Private Raindrops on Roses

[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops on Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, Vibro-Spear.
Location: Rennaro, Royal Botanical Gardens

Carefully, and ever so diligently, Zolasha set her weapon on her target. Wielding the bladed tool in hand, she closed in on the unaware adversary, and worked her blades closer to the subjects vital point. Taking in a slow breath, she lined up the blades, and with a quick squeeze, cut it in twine. Just like that, she had finished trimming the last of the Bachani plant collection of the four armed goddess. Taking a sigh of relief, she moved away from her patients, and caught the sound of an alarm sounding from her near by terminal. Scowling, Zolasha moved to investigate, and was met with strange readings that scowled across the screen.

There were reports of abnormal levels of radiation emanating from a section of Rennaro's forests, and several members of the sector security were evacuating travelers from the surrounding area. Frowning in confusion, Zolasha began to dig deeper into the report, and was met with a rather strange sight. One of the scouting droids was displaying a series of overgrown plant life, bursting up from the forest like a set of tangled and marred roots. In a way, it reminded her of Felucia, and how the briar dens could become over grown when not properly tended. Regardless, such growth was unusual on a world like Rennara, and nothing that Zolasha knew of should have been capable of growing like this; she had after all, took to studying the worlds plant life since her stay. As the unofficial royal gardener, Zolasha felt something needed to be done, and for that reason she gently reached for the comlink that had been gifted to her. "My goddess, trouble has found you. I wish to combat it with vigor, but your blessing I require."

Staring at the terminal screen, Zolasha's face held a look of concern, trying to work out what could possibly be the cause of this abnormal growth.
Hanaya Enzar

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

Hanaya was reading some large scale military procurement documents in her office quite calmly, her daughter was lying on the floor next to her but had fallen asleep at her feet. The perils of being a single mum of a child that was only semi-sentient, she could see why some people mistook Codru-Ji children for pets, as she slipped her shoe off and stroked her daughter's ear with her bear toes, she began to stir. "sorry little one, I didn't mean to wake you, want to read a few more of these documents to send you back off? Mummy loves you."

A ping suddenly came through the comm that made both of them jump, Hanaya flipped the screen on and saw the face of her friend Zolasha Tyrin .

"Hi Zolasha, it is lovely to see your face, how are the gardens growing?you certainly have a way with the flowers I hear."

"My goddess, trouble has found you. I wish to combat it with vigor, but your blessing I require."

Hanaya smiled and laughed and smiled warmly "What have we talked about regards the goddess thing Zol? What sort of trouble are we looking at? Do you fancy some company of you are going on an excursion, I could do with stretching my legs a little." she could have her shuttle prepped by the time Zolasha arrived from the gardens and they could fly together. Hanaya and the other woman had become quite close since she found her crashed on her world several months ago and she had really taken a looking to her. Although it was easy to like someone who treated you with such reverence, even if you were quite clear that was not expected.

There had also been no further incidents involving plants attacking Hanaya, and that was always a positive thing.
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[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops on Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, Vibro-Spear.
Location: Rennaro, Royal Botanical Gardens

The words from her friend sparked a flushing of color over the Sith's cheeks. The compliments laid upon her were far more than what she was used to, yet there was a duty that she needed to carry out; though it seemed she wasn't best suited for such a task. Immediately, Hanaya set to correct her on her usage of referring to her as goddess, but what was the woman to do? Was it her fault that Hanaya was the very embodiment of her people's goddess of recreation and beauty? She would think not. Shaking her head, Zolasha banished the initial thoughts from her mind, trying to focus on the important matters that her queen needed to know.

"Forgive me goddess, but if your company I could embark upon, fortune may smile upon me." She answered firmly, her eyes looking between the data, and the live feed of Hanaya. Though the woman was a queen, there was a certain aura to her that Zolasha found encapsulating. "The plants my Queen, they grow outside of control. They lack discipline, which I nor you, can bestow upon them." That much was true, for who could control nature. "With your permission, I will prepare to depart, and prepare with you, Queen Hayala." Though their time together had made them close, Zolasha felt it required to keep her friend reminded of just how superior she was to the Sith.

With the support of her queen, Zolasha would prepare a craft for the two of them to inquire upon this matter further. Though, she needed only an answer from her queen to make it so.

Hanaya Enzar

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

Zolasha Tyrin

"then I would love to accompany you, I shall bring my daughter as she also needs to get out and explore." Keeyala looked up at her, made a huff then stood up before retrieving her mother's saber belt. The two Enzar's walked out the door, with Hanaya still in communication with Zolasha "So tell me more, what do you mean by lack of discipline? Is this like when I found you and the plants tried to kill me?" she didn't like that thought, and she despatched a pair of her droid starfighters that would be her escort "I am granting you access to the Angel if you want to get prepared, you should be able to access it now. I like that ship though, so if you run off with it, I will hunt you down and pull your petals off little flower." she laughed, she mostly trusted Zolasha, but the ship she 'landed' in was of Sith origin, so there was always the nagging doubt she wished to return to them. She liked the woman though, she should trust her, if she left and proved herself deceitful, then it was clearly not a friendship worth engaging in.

"Keeyala, you will stay on the ship while me and the Zol investigate, if it is safe enough, I will call you down and you have help us investigate." The girl gave her a canine smile and nuzzled her head into her mother.

Hanaya would meet Zolasha at the shuttle with a warm greeting and a polite hug of a friend before they boarded, that was if Zol was half way to Korriban by the time she got there.​

 

[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops On Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, quarterstaff

Zolasha's eyes rose as Hanaya mentioned bringing her child with her. The Zelosan was going to advise against it, but knew it was pointless to argue with the woman. Hanaya was the queen, and whatever she wished, the Goddess would have it seen done. "As you wish Goddess." Taking the device in hand, Zolasha began to prepare for disembarking, taking her pack and traveling gear with her. Though she listened to her Goddess over the comm all the while. "Yes Goddess, they seem to defy the will of nature, and grow as they please with no thought of life. Most strange." Her face colored a lime green at the mention of their first encounter. It was something that Zolasha had been embarrassed by. Losing control over the wild life was something she had only done once before, as a journeyman shaman, though her injuries were the reason for her most recent failing, it wasn't something she liked to be reminded of. If not for the goddess, she would have perished.

To her surprise, Hanaya was giving her access to her own shuttle, and though there was a small threat attached to her words, Zolasha was a bit stunned that her Goddess trusted her so much with the vessel. "Theft is not a trait I possess Goddess, nor pedals, but I will treasure your vessel, and the trust you bestow me." Fumbling with her pack, Zolasha felt that she had everything sorted out.

Taking up her gear, she made her way to the Angel, and would oversee it's preparations. Though technology such as this was lost on her, it wasn't too hard to beg the droid servants of Hanaya to assist her in the effort.

Needless to say, when the four armed goddess arrived and embraced her, Zolasha's mind panicked. In her tribe, embraces such as this were intimate things. It was a signification of trust, and shared only between lovers, family, or exceptionally close friends. None of which she had thought she and Hanaya were at such a level. Awkwardly, she returned the embrace, and fell in behind the Goddess, giving room for her spawn to follow in tow of her mother as the moved up the boarding ramp.

Sitting down in the co-pilots chair, Zolasha fumbled with inputting the data from the abnormal plant life, her mind half distracted on the embrace she had shared, and the unusual plant life infesting the world before them. "Goddess, these are the sites of the abnormal plant life, though, perhaps it would be best to be here-" She tapped a region of the map, and overlapped it with radiation readings. The section she pointed to, measured at the highest levels. "The radiation here, very strange, but it might be making the plants lose discipline. It could be dangerous for you, Goddess, perhaps I should go. For you to fall ill, would bring bad tidings." She wasn't entirely sure what the radiation would do, but Zolasha did know her people's unique biology made them far more durable to certain environmental dangers. Still, knowing Hanaya, she would refuse the woman's advice and go anyways.
Hanaya Enzar

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

Zolasha Tyrin

Hanaya looked at the reading herself, Zolasha was right, it was dangerous for her and her daughter. "well I suppose I better get suited up then hadn't I my friend." she disappeared to her quarters. Keeyala sat next to Zolasha watching her, it seemed as though she was weighing up this person, a new friend that her mother seemed to granted a level of importance she didn't understand. She walked closer to Zolasha, seeing how she would respond, she couldn't speak common but could understand spoken words.

Ten minutes later Hanaya returned wearing a full body Guarderma Bio-suit, skin tight on a golden metallic design and designed to work with her unusual anatomy. She had her helmet open for now but could activate the shield when ready. She tapped her chest, "a little something from our utility-wear division to keep me safe.

She smiled, "there is one out back that should fit you too if you like? The Ashlan Admiral likes to wear it at weapons tests, worried about her ovaries or something." she laughed, as if Archangel didn't take their own precautions, but Isla was a careful woman.

She say down next to Zolasha and Keeyala, "she isn't sure of you yet, but I am sure she will come around. You intrigue me Tryin, listening to you speak jusy cheers me up, I don't know why," she blushed a little, her position didn't allow her many friends so maybe she was clinging on to this one. "do you think this is a force thing? Or radiological? I suppose we will see when we arrive won't we. Hopefully between my scientific training and your way with plants we can sort it. But if it turns out to be Dregnir, I hope you won't be offended if I have some orbital cannons clear it out." she laughed again nervously, please anything but Dregnir.
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[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops On Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, quarterstaff

Perhaps she shouldn't have been surprised that the goddess was prepared. Watching as Hanaya rose and disappeared into her quarters, Zolasha was left to awkward sit with the young Keeyala. The Sith frowned, watching as the girl stared at her, unsure how to respond. It was unusual meeting species who were long lived. Though Keeyala was nearly the same age as Zolasha, her mental faculties were no where near on the same level. To make it worse, Zolasha had a distaste for children. It was part of the reason she was so focused on being a shaman in her tribe, as a shaman she wouldn't be expected to have a child.

Least as a royal gardener she wouldn't be expected to have children. Hopefully. She made a mental note to clarify this with Hanaya. As Hanaya appeared, Zolasha forced herself to glance away to prevent herself from staring. "Thank you goddess, but I will be fine. My species is well adapted against radiation." She was only a servant to the goddess after all, so there was no need to take outside of her means.

Zolasha raised an eyebrow as she was told her voice cheered up the goddess. She had an idea of why that was. "My way of speaking, it amuses you? I....this is good? Yes?" She smiled, unsure how to feel about something like that. Hanaya made it seem positive, so if the goddess wished it, so it would be. "I think sciences are to blame, goddess. Though if it is this 'Dregnir', then no, I will not take offense. Together, we shall get the victory." She struggled to take her eyes off the form of Hanaya, though that had always been something of a problem on her part. Goddess or no, she had a degree of grace to her form that Zolasha could not deny. Spear in hand, she moved to the door of the ship. Looking back to Hanaya, nodded. "Goddess, I shall protect you with my best abilities." She smiled, feeling a bit of warmth in her chest at the thought. She owed Hanaya much, it was time to repay her for he kindness.

Hanaya Enzar

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

Zolasha Tyrin

"I have even so curious about what your can actually do, you have the feeling of force about you, and I have my suspicions there is more to you than just a pretty gardener." she gave her friend a little wink, in all this time she hadn't mentioned the Sith ship she arrived it. Her ground crews had retrieved it, it would never fly again, it was in approximately three million parts in a storage hangar right now.

As they stepped out, she could immediately see the difference in the vegetation, this area was quite far north in the swampland, it was colder here it and should mostly be low lying bracken, a few small trees and hardier shrubs. But instead it might as be a jungle, thick vines, large bushes and tall trees filled the area. Pulling out a scanner, the radiation levels were all over the place. Her suit would protect her. "are you sure you are OK to handle this Zol? My readings are coming back quite peculiar." she showed Zolasha the handset with all the readings on it and looked at her friend's eyes as she quickly scanned it. Who are you Zolasha? She thought to herself.

 

[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops on Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, Vibro-Spear

Her cheeks took on a degree of color as she caught the Goddess winking at her. The woman's words sparked embarrassment, and she fumbled with words that were unfamiliar to her. Basic had always been a struggle, between pronunciation and grammar, she had often been mocked for her word usage. When actually embarrassed, it became even harder. "Goddess, you embarrass me with needless praise. I have talents, but they pale under your divine splendor." That was about as good as a counter as she could manage. Her ship was indeed a ruined wreck, and her saber was merely a shattered piece of metal. She hadn't even considered asking Hayana to help her repair it. There was no point right now. Zolasha lacked the means to go on the offensive, but with the blessing of her Goddess perhaps in time she could return to her previous form.

Until then, she would remain a gardener.

With the pair leaving the ship, Zolasha grimaced as she couldn't resist the screams of the plants here. Their roots were twisted, branches deformed, and foliage devastated. She gripped the sides of her head, and shook it back and forth in the vain hope to drive the pain from her mind. It faded as she cut herself off from the sensation, though she had found Hayana offering her the readings. Radiation was indeed dangerous here, and Zolasha felt a strange tingle taking to her skin. It felt like when she stood under the might of the sun back on Felucia. It wasn't a danger to her, but rather her body attempting to absorb the nutrients from the sun. Regardless, to feel that past her jumpsuit was a tad alarming. Indeed, this disturbance had some effect on forms of plant life; oddly enough, that seemed to include her. Rubbing away at the sensation sweeping up her body, Zolasha shook her head. "I will be fine Goddess, please do not fret about me. I wish not to burden you." She stepped forward, drawing her spear and extending it. Kneeling down, she felt the grass, and attempted to commute with it, and again was met with a world of pain.

But from the pain, she could feel where it came from, how it trickled into the plants from their roots. She could find the source, and using the pain to fuel her focus, she pushed past the discomfort. Her face grimaced in a mix of pain and anger, Zolasha motioned off to the right through a tangle of roots and vines. "The source is near Goddess, I shall guide you." She managed to get out, then moving to the blockage of plant life. Taking her spear with all the fury behind her, Zolasha smashed through the plant life, cutting through the roots and foliage and stepping through, swinging back and forth and carving a path with an unnatural strength behind her.

She would let nothing block their path, for nothing would come between the Goddess and her goals
Hanaya Enzar

 

[Hanaya Enzar]

Zolasha Tyrin

"I will be fine Goddess, please do not fret about me. I wish not to burden you."

"You have never been a burden, you are fabulous company and I enjoy knowing you, so if you could avoid being fatally irradiated, that would please me." She laughed, don't die, for my sake? What a strange request. It was true though, having her around had been nice. She was sweet, very strange in her behaviors and accent, but very sweet.

Zolasha looked like she was in her elements as she waded in to the plants, not to be outdone, Hanaya activated two of her light sabers and in a whirl of glowing yellow plasma, began carving her own path through the plant life. Her suit shielded her from the worst of the radiation. Above them the two Asp droids hovered and shone their bright search lights onto the forest, but the foliage was too think for them to be much help, instead, eerie shadows made the women's progress that more sinister.

"do you know what you are looking for Zolasha? Or just hoping to know what it is when you find it?" animated plants lashed out towards Zolashe while her back was turned and Hanaya reached out with emerald lightning, turning them to dust before they could strike the young woman. Something snagged at her own leg, catching on her Guarderma suit and briefly tearing it, she felt the stinging as the radiation leaked through before the nano-bots relsealed the breach. Looking down, she was too late to see exactly what had attacked her and she cursed. "watch your footing Zol! She shouted over the noise of their melee against the plants. "something just went for my leg."

 

[Zolasha Tyrin]

Raindrops on Roses
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Equipment: Jumpsuit, Vibro-Spear

The radiation could be felt, at least by Zolasha. It was a strange tickle that seemed to warp around her being. It didn't hurt, rather it felt rather comforting in a way. It was as if she was laying in a bed of solar grass. The warmth and swaying of the tickly sensation was pleasant, though she knew not what it was. One problem however, was that it was a tad bit distracting, and something Zolasha had to mentally block out. "I will try my best goddess." It was all she could manage without becoming distracted once more, as the pair pushed through the overgrown brush.

As the sabers of the woman flaired to life, Zolasha frowned, though she voiced no disapproval. The blades were more merciful than anything her spear could manage, and yet she felt saddened by the destruction the pair brought with them.

Hanaya asked if she knew what she was seeking, and the truth was that she did not. How to best tell her goddess that. Zolasha knew not, well, not in a way that could sense to most. "I feel it speaking to me Goddess, it calls to me, directs me." Her mind wandered, though if by her own accord or guidance from the alien sensation, she could not tell. But the alarming yelp from Hanaya brought her attention back. "Goddess, are you hurt?" Zolasha attempted to inspect her companion, but the closeness of the situation prevented that. Seeing that this infestation was now trying to injury them, sparked a fury within the Sith, and she would not leave this slight unchecked.

Turning to face the wilds before them, Zolasha extended her hands, and forced her will upon that which sought to take them. "You will bow to me!" She felt.the alien sensation around her body shift. The warmth suddenly turned to ice, the tickle sensation became sharp stabs. For some, it might have been enough to break concentration, but for Zolasha it only fueled her focus. Vines and branches reached for her, and stopped short. Zolasha grimaced as the sensations stabbed into her, and as the power threatened to leave her grasp, she directed her power forward. Raising her hands, she forced a path forward, unending root, branch, and brush as she did so.

The weight of what she had done slammed into her shortly after, and she struggled to find her feet under her. "Goddess, forward, we must-" She struggled with her words, and moved forward, using her spear to prop herself up, though she had no more strength for words.


Hanaya Enzar