Gowi

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Talija

~| Day 2, 13:59 - 14:08 |~
~| Aboard the Kaggath, Prison Complex |~

“Logically speaking, I suppose you are right. But I cannot help but to think back at what I’ve done wrong and what the force is trying to teach me.”

In part, it sounded like the Talija Xid knew very well. Logic. Objectivity. Resilience. But there was still this fractured vulnerability that she had the strength to admit. Talija as extremely faithful to the religion they both followed and had stood as a confident member of the order in times past; even when she had lost her master and been subjective to sadness and grief. She wanted to return to before she set foot on the Enteliis, to garner the strength she had found drained by her experiences and her doubt.

“But… this has helped.”

Talija admitted, as she let out a calmed half-laugh.

As she listened to his story with Sish her expression became quizzical as she heard of this Shiri character and something that had happened. She reddened a little as she thought of the encounter, not understanding what that could be like. He quickly changed topics after the mention— telling her about some sort of way they could get an edge on their Sith captors. He was right that she needed to center herself completely before acting on the knowledge that they could do so. She watched and listened to him intently.

“I could try, yes. At least later, when I am more focused on the task at hand.”

She didn’t want to admit her comfortability here… exchanging dialogue and company. She hadn’t remembered the last time she talked to anybody from the academy in a less formal setting. She had no friends other than Xid that she had carried over into Knighthood. This confused her though, considering her feelings being put at ease over simple company shared. The force felt strong right now, stronger than she had felt in some time… what did it mean? Why did she feel flustered when he touched her or when he mentioned this Shiri individual?

What was going on in her head? Had the Sith implanted some emotional thoughts somehow?

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

M E T R O P O L I S
_{D O W N T O W N
January 1st, 2016}

The riproar of the batwing passing through the skies of Metropolis was enough to set any villain on edge. Jinx certainly was not one to count her chickens, but in this case she was glad Gizmo was as good as he was when infiltrating complex security systems; otherwise Batman may have noticed that the ARGUS facility he had just passed in his batwing was also being robbed of its contents. Jinx had never dealt with Batman in her entire career but after having enough trouble with the first boy wonder she wasn’t too interested in finding out herself. The pink-haired girl took a sigh as she kept her position as Ambush Bug began to complain over their short range (and encrypted) communication line.

{“So on a scale of one to ten, how crazy is it that I want Batman to have noticed us?”}

{“Definitely a ten. Be glad he’s after whoever he is after, okay?”} Jinx responded over the frequency before groaning in discontent. {“Also, keep the line clear from now on, okay?”}

{“...fine. I mean, ‘affirmative’ or something.”}

That was Ambush Bug for you— the comic relief as they called him. But in reality, Ambush Bug wasn’t just valuable for his way of lightening the mood as a much needed morale boost, he was extremely gifted beyond his ability for teleportation. He was agile and had an affinity for outside-the-box thinking, letting few people be able to completely follow his combat patterns. Jinx remembered one such occasion with Deathstroke where it ended with a lot of exasperated groans and expletives. She smirked at the memory.

{“We’re in. I’ve disabled the first set of security systems, Jinx. We’re going to need to be faster than we anticipated though.”}

Jinx raised a brow as she swiped the hacked security card through the keycard slot of one of the side doors. {“What? Why?”}

{“Steelworks Security Systems are annoying to get around and they have a lot of failsafes.”}

Jinx sighed. Of course it would be Steelworks— they were in Metropolis after all. The town was divided between STAR Labs, LexCorp, and Steelworks Technologies; and none of them were easy to deal with. She would kill to be in a generic city stealing generic items from generic museums— but a job was a job.

{“Noted. Keep me updated.”}

Jinx motioned to her team to cover her blind spots as she entered the door slid open.

The next few minutes seemed to go like clockwork— Gizmo guided Jinx and the others through the facility without getting detected, though they knew it’d be only until they ran into an ARGUS defense team or unmanned mech. But by the time that would happen the entire camera system would be compromised and unable to be re-activated due to Jinx and Shimmer cutting it off at the source. Though as soon as they did that the alarms seemed to screech throughout the facility.

Exactly as Gizmo told them would happen— but triggering the alarm was better than being surprised by the alarm as far as the group figured.

A slight chuckle on Gizmo’s end of the comm was apparent. {“Well, now we have only like a few minutes until some cape that is on-duty to investigate. Before you destroyed the camera feed did you decipher the location and cross-reference it with our map?”}

{“Of course. Unless it's a speedster, we shouldn’t have a problem.”}

Jinx looked over to Mammoth and Terra. “This is the part where you smash and shake. Myself and Shimmer shouldn’t be too long.”

Mammoth grinned. “Don’t get sloppy, sis.”

“You do know who you are talking to, right?”

Jinx half-laughed, “C’mon.”

DC Comics: Shattered Justice

Didn't think it was a good fit myself, but opinions. Working on a Jinx post.

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

Sooo what spots are available? +1s or otherwise? :))

@Symphoni

I think it might be down to +1's unless Undine wanted to forfeit their slot for the 22/23-year old Carrington.

Coruscant Sacked: Aftermath

Talija

~| Day 2, 13:51 - 13:56 |~
~| Aboard the Kaggath, Prison Complex |~

Talija nodded as Xid told of his own meeting of the “Lady” Sith she had dealt with. His words made sense to her as he spoke of his own perceptions of her— though they did make her any more at ease, but she imagined a lot of the tension on the Kaggath was from the large swaths of unease that the dark side created. It would be difficult for any follower of the light to not feel uncomfortable by the waves of dark presence on the prison vessel.

“Presumption is the thrall of ignorance.” Talija commented as she shook her head. “Sith are intelligent, clever— they know how to strike where I do not. I never presume victory. Not after Cyrillia.”

Talija’s eyes narrowed at the thought of the Skirmish of Cyrillia; the battle she lost her first master and the first time she fought a skilled Sith combatant. Imij’turutu, a twi’lek, as she recalled— as fast as she was strong. Had Imij’turutu not been full of arrogance and pride they would’ve killed her easily and she would not be having this conversation with Xid on the Kaggath. Talija didn’t believe she was doubting herself at this moment, but it would’ve been hard to not see her pride and confidence shaken from her usual collected determined and resilient self. The Talija Xid knew.

As Xid drew closer to her she could feel her anxiety leave her for a second; a sort of comforting feeling. Her expressed lightened and she oddly felt a little at peace despite her demeanor.

“I’m glad you are well, too. I was worried when I… saw the footage with— you called him Sish.”

Talija nodded at his inquiry. “I may be able, I was still pretty distracted given the injuries and wounds I gathered during the siege of the Enteliis… but I think I could. I remember the room she took me to and the hallway that led to my exchange to this ship.”

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

For those interested, I've edited in some footnotes about Nat's grandfather as a novelist in her CS. In case characters are fans of literature or science fiction.

Also my skype is ronins_cross if anyone ever wants to bug me.

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

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could you link me to the application?

@Undine

Sure.

Call me... the ninja.

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

@McHaggis Actually this chatzy was started for this Rp since Lance couldn't add people to the pm; it wasn't created for the other one. Having said that, I don't mind shutting it down so people use the pirate type pad now that it is up and running. I had only opened and hosted the Chatzy to give everyone a place to meet and discuss things for this rp easily as a helping hand.

@Lady Amalthea

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

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People would be in it if they went on it :0

@Undine

Besides Piratepad doesn't log me out like Chatzy does, so yeah. Boom. Party?

It's An Awful Life: A Complex Family Reunion Roleplay

I'm on the side of the official RP thing or no thing. (Even tho I hate piratepad.)

People can reach me by PM. I'm not gonna use the Chatzy from that other holiday RP that has no relation to this one, sorry @Lady Amalthea. I'm with @Undine.

@McHaggis