The Branding of Darth Thorn 15.11.05 -33kb

8/22/2019 The Branding of Darth Thorn 15.11.05 -33kb

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Well what did I tell you? Not as big a turn out as I wanted, or as plan orientated,but this RP definitely brings out the cruelty of Seer and Syrica and thedetermination of Thorn (aka Rose Conner).

We get to see that Seer is evil, but at times is true to the way of D'Hoffryn: "Nevergo for the kill when you can go for the pain." At least when the situation calls for

it.

Thorn too has come a long way, from being a quiet frightened girl to someone whois practically being initiated as a sith. Seer did something similar to Gitanna, butonly marked her forehead with a sith rune, at first she resisted but thenembraced its power.

With Thorn, well she's a bit of a brat, loves to rebel and gets punished for it!(Subtext anyone? Try not to imagine Catholic school girls and a headmaster>.


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rth_Thor She slides up her glasses slowly, then turnsaround and starts heading towards the exit.

Darth_Seer : Thorn, you were not dismissed, answer. rthSyr c : ...how eloquent Thorn has become,

don't you concur m'lord? Darth_Seer : If evasive silence counts as eloquence.

rthSyr c "mmmm", sustains her silence now, shesimply eyes Thorn as the girl nears the exit...she still hasmuch to learn about Sith etiquette...

Darth_Seer slams the stone exit door shut with the forcerth_Thor Looks towards Syrica with a cold look and

says to Seer"I'm going back to my master..", stopswalking as she watches the door shut and turns around

towards Seer. Darth_Seer : And what would this master's name be? rthSyr c arches an inquisitive brow at this

confrontation...rth_Thor Looks towards Seer still and says

quietly"Malice.", then looks towards Syrica with her eyesonly.

Darth_Seer : And what draws you to this.. Malice? rthSyr c is still very aloof and nonchalant about it

all...she could really care less, she will be entertained ifSeer crushes Thorn's throat...but she doubts that willhappen anytime soon, although dark lords aresurprisingly very random like that...

rth_Thor Looks towards Seer slowly andsays"Power.. and to control everything I see fit.". Shegives a glare towards Syrica and narrows her eyes.

rthSyr c : how unique of you darling... Darth_Seer : Really? Show me this power, if it can rival what

I have given you, insight into your own rage and hate... thenyou are free to leave. But if it is not, I will show you anotherlesson of the darkside.

Darth_Seer : Pain.rth_Thor Narrows her eyes and turns around and

moves towards the exit and starts pulling it open. Darth_Seer raises his hand to the door and thrusts it open


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inward, causing it to slam towards Thorn's face Darth_Seer : Oh I'm sorry, do you need something from your

chamber to make this power work?rth_Thor Senses the door is coming towards her in a

dangerous speed and jumps away from the path of door,she spins her body around and looks towards Seer with acold and heartless like look.

Darth_Seer flicks his fingers open, all out stretched asdarkside electricity crackles across his digits "Is thisdefiance I see in you? Or is silence the power that Malicebrings?"

rth_Thor She quickly grips her saber and narrowsher eyes, she moves into a stance.

Darth_Seer :You raise your weapon to one who isunarmed? You do not hesitate to grab the upperhand.. it isadmirable. But will it help you?

Darth_Seer with a wave of his arm, he brings down anornamental pillar down towards Thorn from her left, its

path aimed to graze her skull rthSyr c watches on...how exciting, she sips her

wine again...perched high on the alter at the northernend of the atrium, "bravo...bravo...", she laughsmacabrely as the confrontation continues

8t has left the conversation.rth_Thor Looks towards the Pillar and feels as thepillar hits her skull, she falls towards the ground andblacks out from the hit, she ungrips the sabers.8t has joined the conversation.

Darth_Seer : wb] Darth_Seer : wanna join the darkside Boto?]

rth_Thor : (Wb boto) Darth_Seer : Syrica, shackle her between those two pillars

please. t no )8t is away.

t : ty)8 rthSyr c has left the conversation.

Darth_Seer : If this child is to return to her master, sheshould be .. properly dressed.


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rth_Thor : (bye too Syrica >_> ) Darth_Seer looks to see she has gone "oh well" he moves

towards Thorn's limp, fallen form and drags her to thepillars, with one hand he holds her upright, with the

other, he attaches heavy chains that clasp locked aroundher wrists and ankles.. he floats her sabers out of theroom

rth_Thor Wakens slowly and shakes her head, shefeels blood down the side of her head and on hershoulder. She looks Seer with a light headed look.

Darth_Seer walks behind Thorn as he draws a smalldagger from his belt, he rips open the back of her top,leaving her front covered. He does nothing to stop theblood trickling from her wound as he proceeds to carve

the symbol of the sith'ari cult into her soft skin> Darth_Seer - this is no ordinary dagger, but one

augmented by the alchemical means.. any wound itmakes, takes twice as long to heal even in beings withhyper regenerative abilities "You have failed. Now youwill be given a lesson to show your master"8 rthSyr c has joined the conversation.

Darth_Seer : wb] rthSyr c : thanks) rthSyr c : silly msn)

8 rthSyr c is away. rthSyr c watches on...enjoying the sight of pain,

revelling in the punishment and the lesson...rth_Thor Yells out in pain from the dagger cutting

into her skin, she closes her eyes and says"I do not fearyou!"

Darth_Seer whispers through his mask against her ear

"good, pain cleanses you of delusions, whether you arethe one who gives or recieves it. Even a casual observerfinds illusions are shattered" he pulls the dagger awayand holds it in a flickering lit torch>

rthSyr c "m'lord you are giving me shivers", shecontinues scanning the scene, loving every little


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moment...the sight of the dagger peeling skin, flesh,muscle and sinew...

rthSyr c : brb smokies) Darth_Seer >he heats it for a moment and then brings it

back, to cauterise the mark into a permanently burnedscar, seeping blood crustens and fills the room with thesmell of burnt flesh "do you still defy fear?"

rth_Thor Bites down hard and closes her eyes tightlyand says"I fear nothing!".She looks towards him slightlyand gives him a slight glare.

Darth_Seer moves away, letting the dagger's blade cool inthe breeze "You are forever marked as one of ours, youmay travel as far as the outer rim and never be free fromthis brand you bear. Syrica. There is a barbed whip inone of the interrogation chambers, why>

Darth_Seer : don't you test its effectiveness on this preciouschild?

Darth_Seer : But leave her face un-marked and do not killher.

rthSyr c : back) Darth_Seer : wb[

rth_Thor Keeps her eyes locked on to him andhisses out"I will never knee.."her anger sound out in hervoice, she tries to pull herself free from the grip of thechains.

rth_Thor : (Wb) rthSyr c smiles with that inherent malice in her

faade, she stands and descends the crumbling steps ofthe alter towards the other two..."certainly m'lord...", sheremoves herself from the atrium for a moment and goesto get the lovely whip...

Darth_Seer walks away to give Syrica room to work "Good,I feel your hate brimming, it is like white hot flame, buteven the fire knows to stay near its fuel"

Darth_Seer :You must be curbed if you are to bear ourmessage to Malice.

8 rthSyr c has left the conversation. Darth_Seer : argh!]


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8 rthSyr c has joined the conversation.8 rthSyr c is away.

rthSyr c : sorry)8Elijah has joined the conversation.8Elijah is away.

Darth_Seer : eli]Elijah : hiyas Seer)

rthSyr c returns shortly with the enormousmalicious whip...she glares at the indignant andseemingly pathetic form of Thorn, stepping up to thecircle her boots crack the crumbling foundations as sheflails and strikes her across the back...singing a shallow>

rthSyr c yet very painful laceration..."this is whatmakes us corporeal young one...thisabhorrant...torturous existence"

rth_Thor Bites down on her own teeth and closesher eyes tightly, she feels the stringing of the whip onher back and tries to break free from the chains.

Darth_Seer "Do not stop until she screams.. or cries." heinstructs as he watches her thrash about in her bondage,helpless to break free from such strong shackles

rthSyr c nods to Seer, "of course m'lord...I'mobviously not trying hard enough", she flails the nastywhip again and it lacerates a deeper scar across Thorn'slower back, the wound weeps and cries blood...cascadingdown her back and legs..."mmmm..."8JKSreNbrr has joined the conversation.

rth_Thor Keeps bitting her teeth tightly, thenbecomes weak from the whiping and hands from thechains on her hands, she becomes much more dizzy

from the blood loss from the wounds on her back.. Darth_Seer holds his hand out to signal to stop "Enough"

Elijah : back) Darth_Seer : She has proven her resilience. She has earned

the right to leave. Besides, I suspect she will draw hermaster here, I wish to see this "Malice"


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Elijah is ummm....wandering around Talas Gat, the treehouse in the forest that he'd shared with his adoptive

parents.....until they'd abandoned him rthSyr c rests the whip on the floor and nods to

Seer, "yes m'lord...", she then returns to the alter..."Ishould also like to meet this...Master"8JKSreNbrr is away.

JKSreNbrr is taking a resbite and having somefyyrbread as he leans on his swoop, he has been ridingaround the eastern savannas outside Theed for the pasttwo days now...searching for any sign of his strayPadawan...

Darth_Seer draws out his saber and slices the chains fromthe pillars, but without removing the actual shacklesfrom her wrists and ankles, to show that she was in factbound, but the chains no longe hold her>

Elijah returned there, after his master had gonemissing for so long, figuring that if he wasn't wanted byanyone, he would make his way as best he could. So onenight, he'd left a note in his room at the prax, and had

packed what few belongings he had, and had> Darth_Seer "Go child. You have shown true strength, not

much wisdom, but indeed, you have spirit. Here, have a

going away kiss" he mocks as he unleashes a burst ofdarkside lighting towards Thorn, not to kill or even stun..but to simply.. hurt

Elijah headed for the forest. He knew of one placewhere he could live in peace, so he headed for the hugetree house. Over time he'd started struggling with basic,having difficulty remembering a language he wasn'tusing.

Elijah sits on the observation platform, clad in torn and

dirty paddy clothes, staring up at the starrysky.... rthSyr c : g2g byeeee) rthSyr c : mwah mwah)

Darth_Seer : ok]8 rthSyr c has left the conversation.


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rth_Thor Falls towards the ground and looks towardsSeer as he speaks, she watches him send a lightningtowards her, her weakened body could not dodge theblown and feels the lightning strike on her. She gives out

a slight yell and passes out from the wounds andlightning striking on her. Darth_Seer summons a cloak that he drapes over her

back, he floats Thorn's small body along side him withthe force as he takes her out side to a transport

JKSreNbrr had obviously not seen the note in thepraxeum that was left behind...but he could not sensehis Padawan anywhere in Theed, he finishes off the stalebread and continues speeding off on his swoop acrossthe rainy plains towards the great southern forests

Darth_Seer lays her face down inside the transport, hertop garment still torn open, but covered by the cloak. hesteps out and heads back into the temple, unsure ofwhat Thorn will do next

rth_Thor Wakes up slowly and looks around the areaslowly, she grabs the cloak slightly and feels very dizzyfrom what happen. She looks towards the transport, thenback towards the temple.

Elijah sighs softly, staring up at the stars.....he'd tried,

yet nobody seemed to stay around. Then he lookstowards the lights of Theed, his sensitive hearing pickingup a sound that was out of place...a swoop approachingthe forest8Talera has joined the conversation.8Talera is away.

Darth_Seer returns to his mediations

(From here on, its just Elijah and Soren)

Elijah : Tally ) Darth_Seer : yo] Talera : eli))

JKSreNbrr continues towards the forest...Theed isfar back in the distance now, glittering like an ivorybastion in the night, he sighs deeply...so concernedabout Elijah, he will track his Padawan to the ends of the


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galaxy if he must, but the Force is guiding >JKSreNbrr him to this sacred place...how curious,

he can't understand its significance, but he knows Elijahis somewhere in its density....somewhere, alone...

Elijah frowns, and hurries down to the lower level,digging into an old trunk that had belonged to hisadoptive father. If he could do nothing else he would

protect the forest, and he pulled Kahlen's old blaster outof the trunk, then lays down on the outer >

Elijah walkway, and waits......JKSreNbrr reaches the outskirts of the southern

forest and slows down, until in a filigree thickett ofsamsaara trees he brings the swoop to a completestandstill...he enters a code and it turns off for now,

there is complete silence, only the rain and a light wind Darth_Seer : spectating!]

Elijah : errrr....mastah??? i already said starry sky....you'rechanging the weather on me, dammit )

JKSreNbrr : it's lightly raining...lol)Elijah grrrrrrrrr)Elijah gnaws his master's ankles for that)Elijah scans the forest below, looking for any

movement. He will defend what has become his home.

Someone has to......JKSreNbrr senses a certain tranquilityhere....strange for such a sacred and ancient place onNaboo, he wraps his beige cloak around himself and

pulls up the hood to conceal himself better, and sets offinto the depths of this oaken and foliage maze...

Elijah sees movement off in the hazy distance, andturns the blaster in that direction, waiting.....

himself better, and sets off into the depths of this oakenand foliage maze...

Elijah sees movement off in the hazy distance, andturns the blaster in that direction, waiting.....

JKSreNbrr continues forward through the forest,sensing a familiar signature through the echoes in theForce...it is troubled...alert...startled...and yet sharplyaware


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Elijah watches as the movement gets closer...frellingrain obscuring his otherwise keen vision a bit...his fingerslides over the trigger of the blaster as he squints,aiming.....

JKSreNbrr arrives into a small clearing...there is asmall freshwater stream that is swamping up with age,he trudges on, getting closer to the signature...yetslightly unaware of its motives...he slips behind thebuttress roots of a massive yaala tree and waits...

Elijah sees the movement stop at the base of histree....the very tree that Talas Gat is built into...he peersstraight down, seeing the figure below, though he can'tsee who it is....8Talera has left the conversation.

JKSreNbrr glances up...invariably...sensingsomething much closer now...how peculiar...but there isonly darkness and starlight...and rain

Elijah squeezes the trigger, but there is only a slightelectronic whine....the blaster hadn't been charged sinceDuma knows when......

JKSreNbrr hears a strange metallic click aboveand is immediately alerted, he reaches out with theForce and guides his thoughts to the figure

above...something stirs and he pulls the blaster fromEli's hand with the Force...Elijah almost gets jerked off the platform as the

blaster is wrenched from his hands, and he lets out ahowl of rage, grabbing a vine and quickly sliding to theground, one hand dropping to his saber...he'll slice theintruder in half....still not realizing >

Elijah that it's SorenJKSreNbrr is washed up in the maelstrom within

seconds and rises to his feet, igniting his cerulean bluesaber immediately to shed some light in thedarkness...there is nothing hostile in his presentation...

Elijah takes a step back, his own saber coming up andigniting....with the combined light of the two blades hesees a familiar face, and begins to tremble.....

JKSreNbrr : ....Padawan...what is the


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meaning of this?Elijah slowly lowers his blade......''m....master....'' he

whispers in a scratchy voice that hadn't used basic in solong, and a trembling thumb deactivates his bright green

blade as he looks up at SorenJKSreNbrr disengages his saber and movestowards Elijah, cradling him in a warm embrace..."whatare you doing Padawan?"

Elijah feels the embrace as the rain streams down hisface, and he begins to shake......''you....you left'', hesays, in hesitant basic

Elijah : 15 minute warning )JKSreNbrr nods calmly and breaks free of the

embrace, "I'm sorry Padawan...I had to embark on a

journey and I could not bring you with me", he sighsdeeply, "that doesn't matter now, are you alright?"

JKSreNbrr : kk)Elijah nods slowly, the flood of emotions running thru

his mind confusing him...''I...okay'' he answers in a raspyvoice

JKSreNbrr glances around alertly, "come...gatheryour things, we are returning to the prax"

Elijah looks up at Soren for a moment, and then he

merely shrugs. He really has no belongings, other thanwhat he's wearing, and he slowly clips his saber back tohis belt, then wipes a dirty hand across his dirtierforehead, keeping the rain out of his eyes

JKSreNbrr understands that look immediatelyand smiles calmly, "ok then...let's go home huh?", hebegins striding back to his swoop bike...glad he managedto locate his apprentice

Elijah follows along quickly......Soren hadn't abandonedhim after all. Then a new thought occurs....why couldn'this master take him with him? Wasn't a paddy supposedto be at his master's side? His brow furrows in thought....

JKSreNbrr "your thoughts are turbulent youngone...is something wrong?", he climbs onto the swoopand signals for Eli to climb on the back...

Elijah climbs onto the back, as directed......''why...why


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you not take me with you?'' his voice rasps, though thewords are a bit clearer. He hasn't forgotten how to speakbasic, it's just that it's been so long since he had, hisvocal chords have to work at it

JKSreNbrr sighs deeply, "it was far too perilous totake you where I went Elijah...I couldn't even tell you Iwas going, it was...difficult, but I thought you would havestayed at the praxeum...why did you run away?", heenters the codes and hurtles off across >

JKSreNbrr the grassy plains to Theed...Elijah goes silent, trying to figure out the words to

explain his feelings.......Elijah : and on that note, I have to head out for work)

8Elijah has left the conversation.

JKSreNbrr returns to Theed and drives them tothe prax...etc. etc.

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