To make the voices stop.... or at least start to simply whisper. (Claire Ikon)

[Shaddi]

Above Hapes's orbit.
The streak pinpricks of white stars against the black of space contrasted sharply but at the same time it belonged there. As if zoomed out quickly a ship left hyperspace and became quite pronounced against the illumination offered by the planet bellow against it's stark black hull. "Get ready to activate the Stealth systems." A grizzled old veteran captain said to the station holding that system under it's control.
Captain Pelarious was a man of honor and high integrity and the crew respected him immensely and mostly through him they interacted with the ships owner, A sith knight named Darth Erebos. The very being who now sat on a throne in the back of the bridge, large Tuk'ata flanking either side of the throne as they lazily lay against the floor, one large black crystal horn coming from either armrest and curving upwards while four came out of the back and reached for a point above the masked sith's head.
"Belay that order captain, they don't know this is a sith vessel as we don't identify ourselves as one belonging to the sith. The doppelgangers Lament is for all intents and purposes my ship and is therefore independent." A sharp and deep near mechanical tone emanated from the masked sith, his mask changing his voice for added intimidating effect. "Take us down to the surface and legally dock the ship at a space port." He then finished. "But Sir I can't advise that, even though you are here on a hunch from the force it is better to take every precoution as we ARE in Republic territory." The captain protested but was silenced with a wave of the siths hand. "That doesn't matter now, the distance we came out of hyperspace from the planet made it certain the sensors picked us up anyway so activating the stealth systems is pointless at this point anyway. Proceed to land and let me know when we have docked and I can leave the ship, I'll be meditating in the mean time." He then said as he stood up and walked off the bridge, leaving his Tuk'ata to stare watchful eyes at the crew.
As he walked to his private meditation chamber he thought back on the message he had gotten through the force and mulled it over out loud to himself. "Hapes... Empath..." He muttered as he moved first into his private quarters and went over the private Library that it held, looking for anything on empaths and their training. After that he read through it in meditation as the ship descended towards the planet bellow.

[member="Claire Ikon"]

 

[Claire Ikon]

In her Home.
Claire had tried her best to dull out the voices without the help of her butler [member="Jasper Felinus"] , but alas, the poor girl still has trouble hearing these voices. Claire would walk onto the balcony, and slowly goes to rub her forhead. "N..Nng... No... no... Why... why won't they leave..." She groaned slightly, and looked up into the sky. "Jasper, can you please tell me why... why they won't leave..." Atleast the good news about this, is the girl can actually have her own thoughts.

For now atleast.

[member="Darth Erebos"]

 

[Shaddi]

The descent and docking time had taken well over two hours, mostly due to a long waiting line to the space port large enough to hold the Doppelgangers Lament and was close enough to [member="Claire Ikon"]'s position. With a pair of blaster pistols at his hips he walked out of his ship, disguised as a mercenary or something similar. It would give him a wide berth from the rest of the populace which suited him just fine as he searched out the source of his message from the force.
It didn't take him long to come close to Claire's location and as he felt he was on the right track he broadened his mind. 'Little empath can you hear me?' He thought loudly as he looked around to see if there was any reaction in the force to show him were to go from there.

[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper could hear Claire quite clearly. Everything she said resonated into his mind. Now, he simply clambered out of his window and made the short leap over to her balcony. The black-furred Felacatian sat on the railing and gently smiled at her.​

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"I'm more than strong enough to maintain our connection, Claire. I just don't know quite how to fine-tune it."​

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Under different circumstances, he would've been less confused about how to go about blocking off the 'voices' from her head. He didn't feel any sort of romantic attachment to her at all... Ashe had gotten there first, and that would've made that method awkward. But, he felt no compunction towards being close friends with Claire. That made his job easier. His hand came to rest on her shoulder, as soothingly as he could make that happen.​

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"It'll be alright, eventually. I just need practice. You calling out to me is helping"​

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[member="Darth Erebos"] [member="Claire Ikon"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

She nodded at her butler, "And... well... you... you are helping me quite well. I, I can think clearly and..." The girl would pause mid sentence, and would hold onto her head. She felt the man calling out to her, and slightly grunted abit. "Nng...nn... No...not... not another one..." She would mumble abit, and finds herself leaning onto her butler with both hands on her forehead.

[member="Jasper Felinus"]
[member="Darth Erebos"]

 

[Shaddi]

The exertion she held was enough for him to pin point her. 'So she can't control it...' He thought as he silenced his surface thoughts and headed towards [member="Claire Ikon"]'s location. When he was at the gate's of her estate he simply "stared" one of the guards down enough to allow him inside and an audience with the young woman. His mask showed nothing and was as his friend had put it quite inhuman which suited just such a purpose to intimidate those of weak minds but this girl he was brought before.
The force radiated from her and he simply cocked his head to the side as he regarded Claire and then [member="Jasper Felinus"] in turn. "You haven't managed control yet have you?" He then said, his voice distorted and deep as he walked into the room and then removed his helmet, allowing his white hair to cascade down and come to rest around his upper chest and shoulders. The feeling he exuded in the force changed noticeably, not much but noticeably as his helmet came off, the more of the armor he had on the more of his force signature was dampened and removing a part didn't help the armor do that job.
Holding up a small holocron in his hand he smiled at her, it was an indication he had something to offer her though the smile did show it would come with a small string attached. With a wave of his hand he brought a table in front of him and two chairs for them to sit down on. "Please by all means sit." He said, no un-distorted his voice was soft and silvery even husky in it's own way. Few had seen his face after he head donned the new armor.

 

[Claire Ikon]

She took calm, deep breathes. This 'new' voice seemed to fade away rather quickly. Maybe it was just the wind. She had thought, but knowing her luck and how these voices keep appearing had slightly worried her. "Jasper, did... did you hear something?" She asked him. Her gaze doesn't leave the cat-man for this brief moment. However, her gaze left [member="Jasper Felinus"] when the door had shut behind the pair. Claire had expected a maid or her Mother to appear, but not this man in armor. "Did.. Did you call out to me?" The girl softly asked. Her facial expression is that of confusion and doubt, but lifted towards curiousity when the man had spoken and taken out the holocon. Claire would stare at it for a moment, then slowly goes over to sit by one of the tables out on the balcony.

[member="Darth Erebos"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

From the moment the voice had touched Claire's mind, Jasper had felt it. This was actually a voice. As the man walked through the house, the Felacatian felt a small weight in his mind. It bothered him a little bit. Enough that his hand dropped to the knife on his belt. When the armored man came through the door and took off his helmet, the red butler's ears perked up suspiciously.​

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"Control... I'm helping her keep control."​

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As soon as the man's presence in the Force appeared more strongly, Jasper walled off his own mind, leaving it just open enough to keep Claire from the dizzying fits she'd been having before. He didn't sit down, electing to stay on the railing.​

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"You can't just come waltzing into the house uninvited. It's impolite."​

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[member="Darth Erebos"] [member="Claire Ikon"]​

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos inclined his head towards [member="Jasper Felinus"] as he spoke, allowing [member="Claire Ikon"]'s question to hang in the air a bit longer. "I know it is impolite but teaching an Empath how not to wall of her mind and instead only pacifying it a little is even more so. I can bring her to her knees simply by thinking loud enough, right here and now." He said leaving a wailed threat in his tone against the Felacatian to stay quiet and let him explain himself before making an assumption, though it was as polite as he could make it.
He moved to stay on the opposite end of the table to Claire were she had sat down, but he too didn't sit down. Placing the holocron on the table he seemed to look straight at her but the blindfold around his eyes made that hard to determine. "Yes I called to you with my mind, I made sure to simply "speak" to you as loudly as I dared so that the backlash for you would be minimal. It is rare though that an empath can hear the surface thoughts of others so readily, normally it is simply the emotions of those in the immediate surroundings that an empath feels." He then said slowly as he placed his grossguarded lightsaber next to the holocron.
"What i can offer you is to teach you with the knowledge I've gleamed from this item here." He then said tapping the top of the triangular holocron. "With it you will effectively wall off your mind, silence the voices and with a bit more training you will be able to open up small openings in your walls so that you could gleam the thoughts of those you select yourself to peer their thoughts." He then said offering a small smile that was kind but also a smile of an instructor. "However there will be a slight... catch.." He then said as his smile turned to a smirk.

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire blinks and listens to his threat. She knows all about what would happen if such a thing occured to her. The threat had rather intimidated her, and thinking about it made her head slightly spin. "Jasper, he made a point there." The girl would speak out, and then goes to stare at this holocon. After hearing what the man spoke out, the girl would be hesitant to reply. "T-The Jedi tried to do the same thing, but... but.. I, I never got results... No one helped me..." Claire would then stare up at him, going to glare slightly. "What makes you so sure that you can assist, and help in my.. problem?" The girl needed help, but from her time with the Jedi, she never had any serious help.

[member="Darth Erebos"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos simple smiled a little at [member="Claire Ikon"] and offered her his hand. "Take my hand and I shall show you." Once she'd offer him his hand he'd reach out with the force through her hand and towards her head, forming a small rim of force energy around her head. He focused on an image of an unassailable fortress around Claire's head which wouldn't allow any stray thought but her own be heard. It took a while but slowly the voices would fade down to a whispers before a small while later they'd completely fade from hearing. "This help you in anyway?" He then said as he felt his power had done what he had willed it to do.
He allowed it to stay silent for a few moments more and then took back his hand, and his power, allowing the voices to come back. "Does that answer your question little miss?" He then said as he picked up the holocron with the force and spun it gently in the air above his open palm.

[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Claire Ikon]

Once she had touched his hand, the girl had almost felt revitalized. The voices had disappeared. Her mind was clear. She could think properly, or well, just about. However, once his presense faded, [member="Jasper Felinus"] 's warding was still apon her. She only gave out a soft sigh. "S...Still sir, Y... you can't come in uninvited... e..even though you had... showed me you can save me.." Save? was that the correct word for this? Regardless, she would look up to Jasper now, and closes her eyes. "I.. ..I don't know what to do..."

[member="Darth Erebos"]