Deathwish

[Shaddi]

Erebos had to admit that @Akio Diachi's offer was a rather good one, to have a slicer and operative as him on hand would be very good, especially in the long run. It was this mulling over that didn't make him expect what [member="Ebony Blackheart"] did next and he was a little bit caught by surprise as the blast blew away the flame Tuk'ata and suddenly there was a blade to his throat, he didn't flinch however. He turned his lightsaber off and placed it on his hip and moved his hands to cross them at his chest. "I do not see a civilized creature before me, all I see is a little girl hiding behind bravado and her boyfriend. You do not belong to the sith so I can kill you without reprimand, yet your boyfriend might be sad afterwards but neither of us can do anything to one another, those are the rules that have held the sith together for so long."
His words turned suddenly cold and the fire that was now at the base of the stairs suddenly stopped and began to recede a few steps backwards, as if it was running from something. "The control of fire is the least mastered of my tricks little girl so unless you want me to take more out get that blade away from my throat or you will loose more than just that hand. This is not a threat but a warning." He then said as his voice got colder so too did the air around him and Ebony would feel invisible fingers grip her hand and even though the grip was tight gently guide her hand away from his throat.
His head turned slightly towards Akio as he pondered his usefulness. "What skills do you have and to whom do you owe your allegiance?" This time his tone wasn't as cold as before but it was clear he was no longer simply playing around.

 

[Akio Diachi]

A part of Akio enjoyed watching the two fight each other out like wampa rats arguing over a scrap. He partially hoped one would take out the other and leave him with one less of a problem than he had now. In a perfect world, only, of course.

He was even more satisfied when [member="Darth Erebos"] accepted his offer--or seemed to. It was clear a lie would not help him here, and it had not helped much with Ebony. Perhaps all these strange witch-like creatures were able to tell the difference between truth and lies. It wasnt worth the risk. Akio showed his open palms in a sign of deference, careful to look at his new possible leader's neck and not face. A sign of deference is best. Some say that is sacred to look on the face.

"I am an assassin. Poison is my specialty," he said plainly, "But I can do many other thing. Spy work, sabotage, counter intelligence, these sorts of things," Akio said with a wave of his hand, "I go where there is the most profit, no ties to anyone but myself. I do work for the Hutts on occasion, but aside from that--no one." He paused and looked at the darth carefully, "is this pleasing to you?"

 

[Saff]

She thought. She sighed. She lost. Ebony put her blade away and turned her back to the sith, placing Palm in Palm, "since I'm not going anywhere and I'm out of answers, I surrender" she sighed as she closed her eyes, "tie me up and do what you want, I'll answer whatever you ask then." She now stood perfectly still, forgetting her previous bravado in the menacing presence of the sith. Now she wasn't afraid to say she was well, afraid.

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos seemed to chuckle a little under his mask before he looked towards [member="Akio Diachi "]and then handed him a datacard. "This datacard shall be filled with the most pertinent information you can find on the other sith, any prototypes you can find as well as your own contact information." He said as he was about to hand over the datacard but then he moved his hand up. "Do not try to weasel yourself out of this or I will hunt you down and if you know anything about sith spawn then that will be your fate should you fail in any of the well, well paid jobs I will have for you in the future." He then said as he handed the empty datacard over.
Once that was over with he turned his attention back towards [member="Ebony Blackheart"] and he moved up to her side and then with a simple gesture opened the door to the outside. "I will let you go as well as I can sense you have no information that interests me... at the moment. But should you even stumble upon some information pertaining to the resistance, the rebels or even the force remember this and repay the favor hm?" His voice was calm and collected now and he then turned towards the fire and clapped his hands together towards the fire and it dissipated slowly. "You both are now free to leave if you wish but I will be going towards the spot were they fired and will take, a little "look" around."

 

[Akio Diachi]

His plan had worked, he had bargained to live another day. Thank the masters.

Akio bowed appropriately, careful to keep his eyes on [member="Darth Erebos"], "Thank you master, I am sure you will find my skills--satisfactory. I am nothing if not professional. The honor gained from the art of assassination be rivaled. You will find me when you need me, I am most certain."

Akio carefully checked himself to make sure all his gear was in order and on his person. Old habits died hard.

He carefully looked at [member="Ebony Blackheart"], "It was a pleasure doing business with you and an honor to meet you." He shook her hand graciously, careful to leave his card in her palm, "I am sure we will meet again."

Akio stalked away towards the window where he had set up his escape route originally, genuinely pleased with himself. His paranoia rarely allowed him to follow an opened door.

 

[Saff]

Ebony let out a sigh as she found herself walking along the slums and filth ridden undergrowth of coruscant. She had a grin straight onto her face as she came across the first cantina in an hour. Her mind danced over the past events she had the unfortunate pleasure of finding herself in, so grinned and then giggled, a wonderful day indeed. "And that" she thought to herself, "Is how to outwit a Sith" she mused as she finished typing into her wrist mounted computer. Her final message to [member="Vosstanie Pozhaluysta"] and she wasn't going to be sloppy this time at least, also due to her having no idea where the girl was now. It was a simple message hidden in maybe thirty layers of encryption; not her finest work, but it would serve for what it was. A simple message reading "you're welcome there's no sith after you today" Vague enough to not quite mean anything defined enough to say what she meant.

Now it was her time to relax and breathe easy, she'd had enough with sith for one day.

 

[Akio Diachi]

Akio felt a sense of satisfaction as he strolled down the massive city's walkways. One, possibly two more clientele had been added to his base of contacts. Sometimes the lottery came in disguise, he thought.

It was true he would kill without question for the honor--and the right amount of money-- if asked by anyone. One sith, rebellion, hutt, it didn't matter to him as long as there was a payoff.

Several large ships over head, freighter class and larger, exiting the atmosphere. He was getting closer to the spaceport, a random ship would be his ticket out of here.

It was an easy matter stowing away on one of the heavy freighters. A guard who saw Akio was rewarded with a clean death. Painless and simple, Akio thought, a show of superior training and craftsmanship. One of the ships was bound to Felucia, he chose this one. It hardly mattered where Akio was going, his buyer would meet him there.

Settling in the cargo hold, Akio crossed his legs and let his breathing fall into a gentle rhythmic, hypnotic pace. He would look at the data he recieved later but for now meditation would restore Akio's calm. His mind began reciting his clan's hypnotic mantra;
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.

 

[Shaddi]

As he stood over the smoking ruins of what looked to be formerly a large tank rifle used for the deed. "Captain Peralius, This is Darth Erebos. Tap into my helmets video feed and tell me what you can, then rewind and take the pictures of the two individuals the male is to be placed as a contact but the female is to be watched by the Coruscant information bureau. Then watch it and tell me what you think of them." He said and got an acknowledgement from the captain of his ship.
"Also get through to that same bureau and get the video feed and try and get a positive Id or at least a look of the other two and distribute it to any soldiers we have on leave on Coruscant I want them found." [member="Commander Lusk"] and [member="Vosstanie Pozhaluysta"] wouldn't escape him or he'd at least know what they locked like.