Utapau...What a World

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael stood on the edge of what some might deem a bottomless chasm. The hole extended deep into the ground as did hundreds of others like it all across the planet. He was on Utapau of course, the world of a thousand sinkholes. The Sith lord stared down into one of these massive chasms, knowing full well that down there somewhere was a city, filled with people.

He frowned slightly as a powerful gust of wind struck him almost knocking him backwards. The wind at the edges of the sinkholes were powerful, and Soliael had forgotten that. With a swift motion Soliael wiped his head, running his pal over the stubble that now graced the top of his scalp. He had cut his hair only days before, an effort to look less like his father. Of course that particular effort was rather hindered by his eyes, and the structure of his face. Then again it didn't matter in the long run, Moridin would soon be forgotten and his own face would replace his fathers.

The Sith let out another sigh, and then looked down into the chasm. He had to go down there, and he had no speeder or transport to tell of. Soliael's heart began to race, his blood pressure going up as he thought about what he was about to do.

With his orange eyes he gazed once more into the deep, and then he turned around. He walked away from the edge of the massive sinkhole and then turned about. He let out a sigh, and then turned on his heel. Then without a second more of notice Soliael ran as fast as he could. He bounded off the edge of the sinkhole and dove into the deep.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith didn't remember the time when she was still good... on the Light Side of the Force. She didn't remember how she turned. She only knew she is corrupted and can never become good again. The Dark Side was powerful enough to manipulate her, to take her into its massive hands of sadness... and rage. The Dark Side wasn't good. It was awful. It was disgusting. But it now seemed to be the only way.

After the final corruption which took place on Tund, Lilith had discovered information about a Dark Side sect. They were called Sorcerers of Tund. But not a single sorcerer could be found anymore. They had all died. And the planet was empty now. There was no life anymore. But the information buried under the planet's surface was more important than her own life. She had learned the ways of the sorcerers, she had learned to use the Force. Well, she wasn't very good, but at least she was better than before the corruption.

After that... Lilith started traveling around the galaxy with her trusty staff which she decided to call Følges. Now she happened to be on Utapau. A strange planet... but, well, she was here, so she had to do something. Maybe she finally had the chance to create illusions to people? It could be awesome.... But as she walked closer to a huge hole, she noticed someone. He seemed to be thinking about going into the hole, so Lilith hid herself. She looked at him closely, trying to understand who he could be.

Yes, she didn't know the person, but he didn't seem to be a threat. After all, he seemed to be... a Sith. Or a Dark Side person. She wasn't sure yet, so she decided to follow the man.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

There was something about the feeling of falling that Soliael truly enjoyed. Perhaps it was the feeling of wind in his face, or perhaps it was the feeling of absolute unpredictability that came with hurtling towards the ground at terminal velocity. Whatever it was however Soliael decided that he would have to do this more often, of course perhaps a little less reckless than he was doing right now. Quickly he neared the bottom of the sinkhole, in the bottom was a massive lake, much like every other sink hole on Utapau.

Soliael smirked as he neared the bottom, and then just a few feet away from the lakes surface the false god whirled himself around. Using a combination of the force and his own agility Soliael flipped himself feet first, at the same time launching a massive wave of the force out towards the surface of the lake.

The force push broke the surface of the water, causing it to swelter and wave just seconds before Soliael crashed into it.

Within a second of hitting the lake Soliael was deep underwater, his velocity carrying him more than a dozen feet below the surface. He hung there suspended within the lake for a few minutes looking up above the surface. After a few seconds Soliael pushed himself upwards and rose to the top of the water. He smirked slightly as he saw the city embedded within the wall of the Sinkhole.

Step one complete.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

The man seemed a bit crazy, but, well, Lilith was crazy too, so... She walked closer to the edge of the huge sinkhole. Well, it really was windy there. But she managed to stand still. She had to.

She didn't have the courage to jump down to the hole, but she just had to do it. So she forced herself to jump down. Because it seemed like the only way to go down. Maybe if she reached the bottom of the hole, she could use Force Push to prevent her body from getting hurt. The hole was really deep, so most likely she would've died from the fall.

But she didn't. She did exactly like she had planned. A few metres before reaching the bottom, she used Force Push and she falled perfectly down. But she saw the man again, now even closer to her than he had been before.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

By the time the girl made it into the lake Soliael was already halfway up to the city within the rocks. The Sith heard the splash of the water and slowly turned his head backwards to look at the lake. He noticed the outline of a person beneath the water, his vision obscured once or twice by the black specs in his eyes. A frown creased his face for a few minutes as he wondered if someone was following him.

He had no idea who would be so interested in him, after all no one knew what he was doing here or why he was here. The Sith Lord frowned slightly, observing the figure for a few more moments before decided to move on.

Soliael began to climb again, the city was still about a click or two in an upward direction. It would be a difficult climb, but not impossible. The force was a handy thing to have, it increased ones strength and speed when called on, and now was the perfect time. Soliael returned to his ascent, knowing full well that the person in the water would follow.
@[member="Lilith Mae Lancaster"]

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith looked around. She wanted to see the natives. She wanted to follow the man. But at first, she decided to get out of the lake. It was disgusting. Her clothes were really wet and her wooden staff didn't like the water either. So she got out of the water and started climbing upwards, but on the opposite side from the man. She didn't want to look like she was following him.

Oh...

She didn't want to look like she was trying so hard to catch him. Instead, she tried to reach the city. She thought about attacking the man with the Force, but it was a stupid idea. Most likely the man was a hundred times better than her. Or even more than a hundred times. That's why she decided to keep her mouth shut and her hands on the rocks.

But she almost accidentally shouted a few moments later, before the man could reach the city: "Hey, you there!" Her voice echoed again. Really cool...

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael snapped his head back almost too fast as he heard the voice echo throughout the entire sinkhole. So much for the stealthy approach. He frowned slightly, looking down at what he now recognized was a young girl. From this high up there was nothing Soliael could do, no way to stop the girl from screaming at him and no way to stop her from following him. He frowned slightly, not exactly knowing what his next step should be.

After a few seconds of deliberation Soliael simply made a shushing motion, placing his index finger over his lips. He then made a motion for her to follow him up the cliffs.

This was the easiest way to do it of course, he would simply allow her to follow him up the cliffs then question her there. If he didn't like her answers...well she could return back to the bottom of the sinkhole...a bit more dead.
@[member="Lilith Mae Lancaster"]

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith looked at the man. She guessed the man doesn't like being followed. Or he didn't like hearing shouting. Either way, Lilith tried to keep her mouth closed. Climbing towards the cliffs was really hard. She wasn't a professional climber, after all. And she wasn't a good Force user either, so the only suitable title for her was... noob. Yes...

She wanted to find out, what was on the cliffs. Why did the man want to go there so desperately? Why did he want Lilith to shut up? There were too many questions. And why did the man want her to follow him? Maybe he would've answered to them when they got up? Or did the man have other plans? Maybe he wanted to kill her? Or did he want to torture her? Put her into a cage? Treat her like an animal? Possibilities were endless... But she thought the actual plan was the last one. Yeah... It sounded like the best one.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

After what seemed like an age Soliael finally managed to reach the lower reaches of the hidden city. Quickly Soliael grabbed onto the ledge and then pulled himself upwards onto the cliff. He immediately flattened himself and rolled into the cavern. Once he sat up he realized he was sitting within a hangar, one long abandoned. He smiled slightly, his eyes flashing with a bit of mischief. This was exactly what he had wanted. Utapau had many sinkholes, and it had many cities within those sinkholes. Half of them had become abandoned during the Gulag Plague, this was one of them.

He had scouted it out from space using the advanced scanners on his blackbird, then he had come down officially. This particular city had been difficult to find, but Soliael had somehow managed it. He smirked slightly, and then stood up from the hangar floor.

Quietly he marched over to the edge of the Cliff looking down over it and seeing the girl still climbing ever upwards. Now would have been a perfect time to kill her, use the force to either split open her skull with a rock or just force lightning her and cause her to fall several miles to her death. The Sith frowned slightly, he wanted to know what she was doing here first.

Soliael decided to wait.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith was now very close to the cliff's edge, but she was very tired, too. She had never done anything like that, after all. But now she regretted it. She should've tried many different things, including climbing. Her masters didn't teach her that... Okay... you can do it. Only a few more metres, Lilith thought. Don't give up now. You are so close. You must do it! She was very tired...

Only a few more steps stayed between the cliff's edge and Lilith, but Lilith just couldn't get higher anymore. A rock or a thing similar to it was too tricky for Lilith. She had already tried five times to get past it, but like one could see, she was stil there. She was hopeles... If I could only use the Force to do anything... she thought. Maybe she should've tried doing something?

And at that moment, she decided to try it. She decided to try something she had heard about, but has never tried before. She wanted to see, if the Art of Movement actually worked. Yes, she didn't trust any Force-using faction anymore.

The girl concentrated. As always, she closed her eyes and thought about it. She will have to get up to the cliff... If she used the Force to improve her performance, she could get up there with only a few seconds. If she only knew how to use the Force. She tried a way she thought could work. She tried to make her body feel a bit more powerful. She tried to imagine having supreme agility. Of course she couldn't have it, but she tried.

And it helped a bit. As Lilith opened her eyes, she started quickly moving towards the edge of the cliff, where the man sat. Oh, well... she thought. She hadn't thought the man could be waiting for her like this. She thought he would just do his own stuff.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael sat there for a few minutes waiting for the girl to show up. Before he went into the unknown city he wanted to know who the hell this girl was. It was bad enough that he would find remnants of a long gone ancient war up there, having someone follow you around that you don't know would just add to that tension. He frowned slightly, as he looked over the edge.

The girl wasn't a fast climber, something that rather annoyed the Sith Lord. He wanted to get on with this little mission. The Confederacy owned this world and even though he had come in on a Stealth Ship he'd rather not stick around for too long.

“Hurry up!” Soliael called over the cliff edge, annoyance piercing through his voice.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith climbed a few more steps higher and there she was. She pushed herself up to the cliff. She was really tired. On the last few steps, the Art of Movement had abandoned her and so she had to use her own strength again. But she managed to get up... to see the man looking at her. He was really close to her and looked a bit angry... or annoyed... Lilith was a bit unsure about this one. She decided to be as friendly as possible. She was also unsure about how powerful the man was. Maybe he was just an Apprentice-level person. But maybe he was a really powerful Master?

She just looked at the man. She didn't know what to do. She hadn't learned anything about his personality so it was really dangerous to do anything at all.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael burst forward in an incredible display of speed. Within the blink of an eye he had closed the distance between himself and the woman. He reached for her throat like a viper, his silvery black engraved gauntlet reaching out for her neck like a snake would a victim of attack.

He moved quickly and with assured grace, attempting to snatch the girl and hold her in place over the cliff before she could have a chance to react. Soliael was not going to be nice here, his objective on Utapau was clear cut and concise, he did not want anyone trailing after him and he certainly did not want anyone knowing what he was up to. If this person already knew both of that, well then they would be better off dead anyway.

If they didn't...well then they could be convinced to go away.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

As the man started coming toward her, Lilith became really scared. She had understood the man is a bit angry, but she hadn't though he is that angry. She wanted to go away, but the man was already too close to her. And he put her hand around her neck which was not comfortable at all. She felt like the man was trying to kill her or something.

As he man held her over the cliff, Lilith became even more afraid of him. She held her hands around the man's arms to feel a bit safer, but she knew, that when she does something wrong, she will fly down and die.

"Please... don't... do this..." Lilith tried to say. She didn't know whether the man understood her or not, but she hoped he did. "I... was just... curious..."

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael held the woman over the cliff, his eyes shifting slightly as he cocked his head to the side. Who the hell was this girl, and why was she here. There was a scowl on his face, and he tightened his grip slightly. He knew that he likely would not be dropping her, the fact that he had been able to do this meant that she was likely not that powerful, a fact which made her less of a threat. Taking this into consideration Soliael began to speak, his voice harsh and demanding.

“Curiosity kills.” Soliael said quite simply, his voice harsh and giving no quarter.

He could kill her so simply right now. Snap her neck, drop her, rush force lightning through her entire body. It would be so easy to end it all, but there would be no killing this day, at least not yet. “Who are you?”

His question was again, quite harsh.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"] (sorry for letting you wait so long)

"I... am... Lilith." That was all she could say. She felt like she was going to die. Even though the man obviously wasn't going to kill her at the moment. She couldn't breath really well, even though the man didn't choke her.

He seemed really angry at her. Like she had done a huge mistake. Or like she had told his biggest secret to someone. But it wasn't like that. She guessed the man just overreacted. He was annoyed too easily. It seemed to her, that the man just can't stand someone following him. It made Lilith a bit sad... But she knew people are different.

Now she felt like she had done a mistake. Following someone like this was something even she couldn't stand. It was annoying and weird.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

(Holy crap, so sorry I didn't see you posted)
@[member="Lilith Mae Lancaster"]
Soliael raised an eyebrow. A name absolutely did him no good. Lilith could be any one, as a matter a fact she could just be lying about her name. He scowled, and out of pure instinct loosened his grip slightly, letting her slip through his palm and fall slightly.

It was little more than a scare tactic, but when you were hanging hundreds of feet in the air...it was effective.

“Why were you following me?” Soliael asked his voice a razors edge. He had to figure out who this woman...girl was. He had no choice, his plans were far too important to be stopped right now and he would not be stopping for anything. If he had to he would kill this girl, there would be no issue there.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"] (don't worry, it's okay... )

The man didn't look like he had liked Lilith's answer. In her opinion, she hadn't done anything wrong. She had answered the questions exactly like it was. Or another possible reason the man was angry was because her answer wasn't enough. After all, there could be millions of Liliths in the Galaxy... A name said nothing. She tried to say something, but she was too scares, so she didn't even open her mouth.

“Why were you following me?” The man had asked from her.

Lilith didn't know how to answer this question. She felt like a mistake could cost her life. "I... saw you on this planet and just wanted to... see what you are doing..." she managed to say. "That's all..." She tried to sound as innocent and honest as possible. She mostly spoke the truth. But there was actually another reason she followed the man but which she didn't want to admit.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

Soliael frowned as he looked at the woman, he had the temptation to snap her neck and just see it done. That was the life of a Sith after all, kill those who got in your way, slay them and never think twice. It was what his father would have done. Moridin would have run this woman through with a blade and left her to bleed on the ground. Not even killed her, but instead see if she would survive.

His father had loved to test people, he had loved to push and prod them, to press them into some sick game. That was what Moridin had always done, but Soliael was no Moridin.

With an almost nonchalant act Soliael grabbed tighter onto the woman, and wrenched her over himself, throwing her back onto solid ground and letting go of her in one smooth motion. He was not his father, and he would let this girl live.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

@[member="Soliael Devin Talith"]

Lilith felt like this was it. The man seemed to have a solid plan to kill her. She tried to sigh. Her whole life started running through her eyes. She almost panicked. She wanted to use the Force to do anything to the man, but she didn't have energy to do that. She was too tired of the climbing, after all. And that seemed to be the end. The ultimate end of her life had come. Or at least that's what she thought.

But the man almost threw her on the ground and let her go. She felt so thankful, that she started crying. "Thank you!" she whispered, but her voice might have sounded a bit weird and partially muted by the tears.