Moontalk (D6 ME)

[Verse Aura]

"Really? You've heard of it? I mean, really really? It's so strange, I thought... I mean after the war I thought it might make a good place to run to. I don't remember much from those days, but I remember the light, the feelings. It was like, the cave here, only much stronger. But I've never been able to find any records of it. Anywhere."

[Lord Vader]

"Your training is incomplete, I will finish it," Lord Vader replied.

OOC: Suffer 5 conflict.

[Oraka Hin]

"Really? You've heard of it? I mean, really really? It's so strange, I thought... I mean after the war I thought it might make a good place to run to. I don't remember much from those days, but I remember the light, the feelings. It was like, the cave here, only much stronger. But I've never been able to find any records of it. Anywhere."

"Then we shall endeavor to reveal the truth from fiction, Verse," he said.

[Verse Aura]

"But how? I thought, the temple might have a record, but the hologram said she'd never heard of it. I'm sorry Master Hin, I realize it's just a distraction from everything going on. Although... if it *is* real, and it's like I remember, and it's not on any starcharts... I suppose it *could* be a really great place to rebuild the Order from?"

[Oraka Hin]

"We are already rebuilding it, Verse," he said calmly.

[Qareme Torth]

"Your training is incomplete, I will finish it," Lord Vader replied.

OOC: Suffer 5 conflict.

"My training is..." Qareme tried to calm her own breathing. She was wrong, so very wrong. She was not prepared. Her training was incomplete, and now she was in front of him.

"You...you murdered thousands. I am not a murderer!" She tried to counter back, almost scream back at him, bringing up this sleek new saber in her shaky hands, not lighting it but preapred to use it. Use it again...Vader?

I can't defeat him. He is too powerful. But I must...but how? It is impossible.

Another few steps back, without looking behind her. "You...you cannot win..."

[Verse Aura]

"Yes, of course... but I mean, it could be somewhere the Empire *really* couldn't find us. A last refuge, just in case."

[Oraka Hin]

"Yes, of course... but I mean, it could be somewhere the Empire *really* couldn't find us. A last refuge, just in case."

"Auratera is that place?" He asked.

[Lord Vader]

Lord Vader raised his weapon, "Use your anger... Give in to your Hate."

He moves to attack.

[Qareme Torth]

"No!"

Qareme reacted to his attack by striking forward with the saber in her hands, lighting it as she did so.

[Lord Vader]

Vader is beheaded... and the body falls at her feet.

His head speaks, "Your training is Complete."

She is now wearing dark armor.

[Qareme Torth]

"What?"

She looked at herself. The armour, the feeling of the red saber in her hand. Something felt right and yet wrong.

"No. That is...I am not...I am not you!" she kicked the talking head in front of her, before falling to her knees.

"I am not...I am not...I...no..."

[Dapper Dog]

She lays there in the darkness. She can hear the waterfall... She is just inside the threshold of the cave.

She was damp from water vapor.

[Qareme Torth]

Qareme remains there for quite some time, the water splashing over her as she tried to recover her mental state.

I am not ready.

"I failed" she said to herself, quietly. She wasn't sure if she even had the strength to stand, let alone the strength to face anyone beyond the waterfall.

I failed your training Master Claflem. I am sorry.

Eventually, after what felt like an eternity, she managed to pull herself to her feet. Looking behind her into the cave, before looking back to the waterfall.

[Dapper Dog]

She could see blurry images of Verse and Oraka through the falling water.

[Qareme Torth]

Qareme took a few more moments to try and compose herself, rather unsuccessfully, before she stepped through the waterfall.

[Oraka Hin]

Oraka waited for her and said calmly, "Did you find your truth?"

[Qareme Torth]

Qareme stopped close when Oraka spoke. Her head dropped, and she looked to the ground.

"I found an answer. I apologize, Master Hin. I was not prepared."

[Oraka Hin]

"I disagree, you were prepared to learn a new lesson about yourself. We learn more from our failings," he responded with a thoughtful expression.

[Verse Aura]

"Yes, of course... but I mean, it could be somewhere the Empire *really* couldn't find us. A last refuge, just in case."

"Auratera is that place?" He asked.

"It could be? If we could find it, and keep it from the Empire."

Then Qareme returned, and she turned to look at her as she spoke to Hin.

(is she still wearing dark armor? Or was that just part of the vision?)

[Dapper Dog]

OOC: She looks like Qareme.

[Oraka Hin]

"Then why not here, Verse, or Dantooine... or any number of worlds. We are where we need to be in this moment," he advised.

[Qareme Torth]

"I disagree, you were prepared to learn a new lesson about yourself. We learn more from our failings," he responded with a thoughtful expression.

Qareme looked like she was going to say something, then stopped and closed her eyes.

I learnt...what did I learn?

"I see. Thank you mater" Qareme sat down, still soaked from the waterfall, and kept her eyes closed. She didn't seem very jovial, but she rarely did.

[Verse Aura]

"Yes, of course Master Hin."

She could've argued, Bankor and Dantooine were on imperial starcharts; Auratera probably wasn't. But he was right about them being there were they supposed to be in the moment; and she'd already pushed this topic enough for one day, she thought. Especially now that Qareme was back looking less jovial than usual.

[Oraka Hin]

He sat down and meditated with Qareme, providing solidarity through a shared connection through the Force.

Oraka added softly, “If you feel you have failed Qareme, then I have failed as well. Let us both reflect on what we have learned this day.”