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Mar 12th, 2010, 03:19:28 PM
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Mar 15th, 2010, 04:23:13 PM
#2
In the solitude of the ruins, Callidus wore his hood down though his mask remained in place, the whites of his eyes smothered by the darkness of the death heads eye sockets. He spent a moment just watching the woman knelt before him then, apparently satisfied by what he saw, he nodded.
“I have need of you, Malleus... for a task that only you can accomplish.”
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Mar 15th, 2010, 09:23:51 PM
#3
She stood up, eyes narrowing a little bit as she tried to discern as much as she could from Callidus' voice. "I am ready for whatever it is, my master."
De'Ville was curious. What task could it be that only she could do?
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Mar 17th, 2010, 11:42:01 AM
#4
“I have sensed a growing number of Jedi, gathering themselves in the Outer Rim Territories,” Callidus said, his tone surprisingly even for a revelation of such importance. Then he paused, allowing his apprentice time to consider the implications of such a discovery.
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Mar 18th, 2010, 03:49:40 PM
#5
De'Ville felt her heart beat faster. Jedi in the Outer Rim? Her eyes glittered with excitement, forgetting for a moment how A'na Eldhil had lied to her and used her. "They are gathering from exile finally?"
She looked down and then back up. "How does the Empire not know about them?"
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Mar 18th, 2010, 04:00:37 PM
#6
“They are... few in number, and in almost constant motion.”
The look in her eyes had not gone unnoticed. There was, Callidus suspected, a part of the woman stood before him that, however small, still wanted to believe in the Jedi, in the purity of their cause - or rather the cause that her master had impressed upon her. A'na Eldhil had also taught the Sith Lord himself, or at least the boy he had once been, though he had always believed himself to be above her indoctrination.
A hint of a smile touched Salem's lips, the skeletal jaw of his mask rippling away to reveal his true face for an instant, and he moved forward a casual step.
“But I have felt them, and I know where they are... I feel familiar presences amongst them, Lilaena.”
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Mar 19th, 2010, 04:34:12 PM
#7
She cocked her head slightly to one side, meeting his egg white eyes as the mask melted away. Then the death's head visage shimmered back into place, concealing Salem Ave's pleasant features as the man took a step towards her.
De'Ville wondered about that - was it on purpose or a break in the man's concentration? "You have associates among the exiles?" Her brow furrowed a bit, wary of jumping to conclusions.
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Mar 21st, 2010, 07:10:51 AM
#8
Callidus folded his arms loosely across his chest and nodded slightly, thinking what an apt choice of words associate was. The life-forces he had sensed had barely even been his allies during the days of the Republic.
“Former associates, though I suspect most of these Jedi began their training long after the fall of the Jedi Order.”
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Mar 21st, 2010, 01:27:35 PM
#9
"You were a part of the Jedi Order?" De'Ville felt a bit like the ground was falling out from underneath her, and hoped that she was able to keep it out of her expression. "Why..."
She shook her head slightly as if to clear out all the questions. It hadn't mattered before what he had been in the past. She believed in him before, and she still did. His past as a Jedi, or as whatever, didn't change what she was. What she had done. He hadn't lied to her.
Not yet, anyway.
"Forgive me my questions, Master."
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Mar 21st, 2010, 05:01:00 PM
#10
When she asked forgiveness of him, Callidus inclined his head towards his apprentice in a gesture of small benediction. Perhaps it was because she had been so young then, or perhaps because there had been so many of them at the temple. Like her, his name had not gone down in history with the martyred Jedi of the Clone Wars. If there was any record of Salemescro Avesca, Jedi Padawan, it would say that he had died in the Purge with the rest of his traitorous kind.
“Let us focus on the present, for now... It is the first time that I have felt the Jedi so near to Onderon, since I became aware of their existence. It would be wise if you were to leave and meet with them as soon as possible.”
Last edited by Darth Callidus; Mar 27th, 2010 at 02:53:25 PM.
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Mar 27th, 2010, 03:18:29 PM
#11
It would be wise...to leave...
Her immediate thought was to protest. Leave? She was Mandalore. She couldn't just leave. Besides, what of her plans to...
Best not to think of it.
"Leave and meet with them?" Lilaena repeated, one eyebrow raised a tad incredulously. "How do you propose that I -"
Wait. The Dark Jedi thought for a moment, and started over. "I can call my contacts in the Rebellion. If the Jedi are gathering, then the Alliance is probably harboring them, like they did Skywalker." A bitterness crept into her voice at the name. Skywalker did what she failed to do - destroyed Palpatine and his pet Vader. At least, that was the rumor that had come out of Endor.
"I have not presented myself to them as a former padawan, however. They only know me for my activities against the Empire. It could draw suspicion if I suddenly asked about their connections to the Jedi exiles. If I were to," and she resisted looking around, "bring my apprentice I could drop her off as an adept I found in my travels."
Lilaena smiled slightly, "Which is, of course, true. Akasha would be sent to wherever the Jedi are, for training. They are probably desperate to grow their numbers." Her smile grew a little more cunning, "And I could join the Rebels as I wait to hear from her."
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Mar 30th, 2010, 10:41:49 AM
#12
Callidus hesitated before speaking. In Onderon, they had cultivated an isolated and secretive society, a cabal capable of flawlessly concealing the dark machinations at work beneath the surface. With each step into the wider galaxy, however, they opened themselves up to greater scrutiny. Thus far, their forays into diplomacy had always been with those who were blind to the presence of the Dark Side of the Force.
Could they, Callidus wondered, trust the girl Akasha not to reveal her true nature – and by extension, the presence and nature of her masters – to the Jedi? She was, after all, not his creature – but perhaps the same could not be said of Lilaena. In thoughtful silence, he studied the sly smile that curved her lips and wondered whether the great distance he was about to put between them would strain the ties of loyalty that bound master and apprentice together.
It was, however, a fleeting thought at best. He didn't doubt her for a second.
“Very good, Malleus.”
There was a proud smile in his voice.
“Now, unless you have any other questions...?”
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Mar 30th, 2010, 02:03:00 PM
#13
"No, my master." It chafed a bit to be so subservient after being on her own for so many years. Getting away from Onderon would probably do her good.
Her thoughts flicked to Grime as Callidus took his leave, wondering what her mysterious apprentice was up to. He had taken a hold of the seedy underworld in Iziz, and spent most of his time off planet. He returned every few months for more training. She knew he hated her, but she also knew how much potential he had. Potential for destruction.
Akasha was completely different. Strong willed and sensitive, her anger stemmed from a completely different source than Hawkins'. Walking away from the meeting place, Lilaena looked up into the trees, casting about for her apprentice's presence.
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Mar 30th, 2010, 05:56:24 PM
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Mar 30th, 2010, 06:22:49 PM
#15
"Am I wrong to think you are ready for the assignment?" De'Ville kept walking, ignoring the heat of Akasha's gaze. That the girl had gotten close enough to the meeting with Darth Callidus to hear their words, and without being detected, was pleasing. It meant that something had actually gotten into her thick skull without Granoi having to beat it into her for once.
"You did well to hear us." She stopped walking, listening to the sudden silence of the jungle around them. Usually not a good sign. She put her hand to her lightsaber.
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Mar 30th, 2010, 07:23:50 PM
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Mar 31st, 2010, 11:40:39 PM
#17
"You aren't being sent there simply for them to teach you, child," Lilaena replied, her voice low as her head tracked to the left. A boma was silently circling them, sometimes visible through the leafy undergrowth of the jungle.
"You are to play an important role in discovering their base of operations. And their plans for the future." She spared a moment and looked back to her apprentice. De'Ville held out a hand, palm up, demonstrating a small ball of fire that she had previously taught to Akasha during a bit of the girl's downtime from Granoi's tutelage. Hopefully the girl had been practicing.
A boma screeched from the trees overshadowing them, and then three of the creatures rushed them at once - from the sides and from above. It was the work of an instant for De'Ville to infuse her ball of fiery energy with her anger, the fire dulling to a roiling mass of dark energy called Destruction. The energy sphere flew up to meet the dropping boma as Lilaena ignited her saber to deal with the one charging at her.
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Apr 1st, 2010, 11:29:35 PM
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Apr 11th, 2010, 04:32:52 PM
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The leaping boma met its Destruction, and the sphere of energy blew the beast to pieces that rained down noisily around the two Force users.
"Neither," Lilaena said, taking a moment to flick a bit of boma entrails from her forehead before the next rush overtook them. "They are cowards, hiding from the Empire, and to be pitied, if anything." She thrust her hand out, tossing an animal aside brutally with the Force. The boma yelped as its back broke against a thick tree trunk.
"They have the power to do something about their massacre at the hands of Palpatine and Vader. Yet they do not." De'Ville spun around, amethyst blade hissing as she bisected a final beast. The jungle fell silent around them. "So it is up to us to take revenge for the Jedi."
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Apr 11th, 2010, 05:19:00 PM
#20
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