Something Wicked

[Seras Goto]

Essence Stealer
Soul stealer

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Location: Cell of Imu

The ancient vault had been discovered when the Roanoke was being constructed on the planet. With information and all the records they could use while the doctor stood there in the cybernetic pressurized chamber. Her body covered in a film of Bacta along her body over the scars. They had been working hard and somethign they could do for themselves as a last hooray with Seras celebrating. Darth Venefica was some to bring around with her as well for this sort of trip.

"We have a location and the vault is open." Her voice was raspy and deep without the mechanical suit to get in the way as she laid there. Pale and covered in burns across most of her body except some of the sides. Swirling and avoiding parts of her body as she was laying there with her golden eyes on her screen while she sat in her ship leaving the attention towards the message going to Darth Venefica before she was getting slowly into her bodysuit.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

The message being broadcasted to her was hazy and fuzzy, not by accident or by attempted hackers but by deliberate means. Darth Venefica suspected that her friend, one she was growing quite fond of recently, had the misfortune of an accident. When Seras had requested to go on some kind of hunt, Darth Venefica had pleaded for her not to go alone. Her mind knew she would be fine but her heart did not agree; and thus she was staring into a rolling screen.​

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"My warship has came out of hyperspace.....and I will be there.....my love," her voice hiding the tinges of pain.​

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The Sith Lady, the appointed leader of the rebellious Black Rose by the One Sith, had made every preparation in response to coming out of hyperspace. Two shuttles awaited her down in the hanger bay; one filled with what Seras had requested and the other a company of Sisterhood troops and a company of the newly formed Shadows of the Black Rose. For a split second she had considered bringing the two Sithspawn, Agrona and Andarta, with her; but elected not to at the last possible second. Those monsters where needed elsewhere.​

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Both shuttles landed in an undisclosed area, and quickly the troops erupted out of the shuttle to lay dominance over the surrounding area. Darth Venefica, after returning her hood back to the top of her head, stepped out of the other shuttle; her black and red-flecked eyes scanning the scene. She was not paranoid, despite the hunt for her was on, but actually was hoping for a confrontation from fools. With a sigh, she walked down the ramp; and headed toward where her heart's desire waited.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

There was a look on confusion on her face while she heard the words and slowly as she was still in the chamber and her suit was being sealed over her body. The mechanical parts tightening and compressing her lungs before she could breath without the weight on her chest. The message was strange to her ears while she sat up with the life support system on but not her breathing mask. "Love.... Love." She didn't even understand the concept or well had forgotten its means as she rose up and finally the breathing mask was being placed and secured on her mount. The majority of her scars covered from her body while she was walking and the chamber opened with a hiss of pressurized air to begin while she stepped towards the airlock and tram taking her deeper into the planet to meet Venefica and enter the vault. The others didn't seem to pay attention to it and things while she was moving forward with the different force energies coursing over her body. Then she arrived and stood there with her slightly scarred head covered with the black shawl hood as a few strands of black curly hair poked out over her pale skin.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

The soldiers had split into two groups, one that walked in front of her and those that followed behind her. Their purpose here was not to protect her or Seras, but to protect their findings in the vault. The galaxy was filled with greedy hearts and deft hands; and everything it seemed to those types held some manner of monetary value. She knew that there were pirates hunting in the system, but pirates were to cowardly to fight on the surface of planets; which is why most pirate organizations hired mercs.​

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With her hands behind her back, she looked at the opening that led into the vault after going down below the planet's surface. During the descent, her mind wondered what secrets the vault actually held for them. Seras had told her there where objects, artifacts really, that were sealed away in the vault. Unseen and untouched for centuries; even longer perhaps.​

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The two stood there, the vault taunting them to enter. All around them Darth Venefica could feel pockets of uneasiness and fear from the troops. They, like Darth Venefica and Seras Goto, where standing in front of a threshold; where one step forward would take them into the unknown. Where they felt fear, she was feeling excitement.​

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"After you," she said to Seras.​

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"You by right....should have the honour of entering first."​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

The arrival at the vault had her actually somewhat excited, oh the thoughts f the things they could find. New ways of torture people or methods to see what they could do. SHe might actually be considered giddy at the thought going forward while her attention was on the soldiers with them while she moved towards the vault looking it over. The defenses broken down and uncared for, the control panel modified to work with what they needed to open it while the information on the ancient vault and the jedi who made it. "Hahah perfect, I know no one has tried to open it yet. None seemed to care there was ancient secrets in favor of their new love of vong biotechnology." The hydrastaff she had did hiss and slither but she couldn't stand to wear the full armor while moving and working on the keypad to open it. The first door opening and showing jedi statues while she started to look.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

Darth Venefica loitered around the statues of long dead Jedi; taking time to read the names and the little inscriptions of past accomplishments. To her, it seemed like such a waste to honour the dead since they, the Jedi Order, had failed so many times to rid the galaxy of the Sith. It took one Sith Lord, the legendary Darth Bane, one chance to do what they could not. The argument could be made on the otherside of the spectrum, but Darth Sidious had come closer to actually turning the Jedi Order into a extinct state. His plan was nearly flawless; of course she believed he allowed himself to get to far caught up with ruling the galaxy than spending resources to absolutely annihilate the Jedi once and for all.​

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There seemed to be some sort of haunting presence here, as if the ghosts of the dead where flying about trying to scare the two Sith away. Darth Venefica had communed with Force ghosts before, back on Korriban when she aided the Primeval in reclaiming the planet for the Darkside, and those ghosts that were born from dead Sith Lord's were far more dangerous than any Jedi ghost. She was simply annoyed by their ethereal presence.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Walking through the statues had her looking for the spirits as she was moving now. The statues were something but she didn't use the force as many about it all feeling the tingle in the back of her head. Her skills were only in certain places so communing or controlling ghosts was beyond her before she was moving now to the inner doors. One hand bringing up a scanner while she was going over the scanner to get inside. Noting in her arsenal would work but she was a doctor and had experimented on jedi as one of the best ways to find this place was follow the lines and information from the old jedi temple while she worked. First a handprint from Tallia Farn the hapen noble jedi she had experimented on and broken in the ship near the valley. The flesh that had been flayed from her hand with its prints sliding over her glove as the databanks read it and acknowledged her. Then a retinal scan from her apprentice who had failed horribly and oh the things she had shown him to make him claw his eyes out. One she had kept and used to open the doors while the small eye was on a stick preserved in cryoban gas. The doors opened as Seras was walking inside and there were racks of books and artifacts.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

For all the beauty of the statues, even if they were of Jedi construction, they were not why she was here. Perhaps when their true mission concluded she would have one or two them taken back to the ship; where she would find an elegant place for them. From the corner of her left eye, she saw Seras open another chamber and step inside.​

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Darth Venefica slid her hand over a statue and followed the woman into the chamber. Several books, tomes, and artefacts where neatly organised aon shelves all around the room. Like a silent predator stalking an unwary prey, she moved from one shelf to the next briefly reading names on some of the books and tomes. One in particular caught her eye and she slowly pulled it from it's grave. Carefully she opened the book, scanning through the pages briefly until something caught her eye. ​

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The legendary, haunting smile of hers twisted on her lips. The book, unimportant to others held some great significance for the Sith Lady. She placed the book inside her robes, to read more in detail later. For now, she sauntered over to her companion.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Seras continued to walk through it while she was observing more what was there around them. It was beyond her understanding in some cases as the force items didn't do much but she understood the idea of the talisman's that were there. The corrupted healing crystal she had found on the world would serve her well and here now while her hands went over the different artifacts while she settled on a milky talisman and took it putting it around her neck. The rest of the vault was filled with different things while she was going forwards now seeing Venefica find something out the corner of her eye while she was standing there in the center. The tables of artifacts and tomes she could see detailing different species while she held a small grin on her face under the mask. She looked over some of the things there. "It looks like he found the technology used to create the universal energy cells."

 

[Via Dolorosa]

The vault was filled with items, philosophies, and random objects from all corners of the galaxy. Some of the items where far beyond her grasp; but given time and a secluded place to look through them and she would unlock their mysteries. For now she had a book, one she hoped to utilize some of the 'spells' inside. She noticed Seras putting an ancient talisman around her neck, an item she found useful for herself.​

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"This place is quite fascinating."​

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She looked the vault one more time with her eyes. There were things in here that could benefit the Black Rose greatly; and some things in here that could be sold to increase the coffers of the Black Rose. However, a small amount of guilt would not allow her to simply sell anything to anyone. This collection was massive, and she no doubt others would love to plunder it.​

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"Indeed he has," she said with a smile.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Looking at her while Seras held a hand up for the troopers with them. She snapped her fingers speaking while she pointed. "Take what you can carry and get it back to the ship. We aren't going to stay here but we are going to need to work it all for our resources." She was moving around the pieces of the machine whiel the troopers were taking it. "And have the engineers work on reassembling this for our use." A look at them as they gave a nod and started slowly clearing out what they could with the troopers as she walked around taking up a few books for herself. "This one talks about reports from demonsgate, the operations there could prove useful for things that we will need in the future." She had some special ideas for other things though and moving forward she could think of somewhere to put that much phrik for their own use.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

The troops, well organized and even better trained, began moving like worker ants; snatching up what they could. The vault's collection began to dwindle quickly as shelves, once filled with dusty to semi-dusty artifacts, now where left with clean impressions in the forms of whatever item once sat there. She agreed with Seras, staying here to long would or could invite unwanted attention, and the whole plan behind this expedition was to get in and out quickly. This vault, unlike some others that dotted the galaxy's landscaped planets, was known to both spectrums of the Force.​

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"One last thing," she said tapping her right index finger on her lips.​

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"That statue of the Jedi....yes, the one with that wonderful inscription about their falling brothers and sisters. I want it!"​

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Three troopers quickly and efficiently lifted the statue and it's base, and like good little worker ants; ushered the statue out. Darth Venefica began clapping her hands, the sounds echoing in the near grave silent vault. She noticed Seras looking at her after watching the statue disappear.​

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"It's beautiful," she said with a smile.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

"Then you shall have it." Seras was looking at her and the soldiers working quickly as she moved towards Venefica grinning under her mask and removed it for a moment as she started walking. Motioning with her hands to come and offering an upraised palm for Venefica. The gesture something new but why not they were decorating their home, their sanctuary as the two could go quickly back to the speeder and to the ship to leave permanently. The location chosen because of its remoteness and their ability to keep it a secret. ONly the workers might know what they were doing and Seras had some plans for them while she stood on the ship and slowly unhooked her mask with a hiss at the labored breathing she had to endure. Finding a seat while letting the dark curls frame her face and she snarled. "I am hungry."

 

[Via Dolorosa]

"Then you should eat," she said turning her exposed neck to Seras.​

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Darth Veenfica closed her eyes slowly as she watched the last of the troops disperse from the vault. For the first time since the expedition started, she was finally alone with her love. Her body slowly relaxed in anticipation of her beloved's pointed fangs. Her mind wanted it. Her heart wanted it. Her body wanted it. The two never truly explored one another, and here inside a former Jedi's vault seemed like the excellent place to do so.​

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Darth Venefica grabbed one of Seras' hands, gently placing it on her left breast. The cold hand upon her warm flesh sent chills of burning desire coursing through her body. She wanted Seras here, right now, and without interruptions. She wanted to know Seras inside and and out, to feel her warmth on her lips, the dampness of her cascading around her mouth. She wanted to experience her, everything she had to offer, at this very second.​

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Slowly and methodically she cupped a hand on Seras' backside, running the palm of her hand up and down the tight muscles. Arching her back, she let out a small moan, waiting for the bite to come. The union of one was close, so close that her lower regions cried out in ecstasy.​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Seras heard what she said and finally it was happening as her fangs were snapping into place. Like a snake for a moment as her facial features. Almost like scaly geatures showing around the bones before she was leaning against Venefica and she sank her teeth down onto her neck searching or a moment to find the pulse of crimson underneath until she tasted it allowing her body to sustain itself on her alone. The bodysuit being removed in the tumble and blackness of it all while the images were being sent to the grandmaster of the jedi secretly as per their usual having awkward things happen. Seras rolled over as she laid there licking at the blood on her mouth and breathing in labored breaths before she grabbed her face mask breathing in deeper with her armor off. The coldness of the metal floor they were on coming to her while the chrono told her they had been at it for several hours. "That was...." She was laboring to breathe while laying there. "Wonderful."

 

[Via Dolorosa]

"Wonderful is a gross understatement," she replied as her own breath returned to normal operation standards.​

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Darth Venefica sat up, looking around the room. During the communion, which she gave some of her life essence to her beloved, she realized that she was scantly dressed; and the troopers had completed their tasks. The vault was nearly picked dry, only a few remaining undesirable objects remained. Standing up, she slowly redressed herself allowing Seras to examine her smooth skin and toned-curved body as she did. ​

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"We should depart soon....less we wish to turn this place into our tomb...dying together in passion."​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

Seras was getting back into her suit and had the chest piece on as it sealed, her labored breathing stabilizing as she thought about it. "It is would be something." The thought of the two of them remaining here in their embrace as she touched the milky white talisman around her neck when she finished. Rising up and standing as she fixed her cape grinning under her mask. It was good to get the tension out of her body and even with the tightness of the scars and burnt tissue she was moving with one arm open. "Cme, we have much to do still and creating our own home will be important." The laugh was there walking back towards the ship to get them out of there and back home, a secluded house in the dark and twisted woods fit for them with so many nice things around it.

 

[Via Dolorosa]

She watched slowly as her love got dressed, a small frown on her lips matching the frown on her heart. But Seras was right, it was time to leave. They had plundered the vault, leaving little behind; and in the process elevated their status together, leaving behind their impressions of passion in the vault. So they headed back to the ship, boarded it, and waited for it to take off. While they sat there, she thought about what Seras said; a home in the woods. Then her mind turned to the book she found.​

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In her spare time she would need to dedicate some time looking through the book, but that was her secondary goal; her first was the home and assisting her love with the two enchanted items they came for. The expedition proved far more successful than she ever imagined; and she was looking forward to going on more with Seras. ​

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[member="Seras Goto"]​

 

[Seras Goto]

[member="Darth Venefica"]

She was looking at Venefica as they were heading back and making the choice to well get to her lab on the ship Seras had a grin under her mask now. The Milky white talisman she had dangling while she set it on a table. She had the crystals she had found and the work on her lightwhip for her first saber had sections of it. The guiding tassels that could direct the current of the whips tails. Mechanical motors to eject and retract it, the corrupted healing crystal set within it as she was thinking of a way to incorporate the talisman into the saber itself. She was looking at the other crystals and metal for the hilt letting her eyes fixate on Venefica while going to hyperspace to take them back to the Black Rose. "Time to go home."

 

[Via Dolorosa]

The overall report of the outing was a success. They managed to collect what they came for, and a few things that sparked their interest. She had a book and a statue of a Jedi. The book she clung tightly to, while her her statue was already aboard the ship, waiting to be taken to it's new home.​

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"It will be good to finally return home," she said glancing back from whence they came.​

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"That place gives me the creeps.....and it stinks like good people smell."​

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Once aboard the ship, she plopped down into a chair, crossed her legs, and looked at the book. What was this thing?​

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