Message Intercepted (Invitation Only)

[Triune]

*Selae (Yes she's almost sure that's who she is now) reaches the center chamber, light streaming in as the exit is not 40 feet away...*

"Ilhar? You're back!" Arael smiles as she approaches 'Lirreka' "When you said you would be away for a time I thought you meant longer. I'm glad you're back though." She gives 'Lirreka' a hug.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She stops uncertain of if her eyes are decieving her as she wraps her arms around Arael and closes her eyes.*

Please tell me this isn't some sick joke...please tell me this is really Arael....oh please let it be so.

*She opens her mouth getting ready to tell her daughter just how much she missed her and all the things she never got to say......but stops.....*

She thinks I am Lirreka....oh the dark harlot has taken my daughter from me....I could take her away from here....yes, I could kidnap her and take her away...take her where she belongs.....keep her safe....

*The words of Adena come to her mind telling her that Arael is actually safer here with Lirreka than anywhere else. She kisses the top of Arael's head and pulls back to look at her.*

"Arael, I'm afraid I can't stay. I had to come back to retrieve something. How are your studies going? Have you been practicing?"

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*Arael looks a bit crestfallen obviously not pleased with being seperated. The question however does brighten her mood immediately as she nods. Selae can see Arael has more muscle tone and is far more confident and yes as much as she hates to admit happier.*

"Yes I have Ilhar. Tiera left not two hours ago but before that we've been practicing hard. She says I'm getting better, I almost disarmed her!" She smiles brightly, pleased with her accomplishment. "I've also been practicing my voices. I have Adena's down pat. Would you like to hear?"

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She smiles truly delighted to see Arael this happy and nods her head holding back tears from falling. She watches her daughter trying to maintain her identity as Lirreka but struggling hard to hold back the mother in her. For her to forget she is Selae for but a moment and let Arael consider her really her mother was too precious to give up.*

[Triune]

*The pain, that was down to a dull ache flairs as Selae struggles against her feelings and emotions. No force to help her this time when abruptly after a single blink the throat-full if tears, all of it melts away and she smiles at her adopted daughter with motherly pride proving once again she did the right thing. Arael is unaware of all if this as she turns her back to 'Lirreka' briefly to get herself ready before she turns back around, her posture completely different, her stands more commanding without being aggressive or defiant. Her head bowed just a touch to let her hood her eyes much like Adena herself stands when she's about to speak.*

"Hello Lirreka...my you are fetching in your black outfit. I hope you don't mind me dropping in.... unexpectedly." She sounds exactly like Adena, down to the odd little accent she has.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She remembers how Lirr has responded to Adena in the past and smiles at her daughter's grasp. Was it pride she felt as her biological mother or was it pride as Lirreka? She can't make sense of her own thoughts. She walks close to Arael looking at her as Lirr would look at Adena. She touches Arael's face tenderly and speaks soothingly.*

"You always know it is a pleasure when you drop in...Arael, you've done well. Very well."

*She turns away as the full apprehension of this hits her. Her daughter had indeed mastered the skills to mimic anyone........just like her.......she shakes her head. I need to get out of here. The room....I must go back to the room to get the satchel. She turns back to Arael not wanting to leave her daughter.*

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*Arael smiles brightly and hugs 'Lirreka' tightly pleased at the praise.*

"Thank you so much Ilhar. I've worked very hard at it. Adena's voice is really hard, the accents in it change and then there's her switching eye color." She smiles at her and steps back "I won't hold you up any longer, I want to get back to training. I was thinking of taking a run around the lake. Darna really needs the exercise. I never knew Vornskrs were so lazy in the day. I'm really glad you let me have one as a pet." She bows her head "I also wanted to say you were right to stop me from going with AJ and Bo. Kyra will kill them and would have probably done the same to me... I can't fight her with hate or anger... I'll do what you said train and master myself..." She hugs 'Lirreka' again and whispers to her "I love you Ilhar..." She breaks the embrace and turns to dash away.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She watches her daughter leave and her breath stops in her chest as it feels tight...almost as if she had been stabbed right in the heart. The tears she had held back come forth now*

"I love you, Arael.....I could never hurt you, baby. What has she filled your head with?"

*She leans against the wall trying to get her bearings again. Her fists clench.*

This woman has taken everything from me. I shall do the same. If losing her child in her womb was so horrid, she hasn't seen anything yet.

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She finds her composure again and heads back to the room where she left her satchel. She felt the thirst for blood again...anyone's blood would do but the blood of an Ebonclaw would be soooo much better. She thought of what the house would think if Lirr killed one of her own...how tragic. She chuckles*

[Triune]

*Selae walks back to Lirreka's quarters, collecting the Satchel that holds her other faces. The vague thought she could use a few more passes through her mind as she hears the chimes and harps singing loudly, the wind having picked up. She turns and walks back out, the attendants move aside giving her free movement as she leaves the compound, walking like a panther on the hunt. She feels a tingle as she passes through active Particle and Ion shields that protect the Compound, she doesn't remember them when she first came here. As she reaches the Ghost the Force returns to her suffusing her mind with its radiance. Satisfaction also arrives as she enters the vessel, she had fooled Lirreka, even her own daughter! Though anger still charged her blood there was room to chuckle. She was the woman of a three faces, four if she counted Inque. The number would be a thousand before she was done.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She slides out of the black outfit once inside the ship and into the flight suit. Still pleased with all she had accomplished. No one had any idea....except Raviel....the galaxy was her playing field and they would cower beneath her quickly. She was unstoppable. She chuckles as she slides into the pilot's seat and waves her hand to start the engines. She had forgotten that she came in as Raviel...an oversight? or was it planned? She felt too good in Lirr's skin to take it off just yet. She had something in mind for "Lirr" to do before returning to her own tasks.*

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*The ship lifts off amidst the sudden windstorm that now swirls over the dense forest. The turbulance does not affect the Ghost but Selae can feel it around the vessel through its surface sensors well into the stratisphere. Soon she is out of the atmosphere and into the chilling embrace of space.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She sets course for Taanab with just a wave of her hand and twitch of a few fingers. A wicked grin curls on her face. Time for "Lirr" to play once again.*

[Triune]

*The Ghost performs just as Selae had come to expect from the fine Ebonclaw ship. It slipped into hyperspace smoothly leaving Myrkr behind. Thoughts of that gem filtered through her mind. What could it have been that could do such a thing to a person?*

******TIME PASSES******

*The Ghost floats out of Hyperspace and into the Taanab system, like a vengeful wraith it glides inward.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She looks at Taanab with a dull ache almost for the days of old. Since aquiring The Ghost, the old sense of adventure had filled her again. No more constraints of her life as a queen....and now that Jetzt had taken over the throne of the Sith, there was no need to hide and wait on Korriban. No, she was a free woman. Yes, she had duties and responsibilities but the thrill of the kill.....no....the thrill of the hunt then the kill urged her onward. She had to be careful this time. The target for her to hit must be someone that couldn't be traced back to her. She thought about this as she waved her hand setting her landing on the spaceport of Pandath.*