In the Shadows

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

There was much happening this far out in the galaxy, with all of the well interest Seras had found herself secured in her lab at Al-Khali. The Firebirds had expressed interest and with what she knew how to do.. well the sith lord was reclusive with only a small handful knowing even where she was. An even smaller group knowing how to contact her when she had a small grin on her face. She was in a highly pressurized chamber deep within the heart of the facility here. The experiments going on and the defenses that had been erected, the procedures put in place to purge everything and keep the sickness from taking root within.

"Excellent." her voice came out with a small hiss, almost a whisper compared to how she sounded with the mask on. Her flesh pale from the lack of sun that was on the world. SHe had seen something else, from the screens different creatures that could avoid the more dangerous infected and there had been a visitor or two, coming to the world and unable to find the academy that had once stood here. Now it was something of a hidden fortress where she had remained. Slowly allowing the hair that had grown out, straightened compared to how it was before all curly... Her mass of scars, crossing her face and chest.

"Doctor, there is news." She turned her head for a moment with the mas of burnt flesh there, feling it tighten and stretch as a part of what she was doing. She had been able to feel the darkside around the world, feel it in the air itself when she was outside and looked upon the statue that had been created here. holding the knowledge of the facility and the school, th ancient academy. Even the Firebirds and Black Rose themselves as a better means of it. Her notes on the sickness and what she had discovered since she weaponized it into a spray she could use in her armors injectors.... That was interesting as well in isolated tests.

"What is the news?" She still spoke with the hiss but the one outside the room who was looking in on her spoke. Standing tall with the winter armor on so she blended into the area around the facility and in the courtyard. Where Seras herself could stand though she looked up when the heat within the room came to her skin. Small hairs standing on end when it came, the wash of the darkside that had been coming from some of the worlds lately. Attacks had happened and she knew somewhere Venefica was out there.. something that was admittedly a weakness on her part, this woman.. this other sith lord.....

But she had lived for a long time compared to some and the idea of any sort of feeling or something that this was.. this thing between them where they had almost bonded.... It was something she could take notes about and question.. study it and if all else failed well she had medical scanners that would let her get bioscans of their brains to try and figure out what it was. So no real fear there until her hands touched the milky talisman buolt into her armor getting a small look at the servant outside the window more now. Her long hair kissed by fire in some ways and she knew the area around them seeing the same creatures.

Her hair was flowing when the chamber opened with a rush of air and Seras was able to walk around. Their armor kept them from infecting her so she was safe getting some of the gel on her skin to protect herself. She was going to get on her bodysuit and then her armor as she waited. Sending out an encrypted message to Venefica inviting her here, there had been some news about the world the Firebirds found. A chance to explore it as well Venefica could also see what the darkside had been doing with the Firebirds themselves. instead of just beocming another empire they were homing their resources.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

Time was the unnamed enemy that haunted bonds of friendship and love, creating a schism that, if pursued, could be sealed like wounds preventing further infections from spreading. And such a wound that needed mending was between her and the one she loved, Seras. After her betrayal of the former One Sith and the collapse of her precious Black Rose, Darth Venefica had exiled herself to the far unknown shadowy corners of the galaxy; to collect thoughts and rediscover herself. She held no regrets for that decision, minus leaving Seras behind. But hopefully the woman would understand.​

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Whilst tucked away in her own self-loathing prison, the Lady of Madness went through various levels of change. None was more prominent than the appearance she now wore upon her face. Spending time with the dead, learning more and more about the art of necromancy, she began to fill closely related to them; adorning the dead-skin mask of a zombie perfectly painted over her once beautiful features. Change was required, and she accepted her new transformation with absolute pride.​

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It had been almost a lifetime since she not only visited Al-Khali, but her bare and scarred feet slapping menacingly upon the cold metal of a floor. She was surprised to learn that she had been invited to visit the lab and her closest heart beat, so moments after her personal ship, the Maleficum, came out of hyperspace she took a shuttle, alone, down to where the lab had grown roots. ​

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Entering the facility, she could feel the presence of her sister from the days of the Black Rose radiating with immense power. Greeted by a couple of guards, they directed the Swamp Witch to the waiting Sith Lord; where the unholy union would once more bring the galaxy to the edge of extinction.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

She perked her head up at the mention, a ship arriving here wasn't new.. someone always became brave eventually. Wanting to try and loot the world for their own ends but there was more to it now. THis ship wasn't some unknown ship as she started to enter the chamber. Letting the mists swirl around her and a sonic shower get the blood and bits off before she would be encased in her suit. The rumors and the sounds that were coming to her before the sith lord herself saw the shuttle arriving to the open area dock. She was getting the clqasped sections of her bodysiit on as the face mask went over her throat. Her face was partially exposed before she exited.

The black cloak coming off of her shoulders, the material of the metal plating gleaming in the light of the brazaiers that were all around them. Where she would be able to look and there were guards, a number from the black rose who lingered here, those who wought it out, those who sought all of them here. She could see Venefica and she was very different compared to how she had been before. When the woman stood there taking a moment for herself as she remained there. Allowing the masive stayue in the square of the academy that stood over the entrance to the remains of the ancient tower's basement.

"Welcome back my sweet." She said it with the mechanical hiss of her mask and life support system but with everything they had she had never needed to worry about it. A few of the others had seemed nervous around her until she turned with a flourish of her cape letting the snow that was flaaing down swirl around them. "I has been awhile but no matter." Seras was leading gthe way towards the buildings and the sounds on the wind that were coming over the wall and echoing in the canyon they had created. The protection of the facility was key and the most important before the lower labs and area honeycombed under the snow and stone.