Old Leaky

NPC: L3-K3 droid

Known colloquially as 'Old Leaky' or 'That damn wandering watering can' L3-K3 is a repurposed astromech droid and local legend/nuissance depending on who you ask.

Not much is known about Leaky, they appear to be an old repurposed Lothal astromech droid inexplicably and unflinchingly transporting multiple buckets of water around the corridors of [Insert Name of Vohdian Inverse Skyscraper].

Nobody seems to be taking care of Leaky's maintenance, so their body casing is covered in a greenish brown patina of waterstains and moss. Their trademark transparent Lothal dome covering is overgrown from the inside by a mixture of fungi and flowering moss. They are never seen without atleast three water containers, carried in their small manipulator arms or even balanced precariously on their head.

Leaky never says anything while undertaking their sisyphean task. Seemingly appearing from nowhere in all sorts of unexpected places, Leaky is either zooming by with buckets empty or cautiously navigating with an overflowing cargo. Either way they occasionally leave streaks of unexplained mud/water in their wake.

Leaky has a somewhat polarizing presence in [Insert name of Inverse Skyscraper], the residents either staunchly defending or complainning about the little droid's activities. Many a cry of 'Damn it Leaky! These are brand new shoes' can lead to arguments in the Cantina about whether or not it's good or bad luck to get the 'splash' from Leaky's buckets.

However divided opinions are, the widely held belief is that 'you don't mess with Old Leaky' out of respect/superstition. The droid having been around much longer than anyone can remember precisely.

The Truth about Leaky:

L3-K3 arrived on Vohd long ago, working as an astromech droid for a long forgotten starpilot/bounty hunter.

The starpilot, having had their fill of pitched space battles and desperate gambles, came to Vohd for a change in career. Seeking to become a biologist, they traded bounty hunting for sample collecting and began growing an underground garden of rare Vohdian flora/fungi.

L3-K3, not wanting to leave their longtime friend, decided to be repurposed as an assistant sample collector/gardener/watering can.

The starpilot/biologist lived out the rest of their life on Vohd, even sucessfully publishing several studies on the properties of the lesser known biota of Vohd (all publications are dedicated to 'my oldest friend and stalwart assistant'). Their dying wish was for their body to be used as fertilizer for the soil of the sample garden, a task L3-K3 only half completed by burying them in the garden rather than mulching them completely.

L3-K3, stalwart as always, continues their duties in tending to the (now overgrown and verdant) sample garden. The water they carry around is necessary to maintain the garden's irrigation system. Their unexplained appearances due to their data banks containing a map of all corridors and crawlspaces of [insert name of in-scraper].

Because it was established so early in the development of [the in-scraper], the garden has become near impossible to find, newer rooms and corridors having been built around it. Ancient bureacractic laws designating it as a 'biohazard containment area' (a false claim as part of a dispute with long dead officials) mean that the place has been protected from repurposing and has been completely forgotten.

The only tell-tale sign of the Leaky's 'watering hole' is a faint smell of damp soil and the occasional sound of L3-K3 whistling songs to their plants or talking excitedly to their 'old friend' about new scientific discoveries.

(NPC submitted by Buttprince)