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extrapenguinFinal phase! We get the final part and the second +1 of this 5+1+1.
Sunshine Jasper
The Dark Council's meeting concluded. The Sith took their leave and began filing out of the chambers into Dromund Kaas's torrential downpour.
"Nox," Acina said. "I have things to discuss in private."
Nox perked up. "Of course." She slid off her seat and walked over to Acina's throne like a voreclaw that got the tooka. Acina let her.
It was odd to conduct an affair with another Sith, especially one of the Dark Council, but Nox was for the moment more interested in Acina herself than her throne. Perhaps it was the suspicion that as an alien, Nox would be facing much more opposition from all factions than Acina as a human. Perhaps Nox simply thought it would not leave enough time for archaeology.
In the end, it didn't matter. Acina led the way to her smaller office and did not have to fear being stabbed in the back.
"So," Nox said after the door whooshed shut behind her, "what did you have in mind?" Nox looked like she wouldn't mind a bit of ravishment. Acina, however, had other plans.
She pulled out a datapad. "Ethru Minor is an extremely volcanically active planet – an attractive prospect for certain types of ore. The survey scans, however, revealed something else interesting."
Nox leaned over the holoprojection, enthralled. "That's a settlement buried by volcanic ash."
Acina did have an expert on her hands. "Indeed. There are no prior records of the civilization. There could be nothing there of interest-"
"-or it could hold the key to immortality." Nox's canines, sharper than a human's, caught the light as she smiled. "When are we going?"
"Tomorrow morning."
"I'll hold you to it."
"Come to my landing pad at 0700 hours."
Nox smiled again, this time with her lips closed. "See you tomorrow, Empress mine." She leaned over and pressed a kiss to Acina's mouth, then left with a wink.
Acina touched her fingers to her lips. The Force did not have any portents of a poisoning attempt. Not that she'd expect one from Nox at the moment, but-
With a sigh, she flicked to the next page of the report on Ethru Minor. Breathable atmosphere, mineral deposits not quite near enough to the surface to be worth mining, some scrubby flora and arthopodal fauna. And on the last page, some pictures of a type of gem found near the volcano on whose foothills lay the settlement she'd agreed to visit. Some sort of agate, according to the notes, an intense sunshine yellow and banded with greens.
She smiled. Nox seemed to have a liking for shiny stones. Acina would oblige.
But before that, she had work to do and an Empire to keep running. With a final touch of her fingers to her lips she settled down with her reports and waited for tomorrow.
Sunshine Jasper
The Dark Council's meeting concluded. The Sith took their leave and began filing out of the chambers into Dromund Kaas's torrential downpour.
"Nox," Acina said. "I have things to discuss in private."
Nox perked up. "Of course." She slid off her seat and walked over to Acina's throne like a voreclaw that got the tooka. Acina let her.
It was odd to conduct an affair with another Sith, especially one of the Dark Council, but Nox was for the moment more interested in Acina herself than her throne. Perhaps it was the suspicion that as an alien, Nox would be facing much more opposition from all factions than Acina as a human. Perhaps Nox simply thought it would not leave enough time for archaeology.
In the end, it didn't matter. Acina led the way to her smaller office and did not have to fear being stabbed in the back.
"So," Nox said after the door whooshed shut behind her, "what did you have in mind?" Nox looked like she wouldn't mind a bit of ravishment. Acina, however, had other plans.
She pulled out a datapad. "Ethru Minor is an extremely volcanically active planet – an attractive prospect for certain types of ore. The survey scans, however, revealed something else interesting."
Nox leaned over the holoprojection, enthralled. "That's a settlement buried by volcanic ash."
Acina did have an expert on her hands. "Indeed. There are no prior records of the civilization. There could be nothing there of interest-"
"-or it could hold the key to immortality." Nox's canines, sharper than a human's, caught the light as she smiled. "When are we going?"
"Tomorrow morning."
"I'll hold you to it."
"Come to my landing pad at 0700 hours."
Nox smiled again, this time with her lips closed. "See you tomorrow, Empress mine." She leaned over and pressed a kiss to Acina's mouth, then left with a wink.
Acina touched her fingers to her lips. The Force did not have any portents of a poisoning attempt. Not that she'd expect one from Nox at the moment, but-
With a sigh, she flicked to the next page of the report on Ethru Minor. Breathable atmosphere, mineral deposits not quite near enough to the surface to be worth mining, some scrubby flora and arthopodal fauna. And on the last page, some pictures of a type of gem found near the volcano on whose foothills lay the settlement she'd agreed to visit. Some sort of agate, according to the notes, an intense sunshine yellow and banded with greens.
She smiled. Nox seemed to have a liking for shiny stones. Acina would oblige.
But before that, she had work to do and an Empire to keep running. With a final touch of her fingers to her lips she settled down with her reports and waited for tomorrow.
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