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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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There was always something shady going down in the underworld. Coruscant was a world where anything could happen, and that was usually a pretty bad thing. Lower levels with no regulation meant that there was a black market for literally anything, chief amongst them force artifacts. Dangerous thing that, in the hands of the common criminal, could end up doing considerable harm. So, when word reached Jasper's ear (as it often did) about an upcoming exchange of a Sith Holocron between the hands of two gangs, it was pretty much a no brainer what the newly-knighted Jedi was going to do.

He narrowed it down to a gang that called themselves 'The Despots,' though they were really just another band of goons in league with the Hutt Space Consortium, preparing to send goods off to another branch. they were set up in an old, frankly rather run down warehouse, which sat conveniently right below where the Consortium had caused all sorts of problems a few months back. Chances were that it had been used as a safehouse to lie low after Jedi and local authorities got involved and flushed out the warring gangsters. Jasper had climbed his way up to the top of the structure, his usual MO. After getting beaten to a pulp back when he started doing stuff like this, he had gotten particularly good at planning his entrances.

"Pyf," he began, addressing his companion droid, "Am I above it?"

"One sec..." the blue orb buzzed, "Yup. The attic should be right below you."

"Great," Jasper grinned.

The knight drew his blue-bladed lightsaber and immediately began to work at cutting away the ceiling. He moved slowly and carefully, making sure to not make a noise that may alert the criminals within to his whereabouts. He clasped on to a grove in the portion he was cutting to keep it from falling and, once done with his cut, removed the circular piece and placed it gently to his side.

"Welp," he sighed, mentally preparing himself for another infiltration. "Here goes nothing."


 

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"Talking out loud is a great path to give yourself away."

The news hit, but she was supposed to be here alone. The SIA had squashed any news of the holocron once it crossed their tables. The Shadows were going to handle it. A Jedi would surely want to investigate. Too many chefs in the kitchen, as it were. And yet, here a Jedi was. Jasper. She wasn't surprised, of course. If there was any Jedi who'd come in like this, who else would it be?

"What are you doing here?"

Jasper Kai'el Jasper Kai'el
 

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"Talking out loud is a great path to give yourself away."

Jasper turned to see an unexpected sight? A Jedi Shadow? He had only just picked up word about this holocron. He didn't think that the SIA would be on it this quickly. Strangely, they seemed sort of familiar. They were behind a mask, of course, but the mannerisms and stature of the stranger were... Never mind that.

"Relax," he told the Shadow. "This building is a good four thousand years old. The insulation they used to install is the same stuff they use to pad cells in insane asylums. A hushed conversation isn't making it's way past that attic."

He paused for a moment, quickly taking inventory of his crossbow bolts and any EMP grenades he had on his person before dipping his head in to scan the attic. Empty, seemingly untouched. The room was so old that it was unlikely the gang making use of it knew it even existed. The knight procured a small datapad and quickly began to flip through his notes.

"What I'm doing here is pretty self explanatory," Jasper shrugged. "I'd be a pretty poor Jedi if I ignored leads when I overhear them. Lucky for you, I've been keeping tabs on these guys for a while now. They usually have around twenty or so members stationed here, but half have gone out to perform a weekly patrol through the sector. Hutt Cartel forces are still trying to solidify their claim over the area. I'd estimate they'll be back in an hour and thirty-two minutes in counting."

Jasper took a moment to tuck away his data pad before continuing.


"Not to be disrespectful, but I've been bossed around by people in masks before," he continued. "You aren't getting rid of me. I have an EMP grenade primed in the warehouse's breaker set to go off in less then a minute. So unless you have a better plan, I'd suggest you be ready to go in. We'll only have a five minute window before the power comes back."

His new plans were a far cry from the days when he ran in and got his ass kicked. To that end, being beaten to a pulp had been the best thing that had ever happened to it. Jasper would have to thank Iris for drilling some sense into his head later. He'd have to meet with her eventually, seeing as they were both knights now. As Jasper had stated, no less than a minute had passed and the air no longer flowed from a nearby vent. With no hesitation, and not wanting to give the Shadow a window to tell him off, he slipped down into the attic.


 

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Two hands reached out. Two hands, with all their fingers, helped her move into the gap that had been cut.

"I was neither telling you to go away, or lecturing you. Just wanted to know how much you knew, Knight Kai'el." And like that she jumped down ahead of him. Slipped down, more aptly, quiet as, well. A Shadow. She kept quiet for the most part, her helmed gaze scanning. Looking around for any hidden trap that could be there. Nothing, yet. Good. But the scans did show the guards below. Clever, finding a room like this.

Her com clicked on, her voice only in his ear, his com.

"<Two, below. Ready?>"

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"<Two, below. Ready?>"

That was odd. Her helmet was equipped with sound-canceling tech. Actually kinda smart for operations like this. Perhaps he needed to add such a feature to his next Anti-Toxin Face Mask model. Jasper moved up with the shadow, carefully drawing back one of the floor panels. Sure enough, two individuals were positioned below, a taller bald human male and a Rodian female, both armed with standard E-5 blaster rifles, old and frankly poor blasters. It was clear that they weren't as well armed some of the other Cartel branches.

I'll take the bald one, Jasper signed, as he did know sign language. But he did, just in case she didn't, gesture to the man's bald head and then to his mechanical arm.

Jasper prepared himself, cracking his organic knuckles, then leapt down in silence. His metal arm came down on the bald man's head, knocking him out on impact. As the knight's feet touched down, he gently laid the thug down on the floor as to not make a sound. The Rodian would be the Shadow's responsibility.


 

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Sign language? Behind the mask, Aurorae raised a brow. She herself didn't understand it. The mask? That translated for her. She nodded once, turning her gaze towards the other. Then, dropped in tandem. She wrapped around the Rodian almost like a snake, tugging her to the crowd, keeping her quiet with an arm around her neck. Putting her into a deep sleep with only a little struggle.

Distangling herself she stood up, let her mask continue to scan. Search.

"<More deeper in. The deals going down. Gang members accounted for. .. An unknown. Two. The buyers, most likely. They're early.>"

Early wasn't good. She crouched, pulling out a lightsaber. Smooth, simple. Unignited for the time being. More heat signatures were moving. Heading back. A vault? The vault. She moved, going towards the nearby wall, setting a hand against it.

"<We go in. Hard and fast. Find the artifact.>"

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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They were here already? The deal hadn't been slated to occur for a few more hours or so. Jasper wasn't bothered by this, but it was certainly odd that they were running ahead of schedule. Hit them hard and fast... He could do that. Jasper drew the energy bow from his back, the one he had claimed from a Sith back on Panatha a while back and modified. With his free hand, he vaguely signed something along the lines of:

I'll get their knees.

It was pretty self explanatory. Jasper didn't kill people, and his arrows had to go somewhere. They'd survive a shot to the knee.

Go in. I'll cover.

Jasper got low to the ground, switching the sight on his bow to heat. There were seven-ish signatures on the other side, two of which were presumably the buyers of the artifact. He drew back an arrow, waiting for the masked Jedi to open the door and move in to start taking out their legs.


 

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Their.. Knees. Ah. Took a moment for the helmet to keep up with his signing. Maybe it was something for her to learn. Certainly seemed useful, especially if she didn't have her mask handy to translate for her. She nodded once, both hands gripping the hilt of her blade as she readied herself. The go was given, and the door opened. And she was gone. The Force sent her rushing right towards the first. A guard who happened to catch sight of the door opening. But, unable to speak.

The white blade of her saber punched through, silencing that. Not with death, but blissful unconsciousness.

Then the next. She slipped around, weaving rather easily through Jasper's shots to take out those he didn't target. Seemed to know just where he was going to fire to keep from getting in his way or letting any of them just leave. At least until lightning ripped across the room and through one of the guards she was about to strike down. Muffled, Aurorae hissed. Her blade caught the blast in a quick change to defense, but the one between her and it's sender wasn't so lucky.

"<Sith. Get the holocron.>"

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"Sith," Jasper hissed out loud.

With very little hesitation, he threw his bow over his shoulder and drew his lightsaber, closing the distance between him and the newly revealed Sith. They were capable of force lightning, which was no doubt dangerous, but Jasper had something of his own to work with: Force Light. The radius was not as high as others, but it was large enough to cover both him and the Jedi Shadow when he made his way up. The Sith would find themselves in this light, their dark powers greatly weakened by it.

"Keep up the pressure and don't let them pass," he told her. "If we keep them in the vault, they'll be stuck in my light. We'll overwhelm them."

From there he was on the move again, his lightsaber flipped back in the reverse grip. As he ran, another bolt of lightning sailed out of the Sith's fingertips, which he narrowly slid under. The lightning was noticeably weaker, seemingly an effect of the present force light. Then, once determining he was at a good range, he leapt towards the darksider, bringing his blade down on them in an overhead strike. Just beyond the Sith, a square container could be seen, a faint red glow emanating from the slightly ajar lid. The holocron was surely within.


 

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Aurorae nodded once. The second with the Sith seemed to panic. Not a Sith. Supplier? Unknowing contact who set up the meet, most likely. She frowned before raising a hand. One of the stools nearby took off, hitting the man in the back of the head to knock him out. Someone who had an in with scavengers daring enough to get a Sith holocron was a contact to be made.

Once the Sith was dealt with.

Her blade flicked around, catching the bolt of another guard before they shared a similar fate to the others. A boot to the face. Then, only the Sith remained. She glanced over as he seemed focused on Jasper. And the Light he brought.

Huh. That was a trick she'd have to learn. Eventually. She slipped around one of the counters, low to the ground as she swapped her blade from it's nonlethal edge to the burning, very lethal one. And as the Sith deflected Jasper's strike her own cut through his back. His heart. There was a brief moment as her blade punched through that the Sith continued to stand. Only to fall from her blade a moment later.

Then, silence.

"<There.>" Her gaze turned, back towards the vault. The holocron within.

"<I'll handle this from here.>"

Jasper Kai'el Jasper Kai'el
 

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"Fine by me," Jasper shrugged, putting away his lightsaber.

He picked up the Sith's weapon, examining it for a moment.

"Poor thing," he muttered. "What did he do to you..."

The bleeding of Kyber was barbaric. It disgusted the knight to his very core. Even holding the Sith's weapon, he could feel the torment of the crystal within. Jasper clipped the weapon to his belt. He would simply have to purify it when he got the chance. In the meantime, they were still on the clock.

"That patrol should be back in a few hours," Jasper stated. "If there's anything else you had to do, now's the time."

Jasper himself had a few things he needed. Nothing crazy, just some info on cartel activity. He searched around the bodies of the incapacitated gang members before finding a datapad. That would have to do for now.

"Sorry, but I can't shake the feeling that we've met before," the knight finally blurted out. "Do I know you?"


 

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Aurorae lifted a hand, pulling the holocron from the vault. Into her hand. She'd deal with it later, as she was tasked to. Though, she paused as he spoke up. Did he know her? Of course he did. Not that he should. She shook her head, lifting one of her hands. The one where normally Iris didn't have a pinky. Not to show off the pinky she had exactly, but to wave the thought off dismissively.

And, well, show off the pinky.

"You know I'm a Shadow. As a Jedi, you should know to honor that. Never pry behind the identity of us. It's for our safety. I'm trusting you not to speak of it."

Not exactly a confirmation, but not a denial either.

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"R-right," Jasper quickly apologized. "My mistake."

He took note of her hand. It wasn't familiar. Maybe Jasper didn't know who they were after all. He had met so many people lately. It made sense that some would seem familiar with billions of people living in the galaxy. Statistically speaking, anyways. The whole Shadow business was a weird one anyways, one he didn't fully understand. Maybe it was just cause he was never big on secrets, or maybe he just liked to confront Sith and Cartels openly to spite them. Regardless, his common sense dictated he shouldn't ask anything further.

"Well, I guess that's that," he concluded. "Good-luck with... whatever it is that you're doing."

The knight turned and began heading off towards the exit. He still couldn't shake the fact that he knew this woman, but he was far to polite to pry, that and he figured that the Shadow would probably put him on a list to have his memory wiped or something. Jasper was rather fond of those. He offered one last half wave before vanishing beyond the doorway.

The lights flickered back on. Five minutes had passed.


 

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"Shadow business, yes." Aurorae gave a simple nod and watched as he turned to leave. There was a lot that couldn't be talked about, for one reason or another. Another place, though, and she could. She didn't stick around there long, more left the moment he did to dispose of the Holocron. Finish the job, before anything else. Then. go and find him. It wasn't too hard to find Jasper after the fact, and the masked woman practically dropped beside him wherever he was.

"We should talk."

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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Jasper hadn't gotten too far, only enough to get himself a sandwich and find a back alley to attempt to peacefully eat it in. That was about when the Jedi Shadow from before dropped down beside him, making him jump a little and fumble his sandwich, though he managed to recover it.

"Jeez," he stammered, calming his nerves.


"We should talk."

"Oh," Jasper remarked with a frown. "I thought you weren't allowed to do that."

What did she even want to talk about? The chances of them crossing paths again was slim anyways, right? It seemed sorta odd to suggest they should talk. He was a complete stranger, after all. Still, it certainly had Jasper's curiosity.


 

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"You should be more aware of your surroundings. Even while eating."

Aurorea reached up, casually taking off her mask. Underneath, blue eyes. Pale, unscarred skin. Yet clearly still a double for Iris if there ever was one. "Can't just talk in the middle of a criminal den. You're a Knight. You're allowed to know things I wouldn't let Padawan's know."

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"Oh," he reacted blankly, forming a faint frown. "I see..."

Make up, contacts, prosthetic fingers... That wasn't enough to mask the coincidences. If anything, this was her confirming his suspicions. In reality, she really shouldn't have. Not to him, anyways.

"I guess I know how you found me so easily," Jasper chuckled, before becoming serious again. "You didn't have to take the mask off, you know. You probably shouldn't have. I'd rather not cause you any problems with your higher-ups."

So why had she become a Shadow? Jasper had a few guesses. Denon was likely one of them. Marissa had told him she was performing investigations into something there, CorpSec being the obvious answer. Maybe after what went down in the senate and their civil war she needed a change of pace. In the end of the day, that wasn't really his place to ask. He was just some junker she knew.

"I shouldn't hold you up," the knight concluded. "Let's meet later... when it's really you."


 

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"Oh would you not do that. I'm not showing you on a whim or something. Like I said, Knights are allowed in the know." She practically dismissed his worry with a have of her hand, chuckling. "I'm not like, a super agent or something. The guise just helps hide me from scanners. Makes it hard to trace things back to me. But not completely. I'm not a vigilante or something. .. And I'd like someone to talk to. Get used to talking to people like this. If that doesn't trouble you..?"

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Coruscant, 1312
Tags: Aurorae Aurorae

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"I-I didn't know it worked like that in my defense," Jasper stated, now flush red with embarrassment. "Jeez..."

Should he have known? Was there some kind of class he would've been told this in? It was hard to say, and Jasper had never been the studious type. Frankly, his knowledge of how Shadow's operated was pretty lacking. Worse yet, now he looked stupid. A great start to any conversation. It helped a little that it was Iris, but he was always gonna be a little self conscious.

"I can talk if you need to," he affirmed when she asked. "I've... been meaning to talk to you myself. Not for anything specific or serious. I just haven't seen much of you since you were knighted aside from Dorin. Oh, and my ceremony I guess... That... still feels weird to say."

Jasper discretely wrapped his sandwich back up. It was rude to eat and talk after all. He'd just eat it later.


"What's on your mind?"

 

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"Been busy. With.. All kinds of stuff, I guess. Got a Padawan even, though he won't know about this part of my life. Can't." She shrugged a bit, finding a spot to take a seat, look out to the town. "Everything is just.. Constantly busy. Well over a hundred, all the time. What about you? What are you doing now that you're a knight?"

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