Inquisition of sekalus (part 2 of 3)

[Kendrix]

The long space travel took a lot out of Kendrix. She ate like the rest of the beings, but her main source of nourishment was the sun. Not being able to draw from it made her weaker. So to say she left the ship in a hurry would have been an understatement. She didn’t even bother going all the way down the ramp and instead tossed herself and her bag off to one side of it making sure she had a spot right in the rays of the sun. The second it hit her face she drank up its warmth. Kendrix filled her nostrils with air breathing in the smells of the trees and the grass. Then she did what she had done on Mustafar her. She removed her jacket and the shirt she had on over her tanktop. Throwing the jacket onto the ship but leaving the shirt draped over her bag. She tucked her pendant into her tanktop then moved her hands to her belt. She paused. As much as she wanted to expose as much skin to the sun she chose to keep her pants. They might be useful.

Kendrix the squatted next to her bag at the exit of the ship going over the contents of her bag as it sat in the grass. Her master told her everything in it was important. She didn’teven know what half of it was and the contents were heavy for her small frame. The weight of it tempted her to just start taking it all out or leave the bag where she sat it. She looked up at her master to see if he was paying attention and to see if she could get away with it. She watched him with curious eyes as he stared off into the distance. Kendrix noticed the look on his face. The glimmer in his eyes and then went back to her bag ducking her head as a light smile graced her face.

Kendrix threw the bag onto her shoulders making sure she was balanced right before beginning to walk. Her hand went to her arm with the vine tattoo and rubbed her forearm. She was starting to feel warm again. Her skin gaining a green tint from the photosynthesis.

She rolled her eyes as her master gave orders. She knew this wasn’t directed solely at her, but she personally didn’t plan to provoke anything. She believed he liked to hear himself talk since he did it a lot. The cool breeze added to the sensation she was getting making her feel even more giddy. She heard him shout move out, and she couldn’t help. Her body shook with excitement before she took off in a sprint to the trees. The bag on her back being more of an encumbrance than help, so she tumbled to the ground letting the bag fall off her shoulders as she rolled through the grass. Her body hit the ground with a thud when she finally stopped and laid in the grass. Her red hair going over her eyes as it kept going even after she stopped. She smiled and snickered. This world reminding her so much of her homeworld. The thought of her father teasing her mind. In an instant, the smile left her as she laid motionlessly in the grass.

[member="Darth Veles"] [member="Ciara Jevnaker"]

 

[Sanya Val Lerium]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

Sanya had finally found her love gazing out the window at the view of the city. She had simply observed her love admiring the sight before she noticed her. Sanya had gave a smile at her comment. "Honestly I've not thought much into it yet, I guess I've been a little to busy to let it sink in." She said to cam while approaching her. She pulled camellia close wrapping her arms around her waist. "As for your other question beautiful, I need you to take me mining again and run some surveys on the land. I've had our new assistant contact some miners to meet us in the mountains." It was certainly a spectacular view and now that it had been mentioned, running a planet was a scary thought. She was responsible for the people now and no telling how many lived here. Not only that she had to make sure there was an equal population between croa and others. Obvious after so many generations she'd have to bump start them from becoming unresponsive and feral. As she realized she had spent a moment in thought Sanya shook her head. "Anyway dear should we get going. I've had a shuttle prepared to take us. You could also give me some pointers of how to run a planet." She giggled.

 

[Grrwunhoooll Agaburry]

Team#4
Ilet Mining Site
[member="Seras Goto"]

As Nulgath entered the Mining site he removed his Phrik mask that hid his surprisingly fast appearing darkside degradation, Such was the price of aquiring power so quickly. was strong in the darkside now and it showed. His sinister darksdie aura wisped about him and the area due to his armored robes which were also a darkside nexus. Several Miners glanced at the Sith Knight as he approached [member="Darth Noxia"].

With hands stretched out as if he was welcoming everyone he spoke. " And you must be?" he asked as he stared [member="Darth Noxia"]. He had seen the figure before but only briefly, maybe at the Temple of Pain at one point in time. Where ever it may of been Nulgath did not wait for her answer and grinned. " Shall we get this Mining Operation started? Such a precious metal can be put to excellent use by my hands." he chuckled and clapped only to rub his hands together some.

<< " This one holds a impressive appearance... In my time such a tactic was the style of brutes, Are all the Stih now reduced to this? " >> Balthazar's judgeing voice echoed about Nulgaths mind causing him to raise a brow.

" I would be lying if I told you no. The studious ones like myself are the ones you wont see anytime soon." hem uttered in his breath. Once again he seemed to be talking to himself.

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Sanya Val Lerium"]

Well obviously when it came to running a planet even Camellia herself wasn't so certain she was doing the best job. All the same though, when Sanya held her so closely and made her very much want to do anything and everything to make her happy. "Well I'm sure I can try and give you pointers that the Arch-Provost gave me after he-I mean she became my assistant. Plus since you have your own beautiful assistant now you have help there as well too." It was the honest truth really. The finances were a lot harder than organizing a businesses even when Rendili Stardrive did galaxy wide transactions. However, the Rendili woman did believe she had a fine grasp of running the population needs for the Croa, although the Sith wouldn't let her fully use all her ideas. "Shall we get to your shuttle then and we can continue along the way."

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

Temple Crypts
[member="Darth Zilti"] [member="Darth Venefica"]

Balaya could feel the others while she was moving and letting her attention go throughout the nexus and the temple they were in. Slowly but surely finding her way up as she felt another one of her sisters and had a grin on her face moving forward. She clutched the small black pearl that had been down there with one of the bodies as her eyes flicked towards the presence of Darth Zilti... one of their members from the ember but that didn't mean much. THe vahla did many things but never seemed to be doin anything productive for the level of position and power they had been given within the one sith. "I hope everything is in readiness?"

 

[Zaria]

Zaria felt the small cold air caress her face. A small reprieve from the heat outside but there was something in this cave with them. Her Master felt it and she was sure the man with wrappings on his face felt it to. Zaria tried to pick up more of what she was feeling and felt something alive. Something big. Something that was definitely not a sarlacc. "Yes, my Master," Zaria answered at once taking up a position a few feet behind the wrapped man.​

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"I don't believe you and I have met," Zaria said loud enough for the man in front of her to hear. "I'm Zaria. Apprenticed to Darth Timoris." As if the tunnel was the one that she was talking to answered back with a rumbling roar that bounced and echoed off the walls. Yep, not a sarlacc. Zaira followed the man that took them to a fork in the tunnel. Zaria stood with her hands on her hips waiting for the man to come to a decision.​

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If he felt the stirrings like her then he knew the cause of these were coming from the tunnel on the left. If he went right then she would go left. Whatever nasty little surprise that awaited this group needed to be dealt with now rather than later. Zaria suspected that her Master would want her to deal with this threat now rather than later. Whatever waited at the end of the left tunnel could not possibly be worse than incurring both the wrath and disappointment from her Master.​

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[member="Darth Timoris"] [member="Ashogo-Kel"]​

 

[Via Dolorosa]

Temple East Wing: ????​

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The rubble and debris blocking the passage to gain entry into the deeper levels of the temple would pose a problem for treasure hunters; but not to three Sith. She could order the troops to blow the rubbish away but that risked a chance for a cave in; sealing everyone inside. She could spend hours picking through it with her bare hands but that would take forever; and she didn't wish to waste precious time. So she reached out into the Force, using her mind to begin to whip the rubble from one side to the other; while the troops rushed in to drag them away. Slowly the passage began to reveal itself to her and the others.​

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The temple was now opened to everyone, and now the real excitement would begin. Three of the six troops she brought along dashed inside the temple; one dropping to her knee and the two others taking up residence into crevices along the wall near the entrance; all three training their blasters down the tunnel way. Pulling back the folds on her skin cloak, granting her more access to the dangling hilt on her hip, she moved into the temple ready to begin the restoration process.​

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There was, at first glance, much work needed to be done. The air smelled foul, even tasted coppery and mouldy on her tongue. She snapped her fingers and one of the troops behind her moved closer to her. In the troops hands was a small holodevice designed to create holomaps and such that could be used later in the rebuilding processes. The Sith Lady did possess an eidetic memory, allowing her to make maps and blueprints from her memory. However, she felt that this discovery was going to put her mind into oversensory mode.​

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"Your sole responsibility is to record everything inside this temple....rooms....designs....whatever."​

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Darth Venefica knew that Darth Zilti was looking to create a temple of sorts for her sect of Valha. Darth Venefica fully supported this concept, and whatever she could do to help her succeed she would ensure she put her best efforts forward. With a complete map of the temple, the Knight could literally pick and choose what section or sections she wanted. For Darth Venefica, the idea of rebuilding the temple was the only satisfaction he required.​

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[member="Darth Praelior"] l [member="Darth Zilti"]​

 

[Sanya Val Lerium]

[member="Camellia Swift"]

Sanya nodded while taking her partners hand. "Sure." She said with a slight giggle. "Anyway you seem to be doing an amazing job so far with rendili, your passionate about it and you keep your head held high. Tbo be quite honest I couldn't think of anyone better than you to lead the world." It only took a few minuets to walk to the landing platform where a shuttle was already prepped, even fresh croa faces piloting it. It was so wonderful to see their new species starting to thrive and not in just one place. "Cam? You know when here is stable, would you like to go on that holiday?" Sanya asked while going red in the cheeks and a smile to go along with it. All this time been spent with the one she loves, made her want it to never end. It felt right, and it made Sanya happy. Camellia was the missing part in her life and she was so glad to be with her knowing she felt the same way.

[member="Darth Venefica"] Ξ [member="Darth Timoris"] Ξ [member="Ashogo-Kel"] Ξ [member="Zaria"] Ξ [member="Darth Zilti"] Ξ [member="Darth Noxia"] Ξ [member="Darth Praelior"] Ξ [member="Darth Mudrac"] Ξ [member="Lady Exedō"] Ξ [member="Remy Singh"] Ξ [member="Sawa Ike"] Ξ [member="Isis Varida"] Ξ [member="Bundori "]Ξ [member="Azlyn Ike"] Ξ [member="Seras Goto"] Ξ [member="Sierra Momoa"] Ξ [member="Darth Veles"]

 

[Sierra Momoa]

Desert Dunes

She was still climbing up the fortress and pulling her wings in just a little as she perched there looking over the area with the sun casting strange shadows on the stone. She moved over the one wall and setting a small beacon the ones with her would be able to use as she stood tall and ready. Walking with her tail swishing and starting to map out some areas in her mind where they could start setting defenses. She was sifting and digging through the stone fortress seeing bone and stones. "Begin moving in."

 

[Azlyn Ike]

Grasslands

"Late one day I was on Safari." There was a look at the Croa with her as they were moving and watching the creatures moving through the tall grasses. They had been working to clear some area to make a depot they could service the vehicles they have to use. The scanners searching for rare metals on the world before she activated her saber and slashed with it clearing away some of the larger grass motioning with her hand. "Bring th engineers in and start prepping."

 

[Bundori]

Temple

Mister Bubbles continued through the streets they were working to clear. The pink haired girl on his back as they made a path towards the temple leading the way and were going back. The croa doing as they needed and nes that were being attacked getting disposed of in the moat they had carved out and had ready to defend the massive temple around them. Partially infected and decomposing bodies being tossed in as the leviathan saw its master directing people to toss them in while he beat on one of the large doors to test the defenses of the temple and pathway up to it.

 

[Sawa Ike]

Constructing Rotunda

They were still working on the central area of the large temple and Sawa had more going in, defenses for anti orbital ship concealed with a strong ion cannon. For now that would do and should add reason for nothing to come near them while in the halls they were working on setting up turrets and droids in the walls. Without statues being enriched with the force and hopefully being made to function as watcher statues. They were moving towards the more skillful setup before attention went to the defense shields of the room and windows. "We'll have containment shields set up that will keep the room from being breached should the first layer of shielding fail."

 

[Remy Singh]

Coast

The coastline was in view, the sounds of waves crashing and the smell of the sea air. Remy could see everything that was there while she was moving with her attentin outwards towards the larger sections of rock. They were searching for metals and minerals as well as anything else as her hawk swooped down cluthcing in one claw for her a shard of crystal and she moved off. Her master was here but working with the others and the apprentice was channeling the darkside now for magics to pull at them and try to see what she could find before heading towards the larger section to start climbing up with her hands in the crevices.

 

[Shinju]

Temple Basement

The best place to start as she was standing there, hard work paying off and setting up an under area with the droids carving into the stone to create a runoff area for the different fluids and things that will be spilled in the room as well as water to clean it. The chackles on the walls getting reinforced as the torture chamber was being made. A bedroom for their lead interrogator with a sunken bed nd posts raised to the roof. The Rakatan Queen testing it on some of her honor guards before they were released and grinning with the stairway leading up as it could incline becoming a slide to prevent others from escaping.

 

[Seras Goto]

Ilet Desert
Team #4
[member="Darth Noxia"] [member="Darth Mudrac"]

Hearing the other two as she was walking was a welcomed thing now, slowly working as they directed the scanners and operations towards digging down deeper into the earth to find the phrik. One of the pigs seemed excited and was scenting the ground before it was moving off quicker squealing. That had her attention while she crossed her arms and looked at one fo the soldiers with them. "Have them begin operations, bring the workers from the prison ships and make sure they work as needed." There seemed to be a look on her face. "Herr Doctor the workers are not in the best condition they might die." A mechanical hiss while the woman Nala from Al-Khali stood there at the ready. "ANd... there are always more workers in the galaxy."

 

[Isis Varida]

Orbital station

"Continue working." The feeling was coming over her now, the sensation of the world and its pull wanting her to do more things but slowly Isis was resisting on general reason of not just giving into the first thing that came to her and spoke nice things. They were working on the station and the prototype carrack as it flew around doing patrols with the massive nightmare child hanging in orbit of the planet. Isis cntinued to walk around as they had scanners up and were looking over the planet relaying information on strong deposits of phrik and other metals they would be able to use.

 

[Balaya Praelior Zambrano]

Temple Crypts
[member="Darth Zilti"] [member="Darth Venefica"]

Balaya continued as she heard and felt the other two above, slowly making her way up as the smell in the crypts changed with her movement and the massive sith was ascending stairs while the troopers were illuminating the area. They'd be able to do much with the old temple before and after restoring it as her hand touched the wall and she rubbed between her fingers the black pearl like a good luck charm for the time. "You are very loud my dear." She moved up and into a room seeing much of it before standing tall and sliding the pearl into her pocket before her troopers were up and moving with her memory augmented and record by the implant. She was glad to be mapping it for the troopers following as they were linked to her sibnal to see what she saw or recorded but not able to mess with her.

 

[Camellia Swift]

[member="Sanya Val Lerium"]

Camellia just tried not to sigh, because it probably only looked like she was so capable as a result of her workaholic nature. More often than not the Rendili woman continuously found herself buried in piles of paperwork and sometimes to the point where she even found her way to falling asleep at her desk in her office. Half the time she wondered if she ought to list the Shipyards above her homeworld as her residence just to get personal mail faster. All the same though, she was managing, and was especially happy that Sanya felt quite proud of her accomplishment so far in that regard. Enough so that she was beaming as she and her love climbed aboard the shuttle, grinning at the idea of the vacation perhaps at last. "That actuallyu sounds wonderful, I would love that Sanya. I also love what we've done with this world so far, the new Croa are rather beautiful and seem quite happy. I'd love to compare who our pilots used to be to how they feel nyow."

 

[Darth Rixas]

Ashogo's eyes hardened as he crossed the threshold of the cave. His senses pricked, he swung his gaze from side to side, searching in vain for a force unseen. Although his radial touch with the Force wasn't as widespread as others he knew that they were intruding upon the bulwark of something far larger than themselves.

"Yes, yes. I sense it..."

She'd felt it too. Ashogo shifted a foot forward impatiently, something that must've motivated Timoris to appoint him as lead as they moved deeper into the system.

"You, shall lead the way."

The Knight's response was a silent one as he gave her an understanding nod before flashing his molten eyes towards Zaria as she was adressed by the Sith Lord. A slender, walnut brow edged upwards with the flow of Timoris' words before he turned away and began their trek to find what presented the sense of impending danger that loomed in the air.

The rocky interior was uninviting, dark, moist and stalactites fully occupied the ceiling. Footsteps became echoes and words were doubled as if the cave itself were imitating them. No doubt, whatever that lie in wait for the trio was not only alive but possibly agitated and disgruntled.

"I don't believe you and I have met..."

Ashogo's gaze drifted from the fork they were approaching to cut past his left shoulder, although he didn't fully turn to address her. He supposed stealth was moot, but her volume seemed to saturate the situation further. He tried not to let such little things rub him negatively but his scatter-brained mind had a tendency to pick out one thing and over-analyze it. His steps came to a halt as they finally stood before the fork. He responded to her as his gaze climbed the wall, deciding which way to turn.

"My name is Ashogo-Kel." The Dar'Manda said absently, occupied by the decision presented before him.

After considering his options for what was only a few seconds, he turned left, feeling almost no emanation at all vibrating from the path to the right. Six booted feet moved in silence for a myriad of minutes before they finally approached the mouth of a large chamber. There was nothing particularly impressive about the walls, but in the center was something of much more significant. A Krayt Dragon, laying in wait for the trio as if he knew they were coming, waiting. Its restlessness erupted with mind-distorting roars, shaking the the interior, causing small rocks and rubble break free and rain down to the hardened ground with little crunches. Wild eyes narrowed at the three Dark Siders as it clamped its massive jaws together, wet, sharp sound of warning, which only reminded Ashogo to avoid getting eaten. He watched as the massive, pale green reptile lowered its thorny chin to the floor- but the Dark Jedi Knight couldn't tell if the beast was anticipating an attack or preparing to launch its own assault.

Ashogo moved his hands to the small of his back, and retrieved a pair of obsidian lightsabers strapped to the small of his back. He activated the duo blades siultaneously, piercing the silence of the confrontations like struck bell during prayer.

SNAP-HISS!

[member="Darth"] Timoris
[member="Zaria"]

 

[Darth Timoris]

Her Apprentice was a known entity to her. Some might call her a poor Master— but never to her face. People like that were too cowardly to do so. But she was a decent Master and growing into the role. Her own Master was revered amongst the One Sith for her development of Acolytes and her shared memories gave her a unique insight into another famous Sith Lord. One that once ruled the whole of the Empire — and was a decent Master too.

So she allowed her Acolyte free reign to show what she was capable of — and thus turned her attention on the newcomer.

He led them assuredly and so Melori brought up the rear, keen to see how the two would combine. Would they work as a team to defeat the greater foe, or try to outshine each other? There was a time for individualism — and in Melori’s eyes, it was not now.

So she followed them until they found what she’d felt at the outset. Not fully grown. He’d possibly wandered in her to hibernate and grown to a size that was too large to escape. Despite his size and imposing jaws he was slightly emaciated. Perhaps they’d woken him from his slumber? If so, he would be hungry, and they had presented him with a meal. Three to be precise.

This would prove interesting. Very interesting…so she held back, her sabers still clipped to her belt. Waiting. Watching. Aware that she was the real predator here, even if the others in the chamber did not realise it. Yet.

[member="Ashogo-Kel"] | [member="Zaria"]