You're Grounded For, Like, Ever! (Tegs/Aba)

[Coci Heavenshield]

This was harder then it appeared, Abaigeal could actually feel fatigue just with the small application of the force to heal herself. She probably was concentrating too much, over thinking it at this point, but normal when trying something new. "Thank you, but that was even less then basic. I have seen the healers of the Silver Sanctum work wonders through this art and I now know it is going to take years to reach a level of proficiency .. that is worth anything".

"I must be keeping you from .. in there", she pointed back toward where the talks are held. Abaigeal could sense a large amount of anxiety and frustration coming from that direction, even confusion but she did not know why. This, had taken an amount of her focus worried for Sio and Lady Tegaea.

"I would be happy to continue training but equally if you are required, I could busy myself with a walk. This place is very beautiful and I would not mind exploring it .. if that is permitted".

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Abaigeal E'ron"] [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

Chesna leaned into the hug, a few tears dripping down her cheek.
“It means a lot to hear you say that, Mistress. I’ve seen that I was wrong, and I’ve witnessed all that I’ve inadvertently done. Anyway, now you know. The great imperatrix humbled. I mean, I could be a lot more useful and smite enemies, but I’m afraid what would happen if I did that. I’m afraid an older side of me would come out, and I don’t think any of us wants that.”

XXX

“Of course, you may go where you wish without fear, Aba. To learn any skill takes many years of practice and application. So it is with healing. You can stay with me and keep practicing though if you wish. I can show you how to apply it to others as well as yourself.”

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Tegaea Alcori"], [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]


This one, being the cynical sort, cannot help but wonder whether Siobhan's reaction might've been largely dictated by the fact that she and Chesna were lovers. Naturally one could make the case that the statue of limitations had long expired since the atrocities had taken place long before the rise of the first of many galactic Republics and that forgiveness was allowable since Chesna'd repented. But whether Siobhan would've reacted in the same way if she didn't have such a close relationship with Chesna was another question. The Countess was an unrepentant nepotist who prioritised personal relationships and played favourites.


Anyhow, Siobhan, who from a certain point of view could be considered a war criminal as well, hugged Chesna close. She reached out with her hand to tenderly stroke the elf's cheek and brush some tears. "We're the choices we make. Jedi yammer about the 'dark side' as if it were an evil demon that pounces on them if they're naughty. But I understand. No one will press you to go to the front and smite enemies."

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

She was delighted to keep training, but Abaigeal did not wish to interfere if Tylania was required elsewhere. A large smile crossed her face, "I want to learn more from you. But how do you channel the healing power within yourself, like if you have an internal injury?", she asked know that she had heard of Jedi doing this over time to heal themselves.

"I would like to see the forest, but first I hope to complete what you are prepared to show me", Abaigeal looked up into the canopy of the forest, above them are more pathways leading to who knew where. In the distance she could see what appeared to be residencies, there was small windows lit with glowing white light and shadows cross it's path as if someone was walking between dark and light. Abaigeal could hear the soft murmur of the breeze through the tree tops, and occasionally the tweeting of an avian settling for the night. She had to wonder what other creatures called this forest home.

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]

“I don’t kill, Siobhan. I can’t, not anymore. You may think the Dark Side has no power over you, but everyone has a breaking point. One can use the strength the darkness grants, but one day it will extract its payment. I have done penance for my sins, and never again.”
Chesna rose. “Thank you for your understanding Siobhan. One day I hope you don’t need me to repay the favour of being your confidant to terrible deeds. I need some time alone now however.”

When she was gone, Tegaea glanced at her wife. “I sort of suspected from what I’d seen, and from the mentions she’s made over time. If only Eyrecae grew up we could complete the happy little family. For me, I think we’re nearly done here.”
Their goal had been accomplished, and Tegaea didn’t really have much to gain from mystical stuff.

XXX

“The Force is in all things, Aba. Your sight is but one sense, close your eyes, feel the Force, let it hone in on the areas which need help. You can feel the parts which are hurt, the trauma, the pain.”
Tylania jabbed her own hand again with the needle.
“Now feel the Force, feel where my pain is. Shape the Force around it.”

When that had been completed she smiled at Aba. “I know it is slightly grim, but if you wanted a real world application, there are some patients in the infirmary who we can try to aid. That done, I would be happy to take you on a tour of the woods.”

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Tegaea Alcori"], [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]


In the light of the fact that Firemane was Dark Jedi-dominated and Siobhan was not going to all of a sudden change her alignment, that advice was rather late and unconvincing.


So it was doubtful that Siobhan paid any attention. "If Eyrecae finally grew up and stopped being a brat that would be nice," Siobhan said, nodding to her wife. "I think we're largely done. I'd still like a session with Tylania to stop my mind from getting raped all the time. And maybe some...private diplomacy with the royals," she gave her wife a wink. This diplomacy thing was less arduous than she'd thought!

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

She felt the pain of the needle immediately, her force sense attuned well to sense it and her environment as it was but funneling to force to that area on Tylania's body it was easy to find. It was only small by comparison to a larger cut by a knife or worse, but she found the assaulted flesh burning with pain and corrupted by the intrusion. She 'killed' that organisims that might cause inflection first, cleansing the area before it was to be closed over. Knitting the flesh back to together did not take long or much effort and eventually the skin closed over.

But a larger wound would take much more effort and more of a test for her new found abilities. "Yes I would like to go help .. if I can", she said examining Tylania's finger to see if the job had been completed.

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]

Tegaea raised an eyebrow at her wife. “Royal interplay, hmm? I’m guessing you want the King. The Queen looks like she’d rather stick you than lick you. Well, if you want, go ahead. I’ll call Tempest up and get some messages sent.”
Not disapproving, but a bit puzzled. But then, she didn’t find the King attractive of course, and the Queen looked more sour than a bowl of lemons.

XXX

The healing had indeed been completed, and so Tylania led Abaigeal across the city until they came to a large circular hut where various peoples in distress lay. All of the Vashyada priestesses and nurses bowed respectfully to let Tylania past. The first they came to was a female with a broken leg and severe cut above the eye.
She was moaning and sobbing from the pain, probably concussed as well.

“The platform she was on collapsed and she fell,” one explained.
Tylania nodded. “Aba, kneel beside me. First, we will ease her pain. Reach out with the Force, sense her anguish and soothe it.”
A faint light began to glow about Tylania as she set to work. Finally, the injured Vashyada fell silent.
“Now we fix her leg. We cannot heal it instantly, but we can set the bone and ensure there is no infection. The cut will be easier. Now join me in communion, Aba, and we will aid this girl.”

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Tegaea Alcori"], [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]


This was probably a terribly unconventional relationship, but it seemed to work for the most part! "Ok, sweetie. Thanks. The Queen could use an attitude adjustment in a Temple of Duty, the King's cute though." It had taken some time for Siobhan to adjust to the fact that she was attracted to manlings as well. She blamed [member="Coryth Elaris"] and Mirien. But men had their uses. As long as they knew their place.


"I'll be all yours soon, love, and then you can have your way with me! If you see Aba before I do, give her a kiss from me," she said cheerfully. "I'll go grab Chesna if you don't mind. I'll need her to...translate!"

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

There had been much suffering here, many lay injured around the hospital and the sense of pain very strong through the force. Had it been these Xioquo that had done this? most likely, so Abaigeal followed Tylania without word for the moment, but allowed her eyes to look around to see many many people in need. The girl in front of them, laying in pain was too much, her mind almost shutting down with it which might assist her in the long run but they would not allow her to suffer any longer.

Firstly, Abaigeal used the force to reach out to Tylania, connecting with her to join in providing energy and a union of sooth the girls mind. Abaigeal did not have the experience or the powerful to knit bones, that Tylania would have to do, but what she could do was learn .. and through the force she would be able to sense her procedures to do so. Firstly, they worked on killing the organisms that would cause infects, mending the flesh around the bone and soothing the inflammation, yet Abaigeal will wait for the next step, not wanting to make error on the girl leg.

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]

Tegaea gave her wife a look. “Well, have fun. Remember to induct his majesty into the modern wonders of contraception,” she said sternly. Her wife getting pregnant would be a nightmare, and probably would be too far for even their very open relationship.

She activated her commlink. “Tempest, it’s all fine up here, I’ll come meet you and we can get something to eat. Sio? Oh, she’s going to try some ‘cultural interplay’. Yes, that is exactly what it sounds like.”

XXX

When at last the healing was done, Tylania splinted and bandaged the leg, then helped to heal the head wound.
“She will need to rest for several weeks. Change the bandages regularly and tell me if she does not improve,” she told the priestess there.

“Aba, I do not want to keep you if you want to go back to your family, or you can continue with me here. I hope this has been helpful for you so far?”

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Tegaea Alcori"], [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]


Siobhan looked aghast at the idea of getting pregnant. It was a horrible thought! As much as she loved children, she preferred adopting them. Preferrably when they were already teenagers. Besides, she obviously could not allow pregnancy weight gain to ruin her perfect figure.


"I'll go hit up Hunter for condoms," she said, once she'd regained her composure. "The King will just have to bend me like any good manling." Siobhan had strong opinions on gender roles. Anyhow, she gave her wife a kiss and took off.


Soon she'd collected the rubbers and Chesna. "So, are we going to conduct private diplomacy? Intense negotiations between the sheets. Those are always the best. Or in the woods?" Clearly she was being a troll again.


"Nah, not the woods."


"You need to be open-minded about other people's culture, Mistress! You're not on the pill, so I guess you got rubber. Though if you had a human-wood elf baby it would be so cute."


Siobhan gave Chesna a look. "No, no, no babies. No manling will plant his seed inside me, ruin my perfect body and then get the absurd delusion that he has any say in my life. Besides, Tegs would be pissed."


"But you love children. Besides, then he has to pay child support and you can enslave him as punishment for knocking you up."


"Laugh it up, Chesna. I love them when they're older. And adopted. That's far easier." After this insightful dialogue was completed, they presumably made their way to the royals. One imagined that wood elf minions escorted them.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"Thank you Tylania, this lesson as been very informative indeed. I understand I have limited skills with healing now, but I will practice to improve", she said after Tylania had given instruction for the girls further treatment for recovery.

As much as she would continue on, Abaigeal thought it was time to return to her family and see how they were going. It would be interesting to hear what had been discussed and how her mothers are. "Lady Tylania I think it is time for me to return to my family. I do thank you so much for all your teaching and I hope that in the future I might be able to find you once more and explore this place. I think there would be much I could learn from your people". But this would be for another day.

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]

When Aba returned she found Tegaea was alone, sitting reflectively in the treehouse.
“Welcome back, dear. Did your lessons with Tylania go well? Siobhan is pursuing…ahem…personal diplomacy with the King.”
She shook her head with a little laugh.
“Come and sit, Tempest will be here soon, and I’ve ordered food. We’ll spend the night here and leave tomorrow. I think we’ve done a good job here.”

XXX

Meanwhile, when Siobhan reached the King’s chamber the guards may well have been expecting a second visit as they stood aside to let her through. The King nodded jovially to Siobhan.
“Welcome back, my Lady! Were there other matters you wished to discuss? Or perhaps you and your servant would like to share dinner with me?”

Like a conjourer he snapped his fingers and some servants appeared with trays and plates laden with food which they laid out on a large table.

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Abaigeal E'ron"], [member="Tempest"]


Siobhan flashed the King a smile. She still considered the female body far more attractive than a male one, but variety was the spice of life and he was very pleasing to look at. She might have been a tad too obsessed with physical pleasure and gratification.


"I'd enjoy sharing dinner with you, majesty. I could tell you about myself and the worlds I've visited," she said smoothly. After all, he had seemed curious about that earlier. "And we could get to know each other better. In the spirit of good diplomacy." Somehow she managed to say this with a completely straight face. Then again, she knew all about diplomatic euphemisms these days.


She settled down on one of the chairs and rested against the cushion, crossing one fine, toned leg over the other. Her feet were feeling a bit sore, so Chesna was so kind to remove her Mistress' boots and give her a massage.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

Walking along the wooden bridges between the trees, she could feel them slightly swaying under foot, it was nice in a way reminding her of a childhood memory long ago and almost forgotten. Abaigeal arrived back at the tree house where she had left Sio and Lady Tegaea, only to find one of her mothers sitting alone. "Yes I learned a great deal, Lady Tylania was most helpful and very liberal with her knowledge", she said sitting down next to Tegaea.

"But more importantly, how did the talks go, you said good, but was it only good? or good good?", she said looking around for Sio with a little cheeky grin. "And where is Sio?". Abaigeal could sense her mother not far away but she could also sense ...

"No", Abaigeal almost wanted to laugh at the thought of her mother and .. "And she left you here like this". Now Abaigeal was not impressed with her other mother, even thought she knew her mothers had an open marriage, this was not good form as far as Aba was concerned.

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[member="Tegaea Alcori"] | [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] ​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Abaigeal E'ron"] [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]

“Good diplomacy is the hallmark of prosperity!” the King declared, nodding. “If you tell me of the many worlds you have visited I will tell you of the wonders of my realm. Not as grand perhaps as your lands beyond the stars, but I have some things you might enjoy….”

Chesna hid a smirk as she went about translating and massaging. ‘I think he wants to show you his crown,’ she added cheekily via telepathy.

The curtain of PG-13 was swiftly appearing to spare the kiddies from extra marital conquests!

XXX

“Duty called, Aba, and Sio answered,” Tegaea replied with a shrug. She wasn’t going to admit it, but she was feeling a little left out.

“I’m glad it went well with Tylania, dear. She seems a very knowledgeable and smart lady. Unlike the rest of her family she actually seems intent on helping her people.” She thought of Chesna. “Or at least, helping more than her people’s romantic attachments.”

“Come, eat.”

Tempest came up a couple of moments later and sat on the other side of Tegaea. “Besides, Aba, I’ve got Tempest, and she’s better than any wood elf king for company!”
“It’s true, I am,” Tempest agreed immodestly.

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

[member="Abaigeal E'ron"], [member="Tegaea Alcori"]


At this point it was probably no surprise that, for all her good qualities, Siobhan was inherently selfish. Ironically she'd complained about her first lover Adril being self-centred! Suffice to say she'd have to do penance later on. Regardless, the gleam in Siobhan's eyes could only be described as feral. She was like a predator who had her prey in sight, though the King probably didn't know that yet.


"I'm sure you do, majesty," she said, licking her lips. Slowly she got to her feet. As she did so, her entire stance and aura seemed to shift, becoming more powerful and commanding. The transition from Countess Kerrigan to Mistress Thuella was seemless because, in a way, they were the same person.


"But I don't think you've ever met a woman like me before," she spoke huskily before pulling him into a heated, no-holds-barred kiss. There was probably tongue and maybe telekinetic fingers. Then she pulled away. Probably just when he was starting to really enjoy himself. He was a good kisser though. Obviously not as good as her wifey, but that was impossible anyway.


"There are some...traditions and rules I expect you to follow if you want to experience the magnificient pleasure I can grant you," she spoke sternly, slipping into character. Her voice was like the crack of a whip. The scene faded to black before the gentle reader could find out what she meant.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"Then I can only say I am glad not to be .. diplomatic", she giggled. Yet, Lady Tegaea still looked up out. At this moment Tempest joined them. "You are good company, even better if you tell me my saber is safe", she poked her tongue out at her, but half serious in her inquiry. Although sabers are not the only weapon a Jedi has, or force users for that matter, she still feels odd without it by her side.

"What have you brought us to dine on here in this beautiful place, and maybe we should find a more comfortable place .. maybe the forest floor?". While Sio was drawing the curtains, the girls could go and explore some more before the flushed faced Sio would return to their company.

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[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] | [member="Tegaea Alcori"]​

 

[Tegaea Alcori]

[member="Siobhan Kerrigan"] [member="Abaigeal E'ron"]

Tempest handed over Aba’s lightsabre. “Not a scratch on it,” she promised. “Well, not big ones anyway.”

Tegaea nodded in agreement to her daughter’s last words. “Yes, I’ve had enough of being in a tree for now. Heights I can handle if there’s good solid stone or metal underfoot. Standing on a tree platform? Not so much.”

And so off the party went to dine the evening away before retiring to rest until the morrow. Doubtless Siobhan would have used the time as productively as Tegaea and Tempest had. Poor Aba seemed left out.