Become the Crisis
Akkadese Maelstrom, The Maw, Abeloth’s Planet
As the woman known under many names but who now held the name of Vanessa Vantai watched her shuttle slither its way past the final black hole within their route, the sight of a world she had not seen in a great many years became visible to her. It was a world whose sights had briefly been glimpsed by herself and Aristeia Zambrano during their brief trip beyond shadows, a world where Vanessa had once been during the crisis the young Celestial known as Akala had caused. A planet once the home of the Ones - she understood them now. The knowledge of Ooradryl and his siblings still bubbled within her brain, the understanding of what the Ones were - they truly were “what the Celestials became,” as the Killik had said. The shuttle entered the atmosphere as Vanessa turned back to eye a hulking armored figure of a woman who sat uncomfortably in one of the seats behind her: one Joycelyn Zambrano .
Very rarely had Vanessa worked with any of the Emperor’s children but her own. She had crossed paths with many in her time: Constantinius, Evelyn, Farah... even one or more of the various experiments that had formed the line of the Elani Zambranos made over the years. Yet sitting in the back of her shuttle was the Emperor’s most prized offspring, the one Vanessa had divined as his successor were his ambitions to one day overwhelm him. It was surprising that she had received a request from the second Darth Vornskr - such pride Kaine must have had in his spawn to give her his old title as Darth, a title Vanessa fondly remembered him acquiring as Emperor of the last Empire - to accompany her on the journey to fulfill that research which Darth Carnifex had requested of her. Already she had sacrificed her flesh and the mortal boundaries of her understanding in order to grow closer, yet neither Ooradryl nor his spawn understood the operation of the Interdimensional Gates any better than she had as a mortal. Their last interactions prior to and during the resurrection of the fallen Other Space Kaiden had been a tad less than cordial, albeit not overtly hostile, which had raised the suspicions of Vanessa as to her purpose.
“We’re here.” The Triumvir of Power said as the shuttle finally descended onto the grass, its rear door opening and gently touching the ground below. Vanessa looked at the Sith Princess for a moment before realizing that she would be unable to move past her given her heft within the shuttle. She grabbed a satchel, additionally taking with her the sword known as Gorger for use in the event of any trouble. If there was but one thing Vanessa could do, it would be to repair something damaged upon this world, something for her own future benefit. For now, she would need to wait.
“You first.”
As the woman known under many names but who now held the name of Vanessa Vantai watched her shuttle slither its way past the final black hole within their route, the sight of a world she had not seen in a great many years became visible to her. It was a world whose sights had briefly been glimpsed by herself and Aristeia Zambrano during their brief trip beyond shadows, a world where Vanessa had once been during the crisis the young Celestial known as Akala had caused. A planet once the home of the Ones - she understood them now. The knowledge of Ooradryl and his siblings still bubbled within her brain, the understanding of what the Ones were - they truly were “what the Celestials became,” as the Killik had said. The shuttle entered the atmosphere as Vanessa turned back to eye a hulking armored figure of a woman who sat uncomfortably in one of the seats behind her: one Joycelyn Zambrano .
Very rarely had Vanessa worked with any of the Emperor’s children but her own. She had crossed paths with many in her time: Constantinius, Evelyn, Farah... even one or more of the various experiments that had formed the line of the Elani Zambranos made over the years. Yet sitting in the back of her shuttle was the Emperor’s most prized offspring, the one Vanessa had divined as his successor were his ambitions to one day overwhelm him. It was surprising that she had received a request from the second Darth Vornskr - such pride Kaine must have had in his spawn to give her his old title as Darth, a title Vanessa fondly remembered him acquiring as Emperor of the last Empire - to accompany her on the journey to fulfill that research which Darth Carnifex had requested of her. Already she had sacrificed her flesh and the mortal boundaries of her understanding in order to grow closer, yet neither Ooradryl nor his spawn understood the operation of the Interdimensional Gates any better than she had as a mortal. Their last interactions prior to and during the resurrection of the fallen Other Space Kaiden had been a tad less than cordial, albeit not overtly hostile, which had raised the suspicions of Vanessa as to her purpose.
“We’re here.” The Triumvir of Power said as the shuttle finally descended onto the grass, its rear door opening and gently touching the ground below. Vanessa looked at the Sith Princess for a moment before realizing that she would be unable to move past her given her heft within the shuttle. She grabbed a satchel, additionally taking with her the sword known as Gorger for use in the event of any trouble. If there was but one thing Vanessa could do, it would be to repair something damaged upon this world, something for her own future benefit. For now, she would need to wait.
“You first.”