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Posted On:
Feb 15 2005 1:51am
Lavality and her officers had spent the better part of 3 days restoring the ruin's, they now had a functioning, if not half decent, base to operate from
This made there operations better, since she could now coordinate efforts from this location and not have to worry about her quarters being blown to pieces by one fighter, which was something she worried about
Yet, something was on her mind.
"What’s wrong Admiral?" Asked one of her body guards
"I dunno, I can't help but get a bad feeling." She said. "Every now and then, something pain's me, and it feels like another soul has died... it's like a bad dream that keeps repeating itself, only thing is, I'm not asleep"
The guard began to think, he lowered his blaster for a second and brought his finger up to his chin, then he caught sight of the light saber that was sitting in a glass case. "Didn't you make that?"
She nodded. "Yes I did, but I haven’t a clue how. I knew what materials I needed, and then one day I just created it, I really haven't a clue how I did it though"
"Maybe the Jedi Order can tell you?" He suggested
Lavality had thought about that, but shook her head. "How? I'm an admiral of a fleet, a position normally associated for-"
"Adults... those who've been around a long time" he said. "Are you saying you're an adult? And not a child like you really are. Don't forget, you where appointed to that position cause of your previous rank, you're smarter than most children, but the fact is: You're still a child. You shouldn't have that rank, and you shouldn't be taking so much responsibility." He said. "I'm not saying you're wrong for the job, I'm just saying you should do what you think is right"
She sighed. “I don’t even know where to begin” she plopped her head down on her desk. “Wait….” She got back up and checked a file in the system. A slight out-system rumor she had heard, the rumor that she had talked to Naosha about but wasn’t able to confirm
“Get a shuttle ready.” She said and put her coat on; again she refused to wear such a bulky and ugly uniform, so she opted for normal clothing. Pants, Robe, Shirt (under robe)
She grabbed her weapons, two swords that where clipped to a belt, her light saber, which kept under her robe and out of sight, and her trusty adult friend, she gestured toward her, she had been sitting next to the window at the darkest part of the room
Everyone in the compound was afraid of her, she never spoke except to Lavality, and she never left her side either. Except when it came to Lavality talking to Naosha alone those few days before
She boarded the shuttle and looked at the pilot. “Can you take me to the city?” she asked
“Can do” The pilot said
She sat down in her chair and folded her arms
Unbenost to her, her adult friend was eyeing her, like she was looking for something
“Need to ask her about that rumor again, if there is something I can do to help then I will, besides I might be able to help in some way” Lavality said to herself
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Posted On:
Feb 17 2005 3:34am
Naosha sadly could only shake her head when Lavality arrived, inquiring about the K’Satizitus. She suggested she talk to Rissonik, as he would be more likely to have any additional information on the spirit. Rissonik, once Lavality arrived at the grounds, thought long and hard on the subject for a couple moments before saying anything.
“Much of the old records regarding the spirit have been lost.” He explained, gestering for her to follow him. “Both due to time and more recent…events. We no longer even have the skull of the beast, which had been in our Clan since the day the founder slew it, for it was stolen during our absence from the grounds. Thus there is little more we can tell you that you don’t already know, but we do have a couple of things that may help you understand what the thing is.”
The first thing he showed her was the halberd that was recently found. “This was the weapon that killed the K’Satizitus.” He said, holding it out to her. “Mind you, the blade and leather grip are not original, as it’s been recently restored. As you can probably tell, it’s size means it had been custom made for the welder, for it is shorter then the standard halberd. This likely means the welder was nearly or as short as my own son.”
“What are these engravings?” She asked.
“This one…” He pointed to the long one on the shaft. “Says ‘The beginning and end of all things.’ The other, is a name, the name of the welder we believe. Tassu.”
“Isn’t your son’s name…”
“Yes…Trazu. We find more similarities between them the more we look it seems. We don’t know if it means anything for good or ill yet I’m afraid.”
Next he took her outside, heading toward the arena. “I am going to be breaking a rule here.” He said as he started punching a complicated code on the key pad. “Normally only those selected to train to become K’Satikur warriors are allowed in here, but for the sake of my son, I do this with the hope it may save him.” He paused in his code punching and looked at her sternly. “But certain precautions must be met first. First, your bodyguard must remain outside. Second, I must blindfold you until we reach the room I’ll be taking you too. Third: whatever else you happen to see you must keep to yourself, for revealing anything you see inside to others carries the penalty of death for both you and the one you revealed it too: no exceptions.”
“Can’t you just bring it out here?”
“I would…but the item in question is not only big, but due to the effects of time is very fragile and delicate. We can not move it for fear of it crumbling into dust.”
She nodded. “Very well, I don’t like being blindfolded, but if that’s you’re custom, then I’ll respect it” she said and submitted to being blindfolded. There where many secrets even she had that she would never tell, and most likely, she never would due to the fleet’s own penalty which was the exact same.
Rissonik carefully tied the blindfold around her head, careful not to make it too tight. Then he finished keying in the code and the door opened. Taking her hand he carefully guided her in.
Due to the fact that no one had been in here for some time the air was a little stale, but there was just a hint of the scent of blood and decay in the air. Even if he hadn’t blind folded her she probably would have had a hard time seeing anything, as the lights were purposely kept dim, giving the place a creepy, haunting feel that made most that entered feel a shudder down their spines. Even Rissonik still got that shudder; sometimes he could still hear the screams of those undergoing the specialized training that went on in here: it wasn’t a pleasant process.
He took her pass various rooms, most of which had various ‘training’ devices within, but there were also recovery rooms and an emergency room in this building: the object of this place was to toughen, not kill, the trainees. Finally he reached what was known as ‘The Pit’, where more conventional training means took place. It was the only room that had a window, a skylight actually, and when he removed the blindfold Lavality could see the various weapons hung on the walls and the series of poles implanted into the floor along one side. Rissonik directed her curious gaze upward, toward a tapestry that hung there.
It was a bit faded, but still clearly seen was a rough rendition of what must have been the K’Satizitus’ last moments. The beast was huge compared to the hero, Tassu, who was driving his weapon deep into the beast’s chest. The beast’s jaws were agape, not in pain, but in defiance, it’s deadly claws raised to slash at it’s opponent. It wasn’t clear if the coloration of the K’Satizitus was due to the fading, poor lighting or not, but it appeared to be grey in color, it’s red eyes full of hatred.
“Besides the skull and the weapon I had shown you earlier.” Rissonik said. “This is the only other thing that has survived the times. I do not know how much if a help it is to you though. The skull probably would have been a better then to show you, but alas we do not know where it is and chances are we may never find it again.”
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Posted On:
Feb 18 2005 4:38am
Lavality nodded with understanding. "You said you haven't a clue, hmmm" she looked away and then looked back at the tapestry. "I wonder... perhaps you didn't search everyplace"
She walked around a bit before stopping. what would've happened if you're previous speaker above all had taken the skull? Where do you think he'd have placed it? she asked herself that question again and again, then thought about it. "Forgive me for talking out of place" she walked around Rissonik. "However, I have an assumption, which could very well be wrong" she smiled at him. "I have information that suggests you're previous speaker above all disliked Naosha, and her idea's. Caste out, she formed a rebellion, if that’s what you'd call it"
She walked back around then stopped. "Is it possible, that he, or someone else, might've come in here and taken the skull, perhaps as a souvenir?"
He thought about it, then nodded. "With our culture based heavily around the hunt, trophy collecting is common. No doubt whomever took it wanted it as a treasure of his or her own."
"I see" she said with folded arms. "Hmmm" she looked back up at the tapestry. She then put the blindfold back and was escorted back out of the building
When she was outside, the blindfold was removed. Something bothered her, and it wasn't what she was told. She then smiled and turned around and looked at Rissonik. "I thank you for sharing that information with me" she then looked away. "I think it's about time I try and find Trazu it's come to my attention that he possess a threat to everyone around him" she then looked back at him. "I will try not to harm him, perhaps there's a way to save him, but at the very least I'll buy some time" she then smiled and shrugged.
"Who knows, maybe the sight of a kid will jog his memory and allow him to fight" she didn't know if that where true. Walking off, her guard looked Rissonik and walked up to him
In a whisper. "Not sure what you've shown her" she said. "But whatever it was it's got her thinking" she grinned evilly before walking away. An aura of uneasiness surrounded her from that point on
Lavality made it back to the shuttle where another officer was at. "Ma'am!" he snapped a crisp salute
“Get my B-wing down here” she said
“Ma’am?”
“And get in touch with some of our contacts; have them meet me on Tissuss”
“Ma’am are you really sure about that?”
She sighed. “There’s something that need’s to be done, and quite frankly, I don’t want to get what remains of the fleet involved”
He nodded. “Yes Ma’am”
She then turned to her adult friend. “I want you to stay here, this is a personal mission” she said
“Why?”
“Cause I said so? I don’t want you to get involved. If anything, please head to Naboo, for after all this I plan on trying for the academy” she looked up in the sky as she heard the tall tail signs of a B-wing’s engine.
“You DO realize that it’ll be hard for you to pilot that” she said
“Hard?” Lavality grinned. “Remember the trainer I used awhile back, before all this stuff occurred”
“So, that B-wing is the same trainer, just a tad modified to you’re height” she turned away and grinned
The B-wing landed, and the cockpit opened. The pilot got out and motioned for her to get in
“Two seated? Weren’t they designed by Ackbar” asked the officer
The pilot looked at him. “The engineer’s decided to alter it just a tad so that she can use it. This was originally a trainer before we got involved with the Trandoshan’s, then it was designed to upgrade its weapon’s package, so it’s pretty much no different from any other B-wing except the gunner seat is just a tad higher”
The officer just nodded.
Lavality sighed and got in. “Keep the fleet together, also, let the commander know to stay in this sector until the Trandoshan’s get a proper fleet up”
“Proper?”
“He’ll know what I mean” she said before the cockpit closed and the B-wing took off