Private Those Are My Things

[Firrerreo]

"Come now, deep breaths. You just ate. No reason to get snippy." A pale grey hand rested atop the black leathery skin of a Cirmuhai's head. The creature whimpered, clearly hungry. Red eyes fixed on the creature, half shaded by white hair. Watching, studying. Then disgust. It warped through the man's eyes to his cracked lips. His grip on the Sithspawn's head tightened for a moment, then it was laid flat. Gravity itself seemed to increase, forcing the creature immediately prone under his grip. He didn't let the face of the dragonic creature go, forcing it's neck in an odd angle as the rest of it's body was immobilized. Anguished whimpers echoed around them.

"I said don't get snippy."

Metal creaked. The lab Firrerreo stood in twisted and bent as he increased the pressure on his pet. Chairs, desks, all manner of lab equipment, all were slowly flattened. Then, he blinked. And smiled.

"Oh, that's right. You haven't eaten for a couple days. Go on, find a meal." He let the creature go, much to it's relief, his smile ever wide. And ever devoid of any semblance of kindness. He just watched and stared as his dragon removed itself from the indented mental floor, crawling towards the open window before finally taking off in flight. The Firrerreo followed, his hands folding behind his back as inhuman wings stretched out. He stepped over the broken floor of his lab, humming a soft tune. There, at the railing, he overlooked the valley. His lab had been built in the side of a mountain, away from the Galaxy's powers that be. A place for him to live alone and perfect his craft. His body.

"Horus." The misshapen body of what was once human (Maybe) stepped into view, hobbling up beside him. Bowing low.

"Clean this mess already. You know I hate my lab being in such disarray."

Valery Noble | Rhemti Totriddiam

 

[Valery Noble]

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"Stay close to me."​

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Valery told Rhemti with a tone that suggested it wasn't up for debate. At Kahlil's request, she had taken the Padawan on his first mission that could prove to be really dangerous. A mission where she could likely show him more about what the Dark Side was really like, but with Valery's perspective on how to handle it. As a former Jedi Shadow, her methods had always been far more extreme than other Jedi, more offensive, and with very little signs of mercy for those corrupted.​

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This had changed drastically ever since she met Kahlil, and even her Padawan had a huge impact on her own views. But she was still quite different in her methods from Rhemti's Master, so he'd hopefully be able to shape his own perspective using the experience of multiple other Jedi.​

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"I've gotten some vague reports about a Sith in this region creating monstrosities with the Dark Side," Valery said as she walked with him through the valley leading up to the mountain where Firrerreo had set up his base.​

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"We're going to investigate, and hopefully put a stop to whatever is happening here." Then as if summoned by her words, Valery looked up as a large beast with massive wings launched itself into the air from the mountains. It caused her to stop immediately, and she'd just watch it for a long moment.​

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Maybe this was going to be a bit much for the young Padawan?​

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Turning her gaze to Rhemti, she offered a comforting smile. "I think we've found one of our targets."​

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[Rhemti Totriddiam]

For some reason, Master Valery's smile didn't comfort Rhemti, not that he felt exactly cozy and welcome in valley to begin with. The female Jedi Master didn't need to warn the red skinned Nautolan to stay close, the uneasy air about the valley was more than enough to convince Rhem to stay within five feet; not that he was the type to go off and wander anyways.

The grin across his face was more of a nervous one, a facade meant to make others think he was okay. Which he was, for the most part anyway, nevermind the nerves or the uncertainty of what lay before them, a wary curiosity.

The large dark form that flew overhead made Rhemti's stomach lurch, especially when Val spoke up again.

"Darkside monstrosities?" His grin widened to one side, to all others seeming doubtful, or uncertain, for him it was just all nerves that he was hiding behind the smile. "You think that was one of them? What was that thing?!" He made sure his voice wasn't above normal tone, not wanting to draw unneccessary attention.

Valery Noble Firrerreo

 

[Firrerreo]

One target, more targets. More than they realized. The large draconic creature soared high above the valley and past it, refusing to land in the forest. For in it's depths, only death lingered. The Dark was strong, overpowering in just how cold the world itself felt. The creatures of the forest were curious at the landing vehicle. The first to come out, a small squirrel. Brown fur stained here and there by red as it came in closer. Large brown eyes stared up at the Jedi, watching, sniffing.

Then they flashed red. At once the creature leapt forward, it's maw unhinging to an unnatural degree as it tried to bite Rhemti Totriddiam 's throat.

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

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"Do you feel the darkness?"

Valery asked as she moved deeper into the forest with the Padawan at her side. The closer they got to the mountain, the darker the forest seemed to become. It was a sickening feeling that crept up to their minds but was kept at bay by the natural resilience of a Jedi's centered mind.​

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"The stronger it gets, the more difficult it becomes to resist. Try to keep your mind calm, and use the Force as a barrier against it. Do you remember how we formed a mental bridge with Empathy? Rather than opening up, now you must close yourself off." Valery explained but before she could go into more detail, she stopped.​

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She felt something approaching.​

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A small squirrel appeared and while it looked cute, Valery's expression made it seem like she wanted to squash it. She felt its darkness so when its eyes turned red and the beast jumped towards Rhemti, the woman extended an arm and held the creature in a telekinetic grip, just inches away from Rhemti's face.​

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"We got trouble!" she called as she tossed the little Sithspawn against a tree. If it was a normal squirrel, it would have been enough to scare it off or knock it out. But this little demon squirrel was persistent, and moved to attack the Nautolan again!​

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[Rhemti Totriddiam]

"Trouble?!" Rhemti laughed nervously shortly after Valery Noble spoke, the sithspawn squirrel getting tossed against the nearby tree before it ran at him again. He'd just barely gotten up his own 'barrier', as Master Noble had instructed when the murderous vermin leapt at him the first time, thankfully she'd obviously been paying better attention.

His hearts caught in his chest, frozen for the split second when the squirrel slammed against the trunk of the tree, but he didn't stay that way for long; he couldn't afford to as the dark creature got back up to leap at him again. The Nautolan was more prepared this time, raising his hand palm up to stop the sithspawn, a barrier of force energy coalescing before him, directly in the creatures path.

The barrier did little, unfortunately; it protected Rhemti, but only for the moment as the squirrel leapt at him again, going under the force barrier. The red skinned Nautolan barely managed to step out of the way, startled by the change in its movements, causing him to trip over a stray root and land right on his ass. The sithspawn chittered angrily, charging and leaping at Rhemti, taking advantage of the young Padawan while he was down.

Then as suddenly as it had happened it was all over, the small sithspawn severed in two separate pieces that fell to either side of him. Rhemti, without realizing it, had grabbed his lightsaber in defense, almost habit from the training with the remote drone he did daily. His lightsaber hummed as he held it off to the side, not even really realizing what he'd done, his chest just heaving as he sat disheveled on the ground, breathing heavily.

Valery Noble Firrerreo

 

[Valery Noble]

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Seeing the squirrel rise after slamming into the tree, Valery blinked and quickly drew the hilt of her lightsaber into her hand. But it wasn't coming for her — it charged at the Padawan and because of how small it was, striking at it would likely endanger Rhemti as well. Luckily though, he was far from defenseless.​

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With a projected Barrier, he stopped the Sithspawn's momentum instantly, but only for a short moment. The little creature maneuvered his way underneath the barrier after it fell to the ground, and moved to attack again. It was relentless, much like the far more imposing Sithspawn Valery had faced in the past.​

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"Watch out!" she called out, as she felt the danger echo through the Force.​

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But the Padawan was quick to act, and cut the creature down with a sweep of his lightsaber. The squirrel fell dead to the ground instantly, abd Rhemti slowly lowered himself as well, his heart pounding in his chest from what was likely his first encounter that ended this way.​

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"Hey..." Valery said softly as she walked over, her blade extinguished and her hand moving towards him. It gently settled on his shoulder in a comforting way, and she offered him a smile.​

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"Are you okay? We have to keep moving or more of them might track us down here."​

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[Rhemti Totriddiam]

Rhemti just looked up to the female Jedi, his expression lost, dumbfounded, but he nodded to her statements regardless. His expression would be hard to read, if only just from the multitude of feelings and thoughts running through his mind at that moment, confusing even the Nautolan as his lightsaber went off with the click of the ignition.

He'd move, getting to his feet, avoiding stepping near the sizzled squirrel sections without looking at them if he could. Rhemti had never had to kill something before, not out of self defense. For food, survival, yeah, back on the farm, but even that had made his stomach churn, and was usually left to his father or his younger brother Jin when Rhem felt he couldn't stomach it.

"I'm fine." He forced a smile to his lips as he looked to Valery Noble , moving up alongside her, though his gaze was quickly cast away to look around, as if expecting another sudden attack. "Lets go?"

Firrerreo

 

[Valery Noble]

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While the young Nautolan said he was fine, Valery knew that this had been really difficult on him. So she gently squeezed his shoulder before withdrawing her hand, "I know these things are difficult, and we always try to avoid killing as Jedi if we can. But sometimes we must in order to defend ourselves and others." Valery said calmly.​

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"You've done well, and don't worry about it being tough. I'd be more concerned if taking a life didn't phase you." She then turned around and dipped her head one last time in response to his question.​

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"Yeah, let's keep moving."​

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With the Padawan close to her, she picked up the pace just a little bit and continued the path for the mountain. Whether the creator of the Sithspawn they encountered knew about their presence, she didn't know. For all she knew, many of those little creatures were created and they just ran into one of them.​

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But she moved under the assumption that more would be sent their way, so her senses remained on high alert now.​

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