Anam Cara-Phase 2 (Invitation Only)

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She smiled down at the woman as she heard the last question. Kyra was screaming inside her head to tell the truth, but Selae shut her out.*

"It was the best decision of my life. I left behind all the weakness and embraced the pure power and darkness that is of the Sith. MY life is now in my hands and not that of the council or some filthy committee. I control my own destiny and the Force is my slave."

*She brought the pike against her knee with such power that it snapped like a twig and she toss the two parts aside. The blue blades erupted again as the one Sable recongized began to pulse blue like it had a life of it's own. The blade was calling her to finish this now. Selae raised both lightsabers and began to bring them down.*

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*Inside the ship she watched the battle in horror. Arael tried everything to get out of the ship. As Selae began to bring down the blades, she cried out in a very loud voice.*

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Seirra Darque]

*Sable didn't flinch, she didn't have the energy to actually. Fate, time and her own perchance for overcomplexity brought her to this moment but how she died was her own choice. As the blade descended she gathered to her all the light she had accidently gained from Viea and even a few worn tattered fragments of her own from her childhood, half remembered and hazy they still shown brightly against the darkness that once festered in Sable's soul. Death came with the finality of a closed book delivered by a lightsabre that Sable herself once sought and craved. She knew it would devour her spirit if given the chance but she was not like the myriad others that died under it's acrid glare. She knew what it did and more importantly how it did it. The instant death embraced her she flung her spirit wrapped in the ambience of the Light, the Illuminated Force far from the odious black thing that was her life. A shimmering starburst rocketed away headed for the stars above, for like life the Force binds together all things even the stars themselves. In the begining we all came from the stuff of stars and to it Sable now returned carrying with her light born from the deeds of mortal men and women; honor, hope and most importantly love, that rare thing that makes life more than existance and makes it worth living right. And so passes the Sith Witch.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She hurled the lightsabers down and tore at the body that was Sable. She knew the woman was gone, but it didn't stop her letting her anger at being denied ending her life out. Finally giving up, she reached for the clasp of the cloak and pulled it off of the dead woman's now scorched body. Fishing around in her pockets for any other valuables or secrets, she planned next to stop that ship from taking off.*

*Arael felt like a failure as she leaned against the door and slid down it's cool surface. Looking up to Essex, she spoke in a hollow voice.*

"You heard the order of your late mistress. Take me to the relics."

[Seirra Darque]

*Essex looked at Arael and if a droid could smirk it would*

-If you would have stopped your hystrionics earlier and quit tearing at the ship's wiring we could have left before watching the Mistress' deplorable demise.-

*The ship, the Shadowspawn, lifted off firing a volley of laser fire at Selae's ship to keep her from easily following.*

*The moment the cape left Sable's body and was held by Selae the glorious dark weight of it gave way to the battle for dominance. Perhaps she had been expecting this perhaps not but like the bracer the cape had protections. It also held knowledge, Selae could feel it.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*Her arms shook as she struggled to draw the cape around her shoulders. The blood red inside came to life as it tried to suck her into it's depths. She could hear the voices and feel the clawing hands of the previous victims of the cape. It tore at the very thread of sanity within her as she closed her eyes and used all of her will to focus and fight back against the darkness that was held inside the cape.*

[Seirra Darque]

*Time, it is all subjective. For this moment it is an eternity as Selae battles with all that she has to take command of the Cape. Here lie Sable's secrets to power in battle, resistance to many things and strength from here it came. The eternal struggle was waged and though it took all that she would have in the end Selae became the Cape's master. It's last secret the power of the Death Mask became hers as the body of Sable, still half covered with the cape was absorbed into the esanguined lining. Though no soul came with it the flesh was still a prize the cape sought and like any good pet it offered it to Selae, wrapping her in the Dead woman's skin, giving her the aura and voice, even the malevolent movements that so dominated Kyra's then Selae's mind. Sable in flesh was now hers. Bits of knowledge, locations trickled from the entrapped beings, each wanting to gain favor with the new mistress by telling her the location of the most tasty tidbit of Sable's empire of lore.*

*The Shadowspawn reached space and the sleek ship sped towards safe hyperspace distance. Essex looked at Arael*

-Which destination does the Miss have in mind?-

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She fell to her knees from the strain put on her body and mind as she looked up and saw the damage her ship had taken. It was no matter now. She reached for the comlink and gave the secret command out. A repair ship would be coming within the hour to her location. It was a perk of her former days as a bounty hunter. Sinking down onto the ground, she sat down and looked up at the sky smirking.*

"Run as you may...run as you might....the stars can't hide you from my path tonight."

*She laughed a horrible laugh and then started humming a song.*

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*She had been in a daze almost as she turned when she heard Essex's vocabulizer speak to her.*

"Go? I honestly don't know where to start. Sable said you knew of the locations."