Coupled Off Corellia

[Connor Harrison]

Kail watched her, playing with his fingers, making small circles on the floor and fidgeting with his nails as she stammered and looked confused. He had laid everything out for her, and immediately felt stupid for doing so. He didn’t owe her his, and certainly not to be faced with such confusion at a situation so clear and traumatic.

”What’s up? And, can you pass me a towel.”

He held his hand out for one behind her – time to get out, the relaxation was over.


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

Instantly, there was a small ping of guilt. She could see that the conversation had already disturbed Kail, and she meant not to do so. Something felt a bit strained, something she couldn't place her finger on, and it was scraping at her mind with clawed fingers. What was this man's beliefs, and what had he experienced? Living statues? Sith magic, and the sith herself? She was trying her best to wrap her head around his words, to the point that she made no response for a few seconds. Only after a vacant hesitation did she seemingly regain contact with reality, and shake her response from hardly moving lips.

"Oh-- um yeah, hold on--"

But before she got to the towels, and just after she stood, she shot another glance back to Kail. "I don't mean to disturb you, I'm just curious is all," her smile was innocent enough, and a bit disheartened by the idea of causing Kail to be pushed back into a stressful place. And then the smile changed, a bit of a smirk blocking her from grabbing the towel. Her hand lingered inches away from a lavender fabric, and she turned again, crossing her arms in a psuedo victory.

"What iiiiiiiffff..."

Her eyes traveled over his naked body, mostly covered by the water and thus blurred beyond recognition. "What if I didn't give you anything, hmm?" Of course, it was a rhetorical question. She knew exactly what that'd mean, and she kinda liked where her mind was going. The mischief was strong in this one, and any opportunity she could take, she'd take. Somewhere, deep down, there was a chance this was something more of a subconscious attempt to lighten the mood, though even Xenia would be unable to immediately detect such low living motives.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

He just smiled at her, yet again trying to backtrack and find the right words. He didn't mind being questioned; sometimes it was nice to rationalise his crazy few months just lived, and share the strange and damaging exploits he had experienced.

"Xenia, it's fine, honest. You can ask me anything you like, I've nothing to hide or be ashamed of. Besides."

Cocking his head to one side, he gave a slight roll of his eyes and patted his hands up and down on the floor, looking up at her with that grin of self-satisfaction.

"What IF, you just hand me that towel because believe it or not it's starting to get a little chilly in here now. And something tells me there's more to this conversation than you want to admit, so 'what if' you just tell me what's on your mind?"


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

Oh my gosh. What was he implying? Xenia's eyes rolled a bit, mostly out of humor, but fell back on the naked man. No, she rather liked this idea. Her smile gave proof of this, and she edged away from the pool's edge. She knew that, if she were too close, she might risk being pulled in. Without hinting at her thoughts, much, she began to edge away, hopping up onto her feet and swiftly backtracking steps. Her smile only kept growing.

"Oh no!"
She was mocking him now.

"Chilly?"
It became cruel, though constantly in jest.

"Then... the longer you're in there..."
She motioned for him to get out of the pool, giggling.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Slowly, Kail smiled to himself and dipped his head back in the water, submerging himself for a second. The water devoured his face before he broke the surface again, wiping the droplets from his eyes as he exhaled softly.

”It’s not too bad actually; I just need to move around a little more.”

He reached his hand out one more time.

”You gonna hand me that thing or not?”


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

Nice try.

But she was smarter than that. At first, she moved to hand over the towel, but quickly caught herself, smiled, and tossed it towards the pool's edge. Shaking her head instead of clucking her tongue she gave a more belly filled laugh. "Yeah right, I'm not coming close to you until you're out of there." She didn't know if Kail was thinking of pulling her in at all, but she was aware of the possibility, and she knew that he'd do it without fail should the idea have planted in his mind as well.

"So... sith... uh, magic?"

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

With a sly grin, Kail reached for the towel and looked at Xenia as he dabbed his face with the soft, cool material.

”Yeah, Sith Magic.”

Wading left towards the shallow stairs leading out of the pool, Kail almost forgot she’d probably be watching him exit. Kail stepped up and out of the pool, water dripping from his naked body, all too briefly revealed before he wrapped the white towel around his waist before turning to her.

Stretching his shoulders, he stepped off the marble surround onto the stone floor, wet feet drying with each step on the warm material. Walking around the back of the rocks where Xenia was, Kail moved towards the rack of fruit by the chiller units, full of bottled water and wines.

”Magic that’d make your skin crawl.”

He pulled a fresh peach from the pile and bit into it, savouring the sweet juice and soft flesh he worked around his mouth.

”Real nasty stuff. Give you nightmares. Leave you looking like this!”

Turning his scars to her, he smiled and bit another bit of fruit, smacking his lips. Looking around the room, stars still twinkling above, Kail nodded to himself.

”I don’t think I ever need to leave this ship again y’know. You can be the dignitary for both of us I think. Why do you ask about the magic, anyway?”


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

Even still, everything he was saying sounded like a joke. But he was saying it so seriously. Magic? He was talking about, like, magic? She had never encountered much a thing in her life, and certainly had not spent much time pondering it as a real-life-thing. She couldn't help but eye him, though she kept herself above the waist-- okay, not completely, but for the most part. It was more a challenge to her, and a testament of her will power than anything else. That said, when she did look down, one eye brow raised, and she set her gazes back at the man with an impressed smirk.

"Looking like that isn't so bad... I don't think..."

She gestured to, well, all of him. And she didn't respond verbally to much else, instead just coming closer to the man, not afraid of the moisture still left on his skin. The dainty white of the towel wrapped around him, low waisted, looked horribly out of place atop the gruff and rugged specimen. But it rubbed her in a way she couldn't shake off easily, forcing her to swallow hard when drawing nearer.

"You understand you sound... I don't know... crazy, right? Magic? Like..."

She made a girly show of hands and surprisingly good sound effects-- a scene of waving one's finger followed by a brief display of 'jazz hands.' Statues? That punched him? The point of a statue was that it stood still.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

From the corner of his eye, grinning slightly at her cheeky analysis of events, Kail bit into the peach, turning to get another one, and when returning he waved his index finger at her.

”Mm – “ he worked the peach in his mouth, swallowing, ” – you have no idea. In a galaxy full of Jedi warriors who can do all sorts of things, bring down starships with a blink of the eye, destroy planets with their mind…all that crap, you mock what I saw inside a Sith tomb on a Sith planet with a Sith Knight?”

Kail looked around and nodded sarcastically.

”Ok. You’re right. I mutilated myself and made everything else up just to sound good. I thought who needs a jaw? Cut out the muscle, implanted a metal plate and cut my bone away and stitched myself up just to woo some princess one day with stories about Sith Magic.”

He spat out a stone into his hand, turning to put it on the counter. He bit into the second.

”You got me Xenia.”

Chewing the fruit a little more, he looked at her, no trace of annoyance in his face or tone at all. He smiled a little, leaning back on a rock opposite her, the water soothing around them and the lights above twinkling away.

”You’ve not seen much of the galaxy, have you.”


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

She didn't like being mocked or belittled normally, but this felt a bit different. A bottom lip quivered in psuedo counter laughter, but she just gave him an earnest look instead. There was sarcasm there too, to be sure, especially at his long winded debunkery. But she stepped forward with a dominant claiming of territory, one hand raised.

"I've seen the galaxy, for the most part..."

Though, everything was relative. In truth, she had not much seen the galaxy, so much as traveled a few places at far distances from her home planet. More often than not, she had been within the Omega space, and had orbited into deep space for long bits of her childhood.

"Jedi? You mean the Republic? What powers?"

Her tone was a challenge of sorts.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Second plum finished, Kail smiled as he listened to her prattle on, turning to drop the stone and pick a handful of green grapes. He could get used to his – he hadn’t felt as refreshed in days...weeks….months.

He popped one in his mouth and crunched it, a sweet taste spread around his mouth with the soft flesh under his teeth.

”You’ve not seen anything, princess. I can tell – you’ve been swept up with this life of duality, one part thrill seeker, one part fed with a silver spoon. You’ve seen the galaxy that you’ve been allowed to see. You’ve not seen it when it’s unleashed, unreserved and when you’re least prepared for it.”

The grapes proved a good distraction to avoid laughing at goading her, but her irritation was rising. He was enjoying this.

”Jedi, Sith, all warriors with the Force and Magic and what-not at their fingertips. It’s scary, but fascinating. I’ve been around Jedi on Midvinter, and Sith, of course. They can throw you miles with just a thought. Their power comes from everything around them that they want to manipulate. I’ve seen, and received, great wounds and pain from those with the Force. Jedi and Sith is just a tag for which side of the fence they are on, but they both can do the same damage, it’s a matter of who uses it.”

Kail held a grape out between his thumb and finger.

”Powers can get into your mind without you even realising it or stopping it and they are in there – twisting the knife, raping your memories and your free-will for their own gain and they don’t care if you survive it or not. Powers that can reduce a man to nothing, or elevate them to near God-like status with life and death at the fingertips. Basically, their power can do this to you – “

The grape exploded under the pressure he applied, torn skin and flesh dripping to the floor.

” – and then you’re really screwed.”


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

The display made Xenia want to roll her eyes once more, but she refrained from doing so. Honestly, she was trying to wrap her mind around it, but he continued to be so very vague. As if he knew about that which he spoke, but not well enough to say anything very specific. Her batting eyes traced his examples and acute movements, looking for any hint of him 'pulling her leg' or something to that degree. It was hard to believe that a man as rough and torn as this would be blabbing about magics and powers from the galaxy. She had not taken him for someone so attached to lore and myth. Xenia looked down at the ground where the grapes guts had fallen, frowned a bit, and then back to Kail.

"Uhh, they pop you like grapes?"
Then she pointed to the mess.
"You're cleaning that--" but another droid had probably already eyed it.

Her lips snarled into another grin and she neared the male, reaching to touch his bare chest with her fingers so that expanding palms could lay between her and him. "I gotta say, mister mercenary, I hadn't expected you to be preaching about magic and lore." Her left hand made spirals across the trained and muscular pectoral there under, just above the nipple. A small niggle consumed her bottom lip when she latched eye upon eye with the older man.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Kail stood his ground, a small accomplished smile on his face as Xenia came closer, enjoying her fingers splayed over his chest, being close to her beauty and simply…enjoying.

”The droid’ll clean it. And yeah, they crush you like a grape. Pop.”

He reached up and rubbed his hands over her hips gently.

”But you mis-read me, Xenia. I’m not preaching anything. It’s all beyond me. But I’ve seen it and felt it. You asked the question – I just told you what I know. Well, just the tip of it.”

And then he reached up and gripped onto her thin arms, the tiniest hint of muscle under his palm and the sudden jolt of panic from her.

”And THAT is what Sith Magic does. It reels you in and BANG! Strikes!”

Moving his leg to the left and using his strength, he pushed down and dragged Xenia left, towards the edge of the pool without hesitation and let go, where gravity would simply take her over the edge and into the water below.

The splash and scream was satisfactory, and he raised his arms out wide in a victory stance with a grin.

”Much better than being punched in the face by a statue, wouldn’t you say, princess?”

As she spluttered, breaking the surface, he gave her a bow. And a smile.


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

"Wha-- no, Kail-- Kail-stop! Kai--"

Splooooosh.

When she came back up, her arms were in a flurry of movement and her breaths were segmented by furious laughter. Well, some sounded more like shrieks of terror, though she would obviously be fine. Gripping the edge of the pool, she bore non lethal fangs at the toweled off man, the green glint of her eyes beaming him down.

"I... swear to god... Kail..."

And she was off, pushing through the water with enough speed to make a clean leap out and onto the flooring with sucking noise. Water now dripped from her, she didn't even realize exactly what he had done, and her clothes were rendered invisible. The black lining of her undergarments was plainly visible under the white of her shorter attire, which now clung to her in a series of wet folds and skin tight coverings. When she stood, her eyes befell the man with a vicious pay back promise--

"Why would you-- you're so dead, you better start running...!!"

She pointed to the nearest exit as if to guide him, and began her predatory approach, the glinting smile present even under her violent claims and even more violent, stampeding walk.

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Resting his hands on his thighs, rubbing the towel and drying his hands, Kail grinned and chuckled to himself, turning into laughter when he saw the water-logged Xenia standing before him, a rather seductive and alluring stance, trying to comprehend his actions.

”Well you did need to cool off a little, wouldn’t you say? Told you the water was chilly.”

Turning as she pointed, coming towards him, Kail turned and reached, pulling a towel from the rack beside him.

”You want one of these?”

He held it and smiled, not moving; just grinning at her, wondering what her next feeble action would be.


@Xenia Nastassia

 

[Xenia Nastassia]

Hyperspace;
Perlemian Trade Route;
Luxury Levels.

She had given up before she got there, snatching the towel in a feisty defeat and pounding the bottom of her clenched fist against Kail's developed upper torso. Refusing to use the towel just yet, she came against him and pushed him back only to follow him and pull herself closer still. "You're a real piece of work, frack," she said through explorative hands, pushing over the lumps of muscle and over slippery skin. One hand snaked around the back of his neck and gripped his hair loosely, nails scratching over a sensitive scalp and pulling his face towards hers. Another clipped like claws, now, at the border of the towel, loosening its tie around Kail's waist. With a controlled motion, she'd bring herself to his ear and whisper with cold words.

"Well... while we're here..."

[Exit]

[member="Kail Ragnar"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Letting a small satisfactory sigh crawl up from his throat as she came closer, feeling her wet skin on his, he placed his hands once more on her hips.

”Don’t deny it, without me now you’re life would be so…ordinary.”

Shivering with pleasure at her nails over the nape of his neck, and convulsing gently as she teased his towel, nails glancing over his skin, he brushed away a few strands of wet matted hair out of her vision.

”And, excuse me, you denied me something earlier, so…”

Gently patting her hand, he held her wrist and brought it up before his face, kissing her hand.

”…fair is fair. You need to cool down. Again.”

And with a grin, his hand was on her right shoulder, pushing her sideways and guiding her with his hand on her wrist, with a satisfying spin to send her with another, if slightly vulgar, scream, over the side and into the pool with a satisfying splash, illuminated greens and blues disturbed by her body in the water.

This time, he laughed. Lots.


@Xenia Nastassia