Conquistadorette

[Onrai]

"And I you, Paega." Circe's smile grew a bit wider, happy to have a new friend as part of the retinue. "So, what more would you like to know about the Grand Experiment of mine? I assume you have plenty more questions."

The more questions that she answered, the more she could adequately assuage Paega's nerves.

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

"Thanks..." Paega said with a smile. Now it was time to get some more serious questions down regarding the experiment. "Yeah, I don't know where to begin. Alright, here's one. If this experiment goes as well as its supposed to, what are you hoping the outcome of the experiment to be? And, again, assuming everything goes the way it is supposed to, how will the experiment, uh, effect me? Would there be any lasting effects?" she inquired, throwing questions at Circe in the order of in which they came to the blonde Sith's mind.

 

[Onrai]

"I'm hoping the outcome will be more humanoid offspring. See, I've been doing tests with another subject for a while, and I've developed a gene sequence based on my own that allows for a full gestation with no complications. The issue is that the current offspring, while healthy, are not humanoid. I've been working on a new gene sequence to hopefully change that, one that will be tested with the specimen I intend to get your help with. As for affecting you - there will be no permanent effects once this experiment ends."

Well, Yvorre had been useful to her after all.

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

The blonde Sith Knight nodded. "I see..." Really, if there weren't much permanent effects done to her... Paega was feeling sympathetic enough for Circe to be motivated to participate in that experiment of hers. She took a few seconds to absorb the information. A humanoid offspring? Was she really ready to do this? Paega asked herself for what seemed like the hundredth time. Hopefully she was, Paega hadn't come all this way to say no.

A random thought suddenly struck her as Paega was observing the green woman. "Circe, you said you were a hybrid between Falleen and Zeltron. So doesn't that mean...?" Paega didn't bother finishing the question. After all, both Falleen and Zeltrons were known for their powerful pheromones, and being a hybrid Circe probably inherited such a trait. But maybe that had changed when Circe died and found herself a new body.

 

[Onrai]

"Indeed, I did. When I acquired my new body, part Oasis Mother and Zelosian with a bit of Sylphe thrown in, I discovered that the resulting pheromones were even more potent. Why do you ask?" She raised an eyebrow, intrigued by Paega's question. What rationale did the Sith Knight have for asking about such an attribute?

"Are you curious if I can give you the ability to do such a thing?"

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

The blonde Sith Knight's rationale to asking about such trait was actually part of her ambitious aim to figure out more on how Circe had managed to move to another body. So according to the green woman, her birth traits had stayed the same even when she found herself a new body. That was something interesting to note. This supported Paega's guess that Circe was a powerful Force-User, one worth getting to know.

"Oh no, I was just a bit curious." she said with a slight grin. "So you're a Force-User, obviously. What is your affiliation?" the blond asked, aimed at changing the topic.

 

[Onrai]

"The Dark Side, obviously... I affiliate predominantly with the Sith, though I do assist our allies on occasion." She smiled, eying the woman over cautiously. "So tell me, what would you like to learn to begin with?" Eager to train, she was. After all, the more her knowledge was disseminated, the stronger the Sith became as a whole. A must if war began against the Omega Pyre.

She wondered what the plan was for Paega's training. The woman would learn what she asked to learn.

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

Paega nodded at the green woman's reply. It was a good thing Circe had an affiliaton with the Sith, otherwise the blonde could've reconsidered her decision to help her out. The Sith grinned when Circe finally asked what she wanted to learn. After a few seconds of thinking, Paega gave her answer. "Teach me first how to create a Force Illusion, Circe." she implored. Force Illusion was the one technique Paega found herself greatly wanting to learn.

 

[Onrai]

"Alright. Let's try something simple." Circe left the room briefly before returning with a small sphere. Approximately a centimeter in diameter, the sphere was made of solid alusteel, shined and polished like a marble. She placed it on the table in front of Paega, sliding back onto the bed. "Now. I want you to focus on the ball. Twist the Force into the exact shape of its dimensions and coat it with the perfect image of what the marble looks like."

Perhaps a little dual training in illusions and energy constructs would help @[member="Paega Anginous"] later on in life.

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

Paega gave an excited nod, eager that maybe she could get to learn a thing or two from Circe before they arrived in Thule. She listened intently as she was told to focus on the ball. Twist the Force. That was something the blonde Sith had never even attempted to do, so she decided to give it a try like the green woman had instructed. Extending her hands infront of her, Paega closed her eyes and called on the Force to respond to her. Slowly, but surely, she could feel the Force responding, becoming circular and circular, until it 'coated' over what the marble ball looked light.

"I think I did it.. now what?" she asked, making sure she kept herself focused on the task of maintaining the shape.

 

[Onrai]

"Now, hold it."

Circe stepped over to the illusory sphere of metal that Paega had created. She picked it up, squeezing it as hard as she could, intentionally attempting to stress and crush it. "Hold it together as long as you can. That's all I ask of you right now, Paega."

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

Paega tightened her hold on her Force sphere as she braced Circe's incoming squeezes on it. It was something that required lots of determination and concentration on the blonde woman's part, and she found herself beginning to sweat a little in order to stop the illusory sphere from being crushed under the intentional stress given by Circe. Gritting her teeth, the blonde did her best to maintain the basic shape of the sphere, imagining the perfect shape in her mind.

 

[Onrai]

Circe continued to crush down on it. "Continue holding its integrity until you can no longer hold it. I want to see how long you can keep this up." Dropping the illusory marble onto the ground, she stepped on it, jumping up and down in an attempt to crush the illusion into a fine vapor of Force energy. Eventually, she would break. And when she did, they would move on to bigger and better things.

"Perhaps you'll be constructing energy weapons yet."

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

Paega almost laughed out loud when she saw the green woman jumping up and down infront of her in an attempt to crush the illusory sphere made up by the Force. The entire thing was rather comical, and soon eough Paega lost her concentration and Circe successfully vaporized her sphere into broken strands of Force energy. "Energy weapons? I've never heard of those..." Paega remarked.

 

[Onrai]

"It's an energy construct, made of Force energy, shaped like a weapon. It's sharp like a weapon, able to defend against a lightsaber for as long as you have the willpower. Of course, making one that lasts more than a few seconds is difficult. Even still, I typically form a new defensive weapon to block each strike. It's the easiest method, after all."

She smiled, taking her twin lightsabers out and activating them. "Now, try and form a staff with them. I want you to block my lightsaber for as long as you can with the staff."

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

"Wow ...sounds kind of difficult." she mused after listening to Circe describe how utilizing energy construct worked. Paega knew it would take some time to actually learn to actively use such weapons in combat, and further training would be a necessity if she could get the basics down now.

Paega did as Circe instructed, shaping the Force that flowed through her again, except this time, she concentrated on shaping it like a staff instead of a sphere. The blonde soon felt that it had somewhat formed more or less, and was eager to try it out and see if it actually could block lightsaber attacks.

 

[Onrai]

"Good. Now, let's see how resilient you made it. Hold the staff with both hands, with your hands at their ends." She took the lightsaber out, ready to act... And smashed down on the center of the staff. This would likely end it in a few seconds, dissipate the energy construct, but holding out for any time at all would show that Paega had a great deal of power and ability.

And they neared Thule ever more.

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

Doing as instructed, Paega held the illusory staff that she had constructed from the Force with her hands, gripping each end. Partly curious while remaining concentrated in keeping the Force in its staff shape, she watched Circe's lightsaber come smashing down on what would be the middle of her energy weapon. As the green woman had predicted, the staff dissolved within a second making contact with the lightsaber, but it seemed to have at least slightly parried away the lightsaber slash.

The blonde Sith Knight blinked in amazement, noting what Circe said about how she used different energy weapons for every attack. Paega had grown now to slightly admire the green woman before her, Circe was a powerful Force User indeed if she could utilize the Force-constructed energy weapons in combat. "Wow, thanks for showing me that... hey are we almost at Thule, yet?"

 

[Onrai]

"Indeed we are. We'll be landing within the next few minutes. I'll take you to the laboratory, and we can begin the work." She smiled, pausing to turn away before realizing something. "There are two ways we can do this. Either you stay here for the entirety of the experiment, and there are no worries, or you leave, and I remove the experiment from you and put it into stasis until you come back. The latter allows you the opportunity to move around and whatnot, but you'll be longer incubating it to an advanced enough state that it can function normally without needing stasis to survive."

It was Paega's choice. The long but flexible way, or the short but rigid way.

@[member="Paega Anginous"]

 

[Paige Argous]

@[member="Circe Savan"]

The blonde Sith Knight would listen carefully as Circe described to Paega her options. She could hear the mechanical whirring sound that confirmed Circe's statement that they were close to landing. From what she heard, it appeared as though that there were two options.

Paega thought for a few moments. She was feeling nervous once more now that they were nearing the lab where the experiment would take place. Finally, the blonde woman decided that she would go with the latter. Her duties to the Empire as a Sith Knight required her to be mobile a lot of the times. "I'll go with the second option, Circe.." Paega announced somewhat anxiously as she felt their ship entering Thule's atmosphere.