Lessons and Weapons

[Ariealla Vareldi]

Ariealla Vareldi, sith lord turned acolyte, was in quite the distressed state. She knew a partial concern for her beloved Sith Sword was that its power grew, and waned, with her own... yet even so she knew not if the weapon itself was capable of maintaining its basic enchantments, namely sword-to-lightsaber combat. To this end she had been struggling to find any who practiced ancient Sith Sorcery or Alchemy to find an individual capable of restoring the weapon to glory.

And yet, she found nothing. The short woman was upset greatly by this, seating herself down in a spaceport on who knows where, some urban planet Azlyn had brought her to for the sake of her research. It was depressing, utterly depressing. Yet, perhaps her 'student' and 'ally' had found something she did not. She had sent the two messages imploring them to come to her location and, well, figure out a plan. It had seemed Azlyn may know rumours of an individual with the capabilities, and she owed her student her first real lesson. Though, granted, there was no rushing her to power this time. Instead, it was simply a revealing of history, and a lesson from there.

[member="Azlyn Ike"] - [member="Alana Vettry"]

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"] [member="Alana Vettry"]

Azlyn had a small look on her face while she was working on some of the things in the ship. All of her attention to the greater detail before she twirled the saber on it phrik cord. With the crossguard activated and held onto it as it functioned like a saber sickle for slicing and dicing those who got in the small atrisian eltron halfbreeds sight. She had met a few others like Dune and the padawan with him when they had taken the holocron before she was moving with some of her own attention on the finer details. Everything she wanted to work with wa there when she finally spoke to the message asking her to come and aid the sith she had met on Korriban with her goals. "Yes deary?"

 

[Alana Vettry]

Alana was in Nar Shaddaa looking information of the bounty hunters but she found nothing, she walked to her A-Wing a noted a message from [member="Ariealla Vareldi"] calling her for her first lesson, she enter in the ship and answer

"I'm on my way my Mistress, i'll be there in an hour"

She was excited for her first lesson, of course it was just a history lesson but in the end it was the first lesson, and she knew she was going to enjoy it

[member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Ariealla Vareldi]

<Oh crap my bad, forgot that sometimes Alana's mentions don't work on me. ^^">

Ariealla glanced at her messages and sighed, falling back on the steps of the spaceport she was sitting in. It killed her inside to require help, especially given her potential power in this day and age, but the first step she knew of to restore it was to re-augment her sword for its intended purpose. If it couldn't withstand a simple lightsaber, then it was little more than decoration. And a noble weapon deserved a noble life, especially a beauty such as her own sword. So she quickly replied to Azlyn, a short message. "If you have the time I would like to discuss if you yourself know a sith alchemist. Apparently it is rather difficult to find one without connections."

With that she put her datapad down and waited, knowing she simply had to hope the two showed up in a timely fashion.

[member="Azlyn Ike"] [member="Alana Vettry"]

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Alana Vettry"] [member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

Azlyn waited a small while to arrive by herself she had gotten one of those shiny smokestones for herself to be a decoration in her necklace when she arrived looking at the sith. Her saber on her hip while she retracted the cord into the small spool on her wrist and clipped it to her belt. "Now what do we have here?" She asked it with a small grin on her face coming forward to look at all of them that were sitting around. "So what do we have planned now, no strange jedi looking over our shoulders I hope. Not killing them is an annoying thing."

 

[Alana Vettry]

[member="Azlyn Ike"]

<So sorry, my pc was dead>

Some hours later, Alana met with [member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

"I'm ready for the lesson my mistress"

 

[Ariealla Vareldi]

Ariealla hummed lightly and smiled at Azlyn as she arrived. The purple-clothed Sith stood up and turned to face her, shaking her head. "No Jedi this time around, unless they have a death wish. No, I'm hoping to teach my new student a lesson while we double check the enchantments on my blade with an alchemist. I'm almost certain the blade will resist lightsabers just fine, but it would be worth double checking. Not to mention it may no longer act as a conduit as it should."

<Upon Arrival of Alana>

Ariealla turned her head and smiled at her student arriving, giving a small nod. "Very well. Today's lesson shall be in two parts, depending on your knowledge. Now then, the first part is the most important. Did the Jedi know, or ever teach, the code of the Sith?"

[member="Alana Vettry"] [member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Alana Vettry]

"They never taught me the code but i once read it in the Great Jedi Library in the temple of Coruscant, if i recall correctly it goes like this...

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me."

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"] [member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Alana Vettry"] [member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

Azlyn was watching the one as they waited for the apprentice to arrive and she sat there with her saber dangling on the cord when it finally arrived with a grin on her face. The twi'lek arriving as Azlyn remained where she was watching while the Albino sith stayed there and quiet when she was reciting the code of the sith. Pretty words and something for others to go by but reciting and saying something was easy. She remained there with her saber until she hopped down and moved quickly to get behind the apprentice bringing the blade up deactivated when she moved to hold her in place. The crossguard activating with a snap hiss of the small red blade that pulsed with the darkside. "Good you can remember things but do you understand it. Do you know what it teaches?" Her voice came out more while she was standing there. "I hate this blade, it was designed by my master because she knew I would hate it and use it. She knew that it would reap lives... now is victory by any means, is winning the most important thing to a sith?"

 

[Alana Vettry]

Alana was caught of guard by [member="Azlyn Ike], she stood still while listening to the Sith words.

[COLOR=#40e0d0]"No, i don't understand the sith code, i just read it and never thought about it" [/COLOR]she said

[COLOR=#40e0d0]​"But to be completely honest, i never understand the Jedi code either, maybe is because i never felt like a jedi... I feel like i wander between the Light Side and the Dark side, unable to choose one path"[/COLOR]

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"] [member="Alana Vettry"]

Looking at her while she remained there getting a small tug to her lips. A lightlipped smirk while waiting to hear what might be coming before she turned over a few other answers in her head. "Walking the middle path is not very useful. You do not strive to become stronger, you do not show your skill, your strength, you power. You do not seek to attain victory and free yourself instead you show little fire." She stayed there with the sickle styled saber when she was working on it crossing her arms over her chest. "As it stands though the answer is no, victory by any means is a failure, if you cannot win by proving your strength be it mental or physical then the victory is meaningless. you have gained nothing from it, you have earned no show of force."

 

[Alana Vettry]

"You're right, walking in the middle will bring me no good, i can't show skill, strength nor power because i have non... I'm weak..."

She remain silent some minutes and then look at [member="Azlyn Ike"] eyes

"But you're wrong when you say that i don't seek victory, that is why i'm here, to learn the way of the Dark side, to become stronger, to gain power, to attain the victory that i want!.

I will devote myself to this path and i'm not turning back this time"

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

 

[Ariealla Vareldi]

Ariealla let the two talk for a while, before stepping in now herself. Quite literally, honestly, and directly behind [member="Alana Vettry"]. She placed her hands on the Twi-lek's shoulders, and leaned lightly into her much like a loving partner. "Then your first lesson.. my dear, is to take these words to heart. Remember the Code of the Jedi, but realize it's restrictive, binding nature. Your new code, my dear, must become the same as mine, of the Sith, lest you become enslaved to your own desires. There is little more disgusting than the Jedi who dabbles in the dark, without understanding it's nature. Freedom, through power, through strength. Victory is achieved through superiority of the self. There were mighty Sith who walked the path of Light, and renowned Sith who walked the Dark. Then there are those who walked both in equal measure, without standing on the middle road as you do now. The difference between you and them..." She slowly nuzzled her cheek against the girl's lekku, much like a cat, before finishing her thought. "... You walk the road between jedi and sith. They walked a single philosophy."

It wasn't hard to understand Ariealla's point. Light, Dark, Both, it mattered not so long as one walked their chosen path with a single philosophy behind it. In this case, she was advocating the sith ways, to walk with freedom and power. Even she herself walked, in some capacity, a Light path, understanding it and knowing its place in the galaxy...

She glanced at [member="Azlyn Ike"] and smiled lightly, hoping she hadn't lost her touch with words.

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Alana Vettry"] [member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

Azlyn was looking at the two of them and raised an eyebrow while she noticed them but didn't say anything about it. A zeltron was aware of many more things while she spoke. "Or just walk the path where you show your skill and superior technique by killing the others. It isn't pretty and lacks mastery as some seem to think but it is really hard to argue with the results of cutting down beings who try and muddy the waters. The galaxy lacks for real villains everyone of the sith it eems is secretly doing it for ulterior reasons then just they want the power of the darkside and the force to serve them, they are doing it to show their strength and ability. Instead they are doing it cause long ago some force user slayed their family and now they use he darkness to exact revenge or blady blady blah. I prefer the direct approach and am honest with myself first and foremost... I like being bad, I like the power, I enjoy the feeling of the blade when it cleaves through the chest of someone I have shown to be my lesser."

 

[Alana Vettry]

With her master behind Alana felt relaxed, and listened carefully to what both sith said

"Then i will adopt the philosophy of the sith, i want to be stronger, no... I have to be stronger, with the force not only i will protect my people, but i will set me free from the past that haunts me... As i said i will devote myself to the dark side and the sith code" she said to [member="Ariealla Vareldi"]

"I Don't think i can be cold blooded assassin that enjoy killing, the Twi'Leks are gentle by nature, but if i see a Bounty Hunter or a Hutt i will cut their head off without thinking it twice" Alana looked at [member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Ariealla Vareldi]

Ariealla smiled, clearly pleased by the words Alana spoke. The woman lowered her arms, wrapping them around Alana in a hug as she nodded lightly at her words. "Your words are most pleasing, Alana. Then, study the Code, and meditate on it nightly. These words will guide your life from now on, and you must always remember from where our power stems." Slowly she released Alana's body from her embrace, and stepped around to be between the two women, one sith knight, and the new sith fledgling. "Now, Azlyn dear, do we know of any particular alchemist we could possibly locate relatively quickly?"

[member="Azlyn Ike"] [member="Alana Vettry"]

 

[Azlyn Ike]

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"] [member="Alana Vettry"]

"I know a couple." She was enjoying it and with some ideas for the different things they were able to do well it also gave more ideas. Alchemy would prove a long term investment with a need for some more larger goals. "It depends really on what kind fo alchemist you requires. We have some who are skilled in creatures or equipment but even they are some of the more tricky ones." She was keeping up with some of the ideas before running it over in her head. "There is Praelior who can be called about but she stays away from most sith. Having become disgusted with most of their antics. There is Venefica but she went into the shadows somewhere in the outer rim away from the others."

 

[Alana Vettry]

Alana smiled as she listened [member="Ariealla Vareldi"] words

"I promised i won't disappoint you" She made a little bow

"Why we need an alchemist?" She ask

[member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Ariealla Vareldi]

"An excellent question My dear, and your first history lesson. Take notes if you need to, it's quite fascinating and worth looking back on. Now then, I will assume Force Alchemy, or Sith Alchemy, was rather poorly taught to a Jedi like you. It was one of the most ancient arts the Sith, that is the sith species, practiced long before the first Exiles arrived to begin the Sith as we know them today. It is an art of a science certain sorcerers practiced, donning the Alchemist title of course, to alter physical objects or living beings through the use of the dark side in a rather pure form." AS she said this, she drew her Sith Blade, and handed the hilt to Alana to take hold of. Though, of course, the darkside ran through the blade like blood in the twi'lek's veins..

Glancing back at Azlyn to make sure the woman had nothing to add, before continuing. "Primarily it was used in the creation of Sith Blades, like the one I possess. Before the advent of lightsabers, these and jedi katanas were the main weapons we waged war with. As such, commonly they were enhanced to ensure they would survive repeated fighting, and even act as conduits for the user's force energies. In the case of this blade particularly, it is meant to help focus force powers, and stand up to lightsaber blades in combat. We're seeking an alchemist to double check these enhancements, ensuring they haven't withered in age, as well as potential further enhancements to the weapon."

[member="Alana Vettry"] [member="Azlyn Ike"]

 

[Alana Vettry]

Alana grabbed the hilt and could felt a great source of dark side coming from the blade it was so sudden she almost dropped the sword

"It is really a powerful blade and sith alchemy sounds very interesting, but wouldn't be better use just a light saber that doesn't need to be enhance every time it lose it's power?" She asked while she gave back the blade to her master

"Speaking of light sabers i believe i need a new crystal for one of mine..." She remain silent and looked at her former master light saber with a sad expression

"And i think i should throw away this one..."

[member="Ariealla Vareldi"] / [member="Azlyn Ike"]