Soup! It's whats for dinner

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne had the food which meant that she owned the world, or at least the ship. she smirked as she waited to hopefully spend time . She was after all going to have to get to know her eventually. Elayne didn't want iella to think she was trying to take Syn or anything. So she was sitting in the eating area with food, hoping that she was hungry soon.

@Iella

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

The smell from the mess area, just became to much to resist any longer. Iella's appetite had grown greatly and she had developed a liking for meat, very rare meat. You know the style, dripping with blood. But the smell of the soup is just as inviting. So she made her way to the mess. She had heard Elayne singing in a sweet voice earlier and that too was pleasant to hear.

Climbing down the ladder, she soon arrived at the entrance to the mess. "That smells to good, you have enticed my belly", she said with a smile.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne stopped singing when she heard Iella approach She laughed " Good, I was hoping it would as I have been meaning to corner you. After all I feel as if I barely know you" She said looking at her as she happened to pour a generous amount in a bowl and she added a piece of bread and a cup of tea to the table for Iella. " I wanted to admit something, that I have felt guilty for since I found out you were dating Syn" she said nerviously. Not much made Elayne nervous but this did, she had infringed upon her mate, and she felt awful about it.
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Iella walked up to the small table and the soup smelt great and yes, she was very hungry. "It is true, we have hardly had the opportunity to spend time together". She sat and ate some of the soup and took a bite of the bread. However, Elayne's next comment gave Iella cause for pause. And she looked at her with slight confusion.

"What is it?, it can't be that bad". She said as she continued to eat. "Please come join me, eat too, you must be quite hunger", she laughed a little, "I remember you don't like space food and to be honest nor do I .. so I made sure we had fresh food". She said smiling.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

She blushed as she took a seat with her food. " Well the first day I was on the ship with Syn, before I knew you were here well I had a date with him once a long while ago, we just looked at some flowers and stuff but well while we were training on the ship... " She blushed and froze before managing to have the courage to say it " Well I kissed him.. He of course told me about you right away, but I just wanted to apologize because I didn't know you had claimed him. I feel really bad and embarrassed about it especially since the news... I thank you alot, the food that syn had packed was terrible.. and someone burnt a container of some sort.. but I made soup for us since that was what I thought sounded the best. "
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Iella would not be a woman if she did not feel something akin to anger at this news. And for a short moment she did not know what to do or say. She put the spoon down next to the bowl and sat back and looked away, thinking. For Elayne it probably felt like eternity but it was only really a few minutes. She let out a long deep breath, placed an elbow on the table and rested her chin on her hand. Her eyes, flicked to Elayne, but a smile formed on her lips.

"You know something?", she started, "You are the kind of person that I would want by my side in a fight, cause that took a lot of guts".

This young girl had just gain Iella's admiration and trust, by simply telling her the truth. In fact, there is no fault on the part of either them. She did not know, and Iella did not blame her for trying. Syn is an extraordinary being and Iella knows just how lucky she is to have him love her.

"Elayne, I thank you for being honest with me. It is a quality that I look for in a friend ... you did not know, there is no fault. So please rest easy. Syn trusts you and because of that so do I. Even more so now. Now... lets eat, I am starving". She said smiling more. "I do hope we can be great friends".

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne let out a sigh of relief and put her arm aroudn the woman and squeezed. " Thank you, you know you should really mark him as claimed. But thank you.. I couldn't not think about it until I told you. So, where are you from? " She asked with a smile. She dug into the food. It was better than she thought. She smiled sitting next to Iella, she felt a lot better and she was glad that Iella was ok with it. She was at ease with Iella now, and she probably would notice the difference. " Also, did you know that celtic is a terrible influence, I think I saw both syn and her dozing off in a corner somewhere" She laughed as she remembered the sight of them both. Elayne had rethought her life alot since she had that horrible necklace on. She was not the care free person she was. She did every once in a while let it all out but she was more mature than ever. Mostly, she thought as enjoyed having food with Iella. She wondered if she was really ok with it. It was one thing to say it, but another to actually believe what you say.
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

The soup was simply amazing as Iella began to eat, her condition making her extremely hungry all the time lately. She ate until the hunger that bit her stomach subsided and she slowed up. She placed her spoon again by the bowl and turned toward Elayne. "I am from Corellia, then after that Tatooine, I have not been home to Corellia for sometime, but I hope do that one day. A final piece a long hard puzzle". she said with a slight sigh.

Iella thought about what Elayne had said about Celtic, Syn and her had tried their best to get Celtic to open up more, to communicate more, but so far they had both failed. But Syn had discovered something that Celtic loves, music. And Elayne can sing, this might be the key. She looked at Elayne now with thought, could she do it? "Elayne .. Syn and I both worry about Celtic, she sleeps to much for one her age, and there are things in her past that plague her mind, that is about all I know, but I sense them there. She has never spoken about them to me, not sure if she has to Syn, but we have tried to get her to speak more and have failed ... she loves music that much we do know, do you think ... do you think you could try for us?". She asked.

She let out another breath and placed her arms around Elayne, one of Iella's strong points in the force is her awareness, and she became aware of Elayne's doubt about her and if she believed her own words. Iella held her for a moment before pulling back. "I don't say words I don't mean, if I am quiet you know something is wrong", she smiled a bit at this, "usually a deadly sign, but mainly I keep that for enemies. I do trust you, your honest with me and openness has now allowed me to do so". She went back to eating again.

"Now, I don't know much about your world, your culture, I am aware you are from Dathomir .. I only really know what is in the basic files, so please tell me, what do you mean by Claimed?", she asked with interest.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne giggled as she heard the question. " Well, I come from a culture where women are superior to men. We own men in a sense, and to mark men as our's we claim them. Normally after you have had your claim recognized by your clan, Well the first time you make love? Is that what you call it.. Yes the first time you do that you dig your nails in as deep as you can. The marks you make that night are your marks marking him as your's. " She said as she ate her soup. She thought about Celtic and wondered what to do. She could try. " I could try to open up Celtic, I mean it's worth a shot right? I think she is cute, maybe I could teach her some spells and stuff! " She said obviously in her head planing things already. She was comforted by the fact that it seemd that Iella had really forgiven her. She was relaxed and well excited about it all. She ate some more and wondered what she could do for Celtic.

" So if you had claimed him, I would of known that he was owned by you. Then I would never of been confused. Though I have heard that women here don't own their men, which would be strange cause I mean how else would you expect them to know what to do?" She asked honestly confused. She had not been exposed much, and figured that Syn was just unclaimed yet. But perhaps other men weren't claimed too. She had heard of clans that had men be equals but that baffled her. Women were clearly superior, though she was kinder to men, like her mother. She wanted to kill Cai though. She would when she found him. She was angry at the thought of him. She had loved him.
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Iella just sat eating slowly as Elayne talked, it is good, she is just as chatty as her and she smiled. So many things she had told her, now, in such as short time. Lots of conflict entered Iella's mind at the information, the culture one of dominance by the woman. But Elayne has a good heart, that much Iella can sense, but there is so many differences between the two, at least at the moment, not that Iella had any plans to change Elayne, that is one thing Iella does not do, to force a culture on another. But rather she works through knowledge, to form an understanding of peoples and their ways.

Firstly she would speak of Celtic, the most important thing for them all at the present. "If you could get her to open up, even a little, that would be a great step forward for her, it would give all of us the chance to be able to help her overcome her nightmares. Do what you think you must .. yes at least give it a shot". The mention of spells had Iella intrigued too, she had to admit. But there is time for that later. She hoped that Elayne are forming the start of a wonderful friendship and if that was the case then they had time in the future to do such things.

"A Culture where woman are superior", she echoed the words, almost as if thinking out loud, then she smiled and giggled. "I guess you can call what you describe .. making love", she flashed a look to Elayne. "I have not claimed Syn in the way you speak of, as that is not part of my culture, but I guess in a way, we have claimed each other. Oh we don't have marks in that way, but the marks we do have are the ones imprinted on our hearts. I love Syn with every part of my body and soul, and because of this, his 'mark' is on me, etched on my heart .. forever". She smiled as she looked into her soup, just waving the spoon around the liquid, thinking.

"I will be honest and tell you, that to have dominance over anyone is ... not a good thing, in my mind, my opinion I guess", she is trying to be kind and not offensive to Elayne in any way. "As for others .. other woman, no know him to be 'claimed', well I guess that falls to each other being honest and noble. To honour each other so we will not destroy what we have. I trust Syn and he trust me. It comes down to that. People do engage in their cultures outside of their worlds, in place that do not recognise such culture and I guess that is where the confusion lays", she thought for a moment, hoping she was making some kind of sense in her words. "We do have a form of 'claim', I guess, we call it marriage", she laugh now.

"I do have confusion with the notion of woman being superior, only in the sense that I believe in equality between the two sexes. Although that is not totally fulfilled in most parts of the galaxy, and women are still considered the lesser and we have to constantly watch our backs for violations every day, that is something men do not understand. In my culture". She said.

"But tell me. You are a very beautiful woman, attractive and intelligent, what are you hopes with this, I think you maybe looking for love? as most of us do or are", she asked, now with a fast growing interest in Elayne and her well being.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne smiled " I see, well in my culture, an unmarked male, is an unclaimed one and he can be claimed by any woman that comes across him. I understand that you don’t think one should have dominance over another, but it is how we do things on Dathomir. My family generally does it more as a partnership. My father might be my mother’s mate, but well He is much more than that. It is just hard to see the galaxy work so different, it challenges everything I know. I must ask you about what you said. You have to watch your back for violations, what do you mean? Shouldn’t you just punish him? “She asked earnestly as she ate some more of her soup.

“Well to be honest, I was hoping to date Syn, but well since he is claimed, I don’t know what to do. I had ventured out here to meet him. I met him on that holomatch program. He proposed I join him and teach him some things in exchange for me to learn some things from him. Which I now realize he actually meant for us to travel as friends. “She blushed and thought about it “You’re too kind, though, but your just as wonderful, I am amazed by what you two manage to do. I hope to find myself a bit. I want to experience the galaxy a bit. I know it gave my mother perspective and I hope it does for me.”
Elayne was starting to relax around Iella.
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Iella listened to her about the way of culture on Dathomir, it was good to hear that, at least, Elayne's family is much more progressive on this and affords the males some respect. She then asked about the violations she spoke of. Iella thought for a moment, she realised that this might be something that Elayne did not have to deal with on Dathomir, but in the rest of the galaxy, it is the norm. "Well .. what I meant was that .. some men the galaxy consider woman lesser or rather only good for one thing, sex", she said bluntly, no point in sugar coating it. "regardless of the fact that they are not with them and so on. basically, unwanted physcial violation of rape. This is something that needs constant vigilance against. The law should punish them for it, but sometimes the law fails, that is what I meant. Things are very different on Dathomir it seems, but regards the rest of the galaxy does not operate that way".

She looked toward Elayne and consider her for a moment, she is right in the sense that travel will expand the mind, ten fold and this could only be a great experience for her, so Iella would be there for her if she wished with it, any understanding of the larger galaxys workings, she could try and explain if that is what was needed for her.

"You look for knowledge, that is a great thing and yes it will open up possibilities beyond what you thought of or expect, if you wish I shall be there for .. to help in any way I can", she said with a smile.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne was mortified, angered even. " Men would do that... They would force a Woman to do something like that?" She of course knew woman to do that but that was their right. Generally only nightsisters forced themselves on males. To force one's self on someone like that Well it was aweful. " I would kill a man I found violating a woman in that way" She said with much anger. Her anger flared, and she felt the darkside surge from her necklace. She cringed as she froze it was for but a moment but she fought it back, knowing that if she lost this battle bad things would happen. She smiled and seemed suddenly at peace as if she had crushed the dark force within her. That was exactly what she had done of course. " A man who would do that, deserves execution, though I suppose it is not my place to say anything. I do hope that i can learn a ton. I want to become a wise chieftess like my mother one day. "
@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

So a brief moment, only a fleeting second, Iella's lightsaber called to her. Her connection to the saber had grown very strong, and as time has past the two have become one in the force. The White Dragon, the pearl that gives her this strength .. warns her of the darkside. The nature of the dragon .. it's love for the darkside acts as a foil and alarm for the darkside presence. Iella sat upward and seached through the force for it's location, but the fleeting feeling gone, like a whisper on the breeze.

Elayne's horror at the notion of physical violation is one shared by Iella. She nodded her head in confirmation that Elayne was correct on this account. Iella too, would do the same, if she witness such an event.

"Anyone that would do such a thing, deserves execution, I agree. I tell you of this as a warning for you to take care, be guarded and for you to stay safe. Knowledge is everything", she turned now and faced her. "A cheiftress? that is a noble path for you and I wish you well .. your mother sounds like an incredible woman".

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne smiled " Yes, I hope I can be a leader for my people like my mother is. " She said with a smile as she put the rest behind her. " So I don't normally say this, " she said hesitating. "But I can trust you, I just know it." She held the necklace out from her, as long as she didn't intend to take it let her move it. "This is a sith artifact of some sort" She said dropping her protection over its dark aura. Iella's saber would of called for it the moment she did. " I once went exploring, and I found this, and I put it on. Now it waits for me to be weak. All it takes is one failure and it will " She teared up. " I don't know what it will do but it scares me, I am afraid what I will do to my friends and as I get closer to you all, I fear it more and more. I don't want to hurt you. I am afraid that one day it will win, or I won't be strong enough and I will not be myself. " She said as tears began to stream down her cheeks. " It won't come off, I have tried everything. " She said looking down into her food, not willing to look at Iella. She didn't want to see her face. She saw her mothers reaction when she had informed her, and well that was enough.

@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

Her head turned and she put the spoon down on the table as Elayne showed the necklace. Iella's senses fired as what ever Elayne was doing to shield it dropped. She just sat for a moment listening to her speak, but coupled with the instinctive emotion for protection for her unborn children and the love of Syn and Celtic, now placed in danger, with the presence of this dark amulet. Her eyes looked at it as if trying to pierce it with her gaze, her senses now on high alert. The force pumping through her ready for anything. Her saber sending it's call to her to take it up.

But there was more, Elayne is in danger as well. She is right of course it is waiting, they always are and time is now of the essence. Elayne is not weak, but even the strongest have their moments and it is wait for that. Iella did reach up, but not to take the amulet, although she simply wanted to rip it from her ... as Elayne's life is in danger. But that would be folly and she would be overpowered. No, Iella's hand reached up to wipe away the tears on Elayne's face and she lifted her head up again by placing her fingers gently under her chin.

"No judgement, remember?", she said with a slight smile. "Now, tell me everything, everything you know of this, where you got it, the circumstance and history of it, it will help to aid us in working out a way to remove it, every little detail is important".

 

[Elayne Hawk]

Elayne smiled weakly. " I remember... " She got out as she worked out what to say to her. " I went exploring in some ruins with a friend. We were then almost killed by this scary man but I killed him self defense as he had already knocked out my friend. Than the amulet was there, calling for me. So I put it on. I then fought the most terrible battle for my life and mind. It was terrible. The amulet becomes part of my skin the moment it thinks someone is trying to remove it. I have battles with it every once in a while when it gathers strength. None as worse as that first one however. It boosts my force ability a little bit. I think if I was a dark sider it would work better. " She said as she put it back down and looked at her friend. Wondering what she might have to say.

@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

"Scary man? do you think this man was the previous own of this amulet?", she asked as Elayne tried to convey the history. "He may have been ... connected to it or something or it had control of him", she is thinking out loud now. "It thinks? hmmm the moment it thinks you are removing it it digs in ... maybe there is more to this amulet then you know .. I am not sure. Maybe there is a presence of someone dark inside it". She looked at Elayne to see what she thought of all this.

"Tell me what force skills you have all of them, and between us we will work this out". she said hoping to sound encouraging.

 

[Elayne Hawk]

" I don't know but I am good at Dathomir spells. I know many of them, mostly a spell that lets me control fire. I am really good at that one, I also can put a blood trail on people. Like I did Syn, I always know the general location of him. I could find him. I know how to strengthen my body. I can lift things with the force of course. I also can cast electric Judgement. but why do you want to know what I can do force wise?" She asked, her feeling a bit better with it out.

She looked at Iella and couldn't help but smile, she could see how syn fell for her.

@[member="Iella E`ron"]

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Elayne Hawk"]

She looked at her again, and smiled, "I ask to see if we have a common strength in force skills that we might be able to use to remove this amulet. My Electric Judgement is not at any level to use and I would not anyway in this case", she went into deep thought for a moment. "Elayne can you communicate telepathically?", she asked hopefully, as this might be answer to the problem.

"I know nothing of your spells unfortunately so they are not something I could help with", she continued. "If... if there is a being in that amulet then we might be able to expel them ... if we can, you will be able to take it off". She looked to Elayne, this is her life they are trying to save and her's that might be in danger ... "This is your call", she whispered to her.