JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Jasra raised a concerned eyebrow. Make her tell? For a brief moment, Jasra hesitated. Forcing someone to tell something they didn't want to could be painful. She didn't want to hurt Crystal, but at the same time, she didn't want Kira to think her weak. "Tell her," she said to Crystal, not using their link to start off with. Perhaps Crystal would tell on her own accord, now that Kira had backhanded her. But if she didn't, Jasra was prepared to take it one step further and use their connection to force her to tell what she knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Crystal stared at Kira for a moment, feeling her cheek gingerly. Then, she turned to Jasra. "As I told your master, anything I could say would lead to things I could not." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Could not, or will not?" Jasra asked. Seeing that Crystal wasn't willing to co-operate, Jasra's eyes narrowed and she concentrated on their telepathic link. "Tell her who you were running from, Crystal," she ordered. "Now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Ach!" Crystal hissed, grimacing. "Fine... I jisefef ven!" She smiled slightly. She'd told them, but had not used Basic to do so. They'd have to try harder than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Rather than the back of a hand, Crystal got a closed fist this time as Kira delivered a punch to her jaw, knocking her back against the wall. "The only smart-ass I tolerate is Atton." she said, turning to Jasra. "Try re-wording that a bit. I don't recognize the language she used...Something from far beyond the Outer-Rim or one made up, I haven't a clue." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Translate what you said into a language we can all understand, Crystal," ordered Jasra, not amused with Crystal's trickery. Just to bring her point home, she zapped Crystal with a small bolt of Force Lightning. "Do it, now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Vigg-pedef...," Crystal grumbled, gasping and putting a hand to her forehead. "Headache for days..." She sighed. "Fine... I hired them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "You hired them? Why?" Jasra asked, then frowned, hoping that she hadn't over-stepped her boundaries with Kira in asking. Jasra hadn't been on the Ebon Hawk when Crystal had boarded. She always thought Crystal had been a passenger, or perhaps a stowaway. Now, she was beginning to question Crystal's motive for being on the Ebon Hawk in the first place. "And who hired you?" she asked intuitively. "Togo? Is that why you tried to grab the shard when we were on Taris? Trying to double-cross him, perhaps?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Crystal winced. "He wanted me to, but..." She shook her head. Groaning, she went on. "His employer had other plans." She sighed. "Alright. You want the whole story? Fine." Taking a deep breath, she started, speakin to Kira. "Around the same time Togo hired Jasra to recruit you for gathering the shards, he also hired me. He explained how his employer wanted all the shards for some reason... he wasn't quite sure why. He had to do what his employer wanted or risk being destroyed. So he hired Jasra to recruit." "But he also hired me," she went on. "Without his employer's knowledge. I was to intercept you first, to convince you to destroy the shards. He knew his employer would take the shard he'd been given to show you, so he had me try to take it before that could happen. I failed. The shard was taken from me and from him. Still he told me to stay with you..." She frowned. "Then the shard twisted my mind and my body and I forgot why I was here. I forgot everything. Now that Jasra has taken much of the shards' influence from me, I remember... but it will do me no good now. I'm too late to be of any use... except for being used by you and Jasra for things you cannot do yourselves!" Almost in tears she yelled, "There! Now you know." And she collapsed, out of breath and in a considerable amount of pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Kira looked down her nose at Crystal, who had collapsed to the ground, shaking with silent sobs. Her gaze was indifferent, and she turned from her, moving to look out the ship's viewscreen. "How long until we arrive?" she asked Jasra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Jasra checked the console. "According to the computer, two hours and twelve minutes, Master. We're in hyperspace now," she added, as the ship had entered it so smoothly she hadn't noticed. "What do you want to do with her until we arrive?" Jasra asked. "There are crew quarters in the aft of the ship," she said suggestively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "I'm guessing the doors can be closed and locked, correct?" Kira asked, and Jasra nodded. "Good." "On your feet." she said, she brought her hand up, palm-up, and Crystal was forced to her feet. "Let's go." she shoved her roughly along the hallway, then into one of the wings of the crew quarters, the door sliding shut and locking down after her. "I trust we won't have any disturbances until we reach Dxun? I was planning on meditating for a bit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Locked doors won't keep me," Crystal snapped, suddenly appearing and leaning against the wall across from Kira. "If you wanted my cooperation, you should've considered a less aggressive way to get me to speak." She gestured to her bruised jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 “Crystal, don’t antagonise her!” Jasra warned through their link. “You can’t leave the ship, Crystal,” Jasra said aloud. “Locked doors or not, crew quarters or not, I suggest you find someplace quiet and leave my Master to her meditations.” Again through their link, “And let us have a quiet place to talk. We’ve both been pawns in this game, you and I. We both have a stake in the outcome now.” “Your decision,” she said outloud to Crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Crystal grimaced. "I'll be in my room!" She vanished and the door she'd been locked behind before switched to unlocked and opened. "I'll stay here if you agree the door remains unlocked. I can come and go as I please." She glared at Kira. "Go meditate. I'll not bother you. Got no reason to." She reentered her room and the door slid shut behind her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 As Kira and Crystal were now in their respective quarters, Kira meditating and Crystal sulking by all outward appearances, and the ship on auto-pilot to Dxun, Jasra slipped down to Brax's chambers. She stablised the stasis field around Brax's body. It would hold for a good number of hours now before having to be refortified. Then she sat down on the floor, legs crossed in a meditation position. She knew she was way out of balance. She had hurt Crystal, intentionally, and although she could rationalise her behaviour by claiming it was to impress her loyalty on Kira, the truth was she had enjoyed the sense of having power over another. And it scared her. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on balancing the Force inside her, like Brax had taught her to do. Yes, the way of the Zedai was much more challenging than either the path of Jedi or Sith. She wished Brax were here to guide her. But there was one person who might be able to help her. Crystal? she called out through their link. I need your help. I'm sorry I hurt you. But you gave me no other option. I don't care if you don't believe me, but, you and I, we've both been used as pawns in this game. And I am through being a pawn. If we are to survive, to win, you and I have to help each other. For our own sake. For Kira's sake. For everyone's sake. Help me to find the balance between the Dark and the Light. Between emotions and stoicism. Only through balance can we hope to survive this. Please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 "There's always other options," Crystal said quietly, appearing before Jasra, eyes blazing with anger. She sighed and sat down in front of Jasra. "You had a choice to make and you chose to impress her." "You want balance?" she went on, calming just slightly. "Kira won't teach you balance. Karda wouldn't have. Brax was trying. Why come to me? I spent much of my childhood with the Jedi. They tried to understand me and, in my own way, I tried to understand them." She sighed wearily. "I spent time with the Sith also, but like you and Kira have already done, they tried to use me. I don't trust either side, Jasra. And I hardly find myself a master of the balance you seek." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 ((No, no, no, no, no..... Ugh. That's not right. We need to talk, people. EDIT: Never mind. It's been worked out.)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Jasra was surprised to see Crystal in front of her, Brax having told her that his chamber would admit only her. But then, again, she and Crystal had a shared link, so perhaps the security couldn't distinguish between their thought patterns now. "I don't trust either side either," Jasra said. "That's why I come to you. Because of the link we share. And because Brax is dead," Jasra said, her eyes rimming with tears as she said the words. "I know I had a choice. And I choose now to ask you for help. And your forgiveness." She paused. "I don't like the Dark Side, but at the same time I find myself craving it. It's powerful. Hungry." She looked at Crystal. "Help me. Help me sort my thoughts from those of the shard. Give me something to focus on." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3yks Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 It took a few moments for the computer to realize that another person had entered the room, but it did when they started both talking, and the walls opened. Guns slid out and locked onto Crystal. "Admitance to this room is permitted only to Jasra Lantil, you must exit immediatly or lethal measure shall be taken." Came the voice of the computer though the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 "Even those of us without Force sensitivity feel the pull of darkness," Crystal said thoughtfully. "The more you consume it, the more it consumes you. There are ways to use it without letting it overtake you, but it isn't easy. I can try to be of some help... but I'm curious. Why didn't you ask before? Because I was half out of my wits? Or because you didn't want help before?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasraLantill Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 "Because you were out of your mind. And because I had Brax." Jasra eyed the guns now pointed at Crystal. "Even after death, he protects me." "You must exit immediately or lethal measures shall be taken," said the computer more urgently. "You must leave, Crystal," Jasra said impassionately. "I cannot control the security measures Brax has put in place. Go back to your quarters. I suppose I'll have to find my own balance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Writer Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 "Damn inconvenient," Crystal muttered. She vanished, returning to her room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceFightWMe12 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 In the small corner of her mind where Kira was still herself during meditation, she was panicing. She had seen all of the things she...the Shards had done as of yet, and each one stabbed deeper and deeper into an already bleeding wound. She had stabbed Atton, attacked her friends, and hit Jasra and Crystal several times. And as the main part of her, the Shard controlled part, meditated, Kira screamed. The fact that everyone around her had become cold in her presence. Before this had all began, she had fit in easily with everyone, even with being the so-called leader of the crew. Whereas now...she was alienated. Even Jasra, who was now apprentice to the Shard-Kira, was distant and unfeeling. No one mourns the wicked. ~*~*~ It wasn't long before Atton began to show signs of life again, after recieving treatment from the Disciple and the Watcher. He moaned and coughed as he danced between the darkness and light, before coming to full wakefullness. He tried to sit up as phlem came up in his throat when he coughed, but fell back, yelling in pain. "You cannot sit up yet, Atton." Disciple said, running into the room after hearing the noise. "The wound and the burn is severe. I'm not sure you'll be up again for a while." "No ****, Sherlock." the Scoundrel growled, "I was stabbed by an F-ing lightsaber, and it went straight through. Even I know this isn't a scratch." "So then...you remember what happened?" "Yeah, I remember everything." he said moodily, his eyes scanning the ceiling and he fell silent for several minutes. The last thing he wanted to do was talk about the incident. He turned his head and looked down across the room, his eyes roaming across the white walls...wait. White walls? "I'm not in the Hawk, am I?" he asked. "No, you're not. You're in the Watcher's TARDIS." "The Watcher...?" he shook his head. He had had enough of Doctors and TARDIS and such for now. "Where's Kira?" he barked. "She's...not here, Atton." "What? What the hell d'you mean she's not here?? Where is she?" "We're not sure. After being possessed by the Shards, she disappeared with Jasra and Crystal." Atton tried to sit up again, winced, groaned, then fell back, defeated. "Well why are we sitting here? We have to find her! We have to follow her!" "We are." Disciple answered, "We've determined the location of the next Shard, and the Watcher is currently preparing his TARDIS to make a jump." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 The Watcher moved around the console in his TARDIS control room like a moth around a flame, pulling levers and pushing buttons seeminly at random. "That should do it..." he muttered. He pulled a single lever, and the sound of a TARDIS engine screeched through the room. It was more weathered and tired than the Doctor's but remarkably similar. "Mical, we're on course for Dxun," he said into the comm. "We should arrive momentariy. We'll need you and your Force sensitivity to lead us to the Shard. Make sure Atton's alright, then meet me in the control room - Nyssa and Tegan willl stay with Atton." "We most certainly will not!" said Tegan, stepping forward. "Tegan, please..." said the Watcher. "It's not safe. Besides, someone needs to stay with Atton." "But Nyssa can-" "No," said the Watcher firmly. "You're staying. That's final. Until you're reunited with your Doctor, I'm responsible for you. That means I give the orders around here, got it?" Tegan glared at him, but conceded that he was right. "You're starting to sound just like the Doctor..." she muttered bitterly. The Watcher just smiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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