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Post by Lord Jud'dayus: The Debase on May 2, 2013 8:39:00 GMT -8
The atrium beyond the main entrance of the Temple proper. A long spacious corridor with vaulted cathedral-like ceilings, adorned with artisan stone-worked pillars and buttresses. The classrooms, dormitories and training facilities branch off this main artery, where most students and teachers are able to mingle.
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Post by Lord Jud'dayus: The Debase on May 22, 2013 18:07:24 GMT -8
The Old Sith's stride was even and beat a rapid tattoo on the marble tiling of the Temple's main corridor. The sounds of his boot falls coming back to him in a solemn reminder of how the Temple used to be full of Force users. Full of life and the promise of a better future.
The steps lessened and he came to a stop, as if finally noticing that the Temple was completely vacant. Enam, Gywren, Archannii, Tandassii, and so many others. Gone, all gone. The Old Sith's face knit into a scowl of rage, even Sylvis, his dear Sylvis was done. The Temple wall to his left buckled, splintering fragments of pulverized marble and rock into the air. As the rock cloud cleared, Jud took his left hand from the wreckage of the wall, shaking it off and flexing his fingers before continuing on his stroll; like nothing had ever happened.
"You take and take and take..." Jud said aloud, his voice trying to convey anger, but coming out more like a feeble question. Jud shook his head, his pseudo question seeming to be answered and acknowledged with a response by an invisible conversationalist. "No, you just take and take and take!" Jud spat to the air, waving a desperate hand to the phantoms around him or in his mind. "You take my sanity, you've taken my friends, and worst of all you've taken my family!" Jud's steps had become hurried, as if trying to escape something behind him.
"You allow me to suffer... and I must suffer, for everything I have seen, done, and know." Jud said softly, as he opened the Temple door with his mind. The Twin suns were high in the sky, and the arid air of his dead world poured over him in warming waves. If there had been any tears on the Sith's cheeks they instantly evaporated with the heat. "I understand..." Jud said again, a tinge of sorrow in his voice, before turning around to face no one in the hall. "You will always be here." Jud turned around again, looking off towards the Main Gates. "But I must go. We'll speak again; that is certain."
Jud stepped out of the door and into the blazing sunlight of Tatooine, a ghost of a shadow lingered in the hallway until the door shut completely.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Aug 8, 2013 21:57:06 GMT -8
Mistress...
At first Xxoxia didn't stir. She laid in her cot and mumbled something into her pillow, maybe thinking she was still dreaming.
Mistress... Came the monotone voice again, and Xxoxia knew then and there that she was being called awake.
"What?!" She yelled at the protocol droid which stood in the doorway of her room, it's matte black body a bold blotch in her sleepy-eyed state.
There is a visitor in the Temple grounds. An Itachi, by the code that was inputted.
"A visitor? How? That's impossible..." Xxoxia countered, rising from her cot and stretching out. Her nude body swiftly finding her cloths and cloak.
Yes. A code was inputted for the Main Gates, Mistress. It is highly improbable, but not impossible, Mistress.
Xia's eyes narrowed at the droid. It wasn't being a smart-ass, she had asked all those questions - but damn - it still rubbed her the wrong way. "Well, were is this Itachi now?" Xia asked as she slipped her shell-spider silk undergarments over her nubile form.
Itachi is currently ascending the Grand Staircase, Mistress.
Xxoxia stopped mid-tying of her exceptionally long raven black hair. "He's already that far in and hasn't been stopped?"
Itachi has a New Force Alliance code. I'm sure that if it were a problem the security droids would have been activated.
Xxoxia pursed her lips at the droid as she clasped both of her sabers on her belt, before tightening the cloak around her slender waist. "Inform two HK-J units to meet me at the Temple doors... I want to see what this Itachi is all about."
Without a word the droid left Xxoxia's presence as she finished dressing herself. With a last look in a small mirror Xia nodded and left her room.
=Several Minutes Later=
Xxoxia turned onto the main corridor and was met by two HK-J droids. She gave then a wicked smile, the droids were easily about two heads taller than her and quite intimidating. "Follow me." She said with a smirk as she took point. "Only exterminate if hostility is shown." Xia ended, each HK-J giving the young woman a acknowledgement chime as they started off behind her. It wasn't long until Xxoxia saw the entrance to the Temple open and a single slender figure enter. Xxoxia couldn't make much out form this distance, but it looked like a man in a tattered cloak.
"HALT!" Yelled the girl, her voice carrying easily in the empty passage as the three kept a stead stride towards the figure. "Who are you, and how the fug did you get into the Temple?"
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Post by X on Aug 8, 2013 23:48:57 GMT -8
Barely five feet inside of the door Carmine is stopped by the echoing shout of a woman standing several feet in front of him. He pondered for a moment how to respond....or if he should even respond at all. From beneath his hood Carmine gave a smirk and arrogantly replied.
"A phantom perhaps.....but more importantly, who are YOU?"
Carmine felt pleased with this response, or more accurately....entertained. His sights shifted to the two HK-J droids standing near the woman, taking note of their armament. "Only two??" he wondered. This passed for more of an insult than anything else. But then, droids weren't such a problem to deal with, though they certainly weren't to be underestimated. Bringing his attention back to the matter at hand, Carmine's sight returned to the woman in front of him. He crossed his arms and shifted his stance slightly, as if to say that he was impatiently waiting for her to respond. This was of course, all an attempt to annoy her, which Carmine would find greatly amusing if he succeeded in doing so.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Aug 9, 2013 10:08:55 GMT -8
So, he was a joker? Thought the young woman to herself. A braggart and an arrogant fug. A devious smile crossed the woman's pale face, her dark eyes flickering with the slightest hint of rage at the man's impertinence.
As if sensing their Mistress' elevated heart rate, the HK-Js hunkered down slightly; their hands placing themselves securely on their heavy blasters in anticipation to drawing them. The droid's amber eyes ebbed at the stranger, as if they were warning him to their intent.
"A phantom?" Xxoxia asked with a chuckle, as she stepped forward towards the man. "I suppose only a phantom could just waltz into the Temple." Xia said with a shrug of her small shoulders. "But I was informed that you were a Temple member once... a long time ago, Itachi." She looked at the man, for any sign of surprise at knowing his supposed name.
"As for who I am." Xia smiled, and gave the man a respectful bow. "I'm the Errant to the Flame..."
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Post by X on Aug 9, 2013 16:38:24 GMT -8
Carmine took note of the woman's changing expression, clearly he had angered her to some degree, which suited him well enough. As for her reference to his old alias, he found it unsurprising, he felt that Jud'dayus had probably kept some record of just who was allowed in the temple....specific entrance codes and the like. As the woman before him finished speaking, Carmine stood up straight again and began to take notice of how the droids in her company were acting. It was entirely possible that things were about to become quite exciting, and that in turn, made Carmine excited. It had been far too long since he last had the pleasure of engaging in combat with another. However, he wouldn't push things, instead he decided to see how things played out. For now, he made the decision to simply reply, removing his hood as he did so to reveal his now youthful face.
"Itachi?" Carmine laughed. "That is a name I haven't used in quite some time. No, I am Carmine, and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Miss 'Errant of the Flame'. Oh, and by the way, you should've said something along the lines of 'You still haven't answered my question as to just how you managed to make your way in here!' To which I would have replied, 'Why by walking of course!' What great fun that would have been!"
Carmine's voice carried throughout the chamber as he spoke, he was starting to enjoy himself. He had nearly forgotten how much fun it was to communicate with other people, he chuckled at the thought. Carmine's stance shifted again, he began looking around the room, taking note of its condition. He noticed the place had fallen into considerable disrepair. Could the rest of the temple be in such bad shape? Just WHAT has happened in his absence?? Carmine began to wonder if the old man had finally died, a thought that made him ill at ease.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Aug 9, 2013 23:31:52 GMT -8
Xxoxia gave Itachi or whatever he was calling himself now a sneer. What was it with this guy? He just seemed to want trouble. Did he really want there to be a confrontation? Xia watched Carmine with a quizzical look, her hands sliding down to the hilts of her sabers.
"No..." boomed a mellow voice through the Force to the two. Xxoxia's hands instantly froze at the voice. She knew the tone, It wasn't a suggestion it was an order.
"Yes, my Master..." Xia said softly as she lowered her head.
"Escort Itachi to my sanctum, Xxoxia." There was a slight pause, and it was certain that the Old Sith was smiling. "I'm sure that he will behave himself until then."
"As you wish, my Master." Xia said with a bow before looking towards the handsome young man. "Well, Carmine..." The young woman began. "My Master wishes your presence in his personal sanctum..." Xia motioned for Itachi to follow her, as the HK-Js stayed absolutely motionless, at attention, as if they had turned off where they stood.
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Post by X on Aug 10, 2013 16:57:51 GMT -8
Until Jud intervened Carmine had been ready to draw his saber at a moment's notice, and though he was slightly disappointed that the undoubtedly ensuing skirmish was interrupted before it could even take place, he knew that this certainly took priority. Carmine smiled slightly, it was good to know that the old man was still alive, perhaps now his questions could be answered.
"Ah good, it's been far too long since I've had the pleasure of speaking with Jud'dayus! I'm quite eager to see him."
Carmine began following after the girl, his footsteps echoing through the chamber as he walked. As he passed by the now motionless HK-J droids, Carmine paused for but a moment to look at the dimly lit corridor behind him. Besides the crumbling architecture, there was something very.....different about the place, something unsettling, but what could it be? Pondering this, Carmine continued on behind the young woman.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Aug 10, 2013 18:25:24 GMT -8
They had been walking for some time, the rhythmic clattering of boot-falls on stone thrummed around them in the vast emptiness of the long hallway. XXoxia hadn't uttered a word since her Master had interrupted what would have been a fight with an unknown opponent. The young woman's face turned into a scowl as she thought of it, and how her Master always seemed to know what was going on; even before she knew it. Xia gave Carmine a quick glance and smirked. She could take him, maybe even wipe that annoying smile off his pretty face, but it would have to wait. Her Master was beckoning.
Xxoxia stopped in front of Carmine, the expansive corridor had come to a dark and dreary end. In front of both Sith was a bare stone wall. There was no portal or doorway, not a single inkling that they could go anywhere, but back from whence they came. As if sensing their presence the walk moved, a small doorway appearing and opening into blackness.
Xxoxia bowed to the portal, before waving Carmine into it.
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Post by Lord Jud'dayus: The Debase on Aug 15, 2013 8:23:07 GMT -8
"Very well, but in regards to your apprentice, let us hope that her 'fire' isn't what gets her killed."
"You'll be going to Bakura..." Jud said as the made their way towards the Temple's exit. "You'll be using my personal shuttle to get there, and everything else you'd need to know about where to find my prize will be aboard the Simic." |
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Post by X on Aug 17, 2013 18:54:29 GMT -8
As Carmine followed beside the old Sith, he gave a chuckle in response to his words.
"That is true I suppose."
As they continued on their way toward the Temple's exit, Carmine started to notice the old man's strange behavior. He couldn't remember Jud'dayus making such strange gestures in the past, so why was he doing it now? Carmine thought about this for a moment before brushing the thought off for the time being. He brought his attention back to Jud'dayus now as he was speaking. It seemed that he wanted him to go off world, which suited Carmine well enough. It had been awhile since he had last left Tatooine and some time away might do him some good.
"Bakura? I don't believe I've ever been there." Carmine smiled. "What fun this will be!"
With that statement, Carmine begins to make his way through the Temple's exit, baring something of a sinister look in his eyes the whole time.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Aug 18, 2013 19:47:13 GMT -8
Xxoxia followed the two men completely silent. She'd angered her Master, and she'd brought shame on them both with her flagrant lack of control. Xia had her head down towards the floor, watching her booted feet clacking from stone to stone. She vaguely listened as her Master spoke of their destination to Itachi. Xia's face contorted into a look of disgust as she uttered the man's name in her head. She'd decided that no matter the position Itachi held with her Master, that he had no holding with her. There was something about him, other than the arrogance, that chafed at the back of her mind. Something off, something lacking, but what?
Xxoxia looked up from her feet just in time to see Itachi break off from Jud'dayus and start out of the Temple, for the Grand Staircase. She looked to her Master, who seemed to be staring after the man as he sauntered off. With a sharp intake of air and a swallow Xxoxia started past her Master to follow Itachi.
"Xxoxia..." Jud'dayus said softly, as she passed him. It wasn't the tone in which she knew he'd rebuke her privately. It was more akin to when he was about to impart something to her. The young woman stopped, feeling her heart rate spike slightly as Jud'dayus paused.
"Yes, Master?" Xia said calmly, not daring to look the Sith in the eye. It wasn't that she was afraid, it was that she still felt ashamed about the Sanctum, about her loss of control.
"He's an exceptional duelist." Jud began, still watching the man leave his presence. "A frontal assault will get you killed. A strong style will get you killed." Jud looked at his learner finally, Xia could feel his ever watchful eye scanning her for understanding. "Intuition will keep you alive, not rage..." Jud stepped in front of Xxoxia putting a hand to her chin and bringer her face up, so her eyes looked into his singular red orb. "Let your rage power you, not control you. I've taught you better than that." Jud said sternly, before retracting his hand from Xxoxia's face. "Now, go..."
Xxoxia just bowed to Jud'dayus, not saying a single word before making after Itachi and the Grand Staircase. As she ran after Itachi she touched her hand to her face - where her Master had showed affection - closing her eyes for a moment to stop them from tearing up.
"Yes, Father..." She said to herself, just before meeting Itachi at the landing before the Staircase. Her emotions were centered and her face was once again a steely look of disdain that met Itachi's eyes.
"Lets go... Carmine."
Xxoxia stated before starting down the stairs without looking back to see if Itachi was even following her lead.
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Post by Darth Tempestuous on Aug 28, 2013 8:08:20 GMT -8
Finally turning his attention the droids behind him, Enam frankly addressed them about questions passing through his mind.
"Where's Gywren? He's with the old man, or is he off world?"
"Master Gywren is no longer alive, Master Enam. He is not in the Temple, which is solely occupied by Lord Jud'dayus currently."
Enam stopped in his tracks hearing the news, almost as though gripped by disbelief holding him there. "What?" Turns towards the droid that spoke. "What do you mean he's not alive? What happened to him?"
"Master Gywren's condition was reported as deceased upon Lord Jud'dayus' return to the Temple. I do not have information as to why." Tilts it's head sideways slightly. "I can search for the answer you seek. Would you like me to do so?"
Enam's eyes narrowed in anger, gritting his teeth with the flood of thoughts that suddenly surged forth. "What of my father? What happened to him and his learner Shirley and the others?"
"Master Y'rgna left the Temple years ago, taking his learner to train elsewhere. They have yet to return to the Temple since."
After exhaling slowly, Enam turned back around facing the direction he was heading towards before. "I see... that'll be all droid. Go fix up the place, I know where to go." Walks off on his own to the Inner Sanctum.
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Post by Darth Tempestuous on Sept 25, 2013 19:27:59 GMT -8
Without saying a word to the droids that hailed him for his obvious tension, Enam walked down the corridors towards the exit of the Temple. The cryptic words said by Jud'dayus burned in his mind, causing him to pick up his pace.
"Balance? Was there ever such a thing?" He growled as his strides became a full blown sprint.
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Nov 14, 2013 20:26:09 GMT -8
Xxoxia walked alongside Tempestuous, though he was the one keeping her from completely losing her balance. The drugs from surgery still were coursing through her veins, and the numbness of her lower legs wasn't allowing her to bare all her weight on them.
They had been silent now, for the good part of five minutes. After exiting the Sanctum it seemed that they were both lost in their own thoughts. Not just of what they had just gone through and witnessed, but of what became of the mission to Bakura. The thought of that planet brought a sharp pain from her new arm, and instinctively Xia's right hand left Enam's sturdy anchoring arm for her new appendage. She immediately falling to the ground with a thud. "Fugging Whills!" She cursed, as she cradled her new arm, but her hand retracted quickly, her face turning from anger to shock.
"What?" Enam asked with a raised eyebrow as he crouched down next to Xia.
"My, my arm... It's warm." She said shakily. "It's warm to the touch, like skin." Her hand hovered for a moment over her metallic arm hesitantly, before Xia sighed and placed her hand on the metallic meat of her forearm. "It must be the drugs... I swear it feels like skin." Xia exclaimed, kneading her hand into the metal; which instantly gave in under the pressure of her fingers. Xia's hand recoiled again as the metal of her arm kept the slightest imprints of her finger tips. She looked up to Enam, who seemed to be as shocked as her. "What, what exactly did he do to me, Tempestuous? I felt that, I felt the pressure of my fingers, the sensation of skin."
Enam was silent for a moment, as he stared at Xxoxia's new arm. "The Old Man did something that I can only imagine to be Darkside magic, or some kind of alchemy..." He was at a lose for words. He'd never seen anything like this, nor had Jud'dayus taught him such things in the nearly two decades of Master and learner. "Come on..." Enam began, giving both of his hands to Xia to pull on. "Lets get you off the floor and into your bunk."
"Yah..." Xxoxia managed, unconsciously placing her hands into Enam's. Her metallic fingers brushed against Enam's outstretched palm, before clasping it firmly. The sensation of skin to metallic skin made both look down at the coupling.
"You weren't kidding." Enam said at the warmth of her touch, pulling Xxoxia up to her feet, before raising her metallic hand closer to his eyes. He expected to see links upon links of mail, or maybe almost microscopic shingled plates of metal. Instead Xia's hand had the stippled texture of actual skin, the metal showed every duvet and tendon, even the veins under her fo-skin pulsed with life. "Impossible." He breathed, turning xia's hand over and looking at her palm, then back again to the top of her hand, even her finger nails were pronounced. "He literally made you a new arm." Enam said aloud, though he was talking to himself. "How's it feeling?" Enam finally asked, letting go of Xia's hand.
"Tender, sore... alive?" Xia said as she twiddled her metal fingers and moved her wrist about in circles. "It's almost as if I've always had it..." Xia trailed off, staring at her arm. "Lets go, I have your dirty cloak on me, and I saw you copping a look a second ago." Xia finished, pulling Enam's cloak tighter around her bare chest, a smirk on her face.
Enam managed an amused smirk, before waving Xxoxia to go. "Sure thing, kiddo..."
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Nov 15, 2013 19:23:41 GMT -8
Enam helped Xia along, coming to her domicile door in silence.
"Turn around..." She said, before opening the door with her new hand. "You've already seen enough of me today."
"Don't flatter yourself." Enam replied with a grin, before turning his back to the woman. "Don't get me wrong, you have a nice pair... but they aren't my first." Enam finished, putting his hand up in order to take his cloak when Xxoxia handed it to him.
"So, you were looking?" Xia countered as she disrobed, handing back his cloak. "You really are an animal, aren't you?" She stated with a smile, before planting a front kick into Enam's backside. "The free "show" was unwilling payment for Bakura. The kick in the arse is just from me, enjoy." Xia finished as her door closed, and latched.
"You little!..." Enam replied as his hands went to his bruised "ego". "You watch yourself! Ya, hear me Missy?!" He yelled at the door, as he rubbed himself. "Damn, fugging, little, fugging... void bitch." Enam finished with a huff of anger.
The layout of the Temple hadn't change, so Enam went back towards the main corridor. He knew where his room was, or used to be, and now with a sore ass, he'd really like to lay down.
"Fug this place." Enam said to himself
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Nov 16, 2013 18:58:09 GMT -8
Two days later. Shortly before Lord Sinistra's arrival.... Xxoxia finished her daily routine of exercises, her body had returned to a regular state despite the major surgery that she had under gone a little over two days ago. Xia clenched her new hand, the metal of her fingers glinting slightly in the small amount of sunlight coming in from her room's slatted window. Even now she could scarcely understand what her Master had done. Enam had called it magic, alchemy, but those words were alien to her. Xia thought back to her youth, and the Nightsisters and their fanatical ways. Their dark rituals and primitive chantings of power and magic. Had Jud'dayus done as she was forbidden to? Had he not used such things in order to protect her, to protect Tempestuous?
"You fear it?" She said to herself as she looked in he mirror. "You fear loosing control on it?" She said to herself continuing to caress her metallic arm, feeling every sensation; as if it were biologically hers. "Is that what the Debase means?" Xia finished, her eyes looking away from the mirror in order to undo her tunic so she could shower. The tunic fell to the floor and Xia stepped into the champed shower of her quarters, letting the water beat against her face as she thought. Her Master had used techniques he had never shown her or Tempestuous before. Powers that seemed dark enough to hinder Jud'dayus unconscious. Was this why he'd never taught them such things. or was it because he feared teaching such things to those he deemed unable to control them? Xxoxia shook her head under the stream and turned her back to it, washing her long locks of black hair. But why now? If he had such knowledge as to make a new arm, why not make an entirely new body for himself? Why not make an army of automatons to do as he bid? Why? Was the constant running through Xia's mind as she finished lathering herself up, the feeling of soap suds tingling on her new arm.
As Xxoxia began rinsing herself off a chime sounds at the door.
"Aw, by the fugging Whills, WHAT?" She shouted over the tattoo of the shower, squinting out of the corner of her soapy eyes.
Perimeter sensors have been tripped,milady... There is someone at the Gates. Came the voice of a droid. Lord Jud'dayus has requested that you and Master Enam go as an envoy.
"Master Enam?" She asked the droid, finishing her rinse and stepping out of the shower.
Yes. Master Enam. Darth Tempestuous. He will accompany you to the Gates, milady. Answered the droid on the opposite side of her room's door.
"So, he does have a name..." She mused, drying herself off and swiftly getting her cloths on. She slipped into a Shell-Spider silk body-suit, one of the many that her Master had had made for her, before she gathered her belt and sabers. She fastened them tightly around her hips pulling on her cloak and clasping it shut with the seal of her Master; a flame withing a circle. After putting her Tabi boots on and tightening her long hair into a tight top knot, tucking the length of her hair down into her robes. With one last look into her mirror she opened the door.
One of the Temple's mean protocol droid waited patiently outside, it's arms reacting to Xxoxia exiting her chambers to hold up what looked to be a long piece of dark fabric with buckles on one end. This is for you, milady. The droid stated at Xia's questioning expression. It is for our new appendage, so that it won't be as noticeable.
Xia picked up the fabric, realizing it was a sleeve that she would be able to adjust around back and chest to keep on. "It feels like Shell-Spider silk..." She said more to herself than the droid before her. without another word Xxoxia took her arms out of her robe's sleeves, allowing the fabric to hang around her belted waist. Xia's left arm extended and her right arm started to pull the sleeve over it. It was a cool sensation as the dark fiber made its way up her new arm. The droid had moved to assist Xia by helping to adjust the straps on her back, snugging them up as she clasped them together around her chest. "Well..." She said, looking at the loose-fitting fabric now sheathing her arm. "Doesn't look like one fits-" As she spoke the arm tremored, washing with a hot flash of heat. It felt like the insides of her arm just became dithering tendrils, and before her eyes she witnessed the fabric tightening. It only lasted seconds, but after the small lapse of pain the sleeve was tight enough to the skin when Xia pulled on it, it reacted with the rebounding vigor of her metallic skin below...
XXoxia looked up to the droid. "I guess this was another gift from my Master?" She asked knowing the answer before the droid gave her a chime. "Fine then, off to see who's knocking this time..."
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Nov 20, 2013 10:27:30 GMT -8
"Quite..." Said Xxoxia to Sin's amused commented, as they passed into the Temple.
The halls were lit dimly and the absolute silence of the Main hall seemed ot make the Temple that much more vacant and ominous.
"My Master is in the Sanctum, it's not much further.' Xia stated to the visitors, keeping up an even pace, as not to tally yachting longer. It seemed the sooner she got this Lord Sinistra too her Master, the better.
Enam had followed, kind of going with the proverbial "flow". He wasn't too keen on letting the two just waltz in and see where everything was, but then again, what did her really care? This wasn't his home, was it? Enam's face soured at the thought, had he really just considered that? Had his life taken him full circle? Damn, he thought to himself as he clinched his fists. Maybe the Old Man had a point, maybe he was the prodigal son? No, Enam thought, he wasn't going to believe that shtako for another second.
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Nov 20, 2013 20:37:29 GMT -8
"Excellent." She looked around at the decor, her long black robe sweeping the dusty hall behind her. The hem was rimmed with brown from the mud, dust, and dirt she had tracked through on her romps across the galaxy. Stormro trailed at her side as though the long years had not passed since he had been her apprentice. He still maintained a respectful distance behind her, his respect for her position evident in his steps. She listened for the sounds of others in the hallowed halls but not even a rodent's feet disturbed the sweep of her cloak on the stone tiles. "How many students do you have here?"
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Post by Xxoxia Valuna on Nov 20, 2013 22:10:28 GMT -8
"Students?" Xia asked whimsically, while Enam gave the thought a stifled snort of sorts.
"Lord Sinistra, I am the only student here..." Xxoxia managed to address Sin's question as she continued, taking a left off the main corridor and down a very long, dimly lit hallway; which there seemed to be no end of. "My Master hasn't taught since the days of the founding members, or at least that's how I've come to understand it." She continued with a shrug.
"That's probably closer to the truth, then any other stories you might have heard.." Enam offered up with a smile. "Even when this place was a hub for learning and crafting young supple minds. The Old Man was never much of a people person. He'd rather sit and collect dust, like his trinkets." Enam finished.
While Sinistra's robed follower seemed to have a reverence for her, It seemed that Jud'dayus' minions had only contempt, anger, maybe just the slightest hint of insurrection. Or maybe this was all a ploy, a show to put on to sow the seeds that there was discontent? By the looks of the Temple, the latter seemed less likely.
They had walked for several minutes each step taking them further from any sources of light until Xxoxia stopped with nothing but the blackest of blacks before her. Sinister could see that there was something there, maybe a mall or structure, but making it out in this dimness was almost impossible. Xia looked back to Enam, as if something were supposed to happen, but it wasn't.
All Enam did in return was shrug at Xia. "Don't look at me kid, he's blocked me out since returning from Bakura." As Enam spoke, the darkness moved, and a sliver of light appeared in the outlined form of a door. "See?" He said to Xia, as the portal widened for them to pass into.
From within came the mellow toned voice that Sin knew well, or well enough. "Ah, Lady Sin..." Said the Venerable Sith, as he sat in meditation, hood up, facing away from the new arrivals in the middle of what seemed to be a very large circular chamber. "To what do I owe the pleasure of basking in your presence, hm?" Jud mused, an air of amusement in his tone as Xxoxia and Enam went to either side of their Master. "I'm guessing it's not to say hello..." Jud finished his smirking face not needing to be seen in order to convey his eagerness at the Sith's response.
OOC: Sin, Stev... your next post should be in the Sanctum thread. :-)
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