Er'in Tenel
W H I C H - W I T C H
Objective: Collapse. Survive. Location: Csilla, in orbit
Allies: TSE
Enemies: TJE
Equipment:Black Lotus (Lightsaber), Erin's Robes,
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The protective circle burst.The blast of dark side energy blew its way clean through the outer layer of blast doors, immolating the crewmembers who had been foolish enough to remain on station - the Captain long having withdrawn all crew from the VIP ready rooms.
Only one survived - a woman with short cropped hair and a scar she would now bear forever, a prisoner from the enemy fleet who had been in processing when Er'in's strength and skill failed. That woman had, unknown to anyone, a reasonably significant Force Sensitivity. Her screams of fear and agony echoed across the commlinks of her guards briefly, before those too failed under the onslaught.
No one heard Er'in's cries - nor would she have been pleased had they done so.
The uncontrolled dark side energy surged in upon her - the storm below becoming nothing more than an exceptionally fierce natural phenomena - faces, visions, dark nightmares surged through her mind, crushing her ego as the Dark Side sought to take control.
She fell to her knees, her noises of pain little more than the animal noises a human makes shortly before they expire, so great was the terror, the hate and the pain.
She had to focus. Intellect, Darth Sideous taught in his texts, was the key to leashing the passions of the Dark Side. Control.
Control.
Pain.
The pain was in her body, the myriad of cuts across her skin through which her life force dripped out onto the deck.
"Nu tuti."
I am.
I am.
I am the pain in my flesh, the marks on my skin. Pain comes first. Pain must be my anchor.
The clawing nightmares in her mind shivered as Er'in pushed her thoughts outward, away from them, to her body. It hurt so much, but she could not do anything other than embrace that pain. Pain was control.
Slowly, slowly, she opened her burning eyes, looking down at her ruined flesh, slick with blood and arcane patterns. Part of her was revolted by what she saw, but part of her embraced the change. She must embrace it. Make it... permanent.
"Nu waria nindz tuti kots, Nu waria nindz tuti tsotkasazi, Nu waria nindz tuti misi karw, Nu tuti ri kirs, Nu saiyir sosûtari ri nuniji, Nu dursosûtuni qyâsik."
It was less incantation, more... act of will of acceptance of what she must become to survive. The pain rose to a point that transcended conciousness and Er'in blacked out, slumping to the floor of the ruined chamber in her own blood.
When she was later found (still unconcious, she would not awaken for days), the room would be lit by a dull, flickering violet light coming from the web of burning scars that covered her skin in arcane markings of suffering and blood, and the pool of blood that surrounded the Witch was still fresh, still liquid. But the Witch slept peacefully, dreaming of darkness and nightmare without fear.
Exunt, Er'in Tenel.
[member="Kaalia Pavanos"] (it's your ship)