The Seer
Location: "Abandoned" Slums, Lantibba City, Lanteeb
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Kahlil Noble
It was just another day of Song’s usual life. The usual routine of waking up, eating whatever scraps he could find, and then working in the mines for hours. It wouldn’t have been so bad if it weren’t for the fact that Song never gets paid for it. Worst of all, Song along with his family had to mine Damotite. For what purposes, Vakamir never gave an answer as to why they were mining such a dangerous ore. Song hoped that he could keep his younger brother out of the mines, and so did their parents. However Vakamir had given a stern reminder that they were his property, and if his property doesn’t work when they’re told then he’d dispose of them. The poisonous gas alone made Song nauseous just from thinking about it, and their air filters could only filter out the gas so much before it needed to be replaced.
That day, or rather that morning, Song had a premonition via vision of his little brother succumbing to the poisonous gas. The vision gave Song quite a start, but thankfully that vision was only that. Now he’s on the task of doing a bit of grocery shopping so to speak. It technically was for his family, but the credits were owned by Vakamir. Every month, the Fang family were granted a certain amount of credits to spend on food and clothing. However, there have been some months lately where they’re barely given enough to feed themselves for two weeks. Song was going to prepare for a stew, and aside from the broth Song decided to do a bit of hunting himself. Sure the city was watched over by the Eternal Empire, but there were still womp rats rummaging about in the slums.
Crouched upon a roof as his amber eyes looked upon the open courtyard, an abandoned playground of sorts as Song watched a pack of wimp rats digging through piles of trash. Truthfully Song would rather not try to eat a womp rats, but with how tight their credits were for the month Song had no choice but to do a bit of hunting. Even from his current distance, Song was confident in his skill with the bow as the experience to judge the distance and how well his bow performs. Even to the detail of his arrows, and Song notched a single arrow. With a relaxing and steady exhale, Song lets go of the arrow as it soars through the air. A sharp squeak could be heard as the arrow buried itself into one of the rats’ mid section. The sudden appearance of an arrow startled the pack as they scurried off into the distance.
In a way, Song felt relief as the rat would at least give some food on the table, but at the same time he felt guilty for taking a life so that he could not be hungry. His heart felt like it was twisted when Song saw that the womp rat he had just shot actually was still alive somehow. The Prophet wanted the rat to have a swift death, but now it was suffering. Song moved quickly to swiftly put an end to the rat's suffering.
"Forgive me, and be at peace in the afterlife." Song muttered before he pulled the blood coated arrow from the rat's hide. Truly, Song hoped that the afterlife was kind to the rat despite being a rodent. Song Fang brought out a cooler and when he opened it revealed a knife. From there Song began the extensive process of skinning the rat and cutting chunks of meat from the rat. His hands were bloodied, but Song didn't feel nauseous about it. Rather he silently blamed himself for not getting a clean kill.
That was of course before a painful ring ruptured his mind that caused the boy to wince and hold his bloodied hands onto his head. The images in his head were distorted, but it revealed a Chiss man with intimidating blood red eyes glaring down at a twi'lek family. A dark room shrouded them, yet their silhouettes were clear enough. Then the image shifted over to a grove with trees tall as skyscrapers. In the center there was a dark hooded figure as the beloved sun bathed the land with it's warm light. Normally it would be something Song would love to see, but that figure's presence alone unnerved him.
The vision ended along with the sharp ringing as Song doubled over to catch his breath. Song didn't even realize that he held his breath during the episode, but the sweet air was welcomed into his lungs nonetheless.
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Kahlil Noble
It was just another day of Song’s usual life. The usual routine of waking up, eating whatever scraps he could find, and then working in the mines for hours. It wouldn’t have been so bad if it weren’t for the fact that Song never gets paid for it. Worst of all, Song along with his family had to mine Damotite. For what purposes, Vakamir never gave an answer as to why they were mining such a dangerous ore. Song hoped that he could keep his younger brother out of the mines, and so did their parents. However Vakamir had given a stern reminder that they were his property, and if his property doesn’t work when they’re told then he’d dispose of them. The poisonous gas alone made Song nauseous just from thinking about it, and their air filters could only filter out the gas so much before it needed to be replaced.
That day, or rather that morning, Song had a premonition via vision of his little brother succumbing to the poisonous gas. The vision gave Song quite a start, but thankfully that vision was only that. Now he’s on the task of doing a bit of grocery shopping so to speak. It technically was for his family, but the credits were owned by Vakamir. Every month, the Fang family were granted a certain amount of credits to spend on food and clothing. However, there have been some months lately where they’re barely given enough to feed themselves for two weeks. Song was going to prepare for a stew, and aside from the broth Song decided to do a bit of hunting himself. Sure the city was watched over by the Eternal Empire, but there were still womp rats rummaging about in the slums.
Crouched upon a roof as his amber eyes looked upon the open courtyard, an abandoned playground of sorts as Song watched a pack of wimp rats digging through piles of trash. Truthfully Song would rather not try to eat a womp rats, but with how tight their credits were for the month Song had no choice but to do a bit of hunting. Even from his current distance, Song was confident in his skill with the bow as the experience to judge the distance and how well his bow performs. Even to the detail of his arrows, and Song notched a single arrow. With a relaxing and steady exhale, Song lets go of the arrow as it soars through the air. A sharp squeak could be heard as the arrow buried itself into one of the rats’ mid section. The sudden appearance of an arrow startled the pack as they scurried off into the distance.
In a way, Song felt relief as the rat would at least give some food on the table, but at the same time he felt guilty for taking a life so that he could not be hungry. His heart felt like it was twisted when Song saw that the womp rat he had just shot actually was still alive somehow. The Prophet wanted the rat to have a swift death, but now it was suffering. Song moved quickly to swiftly put an end to the rat's suffering.
"Forgive me, and be at peace in the afterlife." Song muttered before he pulled the blood coated arrow from the rat's hide. Truly, Song hoped that the afterlife was kind to the rat despite being a rodent. Song Fang brought out a cooler and when he opened it revealed a knife. From there Song began the extensive process of skinning the rat and cutting chunks of meat from the rat. His hands were bloodied, but Song didn't feel nauseous about it. Rather he silently blamed himself for not getting a clean kill.
That was of course before a painful ring ruptured his mind that caused the boy to wince and hold his bloodied hands onto his head. The images in his head were distorted, but it revealed a Chiss man with intimidating blood red eyes glaring down at a twi'lek family. A dark room shrouded them, yet their silhouettes were clear enough. Then the image shifted over to a grove with trees tall as skyscrapers. In the center there was a dark hooded figure as the beloved sun bathed the land with it's warm light. Normally it would be something Song would love to see, but that figure's presence alone unnerved him.
The vision ended along with the sharp ringing as Song doubled over to catch his breath. Song didn't even realize that he held his breath during the episode, but the sweet air was welcomed into his lungs nonetheless.
