The Countess of Kytrand
Wearing: Raiment of Khemost (looks like this)
Armed With: Chimera (Yellow Bladed Lightsaber)
Days after Draco's adoption.
It was Arianna's turn with the body again.
With the fall of House Io, Arianna was considered the main representative of all Io defector forces. Her authority over them was just under Nathan's own.
As such it was necessary for Arianna to appear from time to time since the collapse. Her magnetic charm, and the fact she had almost single handedly master minded the fall of the House with her betrayal, has kept things in order so far. Slowly but surely, she had begun the lengthy process of indoctrination into the new House Bloodscrawl's ideals.
In-between spending time with her new husband of course.
Arianna was a much different individual to deal with in comparison to Vera. Even after the personality that actually controlled her had rewritten her to be light sided in her thought process, Arianna could still be vain and self absorbed at times, and as far as she was concerned, if there was a servant droid to take care of an issue, why not just let the servant droid do it?
That being said, Arianna more than made up for it in other areas. She was exceedingly cunning at hiding and moving finances and resources around without notice. And she was, of course, a devastatingly powerful sorceress who found her power increased massively since merging with Vera. She never backed down from a fight and always led from the front.
Arianna genuinely loved being in the family. And she genuinely loved Nathan.
And she loved her newly adopted daughter,
Draco Miles
.
Draco's presence had more of an influence on Arianna than she would ever realize. Without her, Arianna might never have gotten the strength to change her way of thinking.
Arianna would have been an ultimately lesser person without Draco in her life.
Arianna lounged around in her quarters aboard the Smile of Percival, her husband was asleep in bed. He rarely looked peaceful, even in his sleep. She could feel his terrible nightmares.
She went over and whispered a spell to try and ease his suffering. It only worked partly. Never fully.
Her pale fingers glided through his hair. He fidgeted in his sleep...
Hours later...
Nathan and Arianna ate breakfast together. Arianna had decided to surprise him by actually cooking.
Her dish? An old Naboo nerf roast recipe.
Unlike Vera, who she shared a body with, Arianna had less talent at cooking. It turned out rather plain. But if Nathan disliked how little salt it had and how dry the roast was, he never said anything. Nathan was past caring about such trivialities.
"Arianna, I have a question..." Nathan asked as he took a bite of the roast.
"I'm all ears, Nathan..." Arianna said reading the morning news from Atrisia.
"Realistically, what's your assessment of the Io Defectors fully integrating into the House?" Nathan asked.
"Oh, Husband, it's going to be touch and go. But I know these people...and they know me. Plus you underestimate how evil House Io was at the end of it all. How crazy The Parliament was..." Arianna said, sipping tea. "They'll take anything different at this point."
She set her tea cup down.
"As a matter of fact, I wanted to finally introduce you to some of the troops today. They'll be leading the the expedition to the Black Fire Lake."
Arianna leaned forward. "Are you sure you don't want me to accompany them to the Lake itself?"
"While you carry my son, no combat missions. Besides, they need something dangerous to keep their skills up..." Nathan reminded her, taking another bite. "Besides, what's the point of being at the top of the food chain if you don't occasionally delegate unpleasant tasks to the lower ranks? Today is a day for us to bond with Draco. If these Veterans are as good as you say, I'm sure they can handle a relatively simple scout job. They aren't going to be going directly into the chamber, right?"
(Cutaway of J. Jonah Jameson laughing uncontrollably)
"Of course not. I gave them strict orders..." Arianna replied. "They are to go in, kill Cultist defenders, survey for possible dangers, and then report back. Simple."
(Cutaway of Ron Burgundy sitting in an elegant chair by a Fireplace)
(Ron Burgundy: sips beer Boy, this is going to escalate quickly! I mean, this is really going to get out of hand fast!)
"Ah, okay..." Nathan trailed, taking another bite.
After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence however, they both looked up from their meal at each other.
"More tracking beacons?"
"Of course darling..." Arianna purred. "More ammo clips?"
"Of course, darling..." Nathan echoed back, smiling mildly.
Fifteen minutes later.
While the grunts would soon heading down to the surface with them, the two adoptive parents went to retrieve Draco from her lavish guest quarters, where she had been left records on the ancient origins of House Bloodscrawl to study up on, as well as a gift from her adoptive mother.
Arianna wore her favorite black dress, Nathan wore his favorite Black Biker gear as they headed down the spacious crimson halls to her room.
"Draco, dear, are you ready?" Arianna called out...none present knowing just how dangerous things were about to get on Atrisia...
Armed With: Chimera (Yellow Bladed Lightsaber)
Days after Draco's adoption.
It was Arianna's turn with the body again.
With the fall of House Io, Arianna was considered the main representative of all Io defector forces. Her authority over them was just under Nathan's own.
As such it was necessary for Arianna to appear from time to time since the collapse. Her magnetic charm, and the fact she had almost single handedly master minded the fall of the House with her betrayal, has kept things in order so far. Slowly but surely, she had begun the lengthy process of indoctrination into the new House Bloodscrawl's ideals.
In-between spending time with her new husband of course.
Arianna was a much different individual to deal with in comparison to Vera. Even after the personality that actually controlled her had rewritten her to be light sided in her thought process, Arianna could still be vain and self absorbed at times, and as far as she was concerned, if there was a servant droid to take care of an issue, why not just let the servant droid do it?
That being said, Arianna more than made up for it in other areas. She was exceedingly cunning at hiding and moving finances and resources around without notice. And she was, of course, a devastatingly powerful sorceress who found her power increased massively since merging with Vera. She never backed down from a fight and always led from the front.
Arianna genuinely loved being in the family. And she genuinely loved Nathan.
And she loved her newly adopted daughter,
Draco Miles
.Draco's presence had more of an influence on Arianna than she would ever realize. Without her, Arianna might never have gotten the strength to change her way of thinking.
Arianna would have been an ultimately lesser person without Draco in her life.
Arianna lounged around in her quarters aboard the Smile of Percival, her husband was asleep in bed. He rarely looked peaceful, even in his sleep. She could feel his terrible nightmares.
She went over and whispered a spell to try and ease his suffering. It only worked partly. Never fully.
Her pale fingers glided through his hair. He fidgeted in his sleep...
Hours later...
Nathan and Arianna ate breakfast together. Arianna had decided to surprise him by actually cooking.
Her dish? An old Naboo nerf roast recipe.
Unlike Vera, who she shared a body with, Arianna had less talent at cooking. It turned out rather plain. But if Nathan disliked how little salt it had and how dry the roast was, he never said anything. Nathan was past caring about such trivialities.
"Arianna, I have a question..." Nathan asked as he took a bite of the roast.
"I'm all ears, Nathan..." Arianna said reading the morning news from Atrisia.
"Realistically, what's your assessment of the Io Defectors fully integrating into the House?" Nathan asked.
"Oh, Husband, it's going to be touch and go. But I know these people...and they know me. Plus you underestimate how evil House Io was at the end of it all. How crazy The Parliament was..." Arianna said, sipping tea. "They'll take anything different at this point."
She set her tea cup down.
"As a matter of fact, I wanted to finally introduce you to some of the troops today. They'll be leading the the expedition to the Black Fire Lake."
Arianna leaned forward. "Are you sure you don't want me to accompany them to the Lake itself?"
"While you carry my son, no combat missions. Besides, they need something dangerous to keep their skills up..." Nathan reminded her, taking another bite. "Besides, what's the point of being at the top of the food chain if you don't occasionally delegate unpleasant tasks to the lower ranks? Today is a day for us to bond with Draco. If these Veterans are as good as you say, I'm sure they can handle a relatively simple scout job. They aren't going to be going directly into the chamber, right?"
(Cutaway of J. Jonah Jameson laughing uncontrollably)
"Of course not. I gave them strict orders..." Arianna replied. "They are to go in, kill Cultist defenders, survey for possible dangers, and then report back. Simple."
(Cutaway of Ron Burgundy sitting in an elegant chair by a Fireplace)
(Ron Burgundy: sips beer Boy, this is going to escalate quickly! I mean, this is really going to get out of hand fast!)
"Ah, okay..." Nathan trailed, taking another bite.
After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence however, they both looked up from their meal at each other.
"More tracking beacons?"
"Of course darling..." Arianna purred. "More ammo clips?"
"Of course, darling..." Nathan echoed back, smiling mildly.
Fifteen minutes later.
While the grunts would soon heading down to the surface with them, the two adoptive parents went to retrieve Draco from her lavish guest quarters, where she had been left records on the ancient origins of House Bloodscrawl to study up on, as well as a gift from her adoptive mother.
Arianna wore her favorite black dress, Nathan wore his favorite Black Biker gear as they headed down the spacious crimson halls to her room.
"Draco, dear, are you ready?" Arianna called out...none present knowing just how dangerous things were about to get on Atrisia...