Private Echoes of the Missing

[Caelan Valoren]

He shook his head at her.

"Your methods cause injury for the sake of injury. Enjoyment of the suffering of others is not a positive trait."

Finishing up his work on the injured attackers, he stood again and allowed the locals to take full command of the situation. It was clear to him that his trip to this world was a trick, trying to get him killed the same as the people who'd killed his parents had been trying for a long time now. You'd think they would higher better people considering their attempts kept failing, but perhaps they only wanted to use the expendable, cheap sort in order to not lose people they actually cared about, or large sums of money.

He turned to regard her at what she said. Fate beeped at him and he waved a hand at the droid in response. No, he wasn't in need of him killing the woman.

"I didn't need your help. It would have been easier to deal with them without you. I really don't need people following me around that don't know me and I'm sure Reign would rather you be doing whatever work you're supposed to be doing instead."

She could doubt all she wanted, he had actually met the man before.

"Go home. You aren't needed or wanted here."

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ATTIRE: Link | WEAPON: Lightsaber | COMPANION: BD-F8

TAGS: Roxsie ​

 

[Roxsie]

"No, they cause injury for the sake of disablement. If i was doing it just for suffering, I'd have aimed for the eyes and mouth." She corrected, "I only made them feel pain at all because you didn't want them dead. That would have been relatively painless."

The fact anyone was so determined to get a padawan off their back, yet not determined enough to send a truly threatening team was rather odd. And had truly bought her curiosity, even if she technically wasn't obligated to participate. They weren't quite inside of Diarch territory yet. Still, it was a good test. See how far things could go, and see how much of a threat the boy may be. Though, assuming he wasn't lying, his positive perspective on one of the two Diarchs seemed at least worth something.

"Maybe you do maybe not. Do you really expect people to just assume you're sufficiently competent just because of a force shield? Besides, it's not just about you anymore." She gave another smile beneath the mask at his suggestion she wasn't wanted there, and that Reign would rather her do whatever she was supposed to do, "I don't know why you think bringing up the Diarchs would really make a difference, as long as I'm not acting outside of an agreement, I don't see how it would matter. Or why you think I'd trust any jedi's judgement on being needed or wanted."

She waved a hand aside, "Besides, organized criminals on the outskirts of the Diarchy's territory? Totally justifiable involvement." Running away with any justification available, or jumping to dismissiveness, was probably the only skill she'd actually kept up with her mother on. Not something really of great skill or intelligence, but the lack of formality did help sometimes. It allowed you to evade standard expectations of protocol, simply don't pay attention to them. "Is your sister force sensitive? Could you try and find her that way. I mean, if it's just on one world maybe it would work. If you're close emotionally anyway. I could probably sense my family if they were that close." she looked up in thought and let out a hum, "Well, if they weren't hiding."

Caelan Valoren


Phrik sword
Rebreather that is styled like a golden lower skill.
VEV Starthrust Series Fast Courier

 

[Caelan Valoren]

"You could have done what I did," he said, staring at her. "They didn't need to have their limbs cut off."

She was very wrong in what she said. It was possible to fight people without using a weapon designed to harm them. Yes, he carried a lightsaber, and sometimes he might need to use it, but he rarely went to it before trying something else. He had reason for invoking the Diarch. Mainly because he found her behavior deplorable and fully intended to mention as much to the Diarch when next he had a chance. Reign may not agree with him, but that wasn't the point.

Even though she was in the wrong, he would say nothing further on the matter. Trying to convince someone like her that what they did was wrong was like trying to talk a Kowakian Monkey Lizard into doing what you wanted. You basically couldn't. Not that he considered a hit squad to be organized criminals operating on the edge of diarchy space. They'd have come at him just about anywhere.

"She is, but I don't have the sense skills to find her. It's not something I'm suited towards. Besides, I'm pretty sure she was never here and this was just a setup to get me out on my own. They've done this before, though usually with better forces than these."

Either desperation on their end, or they were running low on people willing to take on the job.

"Regardless, I have no further reason to be here since she is clearly not here. I'm going to return to Coruscant, unless you intend on stopping me."

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ATTIRE: Link | COMPANION: BD-F8

TAGS: Roxsie ​

 

[Roxsie]

"And you didn't need to possibly give a concussion." she shrugged, "You could also have just let them kill you. Then only one person gets hurt. Need or not need doesn't mean obligation."

As far as she felt it, there wasn't any real reason to be bothered by their injuries. That's just how the fight worked out. If they were smarter they'd have chosen a fight they could actually handle, or even tried surrendering earlier. There likely was very little way she could be convinced otherwise, Roxsie was incredibly stubborn, even if she was wrong. It would likely take a great deal of reason and time to truly persuade her.

"You should work on that. I heard the nightsisters are really good at tracking abilities." she suggested, "And why leave already? Have you tried interrogating the people they send to see what you can find? Who hires them, and then track onwards from there? At some point they may slip up. They don't exactly seem very competent about who they send."

Another shrug, "I won't stop you leaving. But you're not going to get anywhere this way. You need to learn instead of just following. Imagine they actually did have to move her somewhere, all they have to do is send you on a wild goose chase again. And off you go, putting in zero effort to actually find out how they did any of it or scare them off of doing it again."

Caelan Valoren
Phrik sword
Rebreather that is styled like a golden lower skill.
VEV Starthrust Series Fast Courier