She Said Dead Bones, Right? [Ardana Nilim]

[Darth Ayra]

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Darth Ayra was stood on a spire overlooking Hanna City. Dressed in a Sith robe, she looked different to the woman that owned the building that she was stood upon, as well as the company it represented; and yet Alicia Drey and the Sith Lord that she was were the same person, only leading separate lives. Her life as a businesswoman who was the CEO of a Tier three company was to forward the work she led as a Sith Lord.

And that was why Ardana Nilim had been summoned to the spire of Chandrila DataTech's headquarters. Darth Pandeima, Ayra's Sith Master, had given orders to their new subordinate. As the progression of their scheme went forward, the Sith Apprentice would join Ardana her latest task.

But first she would need to arrive. In the mean time, Ayra took the moment to observe Hanna City's skyline. It was a beautiful city.

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

Ardana had docked the Niathal in position next to Chandrila DataTech's headquarters. The gift given by Darth Ayra would certainly be of great use to her during her travels around the galaxy. Just recently given her task by Darth Pandeima, Ardana felt Ayra's summons must have been important if it meant delaying further progress, even if it was just for a bit.

The spire was an impressive building in all its glory. As she docked, Ardana couldn't help but wonder how such a meeting place could be available to the two. But she only knew so much,it was obvious Darth Ayra had connections to the place of some sort. Ardana would find out soon enough.

As she reached the room, the doors quickly slid open and shut behind her. Before her stood a hooded figure staring through a window at the beautiful city below. The silence had to be broken, "You summoned me, my lord". [member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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"Hello Ardana." Ayra averted her gaze from the city to her subordinate. Night was slowly coming over them. Wind bellowed, lifting her robes like a black specter in the sky. She smiled. "Good to see you again. I brought you to Chandrila to help you with the task set to you by my Master."

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

"Really?" Ardana was surprised that the sith lord would take away from her time to help Ardana in her assignment. "I must say the extra help would be...appreciated. Will make things go a lot faster anyway. Well then, where do you propose we begin this task?" Ardana stared about the room, remembering her past thoughts about the spire. "And if I have permission to speak freely my lord, how did you gain access to this establishment?"
[member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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"I am the owner of it," Ayra replied in a solemn voice before gesturing. "Walk with me." Turning away from the skyline of Hanna City, the Sith Lord and her subordinate turned into the hut that contained a flight of stairs. Descending into a hallway, they turned into a hangar bay where the Niathal, which Ayra had provided to Ardana on Sojourn, was currently parked. "I presume the access codes are the same?" she asked, coming to a stop at the mouth of it's entrance.

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

"Haven't changed a thing" she replied while entering the codes. As the door of the Niathal slid open, Ardana sat herself in the chair in the front of the ship, ready to take off. "I don't suppose Darth Pandeima has a specific preference of bones, besides being full skeletons. Where shall I plot a course for?" [member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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"We're headed to the Buoyant system. It holds a planet that has a low sense of gravity and is perfect for hunting an unknown species; and much like Sojourn, is a world not known to many. Pandeima is a very precise, so when she said dead bones, I know she meant any or you should of specifically stated so."

Ayra set up the coordinates in the navi computer. She gestured to the flight stick. "Your ship, your flight. This also gives me a chance to give you some training."

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

"Buoyant system it is". Ardana flew the shuttle out of the hangar bay and left her seat. She then turned to Darth Ayra. "Training...you say?" [member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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"Yes, training." She lifted her feet onto the dashboard of the Niathal's cockpit and leaned back in it's co-pilots seat, closing her eyes. She said. "If you're going to work for me Ardana, then you're going to need to learn a few choice things; and perhaps I foresee our partnership blossoming into something more in the horizon. We'll see."

Ayra fell asleep, while the Niathal made it's way to Buoyant.

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

"The training would be most appreciated my lord, it is part of what I sought in the first place. I shall wake you when we have arrive..."

After traveling across the galaxy, the Niathal eventually arrived at the destination: Buoyant. It was a planet with low gravity, and involved a history of Darth Plagueis and his apprentice hunting the indigenous creatures to hone their skills. As she landed the ship, Ardana could see dense forests as well as arid wastelands beyond. She flipped a final switch on the panel above her, "We have arrived my lord". Ardana opened the doors of the ship and walked down the loading ramp as Ayra awoke.
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[Darth Ayra]

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Not that Ardana knew about Buoyant's history with the Order of Sith Lords. At least not yet. Darth Ayra was heavily considering making Ardana her new apprentice. But time was their master. She would need to test Ardana's resolve, resourcefulness and force potential before deciding whether or not to welcome her into the fold fully. There was also the matter that Darth Ayra was still the Sith Apprentice; and that it was the aspiration of herself and Darth Pandeima to constitute a perfect Rule of Two, where neither would try to kill the other and instead rule together forever. She would need Pandeima's permission to train Ardana in the ways of the Sith first.

She felt the ship land. Stirring from her seat, she opened her yellow eyes and locked them with Ardana. "I presume we're here?"

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

[OOC] There goes me with my preemptive information giving again : P I didn't mean that my character knew that when I said it, but yeah I get what ya mean, sorry

"Indeed" Ardana replied. She stepped down onto the terrain of the planet. She stared out into the dense wilderness of the forests, and wondered what lay beyond. "No doubt a fine place for the collection of these bones. I sense stirrings in the forest...hear them as well. There are creatures here, my lord?" [member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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"Yes." And just like that, Darth Ayra undressed in all her splendor and beauty. Wind bellowed around them, creating goosebumps on her chalk white skin. She said to Ardana as she took her clothes off. "Today, you and I become one with nature. To understand how life works is to become it's master. Become attuned to the natural way of things you can become it's guide. In essence, today you become the hunter and everything on Buoyant, bare me, will be your prey."

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

Ardana was not phased by the naked body of the sith lord. To be powerful in the dark side of the force, and more importantly, to be a sith, one had to not care about petty things such as showing skin, but instead for more important things, like hunting said prey. She questioned whether to do the same as Ayra did, but ultimately decided it was for the best, if she was to feel attuned to nature. She unhooked her saberstaff from her belt and undressed, then flipped into the air, landing on a wooden log nearby. She crouched down and stared deep into the dense forest, and took a long, deep breath through her nose. "Focus your senses...feel your mind come together with nature and the force" she thought. [member="Alicia Drey"]

 

[Darth Ayra]

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Together they set off. A Vibroblade was passed to Ardana from the Niathal, with Ayra holding another in her left hand. The grass was cold below their feet, the air cutting into their bodies and pieces of twig and the like scratched and dug into their bodies as they made their way through the forest. Specks of drizzle from the sky joined in the natural assault on their exposed bodies, but not yet a down pour.

As they made their way through the forest, Ayra said. "Exposed to nature, we are made to suffer. The ground below our feet, as well as our surroundings is cold and harsh to our skin. Over the course of time our bodies begin to wither under natures torment, giving us illnesses that can be fatal if not treated correctly. In these technological times, people such as we have forgotten how unforgiving nature can be as our technological marvels allow us to live simple and protective lives, shielding us from the truth."

They came to a stop behind a clearing just as the Sith Lord finished her exploration. A beast was ahead. No classification was known, as no study had been made of the bellicose species that existed here. The only other known time that Buoyant had been visited from outside forces was when a Muun and a Human had done what Alicia and Ardana were currently doing: understanding nature and the way of things. But no galactic record of them existed either, so it was an assumed guess that Buoyant had been visited many times and nobody had yet left a mark on it to tell the tales.

"Look upon this beast, grassing in the grass. Oblivious to our presence, unknowing of it's transference from predator to prey. Until our arrival Ardana, this was the apex predator of Buoyant. There were the rulers of this planet, free to roam it's forests and lay waste to each other or those lessors that provide it with nutrients and sustenance. It will fight us, as all prey do at the prospect of death. But we have seen a target to be cultivated and subsequently executed at the tip of our blades to understand the truth."

She turned to Ardana. Ayra's eyes glowed a malevolent yellow. The dark side of the force. "That in this galaxy, at the very basic of things, you have predators and then you have prey." She leaped out of her position in a Force Leap and raising the blade above her, Ayra swung the Vibroblade down towards the beasts neck.

 

[Ardana 'nilim]

As the sith lord leaped towards the unsuspecting beast, Ardana whispered to herself, "And all prey meets its end soon enough" she laughed and ran to join in on the fight. She sprinted and flipped into the air at a small height and landed right before the creature. Before she arrived, Ardana had heard the slicing impact of Ayra's vibroblade against the beast, but of course this didn't matter to the acolyte. It was merely for good measure, perhaps Ayra had missed or the impact just didn't deal the killing blow, besides...Ardana couldn't let her have all the fun, now could she?

Ardana darted towards to the beast's side, stabbing the blade into it and ripping it across. She smiled as blood splattered at her face from the large wound. To some, this may have been seen as a sign of pure evil, but she saw it as simply embracing the dark side and the natural order of things: Predator vs Prey, as Ayra had said. The creature had fallen down after the brutal strikes, and Ardana swiftly pulled the knife out of it's right side. She turned to Darth Ayra, "Forgive me my lord, it seems you already had everything under control with that one..."

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