Andrea

Legend of Renalta 2 (Dark Fantasy)

She was stunned, shocked at what she was hearing, so these spiders could talk which under any other circumstances would be seen as a great blessing and their great worth, but then they shouted upon seeing the two Drow to slay them, to slay her... especially her it seems when they seemed to recognize her for a priestess of Lollth. She hissed through her teeth in quiet rage as the realization dawned on her that these spiders meant to kill and devour her. If she was found wanting by her goddess and had to walk into the spider pitts back home to be executed and atone for her sins that way she would do so gladly, but since these spiders seemed to hate her kind and wanted to slay her and that heretical male outright she just felt rage.

These were not avatars or aspects of her goddess's favour, these were spiders warped and twisted by some enemy of the Drow. Most likely that Ilithid she suspected dwelled within these this tomb. What was interesting though was one part of their exclamation upon seeing herself and the necromancer, 'Pound the Slavers into ichor.' Were these spiders or who or whatever they served enslaved by her kind once? Something to consider while she brandished her dagger with a growl.

She almost had been ignoring the pitiful appearance of the necromancer but then some of his words reached her, more of those spiders were climbing up!? She walked to the edge of the bridge, looking down and widened her eyes as she saw the rapidly ascending spiders, who were a bit too eager it seems to rend the flesh from her bones. Snarling she stashed the dagger quickly away and raised her hands, murmuring a prayer to her goddess and as she felt the magic of her goddess course through her, molding it into the spell and magic she wanted it to be she hissed in pain as she felt her hands burn with pain from the heat, looking down and focusing her sight on the spiders as looking at the magic she was summoning was too painful for her, with her eyes adjusted to the darkness of the world below the surface.

"Let's see if you like this..." She hissed and then flung her arms and hands down, as if throwing a object against the side of the pillar, the magic orb of light quickly descending towards the spiders with the intent to blind and confuse them, perhaps even burn them if they had a very averse reaction to the light.

Return of the Force 2.

Chained Despair,
Hyperspace Transit to Thyferra

Andrea had her eyes closed as she meditated in the cargohold, she missed the comfort of her chambers to center herself, but that was not possible right now, mostly due to her currently being on a ship in hyperspace, the second reason was because her chambers were still being repaired and refurbished after Azazel had burned it down. At the thought of Azazel she gritted her teeth as her anger returned, the reason she was meditating was to calm herself. After the call with her sith lover, she clenched her fists, former lover she corrected herself, she had done her best to find solitude aboard the craft and calm herself since that abysmal call.

She heard the sound of footsteps and still with her eyes closed extended her hand, opened her hand and let lightning cackle and arc around her fingertips. "Leave. Now." She managed to growl out to whoever was there, she hadn't even bothered to try and sense who it was.

Silence answered her, indicating that the one who disturbed her meditations was still there then her intruder answered, recognizing the voice belonging to Darth Talon. "Will you kill me if I do not leave mistress?"

Frowning she turned around, opening her eyes to look at the Twi'lek disciple, she was... surprised and weary at the same time. Talon was standing there, calmly looking at her, studying her and when she had spoken not a hint of fear was present in her voice or body language. She stood up slowly, locking eyes with Talon the entire time, crossing her arms, "Are you challenging my authority?" She asked slowly, whispering the words but audible enough for Talon to hear.

"No mistress, I am not." She responded, again in that calm, neutral tone of voice.

Andrea gritted her teeth in annoyance and again she felt lightning arc around her fingertips, she balled that hand into a fist and then released it. With a flick of her wrist her lightsaber unhooked itself from her belt and flew into her hand, igniting it with ease. "I will not have my authority questioned by anyone Talon, not even my own hand... I said I wanted to meditate in peace and yet here you are, disobeying my direct order, which should mean I execute you. Right here, right now."

The Twi'lek looked at the ignited blade and then at her mistress, stepping forwards but not igniting her own saber. She was still approaching when Andrea let out a growl and reached out with her other hand, more lightning appearing as she narrowed her eyes and mentally started to prepare herself for a fight. Blinking in surprise when Talon went through her knees and sat on her knees, looking up at Andrea and tilted her head, baring her neck. "If you wish to execute me, do so mistress. I am your hand, your servant. I may have disobeyed that order, but I have other orders you have given me that precede that one. You gave me the task to be your hand, your bodyguard, your assassin and guardian of secrets mistress. To be always at your side, standing in the shadows if necessary. I have heard most of what was... said in your conversation with Darth Azazel, I understand that you may be distressed right no-"

"YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING!" She shouted, enraged and with a gesture and tapping into the force grabbed hold of Talon and lifted her off the ground, holding her in place as she stormed forwards her snarling face inches away from Talon's. "You are a servant, it is not your place to 'understand' anything but to obey my commands and serve me with loyalty and dedication!"

She did not struggle in any way as her mistress held her like this with the force, still calm. "I am obeying your commands right now mistress, if killing me grants you some measure of calm and a clear head, take it. My life is yours. If that is what you want of course."

Andrea blinked, was Talon... really that dedicated to her, with a growl she brought her lightsaber close as if to decapitate her servant but still she remained calm and did not struggle in anyway. Standing like that for several more moments she deactivated her saber and returned the hilt to her belt, lowering Talon back to the ground at the same time. "No... not killing you is not what I want to do."

Rubbing her wrists and turning her shoulders after Andrea's grip on her with the force had been released Talon continued. "Then what do you want then, do you wish Azazel to die? If so I could-"

"No!" Andrea said at once, cutting Talon off for any further mention of that. "If anything I would have that blasted filth that must be related to a Hutt of a Gra'tua to die, but no I do not wish him eliminated either... not right now." She sighed and for a moment looked small and vulnerable, whispering, mostly to herself but Talon must have heard it. "I just want her back..." Gritting her teeth as she realized how pathetic and weak she must sound right now she straightened herself and stared hard at Talon. "But that is impossible and pointless to even consider. You will not repeat what I just said to anyone. Or I will have your head cut off that body of yours, which while it would be a waste I can always find a replacement."

"Of course not mistress... but why would it be impossible?"

Andrea snorted in response and shook her head, "Because clearly she hates me right now, apparently I had to tell her every dirty little secret of something that had happened almost twenty years before I even met her!"

Talon cocked her head, "Perhaps, perhaps not, mistress you told me you would stop at nothing to get something you wanted, are you implying that there is something, or someone, you cannot get after all?"

She blinked and looked at Talon with surprise for a moment before she narrowed her eyes. "You.... are a sneaky one." She muttered.

Talon shrugged and for a brief glimpse she almost seemed to smile before her features continued keeping their neutral and impassive look. "I am a reflection to the training my mistress, you, gave me."

Shaking her head Andrea turned and gestured to Talon, "So I gather, you are dismissed Talon. Have me informed where we are next time we drop out of hyperspace, I will resume my meditations." She heard Talon turn around and walk away but before the disciple was completely out of her presence Andrea spoke up again. "Talon... send a message to my contacts among the cults and spies... have them try and keep a eye on Azazel for me about her whereabouts." She heard Talon respond a affirmative and then was left alone once more as she closed her eyes, muttering quietly to herself. "It seems you are not going to get rid off me that easily Azazel...."

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The Adventures of Hadzuska,
Dropping off a passenger....
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Hadzuska was leaning against the wall of the cargo area of the corvette, looking at her guest, when her communicator gave a alarm she casually activated it and was informed they were about to drop out of hyperspace near a inhabited planet with a local spaceport. Informing the captain to keep up the good work and inform her at once when they had arrived she ended the call and walked towards the young girl. "Well then, it seems we will be arriving soon at a planet with a spaceport." She said while stretching, cursing that bounty hunter silently as her leg was still aching a little.

"So it would seem..." Rane replied as she seemed to shift from a slight case of discomfort. "I do appreciate the ride. The hunter would have caught up to me again eventually had I stayed on the Wheel."

She shrugged in response, "You saved me, knowingly or not and this is the least I can do to return the favour I suppose." She smirked, "Unless you have changed your mind about the offer of teaching about the force from my mistress." She chuckled but stopped when the voice of the captain came through her comm again. "Ah we have arrived, and are moving in to land on the spaceport on the planet below us. No idea what it's called probably a minor traffic place if it is close to the Wheel as it is." She said as she felt slight vibrations a moment later as they went through the planet's atmosphere.

"Your teachings run contrary to what I was taught. While My training was far from complete I feel I owe my father to stick to his lessons." Rane replied with a slight shake of her head. "His lessons are the reason I returned to save you. So maybe you owe him too, from a certain point of view."

Hadzuska looked at her curiously. "Funny that is not what you said before." She mused, "Well then my thanks to your, I assume, late father. And perhapss his teachings are contrary to what my mistress offers." She tilted her head, "I however didn't even mention what kind of teachings those were."

"Part of surviving is being perceptive. Your tattoos, and crimson blades mark you as a student of Sith teachings." Rane replied as she tensed a little.
AndiSyl: Smiling Hadzuska looked at the yougn woman. "Perhaps and what does that mean according to you?"

"That you embrace your agressive feelings, often in the name of personal agenda's, or so I was told." Rane said as she looked Hadzuska in the eyes. "That you follow a path different to my own, one I do not wish to tread."

"Interesting, is that what you were told... or what you observed so far?" She asked.

"You acted upon aggression against the Hunter." Rane replied with a calm voice that belied what she was feeling. "As to your motives I cannot say, nor have I had much dealings with other students of the sith."

"Aggression? I was actually talking to him before, I only resorted to violence when it seemed he would not listen to reason and wanted to capture me for a bounty, I hardly doubt you would have reacted differently under the circumstances." She said with a shrug. As she was informed they were cleared for landing and would touch down upon the surface in a moment.

"You were annoyed, frustrated, aggrivated, You used that when you struck at him." Rane said with a shrug before smiling slightly. "Perception is not only what one sees with their eyes. Particularly for thsoe trained in the Force."

She just nodded and was about to respond when she felt the ship had touched down and the cargo ramp was being lowered. "Well we have arrived." She gestured to the ramp being lowered. "Over here please." She said going first.

Rane hesitated slightly at the tone Hadzuska used, but then staying on the ship wasn't going to make the apprehension she felt any better. So she followed Hadzuska to the ramp, resisting the urge to pat her sabre to make sure it was still there.

Hadzuska was the first off the ramp and stretched, gesturing out to the spaceport, their berth empty but for themselves, "Well here we are, as I promised of giving you a ride, think you can manage finding your way off this planet and stay away fro mthat hunter?"

Rane kept walking for a bit after she got off the ramp, putting Hdzuska between herself and the ship before she turned back to face the twi'lek woman. "I should be able to manage something... though... might I ask another boon from you?" Rane said as she glanced at her feet for a moment. "You may have noticed We left the Wheel and all I had with my was the clothes I wear and my fathers blade... if you could maybe spare a few credits?"

She chuckled, "I suppose saving my life, is worth more than just having you be a passenger for one trip." Hadzuska answered and went through the pockets of her robe, producing some credit chits and tossed them to young woman. "Should be enough to buy some food and get yourself as a passenger on a leaving freighter or something."

"Thank you," Rane said as she caught the chits, which quickly disapeared into the folds of her clothes."Maybe we will meet again and I can repay you." She said with a short bow.

She smirked, "May the force be with you." She watched Rane walk away and called out. "I feel compelled to ask one last time. Are you sure you do not wish to go with me, where you would be safe from the hunters and others wishing ill towards our kind?" She said in a calm, neutral tone of voice.

"Though our paths may cross from time to time I have no deire to walk yours in its entirety." Rane said, echoing what she had said before as she turned and started walking away from the ship. "You stay safe though Zuska." She called over her shoulder to the twi'lek woman.

She watched the padawan go and nodded to herself. "Well I tried, she walked back up the ramp, eying the blackwatch soldier standing atop it. The soldier gestured to the retreating back of Rane Koda and then raised his rifle. She shook her head, "No, I promised her a ride away from that world and I did, I have no urge for her to die. Gather some supplies and we are off this rock to continue our search." With that she looked back one last time. "Wonder if she survives." She mused to herself.

Return of the Force 2.

Took me about 8-9 years but I finally done it, eh? Ah well, still have the contract to hold over him if he gets smart with me.

Return of the Force 2.

Oy I'm supposed to be the kinky one around here!

Return of the Force 2.

Korriban Sith Tomb World,
Korriban Orbit

Reneva Shitha watched the hologram of the ship, known as the Dagda, she was slightly getting bored, they had been in orbit of this forgotten world for several weeks if not months now, time had almost lost all meaning to her. The arrival of the ship belonging to Darth Azazel had provided with a distraction of sorts, she was running a battle simulation with the ship and crew in a mock-up battle versus the Dagda. She watched as simulated squadrons battled each other, frowning when some of the fighters that the computer had assigned to the 'Dagda' suddenly started suicide runs, that piece of information had been gained from the sith known as Lena whose people had observed Azazel's pilots doing this. A waste of material and pilot lives in Reneva's opinion and she was glad her own sith demanded no such suicidal dedication.

However according to the computer the simulated kamikaze runs had just destroyed a number of critical weaponry and shield generators and she gritted her teeth as the vessel obliterated the computer version of the Dark Rebirth. Tapping her fingers on the armrest of the command chair she sighed and leaned back. "Reset the protocols and inform the crew. We are going to try that simulation again... and let's try to not get ourselves 'killed' this time..."

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Korriban Academy
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Andrea was frowning, her hand unconsciously petting one of her Tuk'ata as she took in this information, turning to the aide who had give nthe report, not noticing or ignoring the discomfort of the aide as he was surrounded by sith hounds. "So all she send was, 'something came up'? Must be serious then, probably that sith cult the Mecrossa Order." She let out a growl, she herself had tried to make contacts with the Order, but apparently her emissaries had 'offended' the oh so mighty nobles that made part of the secretive sith cult and she was denied. No matter there were plenty of other sith cults she had access to, though surprisingly the one on Mygeeto had been completely silenced almost a year ago. That had been unfortunate she had been looking forward to perhaps gain a new bodyguard from them, after Ruby had died.

She noticed the aide was still there and rose a eyebrow. "Something else the matter?"

"Y-yes, two reports of note. A individual claiming to be part of Zann's entourage, offering a job whose details he will only inform you off when you travel and arrive at Thyferra, but apparently he needs you to 'lean' on someone. We have also received word of the explorers in your service, apparently putting one a force sensitive on their crew proved fruitful as they have sensed a enormous presence of the dark side of the force in a cave on that world."

Frowning she reached to her belt, retrieving a bar which after unwrapping drew the attention of the Tuk'ata, she casually flicked it away and smiled as she saw the sith hounds go after it, fighting each other over the morsel of meat. "I see, interesting... Zann hates my guts, last I checked anyway, so this is surprising. Though maybe Jabba put in a good word for me." She rubbed her cheek. "Dagobah... not that far from Thyferra as I recall. Very well send word back to this Zann associate I shall meet his request and head to Thyferra... Inform Reneva that I will be leaving Korriban but that she and the Dark Rbirth are to remain here... I will be taking the Chained Despair. Additionally inform Karsk, Trizz, Rhak-Skuri, Nyriss and Talon are to come with me on this journey. As well as ten sun guard commandos and some of the Zeltron aides, now off with you, before my hounds assume you are their next meal."

She chuckled as she watched the aide scurry away but then looked grim, she had not been provided with news about Hadzuska, she had been out of reach for some time now. "What are you up to I wonder... my loyal disciple." She murmured as she turned and cocked her head at the whimpering prisoner in the cage behind her. "Right where were we? Ah yes, a shame your bloodwork meant you are useless for my experiments, but good to know that you have plenty of meat on your bones to feed my Tuk'ata... let's see how long you can run, shall we?"

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The Adventures of Hadzuska,
Will she be imprisoned.... again?
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She was calmly looking out of the observation window of the ship as they exited hyperspace, the crew around her doing their task without her giving any orders, she had decided early on after a conversation with the captain that things would work best if he just obeyed her directions and that running the ship was in his care and his responsibility, all she cared for were results. Currently it was going well as the enormous space station started to fill the window, the Wheel, neutral territory and a safe heaven for many, perhaps even some force sensitive individuals that could be found and convinced out of hiding to join her mistress Andrea. She turned to the captain, "Approach and dock with the Wheel captain, we stay here for a week to see if I can find what I am looking for before we move on." The human nodded and gave the crew their instructions as they made their approach, the Twi'lek Darth closing her eyes and entering a brief meditative state to focus her thoughts and senses for the task ahead.

As the Dagger docked with the station Hadzuska sensed a brief flicker in the force as she cast her awareness outwards, a recognition of some sort, only there for a moment but there none the less.

She smiled, opening her eyes as the ship docked at the same time, "I sensed you." She murmured, "Captain, I shall be visiting the wheel, do take care of the ship and any supplies the ship and crew need while I am off on my personal errand." She said, receiving a silent, curt nod in response.

Some time later she was out of the ship, wandering through the docks section of the Wheel, honing her senses and awareness in the force as she smiled to herself. "The hunt begins...." Delight filling her at the small surge of adrenaline and excitement she felt as she began searching for her prey. Plenty of dark, secretive places on the wheel so this could take some time, all the better.

The flicker appears in her expanded awareness several most time s as she hunts but aside from leading her vaguely in the direction of the black sector she gets no firm lead on the sensitive she seeks

She was humming to herself, this prey was elusive, good, the chase was half the fun, would be boring if it was over too soon. She walked into a quiet alley, making sure none were present, much less any robbers who were stupid enough to try and get the jump on her as she sat down, perhaps a different tactic might work. She had sensed the flicker of someone strong in the force, so perhaps the prey could be lured to her as she focused on the force, the dark side and send out a tremor, revealing her own presence in the force.

The flicker came again almost immediately along with a feeling of surprise before vanishing again, the feeling however was strong enough to give a solid lead on what direction to take into the black sector.

She smiled and got up, dusting the grime of her clothing. "Found you... I think." She murmured to herself as she set off towards the black sector with purpose but minding her step and surroundings.

As Hadzuska entered the black sector proper the reasons for its ominous name became clear. this area of the wheel received very little order from the enforcement forces the station employed, most living down here were squatters simply living from day to day as best they could the lighting was dim, filth was evident everywhere and most beings looked shifty at each other while trying to mind their own business. The flicker however seemed to have vanished.

She looked around with a frown, this prey was being elusive, tapping her lip and shrugged. Closing her eyes to once again send out a tremor, with a sense if she could of 'here I am, come and find me. If you have the courage.'

Another flicker popped into Hadzuska's awareness, one with a hint of malevolence behind it. It felt close.

She chuckled, so the hunter had become the hunted? Very well, she checked her weaponry and decided to wait and see if the owner of the malevolence vibe would find her.

The only warning of what happened next was the sharp click and hiss of a netgun being discharged and the stink of ozone as the launched net electrified itself as it speed towards Hadzuska. She had only moments to seek a counter.

With a hiss she attempted to dodge the net, calling on the force to enhance her speed, reflexes and acrobatics.

As Hadzuska moved to avoid the net she was only partially successful as the net caught her ankle and foot as the rest of it sailed past where she had stood only moments before. the force of the nets grip swept the leg out from under her and the electrifying surface of it numbed the leg from the ankle down. before the rest of the net managed to wrap itself around an exposed section of pipping behind where she had stood.

She let out a hiss of pain and annoyance and looked around for a sign of the one who launched the net in her direction.

She didn't have to look far as an armoured figure stepped out of the shadows with the netgun now hanging from a strap at their waist as they held a more conventional blaster. "You are not the one I seek, they at least had the sense to try and hide themselves. Still I won't pass up the chance at a double bounty." The figure said, their voice hidden behind a modulator in their helmet.

She chuckled and then winced, damnable net, "Bounty hunter huh? Fascinating, you are talented in more ways than a regular bounty hunter too, how interesting. Hunting people like me, huh? People like yourself?" She smirked, making conversation while thinking on what to do.

"People like myself?" The hunter shook their head and raised the blaster. "Only so far as that I was born able to touch the force,The difference is i use it as another tool to remove the galaxy of the rest of you." They replied, seemingly content not to fire just yet.

She nodded, "Remove the rest of us, huh? Sounds personal, so we are not just another paycheck?" She hadn't been shot yet, which was interesting.

"Well, you are big paychecks, and my affliction does give me an edge in hunting you. One has to make a living somehow." The hunter replied with a slight shrug. "But as riveting as this conversation is I do have another to apprehend before they escape." They said as they fired the blaster on stun.

"Ferglutz!" She muttered as she tried to roll out of the way of the incoming stun blast.

The blast impacts on the floor where Hadzuska had been moments before, the sith womas roll had barely made it however as her leg still tethered to the pipe behind her snapped taught stopping her roll only milimeters from the blasts impact radius.

She took a deep breath, that had been close, she looked back at the hunter, figuring out she only had moments, flee, attack... or. She held up her hands, not holding any weapons. "You made a excellent point, so why not let me help you in your hunt for these other or others and perhaps a business proposal?" She asked, her voice calm, taking a gamble she knew but this bounty hunter that can use the force was interesting.

"Business proposal huh? do you actually know how high the bounty for your kind is?" the hunter replied as they lined up another shot.

"Last time I checked one million credits, taxes not included." She said with a shrug, eyeing the blaster. "But let's just say hypothetically that I came here using a corvette sized vessel and the the one I work for has a small fleet of frigate or cruiser analogs, as well as two capital class vessels, that would imply someone who can pay quite handsomely, meanwhile I'm offering to help you hunt down your other prey, afterwards you can always decide to stun me for a additional bounty, or talk price about this business offer I am willing to make." She didn't like revealing that she worked for someone else but she had nothing else to say to perhaps convince this hunter.

"Or I could just stun you now and stop wasting time here, go take my other target and come back to get you after."

"Huh shame, I was starting to like you." She said before she took action, calling up a bubble of force protection around herself while also pulling out her holdout blaster, firing at the hunter with a stun blast of her own.

The hunter let go on the blaster with one hand and raised it to intercept the stun blast, drawing on the force to create a small shield in front of themselves that absorbed the stun blast harmlessly. "This affliction does have its benefits." The hunter said as they once again fired their blaster.

Again she tried her best to dodge the blast, she had a protection bubble around herself but if she could keep it intact, all the better.

The hunters blast found its mark this time and a low growl was audible from the helmet as the hunter, now through with talking, used the moment it took for their blaster to recharge for another stun blast to focus their aim before firing again.

With a hiss of annoyance she gathered the force to gather all loose objects in the area and hurl them towards the hunter with as much telekinetic force as she can muster.

A few scraps of paper seemed to stir from Hadzuska's efforts but aside from that it seemed she was about to be captured once again...

... The hunter chuckled and started to depress the trigger. The shot however would never come, as a yellow lightsabre blade cut through the weapons barrel and the hunter jumped backwards quickly to avoid a backswing of the deadly weapon. "I Will not let you take another in my stead just because you cannot keep up with me Hunter." The sabre wielder, a young woman no more than 19 announced as she settled into a defensive posture between the Hunter and its prey.

Well there was the original prey, saving her ass... it rankled her somewhat but she decided to ignore that feeling and went busy with freeing her her leg from the blasted net.*

"You are a half trained child, you would not have eluded my grasp forever." The hunter replied as they drew a pair of short blades, By the confidence of the hunters stance it was a good bet the blades were resistant to a lightsabres strikes. "Very well girl if you with to test your blade against mine." He said as he charged at the woman.

With a smirk she managed to get free, gritting her teeth as her leg still felt numb but she got to her feet, looking at the direction she had come from, knowing it would lead to the docks and her ship, then she looked back at the hunter and the young brat. Rolling her eyes she cursed herself for what she was about to do, "Blast it all..." She said as she reached for her paired blades and ignited them, charging at the bounty hunter to help out the girl.

Hadzuska intercepted the Hunters charge despite the numbing effect still plaguing her foot and ankle, catching one of the blades while the young woman caught the other. With her free sabre Hadzuska struck out at the hunter, the result being a shallow gash between armour plating before the hunter disengaged and twisted away from the strike. Clearly he hadn't expected them both to come at him at once, nor had he noticed hadzuska's twin sabres.

She no longer bothered with talking, closing in to strike at the bounty hunter once more with both her blades, she had been shamed by this hunter and she was going to collect something, if only her pride, from this mess.

The woman timed her strike to coincide with Hadzuska, unfortunately this only caused the two of them to cross blades as they struck at the Hunter who had leaped out of their reach, utilising the force to put extra distance between them it appeared. "Not particularly well coordinated are you?" The hunter said with a hint of amusement as they pulled a cylinder from their belt, depressed a button on the top and flung it to the ground near the two sabre wielders.

With a snarl she tried to jump back, that must be a grenade of some kind and she had no interest of being caught in it's effect.

The cylinder exploded with a flash of light and sound as well as ion energy Hadzuska briefly noticed as she leaped away from the blast. even with force enhances reflexes her vision was clouded and her hearing was muffled from the effects, effects that had been far more dire on the now collapsed young woman. Her sabre lay deactivated a short distance from her slack hand as she lay on the floor breathing shallowly but evidently alive. Of the hunter Hadzuska saw a shadowy figure moving away from the pair of them quickly, apparently the hunter did not care to stick around when there was the prospect of facing two against one. obviously he had turned to flee before the effects of the blast had become evident.

Hadzuska was on alert for a moment but when it became clear the bounty hunter had decided to flee she deactivated her sabers and looked at the unconscious girl, frowning and then with a sigh she picked up the girls lightsaber and heaved her onto her shoulder with a grunt and started walking, with the unconscious body over her shoulder.

She carried her all the way back to the docks, informing the crew to prepare the ship for departure and have some of the black guards to come outside to meet her. Seeing the guards on her arrival she told them to keep a eye out as she lowered the body to the ground and prepped her up against a wall, holding her saber in her hand while she waited for her to wake up. After fifteen minutes or so, getting a little impatient Hadzuska slapped her cheek to see if that would snap her out of it.

The slap seemed to rouse the woman quite suddenly and as one might do when startled the young woman overreacted by lashing out with a blast of force wave at those standing over her. the nearest black armoured guards to Hadzuska were knocked back by the blast while the others managed to retain their footing, the blast seemed not to effect Hadzuska at all aside from rustling her clothing.

Hadzuska smirked, "Welcome back to the waking world, as you can see, no bounty hunter handing you in for a bounty." She said while gesturing for the guards to stand down. "They call me Hadzuska." She held up the lightsaber, not handing it over but merely examining it. "Yellow blade, what alignment I wonder, though you decided to come to my rescue of a sort so that might reveal it." She said, studying the young woman.

"Alignment?" The girl asked, possibly still gathering her wits.

She shrugged, "Light, dark, jedi, sith, or gray, like that hunter claiming he was, just a bounty hunter who learned some tricks with his 'affliction'. You however have a lightsaber, which you either have inherited or crafted yourself."

"My fathers..." She said as she shook her head to try and clear the lingering effects of the stunner grenade. "He gave it to me before he died, several years ago now." She said more focused now as she locked her eyes onto the hilt for a moment before looking at Hadzuska's face.

She looked back, not bothering to hide her crimson with gold sith eyes by looking away, tilting her head to the side. "Jedi, huh? Figured as much." She said, mostly to herself.

"Who said anything about jedi." The girl remarked as she stood and steadied herself.

Hadzuska stood up as well, still keeping an eye on the girl and holding on to the lightsaber, "Mostly me ,because you didn't answer, thanks for the rescue by the way."

"That Hunter had been stalking me for days, I was managing to stay ahead of them but it was slowly starting to corner me. Then you can waltzing in broadcasting you presence in the force like a beacon, you couldn't help but draw the hunters attention." The girl replied, "True I could have just slipped away, but you were trying to follow me as well, I felt that. Id didn't sit right with me to let you be taken unawares, I wouldn't wish the fate of the bounty on anyone."

Hadzuska tapped the lightsaber against her leg idly, thinking. "So I gather... Do you want to know why I was trying to track you down?"

"The question had occurred to me." the girl replied

"Suffice to say I am in the service of someone... who would love to train you in the way of the force, our ways." She studied the girl for a reaction. "You saw the colours of my sabers, so I wonder what exactly your father told you about some of the things the one I serve loyally would want to teach you."

"My father told me many things over the years. Warned me about things." She replied as she tensed a little. "He also taught me to survive." She stated, though made no direct actions.

"Also taught you a annoying habit to evade direct answers to questions." Hadzuska said with a snort.

"Most people will hear what they want to hear, it rarely matters if the answers are direct. Vague answers tend to move things along more smoothly when one in just trying to survive." The girl answered.

She chuckled, "Bit of a smartass, that's what you are. Hmm." She pondered and then shrugged. "Well I can offer you a ride off this place, drop you off at the next system and you can continue practicing your father's teachings on how to survive. Or, I could take you in under my or my mistress's wing and teach you some new techniques, and... give you a place to stay where you won't feel a need to run for any bounty hunter trying to collect a bounty." She finished saying, extending the girl's lightsaber towards her, offering it back to her.

The girl extended her hand to take her hilt back, Hesitating for a moment before reaching out for it gently with the force. "Getting off The Wheel and out of that Hunters scope would be appreciated." She replied. "My name is Rane Koda."

She nods and snapped her fingers, gesturing for the guards to get inside the ship and then inclined her head for Rane. "If you would follow me." She said not unkindly as she tapped her communicator. "Captain, begin undocking procedures and set a course to the nearest hyperspace lane away from here, we are making a stop at the next system for a passenger to disembark."

Legend of Renalta 2 (Dark Fantasy)

Sarah's Request

She let out a hiss of irritation but made no comment as she watched the skeletal wights march across the bridge to wrestle the stunty Dwarves down, seemingly subduing them rather well. She stepped to the side as the ranger fellow, Kasim walked forwards to the Dwarves struggling against the undead minions of that, somewhat capable Naream, summoning those undead was a decent idea she had to admit, but obviously he had been foolish to try it, what if this flimsy wooden bridge couldn't have supported the weight of the undead and the party? She would probably have been unable to slit his throat before falling to their death as revenge for him killing them all. She rose a eyebrow at whatever the human ranger was doing, about to ask what in the nine hells he was up to when he started to speak.

As she started to understand what he was saying she made sure her face was unreadable and neutral, merely raising a eyebrow as if surprised and skeptical, she could relate to what he was saying, she too had the same ability from the sound of it. She made sure to keep a mental note of that information and guard her thoughts and mind well around this Kasim. "Yes well, make sure to stay out of my mind, my thoughts are my own, thank you very much." She muttered as she watched him as he seemed to engage his attempt at telepathy to look whatever was pulling the strings of the Dwarf she stepped closer to Kasim, making sure her back was to Eins, so her front was hidden from the other human as she slipped a dagger into her hand and kept an eye on Kasim. She survived this long for being paranoid and cautious, so if there was any sign at all that this human, by digging into the mind of the Dwarf, was getting compromised, she would be certain to quickly eliminate a threat to the group.

"Necromancer, if your pets lose control of the Dwarves during all of this, I will hold you responsible and exact swift retribution." She said over her shoulder, noticing a trend in the Drow necromancer, he seemed rather comfortable staying at the back of the group and almost always in such a position that he could either advance with the rest of them, or quickly run away. The ranger seemed to know what he was doing and competent overall, so far at least, she would see how his telepathic attempt into a Dwarf's mind would go. The other human, Eins, seemed distrustful of her and Naream, she didn't really care, she ignored her, apparently she was busy trying to open the door to whatever was next this way. There was one disturbing piece of information that kept nagging at her, these Dwarves... they demanded they leave, they didn't attack right away, that was, rather unnatural to her. If they were controlled by something in here that was supposed to guard this tomb or temple... then why give them a opportunity to 'leave'. She looked at Kasim with a frown, "Let's hope you can find some information in those thick Dwarven skulls." She muttered, tightening her grip around the handle of her dagger.

Return of the Force 2.

Korriban Sith Tomb World,
Korriban Academy

With a soft groan Andrea was waking up, confused as to why she was entangled so before she realized she and Azazel had fallen asleep together and smiled. She did her best to untangle herself from the other sith but when she heard a grunt or moan escape Azazel's lips she stopped trying to be quiet and kissed the other sith on the lips. "Rise and shine Azazel... I have work to be done." She murmured, tracing her fingertips over her calf and upper leg.

Azazel shifts at the touch, letting out a soft groan, "No shining. Too early." The corners of her lips twitch into a small smile as she returns the kiss. "Not without hot chocolate..."

She chuckles at that and turned to the shadows where one of her aides was standing, waiting. "Go to the kitchens and see about bringing us some breakfast, see if the stores have any hot chocolate." The aide bowed and left the bedroom to get some food for both sith while Andrea returned her attention to Azazel, stretching and by doing so letting the covers slip from her nude form. "Hmm... were you planning on a extended stay or do you need to move on soon?"

She admires her form for a moment before shrugging simply, "I have no real plans right now. Xen is on assignment, there is nothing pressing in the Tepani sector nor Mando space... Why, I do not believe there are even any projects any of the other sith wish to collaborate on. So, until Xen reports in or something changes, I am a free woman." She shrugs, "So if you would have my presence here... I could stay."

"Hmmm, I do not mind you here for a extended stay." She smirked at that. " Assuming your boy toy doesn't miss you, I do however have some private projects to work on later today. Hmm, speaking of the boy toy, still wondering why you and him decided to become 'official' and yet... we still meet for these lovely visits."

Azazel shrugs simply, "I am still my own person, and I will do as I please. And what pleases me..." she sidles closer to Andrea, teasing her lips against the other woman's, "Just so happens to be you... quite thoroughly... and repeatedly..."

She let out a purr and kisses the other sith, letting her hands wander over Azazel's body. "Hmm just be careful... I have known Gra'tua for a while, if he ever finds out that you have betrayed him, well he always had some rage issues." She chuckled at that, as a particular memory surfaces related to Gra'tua's rage surfaces in her mind.

"If he finds out, one of us will have been careless," she says dryly, drawing back, feeling sobered by her comment.

"Indeed..." Andrea murmured and was about to say more when the doors to her quarters opened and the aide returned along with another, carrying trays with breakfast for both sith and setting them down on the bed before retreating, Azazel's tray indeed having a cup of fresh, hot chocolate. "Hmm let's dig in shall we?" She said reaching out to a piece of fruit and picking it up... about to drop it in her mouth when she paused and with a smile lied back on the bed, placing the piece of fruit on top of her breast. "Would you like some fruit..." She said with a purr.

She grasps her beverage carefully, so as not to burn herself, "No, thank you." She collects herself and begins to stand to leave the room, "I seem to have lost my appetite... Excuse me."

Andrea was surprised at this turn of events, getting up at once, ignoring the piece of fruit sliding down her body as she looked at Azazel. "Excuse you? What, what's wrong?" She frowned and got up to follow Azazel, reaching out with the force to let a robe fly to her hands and donning it.

She sighs and stops, still facing away, obviously taken back that Andrea was even following her. "I do not know why you keep bringing him up. Can it not just be simple? I am here, with you. Not him, not right now. Yet, you keep bringing him up. When I arrived, after the tomb, now. Why?" She finally turns and faces Andrea, sipping from her cup to give herself a pause, watching Andrea expectantly over the rim.

Andrea stared back and then turned away, moving to a room to the side, her study, it seemed she was not going to answer Azazel until a few words were uttered, barely a whisper but loud enough for Azazel to hear. "Because in the end, you cannot have both of us." She stepped through the doorway into her study and behind her the doors closed.

Azazel lets out a frustrated growl and stomps her foot, a wave of the force slamming forth and throwing the door from its hinges. As various objects that went flying settle down, she blinks in surprise at the apparent absence of Andrea... She lets out a short cry of anger, throwing her mug and turning to leave, "Be like that then! I am leaving!" she grabs a spare robe and wraps herself in it, storming off.

The aides, quite used to this behavior from both their mistress Andrea and Azazel, watched on without moving or commenting, not even flinching at the frustration of Azazel. Jazzal, the oldest serving aide of Andrea called out to Azazel before she stormed out of the chambers, "When can we expect you back?"

Azazel turns and releases a blast of force-fueled fire in answer. Jazzal nimbly dives out of the way, startled by the new talent but well-used to similar outbursts. "Only when she sufficiently apologizes for this, will I even consider returning," she snaps. The fire splashes through Andrea's room and appears to begin setting fire throughout it. Not even stopping to consider the damage, Azazel resumes her departure.

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Korriban Academy,
Alchemy Lab
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She stepped out of the elevator that was connected to a secret passage in her chambers and looked upon her lab, most of the equipment and apparatus before here were custom made in the last year but some other items were salvaged from various tombs, right here on Korriban. She was ignoring the whimpering in the corner, coming from the cells of her 'test-subjects'. Now she turned to them, looking at the wretched sentients in the cells, as she sensed their fear, their despair and in some cases their anger she savoured it all, letting her talk with Azazel fade in the background of her mind as she put her comm on a side table and cracked her fingers, approaching the cells with a sinister smile. "Now then... let's see who will have the honour of assisting me in my work?"

Stopping in front of a cell holding a human male, some smuggler who had been unfortunate with his lot in life by being caught and sentenced to the Kessel spice mines, it had gotten worse for him when Andrea became the new warden and figured that some of those prisoners would make good test subjects, having them listed as missing or death due to various circumstances of the mines. She opened the cell and the smuggler whimpered, making her frown, this wasn't going to be any fun if the test subject wasn't even struggling, with a sigh she tapped into the force and lifted the smuggler up with the force, finally cracking a genuine smile of amusement as he shouted and screamed, trying to struggle against invisible bonds holding him in the air as she 'dragged' the smuggler through the force to a operating table of sorts and pushed him down on it, applying the straps to keep him in place and with a purr traced a finger over the horrified smuggler. "Be calm... otherwise I won't be getting the results I want and that would displease me a great deal." She smirked as the smuggler whimpered and turn around to get to work with the alchemical apparatus.

She picked up a sample phial and studied, looking at it with genuine affection before putting it down. "Let's see if we can make this work..." She murmured as she got a injector and walked back to the restrained smugglers and not too kindly pushed his head to the side and injected something directly into his bloodstream at his neck, making him scream as he felt burning pain and then screamed more as she injected him eight more times and then spread her hands over the struggling and squirming body of the smuggler, tapping into her power and then 'pushing' the power through her hands into the smuggler who started to even scream louder. Sweat appeared on her brow as she gritted her teeth and willed the smuggler to transform to a race and appearance of her choosing. She had her eyes closed in concentration but she could still hear, she heard bones snap and readjust over the screaming, whimpering and pleading of the smuggler and then after a moment, the bones and other parts of the body adjusting and reacting to her power was the only thing she heard.

Opening her eyes, she cursed and stopped the power flow, stepping back with a shudder and taking a deep breath. "No..." With a curse she threw the injector against a wall where it shattered and then looked back to the operating table. "Another failure." She growled and looked over the corpse, his skin colour had changed pigment to red, no new improvement there, she had managed to do so before... his head however. She traced over the cheek tendrils that had formed and nodded, so some new progress at least but she had done some things wrong. Perhaps some bones had impaled his internal organs as she was reorganizing them, she made a mental note to be more careful with that on her next attempt and was walking to the cells to pick a new subjects when she saw her comm glowing, growling at the interruption as she went to it and accepted the call. "What!?"

The voice of her aide Jazzal was answering her, sounding rather flustered and on edge. "Mistress! I, regret to inform you that Azazel... did not take well to your sudden departure... and set fire to your chambers, it is contained however now and-"

She was stunned when she heard this and growled, "SHE DID WHAT!? Why was I not informed!?"

"We tried to contact you but-"

"Nevermind, where is Azazel!" She growled and headed to the elevator.

"Last report has her heading to her shuttle in the hangar." Jazzal quickly said. "Should we-"

"I will handle this myself." She said though gritted teeth and ended the call, smashing the button of the elevator to bring her to the ground floor. "Who does she think she is..."

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Korriban Academy,
Hangar Section
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She was furious and she was not afraid to show it as she stormed through the corridors of the academy, some maintenance crew got in the way and when they didn't get out of the way in time she send for a blast of force lightning and left their smoking corpses in the hallway for the cleaning droids to drag to the Tuk'ata kennels. She burst into the hangar, just in time to see the shuttle Azazel used to come down to the surface was slowly lifting off. With a growl she activated her commlink and contacted the hangar control center. "Activate the forceshields and close the hangar blastdoors! Now!" The person on the other side was smart enough to quickly obey and with a flare of energy, shields became active and armoured blastdoors closed, preventing the shuttle from leaving, Andrea crossed her arms and just waiting, in open view of the pilot of the shuttle that she was standing there.

Inside the shuttle, Tannus checks the systems and their clearance before grunting, "They've cut us off, Azazel. Ready for a fight?" Kitt fumbles for a vibroknife awkwardly, eyes wide at the concept. Hakkri snorts and stays reclined in the chair. Azazel grinds her teeth before snarling, "No, just open the doors..." As the hatch disengages and the doors hiss open, Azazel strides out and gives Andrea an inquiring look, "I thought, from your exit, we were done talking."

Lightning crackled around Andrea's fingertips as she looked at Azazel through the slits of her eyes. "Not after you desecrated my personal chambers and set fire to them! HOW DARE YOU!?"

Azazel waves her hand dismissively, "It would not have happened if your aide had not moved. Go find them to scream at."

Andrea gritted her teeth, "Setting fire to my chambers or my aides is still the same Azazel, it is my property! My sanctuary! And you violated that!" She shouted, pointing accusingly.

"Oh my! And I was under the delusion you had set this place up for all the Sith, great mistress of Korriban!" she snaps back, a shield of the force enveloping her reflexively. "Spare me the speech."

She growled, "It is! But setting fire to my chambers is unacceptable! Set fire to the chambers set aside for you if you must but not mine! Oh no, wait you haven't set a single foot in the chambers build for you staying in my bed the entire time you are here!"

Azazel raises a brow, readjusting the robes she had borrowed. "Would you prefer I not share your chambers at all?" she asks quieter.

She let out a growl, willing the lightning around her hand and fingertips to stop, crossing her arms. "Why don't you just make a final choice with whom to share your bed with among the sith." She stepped closer to Azazel, eyes glaring. "Me or him Azazel, you can't have both in the end."

She gnashes her teeth, closing her eyes, "Why is it so important to you, Andrea?"

"Because you need to make a choice at some point and I want to know, who you are going to choose! Him! Or me!" She screamed.

Azazel stomps forward, fire sparking off her arms, "You want me to choose, after this whole time. You start this fight out of nowhere. You know that you matter to me, even after you provide my apprentice with a means to kill me and encourage him towards such follies. You ask me to choose, and will not tell me why. Why it matters. Is it something I had done, because there was no problem last night. Or is it Gra'tua? WHY?"

It seemed she snapped and with a growl she stepped forwards, raising her hands with lightning racing down her arms and fingertips, her eyes aflame as if she would attack Azzel and then, she just deflated, the lightning vanishing into thin air as she looked down and quietly muttered to herself. "I will not let him take a second thing away from me that I love..."

In a second, her protection dissipates and she grasps Andrea's cheeks, tilting her head up and kissing her softly, "He will not... But that you ask me to choose... You put me in a difficult position... I lose much whichever way I go..." She traces Andrea's cheek softly, "Please... Do not make me..."

She kissed back, wetness covering her face as she wiped her cheek, looking at the moisture with disgust, shuddering as she took a deep breath. "Then I won't make you choose..." She bit the inside of her cheek and nodded. "Forgive me... I seem to be on a bit of a emotional high after our little adventure in the sith tomb."

The Dark Lady draws Andrea into her arms, "Nothing to forgive, the events of the tomb was largely my fault..." She takes a deep breath to calm herself, "There is something I should be telling you and Gra'tua both... But, I am not exactly sure how to." A small smile flickers over her lips, "And I am not sure how neither of you have noticed..."

Andrea blinked, confused and wary at the same time. "Notice what?"

She hesitates for a moment, drawing the robe a little snugger about herself. "I..." she frowns, taking Andrea's hand and placing it over her belly in explanation.

Andrea blinked, still confused before she widened her eyes and looks down, she was... with Gra'tua...? She pulled her hand away and looked up at Azazel's face, multiple thoughts swirling around in her head and she closed her eyes to order and calm her mind. Taking a deep breath and opening her eyes again, smiling. "I see... I guess Gra'tua doesn't know yet? Perhaps you ought to inform him, he... wouldn't like to hear about it if you would just show up with a child. Congratulations... it is his?" She asked the last part with some hesitation and then smirked.

"Who elses' would it be? I do not believe you and I capable," she snorts, shaking her head, "He does not know yet, and I am unsure if he should know..." She sighs, leaning in against Andrea.

She was still smiling, rubbing Azazel's back, knowing full well what might be going through Azazel's mind, she had been there once a long time ago. "He is Mandalorian Azazel... if you do not tell him before long, he will take great offense I think, children are rather important in that culture."

She shakes her head, "I know full well, I am an alor as well... Yet, I would not be well in the mind to not be wary. I know who Kyr'am is to him, and respect the culture as I might, I would not have my child raised to be just another Mandalorian soldier."

Andrea nodded slowly, "Understandable." She said neutrally and then coughed, stepping back. "Either case... I... I should go, I have taken up enough of your time as it is with my antics."

Azazel sighs, "If you must..." She looks back at her shuttle, "I am sorry, I know you have much to do, and this whole visit has not gone as I planned..."

She let out a chuckle and rose her eyebrows, "What had you planned then?"

"A grand adventure before I am incapacitated and to spend time with you," Azazel waves a hand.

She took a deep breath and released, looking at Azazel for a moment and then gestured behind her. "Perhaps we can still salvage something from this? And spend some time together?"

"Only if you truly wish it," she answers, uncomfortably rubbing her arms, "I suppose I have been dishonest... and I did set fire to your chambers..."

She let out a laugh at that, a genuine one and wrapped a arm around Azazel to turn her around and start guiding her back towards the academy grounds. "I wanted to redecorate anyway... but if you feel like you should repay me...." She let out a purr and smirked, "Don't let me stop you..."

Smiling softly, Azazel goes with her, "I do have much to make up for..."

She leans in and licks over Azazel's neck with a smirk. "And so do I..."

Return of the Force 2.

Korriban Sith Tomb World,
Korriban Academy



A year had passed, a year of excavations, clearing the rubble and erecting this place she was in now, this fortress on the tomb world of the Sith, this academy for future generations of the Sith, part of Andrea might have hate to admit it out loud but without the help of the other Sith this wouldn't have been possible. She looked around, here she was in a chamber filled with holocrons, collected after excavating several tombs of some minor treasures some holocrons were found, most of these tomb plundering were done by Andrea and Azazel together, she even found a holocron who taught her some interesting sith techniques, she too in turn learned a few, more aspects of Sith Alchemy. She held one of these new holocrons in her hand right now, one that held some new secrets and techniques perhaps.

She activated the holocron and a figure rose up, she studied the figure, definite signs of sith ancestry but also a clear sign of human genes, it took one look at her and opened it's mouth "My name is-"

Andrea snorted and rolled her eyes, "I really do not care, your continued existence is determined by your value to me, so if you cannot offer me any new techniques I can use to further my ambitions, I will have your holocron be torn asunder." She let her words sink in and rose a eyebrow, "So, what do you have to teach me?" The apparition visibly gulped and she smirked in response, listening eagerly as the apparition began to describe how to use sith alchemy to create poisons and disease while also granting her the knowledge of techniques able to mask her energy and mask her presence, not as... advanced as the Mask ability she already knew but it would suffice. Several hours later she had learned enough and nodded, "Very well you have served your purpose and may continue your existence as a holocron in my collection... congratulations."

With that she deactivated the holocron and returned it to it's place in the vault, turning her back on the whispering holocrons and stepped out of the vault, into the habitat of the Tuk'ata she had tamed and bred to be the protectors, one of them approached her and she traced her hand over it's back, it seemed to purr at her touch and she smiled. "Keep my secrets safe." She murmured softly and with a whine the sith hound stepped back and their eyes followed her as she walked out.

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Korriban Academy,
Meditation Chamber
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She found her quarry in the meditation chamber, Darth Hadzuska was meditating alone but stood up when she sensed her mistress's presence in the chamber, turning to Andrea she did not bow like she would have in the past, they were beyond that now. "Mistress." She said simply and watched Andrea approach her. "Do you have a task for me?"

Andrea smiled and nodded slowly, "I have, you are to gather your crew and whatever supplies you need and take the Dagger out to venture the hyperspace lanes and see if there is any force potential individuals that can be molded into new sith disciples that can further our cause." She gestured for Hadzuska to follow her and together they began to walk, leaving the meditation chamber and walking over a bridge, looking down below for a moment to see Andrea's other disciples practicing their swordplay or sith techniques, ignoring the two of them walking above them all.

They paused to observe Darth Khanna, her lightsaber pike deactivated put she was holding it in a combat stance, the reason for that were the three Tuk'ata circling around her, the Dathomiri sith disciple had requested their presence in training, the sith hounds apparently helped her train better, according to her at least. Their reactions unpredictable and giving her ample time to practice her techniques to hide herself in the force, especially against the senses of the Sith hounds who could track her down better than any of the other disciplines in Andrea's service, perhaps even better than Andrea herself. One of the hounds leaped at Khanna and she quickly hit it mid-air with her pike, making it let out a shrill whine as it landed roughly on the marble floor and growled at her.

They watched for twenty minutes as the hounds did their best to drag Khanna down but she simply evaded, dodged or parried their attacks with her force enhanced senses and acrobatics. After a while Andrea frowned, she felt like something was different from the other times that she had seen Khanna train with the Tuk'ata, narrowing her eyes she realized what it was. It seemed the sith hounds... were playing with her, wrestling as if she was one of the pack and not the fierce sith guardians wanted them to be. She mulled the thought over, surprising herself that she was remarkably calm with that, her sith hounds had shown no sign of liking, or even accepting one of her other disciples as one of the pack, perhaps Khanna was different? She would be sure to watch her and the behavior of the Tuk'ata around her. Motioning for Hadzuska to continue their walk.

Further along some Sun Guard were also present overseeing the training and drilling of legionaries into fighting units. Andrea nodded watching those last, "I am very pleased that we managed to convince the Sun Guard to allow some of their number to join the ranks, their presence is another claim that we sith will have our resurgence at long last." She said softly.

The Twi'lek sith instructor glanced down and nodded, "Perhaps, but you taught me that troops like those will not make the difference, it will be the number of sith, mistress. Or has that changed?"

Laughter was her answer, amused Andrea glanced at her. "No, that hasn't changed at all. But they, while not force sensitive, can also make a great difference. Though I would prefer if everything could be solved with a sith disciple at the right time and place. But sadly sometimes a army will have to make a difference." She sighed, walking in silence before she chuckled, "I honestly had expected a year ago... at that fateful sith meeting, I would have come to blows with them all and that I would have to organize the deaths of my fellow sith. I am actually thankful that did not happen, a lot wouldn't have been accomplished if we hadn't worked together." She said, now walking into a gallery near the entrance where a series of holographic statues were present, flickering lightly. There were five statues, they passed under the gaze of each. Darth Gra'tua, Darth Jacoiba, Darth Lena, Darth Azazel and lastly a holographic representation of herself, Darth Andrea.

She stared up at the larger image of herself and smirked, "So much to do still... you have your task ahead of you Hadzuska, carry it out and keep in touch." With a nod the Twi'lek left Andrea who remained behind, lost in thought.

At least she was until suddenly alarms were being heard and she looked up sharply before activating her communicator, "This is Andrea what in the blazes is going on!?"

It only took a moment before a voice answered on the other end, sounding shocked and surprised. "A vessel has entered the system without warning and unscheduled mistress, approaching the planet."

She cursed, "Power up the shields and weapons, especially the Ion Cannon! Alert Reneva in orbit to make sure this guest will be dealt with severely." WIth that she stormed out to the command room of the academy, her eyes enraged, who would dare to intrude upon the system unannounced!?
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Kessel,
Remembrance of Shadow
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Drokan Mohr stood on the bridge of the Remembrance of Shadow... his ship, Darth Andrea had taken a liking to her new ship, the Dark Rebirth, as her flagship and moved her quarters there, leaving him in command of the Remembrance of Shadow, as it once was before and he was quite glad about that. There were no sith aboard the vessel and he had been placed in command of several ships to safeguard Andrea's interests and control of Kessel and her holdings, several minefields had been placed by the new vessels and rigorous patrol schedules were kept by the starfighter squadrons.

Technically the one in control was the relative of Darth Andrea who had been named governor of the Kessel prison by her cousin in the senate, but since then several dummy corporations have bought up Kessel, which in turn were headed by Andrea so she was basically running the show with her governor relative merely there as a figurehead to keep the senate satisfied it was still a republic organization. In turn he had been named in charge of the holdings when Andrea was absent from Kessel, which she was a lot, he looked at the recent contracts. The republic had tasked them to build logistical droids of some kind in the small foundry on Kessel's surface, the Navy meanwhile had basically taken over the production efforts of the shipyard facilities to produce starfighters and support vessels, some shuttles for republic citizenry were also requested but that was more of a extra order. They were even sending two Arquiten class vessels to safeguard the facility while manufacturing the order for the Republic Navy.

He frowned at that, that meant they were expecting trouble perhaps, he did not like that and reminded himself to have a briefing with the squadrons commanders and captains of the Shadow Defenders to make sure they were informed of potential hostile incursions during the period they were under this contract. He might dislike Andrea to some degree but he would carry out her orders and protect her interests, if only for the trust she has placed in him. Signing the documents with the seal Andrea had given him to accept the terms of the Republic contracts he send the lieutenant who had brought the documents to him to send the reply back to the Republic office the request had come from. "Make sure to include the codes and coordinates for the minefields, we wouldn't want them to fly into them and blow themselves up." He added almost as if it was a afterthought, chuckling to himself. He guessed some of his mistress's humor had been rubbing off on him after all...

Return of the Force 2.

Like Gat suppose I ought to post my character as a example, Darth Andrea mistress over Kessel and established a Sith presence on Korriban due to events in the previous incarnation of this roleplay on the old guild.

Here she is, Darth Andrea, Human sith, Mistress of Kessel and Korriban and managed to piss off a high ranking member of the Syndicate and a admiral in the CIS.

Legend of Renalta 2 (Dark Fantasy)

Sarah's Request

Her nostrils flared and eyes widened as the door was opened and she stared ahead, her skin crawling as she felt a wave of unease come over her as she sensed disturbing energies from ahead. The warrior among them nearly fell into a pit but she ignored it, staring at the Dwarves. Or more to the point their vacant expressions and the monotone of their voices when they warned them to go back. Gritting her teeth as she recalled seeing something similar on several occasions in her past. She spoke up after the warrior woman told the small folk that they were here to rescue them and she let out a dry and humorless chuckle in response.

"Don't bother." She murmured to the party, "I sense a... kind of magic emanating from them... psionics..." She growled and gritted her teeth, her eyes narrowing as she put a hand on her blade strapped to her waist. "Seeing as we are in the Underdark... might be Ilithids, your kind calls them mind flayers, those Dwarves are being controlled... weak minded idiots, wandering into places they shouldn't." She muttered. "Either we obey whatever their masters tell them to... or we need to take them out." She looked at Eins and smiled sweetly, "Doing our best to knock them out or otherwise restrain of course... because in this state they will have no difficulty whatsoever trying to kill us, if that is the wish of whatever or whoever is controlling them."

She snorts, "Can try and see if I can seduce my way to their minds, assuming these Dwarves know how to appreciate Drow beauty such as myself." She traces a lock of hair back from her face, not really looking forward to seduce a bunch of Dwarves of all things, mind controlled ones at that. "We either go back, try to break the hold of whatever is controlling them... kill them... or try and knock them out." She shrugged, "I'm willing to try and see if my words and appearance might snap them out of it, unless one of you or bookworm over there has a better idea."