Separatist: Alliance (open)
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  • Posted On: Feb 4 2005 6:59am
And, you guys....
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  • Posted On: Feb 7 2005 11:28pm
There was a blur of white as Asri knocked Lavality to the ground, the rocket missing them both by millimeters.

“Bah…getting Déjà vu here.” The white Trandoshan said as she sprang to her feet. “My father talked just as much before I killed him.”

“A white Trandoshan….” Lucia said. “Well well…looks like I get to score two bounties today. Certain factions want you back.”

“Why am I not surprised?” Asri said with a sigh. She lashed out at Lucia with her K’Zur, sparks flying off the Bounty Hunters armor when Lucia instinctively shielded her unprotected face with one arm. Asri quickly dove to the side when Lucia brought up a stun gun with her other hand, the shot barely missing her. She continued to run and dodge the shots.

“Stay still you freak.” Lucia growled.

Then she realized she had forgotten about Lavality…
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  • Posted On: Feb 7 2005 11:40pm
Lavality ran running around a few pillers, her sword extended outward away from her body. She ran up behind Lucia, "Next time, you really should cover you're rear end", she said and shoved the sword through a small slit where her leg armor met with her chest armor, she spun and yanked the sword out

The sound's of boning snaping in two, and meat being torn apart could be heard as the sword sliced through the armor

Lavality stood there, her sword in one hand, blood dripping from the edges

Lucia was down on one knee, her side was split open and blood flowed down. "You son of a bitch....", she said with gritted teeth

She stood there. "You can't fight with that wound", she said in a matter-of-fact tone

"You're bounty... and that bitchs bounty", Lucia said. "Are...", she tried to summon the word's before falling to the ground, dead.

Lavality sighed. "Bounty hunter to the end", she said and took out a cloth and wiped down her blade, although blood smears where present
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  • Posted On: Feb 10 2005 11:08pm
“We make a good team.” Asri said with a smirk. Lavality simply smiled and both females looked back toward the main entrance when they heard a scream. Two of Rissonik’s K’Satikur warriors had finished off the remaining Bounty Hunter, whom had only just disentangled himself from his buddies corpse.

“Now that this crisis is over.” Naosha said as she surveyed the carnage. “Perhaps we can get back to the talks. I can imagine the other Councilors will be wondering what the heck all the commotion was about.”

Bloodfang

The shipyard crews are going to be very busy for a while. Tiosk thought as the Bloodfang slid into position at one of the many docks. Admiral Balik, who kept insisting not to promote him just yet, requested that the ships that were in the best shape hold off on docking and to patrol the airspace for any further trouble while the rest of the combined Trandoshan and Wookiee fleet got repaired. Tiosk had to admit he was a bit wary about docking, since there was a pretty good chance there would be workers at the shipyard that were still loyal to the old ways, not to mention the Wookiee hate that was likely still around.

“Ship is successfully docked sir.”

“Good. Be nice to get off and stretch our legs.” Tiosk said. Just as he stood up the door to the bridge opened and a Wookiee stepped in. Tiosk had a pretty good guess on who it was. “Ah, Captain Tzhali I presume? I pleasure to finally meet you in person.” Tiosk gave a bow. “I welcome you aboard the Bloodfang, I hope the accommodations I had arranged were appropriate.”
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  • Posted On: Feb 11 2005 1:38am
Tzhali smiled slightly, although normally such a smile wasn't a welcome site since a few second's after an arm or a leg would suddenly fly across the room, but in this case, he was greatful

He looked at one of his crew members, a male officer who knew his language and would translate it for the Trandoshan

Tzhali bowed, he was uncustomed to the Trandoshan ways, but knew that if either side was to ever obtain peace, then it would have to start here

"I thank you for you're generousity Captain", Tzhali said. "Sorry about the move I pulled a hours ago", he grinned. "But after observing how you handle your ship, I couldn't help but show you how *I* handle my ship in such situations as well"

Planetside

Lavality looked at Naosha. "You go ahead", she said. "What you're talking about is between just you and the councilors. Beside's, unless I become the admiral for the Sarendevis Fleet, there really isn't anything I can-", she said before a man and two other men came out from the alley way. She drew her sword but quickly reconized the uniform, but not who they where name wise.

"Who are you", she said

"Captain Rolufer, acting fleet commander for the 3rd and 4th fleets", he saluted

She returned the salute. "Whats the fleet status?"

"Ma'am, fleets in disarray, several squads have broken off and are now causing problems else where in the galaxy, others are now somewhere... but here"

She looked over her shoulder and back at Naosha. "How many ships?"

"We've been able to gather what remainds of the 8th and 9th squadrons, along with the 5th ahd 7th resupply groups. We have about 40 ships, with at least 13 more on there way, they should arrive in 33 minutes", he said as he handed her a pad

She smiled. "What about the admiral?"

The Captain was silent she then sighed. "I see...."

"Ma'am, you are the only other officer who survived, there are no admirals left in the left, and the highest ranking officer other than you, is me", he looked over at Naosha and the two guard's, who where eyeing him

"I see...", she said. "One question"

"shoot", he said with folded arms

"How the hell did you know I was on this planet?", she said

"Thats...... a secret", he smiled

"Secret my ass", she said. "So, the Grand Admiral's dead... does that mean I'm-"

"Yes, as of this moment, all fleet operations are here-by transfered to you"

She sighed and looked at Naosha. "Order the fleet to come out from behind the moon, start assisting the Trandoshan and Wookiee fleets, start sending down supplys to the citizens of this planet, order you're fleet and the 4th fleet to patrol this system"

"Yes Ma'am", the officer said before leaving

She turned and sighed. "I'm only a child and yet they still give me fleet command and control", she shrugged and looked at Adult body guard. "Up to you Naosha, since I'm now the admiral of whats left of the Sarendevis Fleet, I can now order aid to these people, do you want me to attend this meeting, or shall I head up to the fleet and cordinate efferts from there?
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  • Posted On: Feb 13 2005 3:27am
Naosha thought this over a moment. “Go back to your Fleet. Right now I can imagine our airspace is a bit vulnerable due to the recent battles and the need for our ships to be repaired, so any assistance you can provide to help in those areas would be appreciated, uh, Admiral Lavality.” She said. “We do have holes to patch up in our own hierarchy here, including voting on who will be the next Speaker Above All: that you won’t be able to help with I’m afraid.”

Not long after, Naosha and Rissonik resumed the discussion with the rest of the Councilors. Things were going well, until one of the brought up the subject of hunting…

“Before we agree to reinstate you Naosha.” Councilor Shissa said. “There is one more wrinkle, and it’s a big one, that needs to be smoothed out.”

“What is that?” Naosha inquired.

“The day you had your Councilor position revoked, you stated that we should abandon our hunters ways if it came to it. This still sits sorely on us and we were wondering if you had an alternative.”

Naosha smiled. “Actually I have, inspired by the Fleet that has assisted me during my long absence.” She said. “Why do many of our people choose to become Bounty Hunters?”

“Uh…for the credits?”

“That’s part of it yes, but many do so because a sentient being is a greater challenge to hunt down then any animal. When the prey is a criminal hell bent on avoiding being caught, that challenge is even better.”

“You’re suggesting we become a sort of galactic police force?” Another Councilor said, sounding interested.

“For hire.” Naosha corrected, having kept in mind the love of credits her people have. “Yes many of the larger factions like The New Order wouldn’t have a need for our ‘services’, but there will be lots of smaller factions that may appreciate it. I’ve experienced first hand the fact that there are a quite a few pirates out there that we could happily squash. Granted, it will take awhile for us to ‘adjust’ ourselves to such prey, since many of our people are pirates and criminals ourselves and not all of them will be challenging. There is a pirate faction that seems to have set up a base of operations here in our system we can ‘practice’ on first before offering up our services to other systems.”

“So far this sounds like it’s just a Fleet thing. What about those that aren’t part of the Fleet?”

“Many of our hunters own their own ships.” Rissonik said. “So they could go after individual targets. Naturally, it would be wise to work within the laws of the system we are in at the time. It wouldn’t help us improve our reputation if we become outlaws ourselves trying to track down the criminals.”

“If you think about it, it wouldn’t be that much of an adjustment if we do this right.” Naosha added. “We shouldn’t willingly hunt down someone who was marked by likes of known criminals like the Hutts.”

“That does sound like something we can work for.” Shissa said, the other Councilors nodding in agreement. “Alright, I think that settles it, do we all agree on Naosha’s reinstatement to position as Elder Councilor?”

Naosha could only smile broadly when it was a unanimous ‘yes’.

They ended talks for the day, the subject of Wookiees and the voting on a new Speaker Above All they already knew would take days. Naosha, Rissonik and the others returned to the K’Satikur Clan grounds for the first time afterward and were dismayed by what they saw.

While they had taken most of the supplies and other important items with them when they evacuated, the place had been turned upside down by looters. Many prized trophies, including the K’Satizitus skull, were missing and the buildings were damaged in so many ways it would take weeks if not months to repair it all. The Arena, the building the K’Satikur warriors themselves trained, was the only place relatively unscathed, though there were signs of attempts to break into it: it was always kept tightly locked. Rissonik immediately set his Clan members to work in getting it back into shape.

Silliss, the kids, and Tiskus joined them shortly after the work began. Rissonik was understandably wary of the cyborg, until Silliss told him his background. The Cyborg’s strength was greatly appreciated for some of the heavier lifting tasks.

Asri was officially welcomed into the Clan, much to Varcanna’s and a few other Clan member’s disagreement. At first she was at a loss as to what to do, as she wasn’t completely trusted by many in the Clan, until Naosha’s grandkids ‘discovered’ her. Due to their innocence and age, the kids didn’t see anything wrong with her, even called her ‘pretty’. Asri was overwhelmed by the affection the kids gave her and an old instinct she never thought she’d be able to utilize resurfaced: that of being a mother. She quickly took on the role of sitter and to everyone’s surprise Trissan started behaving himself when under her care. This was something Varcanna greatly resented and all Asri, who didn’t want any conflict with her, could do was just stay out of the red females way.

Overall though, things within the Clan were running smoothly, some members that had left during Rissonik’s amnesty period months ago returned, having seen the light. Beyond the Clan itself, things were starting to return to normal again for the Trandosha populous. The talk of Naosha’s suggestion on how to improve their reputation seemed to sit well with many, though improving relations with the Wookiees was still a sore point and would likely take years to smooth over on both ends, even with Tzhali’s and his supporters help. Plus, and Naosha and her family worried about this privately, the issue with Trazu still remained: if the K’Satizitus returned to Trandosha it could easily undo everything they worked for, so they kept a guarded eye out for him and quietly requested their allies to do the same.

One day, a rather irate Tiosk came storming through the Clan’s front gates.

“This…this is a travesty!” He nearly screamed, waving his arms around.

“What is?” Rissonik said, looking up from a bunch of reports on the progress of repair work on the Clan grounds.

“The powers that be finally finished reassigning Fleet positions.” Tiosk said.

“You were demoted?” Rissonik asked, raising a concerned brow.

“No…I was promoted to Vice Admiral.” Tiosk hissed.

Rissonik raised both brows now. “Why, my friend, is that such a bad thing?”

“Cause I am going to be ‘expected’ to behave myself…no more dare devil stuff…and a lot more skragging paperwork.”

Rissonik broke into a fit of giggles, despite his attempts to hold in it. “Maybe fate is trying to tell you it’s time to grow up Tiosk.” He said between giggles.

“That’s not funny…” Tiosk said, sulking.

“Come on now…it could be worse. You could have what happened to Naosha.”

“What? She piss them off again and get demoted?”

“No…they elected her to be the new Speaker Above All.”

“Oh man…I feel for you. I know what she’s going to be wanting at the end of every rough day.” Tiosk said with a wink.

“Trust me…it’s already started…” Rissonik said with a groan.
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  • Posted On: Feb 13 2005 4:38am
IC:
Several days before

Lavality returned to the fleet, as her transport passed several capital ships, she could see the amount of damage done to the Sarendevis Fleet

“A lot has done on.” She said with a sigh. “I’m unsure what to do as the Admiral of the fleet”

The commander who told her just looked at her. “Take advice from those who have been around longer, I’m not saying you aren’t capable, it’s just that you shouldn’t stress yourself”

“Tell me again, how Fikan died..” Lavalitys head was lowered

He looked away. “Stress… after the battle ended, he went to sickbay and several minute’s later he collapsed… the doc said it was stress that killed him”

Lavality nodded. “I see… very well.” She said and looked back out the window

~This is you’re captain speaking, we will be docking with the flagpship ‘Andromeda’ in just a few minutes~

“Andromeda?” Lavality said curiously

“The ship arrived in system after the battle, she never saw action. She is one of only 5 ships to escape the construction yards before Fikan ordered for them to self destruct” The commander said with clasped hands

“Five eh? Where’s the other four?”

“There in system on patrol, two of them are currently handling the salvage operation of the base that was on the moon near the planet” he said

“I remember, after our refugee fleet was attacked, Fikan ordered for that base to be destroyed.” Lavality sighed heavily

He smiled. “The base wasn’t totally destroyed; they only hit the major sections. Command center, hanger bays, and the communications tower, everything else was left alone. “

Lavality nodded

The transport arrived at the ship, as they passed over the ship itself Lavality couldn’t help but recognize that it was Republic Destroyer. The ship passed through a series of fighter waves before arriving in the hanger bay

The crew arrived on deck and the transport landed, it’s engine’s shutting down. The door’s opened and Lavality stepped off the ship

Everyone saluted, which made Lavality a bit uncomfortable, which made several of her officers laugh

Although they stopped when Lavality struck a glance at them, she just sighed and walked away

One day later

Lavality was in her quarters, the same quarters that Fikan would’ve been in if he had survived the battle

“Ma’am”

“Yes?” Lavality said as she looked at the damage reports from the fleet

“Progress is going well, several squads of pirate’s have tried to get in but have thus far been unsuccessful”

“Status of the trandoshan fleet?” Lavality sighed as she looked at the reports

“60% of the fleet is in working order”

She smiled. “Good…”

“That is all ma’am”

“Dismissed.” Lavality said as she got up and walked over to the window

The crewmen left and another person entered. It was her adult friend, “what’s the word?”

“Some trandoshan’s have asked to be apart of the ….. “ the girl suddenly stopped. “Fleet isn’t the right word anymore”

Lavality shook her head. “No it isn’t”, she sighed. “This’ll take time, please get with the squad leaders and tell them to run continuous patrols”, she rubbed her head

“You ok?”

“It’s only been a day since I was told about this position… a day since I took command.. and already I’m feeling it.” She said

Her friend nodded then left

“Being up here in space, although I like it, is a bit phobic.” She rubbed her chin then walked back over to her desk

One day later(Day 2)

Lavality was back in her quarters, she had a good nights rest and was able to take care of a few extra problems.

Supply ships had been arriving from all over, although she was beginning to get some slack from some shady factions. One in particular claimed to be apart of The New Order and kept saying that they’d impose a blockade of the system if she didn’t tell them what was up

Although, she knew that faction wasn’t part of the order thanks to her own contacts, she just shined them on, showed them the doors, and showed them the wrong end of some of her ships nasty weapons, which quickly convinced them to turn the other way and avoid all contact

Some people in the fleet where stressing how things where getting chaotic. Many of the crew’s where asking about leave time, Lavality had told them she would see about talking to the council about allowing them some leave

But, that’s not really what she had in mind, they needed to set up a base somewhere, or at least a small encampment to run there operations by until they could find a new place to stay. If they had the resources they’d start construction on a new station, but that was out of there reach and would remain that way for quite some time

Instead, she had sent a courier to the surface to deliver a message to Naosha, to ask for some space for a small encampment. Nothing to big, just enough space for them to coordinate there efforts by until they could establish of base of operations on, perhaps, Tissuss, or the moon nearby

One later later(Day 3)

Tzhali had been allowed ground side, although most of the Trandoshans still didn’t his kind, most of them tried there hardest not to cause a problem, or perhaps it was the two Trandoshan’s who where with him. He had insisted that he would not cause problems but I guess they just wanted to be sure

He soon found himself outside some grounds, he assumed they belonged to Naosha’s clan or something, but it was when he was Tiosk is when he grinned

He had heard what happened to the poor guy, he had been promoted to Vice Admiral and was about to experience what he knew he’d never experience

“I hear you where promoted.” Tzhali grinned as his interpreter interpreted what he had said. “Look’s like no more stunts and dare devil tricks for you, now I can show you wookiee style”

As if on cue, an officer arrived. “Tzhali, sir”

Tzhali didn’t like being called sir. “What?”

“These are for you.” The officer took a few steps back and made a gesture with his head that suggested the same thing to Tiosk

“WHAT?!” Tzhali yelled as he read the pad. “HOW CAN SHE DO THIS TO ME?!”

The officer didn’t like what he was seeing, nor did the two warriors who both took 9 voluntarily steps back
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  • Posted On: Feb 13 2005 5:16am
Naosha had no problems granting Lavality permission to set up an encampment on Trandosha, but she couldn't make the decision herself. The title 'Speaker Above All' was just that, a title: it granted no additional powers beyond the privilage of serving as an Ambassidor for her people. It did take some convincing when she repeated the request to the rest of the Council, the others being a bit wary about a relatively unknown faction setting up a base on their homeworld. However, Naosha succeeded in convincing them to grant Lavality the space she wanted after reminding them that in this time of change, allies were badly needed and Lavality's Fleet had proven themselves trustworthy to her. Now, where to let them set up camp was another debate and they finally settled on a handful of acceptable areas, one of which was the ruins Naosha had briefly hidden in during the start of her Rebellion. Naosha gathered up copies of maps and other date of the locations and had them sent to Lavality: she would be a better judge as to which of those areas would best suit her needs.

....

Tzhali's reaction made Tiosk curious and he took the risk to peek around Tzhali's form to read what got him so upset.

"Promoted to Fleet Commander...looks like you spoke too soon my friend." Tiosk said with a grin. Then with a sigh he stooped down and picked up the jug Corillian brandy he had purchased earilier in the day. "Want a drink? I have a feeling we both will need it."
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  • Posted On: Feb 13 2005 5:31pm
Tzhali nodded. "Remind me to ring the neck of that Admiral the next time I see her", he said in a jokingly matter"

Up in space, on the flatship

Lavality paced back and forth

"Here Ma'am, reports and document's from the council." An officer said as he placed the item's on her desk

"Thank you" Lavality said as she walked back to her desk and looked them over

Several of the area's that where of choice where good, but other's proved to be hard to defense

The ruins, that was an idea, it may have belonged to the trandoshan’s, and seeing how they did have trandoshan pilot's now, it would probably be a welcome sight. After all, the ruin's where on there planet and most people wouldn't feel out of place

Her only issue now, was the set up of the base, she would leave that for her tactical officer figure that one out. Instead, she was going to go planet side and check it out, see what she can find and see where they can place motion sensor's and such for early warning

Perhaps she was being over-protective, or maybe it was that her crew was mostly inexperienced officers, most not even 20. Hell they can fight in a war but can't buy any damn beer yet, she sighed then laughed.

She keyed the comm. and replied her orders, then made her way toward the hanger bay

"Ma'am!" The flight chief saluted. "Going planetside?"

"Yes I am" she said

The chief looked at her outfit, it wasn't military regulation, in fact, she'd be mistaken for the child she was. "Mind if I ask why you're wearing that?"

She arched an eye-brow. "Military uniforms make me feel claustrophobic, and besides, there to big for me." she said, she was right, the uniform she had was fairly large, not of her size, the only reason it didn't fall off and such was because of a few well placed belts

"I think we better get that fixed when the time comes." he smiled. "Besides, the last thing we need to have our Admiral loss her clothing during a battle and having our inexperienced officers go 'open mouth' on you"

She sighed. Really.., she boarded the transport vessel but as the door's where closing someone stopped them

"Ma'am!" Blue leader stood there

"Yes" Lavality crossed her arms

"May squad would like to escort you to the surface, and then patrol the area above where you plan on landing." he said

She closed her eyes and thought about it. "Fine, please follow squad leader." she said

He smiled, saluted, then made his way to his fighter and thus to his group

Surface

The transport circled the area that she had asked for, although it was a little small, she could see area's of improvement. "It'll take time, to renovate and install stuff... but.. I believe it'll work"

When the transport landed, and the doors opened, it didn't take long for her to see a problem already

"Seems a bounty hunting party made themselves at home." she smiled.

"It was a rush job it seems, they've only been here a few hours I bet." her security officer said as he gestured to his team to search the area

Lavality grinned. "Not my normal way, but salvage the stuff and get ready. If these are the same bounty hunters that came after me back in the city, then they are most likely there waiting for me"

"You really think they'll attack the council?"

She laughed. "If there smart, they'll leave them alone, if there smart asses they'll piss off our wookiee FC"

That's when they both laughed, it wasn't just the sight of Tzhali having some fun after a few weeks of hard fighting, but the sight of the bounty hunters pissing there pants and running in fear

The group had salvaged most of the systems left by the bounty hunters, they'd also found some weapon that they could use.

Lavality nodded with approval and issued the orders to start setting the base up. Fighter sweeps would keep the base protected until appropriate mobile defense towers where set up

They didn't plan on staying on the planet, just long enough for them to get a suitable base up else where. She knew of Tissuss, but she also knew that Fikan had given that base to the Trandoshan's. So all she could do was wait and see
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  • Posted On: Feb 14 2005 11:34pm
“I heard you visited Russis’ place the other day.” Rissonik said one day, as he and Naosha sat outside on the Clan Grounds watching the repair work. “How’s the lad holding up?”

“He’s adjusting to Councilor life well.” Naosha said, then add with a slight smirk. “Though I am afraid I must confirm a rumor you’ve no doubt heard by now…”

“Oh no…don’t tell me…”

“Yep. His manor is filled with plants. He’s got quite a collection: somehow he managed to get a few specimens that were once native to Alderaan. The lad needs a mate…he fusses over his plants as if they were children. Even admitted to crying when one of them didn’t survive his long absence.”

“Sounds a bit…excessive.” Rissonik said with a chuckle. “But we should allow him his hobbies, provided they don’t get in the way of his duties as Councilor. That reminds me, since you are Speaker Above All now don’t you get Hyossk’s old chambers.”

“Bah!” Naosha said. “Only reason he had that chamber to himself was because he had no mate to return home to and pretty much just choose to live there. The Council did offer it up to me, but I told them they can do what they want with it. From what I’ve heard no one’s even touched it since Hyossk’s sudden death: not even Russis, being a surviving relative, had any interest in sorting through the belongings he had in there.”

“Maybe people are afraid to go in there ‘cause they don’t want to ‘catch’ Hyossk’s insanity?” Rissonik suggested, sending Naosha into a fit of giggles.

Sha’tor.” A voice said behind them. Rissonik twisted around to regard the one who spoke. It was one of the Clan’s resident weapon smiths, whom he had asked to restore the halberd Naosha and Varcanna found in the cave. “It took a lot of work, but I have restored the weapon as you have asked.” The smith said, handing him the weapon. “I’m afraid the blade was too far gone to save, so I had to replace it with one as close to the original as I could. For the leather grip I just used common materials, as there was no way of telling what it once was made of.”

“Understood.” Rissonik said as he inspected the restored weapon. “Excellent work regardless. You have my thanks and gratitude.”

“A pleasure Sha’tor.” The smith said with a bow. “Oh…there’s one more thing. I found an additional inscription beside the one you already knew about.”

“Oh?” Rissonik looked over the weapon again and found the inscription the smith spoke off. What it was came as a bit of a surprise to him. “How ominous…” He muttered.

“Things seem to be coming in full circle.” Naosha said with a sigh. “But in a good or bad way?”

….

“Why do you despise her so much?” Silliss asked as he watched Varcanna pace in their room.

“She’s an Akisi…what other reason do I need?” Varcanna spat back.

Silliss sighed and shook his head. “She’s a T’Doshok like the rest of us, one that has done nothing to you. Considering you accepted me as your mate and the fact your own brother is a runt you’d be the last person to be prejudgist against someone due to the color of their scales.” He paused briefly before adding. “Or is it because she’s so successful with the kids?”

There was a brief pause in her stride, a slight cringe, and that’s all Silliss needed to know. “You’re jealous of her…”

“No I am not…” Varcanna said bitterly. “She…she took them away from me.”

“Technically…they weren’t truly yours to begin with.”

That comment stung her. “I have more right to them then she does!” Varcanna snapped back. “She’s not even a blood relative!”

“They went to her on their own.” Silliss stressed. “She did nothing to bring their attention to her other then just being there.”

“But why…why abandon me, their own Aunt?”

Another sigh. “I do admit it’s strange they ‘adopted’ her so quickly and I have thought it over for some time wondering why they did. I remembered something I’ve heard about kids not long ago that may explain it.”

“What is that?”

“That kids, due to their very innocence, may be able to perceive things in others that we as adults no longer can, or at the very least have a hard time doing. Maybe they perceived, even if they can not comprehend or explain it now, that she is destined for something important to them.”

Varcanna scoffed at that. “Just what sort of destiny could she have?”

“I don’t know.” Silliss said with a shrug. “I’m not a fortune teller, nor a philosopher.”

“Well, all what you just said sounds like a bunch of bull to me.”

Another shrug. “As they say…’The Force works in mysterious ways.’ That reminds me…” His tone became more subdued. “Have you sent word to the Jedi Order about Trazu?”

Varcanna’s eyes widened in horror. “Oh dear gods…with all that’s going on I completely forgot I should warn them about Trazu not being…Trazu anymore. I better go do that right now…”

“Let’s hope your warning doesn’t come too late…” Silliss said as he watched Varcanna dash out the door.