TheElvenJedi

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Aria rolled her eyes at his teasing response, simply chuckling and adding:
Hmm, yes, that would be fantastic. It would be nice to be able to hug or kiss you without having to worry about my eyebrows falling out because of the smell. It of course made very little difference to her in reality, but where was the fun in admitting that? It was comforting to hear him volunteering to take Taral and Chwuq on their next walk, she had been worried that she was more fond of them than Yerbol, but it was a sign that they were slowly growing on him. Apart from the occasional offering of a dead bird (or, on one occasion a half-grown juvenile Nexu cat) brought back from a hunting foray; the two tomb beasts were as much like any other ordinary dog as could be. It was almost too easy to forget that there were rows of serrated teeth that could easily strip flesh from bone waiting in those slightly slobbery jaws.

Had a little conversation with Manso about how stuff’s going over in Wild Space, sounds like ‘good’ is omitting a few details. We should probably take a trip back out there sometime.
The duo hadn’t been back that way since their arrival on Taris, and while letters and the occasional holomessage worked well enough for exchanging information it was no substitute for face-to-face encounters with their old friends. They might not have missed the politics and the war councils, but it sure was easy to start missing their company. Overall, the progress had been positive. Saresh had followed through on her promise to make sure that they received the resources they needed to continue the rebuilding effort on the Wild Space planets, and there were even rumors circulating that the Supreme Chancellor had been lobbying for a petition of one of the experienced members of the Elders to be signed on as a formal representative in her new cabinet. The right steps were being taken, as had been promised, to re-integrate the Force users into mainstream society.
In fact, the initial sanctuary town set up on Coruscant, according to last month’s update message from Ailel, had been such a booming success (within its district) that there were talks of attempting similar projects on other heavily populated worlds like Nar Shaddaa and Alderaan.
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Dinner had been pleasant, as always, and after helping Tabitha to clear away the used dishes, she had bid Yerbol’s parents goodnight and shuffled into their room to join him, giggling softly as she scooted across to settle into her usual place beside him. “Flattering, huh? Likewise I appreciate it when you decide to sleep without a shirt on.” she echoed, her fingertips absently tracing patterns across the back of his hand and his forearm. It seemed like far too much effort for her to get up again to change out of it, even if the clingy fabric PROBABLY wouldn't be the best thing to sleep in, Aria instead concluding: "It IS comfortable, and I wouldn’t want to deprive you of your little bit of eye candy.” she tilted her head back to grin at him, leaning upwards to close the distance between them and plant a kiss on his lips. “Does start to get uncomfortable in this kind of heat, though.” The weather had been getting almost unbearably hot lately.
“Maybe we should all take a trip out to Hoth till this heatwave is over.” she whispered, dissolving into another fit of giggles as her partner grumbled loudly in response and gave her a half hearted shove with one shoulder. Just like Yerbol couldn’t stop himself from picking on her height (or lack thereof), Aria couldn’t resist the temptation to remind him of the Wampa incident at every possible opportunity.

She retorted by snatching one of the pillows he had been leaning on and hitting him over the head with it. Her lover’s eyes narrowed before he lunged for the next nearest pillow and a tussle of near-epic (as much as they could both muster after a long day of various work tasks, at least) proportions ensued until one of them had been disarmed. Determined as ever not to admit defeat, Aria lunged for him and tried to grab the pillow from his hands, missed, and lost her balance. Yerbol abandoned his weapon in favour of trying to catch her before she hit the floor, leaving him open to a sneaky tickling maneuver. She would have to thank Neta in her next correspondence for reminding her that his ribs were particularly vulnerable.
Both out of breath by that point, they both collapsed onto the mattress as he feebly attempted to duck out of her reach, Aria managing to pin him down by the wrists with one knee resting on either side of his torso. There was no way he could have escaped without physically moving her body out of his way, which she knew he would never do (he was a massive pushover when it came to their playfights, she always won). Without the energy to keep up the punishment, they remained like that in silence for several moments, until Yerbol playfully scowled up at her as he proclaimed:
“You are...a dirty little sneak!” She grinned back at him, leaning in to whisper in retort.
“Hah, you could always actually try to stop me...till then I’m gonna keep doing it!” her head tilting to one side, she added, in a SLIGHTLY more serious tone. “...I’m not made of glass, you know.”

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Hahaha aww no don't worry, just wanted to leave it open in case you did want to add anything, you didn't HAVE to XD

I'm liking the sounds of her already, can't wait to see her introduced when we get there! :D

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Aaaahhhh I'm so glad it's not just me, I didn't want to ruin the adorable with Renso's "WAAAAHHHH DOOM AND DESPAIR!" yet either hahaha

Sounds like a plan to me! :D

Mwahahaha it was fun to read up on though I think I got a BIT carried away with the history stuff XD I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Star Wars: Enclaves

Should be able to get my next post up when I get in from work tonight :)

EDIT: about to pass out, will be able to do it in the morning though XD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Was GOING to include Renso starting to appear at the end of this post but it didn't seem to fit o.o so figured we could start integrate it into the next set of posts (or two) to sort of ease into it a little bit(thoughts?XD)? Hope you don't mind the brief mention of Manso and Neta in the last paragraph XD

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

The duo spent the best part of the following two and a half months lodging with Yerbol’s parents and doing what they could to help with the restoration efforts. This not only involved the more physical projects such as moving and constructing barriers and walls (which Yerbol evidently preferred) but also accompanying investigatory forays into the pockets of Rakghoul-infested territory in order to collect samples for scientists (research towards developing a vaccine of sorts was in full swing now that the war effort was over, with many leading brains of the field boldly proclaiming a “Rakghoul free Taris in the next century!”), or to scout out the safest way of setting up another thoroughfare route between one growing settlement and the next one over that AVOIDED the Rakghouls. Having the two Tuk’ata around to frighten away any of the walking corpse-creatures that tried to approach helped with that; the duo had attempted to train them to stay on the freighter but within two weeks the beasts had become despondent and complained that they weren’t getting enough attention (they really WERE just over-enlarged lapdogs….with massive teeth). Aria had taken pity on them and persuaded Yerbol to consider letting them accompany the duo back to the settlement. Tabitha and Vol had been wary of them at first, but with reassurances that they were (mostly) harmless seemed to be willing to give them a fair shot at it, provided that they stayed outside of the main part of the house (which had been quickly agreed upon within two nights of the tomb beasts joining the impromptu family; Aria had drawn the line when she had been rudely awoken in the wee hours of one morning to find that Chwuq and Taral had attempted to climb between them and virtually forced the pair out of the bed and onto the floor. Yerbol had not been pleased when he had woken up either!).

During their stay they had encountered Kira and Voldon and managed to catch up with the older duo to find out how the sanctuary on the planet had been coming along. Kira had shooed them away again with a knowing grin that gave Aria the nearly irresistible urge to stick her tongue out at the older woman. Though Kira wasn’t one to run her mouth off to the nearest person with the latest gossip, Aria still had a feeling that the news would reach Vano and the others back out in Wild Space before too long. Speaking of the Mirialan, Aria had kept to her promise of keeping in contact with her, though perhaps not as often as Vano had originally insisted, and Aria had withheld giving the news of the pair’s budding romance at first, not because she was ashamed to admit it by any stretch but because she struggled to find a way to word it that would elicit the LEAST smug response from her adopted sibling. The next time they saw the Naylons, Kira had handed them a letter(containing updates on the goings on back at Zinuthra, such as their success in cleaning up the mess from the previous battle, Cheriss making a full recovery and subsequently staying on to aid Matt, Janika and Manso in establishing the planned sanctuary there, which freed up Vano to continue on the scholarly pursuits of analysing the stash of holocrons and scrolls they had retrieved from Quensu...something Roan would have been proud of she was sure) and a small package, which had contained some of the crystals they had found on Zinuthra, fashioned into a rather attractive almost-heart shaped arrangement that now sat on one of the shelves on full display back at the house. Attached to it had been a small note, which proclaimed only four words written in the Mirialan’s elegantly flowing script:
“I TOLD YOU SO!”
Aria and Yerbol had just laughed.

They did a lot of that, both on their own during walks they took along the trails behind the house during their breaks, or over the dinner table with Yerbol’s parents, whom Aria found herself quickly growing fond of (especially Tabitha, whose never-ending supply of comebacks Aria often tapped into when her own wits deserted her temporarily). None of their disagreements had devolved rapidly (or vehemently) enough to be called proper arguments, but rather differences of opinion that usually ended in more teasing: “Shut up and kiss me, you idiot” was quickly becoming a favourite on both sides. In summary, it had been delightfully peaceful, relaxing and...normal.

Though they stayed in touch with the Council of Elders they had kept their distance from all that political malarkey, Aria didn’t miss it, at all. She was sure Yerbol didn’t, either. The closest thing they had ever encountered to anything of that sort was during their trips to the main part of base Echo for supply runs (which she and Vol or Tabitha frequented while Yerbol was out working on the restoration works during the day), whereby they would occasionally encounter a diplomat or two who had stopped by to check up on the progress; Saresh was always sending people to look in on the planet, the Twi’lek had a fondness for it though she rarely had the luxury of visiting in person anymore.
Today was apparently one of those occasions, as they had collected their latest run of supplies Vol had gotten word of some new faces being sent in from Coruscant and the other Core Worlds as part of the latest construction team to help finalise the latest repairwork to the restored zone just north of the original Brell settlement where they lived. Vol had insisted upon making a detour out to check up on their progress and Aria could hardly refuse.

She’d been pleasantly surprised to find a VERY familiar aqua-coloured face among the engineers of the construction team. Manso had insisted he was only making a temporary detour from the work on Zinuthra because Saresh had been short on engineers and needed somebody ‘sensible and reliable on very short notice’. Nonetheless, it was good to see him again and catch up, like the duo he had found a mixed bag of acceptance and hostility among the general population towards his talents, but the hostility seemed to at least gradually be shrinking away. They were bidding the team farewell to head home when Aria felt the familiar gentle tug of her partner’s consciousness against her own, shortly followed up by his question.
She chuckled softly, responding:
Maybe...sort of? You know what he’s like, Bol. Besides, it wasn’t far. We’re on our way back now, and you’ll NEVER guess who I’ve just seen with the new construction team on ‘emergency engineer duty’. FORCE he’s gotten tall!
She braced herself for another “everybody’s taller than you, sweetheart” joke, realising all too late what she had walked herself into. She’d have to enlist Neta’s help to get appropriate revenge whenever the duo had the chance to go and visit the former spec ops slash pilot on Onderon.

What Are You Listening To?

Don't get me wrong, I love Roxette's original, but there is something just so damn melodic and beautiful about this unplugged cover. I've recently rediscovered it after not hearing it in years and I can't stop listening to it rn

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

When you read an interest check for an RP that sounds so awesome you want to join it, but you know you're already in so many awesome ones you don't want to abandon that you wouldn't cope with adding another to your schedule *sobs*

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Posted it! Warning: serious brainfart haha XD

Haha I bet! I imagine Ari and Bol are glad for it too (the bit about them ganging up on the people that threw rocks at them was SO them it made me cackle too) XD I shall work on a reply now, should be able to get one more in before I have to hit the sack (or at the very least start it and have it up early tomorrow before I go into work so it's ready for you later XD)

EDIT: Rakghoul burgers!! *gigglesnort*

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Sooo here is what I’ve discovered! (feel free to edit or omit anything that doesn’t seem to work ofc! XD)

“Not much is known” apparently, about their origins which bodes VERY well for us tinkering with it to fit to our True Sith concept! *flails excitedly* (I’m also self-confessed to be TERRIBLE with dates/chronology so it may not match up with the ‘canon’ dates given in the Wookieepedia article but we can call it artistic license, right? O.o haha)

Some history stuff (which I had to kind of link back to the actual Chiss stuff in some places in order for it to make sense haha): (working on the premise provided that Chiss were a “forgotten off-shoot colonization attempt” by early humans and the scenarios that caused (which I SLIGHTLY ran away with to tie it to our True Sith haha)

-Scientific studies suggest that modern Chiss have a genetic similarity to baseline humans, we could tweak this somehow to work into our idea of the True Sith interbreeding with ‘human’ Sith and becoming “less pure” by their standards...perhaps this ancestral species was an attempt by some of Renso’s closest/most devout followers to “reverse engineer” (via using the Force/alchemy to mess with genes and all that fun stuff) that evolution/interbreeding BACK into the original True Sith species, as they began to realise that their own species was dwindling and being out-competed by the human/Sith hybrid descendents?

-These specimens (name suggestion, something like Xiis’ia due to the alchemy or whatever used on them in an attempt to bring them back to the perceived “perfection” of the original Sith race, still retain their connection to the Force but on a much weaker level than the remaining True Sith and the hybrids who are also changing and evolving alongside them (how else are they going to squash them back into submission later ofc! XD) are transported off the original research facility on Quensu and taken to another planet/moon, called Chufion Prime (that one near Zinuthra that we made and never got to expand on or play with? XD), to give them more space to work, setting up a network of regular transports for resources etc. Trying to go with names that make the “Ch” and “iss” sound somewhere with the idea of it eventually being morphed ‘Chinese-whispers’ style into the modern day “Chiss” species name because they couldn’t remember the full names of both as the majority of the early individuals lacked the ability to write and most of their history was passed down by ‘word-of-mouth’ stories like tribes? Too much? XD

-The project was never highly backed in the first place, and eventually even Renso grew impatient and lost his faith in it, abandoning it to instead work on the genealogies etc. that our group uncovered on their trip to Quensu, which he felt was a better way of attempting to preserve his bloodline. This left only the scientists/individuals who were MOST dedicated to the project to frantically scramble to keep it going off their own backs, since Renso and the other True Sith would eventually cut off any and all resources they had been siphoning into it (“this is a waste of time and we need those resources for ourselves! :L” <--- could begin the animosity between the Xiis’ia/their ‘caretakers’ and the True Sith (“How dare they throw us aside like garbage because they are more powerful than we are, we’ll gather strength and show them!”) The True Sith government Renso and co have established abandon what remains of that project on Chufion Prime and gradually forget that they even exist as they become so all-consumed in “we must regain control and power!” they forgot about their failed science experiments

-At the same time, the planet/moon undergoes sudden and massive freezing (think ice age), changing from a temperate climate to something similar to what Hoth is like, with the remaining specimens and scientists being forced to pack up what they could and try to out run the rapidly expanding glaciers around the planet. They aren’t AS technologically advanced as the True Sith but have access to the technology they salvage that the TS left behind upon abandoning the project. The ice eventually spreads planet-wide and they are forced to begin tunnelling underground living networks in order to escape the freezing temperatures (they tap into the natural geothermal heat underground from the earth/rocks to keep it warm enough that they don’t get frostbite and die of hypothermia? XD) This eventually leads to their skin turning a bluer tint and their eyes to pigment red, because of lack of exposure to sunlight/needing to absorb more heat slash see in the dark, you get the idea no? :P

-They gain strength and numbers, experimenting and evolving and developing their own technology until they get to the “we can travel in space now! :D” stage where they begin to conduct exploratory forays, and come back into contact with the True Sith. By this time Renso is possibly the only (?) one left alive from the original government that REMEMBERS the Xiss’ia, but he still recognises them (kind of an “oh crap it’s those guys” moment?). He attempts to peacefully approach them but the Xiss’ia are so aggressive towards them because of their isolation being blamed on the True Sith that they attack Renso and government unprovoked. This leads to retaliation which starts the war

-War rages, and eventually ends in the True Sith beating them back into the far reaches of Wild Space back to Chufion Prime, but not before the Xiss’ia (who had to develop more advanced technology in order to survive with weak/without Force abilities, thus being more “advanced” than the TS from that prospect, but not necessarily more powerful) manage to wipe out most of what is left of the original Sith Race, leaving only some individuals from Renso’s lineage project (leading into the stuff that already happened in Act 1?), some of the Xiss’ia in the chaos flee in the other direction and end up in Known Space, eventually becoming the modern day Chiss (enter Thrawn and all that good stuff from Clone Wars etc. XD)

-Renso leads strike teams to eliminate MOST of their technology, but the Xiss’ia leaders squirrel some away in secret and they remain on Chufion Prime licking their wounds and festering until Renso dies (Renso being their only barrier between them and Known Space, as they were too fearful of his power to try and oppose him after being beaten back several times)

-With Renso gone they become braver and venture back out to cause all kinds of problems: “GALACTIC DOMINATION MWAHAHA”?

Society structure ideas (only tiny ones compared to that brain fart up there hahaha but still a few to consider) :
-The flee from the glaciers etc. leads to mass panic in the current population, it becomes an ‘every man (or woman whatever) for themselves’ mentality with a lot of spontaneous fighting and feuds breaking out between small ‘cliques’ of individuals

-The more dominant of the cliques overpower their rivals and establish a sort of primitive tribal government, remaining in power as long as they can continue to prove that they are the strongest individuals out there etc etc.

-This seems to work for them on the isolated planet which leads to the lifestyle becoming instinctually ingrained in their psyche (hence why Chiss are so against any non-Chiss beings telling them what to do? XD)
These ideas could somehow leak out into the ‘modern’ Sith Order during part of the war (perhaps Renso attempts to honour their “most powerful person is the leader” customs by setting up duels or tests of strength between key figures. The Xiss’ia throw tantrums when they don’t win, attack anyway and start the war mentioned above ^^?) which could lead into the development of the Sith’s original trials/’you must have more power than your rivals to be worth anything’ system?

Thoughts? Additions/Subtractions? Anything else important I should look at and add that I’ve missed?