Lady Ingrid L’lerim Ragal Terassi Vandiir
Eternal Empress of the Eternal Empire, Lord Commander of the Wardens of the Shroud
The Red Witch, The Night Queen, Lady Stuztala, Head of the House L’lerim, CEO of the HPI Consortium, Archon of the Primyn Group
Location: Orinackra System, NIV Confidence, Command Deck
Objective II.: Surviving
Equipment: Military uniform ||
Empyrean gland
Writing with:
Caarlyle Rausgeber
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Trajan Fett
She also listened to the interlude between Kurze and Rausgeber. This can later be used by her, that such a betrayal prepares in the top circles of the NIO if she survives this. For the woman, this can be useful information to protect her own with her. They mattered the most to her. She wanted to protect them from Bryn’adûl. What was really confusing now was that she hadn’t gotten information in recent months. It should have taken a long time to see through everything. And after that came the insidious blow…
Immediately felt the man's anger, and saw that she had managed to find one of the vulnerable points on the man's ego. It was the same as the woman’s, if her loyalty is questioned, she was able to kill too. Although there was a huge difference between the two of them, she did so with cold professionalism, without emotion, and showed no weakness. Too much emotion is dangerous, Ingrid learned from them first. She took advantage of this and used to defeat Rausgeber.
Never show weakness!
Saw what the man showed the world, but she felt the truth. The raging and growing rage, the humiliation inside him. She already knew what was going to happen here, she had already won over Rausgeber here. Faster than she thought. Just live until she overthrows this man. The Empress couldn’t have hurt the NIO from the inside better than this. As the chair turned in front of the panel, she already knew the method. The truth will reveal...
As the man grabbed her hair, the two pairs of blue eyes still looked into Rausgeber's eyes. It showed up on her face, she knows what will be his next move. She wasn't trying to escape, she wasn't afraid, she was not begging, just waiting with cold, icy calm for what would happen, more precisely when. It would only have been a thought for her to escape to avoid this. She didn't make this step. Felt the man's life force, even more due his anger, for a moment she felt hunger.
"For a moment I thought you wanted to kiss me, Admiral Regent! You lost, I won!" She purred, a victorious smile appeared on her lips, of course she didn't believe the kiss for a moment, but she continued to annoy the others.
The next moment, her face met the panel. She may not have been human, but the pain was the same, the “bleeding” as well. Blood came from the “broken” nose, the ruptured eyebrow, to the panel. She was dizzy and now she was really nauseous, a concussion. Spat out a dose of "blood." she didn't count how many times the man had hit her head on the panel. She only retained consciousness due to her regeneration. Besides Rausgeber's screams and shouting, she heard Adrian's desperate voice. She saw the same look as on Bastion.
The blood was gone, at least that was no longer in contact with the woman. Not a drop of blood was visible on the panel, the monitor, they turned into black smoke, the drops flowing from the woman's face also disappeared like black smoke. The wounds were bleeding and black smoke came out of them as well, the smaller wounds contracted and disappeared before Rausgeber's eyes, and the deeper ones began to heal slowly. Although Ingrid gasped more often, she didn't scream, she didn't give any signs of pain, even though it hurt a lot. She was tough but she felt pain.
Never show weakness!
Her training in torture for years served precisely such cases. She was already tortured as a little girl to endure real torture once. Ingrid looked at the man, though her head was hard to hold, fortunately the man still grabbed and held her by her hair. Ingrid laughed softly again despite the pain.
"Can't you convince yourself that you're waiting for someone else to believe you?" She asked hoarsely.
"If you were to serve him, the NIO would be the first, not your own interest, Admiral Regent. You don't control anything…"
She coughed up a dose of blood, which also turned into smoke. The next moment she leaned to the ground and the man kicked her in the ribs. It was the same as any other point on her body because she only had ribs with shape-shifting, but it was still painful. Adrian almost yelled at her, begging Ingrid to turn off her pain-sensing receptors. She didn't. The red-haired woman moaned after trampling on her head, but she didn't scream. Does not give this joy to this worm. And Rausgeber continued what he started; she did not count the trampling anymore.
Never show weakness!
And she will never betray her home, her empire, her people. If she has to die for them, she will, because they are the first. A worm like Rausgeber will not break her. She gasped frequently, barely seeing with her eyes, whistling as she took a breath. Tears pinch her eyes, but no! She will not show weakness, they will not break her. She had to stay strong for her home, for the Empire.
"But… yes… I am… in… that… position, and… I… I… always will be…! You… will… never… break… me…, Admiral… Regent… Whatever… is… going… to happen… here…, this… is… the… end… of… you… and… your… career!"
Her voice trembled, but she still spoke without emotion, without anger. She was dizzy, barely seen, by now all parts of her were in pain, but to show these as little as possible. The woman was just trying to get over the pain when she was released. Tried to get up alone, showing no weakness. If she had only been human, she probably wouldn’t have succeeded. However, for the first time since she was a prisoner she did not cooperate. It was hard to stay on her feet, to concentrate, but she reached out to the Force and with a telekinetic push tried to push the soldiers apart to be alone.
Her body and face, despite regeneration, were severely injured, blurred vision, dizzy, in pain, but she pulled herself out. She wanted to hate him want to feel anger, but she couldn't. The Empress felt only emptiness just like, as she faced Runi Verin, the woman who had killed Adrian. Despite her crushing, she “radiated” strength and victory to Kurze and Rausgeber. They were not defeated her, they could not defeated her.
"I'm not going anywhere. I’ll stay here, I’m the GA's and NIO's prisoner of war and I’ll stay that way. Didn't you think about why I'm still here? Why did I not escape, or why did the Eternal Empire never send anyone to my rescue? Think, my dear Admiral Regent…"
If she could, she went closer, though dizzy and not well, still showing no weakness. Pulled her back stiffly, still an untouchable statue. She staggered for a moment, but regained her balance. There were still black wounds on her face, from which black smoke had evaporated instead of blood.
"That was all? What are you capable of, Admiral Regent? Is that all that’s left of the fame and pride of your bloodline and family? A traitorous, aggressive, hysterical little boy? I was expecting more than that!"
She staggered again and dizzy, if she could, she was completely step close to the man.
"Rather, tell me how much you want Pa’Desh and her treasures and what would you do to ensure that this day is not a day of your complete downfall and loss of your life, Grand Admiral?" She asked, this time she was the one who tried to gently stroke the man's face, but she is not intended harm him, she don’t have to. The purring sound was somewhat marred by her voice shaking from the pain and her condition, and the fact that she didn't know how long she would be able to stay conscious without consuming vitality or when she would collapse.
"I’m willing to make a deal with you, but now I’m dictating the terms, not you. You have more to lose than me, my dear Admiral. But I still can able to save you."