Private Tipping Scales

[Liin Terallo]

I listen quietly and intently as he speaks. My mind only wanders to the point of visualizing the story that he weaves for me. Such a life of a Force magician is one that I am glad that I will never have. It is both complicated and doomed for failure. Failure in a sense of that it only aids in the perpetual cycle of war. And when it is not aiding the cycle, it is at the very least a tool of it.

"I am sorry that you have had to deal with such turmoil. And without support. At least for this measure of time, you can allow yourself to relax, Mister Arbosa. There is no war around New Cov. You also have our support. If there is anything that you need, we will do our best to accomodate." I say that with full sincerity. Regardless of whether or not he chooses to accept our offer of help when he needs it, it is far better to have made the offer than to have not.

"If I may be so bold to ask; I am curious as to where this current body came from. Or was it grown like clones are?"

Tag: Lord Reficite

 

[Lord Reficite]

"I thank you for that, it will allow me to rest...comfortably for a while. Safe to say, I do not think it will take long to get back on my feet."

Then the strange question came, the one where it asked on what or how the body was created. He would answer honestly, as if nothing was left to hide in reality. He only hoped the answer did not terrify or make her think different of him.

"The process more or less has been refined since my first rebirth. It was an experimentation at first, comprised of many souls consumed to resurrect a dying body. Before asked, the souls are returned to the Netherworld, they are used like an energy source...life force if you will. Then when it became a...dead body, it was the use of metamorphsis and the spirit...me, to try and reconstruct the body. I found it easier over the centuries, to make...well a soup of organs, parts and organic material such as skin, bones...essentially I can be anyone I wish with enough time and the proper well...parts. Even rotting organs, I can put back together."

"I had a large container, like a coffin but three times the size where I lay in spirit and reconstruct myself into a newer being. The first week is more or less...something like this, second and third week is fixing the more finer details. The process is indeed painful...even my awakening far sooner than before had me healing in mid-journey. My nose was not even formed till a day ago though thankfully that is now rectified. As for cloning...I have no use of doing that, it be robbing literal life for another, I done that once and refuse to do it again. It was very...unnatural."

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[Liin Terallo]

I give a small smile with my nod as he accepts my offer of hospitality. I am not afraid should some Sith try to intervene. Afterall they have more to lose from such an attack than they have to gain.

I listen quietly as he satisfies my curiosity about the procedure that he has gone through. It is a strange thing to imagine. The process by which he grows a new body without the aid of cloning reminds me of a science fiction story of old. I cannot help but look upon Mister Arbosa differently. Although that difference of perspective is not one of distaste or fear. It is something else that I cannot at this moment put a finger on.

"How many times have you gone through this process? And have you ever wanted it to stop? Or does the burden of unfinished business spur you on?" Much like a phantom that cannot rest, Mister Arbosa seems to be unable to attain peace.

Tag: Lord Reficite

 

[Lord Reficite]

He was a bit impressed but also relieved that he was not...to say the least terrified, but the curiosity also got to him maybe more than anything else. Many questions but he had said, nothing was to be unsaid anymore. Hearing her words, he hanged his head low before nodding a few times.

"This is the second time I have been reborn in current times...in the last ten years. Overall this is...the eleventh time. It is a bit painful to keep trying over and over but the last time, I was more or less forcibly thrown back out."

"I did stop at one point. I settled down, the Sith Cult I was with collapsed and I decided to vanish into the private life. No Jedi ever really confronted me...raised a small family and then passed on. It was only until these...events in the Galaxy that kept happening, twisting the Force, was I violently returned."

"When I returned, many fortunes made from myself were still ongoing which was nice but...never expected to see them last all the way till now. It was held in a family trust which apparently in family linage, ended about a thousand years ago. I don't know what exactly happened, details are a bit mixed but...I took advantage."

"As for unfinished business...I do feel like I have some left over. I wish to pass on my knowledge, that is one of my largest goals...but also to ensure when I pass for the final time, I need not to worry on others around me. The bloodline of mine, while in family last name terms died off...seemed to have survived far into today. I still wish to meet what is considered my family though...it is difficult considering we never look...species wise, the same."

It was a bit of a dodged question but it was for good purpose. Their curse was not something...widely spoken on.
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(Also nice new picture!)

 

[Liin Terallo]

I cannot imagine dying even once; let alone eleven times! My jaw drops ever so slightly upon that revelation. I quickly regain my composure and intrrlace my fingers upon my lap as I listen to the detailed answers to my questions.

From what I can gather, Mister Arbosa seems to hold onto people and events in such a way that it transcends death. I can only think of it being a heavy burden. History repeats itself in cycles and Mister Arbosa is caught within it unable to escape. I am glad that such a fate will never befall me for I am not a Sith or anything of that ilk. I am just your cut-and-dry-run-of-the-mill-human.

"What species is your family, if I may be so bold to ask? Much has changed in the centuries with some species mixing together. Your bloodline is probably quite extensive." That is so long as his enemies did not wipe them all out.

I must remind myself not to pry too much. Afterall, Mister Arbosa is not an open book for me to read. He deserves rest as well as his own secrets. Just as I may be allowed to have my own.

Tag: Lord Reficite

{Thank you, ha ha! One of the writers here had it made for me.}

 

[Lord Reficite]

It was a strange question but he understands the meaning behind it. Putting down the tea cup and saucer, he spoke out as he rubbed his own forehead on that note.

"I was born a Human...then changed to Cerean, a cone headed race of people. Then went off and on between those two, once as a Quarren for a few years and once as a Miraluka for about two decades. Appreciated sight after that...but to be kind, the blood I have is not...regular. My family tree so to speak is cursed in the Force. I only learned about it in the very late stages of my life after a lot of...failed attempts as a Cerean."

"My blood contains no matter what, about five to eight percent of pure sithblood strain. Now, it occurred due to an ancestor of mine wishing to have a child with another species...they were incompatible. I don't have all the details, I had to delve into many archives but essentially, when he did this ritual to able to conceive a child...he passed down to every child down the line, the same ability to...essentially mate with any species. Except...their own. My mother was human but my father was a Twi'lek."

"I thought it was merely unusual...I never really had anyone till I became a Cerean. Cereans are...prominently female, every one hundred females, one male is born. When I decided to try and have a child, I failed at every attempt...with multiple different women since it was socially acceptable. Then one day, I ran into a Dug named Ikoa...a female on Malastare that I became...involved with. Safe to say I was not only surprised but shocked at being told she was having a child...and the only person she was with...was me."

"That is when I investigated. The Sith was already falling apart and I had not much left in the form of ties...when I discovered what all that had happened, I decided at that moment to settle down and let my life change. I was a Cerean still...my final time alive back then, I married Ikoa and she had a daughter, a Dug. I buried most of my belongings and set up a trust, so they be safe...my age was around sixty and Ikoa was around twenty-nine if memory serves. She outlived me obviously but I wanted my family to be taken care of...never saw who Liao married, I was gone by then but...I know she lived a good life."

"To say the bloodline is extensive may be an understatement...the issue is following it. I heard something about a Rodian may have had my blood...really got around from what I heard...probably way more of me than expected in this universe but where they are is the big question."

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[Liin Terallo]

I listen politely. Such fornification is rumored to be quite common these days. In some societies I suppose that is always the way. But it is not mine. I am of age to be married and have been for a little while, however I have not had the time nor the desire to announce that I am available for a suitor. I only have so much to offer one. For now it is just best to allow everyone to presume that I am already taken.

"Is that your life's goal then? To find all of your kin?" If his children have procreated so often and with so many; well then Mister Arbosa should be glad to have many lifetimes to undertake such a huge task.

Tag: Lord Reficite

 

[Lord Reficite]

There was a silence on the question that was posed. To find his kin? There was something that had not even gone through his mind at all, it was something that made him smile a bit wider as he enjoyed that thought.

"Know what...it would be a great life goal. See who my great grandchildren are...ensure the path they take is not strife of war. Yes...that is a goal I would like to see. Break the cycle of war...I like that."
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