Private Rage Therapy

[Ghruna]

Aris Noble
Dawn Temple

Ghruna had never felt such boredom. She had a plain white ceiling and a camera pointed at her. Her fingers were still sore from punching the floor, but she hadn't broken anything.

She was a maldrani, daughter of the warlord Jhyrack; her bones were strong.

She let out an emphatic sigh.

She stood up.

She sat back down again.

She started to wonder how much of this she could take before her brain just shut down from boredom.

 

[Aris Noble]

"This isn't really a proper cell, is it?" Aris had approached, speaking up only when he stood on the other side of the glass. Pain, or the memory of it really, flashed through his mind as he stared at the girl who so resembled her father. The red hair that had once been a source of discomfort.

The same as the hair that now drapped over his own shoulders.

"Zaiya captured you. I'm curious."

Ghruna
Mentions: Zaiya Ceti

 

[Ghruna]

Aris Noble
Dawn Temple

Ghruna slowly lifted her head. She frowned as she took in the young man standing there. He was particularly tall for a human, with flame red hair.

The maldrani suddenly felt very self conscious about herself and how she sat. She drew herself back to her feet sharply and smoothed out her jerkin.

"Through trickery," Ghruna said plainly. "What... Er... What are you curious about?"

 

[Aris Noble]

"The why." He spoke just as plainly, raising a brow briefly at the discomfort. Was it the mention of Zaiya? What sort of trickery had she done to warrent that expression? He was quick to misunderstand, but he didn't mention it aloud.

"I don't know what happened, but I figured you'd tell me."

Ghruna

 

[Ghruna]

Aris Noble

Ghruna crossed her arms rather firmly over her chest. She made a little sound of annoyance at the back of her throat.

"Why must you come and ask me?" she asked rhetrorically.

"We were going to ambush the Jedi. I was going to defeat several on personal combat."

Ghruna made sure that she slightly flexed her bare arms, displaying her strength. She didn't even notice that she dkd so.

"And then betrayal," she said without irony.

"I was trapped in a forcefield and...."

She took a breath.

"I was so annoyed by her endless talking that I threw myself at the energy shield and..."

Ghruna shrugged and looked away in embarrassment.

 

[Aris Noble]

"To hear your side." He answered, and sure enough she answered anyway. That made sense, though. Zaiya’s skill with technology was always an asset, and he imagined her barriers only got better. Though, she threw herself at the barrier? And knocked herself out, presumably?

He did his best to stifle a laugh. Really did his best.

"To impress your father?"

Ghruna

 

[Ghruna]

Aris Noble

"Do not laugh at me!" Ghruna snapped.

It didn't come across as angry. She was a fierce maldrani warrior, but she was also an adolescent who was trapped in a cell with a tall and rather well proportioned young man laughing at her.

The corner of her jaw twitched in tension.

Then the Jedi mentioned her father. She turned slowly and let her hands fall to her side.

"What do you know of my father?"

Suddenly that tension revealed her nerves. Eventually he would hear of her embarrassing failure.

 

[Aris Noble]

"I'm not laughing at you, more laughing that I'd have done the same." He shrugged, not dwelling on it. Her reaction to the mention of her father was enough for him. Aris reached up, idly rubbing his jaw.

"He throws a very mean punch from what I can remember. Pretty sure he knocked me out cold a couple times."

Ghruna

 

[Ghruna]

Aris Noble

"Hmph," went Ghruna.

She was not entirely convinced by his explanation, but she turned back towards him.

"You have fought Jhyrack?" she asked.

Ghruna stepped closer to the edge of her cell.

"And you are alive. You must be a fierce Jedi."

She took only two more seconds to reach what was - to her - a perfectly rational next request.

"You should fight me!"