Private Hear it Sing

[Darth Ophidia]

Darth Strosius

In the end, she near completely withdrew and simply watched as he constructed his weapon.

She even had a text fetched for her to peruse, as well as a pair of noise-cancelling plugs for her to deafen out his filing and sawing. She knew how loud and grating that could become over time. By the time she had completed the book, he was scrambling to find his misplaced piece, the latticework that held the crystal. It was a very important piece, and she was not very helpful in finding it, save for checking she had not sat on it. Her read was a fascinating take on the second rise of the One Sith's strategy in breaking the stagnation of the core, but also the way their societal structure caused an inevitable decline and defeat, followed by musings on how to avoid such a future.

Putting the text aside, Ophidia rose to her feet and stood behind her apprentice's shoulder. She watched him twist and turn the hilt with amusement.

Then it ignited.

The bright, red hue of the bloodshine blade coloured the room, and Ophidia smiled with a sense of pride.

"Well done." "This weapon is a symbol of your status, of your power." "Keep it close."

She stepped out to the side of him, circling him at a distance when he gave his test swing.

"You will learn to use it too." "There is more to wielding a lightsabre than to swing it, especially when facing down others armed the same." "You will be introduced to different forms, all with their strengths and weaknesses, and find the combination that suits you best. I will teach you some, but for others I must hand you over to some of my most trusted colleagues."

Ophidia paused for a second.

"You are welcome to stay here for as long as you like, study and learn. If not:" She gestured to the holo-device on the table. "That is also a com unit, you will find Barlan's contact number there. She will take you wherever you need to go."

She stopped in front of him, inspecting him with those burning eyes and nodding to herself.

"Next time, perhaps you will be ready to come with me." "Perhaps."

Then, without another word, she walked past him and exited the room. The dark fabrics that draped her form vanished around the corner, melting into the darkness of Krayiss Two.

 

[Darth Strosius]

Darth Ophidia

Alisteri looked embarrassed after a moment and cleared his throat, turning his weapon off after his little test swing as he recomposed himself. He idly wondered if he had looked like a child swinging a stick around, but he pushed that thought aside.

He nodded in response to his master, doing his best to hide his own excitement at the thought of learning how to use his lightsabre.

"Of course, master."

The thought of meeting more Sith also intrigued him. Other people with great power that were willing to share even a fraction of their knowledge? It sounded almost too good to be true.

Still, he tempered his expectations for now.

He glanced at the device on the table, raising an eyebrow slightly in curiosity. Was that pilot still here? It had been awhile, but then again he supposed that one had to always be on call when serving Sith. The apprentice said nothing as Ophidia left, simply staring at the corner that she had rounded for a long moment before looking back down at the hilt in his hand.

A small part of him was disappointed that he was left behind, another part was almost worried. If she was going to Bastion and it was under siege...

"Ah what am I worried about? She'll be fine, what in the world could harm a Sith?"

He muttered to himself, going back to giving his weapon a couple of test swings to get a feel for it. After a few minutes of "practicing" he glanced back at the holo-device, thinking about going ahead and contacting Barlan. He ultimately decided not to however. There was still plenty to learn here, so he instead decided to stay here for some time. More than likely just a day or two at most, he didn't want to be here for too long.

This place did have too many moving floors for his liking...

After cleaning up the workshop a bit he then made his way back towards the library, eager to get some reading in and plan his where he would go next. He wasn't the most familiar with planets so some research would be good.

Of the few that he had learned of in his previous studies, he thought that Korriban would be rather interesting to visit. Perhaps he would go there first.