front."
"Who did it belong to and where did you find it?"
"I can't tell you that Ezra. All I have to say is it's why my mom was taken away." she said locking the lightsaber in a box.
Ezra made a mental note of what it looked like to tell Kanan later. Then he turned his attention to some armor complete with a helmet. "That looks interesting, but could use a paint job."
"I was going to fix it up before I put it out, but I bet you're friend Sabine would love to do it."
"How much?" Ezra asked.
"That paint gun should pay for those two, and the armor is a birthday present. That helmet up front is going to cost you though." Cass replied.
"It's a tagruan pilot's helmet. The markings on it say who it belonged too. I have a friend that might be able to tell me more about it." Ezra said looking at the helmet.
"Ahsoka that other Jedi friend of yours?"
"No, she's not around anymore. Rex could probably tell me anything she could." Ezra replied avoiding Cass's eyes.
"Ok, I'll make you a deal. Bring the clone, and your crew here after hours, and I'll give you the price for the helmet and any weapon you choose. Anything else you're looking for?"
"You wouldn't happen to have or know where I could find some colored contacts would you?"
"Now why would you want to hide those gorgeous blue eyes of yours?" Cass asked but handed him a business card.
"Part of the disguises. They wouldn't happen to have yellow eyes with red rings or a teal or aquamarine?"
"They make custom orders if you're willing to pay."
"I'll head there next." Ezra replied following Cass out the back door. He hid his outfits in a storage part of his speeder and got on.
"Take care of yourself Ez." Cass said turning around.
"Cass can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"That was your mother's weapon you put in the box wasn't it?"
"It was. How'd you know?"
"It kinda felt like you when I heard it. You aren't... are you?"
Cass nodded. "Cyila is too. I trust you won't tell anyone since you're one too?"
"I won't. Just was she a Jedi?" Ezra asked.
"Until just before the war ended, and she was expelled. It saved her life returning to Lothal before she had me. Then she met dad and you remember what happened after that." Cass replied.
"I'll have to ask Kanan about her. I promise I won't tell anyone you're secret. My word as a fellow orphan, rebel, and Jedi." Ezra said then took off for the contact place. He ordered six pairs. One to match each color of his crews eyes, and a yellow. He gave the guy a holoimage of his crew and asked for those exact eye colors.
"You know that you won't be able to see through any of them right?" the guy behind the counter said. "I'd suggest hologram eyes instead."
"They're not for seeing through sir. Besides, the situations in which they would be used a miniature holoprojector could fail on us. These are more secure." Ezra replied closing the wooden box with all of them inside, and handed the man the credits.
"Well then I hope they will get the job done." the man said.
"I hope they never have to be used." Ezra said under his breath leaving the store and heading back to the Ghost.
Once back he went to his room and put everything where it belonged. The box of contacts he hid in a drawer. Then he took the old armor to Sabine to paint.
• What is Ezra planning with the color contacts? I want to see your guesses. Hint the yellow are the only ones he actually plans on using, but he did have some made of his eye color as well. Oh Cass and Char will be seen again.
