Divergence in Destiny (Star Wars RP)

He knew Father?! Her eyes went wide and she did not know what to do or how to process this. Anger, sadness, fear, frustration, abandonment, confusion. Flashing back to the night she thought her father died. The rims of her irises flickered red, then returned to her usual golden. What was she supposed to say to that?


Finally she settled on, "So you didn't feel his presence today, then..." and turned abruptly, leaving the hold. Was she wrong? Had she... imagined that whole exchange? And if she had, how did she get these new disks? Unable to take it anymore, she entered the bridge, closing and locking the door behind her, and slipped the first disk into a reader. Immediately a holo of her father popped up and she ejected the disk, leaving the bridge once it was safely in her pocket once more, and returning to the hold.


Her eyes were wide with need, confusion and panic in her mind. "Did you or did you not sense his presence today in the cave? Answer me!" She was close to him, grabbing the front of his robes and shaking him roughly.
 
Ini was surprised by her shaking him, and took a minute or two to compose himself before he answered.


"I'll admit, I felt something in that cave... However, I could not place it. You must understand, I had not seen your father in years, and..."


Ini's gaze fell as he looked at his hands, wrinkled and old.


"I... I've never been very strong with the Force. I have a few abilities that I am skilled with, but most padawans have greater mastery than I've ever known. I was a master for my skill with the lightsaber, not for my Force abilities. As I said, I felt something in that cave, but I do not know if it was your father."
 
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Connor had been following Why'nn around. He felt bad that he had given HK-50-01 the impression that he'd hurt him. Then he remembered the threat he'd made to the droid before, which he then made a point to go and apologize to him soon. Connor followed her to the hold. He listened to the exchange, not saying much at all, just listening. When Why'nn left, and came back he was confused. He didn't understand what was going on. Connor shook his head slowly, trying to comprehend everything. "My master would not have knowingly gotten involved with a Jedi. There's no way at all. I think you've got a few wires crossed, old man." He looked to Why'nn now. "You can't listen anything this crazy old man is saying. Don't trust him."
 
Jace listened to the words of the jedi and found that they remarkably made sense eve if he didn't know about the individuals involved. Then the guy who he had shot at earlier walked in and try to address a point that the jedi already noted. "Weren't you listening kid, basically what he said at the beginning of his explanation is that is was more likely she didn't care until someone who could ruin her reputation found out as the dark side is all about letting emotions guide your actions. The way I see it either she knew what she was getting into or very stupid and stupid doesn't fit the standard for a sith lord." Jace said standing on one of the large boxes in the hold near the jedi.
 
HK-50-01 heard Why'nn ask him not to be afraid - which prompted him to look down and see his slight trembling. Why.. Why am I trembling? No need to fear. Calm, calm yourself , HK-50. Everything is safe , Why'nn is safe. Nobody is going to hurt me.. The trembling ceased , and he chose to listen to all the words in full. HK-50 wasn't sure why she was about to call Delrick 'father' again - she hadn't referred to him as such since he died , Eight years ago. Oh-One appreciated her not wanting to betray his Mistress , because then Mistress wouldn't kill her - driving him to kill himself , and having an ill effect on everyone else.


HK-50-01 hadn't cared why Mistress had Fornicated with Delrick - but... It could be true that she had known. She knows all.. Perhaps she did know. Then.. Then why did she kill him? Why torture me for it? She.. Perhaps just wanted to hurt me. He didn't particularly notice that she referred to a dead being in Past Tense , but it did surprise him to hear that Ini had known Delrick at some point. At the question of who else could've known , he wondered if that indeed wasn't why - Manara , in his mind , was omnipotent , and couldn't be fooled. At the words of Mistress finding out about Delrick , he began to lightly tremble again , and his thoughts were of fear and self-Loathing.


Which became worse in both cases when she implied TWICE that Delrick had lived. No no no OH NO! HE'S GOING TO HURT ME OH PLEASE PLEASE I'M SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME PLEASE! I WONT BETRAY YOU AGAIN SIR I I I RAISED YOUR DAUGHTER AND SHE SHE LOVES ME YOU CANT KILL ME OH PLEASE! He shook audibly as she grabbed the Jei by the Collar , and his eyes finally did turn purple. He looked behind himself to see if he could run away and hide - While her anger was directed towards Ini and Jace now , it could easily change to anger at him for whatever reason - but found Connor there. He did find himself agreeing with the words , but at the moment all he could think of was fear - The same fear that swallowed Jace's words. I've got to get Why'nn to protect me but oh she's angry too.. Getawaygetawaygetaway pleadpleadplead..


With the fear becoming almost overwhelming , he sank backwards onto his backplate and scampered into a corner , shaking to the point where a rapid clang of metal could be heard. He was left with a choice - sit in fear , or ask Why'nn for mercy against Delrick. He chose the former , trying to remain unnoticed - and slightly failing , still audibly shaking. This was added to with soft and fearful whimpers. He tried to press himself as far into the corner as he could , hoping his black and red coloring would allow himself to go unnoticed in the dark corner by any wrathful parties , or a fight should that happen.
 
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With a distressed cry Why'nn let the old man go. If her father was there but no one but her felt him... Great. A Jedi who couldn't distinguish the presences he felt. She glared at Jace. "This isn't your conversation, Mandalorian." The girl took a few deep breaths, trying to clear her head. She was about to launch into an explanation, but shook her head. No, they didn't deserve an explanation. Even though she wanted to defend her mother and even if she hoped her mother would still love her if she followed Father's teachings, she knew it wouldn't work that way. She remembered being caught practicing a moving meditation. She remembered narrowly escaping punishment.


As HK-50-01 clattered to the ground, Why'nn used the Force to push Ini and Jace back, slamming them against the bulkheads. "He lied to her and if you ever insult my mother again I shall impale your head on a pike and feed your body to The Beast," she hissed, though her feelings betrayed that she was scared, not angry. She grasped her saberstaff and ignited it, approaching the elderly Jedi. "How dare you speak that way of Mother. How dare you speak the Traitor's name in my presence!" Still, it was fear, not anger, that was driving her attempt to intimidate. As she got closer he would see the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. The pain from the memories of that night had her heart feeling as if it was being torn out.
 
Ini gazed impassively at her saberstaff as she approached.


"For one who follows a philosophy of following her emotions, you certainly seem to bottle yours up quite a bit. I said before, I may be wrong, but tell me, what makes you so certain that a Jedi was able to fool your mother. You mother whom, as I said, I sincerely doubt would've been fooled by the lies of a Jedi. I am not asking you to believe ill of your mother. I am asking you to believe that your mother loved your father, and that she loved you enough to put you ahead of her love for your father, and her own happiness."


Ini was silent for a moment, before adding.


"And tell me this. If it was your father I sensed on Hoth, how was he still alive, if your mother killed him for being a Jedi? I doubt she would've left him alive. Unless it was on purpose of course."
 
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"Was actually talking to obsession kid over there but now you just made it my conversation." Jace replied. Jace's attention was briefly drawn to the droid falling to the ground when he suddenly noticed the girl was getting farther from him, then he felt the metal wall of the bulkhead and realized she must have thrown him. Jace's right hand still clutched the Darksaber as he aimed her own lightsaber at the old jedi, Jace wasn't about to let her hurt him and was prepared to take action if it came to that. His other hand hovered over the beskar sword. He figured the jedi would say something to make her stand down.
 
At Why'nn's pushing of the two people, Connor moved forward and put his own purple blade up to Jace. "She's right. This conversation doesn't concern you. Stay out of it or I'll throw you out the airlock. Our agreement be damned." Connor kept his gaze locked on Jace, but spoke to Why'nn. "Maybe we should just do that anyway. Shove them both out the airlock. They don't know what they are talking about, and the old man is talking crazy. He doesn't even know your mother."
 
The tears streamed down her face at the Jedi's words. "Don't you understand?" her voice was soft now. Only the Jedi would hear her. "Don't you get it? He hid from us. He hid from me, his own daughter. He lied to us. He lied to Mother and he lied to me." But he was right in that Mother loved him and loved her. When it was suggested she might be training in Jedi ways her mother had offered to send her away instead of jumping right to killing her. "I watched them fight." Now the girl was knelt down, her voice getting quiet. "To please Mother I burned his face with his own lightsaber... I stabbed him through the chest." The blade of her saber was dangerously close to his face, but he would sense no malice in her. No, it was fear mixing with sadness with the sadness becoming overwhelming. Her chest ached.


"I stabbed him and he doesn't hate me... Can you tell me why that is?" At the question, she met his gaze. Her words were a whisper, her eyes held a pleading look. "Why wouldn't he hate me? If he hated me I could follow Mother completely. Why is he leaving me lessons? Can you tell me? Please tell me..."
 
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Ini gave Why'nn a comforting smile.


"Dear child. Of course he doesn't hate you. He is your father. The lies he told, the injuries he sustained, all were to protect you. That is what a father does. He leaves you lessons, because they are all he can give you. You're father loves you, and the fact that he chooses not to openly show himself proves that he loves your mother as well. He makes it seem that he is dead, because knowing that he was alive would cause your mother pain. I am sure your father does not wish to bring distress to his daughter, but it is the only way he can see you. Perhaps it is selfish of him... but I think we all deserve to be a little selfish now and then."
 
Why'nn disengaged her saber and clipped it onto her belt. "You make sense..." But that didn't mean she liked him. "I don't know you. I don't trust you. No matter what you believe, allowing you to teach me the ways of the Gray Jedi will be seen as a betrayal to my mother. She may not kill me. She loves me enough to have never laid a hand upon me. For a Pureblood Sith that says quite a lot. But it will kill her. I refuse to be my mother's end." The girl stood. Her eyes were dry, enough that one might've wondered whether the sadness was all a trick.
 
Ini looked at Why'nn carefully, his emotions hard to read in his pure white eyes.


"I understand child. And while I hope that someday you might reconsider, I will not press the issue."


With that Ini gave her a short bow, and returned to his seat, awaiting their arrival at... wherever this ship was going.
 
Jace ignited his own darksaber as he saw Connor coming aiming his saber right at Connor's throat. Jace was on his feet in an instant and then drew his beskar sword. " I like our conversation so much better kid. HK said I could kill you aboard the ship back on Hoth. Should I make use of his word?" he said to Connor. Jace was well armed and well armored now this would be the perfect time for him to do this. " Come at me if you're man enough kid." Jace antagonized.
 
Why'nn glared at the boys. "I'll throw you both out of the airlock if you don't calm the fuck down. Don't think I got the codename 'Gundark' for nothing. I will do it if you keep causing problems." As she passed by, she looked with further anger at Connor. "And you know better. We'll be at Korriban in an hour, tops. Go to the bridge." She went to her droid and hugged him. "It's okay, HK-50-01. No one will hurt you." Stroking his back, she kept her voice low. "You'll present the Jedi to Mother... She'll be pleased with your work. There's no need to fear. Remember, we've got to be strong."
 
HK-50-01 didn't pay attention to anything that went on. He merely stayed pressed into the corner , still whimpering and shaking. All he could think of was how displeased Delrick could be with him - And how much pain that could entail. The one thing he did hear was a Lightsaber ignition , and at that he let out a low sob , thinking it was Delrick there to destroy him - Delrick knew where the Kill Region was. No.. NO! I can't.. I can't die like this.. Please! Why'nn forgave me and and she said you wouldn't be angry..


But all this ended when he felt a comforting embrace wrap around him - one that was altogether familiar. Oh yes yes yes yes Why'nn saved me she's here won't let me be hurt oh thank you thank you.. At the words of presenting the Jedi , he felt slightly Embarrassed that he had showed his Submissive side to a captive , but he wouldn't let that bother him. Cooing lightly with the wonderful feeling that always came with Embraces from Why'nn , he thought joyful thoughts.Yes! YES! I will present my gift to Mistress! Delrick won't strike at me there , not with Mistress watching over her Domain. YES! She will be pleased she'll commend me maybe even hurt me less!


Taking the words of strength to Metallic Heart , he slowly stood up - with her still embracing him - and allowed his eyes to turn back to yellow. "Prefix Unavailable : YES! Yes mistress will be pleased yes.. Thank you for protecting me.. I.. Was worried Delrick would hurt me for betraying him.. And.. And you would let him. But you wouldn't.. I shouldn't have thought that. You love me more than anyone.. As I love you more than I thought any being could possibly love.. But never mind that. Time to be the droid I was decades ago.. Mistress will be pleased and we will be strong to do so. Now.. Let's prepare. Should I rearm? No.. Mistress may not like that. I'll get a rifle and a VibroBlade anyway. It is my prisoner , after all."
 
Why'nn patted HK-50-01 on the back and let go of him. "Guard the prisoner and the Mandalorian. Connor? Get to the bridge." Technically Connor was in charge, but she was always the stronger personality in the room. And she? She would lock herself in the private quarters and watch a message from her father. Maybe she would train according to one of his lessons. Just once. Just for old time's sake. She wouldn't betray Mother.
 
Connor gave Jace a shove into the bulkhead once more with the Force, disengaged his saber, and made his way out of the hold. As he walked past HK, he looked at the droid, a hint of sadness in his eyes. "After how I've never laid a hand on you or tried to torture you, you offered to let him kill me. I thought we were friends, HK-50-01..." Connor sighed and walked out of the hold, up into the bridge, and shut and locked the door behind him. Taking a seat at the controls, he sighed, and began to think on what the Holocron had held for him.
 
HK-50-01 enjoyed the pat on the shoulder. He would do just as Why'nn told him to - watch his captive and the Unpredictable Jace. He didn't care what Connor did to Jace - at least , not until Connor walked past him. The words might as well stab right into his behaivor core , wrench it out and beat him with it too. NO! I didn't mean that I meant you can resolve your differences.. I would've helped you I I just had to get you two to stop fighting.. Please forgive me.. Before he could say anything , Connor walked off. This caused a sob to come from him - Now only one person cared about him.


HK-50-01 was once again extremely distraught... And he wasn't supposed to be. Turning this sadness into anger , he turned to the Mandalorian. HIS FAULT! Twisting my words into what I didn't mean , making Connor dislike me... His eyes rimmed red and he stepped towards Jace... And faltered when he realized he wouldn't look much good damaged. and.. And.. I can't do it right now... I can't kill anyone right now..


So instead he let his anger and sadness out in words. His tone was a mix of both , and his eyes were also thus - twin rims Circled the yellow , one of red and one of purple. Pref- override. HE CARED FOR ME! AND YOU , YOU TURNED HIM AGAINST ME! TWISTED MY WORDS AND MADE HIM HATE ME! Now.. Now only Why'nn cares for me. IF I WASNT AFRAID OF BEING UNPRESENTABLE I'D KILL YOU! You took one of my only two friends and now he'll never be my friend again. But I suppose I deserve it! What I get for trying to solve things without blood.. Why do I even bother? Why'nn will die one day and I'll be alone again. Why don't I just end it already? No.. No. Why'nn cares.. She wouldn't want that. I'll live for her.. She cares.. But I'll never trust another Mandalorian again. Here I thought you had honor and comradery as values. Everyone lies , I don't know why I expected you to be any different... Everyone except Why'nn. She's the only thing in this galaxy worth anything , worth serving. I should just let her present Ini here.. No. No. That would defeat the point. I'll still do it.. But only because she wants me to. That's the only thing that kept me going , and I suppose things never change.. Sith hurt you , 'Honorable' people betray you , and Why'nn remains the only thing that keeps me from blowing my head off. Now.. If either of you move any weapons or try to attack , I will shoot you."
 
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Why'nn sighed and shook her head as she started toward the main room. Maybe she'd work on fixing the comms instead. "Sure. Sure. Let's all have mental breakdowns and revived trust issues an hour before we land on Korriban. Now, instead of HK-50-01 being terrified every time someone sighs, he's scared of my father's ghost. And Connor, dear Connor, is now hurt that HK-50-01 was somewhat standing up for himself and trying to stop the conflict, albeit in a fairly hostile way. But really, what do you expect from an Assassination droid?" she murmured under her breath. She didn't hear the droid's outburst.


She sighed as she reached the comms array. "And, of course, I did this... I should've known better. And I need to fix my own mistake." Sliding down onto the ground, she grabbed the tools needed and began to work. "So next time we have a free moment I have to sort this mess out. Somehow become the negotiator between a droid who trembles at a sigh and an apprentice with an inferiority complex."
 
Jace's feet grinding against the floor of the ship and the ate the force push with a proper stance, the brunt of it taken by the arm, and the force he used to offset it. Jace shut off his Darksaber and turned his back on the droid still clutching the beskar sword. The tint of his visor making his expression unreadable. He felt kind of bad that the droid felt that way but it was better this happened now, Jace would soon have to betray the droid once more. This was a sad truth, these people weren't his allies they were his enemies who he just wasn't attacking at the moment. He knew exactly who would stand in his way when he went to complete his mission.
 
Hyperspace


Connor sat on the bridge, thinking over the events of the last day. It had been such a tiring one that it was hard to do so. Between learning he was the child of Jedi and learning that Why'nn's father was possibly alive was a lot to take in. Then his mind wandered back to the two people that picked up and brought with them. It was about twenty minutes before they needed to drop out of hyperspace for the final approach. Connor pulled out his personal comm and opened communication with his master. When her image appeared, he gave a respectful nod. "Master, we have a slight problem. I think you need to send out a squadron of guards to escort our two passengers to our...special holding rooms. You know the ones I mean... We will be exiting hyperspace in twenty minutes. We will need the guards waiting there at the landing platform."





Korriban





Manara gave the boy a smirk. She liked his thinking. No matter how skilled someone was, a squadron of guards would be a hard force to deal with. Especially when they are intermixed with Sith and troopers. "Very well, apprentice. I will send out the best we have to make sure these two don't do anything stupid. You say it's a Mandalorian and an old Jedi?" Manara smirked. She couldn't wait to question either of the two. The Jedi would be the real test, while the Mandalorian would simply be fun. "Be mindful, apprentice. I sense they will still try to resist, but the squad of guards I'm sending should dissuade them from doing so. Expect thirty of our best. I am ending this transmission."





Connor smirked as the image of Manara disappeared. At that moment in time, he didn't feel like he was the son of two Jedi. No. At this moment, he felt like a true Sith. Deception would be key here. No one was allowed on the bridge as it had the only windows out of the ship. Connor would be the only one who knew what was waiting for them on the planet. He smirked to himself as he begin making preparations to leave Hyperspace.
 
Why'nn made progress on the comms console. It would function now, even if it wasn't pretty. Judging by the time they would be dropping out of hyperspace soon. She moved away from the console and attempted to enter the bridge. Oh, right. Locked. She entered the override access code but she was denied entry. "Connor! Let me in before I cut this door down!" This had been a tiring day. She hoped she would be able to talk to her mother in private. All of this talk of her father had her unsettled and she longed to be home, gain some normalcy. Maybe Mother would allow her to participate in the questioning of the Jedi. That would cheer her up. Well, she hoped it would. In reality this was a state she was unfamiliar with, a range of emotions she didn't understand.
 
HK-50-01 had sat in the cargo hold for all of the intervening Time , facing Ini Ma'at and Jace. He didn't bother to strip the Mandalorian of weapons - HK-50 could still kill him armed or unarmed. The Jedi wasn't an issue either - the droid possessed the tip of the saber staff and would not give it back even if something actually did go wrong. Now.. I need stun cuffs and a Neural Inhibitor for Ini.. Right. Already wearing one. Never mind the cuffs then.. I can just shove him along as a prisoner.


What did happen was that HK-50-01 would've much rather not taken the Mandalorian with them. Never even apologize for betraying me.. When will I learn? I should Never trust anyone who says they have 'Honor' as a core tenant , that just means when they betray you it happens to be for someone else's gain. But what else is new? He didn't let his mind travel to the times he has been betrayed , not allowing it to start making him fearful - the captives wouldn't respect a Fearful Jailer.


Deciding to speak , his eyes were back to the usual Yellow - no rims of any color were to be seen. "Informational : Prisoner Ini. Please act like the Inhibitor is actually working when we go to leave. I'll be behind you , shoving you along. No need for Stun-Cuffs , It'll look convincing enough with me in your trail - with these weapons also trained on you , of course. Jace - please don't try anything. I can , will and shall splatter your entrails across my frame. And if you somehow manage to dispatch me , Why'nn or Connor will do the same. Of course I wouldn't trust you even if you did say you wouldn't - hell. You haven't negotiated this entire time. But.. No. No rambling about betrayals for me at this moment. Prepare to exit soon. We're close to being upon the surface of our destination."
 
Ini nodded at the droid's request. His ears picked up yelling from near the bridge.


"I understand my friend. I will cooperate with you while being transported. However, I believe you may wish to see to your friend. I hear a commotion coming from the bridge. Although... there is a chance they are merely... reveling... in a mission completed. Perhaps it would be more prudent to allow the their privacy."


@HK 50 09 @Raikou Kaminari


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Nah-Iblen walked into the chamber where Manara waited, his usual grin spread across his face.


"Greetings Mistress. I hope you do not mind if I were to stay and greet your daughter and your apprentice with you. I understand they were able to capture a Jedi Master. Quite a feat for two so young. I would much like to know how they accomplished this. Perhaps I might even bring them along so that I may display my new method of torture to them. Surely it will be good for your daughter's education."


@KalenNighteyes
 
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