Outfit: Clothing/Armor |
Glove |
Right Arm |
Talisman
Weapons: Lightsaber 1 |
Lightsaber 2 |
Hook Swords
"Let them go. They aren't why we're here. You know why we're here. To raise the Alliance flag above your home city. Your home planet. Is that not what you want?"
Before Azurine had the chance to do anything else,
Jonyna Si
's words seemed to latch onto the tiny sliver of light in the back of her mind from the talisman around her neck. She gritted her teeth as Braze raised his hands, a soft glow emanating from her palms. The warmth of the Force Light brushed against her skin like the first touch of a sunrise, but it quickly turned searing, cutting through her like fire and ice all at once. It was relentless, tearing through the dark tendrils that had wound themselves around her heart and her mind. Her knees buckled, and she collapsed to the ground, clawing at her upper chest where it had originated as if she could rip the poison out herself. The words they spoke—calm, deliberate, and suffused with the Light—barely pierced through the chaos in her mind.
The agony was beyond anything she’d known—beyond the sting of blaster strikes, the burn of losing her arm, or even the crushing weight of past failure she carried like a second skin. Azzie screamed, her voice raw and guttural, as the darkness within her lashed out in desperation. Every cruel memory, every pang of despair surged forward, a final defense of the poison’s grip. Her vision blurred as the light burned brighter, consuming every shadow until all that was left was raw, blinding pain.
"I'm such a kriffing fool..." she muttered under her breath. The absence of the Sith poison’s relentless grip on her mind was a relief so profound it left her gasping for air, but with the combination of its absence and her body finally hitting its physical limits came the sharp clarity of her physical state—and it was far worse than she’d allowed herself to admit there.
Her muscles felt battered, every movement igniting a fresh wave of pain. Her ribs ached with a deep, stabbing intensity, and her arms bore long gashes she hadn’t even registered during the fight. Blood had seeped into her clothes from the places she'd been stabbed, drying in thick, sticky patches. She could taste it in her mouth. The assassins and this skirmish had done so much more than she thought. Even then, she turned her gaze to
Braze
, her amethyst eyes no longer carrying the discoloration that had been taking over as well as the sincere gratitude she held for what he'd done for her. No matter how much it had hurt, she couldn't imagine what she could have done without that intervention, and she wouldn’t forget that.
She turned her full attention to Jonyna, having to grasp the master's arms to pull herself to her feet.
"There should be a... control system here somewhere that mans city defenses. We... we've won."
But at what cost? The face of that Iridonian man with unnaturally red eyes was seared into her brain.
Looking upward, she dragged herself to the stairs that would take her to the roof, taking the flag of the Galactic Alliance out of her bag as she did so. Whether anyone helped her or not, she would be going to end this.
I'm not going to die here.
She took one step after another, dragging out every bit of resilience she had left with the darkness seeping into her vision. Her thoughts went to everyone who helped her with this, all of the teams, not just those directly by her side. She couldn't allow herself to fall yet. She wouldn't make another mistake this time, wouldn't fail again. For the sake of all of them.
I'm not going to... die here.
Staring out into the slowly sinking Iridonian sun from the roof, she gritted her teeth, unfurled the flag, and slowly but surely pulled at the rope to raise the banner high. Cheers and shouts of hope could be heard in the streets from all around.
I'm not... going to...
The last thing she saw before her body finally gave out under the weight of the injuries she had sustained, the poisoning, and the purging thereof, was the flag waving through the air against the arid heat.