Korogum took the object in his hand and studied it's appearance: the pyrmidal object hummed with an aura of a very unsettling nature, one Korogum could not quite place. Yet still, he felt a familiarity with its sensation, as if he had felt it before. Korogum realized he had in fact felt this forboding aura before, less then an hour ago when he was browsing the large collection of information in the depths of the compound. He remembered that he had felt the very same sense of imposing knowledge from the scrolls and books in the rooms he had explored. The object emanated an ominous red glowing mistlike substance that Korogum could not feel, and he questioned if it even existed at all, or if it was just an effect the device has on the mind. Looking up from the object that Xhinx had called a Holocron, Korogum had only heard of the 'Dark Side' from the cultists banter that he had overheard, and as such, did not mention it for fear of being cast away from the group of dark beings.
"I will go study this, I will return when I am finished." Korogum declared as he turned from the tall figure and began to stride down the hallway to the commons room he had passed with the Zabrakian prior to reuniting with Etheriud and Xhinx again.
Sitting down in the center of the room, Korogum placed the object in front of him on a small pedestal so it was level with his waist. It was now that Korogum realized he had no knowledge of how to activate the device, and he cursed hindsight as he did not want to appear foolish to the others by asking. Korogum picked up the device and studied it further, looking for a button or switch of some kind that might activate, thinking it was like a communicator that he had owned as a child. After not finding any such thing, Korogum resorted to shaking the object in an effort to discover something. Dropping his head in a sigh, he placed the object back down on its pedestal and stared at it, placing a sliver of hope in the thought that it may reveal its secrets to him. After this did not work, Korogum decided to retrace his steps of the past few days in the hopes of finding the key to this puzzle. Korogum then had a thought, "Xhinx said this thing was of 'Sith' origin, and he said he was once a Sith. The Xaryus and Etheriud both have very similar auras to Xhinxs', meaning they must be Sith too. And since I have similar energy to all three, perhaps that means I am a Sith by extension. Maybe if I focus my energy into this device, it might activate!" Korogum became visibly joyous when he had this thought, placing all of his hope in this being the answer. Korogum then closed his eyes and focused on the humming of the object, feeling its aura seeping into the air around it. He could feel the others in the hallway, and he deemed that he was not focused enough, and strained himself to clear all other thoughts from his mind. Minutes later, Korogum had blocked out all other things from his mind, leaving only himself and the Holocron in his mental surroundings. To him, there was nothing around him but a blackness, with himself and the object floating separately. Korogum willed his mental self to move towards the object, managing to drift slowly towards it like a ghoul in a nightmare. Reaching the object, Korogum willed himself to lift reach his hands out and place them on the Holocron. Grasping it firmly, he willed himself to lift the object from its place in the empty blackness. Korogum immediately sensed something within the Holocron, a feeling of surrender, as if he had broken its defiance. Opening his eyes, Korogum was greeted by the Holocron floating in the air, as if it was weightless! The Holocron began to make small whirring noises and Korogum saw the top of the pyramid shaped object open up like a capsule. From it came the hologram of a being in a full robe, his face hidden from sight, who began to speak in a raspy voice, that Korogum could feel hid a great power behind it. Korogum listened intently to the figure for the remainder of its recording, and once it was finished and the Holocron had once more closed itself to the world around it, the humming ceased and the object remained in the air silently. Korogum then realized he had been clenching up most of his body, relieving this, the Holocron feel from the air and landed on the pedestal with a loud cracking sound, like a heavy flat surface landing on a motionless one. Korogum then pondered everything the figure had said, things about Emotion, Peace, and the Dark Side. The one thing that had stood out the most to Korogum was the formost subject, Emotion. Korogum mulled over everything about Hatred, Fear, Rage, Temptation, Destruction. These things seemed barbaric to him, like the Sith were never meant to control their power, only to loose it upon others. Korogum began thinking of what things could be like for such powerful beings if they simply controlled their emotions, and he revelled in the kind of power that could come of this. Korogum decided to bring it up to the others and see if they would agree with him, and so he stood up and left the commons room with the Holocron in hand.
Walking back down the hallway to the trio, Korogum thought of how he would be recieved with his idea, and hoped they would see reason.
