The Package (Closed)

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She rolls out of the way from the rock and jumps to her feet looking at him. She reaches her hand out grasping his neck with invisible fingers of the Force gripping it tightly while walking towards him.*

"Sit down!! And listen!! Or I will be sure to report your failings to Lirreka. She will enjoy how you showed the enemy your secrets don't you think?"

[Triune]

*Raviel felt the fingers on his throat, he struggles against it lashing out with so much anger that it blocks his own access to the force. He rages still trying to get a hand on her but eventually, inevitably he stills as he closes his eyes, the anger fading like a distant rumble of thunder.*

"What do you want... M'lady?' His voice is soft, almost a whisper as he hangs limply in her 'grasp.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She lets him down smiling with satisfaction and points to the ground.*

"First of all, sit! Then we will talk."

[Triune]

*He takes a seat on the ground, his leg folding easily before him. Once there he pauses long enough to remove the pair of discs from his arm, he doesn't bother to try to heal the wounds, letting them bleed for now.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She raises an eyebrow at his behavior at not wanting to heal the wounds as she bends down to pick the disks up and putting them away.*

"Why did you take me inside the Ebonclaws? I know now it wasn't from the wishes of Lirreka. What were you hoping to gain from this?"

[Triune]

"To show you another way besides hate and anger, to give you a view of why the Ebonclaw is not like a nation or an order... Why it will thrive in places you could never comprehend."

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She crosses her arms in front of her* "Do you think that by showing me this my view of the Ebonclaws would change? No, I think it was more than that."

*She remembers the connection there at Obra-Skai and turns around walking away just a short distance.*

"The Matron will not be successful in her endeavors."

[Triune]

*He shakes his head reaching out imploringly so wincing as his arm throbs*

"You say that because there is no other option for you. She has to fail for you to succeed, you still cannot see another way. Damnit Selae... Can't you see? Look at what you've done? You walked in and out of not one but two Danthiri facilities, deceived how many people? To be honest here can you truly say what you think her plans are? Do you even feel you have an inkling? It is not meant as a slight but only the bald truth, she doesn't have one plan or two plans she has scores of them, all spinning, weaving around. Even Tiera does not know them all, not even Adesia. The only one that knows them all is Lirreka herself." He shivers as he looks upon Selae still partially in the Lirreka suit.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She turns around glaring at him.* "Yes, Lirreka, the one who took my daughter and has sworn to take my own life. The woman you bow down to. The woman who would break you at the whim of her heart. You aren't valued there. You are nothing more than a playtoy for the Matron and the others to exploit. Maybe this was why you reached out to me.....yes....you did so because you knew they were playing you. You know what I speak is true."

[Triune]

*He ducks his head as if slapped. No anger comes surprisingly though*

"It is the way of things She is Matron and I am... A Jaluk... a freak among my own people... but I am still loyal." He says softly... his head still bowed.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She leans down and lifts his chin up to look into her face.*

"Things could be different, Rav. Don't you see? You could have power....you could make them bow before you for once...."

[Triune]

*He smiles a tired bittersweet smile.*

"Is this where you tell me it will be different if I work with you? That I'll somehow be less used? I know you Selae, I know you are bound to your Master and I know you hate Lirreka with a passion. You will use me no better then my House does.. The only difference is I will be hated by them instead of only mocked and used. You have felt a fraction of the connection the Danthiri have with one another... Now imagine that feeling transmogrified into hate... It is crushing... To betray is to be destroyed from the inside out.." He bows his head... a chuckle escapes his throat. "Do you know the worst part of it? I am still almost willing to do it because it would mean that just maybe I would get to be with you intimately. That I would get to see you smile and perhaps even praise me once... For those things it would almost be worth dying from my people's hate." He continues to chuckle.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She slaps him and stands up again looking away from him and walks away a distance looking at the smuggler's ships pass by overhead.*

"You have a choice....join me and help me in my cause OR go back to the Ebonclaws and face Lirr after her finding out that you helped me infiltrate the base and gave me a way to do so again."

*She turns around to face him. Her face full of anger yet a smile plays upon it.*

"Not many get a choice, Rav. Choose the right one."

[Triune]

*The slap was not unexpected nor her anger. He listens to her words noting the smile amidst the fury. His mind fills with what has happened and what can happen from this point. So many possibilities so much pain that will befall him. Regardless of his decision he has lost much face in the eyes of his House... Though he doubted he would be allowed to leave this world if he sided against her. No he would be buried here and forgotten. There was only one path for him but he would take it his way.*

"Two things before I answer... Tell me truly, your hate for Lirreka has dimmed because of this.. adventure." He arched a silver brow as he looked upon her.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She walks towards him menacingly.* "I do not have to answer any questions. It is your butt on the line...not mine. Remember that."

*She crosses her arms smiling with satisfaction.*