The Hermit gets a Visitor.

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

And as the last word left his mouth, the woman simply smiled in return before deactivating the man's saber. Her hand let it fall right onto his face and her body moved to bring her back to the river. The woman seemed all the different now with her eyes running their way over the water as she talked to herself under her breath. "Yea yea, i know. I enjoy the chance to explore that fact too... Sure last time i let someone just show up because of their curiosity, the Vahlan was annoying but thats how that little bastard is... ok ya, Vulpesen was a bad idea too. Oh shut it, you and i both know i still miss that bastard." Her eyes turned over her shoulder as she paused and looked Gren over for a moment.

"Hmm... can't really just kill him can I. Ya ya, i know, he reeks like Sin but still, there has to be some use for those with a darker aura." Her eyes closed as she turned back to the water and rubbed her temple. "Just let me handle this Daeda, if i need your help ill call for you in the normal way, you are making me look like a idiot by talking to you this way and you know it.... don't you laugh you little bastard." A huff could be heard from her before she sighed and turned her head again. "You, you came out of curiosity so here you are, make it fast. I have my meditation to get back to."

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

Ren flinched again as the hilt hit him in the face. The woman began talking to something. What the... Ren was confused. Once she got off of him, he leaned up slowly trying to process what she was doing. First, his life was spared. But then she began to talk to herself, or maybe something else. To make him fully confused, she mention Sin. That was he name he currently worked for.

Ren stood up brushing dirt off his robe. His eyes followed the woman as she went back to her initial position. Ignoring what he just heard, he began moving throughout the clearing. Looking through bushes, trees, and maybe the lady's house if possible. He hesitated before moving towards it though. Who knew what was in there, or if she'd let him even enter.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

"You are a jumpy little man, you know that right?" She glanced at him as she stood there and waited, watching him as he moved away from her and throughout the clearing with a raised brow. 'This one is a bit of an adventuerer... lets see what he finds, ehh daeda...' She thought to herself, the voice of the ashlan wolf echoing in her mind as it laughed back in some strange way. It was picking too much of her personality up these days. Something she would need to have a talk to him about once she dealt with this one.

"You know, there have only been two men who decided to look further into the living of my home..." She spoke, this time with her body disappearing into the trees and bushes around him, letting her voice project itself around him. "One was a dark sided pup named Romeo Sin... the man had a knack for pissing me off and yet, still left every time without a single scratch from me... the other is a fox brained idiot who i have a grudge with. You are number three... will you end up like the fox brained or the Sin i wonder."

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

Ren smirked looking at the entrance as he began to step towards it. "Who knows... I intend to do one thing though." he said forming a grin. "To introduce a new type of man." he left it at that. The crimson eyed man would step into the entrance slowly preparing for what awaited him on the other side.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

What would greet him is a world far different from the overgrown compound that Gren had seen so far. It was clean, prepared for what seemed like a constant flow of people. But in contrast to that, his eyes would show him not a single person remained in those halls, not a single breath or voice came from them. Only the small sounds of roaming droids preparing the place and caring for it without fail. "And what type of man is that i wonder?" She asked, still hiding herself from view, yet now her voice came from within the building, asking that man to show her just what man he was in contrast to the Fox brain and Sin.

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

As he glanced around saw nothing, but heard droids. Not anything else, just droids. The halls were desolate, and the woman nowhere to be seen. This worried him. He knew this woman had tremendous power and suspected she had experience in advanced skills. If he made one wrong move, he would soon find out just what skills she had.

Ren walked slowly keeping his eye out for the book. He wasn't having any luck. Damn, I can't go back without it. Just what are the sith looking for these days... he thought gritting his teeth. He looked ahead to see a couple droids in the distant halls. Useless beings..

When the woman asked him a question, he shook his head smirking. "We won't know until I'm done will we?"

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

"True, but what is it that you are here to do minus stroll around in the grave of a dead woman?" She smiled as she watched gren from the shadows, her body not moving from it place yet her hands working through the force as the doors behind him slid shut slowly and a droid of rather similar look to an old war droid rolled into the main lobby. "Question little one, are you as strong as Sin, as skilled as the Fox brained fool. Are you really worth the little bit of power you have or are you simply here to think you are able to do such a thing..." Her hands touched her sabers and she dropped from where she was, landing beside him with a small smile that was more warning than it was anything else. "I wonder, are you even able to fight?"

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

The steps of his metal boots clacked against the floor. It was one of the only sounds he heard other than the woman. What lyes ahead he wondered looking deeper and deeper in the distance. About that time, the woman started talking from wherever she was. He noticed shutting of doors. A suspicious looking droid also rolled up into the room as he began to slow down his walking. Until he landed a complete stop.

The woman agreed but continued her questioning. He couldn't help but answer. But for now he kept his thoughts to himself. Until the woman landed very close to him out of nowhere. He shot a look towards her way and saw her hands almost resting on her weapons. What are you planning...? He opened his mouth prepared to speak. "I already told you, I'm not here to fight. However to answer your previous wonder, while I am confident in my abilities as an agent, even I have an Achilles heel."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

"I know what you said, and honestly for most i would simply let them go without this little test but do you know how boring it gets here with nothing to do?" The rolling droid uncurled and pushed itself up on a tripod stance as two arms unfolded and aimed their blasters right at Gren's back. Granted the blasts were stuns yet Alexandra needed to see for sure what this man could do if anything so after a quick movement she shot up.

Her enjoyment came from droids, reconstructing and building them in order to see how she could improve on their design or even make something of her own creation. It was sometimes long and she needed to see if this man stuck true to his word and would not fight or if he would fight back. Sure, she was stubborn in getting this man to prove himself to her but she had to be, otherwise there was no way she could really tell just what made up this man's worth to her. Maybe it was mostly through her solitude that she finally had someone to so much as talk to.

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

Her words made him chuckle. At that time, the woman vanished and he heard a droid. That's when he turned his head slightly to check behind him. It seemed he was too late though. He acted fast reaching for his saber, but realized he left it behind. His stance changed as he realized this. "Be it a blade or a human fist, I don't mind." pausing he jumped up backwards drawing on the force "But a gun.. I will not tolerate." his feet touched the ground as he held out both hands. They touched as an energy was released in the droids direction. This was his anger, from the past. He ended his attack with a defensive stance.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

Alexandra watched the droid fall back towards the far wall with a smile. Her own body dropping to replace it as she smiled at the heap as it tried to stand. Her own eyes turned on it and with her hands working it fell apart, like a pile of scraps.

Gren would now feel her gaze as she stared at him and smiled. "You are a interesting one. Who would think that such a man, who would hide what it is that his purpose is from me. Could stand here an say he would not tolerate a gun... You know, i think you would do well to be trained under the hand of someone with experience which makes me curious if you are. Tell me, who is it you learned that little trick from, it could be that i know them? Perhaps an old enemy, old friend, or just some random face who i never got to see before they withered away?"

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

His attack was successful but he was unsure if this was a battle so kept his defense stance muscles tense. The woman appeared once again dropping down from the sky. With the movement of her hand, the droid was disassembled. This amazed Ren a little, she made it known to him that she was in full control of the environment.

The woman started to ask questions again as he kept his stance. They were about his skills. Something he didn't talk about much, mostly because his past was full of hate. Maybe it was his thoughts of his past that fueled him. Rather than actual skills. "Guns are distasteful, however simple weapons. But what I hate about them is the fact that they kill without much effort. Boom!... and the average person will die." he paused thinking about the other questions. "I am a Reaper. Though that names makes me want to choke on my own blood, I can say I learned most of my skills from those people... Not only from them, but through my life as an agent as well." he stopped at that point. This interrogation was growing old and he had not completed the job. He needed to find the book. Whether the woman was allowing him or not. He stepped forward planning to walk past the woman losing his defense.

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

"You know, people like you always begin to irritate me. Tapes stuck and their audio repeating itself until im deaf in both ears. How about we do this another way. You want something from my home, and i don't want you to take it, and if you do take it. Well i will follow you back to where you came from. So either way, you will not succeed with what ever task you were given and as such should just give up and take a seat. Understood?" She waited for Gren to answer as she put her hands on her hips, staring at the man with a almost interested stare hidden behind mock annoyance.

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

Ren sighed stopping in place, his boot tapping against the floor. He began talking again. "Huh?" he smirked. "I thought I was unique." his smirked left his face as he became serious. "I can't work this way, surely we can compromise." he said in all seriousness. He didn't move from his spot until the woman spoke her words.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

"You realize you are kinda just planning to tresspass on my home in the beginning to get what ever it was you came here to get. I'm pretty sure yourself and I have nothing to really compromise on, unless you are about to tell me that who ever it is that you are working for will be brought here and i can put the saber through his chest myself. If so than im listening but otherwise..." Just as he had become serious, there was not a singular hint of humor coming from her as she had said that. She fully intended to kill Gren's employer if it was someone she would rather not have their hands on her order's former belongings.

With that though she placed one of her hands just infront of his chest and smiled, looking past him to the door and making sure it is open. "Do try not to hit your head on the way out, i would hate to be responsible for a concussion... might have to heal you if that happened." She smirked a bit more in the split second as a wave of force energy left her hand and would attempt to slam straight into Gren's chest. It was up to him at that point just how far it sent him, whether the distance be five feet, or through the door and five meters off the ground... probably somewhere in the middle.

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

As he listened, he nodded after every other sentence. Shortly after their talk, the woman approached him and put it out in front of him one of her hands. At first, he thought she was going to block his way but he soon realized it was an attack.
He felt a sudden and painful force crash right into his chest. This energy pushed him back several feet almost out the door, but he caught himself crossing his arms and pushing all weight to his feet. Marks on the floor were proof of his struggle.

When Ren finally caught himself, he stood up straight hands to his side. He breathed slightly harder as he talked. "Damn." he said under his breath. "You're just full of surprises. I guess its normal for someone living in a place of their knowledge." he said with a little smile forming. The battle wasn't over it appeared.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

Alexandra raised a brow as he spoke and pushed himself up. To be fair she was happy this one didn't quit right there and with a grin she reached up and slowly removed the larger, more ceremonial part of her robes. "Oh? And here I though I was a unique case? Now, do you still want the item you are looking for." It was time to truly test him. The man had enough behind him to be able to fight droids and hold his own. He was honorable in his use of implement and he certainly was connected to the force.

But what she was more interested in was just how promising this one would prove to be or if he had just gotten luck. That was what she planned to test as she let the robes fall to the ground and all that remained on her was a pair of trousers in the same color as her snow white robes, with a simple white vestlike shirt as well. "Shall we begin with something far more telling about yourself? The Echani believe that you can truly get to know someone by the way they move and stand, but also by the way they carry themselves in a fight. If you can get to the room behind me, the you can have the item that you are looking for. Deal?"

 

[Gren Reaper]

[member="Alexandra Feanor"]

Ren watched the woman's movements. Though his skills were great compared to most, he felt her power in the force. He knew she could kill him if she wanted. "The Echani huh?" he said glancing at the ground but back up to the woman. Her clothing appeared odd to Ren but he guessed it was a type of training attire.

The deal semmed good, or at least it was his only option for now if he wanted to be successful. He sighed. "I suppose there's no way around conflict these days either. It's a deal." he said the last part with a smile forming. His body and mind changed to fight mode. Of course this was just a serious mental and also physical way of keeping focus on the fight. His feet started to step one in front of the other as he closed his eyes focusing in the force. His right hand swung out to the side as a familiar weapon came into his hand. Without igniting the saber, his hands felt to his sides and his feet stopped. He opened his eyes and spoke with a smirk. "
Ladies first." he left several meters in between them, who knew what kind of reflexes she had.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Gren Reaper"]

Her eyes immediately followed a tool she knew all too well. The problem was, she didn't want to use her own quite yet and as she lifted them off her belt, she let her two sabers drop to the ground. "Lets see how skilled you are with that glow rod if you don't mind. Im curious what you can do with it." She had more than enough improvised weapons around the room, as well as the collapsible echani quaterstaff still resting in the small of her back if she needed them. It was simply a matter of when over though.

Gren had given her a short preview of the abilities he possessed and it was more than enough to have her take into consideration that he might actually be able to get past her with her fighting half hearted. Hell the kid probably had enough skill to hold on for a time against her even without applying the force to the equation. But if she fought like this little scuffle of theirs was real... she was curious how long he would last.

It wasn't that she thought he was untrained. His stance alone told her someone had shown this one a little bit. What she wanted to know though was how much.

"Please, i insist. It is you that has to get past me afterall." She grinned as her own body fell into a defensive stance. Her feet moved slowly out and gave her a stable base, one behind the other. He hands mirrored the movement, but not quite. Her hands were slow but they remained closer to her body, held in a loose way against her side as she waited to move. She would not employ the force quite yet, but she would soon find out if she needed to.