A New Life (Cecilia Floran's Training)

[Jejune Nightshade]

Cecilia sighed, she was lying on the floor, simply staring at the ceiling... there wasn't anything else to do. She rolled over, thinking about all that had happened... the dream, the capture, everything. "Leon!" she sat up, she hadn't seen him in the days that she had been here, she couldn't tell what time it was, she hadn't been allowed out of the room, "Not that I would get anywhere." she thought out loud, a regular occurance now that she was alone. She stood up, pacing, she was stressed, worried, angry, and sad, all at the same time. "Ok, think, happy thoughts." she said, taking a deep breath.

Just as she had started to calm down, the door opened, Cecilia spun and idmediatly squinted from the slightly brighter light outside, "I've been in the dark far too long." she thought as the shadowy figure moved closer, she backed away but he grabbed her arm and pushed her outside. She idmediatly stumbled, nearly falling over before the man grabbed her again. She continued to squint, still unused to the light so she did not know where they were heading.

Finally, they stopped. Cecilia blinked out the last of the dark spots and found herself in front of a door. She started to mentally panic, "Am I gonna be killed?" she thought before reasoning to herself, "Maybe they're taking me to see Leon..... right... dream on." she shook her head, resigning herself to whatever fate that beheld her behind those doors. The man knocked and stepped back, Cecilia stared at the door, waiting for something to happen.

 

[Dread]

Creeks would be heard from the electronic doorways gears grinding before it opened upwards. Crashing into the inner of the walls. Dust danced in the light, mixing between each other. Sparkles, seeming to fall from the doors cracks. It was distracting - but when the dust settled, behind it would show who was waiting.

Twisted around his body silver lining graced the sides of his custom cloak. Fabric would shimmer in the dim lights that Grey the hallways throughout the temple. A long with the silver lining, Grey, white and black colorings where matched throughout the outfit. Ramnous walked from the inner of his room to the door, standing with his hair out of it's usual pony tail. Black wavy hair measured to the length of the end of his ribcage. In all it's ebony glory, it contrasted with his pale white lifeless looking skin. The part Sephi's ears poked through the hair, but barely. One would need to look closely to see he was Sephi at all, as his human side took over his skins smooth texture. Rather then his ears, he also reflected the smaller body build of a Sephi male, being short and skinny, five foot eight one hundred and thirty pounds man.

Ramnous put more power into each of his steps when he moved into the doorway. Shoulder muscles moving on his left arm - bending his elbow and shifting his wrist to force his palm upwards. If she would not look away, the young girls chin would soon be cupped with Ramnous's cold fingers, tipping her gaze up on a angel so that her and his eye's met for the first time. Blue orbs clashing with the womens brown eyes.

"Your name is SECOND now, and you shall remain as second until you prove yourself worthy." It was a soft voice, closer to a feminine male, yet it was strong in it's tone. His words may not make much sense to his new pupil yet, but as they got to know each other, she would learn how deep his thoughts where twisted.

 

[Jejune Nightshade]

Cecilia tensed as the door began to open, ready for whatever that may be inside. Dust swirled in the air, along with what seemed to be something sparkling. Cecilia stared, momentarily distracted by the swirling particles before she noticed a man in the room. She stared, he was to put it simply, mesmerizing. Born in a village where change and being different was like a curse, a person like Ramnous was something she had never experianced... this whole thing was something she had never experianced.

Cecilia stood frozen as Ramnous began to move closer, unsure what to do. In her thoughts, she suddenly found her head tilted up with cold fingers. She flinched slightly when she met his eyes... she knew insanity when she saw it"Then again, who's truly sane?" her inner voice mused before it was cut off by a soft and slightly feminine voice, "Your name is SECOND now, and you shall remain as second until you prove yourself worthy." she was confused by his words. She broke eye contact, not sure what to do.

 

[Dread]

"What kind of Bogan are you? Call me a name or something. Push out with the force - anything." Ramnous brought his left foot to his side and used to to turn his mass around to walk back into the room. The man who had brought her left, allowing her to be alone. "You may leave us if you want, but you will find nothing but snow out there. Go ahead and die."

 

[Jejune Nightshade]

"What kind of Bogan are you? Call me a name or something. Push out with the force - anything." Alice shook herself out of her trance, "I'm sorry...." she hesitated, not sure what to call him, "Um, sir." sir was a safe choice she had reasoned. "But..... Bogan?" she continued, she had heard the name thrown around but she wasn't sure. She watched as he walked back into he room, "You may leave us if you want, but you will find nothing but snow out there. Go ahead and die." She felt a flash of irritation surge to the surface, she took a deep breath, calming herself before speaking, "No thank you." she said calmly.

 

[Dread]

Ramnous brought his wrist to the air before his face, curling all his fingers on his hand into a fist except for his point. His wrist moved, along with his finger, but their pace clashed. Making a odd gesture for the women to enter his room.

The room around them was engrossed in a shade of grey, if the women entered, and once the door had shut on the women. The room would darken more into a blackness. The only light coming from the cracks in the walls and the light around the door way. Very little could be seen in his room - his personal quarters - but very much could be felt in his room if his student could use the force that way. His room sported a single fold out bed on the ground, three boxes around it. Shelves all around the room that spared no wall space. The shelves held datapads and books beyond a simple moment of time could count. One large cement desk back near the door, which was filled with junk, inside and ontop; scraps of metal, objects of unknown origin, loose books, pages, a few datapads, pens, paper, and lightsaber parts. The only spare clothing was folded neatly beside the shelve closest to his fold out bed.

"Focus, reach out with the force and find me. Once you do, sit down."

 

[Jejune Nightshade]

The man raised his hand and made a strange gesture, she seemingly for her to enter the room. Alice hesitantly stepped inside the room, she didn't have anywhere else to go. She waited for an answer but suddenly the door shut, she whirled around to see her only possible way to escape if necessary was gone.She turned around to face the man again, only to find the room rapidly darkening until the only source of light was from cracks in the wall and the some light from the doorway.

"Focus, reach out with the force and find me. Once you do, sit down."

At this, she began to panic slightly, "What do you mean use the force!?" she asked, her voice unconciously going up an octave, she could guess that her life probably depended on this. She looked around rapidly but she couldn't make out much besides shadowy blobs and each and everyone of them looked the same. "Ok, panic, not helping." she muttered to herself, closing her eyes, taking a deep breath and humming a folk song under her breath to calm herself down. After a few moments, only the edge of the hysteria along with a slight irritation for this whole situation was left.

"Think, what do you remember seeing in the room? she thought with her eyes still closed. "I think some metallic stuff.... on a desk of sorts......." she ticked off with her fingers as she said the items, eyes still closed in thought, she was getting just the slightest bit desperate as she ran out of things. Her breathing slowed even further as she retreated deeper into her mind. All of a sudden for a split second, she saw the room in all it's glory... as if there was a flashing light was going off in the room except she knew her eyes were still closed. She gasped, eyes flying open in surprise, she rubbed her eyes, "What just happened?" she thought, slightly fearful, she looked around the room, still seeing the shadowy blots... but they made more sense now. Even more important was she thought she knew where Ramnous was. She slowly sat down, looking in the part of the room she had "seen" Ramnous in.

 

[Dread]

"So? You know nothing of the Bogan we assume?" Being a teacher at heart, Ramnous didn't mind having to explain to her, but it was still a inconvenience when she could be training something else.

With a soft under the breath chuckle Ramnous let both his hands rest to his sides. He would let his body relax, his leg muscles first - then his arms and back. Soon he sat on the ground with one great sounding pulp. Regaining his composure by putting full tension back on his body his legs wrapped into a cross. His body shifted forward so that both his arms would make their way to rest along the top of his legs - wrist to his knees, fingers in the air but relaxed into curls.

 

[Jejune Nightshade]

Cecilia sat there, waiting for something to happen, she didn't have to wait long, "So? You know nothing of the Bogan we assume?" Her mind registered the we instead of I, "We? Is there more then... no...." she frowned a bit, thinking of the different possibilities. She quickly ressumed her attention when she watched one of the blots shift with a plopping noise accompanying it, telling her he had sat down. "Yes sir." she said, nodding on reflex despite the darkness. This was something she was comfortable with... learning. She closed her eyes again, trying to recreate the strange phenomenon, as she took a deep breath, it happened again, a flash showing the room and Ramnous sitting in her mind's eye. She opened her eyes, remembering the strange expanding feeling that accompanied the flash, she knew it'd be useful. Experiment over, she stilled, waiting for what seemed to be her teacher to begin speaking.

 

[Dread]

"Then you must first learn that I will kill you if you continue to show me weakness...the Bogan look down on the pathetic, the useless, and crush them to our will. You WILL be one more of those under our hand of power." Raising his left hand, to the height of his cheek, his wrist rotated until it faced outwards. Power gathered around his hand, until the power began to spark and crackle, flickering until bolts sparked out. "We assure you your death will not be fast.."

 

[Jejune Nightshade]

Alice nodded quickly, her fear growing into anger and she found herself saying, "But if there isn't weakness, one wouldn't be able to see true strength." she realized what she was saying but it was out before she could stop it. "Now I'm dead." she thought, watching the bolts flash, illuminating the room in short bursts. She wasn't sure where that jolt of courage came from but wherever it did... it might have just have shortened her lifespan by alot. She watched Ramnous carefully, gauging his reaction.