TheElvenJedi

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oooohh, very nice! I like the sound of him so far! I think he'll make a very nice 'big bad villain' for them to go up against in our little quest thing XD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

At his thumbs-up gesture, Aria smiled in return and disappeared off into the cockpit to carry out the necessary landing functions while Yerbol slipped into his 'weird trance' that she could only assume would help him to heal by allowing him to focus more closely on chanelling the Force than when he was awake...or something like that anyways. She tried to shut out most of Yerbol's thoughts to give him some measure of privacy (or at least, as much as they were able to have from one another) while she angled the shuttle's nose downwards and pressed the required buttons on the control panel to deploy the landing gear while the craft made the descent through the planet's atmosphere; but it was hard to ignore the sheer magnitude of the presence that had invaded the young Knight's mind.

Aria froze in her seat, her jaw set in place and her fingers in a white-knuckled grip around the control cluster. That voice was so frighteningly familiar she could have sworn that, like Yerbol, her blood had turned cold if that had been physically possible. If the jerking motions of the shuttle settling onto the landing pad didn't jolt her back into reality, the sudden and unexpected contact of Yerbol's hand closing around her shoulder did. Without a sound, she whipped around in her seat to face him, eyes wide, forcing her tensed muscles to relax and not strike out at him out of reflex when she realised it was only him. Their eyes remained locked for a few moments longer before he quickly retracted his hand and looked back towards the shuttle's door.
She managed to nod in response to his question, shakily getting to her feet to follow behind him. "Y-Yeah, I heard it." she confirmed, the words sticking in her throat, "I thought I knew that voice..." she shook her head abruptly, Yerbol was right. It was a side effect of being in that temple for so long. "It couldn't have been...they all think we're dead. There's no way he would have known that we gave them the slip." she concluded firmly, as if trying to convince herself of the truth behind the statement.

With a nervous chuckle, she mumbled her agreement. "Yeah, if you can get past the fishy undertones it's not too bad. Relaxing, even." she smirked under her breath, careful not to say it too loud to avoid offending any nearby natives. Turning towards the approaching Selkath, Aria half-bowed back at him (her? she never could tell...) and placed the translator unit into her ear, the strange clicking language now processed into clear Galactic Basic that they could understand. She noted with relief that there was no need to produce the passkeys as of yet, he seemed perfectly happy with the data provided by the shuttle's ID code. As expected, the Selkath eyed the weapons at their belts dubiously and spouted a warning that they would be arrested for any actions of violence within the city.
"We promise we're not here to cause trouble, we'll just be attending the meeting and then be on our way again." she re-iterated, falling into step with Yerbol as they followed the given directions to make their way to the Republic embassy building.

With the building visible in the distance, Aria slowed her pace so they could discuss their plan a little further while they were out of earshot of any potential adversaries. "It'd be a good idea to try and figure out a layout, for one...unless you happen to have a map or floor plan of the place stashed away in a pocket that you're not telling me about?" she tried, smirking in amusement. "We also need to know numbers, how many troopers with blasters especially, cause if we get caught they're the ones that are gonna be coming after us." Pausing again when they were about a block or so away from the embassy building, Aria's eyes narrowed thoughtfully before her hand shot out to bring Yerbol to a stop. Motioning down an adjacent alleyway, she whispered.
"That's pretty close to the main entrance, probably give us the best view of inside from the front, unless they tint the windows in which case...we're gonna have to sneak in the back way and find a terminal where we can access a floorplan of some kind."

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

She grinned back at him, feigning innocence as she leaned back against the backrest of one of the seats. "Hey, it's not MY fault if I just HAPPENED to see some stuff my dad left lying around!" Aria protested, letting out a quiet breath as she tilted her head up towards the ceiling, her thoughts wandering towards what might happen once they landed on Manaan in the next hour or so. She considered the possibility of the True Sith brethren wanting to keep the gathering itself hidden from the general public. It made sense. Couldn't have a Jedi or Sith lord accidentally stumbling upon them mid-conference and interfering now, could they?
It was a good tactic for building up the hype amongst the citizens as well, everyone would be chomping at the bit to get in on the final verdict coming out of this meeting. Indeed it would seem that resentment towards Force sensitives by those who didn't feel the Force themselves was actually quite common in the galaxy, from the reactions that were being broadcasted all over the HoloNet.

Aria flipped her head sideways to look at him, dumbfounded, for a moment as Yerbol made mention of various underwater horror stories...then proceeded to crack up laughing.
"Really, Bol?!" she snickered, wiping away a tear from the corner of one eye as she finally calmed her laughter enough to speak again, "REALLY? You know that the whole underwater Wookiee thing is complete and utter bollocks, right?" although, from the look on his face, it told her that he DID actually believe there were Wookiees stalking around under there. "The sharks, I could believe...but Wookiees? Think about that for a second, Bol. They need to breathe air just like we do, they'd never survive properly underwater. Not with having to come up to breathe, those giant sharks'd make a meal of 'em in minutes."

She snorted, falling quiet as she tried to think up a plan as well. This was going to be much trickier than presenting the evidence back to the Jedi Council had been...She fought down the crippling feeling of guilt as his sister's name entered the conversation again, now that they had spent more time getting to know each other and learnt to get along, it made coming to terms with what she had done so much harder. Her father had been right, ending someone's life was so much easier when it was impersonal, without concern for the relatives who would have to cope without them. Swallowing awkwardly, she banished the thoughts to the recesses of her mind (hopefully before Yerbol would pick up on them...) returning to the predicament at hand.

Aria knitted her hands together, resting them over her torso as she listened to Yerbol's proposed strategy, piping up to offer her own additions to it. At least it seemed they could agree on one thing: stealth, while they still had the opportunity to use it, was of paramount importance.
"I think you're right, it's important to make sure people keep thinking we're dead for as long as possible, I mean...nobody's going to come looking for us that way so I think we should make the most of it." an almost childish grin flickered across her features as she added. "I always did want to be a ninja at least once before I died for real." Now, as to which of the two embassy's was more easily infiltrated, she could only make a vague guess. "There's a good chance Lord Bracknell might make an appearance at this conference, if he's hanging around the Sith embassy then his personal guard will be too, and believe me, if we run into them we WILL be dead." it wasn't a chance worth taking, in her opinion. They were far too skilled, and would likely cut the pair to ribbons or Force choke them before they'd even know what had happened.

The navcomputer in the cockpit blipped loudly to announce their drop from hyperspace, the blue watery world of Manaan looming in the distance as their small shuttle trundled towards it.
"I say we take our chances at the Republic embassy, troopers are easier to deal with, right?" with a reluctant groan, Aria hauled herself up into a sitting position, giving her muscles a few last-minute stretches before getting to her feet once more. "I'll get us landed and docked, if you want." she offered with a weak smile. It was hard not to miss his discomfort, with the connection that now existed between them. Whatever damage had occured when that True Sith woman had his torso in a lock was clearly more serious than simple muscle cramps and he would need all the rest he could get to recover from it. Even though it would only buy him a few more minutes at best, she hoped it would still make a difference.

They would need to be as limber and fast as possible to get through this without being spotted.

Pack of Vandrow (Remake and open for players)

Okidoki then! :3

The Wanderers of Druid Peak

Location: Shadow Ridge Den --> Shadow Ridge Territory, River
Interacting with: @A Tattooed Girl's Denali, @GhostWing's Anum, @Polaris North's Trevor

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Chinua smiled warmly, appreciating the gesture when Denali would slow down to make his pace slower, even if it seemed a little silly and not at all how an alpha should be acting. She would chuckle and stop, glancing back over her shoulder to call teasingly back to him. "Well c'mon then, teeny legs, let's go! I'd like to get some water before next snowfall!" she shook her head in amusement, pushing her nose against Denali's as he fell into step beside her again. "Thank you." she murmured, ever grateful for how well he took care of her. Her ears perked up and she glanced back to check up on Trevor and Anum as the river came into view ahead of them. Her tail wagging, Chinua barked back to them. "Hey Trevor, Anum, you okay back there? The river's just up ahead!"

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oohh that sounds like a plan! Awesome, will have something up for you either tonight or tomorrow! :3

Hehehe yep, I was planning on him making an appearance very soon actually *rubs hands together evilly* xD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Oooooo, there's something oddly satisfying about them creeping around all stealthy to steal things actually xD

Hmmm how ARE they going to convince these people that the True Sith are nasty tho? O.O xD

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

1. Hunger-Of Monsters And Men-Beneath The Skin
2. Control-Halsey-Badlands (Deluxe Edition)
3. Drumming Song-Florence & The Machine-Lungs (Deluxe Edition)
4. King-Lauren Aquilina-Fools
5. Warriors-Imagine Dragons-Smoke & Mirrors (Deluxe Edition)
6. My Boy Builds Coffins-Florence & The Machine-Lungs (Deluxe Edition)
7. Centuries-Fall Out Boy-American Beauty/American Psycho
8. It's Time-Imagine Dragons-Night Visions (Deluxe Edition)
9. Just Like Fire-P!nk-"Alice Through The Looking Glass" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
10. I Of The Storm-Of Monsters And Men-Beneath The Skin

Pack of Vandrow (Remake and open for players)

@Aristocles
Tikaani
Tikaani looked across to Carek, flashing a grin of her own. "You're welcome!" she chuckled at his jest about fighting breaking out between the hungry pack members. Her shoulder twitched uncomfortably, a nervous tic of hers that had always been apparent ever since she was a pup. "Well, Chincf and Lila will probably eat first since Cahira and Reaver don't seem to be around..." she mumbled. "You know that's how it works."

@A Tattooed Girl@GhostWing
Chincf

Chincf nodded his head in respect to Kai as the other male stepped back, straightening up he looked across the camp to see Lila sitting with Zoru and Desaius, it looked as if they were pup-sitting while Aleu stretched her legs. He'd have to make sure something was left aside from the kill for Aleu to have when she returned. Trotting across to join the trio, he dropped halfway into a play bow, nudging his muzzle beneath Lila's in greeting. "Looks like Cahira and Reaver aren't around, so we eat first this time. Do you boys mind if I borrow Lila a little while?"

The Wanderers of Druid Peak

@Polaris North No worries, Polaris! Studying is more important! :D Good luck on your midterms, though! O.o