Interlude: The Jedi's Forge

[Ria Misrani]

Charlyra took another breath as she was led across toward the Villa. Her heart beat differently, there was anticipation, there was want and as they made their way up toward the bedroom. She couldn't help but smile, and even when Harmony gave a whistle, all Lyra could do was smile wider. All she wanted was Siobhan and with every passing moment, she wanted her even more. Once in the bedroom, she appreciated Siobhan's acknowledgement, and let a hand slide down to rest on Sio's hip just as her Grandmistress gave her a passionate kiss. From here, she slowed it down, savored things and moved to an area where the black curtain would soon take over.

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


And so the black curtain fell from the aether. Somehow, it had been invisible until now. It was conveniently placed to protect the innocent kiddies, who seemed to populate the villa in ever increasing number. Suffice to say fun stuff happened behind the curtain, though we cannot really elaborate in detail. It was sweet, passionate and intense.


When the black curtain of moral purity lifted, the two ladies were in bed. Their limbs were entangled, everything that needed to be obscured was covered by strategically placed covers. After all, the mere sight of a woman's nipple would upset the censors. This one can recommend a few family-friendly invasions.


A fine shine of perspiration covered Siobhan's skin. The Grandmistress looked as if she was glowing. Her firemane was wild, tousled and a bit damp to touch. Her face was buried in the side of Charlyra's neck and she planted soft kisses. "Well, that was fun. Such a beautiful woman," she purred appreciatively. "I'm pleased with you, Padawan. Did you enjoy yourself, darling?"

 

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Charlyra smiled as the Tygaran sunlight kissed her skin, her hand came to rest over Siobhan's feeling the Grandmistress's lips against her neck. Her body moved closer into the redhead's as her voice quietly spoke, "of course." The acolyte had been more than simply pleased, she had - in many ways, been released. Turning on her side she moved Siobhan's arms along her body, having them rest along her back, while hands moved up to cup the older woman's face. "I am glad that after all this time I can still remember how to please a woman," she in turn pressed her own soft lips against Siobhan's. Soft, delicate and moist was her kiss as it became a little more than just a kiss. "And I am grateful that you found me all those months ago on Tatooine."

"Truly, if you and Tempest had not been there, I may still be lost to that binary desert," and Charlyra kisses her again, she deepens it this time, "for keeping me sane on Taris, and well throughout Tython, alive after Ruusan." Her eyes studied the Grandmistress's eyes, locked onto them really, her voice was low, soft, and her kiss was hard. Something told her she was opening up a door she should have kept shut, exploring a part of her that had never been explored before. "Thank you," her hand that had been cupping Siobhan's face moves to get a grip of the woman's hair. The brunette's body pressed as far as it will go against the founder of her order.

The sunlight drips against her skin, glistening along the sweat that had formed there. "You mentioned something of your stamina..." A sly grin crawls along her lips as she kisses Siobhan once more.

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


Outside, the sun was shining and the rays of sunlight kissed their skin. It matched the warmth Siobhan was feeling. "'I'm so glad you feel that way. I'm happy we found you, too. You've been a big asset and a good friend. It warms my heart that you found a home here," she said feelingly.


"You're a good girl." Strictly speaking, calling Charlyra a girl was probably inaccurate since she was not that much younger than Siobhan. However, the Grandmistress felt rather protective of her. Their lips met and they kissed - hard. There was heat, tongue and passion.


"My stamina is phenomenal. You're not bad yourself. Must've been very hungry after all those years." There was a mischievous twinkle in her eye. They kissed once more. This lip lock was less intense, but no less passionate. Her arms were wrapped around the Padawan, pulling her closer against the Countess' curvaceous body. Many would argue that sleeping with your student was highly inappropriate and unprofessional. However, Siobhan had crossed that bridge a long time ago. She did not believe that she was abusing her authority or coercing anyone into something they did not desire.


"This part of you, it's not something you have to hide. Ignoring your wants and desires isn't unhealthy. What's important important is that you're in control of yourself and your life." Safe, sane and consensual and all that.

 

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"Hungry is an understatement," Charlyra replied with a smile and a kiss, "mhmm but I could use the practice." Now that she was here, now that she had crossed this bridge herself. The Acolyte felt better for it, like a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. As if colours to a painting were just now coming into view, and if she could be honest if just for a moment - those colours, were magnificent. Good girl? Well. She had been taught to be such, but as she was seeing, the brunette was a little more naughty by nature or at the very least, mischievous. As she slinked her arms around Siobhan, her feet moving a little into her Master's. The younger woman had been a quick learner and thought on a gamble. "And you are my Master, in every sense of the word." Her voice dropped an octave as she shifted her body, sitting up slightly she looked over down toward Siobhan's feet. "But you are more than that, you've earned more than that," the word worship hadn't quite escaped her lips as she leaned over, with a hand moving to trace along the top of the Grandmistress's foot. "You should be worshipped for all that you've done," again her voice had gone just a little bit lower, a little bit raspier.

F A D E T O B L A C K​

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


Siobhan grinned broadly, liking where this was going. One might wonder how she could still be horny after having just enjoyed a fade to black scenes, but the Countess had a voracious appetite.


"Indeed, I should. As my acolyte, it is your duty to worship and adore me," she declared smugly. "For I am your Grandmistress and Queen. It is a privilege to touch my perfect body, " she felt Lyra's feet get close to hers and rubbed against them. Then she sighed in contentment when Charlyra stroked the top of her foot.


Our ever-present concern for the minds of innocent kids forbids us from elaborating a lot on what had happened behind the fade to black curtain, but suffice to say the Countess' feet were very sensitive and they enjoyed it when they were worshipped. "Yees, just like that. You're being such a good student," Siobhan purred in contentment as things faded to black.

 

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Back to the bedroom where Lyra looked at her master with an adoring smile, before placing another kiss on Siobhan's lips, "you are amazing." She compliments softly as she pulls Sio's body closer to hers. Sweat dripped down her back, dribbling onto the sheets as the linens stuck to her skin. "I do hope I have pleased you, master." Another kiss while her leg shifted to be in between Sio's. It felt good to have done something, to have made Sio feel good. Even in this condition of being unable to feel the force. As she looked at Siobhan, Charlyra realized that after so long of depriving herself she had this realization that she could do more than this. She could now hope to have a family of her own, and that wasn't something that had been possible before. "Master, how did you meet your wife?" This might be odd considering the circumstances, but Charlyra had lived with Sio and Tegs long enough to ask, even in this position.

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


The curtain was lifted, revealing the ladies in bed once more. Sweat dripped down Siobhan's toned body, dribbling onto the soft sheets. Her firemane was wild and tousled, her lipstick was a bit of a mess and she looked very satisfied with herself.


Indeed, the Grandmistress looked radiant, as if she was glowing. She eagerly returned the kiss, tasting her Acolyte's lips when they locked. Their bodies touched and she snaked an arm around the younger woman. "Aww, thank you, darlin'. But you're lovely yourself. So devoted," her hand stroked the Padawan's dark hair fondly. She knitted her brow together, caught off-guard by the sudden change in topic.


"How I met Tegs? Well, that was a long time ago. I was a Jedi Padawan, she was a Republic soldier. I was on vacation with my master, Adril," she paused slightly. Charlyra might have heard that name before. At Sio's insistence, Adril had been posthumously granted the title of Master in the Order of Fire, though she'd died more than a decade before Firemane was even founded.


"It was...my first time with Adril. We were in love. Unfortunately, the resort was a front for energy vampires. Long story cut short: We were captured, separated and..terrible things happened. Then Tegs rescued me. She didn't have fancy space magic, just a big gun, muscles and her brain, and slaughtered my captors. Then we went off, wiped out the entire coven and saved Adril."

 

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"Mhmmm," she replies after Sio calls her devoted, giving her master a sweet kiss on the cheek. Charlyra was curious, and she certainly had heard Adril's name before. She listened closely and asked. "I just wonder, now that I am free of my past..." What was out there for her. Who was out there for her. "So she rescued you?" Another smile, "a very romantic way of meeting, or at least so the holonovels say." She had been given plenty of those to pass the time. "I apologize if the question seemed so sudden, but I - this was never a possibility for me, romance, love, a home and..." a pause as she searches for the word, "a family, not that you, Tegs, Tempest and all of you haven't provided that for me, master..." Again her voice trails off as she looks at Siobhan. "You have children, never in my life did I think that a possibility before." A whole new world was opening up for Charlyra, one that was so much more different than the one she knew. Perhaps having no force powers would prove to be a blessing in disguise.

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


"I't's not a Diesney fairy tale. Being rescued after being tortured is a lot less romantic than the holonovels say. It looks that way in retrospect, but I had other things on my mind," Siobhan said airily. She did not like remembering those days when she'd been weak and helpless. "Suffice to say we stayed in touch, beat up bad guys together and eventually grew closer after Adril died. Tegs stood by me when I was at my lowest."


She titlted her head side when Lyra spoke about family. Siobhan had been blessed with a great one - and it was one that did not end with blood, but then she attached little importance to blood ties. It had a very matriarchal tribal dynamic since manlings weren't allowed due to being, in Siobhan's eyes, inferior beings who needed to know their place beneath a woman's heel.


She'd also been able to balance being a powerful Force-user, having a career and a family, and could not imagine it being any different. She looked down on women who sacrificed all their aspirations and were stuck at home playing house.


"Children have really enriched my life. I couldn't imagine being a mother before I met Galina, but now I can't imagine life without her," there was a fond smile when she thought of her first meeting with the wildling. "And I'm sure one day you'll make a woman very happy." Slowly Siobhan arose and got out of bed, slipping on a kimono robe that happened to be close.

 

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Charlyra watched her master rise from the bed and thought to do the same. "One day, I'm sure." And now that the possibility was here she hoped to seize it. The acolyte hoped to one day emulate this kind of life. A warm home, a family, it was something to aspire to for sure. The younger woman didn't know where she would be had Siobhan and Tempest not found her. Pulling on her own Jedi robe that had been conveniently placed. Walking around the bed she gave Siobhan a kiss on the cheek, "I suppose a good meal is in order." After all, they had burned quite a lot of calories. Her thoughts briefly fluttered to Ammee, wondering if they could have achieved such happiness together. Or had that even been a possibility for them? Who knew.

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


Siobhan smiled at the kiss and slipped on her purple robe, which in all fairness probably did not cover that much. She checked her face in the mirror and tried to get her tousled hair in order. Unfortunately, the firemane was just as unruly as its owner, so it required a lot of attention! She normally left that to one of her maidens. After all, she loved being fawned over.


"A meal sounds appropriate. The 'exercises' were very taxing, after all. I'll go harass the cooks," she smirked. "Keep up with your sister's training. It's doing your stamina good." Stamina was important if you wanted to fight evil - or satisfy the desires of a demanding Grandmistress. Speaking of Lyra's sister, for a moment Siobhan wondered where she'd ended up. Anyhow, she limped out of the bedroom and made her way down.

 

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Charlyra pulled her hair up into a self-tucked bun, she'd deal with it later. Her sister, well, Myrra was probably working out, meditating, something that involved keeping herself focused on anything but the good Priestess. "They were but in a good way," she acknowledged, "thank you and yes, she's very much about building my core so in time... I might be able to do more than simply... Keep up." The acolyte teased. She followed her master down to the kitchen asking Bo for a simple glass of blue milk. "I may have to rely on more than my stamina now, any suggestions?"

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


"Think you can wear me out, huh? You're more than welcome to try...if you think you're up for it. Many women have attempted the same before you," Siobhan teased, with a gleam in her eye. She rummaged a bit in the cupboard before she found the packer of tea beags she was looking for. Having done so, she filled the kettle with water and then turned it on. "I blame Mirien for getting me addicted to Atrisian tea. Especially green tea. It always clears my head," she remarked while the kettle hummed to life. "What advive are you looking for? Combat stuff?"

 

[Ria Misrani]

The Villa's kitchen was a little quieter than usual, a lull in the day. Charlyra was content with her glass of blue milk, silently she watched her master move about the kitchen, fetching tea. "You and Ammee would get along famously, she loves tea," the Acolyte remarks with a smile, she adjusts her robe the temperature here is a little cooler than the room and it makes her skin tighten. "Ammee got me into tea as well, although, she knows more than I." A pause as she thinks on Siobhan's response. Shifting her body weight in her seat she replies, "yes, combat - since I am..."

Charlyra took a long drink of her blue milk, "without the force now, I should adapt."

Or die, but she was looking to adapt, "Myrra's promised additional weapons training with melee weaponry, however; she suggested either you or perhaps Tegaea for blaster training." Looking down at the now empty glass of blue milk. "As a Jedi blasters were weapons that I had considered to be, well, not of my standing. Haughty, yes - but now it seems I am learning a lesson or two." Humility, being humble, and grateful - she's sure her late Master's getting just a small kick out of this. "And now, I will need to learn how to wear armour and carry it properly as well," a long sigh. She really felt like giving the whole thing up, what kind of Jedi didn't have force powers? The brunette looked at her hands and only had herself to blame.

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[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Charlyra Araano"]


Siobhan raised a delicate eyebrow. "Oh, is that so, dear? I'll have to invite her to tea club then if we run into her." Who knew, maybe she'd also try to play matchmaker. She'd seen a holovid about it! However, the conversation was steered towards more serious matters. Siobhan let Lyra speak before getting to the heart of the matter. "The fact that you're without the Force doesn't make you less of a member of the Order of Fire. The superpowers are only half the deal. What matters is what you carry in your heart. That's what many Jedi forget. Consider this a lesson for yourself - and a chance to do better. You can give up, or make something out of it and continue doing your duty. Based on your words, I imagine the orthodox Jedi still think a good blaster is a 'crude, uncivilised' weapon." Yes, she actually used air quotes.


"Arrogant fools. Remember that Jedi were slaughtered by blaster-wielding droids and clones back in the day - and firearms have moved on since then and become a lot more devastating. Today, we have disruptors that can pierce beskar and bolters that can blow you into little piecs. I can give you some marksmanship training, sure. And you'll need armour. You can't brazenly charge across the battlefield and expect the Force to do the work for you anymore."