Another Meetup

[Onrai]

"Always."

She stepped further towards the throne, the smile still on her face. "Yes, I do recall that being... quite satisfying. You, me, and the Dark Forge." She took another step forward before standing only a few feet from the throne. "I seem to recall what that led to - you giving me an Epicanthix body, us coming very close to... perhaps a deeper union." She sighed, considering the many possibilities of what could have been. What should​ have been. Jak was weak, Alli was treacherous, and her flings were never a lasting thing. Even Ven had disappeared into the void, never to be seen or heard from again. Kaine was perhaps the only one in her life she had expressed interest in that had stability. And stability was important in a galaxy that had been rent asunder.

"I need something stable like that. Someone I can care about, albeit rely upon. Love is a powerful, yet fickle thing, and I've been unfortunately unable to see the reality that the opportunity for such a stable relationship has been mine for the taking this entire time - if only I had taken my steps towards you sooner." She smiled. "But now, I have."

[member="Darth Carnifex"]

 

[Darth Carnifex]

"Love..."

Another chuckle, this one derisive and mocking.

"Is nothing more than a fleeting fancy, a lapse in the animal instinct to rut and reproduce. Love has no place in my heart, for it is as cold and dark as the Dark Side itself." Perhaps there had been one time when he had felt the warmth of love beating in his breast, but that had long since shriveled away to dust. "Lust, however... I can understand lust. The coveting of another's flesh is as intimate to me as a painter is to his canvas, and I have sampled many canvases in my day. Alas, physical sensation is all but lost on me now, though the violence of intercourse still has its uses. The creation of my progeny is one, and the establishment of authority is another."

His mouth split wide in a truly monstrous grin, his eyes shining with the faintest hint of malice. "Which shall I deliver onto you, Vanessa, should you press forward in your desires?"

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]​

 

[Onrai]

"You know, lust is a specialty of mine." She considered how true that had been, how potentially shallow her romantic inclinations had been in the past. "Well, that, and breaking hearts." She thought over how much she had shattered Alli's, but then decided that it was worth living with the pain given the woman had destroyed her original body. "I never viewed intercourse as something violent - rather something to be savored as pleasure. Though I suppose you haven't felt that in many years... I'm surprised you haven't had someone perhaps work on that." She thought for a moment as to the last thing he requested.

​"Is this your way of implying some sort of marriage may be in my future should I accept you, my Emperor?" Kaine was always such an enigmatic man that half the time she hardly understood him. "A child I can handle, but establishment of authority... do you not already have that over me?"

[member="Darth Carnifex"]

 

[Darth Carnifex]

"I cannot feel pleasure, but I cannot feel pain either. It is better that way."

How often had he rushed into battle only to discover a dozen different wounds he had suffered that he had no knowledge of until his doctors looked him over? Coupled with his cell's ability to rapidly regenerate and repair damaged tissue, he had accumulated quite the number of silver scars. His body, front and back, was riddled with a thousand different spots where a blade had kissed his flesh or a slug had lodged itself within him.

He felt none of them. Just like he couldn't feel his wives bodies in his arms even though he vigorously made love to them as he pleased, though it was the typically the voracious Salara who instigated such intimate melees.

"And as for authority... we shall see." He beckoned her closer.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]​

 

[Onrai]

"Pain can be a pleasurable sensation." She further closed the distance between herself and the seated Emperor. "Depending on the circumstances. I know my pity means little to you, but you do have it - a life without the ability to enjoy such positive sensations is something that would drive most of the Sith Lords insane. Even me." She thought about the situation at hand, trying to determine what best to do or say.

"I suppose we shall."

[member="Darth Carnifex"]

 

[Darth Carnifex]

"It is the price I pay for power, for immortality. I pay it willingly."

Touch was not the only sensation that he was willing to lose, for the sense of taste and smell were already beginning to diminish. The world around him grew less vibrant everyday, cold unfeeling gray leeching the warmth from every color. It wasn't enough. The Dark Lord found himself feeling more and more disinterested in his emotions, though anger would always burn the brightest even as the rest of his feelings drained away to leave behind a shell of unspeakable darkness and power.

He reached out, seizing Vanessa with the Force and pulling her towards him. Heavy hands found her body, rough and calloused; he did not care if he caused pain or injury, she was but another object in his hands to be used until he found nothing left of her that interested him.

A feral gleam shone brightly in his hateful orbs, "Indeed we shall."

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]​

 

[Onrai]

Vanessa awoke some hours later in pain. Her muscles were strained, she heard crinkling when she attempted to stretch herself, and she was sure her pelvis was probably broken. That said, for her it had been a rough yet rewarding experience. She looked at Kaine, and contrary to what she assumed, he still seemed to be as conscious as he had been before such a situation had broken out. "Well... that was... I feel used." She said, struggling to get into a more comfortable position in his lap. "I assume there are women you've been with that haven't​ survived?"

It was possible given the pain she was dealing with right now.

[member="Darth Carnifex"]

 

[Darth Carnifex]

A thin sheen of sweat coated his body, though he himself only felt the barest sliver of exertion pulating in his powerful muscles.

He had done exactly what he had told her he had done.

He had used her until he was satisfied, paying no heed to her own personal safety or her own discomfort. In the process he had shattered her pelvis, he could feel the broken bone and snapped sinew through the Force as she sat slumped against his lower torso. He had not even thought to give her the common courtesy of relieving himself of her when he was finished, though now he unceremoniously pushed her off and onto the tiered steps of his dais as he rose. His cloak and tunic came to him at a wave of his hand, and he donned his clothing to cover his starkness.

"Count yourself fortunate, Vanessa, that you were not split open. It would've stained the marble."

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]​

 

[Onrai]

She struggled to stand before him, noting the coldness and callousness of his demeanor. She had found this experience to, oddly enough, not be a pleasing one - if only due to the pain now shooting through her lower torso. On her knees, she brought a pair of hands down to her hips and uttered arcane words in the ancient language of the Sith - it was fortunate that healing was a form of Sith magic. Slowly regaining her footing, traces of the pain remaining despite her patching up of her wounds, she began to redress herself, looking up at Kaine whenever she got the opportunity. "Your care is very much appreciated." Sliding her attire back on, she pondered over the great many things she could have done. She would have said that she had the opportunity to kill him - but his dominance throughout the entire ordeal made that nigh impossible.

Standing before him, she thought for a moment. "I do have one other thing for you." She grabbed a datacard and put it into the holoprojector, showcasing a stealth fighter. "I had originally designed this for the Galactic Trade Guild, but I believe it may be more suitable of a design for the Sith Empire. A stealth ship, utilizing almost every means of disguising itself from enemies with the exception of a cloaking device. We have several hundred waiting to be put into service. Missiles won't track it, it's nearly invisible in the void of space, and it's not detectable through any technological means." She said. "They're holdovers, but effective holdovers nonetheless. You can't fight what you can't see after all."

[member="Darth Carnifex"]

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Crimson now cloaked his body, hiding the dark tunic beneath in writhing folds of ruby. "Transfer the files to me, and I will send them along to my Ministry. They will decide on whether or not there are any among your suggestions that merit production in the Empire."

Though he had not said it, it was clear by his tone that their meeting was now concluded.

He rose from his throne and began to walk down the steps to make a left towards one of the doors that bordered the vast expanse of the chamber, the guards situated around the throne already moving to usher [member="Vanessa Vantai"] out of the room in the absence of their master. But before he left, he called out to her one last time.

"Take care Vanessa, prove your loyalty to my Empire and you will be rewarded."

 

[Onrai]

"I will, Kaine." She responded. "You can be sure of that."

With that, she headed outside. There was a lot of work she needed to get done.

FIN