In the Meadows (Ask before joining)

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Darth Arcanix"]

"No, don't get me wrong, you are still plenty pretty enough to be a Diathim... but unlike them i can't chuck you off a cliff and know wings will keep you from splattering on the ground." He shrugged and put his hands behind his head for the time as he listened to her list off where ossus was in the night sky. "Know the location of any more planet's just by looking at the stars, or are you just trying to impress me with the knowledge of where miss Jedi Master herself is? By the way, ive met your sister, surprised she hasn't reprimanded me on my recent killings on Attahox."

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Solan Charr"]

"I'm surprised she didn't try and arrest you too," she laughed, and if she was completely honest with herself, sort of glad that she was still considered a Diathim. Girl had to be proud of her looks after all.

"That sounds like a challenge," she said, grinning and leaning back to lay in the grass to get a clearer view at the sky. "Let's see, that sickly yellow star there is actually Raxus Prime, you can always tell because of how pollution there is in the atmosphere changes how light is reflected by it. Over there, in that general area, is the Sith worlds, but you can't see them because of the Stygian Caldera nebulae. Ummm, over there is the constellation that points directly at Dac, see the little tail that drags down, Dac is at the bottom. And..."

She trailed for a moment as she looked at a slightly blue star and sighed.

"That star there is the one Lorrd orbits. . ."

 

[Onrai]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Solan Charr"]

"Oh, but you most certainly are, sweet thing." A voice resonated that could come from one individual, someone with such a smooth and sultry voice, beguiling in its intensity, lustful in its intentions, and dripping with the darkest flavours of the Force's most corrupting ways. "Absolutely angelic - fallen, yet angelic." She grinned, eying Solan Charr, an old friend - then again, they were all old friends here, though these two seemed to be quite new regarding their coalesced relationship.

"So... When did you two meet up?"

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Enigma"] [member="Darth Arcanix"]

Solan watched her shoot from star to star, eyes watching her hand and tracing it to each thing until she reached the one that indicated where Lorrd was. He was about to say something, oddly to try and comfort her in the whole memory of her first home and then the voice of one he almost hit himself in the face over. "How in the seven correllian hells..." He muttered as he looked behind him, still laying on the ground, and saw the familiar visage of a woman that he had certain grown to... scratch his head over. "I assume you two know eachother alread, so im just going to skip introductions. As for how we met, can't tell you that more former flora friend."

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Enigma"]

Taeli closed her eyes briefly as she heard Circe speak. How the kriff did that woman do that? Opening her eyes again, she muttered, "Circe, how long have you been there?"

And just like that, she was back on guard because while she considered Circe a friend, she was a full blown Sith and that meant she couldn't ever be fully at ease around her. She just hoped that Circe had not been there the whole time, but she was almost certain she wasn't. So, she might have only heard a few things.

 

[Onrai]

"Long enough to see a certain old friend of mine flirting with someone I have a distinct interest in." She smiled, stepping closer to the morganatic Sith Lord. "I'm not sure you're yet ready for voicehood. Perhaps..." She considered the circumstances, remembering the connections she had with influential individuals.

"Perhaps part of a crusade is in order."

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Solan Charr"]

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Enigma"]

"Circe, as much as i love to talk to you.... and trust me, you are one of the few sith i can tolerate for some reason, but as much as i love to talk to you. Why are you here?" He stared at the woman still who remained a curious being that had found its way into a conversation that the participants did not expect. There was two things curious he himself heard and that was mention of a crusade and of voicehood. The first he suspected he knew but was not sure and as for the second his head slowly turned to look at Arcanix. He had been there for Dorin and it was curious what Arcanix had to do with those demon's fun.

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Enigma"]

"You mean joining some endeavor to wipe out another Jedi world?" she asked, her eyes actually flashing for a moment. "Dorin and Cularin were not smart decisions, and the wasted history that was carelessly destroyed is not an easy offense for me to overlook. If gaining a Voicehood requires me to join one of those blasted crusades, guess I'll be waiting awhile then. I won't be a part of anything that will wipe out knowledge."

Simmering for a moment, she looked over at Solan and also asked, "Why are you here, Circe?"

 

[Onrai]

"I'm here to relax, of course." She smiled. "No... A Crusade for knowledge. Pure, straight, and unfettered knowledge, artificed from the Force itself. I've never been one to support the senseless wanton slaughter of planets simply to accrue their ancient histories."

She turned to Arcanix. "Besides, you're a distinct... Person of interest to me, to say the least."

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Solan Charr"]

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Enigma"] [member="Darth Arcanix"]

Solan watched the two with a grin. "By all means, don't stop you two, this is just such a touching moment that i think i might tear up." He leaned back on his hands and sat up, turning so that he can look at them as the dulled crimson eyes slowly returned to his visage. Even his very voice show how much of a difference in his relax state that had happened. His body was immediately on edge and for a split second his hand tapped on his leg as he though about grabbing his scythe. "Question, What ever your name is this time, what are you in Republic space..."

He was curious as well as cautious, he knew this woman once before with a different appearance but the same disgusting dark aura. Atleast Arcanix's aura reflected her misunderstanding of the Sith and why they were such demons... He sighed. He would need to stop thinking that if it meant his trying to fix his past.

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Enigma"] [member="Solan Charr"]

"You know, oddly enough, I was planning on going on a journey such as Jacen Solo did to learn new things," she said, feeling a bit better that Circe had not been talking about the other type of crusades. Then Solan made his comment, and she had to fight extremely hard to not roll his eyes. Honestly, that man could always find a way to irritate someone.

"Solan, although probably enjoying the show, does have a point," she added. "Why would you risk coming into Republic space, Circe? I mean I keep myself rather concealed while here, but you're broadcasting a bit."

She added a laugh at the end and an easy smile, all while her mind whirred.

 

[Onrai]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Darth Arcanix"]

"To relax and enjoy myself. Is that too much to ask, dear Solan?" She smiled gently before turning back to Taeli. Was there any aura of the Dark Side emanating from Circe herself? Nope. Such was the benefit to having sorcerous abilities. "Not really. I always hide my Force Aura whenever I come into Republic space. It helps make sure that there isn't an incident. I'm not one to cause harm, but it's always important to remain quiet about these sorts of things."

Well, she'd died a couple times, so yeah, it had been.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Enigma"]

Solan watched the two curiously with a hand carefully touching on a device he kept hidden in his sleeve but hesitated. One of the two sith before him he trusted, the newer member of the pair he didn't, but if he revealed Arcanix's identity before she wanted to he would indefinitely cause her danger as his hand left the alert beacon. Circe was lucky today and he went to lay back on his back and look up at the stars for a few moments while he spoke. "Ill leave the two of you to catch up while i watch the stars, do keep quiet though if you don't mind."

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Enigma"]

"Hmm, I'm not sure if you chose this spot randomly or if you've been keeping tabs on me, Circe," Taeli chuckled slightly. Solan seemed to be tense still, even though he was once again looking up at the stars. They must have had some sort of conflict in the past, at least that's what she was assuming had happened between Solan and Circe.

"So how did you two meet?" she asked, looking up once again at the blue star that denoted where Lorrd would be. A pang of sorrow moved through her, mostly undetectable but Solan probably picked up on it with his empathy.

 

[Onrai]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Solan Charr"]

"He was working for someone I was friends with, chiefly. Then again my own memory's a bit scrambled. Suffice to say that he knows he has nothing to fear from me - nor I from him." She gave a more serious glance for a moment. "How have things been for you? I heard Krayt Industries successfully expanded into Abrion territory."

She waited to see what the response was, keeping an eye on Solan.

"That star... What's so important about it to you?"

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Enigma"]

"I first met the former Echani when i was helping her... how did you put it, 'failed' experiment." He stared at the woman with a bit of a glare that was barely held back from her simply being insulted with curses that a drunk would be shocked to hear. "As for the star, ill leave Eula to explain it." He settled back into where he was laying on his back, though it was clear the scythe was positioned in such a way to remove her being in one piece if he needed too. The only reason he had started working with Arcanix was she was a friend of his previous employer and it was something he could do to repay her for her own abilities. What made him stick around her was something that made him smile on the inside, a spark that he saw clear as day when he reached out and touched the world beyond. The force gave you the most beautiful visions some times.

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Enigma"]

"I'll let you riddle it out, Circe," Taeli replied, looking away from the star. "As for Krayt . . . well, we're in the middle of heavy expansion into other regions of the galaxy, Abrion being just one area where we are growing to. New divisions are being founded, new tech ideas being planned, that sort of thing."

She was being deliberately coy about the subject because it was a long term thing for her to establish Krayt outside of just Sith space, and she was being rather successful about it she felt. New facilities in ACA territory, the beginnings of work in the old Foundry of the CIS from the Clone Wars. It was all about preparation.

 

[Onrai]

[member="Solan Charr"] [member="Darth Arcanix"]

"Charlotte did not succeed for what I originally intended for her to do, but I never treated her like anything less than a free sentient being. How is she, by the way?" She raised an eyebrow, surprised that Solan had run into one of her many creations. Then again, he was many places, doing many things, and it wasn't surprising that he would've come across a creation or two of hers'.

"Hmm... Your homeworld, I assume?" She brought a datapad up to the sky, checking the alignment of the stars to see what system was what. "Lorrd... That explains a lot. It's great to hear. I've been working with AEL on some projects, along with further expansion. You know how that goes..."

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Darth Arcanix"] [member="Enigma"]

He shrugged at her question, having not talked to the girl for a long while and not knowing where the partial plant girl was any more himself. He remained silent though, letting them talk among themselves and closing his eyes as he felt the force move through him and then watched the flows move through the others nearby him. It was something he liked to do in his free time where he could connected the other living beings in the force more closely than he could ever do without the ability.

 

[Taeli Raaf]

[member="Enigma"] [member="Solan Charr"]

"That's cheating, using a datapad to look it up," Taeli huffed. "I hope your efforts have been paying off in growing your company."

Stretching again, she looked at where Solan was once again being all silent and mysterious. Probably trying to read their emotions and the Force currents around them. Shrugging internally, she knew her current Mask spell would keep her . . . inner thoughts carefully shielded and everything. It was strange to think just how life was progressing for her.

Looking up at the blue star that contained Lorrd, she sighed again and said, "I should visit my parents' graves before I leave the area. I haven't been there in a while."