It’s a Rad World

[Onrai]

[member="Juliet Varos"]

Malachor.

It was here, so long ago, that Vanessa had a base of power, and so too was she returning to it in order to recover a piece of technology and further her work and research on it. At one point, when the interests of her and the Republic had aligned, Vanessa had developed a small series of weapons utilizing the potent power of radioactive emissions as an anti-Force User and anti-Yuuzhan Vong weapon. Though these developmental weapons went to the Republic, prototypes had been around since the original Sith Empire - a prototype of which was located within her laboratory.

Entering through the dilapidated escape tunnel, she sighed at the later of dust covering everything, though she did sense that the artifacts she had left here were still about. Hopefully everything was where she had left it, and there were no looters looking to pick over the remains of her work.

There weren’t any, right?

 

[Juliet Varos]

It was not long ago that Juliet of the House Varos had found herself on Malachor, instructing men on how to properly take over the local politics. Now, she was here once more, picking through the dusty remains of an old lab. It was dusty, but the Dark Side was strong here, and by the Seven Sisters, she loved the Dark Side.

"Grenn, swing the light this way."

The mercenary sighed as he moved the flashlight in his hand, blaster cannon slung across his back. It illuminated another section of the dust-filled place.

"Why are we in this horrible place, again?"

"Because I have told you to be here, and I am paying you to accompany me to protect me."

He sighed again, and continued to watch the door. He hated Juliet, with a great passion.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

Through the carver exit, Vanessa entered into the Trayus core. The sound of footsteps that were not her own caused her to focus on the Dark aside, lightsaber in reserve as she readied herself for whatever could potentially come to worse. She did not expect a scavenger to be here so conveniently at around the same time as her own. And if scavengers ere here... no, the Vinithi bodies and her laboratory opened for her and her alone. There was no way someone could have successfully taken her equipment - was there?

Her footsteps were loud - deliberately so as she began to travel towards the location of her target. She desperately wanted to find these looters and st the least give them a piece of her mind. Perhaps if not, she would still inflict a wide variety of luscious torments upon their frail and broken forms.

She proceeded further towards the sound of the intruders, ready to light up any who came to her with a strike of potent lightning. They had to be eliminated before she could recover the device.

[member="Juliet Varos"]

 

[Juliet Varos]

"This place is absolutely filthy! If I must touch another mite of dust, I am absolutely going to scream!"

Grenn resisted the urge to blast the woman, remembering that she was the one paying him, and sighed, looking around. Until he heard it. A sound. Footsteps.

"Oi, Sithy! Someone's coming!"

Juliet immediately shut her mouth, and her hand crackled with Sith Lightning as she turned towards the sound of the footsteps, Grenn unloading the blaster cannon from his back.

"Halt at once! I am Juliet of the House Varos of Talravin, future Dark Lady of the Sith Empire, and if you step foot in this room, I shall destroy you!"

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

"Is that supposed to mean something to me?" A voice would appear to echo from everywhere in the room. Vanessa was more than familiar with the Trayus Academy, given she had rebuilt the place as a personal laboratory and experimentation facility. She had the homefield advantage, were this conflict to happen. "This place you call filthy was once my foremost laboratory. I dissected countless organisms here, from godlike Jedi to sentient plants." She said. "Suffice to say, Juliet of House Varos, that you've roused a particularly agitated Sith spirit."

A wispy figure, vaguely of feminine form, would appear some ten feet away from them. "So... I recommend putting the weapons down. I'd hate to torment you."

Another figure appeared. "If she doesn't want to, I'd be more than glad to."

All the while, Vanessa began to maneuver herself into position, confident the illusions would keep Juliet and the man distracted.

[member="Juliet Varos"]

 

[Juliet Varos]

What was this? Sorcery? Juliet narrowed her eyes, moving her hand down a bit. There were now multiple women in the room. Great. Illusions. She sighed, purple eyes following the illusions as best she could.

Beside her, Grenn began to sweat. He had not signed up for this chit. Sith magic was way above his head.

"This dump was supposed to be abandoned. Who are you to intrude on my scavenging?"

She was stalling while trying to gain a hold on the situation.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

"And who are you to be such a prissy little Darksider that you think the maker of this place wouldn't have some sort of safeguards here to preserve their work?" Illusion #1 said.

"Yeah, what she said!" The second illusion said.

"Calm down, you two. You know the mistress doesn't appreciate you harassing everyone." A third illusion appeared, chastising the both of them. "And you, what are you doing here?"

Vanessa was slowly stepping towards the duo now, fist clenched as she stayed hidden in the illusion of nothingness. She would only get one shot at this, after all.

"Yeah, what are you doing here?" Illusion #2 asked.

"Shut it and let the main one talk!" Illusion #1 attempted to slap Illusion #2's ghostly form, but it obviously didn't work because they were both illusions. They turned back to the duo.

[member="Juliet Varos"]