Post by Darth Kairos on Aug 23, 2019 10:00:28 GMT
((This Mission is for Darth Nephelus.))
Lady Vidia Ren did not fear any beings. Her lightsaber skills made her the equal of the galaxy's finest duelists, while her command of the Force could reduce Jedi Masters to whimpering children. And yet, the mere sight of the Supreme Leader never failed to make her blood run cold. Presently he towered above her kneeling form, a colossal hologrammatic visage showing him reclining on his throne elsewhere in the galaxy. The only other being in the cavernous chamber was her direct commander, the Jedi-turned-Knight of Ren Kylo, who likewise knelt in supplication. Occasionally she glanced at him, envying his position and swearing to take it for herself, but she kept these feelings locked where not even Supreme Leader Snoke could sense them.
"Prakith."
The Supreme Leader rolled the words around as if tasting it. "What else is there upon that rock but a few scattered cities easily conquered?"
"The Fortress of Darth Andeddu," Vidia offered. "He sought eternal life, and his secrets-"
"I know the history of Darth Andeddu," Snoke cut her off brusquely. Vidia quietened immediately. "This is the secret you claim to have found? Worthless. The Holocron of Heresies is in Dawnstar's possession, and any other secrets are not worth our time."
"But...Supreme Leader..." When Snoke did not cut her off, Vidia took that as a sign to continue. "Darth Bane sought only the Holocron - he ignored anything else in the Fortress. There may have been treasures he missed - notes, scrolls, talismans. If there are any other relics there, the knowledge they contain-"
"'Ifs' and 'maybes'," Snoke dismissed her. "I will not have one of my Knights of Ren chasing vague possibilities into the Deep Core. Your new trainee is fascinated by death, is he not? You may send him, his time is worth wasting. If he should find anything, you will bring it directly to me."
With a holographic rumble, the image flickered out to leave Vidia and Kylo alone in the room. She rose, adjusting her features and dabbing away a bead of sweat before she exited past Kylo.
"Heed the Supreme Leader's warnings," Kylo said without turning, his voice distorted by his sinister black mask. "You have wasted his time with these chases before."
Vidia stiffened, but left without saying a word, silently cursing the upstart former Jedi.
---
On the shuttle back to her ship, Vornskr-1, she sent a message ahead to her initiate, Aryus Vasek. She instructed him to meet her shuttle in the hangar, ready to depart the ship.
Lady Vidia Ren did not fear any beings. Her lightsaber skills made her the equal of the galaxy's finest duelists, while her command of the Force could reduce Jedi Masters to whimpering children. And yet, the mere sight of the Supreme Leader never failed to make her blood run cold. Presently he towered above her kneeling form, a colossal hologrammatic visage showing him reclining on his throne elsewhere in the galaxy. The only other being in the cavernous chamber was her direct commander, the Jedi-turned-Knight of Ren Kylo, who likewise knelt in supplication. Occasionally she glanced at him, envying his position and swearing to take it for herself, but she kept these feelings locked where not even Supreme Leader Snoke could sense them.
"Prakith."
The Supreme Leader rolled the words around as if tasting it. "What else is there upon that rock but a few scattered cities easily conquered?"
"The Fortress of Darth Andeddu," Vidia offered. "He sought eternal life, and his secrets-"
"I know the history of Darth Andeddu," Snoke cut her off brusquely. Vidia quietened immediately. "This is the secret you claim to have found? Worthless. The Holocron of Heresies is in Dawnstar's possession, and any other secrets are not worth our time."
"But...Supreme Leader..." When Snoke did not cut her off, Vidia took that as a sign to continue. "Darth Bane sought only the Holocron - he ignored anything else in the Fortress. There may have been treasures he missed - notes, scrolls, talismans. If there are any other relics there, the knowledge they contain-"
"'Ifs' and 'maybes'," Snoke dismissed her. "I will not have one of my Knights of Ren chasing vague possibilities into the Deep Core. Your new trainee is fascinated by death, is he not? You may send him, his time is worth wasting. If he should find anything, you will bring it directly to me."
With a holographic rumble, the image flickered out to leave Vidia and Kylo alone in the room. She rose, adjusting her features and dabbing away a bead of sweat before she exited past Kylo.
"Heed the Supreme Leader's warnings," Kylo said without turning, his voice distorted by his sinister black mask. "You have wasted his time with these chases before."
Vidia stiffened, but left without saying a word, silently cursing the upstart former Jedi.
---
On the shuttle back to her ship, Vornskr-1, she sent a message ahead to her initiate, Aryus Vasek. She instructed him to meet her shuttle in the hangar, ready to depart the ship.