The Voodoo You Do

[Kalanda Tishire]

Location: Drathomir

Kalanda was at her with end. All the time she had spent researching Drathomari Witches and she didn't think to ponder how she would even find them. Mid had inadvertently sent her on this path when she learned she was too weak to learn Sith Alchemy, but now it seemed that learning Witch Magick was out of reach as well; assuming she didn't find the witches she was seeking. So, here she was, a rather pissed of acolyte huddling over a glow lamp disgruntled about the last three days she had spent wondering around last. She didn't know what all to do, and frankly she felt that running off any further into the planet was going to get her killed. There was some sort of creepiness about this place that made her feel unsettled, something far different than any tomb on Korriban, or even that massacred village on Zoist. It felt unnatural, and kinda wrong in a sense.

Kalanda let out a sigh, setting down her rather worthless handmade map, choosing to direct her frustrations at the glow lamp she brought with her. At least she still had her shuttle, so in theory she could go home if it came to that; but she wouldn't, not yet at least, because she wasn't giving up until she had learned what she had come here to learn. If only she knew where these witches were, maybe if she knew someone they could point her in the right direction, but of course she didn't know anyone; so here she was, stuck up a river without a paddle.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Being home on Dathomir was always a something Eithni liked to do every now and then. Her connection to the spirits and the ichor that was part of the planet's core were always strongest when she was on her planet. Out exploring a deeper part of Dathomir, much further away from where her village was located, she stumbled upon a very familiar feeling. A feeling she always felt when she was with Sith, more specific the likes of Hask, Mid or Darth Valravus. It was different from Dathomirian magick, but still without the same spectrum from what the Nightsister had learned from her Matriarch. So the same beginning, but a different path.

Following the feel of what Eithni suspected to be a Sith, though not as strong in the force as some of the other ones that have visited Dathomir in the past. Concealing her own presence in the force, she moves along the treetop silently doing the evening, making her very hard to see, due to ever-expanding evening.

The far distant howls and roars didn't exactly make it any less unsettling as Kalanda walked through the endless jungle of Dathomir. As the Sith Acolyte continued down her self chosen path, a long silence fell over the area for a good half an hour. It was as if the whole jungle held its breath for something that was about to happen but never did. Another ten minutes of nothing but the howling wind around her. A sudden hooting behind Kalanda broke the silence as if it had been planned, while the native bird sat high up in a tree, looking down on Kalanda with its big glowing yellow eyes.

Sitting in a tree a bit further ahead of where Kalanda was, followed Eithni the Sith with her gaze, undecided of what to do with her. She seemed lost or was looking for something maybe?

The bird hooted again, making the whole area Kalanda was in something out of a horror Holovid movie, having something just wait to jumpscare her behind a tree.

Still sitting in her treetop, shrouded in darkness, looking down at the Sith on the ground, it gave the Dathomirian girl an idea. A mischievous smirk formed as she tried to remember the lullaby her mom, the matriarch always sang for Eithni when she was a child. Really, now that she thought about it if you would sing the lullaby any other time than for a child it had the potential to come off as scary and creepy. So that was exactly what Eithni was about to do, try and scare the kriff out of the poor unaware Sith. Waiting for the Sith to stop moving, she put her mischievous plan into motion.

After a bit of silencing, as if the bird expected something to happen and stopped hooting as to see what Kalanda would do. A sudden, from somewhere among the trees, could the sing hear a voice, but not just a voice, but a sweet voice singing;

"Rancors asleep amidst the trees
Bats all a swaying in the breeze"​

Silence fell over the area again for a brief moment, before the same voice continued singing, but it came from a completely different angle as if it voice had moved or maybe even more than one voices.

"But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
For your dolly, Polly sleep has flown
Don't dare let her tremble alone
For the Siths, heartless, cold
Paid in greed of power
He comes, he'll go
Leave naught behind
But heartache and woe
Deep, deep woe"​

The chilling singing voice died off again for a bit longer as if it was an attempt to freak Kalanda out by letting the howling wind take out for a bit. Light laughter almost childlike could be heard for a bit before that also died off. And then, this time behind her, continued the singing;

"Birds are silent for the night
Cows turned in as daylight dies
But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
My dear dolly Polly shut your eyes
Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries
As the Siths, brave and bold
Paid in greed of power

He'll chop and slice you
Cut and dice you
Eat you up whole
Eat you whole~..."​

This time voice didn't change position but actually continued to sing the last bit of the lullaby. Two eyes devoured in a glowing green mist, was the only thing that Kalanda could see, if she looked up in the dark treetop where the song came from. The green glowing eyes disappeared in the darkness as if they had been swallowed whole by it. The same almost childlike laughter moved away from the place but quickly died again followed by complete silence again. No distance howling or roaring, the hooting was also gone as the bird flew away and disappeared somewhere amidst the trees.

After singing the little lullaby for the little Sith, she silently waited and watch, to see what kind of effect it had on the girl.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

This place was creepy. Kalanda watched with annoyance at the fog the loomed around her, even though she could sense beyond it, this place still gave her the creeps. She scooted a little closer to her lamp, trying to get a bit of warmth from it's light, though it would do little to make her feel any less creeped out. She knew she had been to worse places, places far more dangerous and terrifying, but she was drawing a blank on them currently. Why did all the good stuff have to be on freaky planets? Why couldn't the witches have started up a cult on Coruscant or something? Sith alchemy on Zoist, and witch magics on Dathomir, but there was nothing cool on Korriban? This galaxy made no sense at times. Kalanda picked up her map once again, trying to guesstimate where to go next given her last two failures on finding anyone, but something at the end of her senses caught her attention, and she was on her feet saber at the ready. But...nothing happened. She knew for a fact she sensed something, something was out there and it just suddenly vanished. Kalanda swore looking around her perimeter, knowing that she wasn't going crazy. Something was out there. A bird behind her hooted, giving the young woman a heart attack and causing her to whip around with an ignited lightsaber....at a bird.

Kalanda scowled, deactivating her lightsaber and sitting back down, feeling embarrassed that a freaking bird had startled her. Shaking her head, she looked down at the ground, tapping her lightsaber against her leg. What was she even doing here? Then, suddenly, the hair on the back of her neck began to stand as she heard a voice on the winds.

"Rancors asleep amidst the trees
Bats all a swaying in the breeze"

Kalanda rose once more, her weapon at the ready, as she slowly looked around, staining her senses for what could be speaking. Then it died, making the woman wonder if she was losing her mind. Then the voice came back, from a complete opposite place now. It carried on, the voice or voices swirled about the young woman, as if several women were running about singing their creepy song. Kalanda's eyes widened, as she tried to suppress the fear, only to fail and try again.

"But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
For your dolly, Polly sleep has flown
Don't dare let her tremble alone
For the Siths, heartless, cold
Paid in greed of power
He comes, he'll go
Leave naught behind
But heartache and woe
Deep, deep woe"

Silence fell once more, and Kalanda ignited her lightsaber. She was trembling now, she couldn't deny that. She was scared. Okay? Fine, she admitted she was scared, so the stupid monster out there could show up and die by her hands, then she could get over it. Least, that's how she imagined it going in her mind. She looked around madly, wanting-no-demanding her tormentor to show themselves; though this was all mental input, she couldn't bare to open her mouth and speak. The lone red light against the onslaught of fog was not enough to dismantle the fear that a pack of witches were out there and going to sacrifice her for their rituals; she didn't know much about the witches, but she did read something about that, she was certain. As the silence settled on the camp sight, Kalanda was just starting to convince herself that everything was fine; aside from the ghostly laughter and the ghosts in the fog she couldn't find. She let out a startled yelp as the voices came from behind her, leaping a good foot into the air and slicing down with her lightsaber, cutting the log she had been sitting on in two.

"Birds are silent for the night
Cows turned in as daylight dies
But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
My dear dolly Polly shut your eyes
Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries
As the Siths, brave and bold
Paid in greed of power

He'll chop and slice you
Cut and dice you
Eat you up whole
Eat you whole~..."

As the pair of green eyes showed themselves, she screamed. "NO!" She extended her hand, flinging the freshly cut log into the void of fog, only for it to vanish, as well as the singing. She was alone again, no ghosts, no singing, just...silence. Kalanda was shaken, as she had knocked over her lamp and was damn near hugging her lightsaber, aiming it at whatever had been in the fog. Eithni had succeeded in scaring the hell out of the girl, as the acolyte was damn near jumping at her own shadows. Her lightsaber shivered against the fog, as the poor acolyte could hardly keep her hands steady.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni couldn't believe it worked, her sisters would be so proud of her, for managing to scare a Sith into shaking. She really wanted to laugh, but just by starting to laugh would totally break her hiding spot and then the Sith would know where Eithni had been hiding. Instead, she watched the poor girl surrounded in thick fog, shivering madly, jumping at her own shadows. Eithni almost felt bad for the girl, but then again, it was fun teasing her. It's been far too long since she's been able to pull off such a scare.

Thinking it was about time that she met this sith girl in person, as Eithni still wanted to know why the Sith was on Dathomir. Besides, if she didn't, another sister clan would just as likely stumble upon her and just flat out attack her on principle. Some clan still held a very deep hatred for the Sith from what the Sith Emperor in the past did to their people.

Silently as the shadow, she landed among the threes, still concealing her present in the force. As Eithni stepped out of her hiding behind the trees, stood she only a silhouette from where Kalanda was. "Awfully shaking, something wrong?" Asked the silhouette of Eithni curious yet innocently, as she took a few steps closer towards Kalanda. Wearing her usually ragged clothes with her hood up, casting most of her upper face in darkness.

As Eithni got a bit closer before stopping up again, from where Kalanda was, the silhouette began to form a bit more form and she would be able to see it was a girl. How old exactly was hard from the distance between them, but the girl did look younger than Kalanda herself. A sweet, innocent smile formed on the girl's lips as she sweetly stood with her hands behind her back. "You look like you've seen a vengeful spirit... are you alright?" Asked Eithni with a sweet voice as she took a few steps closer through the thick fog. The howling wind has settled for now it seemed the moment Eithni entered the field of view from the Sith as if it had been planed.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda waited for a long moment, as she looked rather frenzied as she whirled about with her weapon, looking for the monster to strike down but never found it. This damn planet deserved to burn, it was unnatural, a freak show of a world. She wouldn't tolerate it, but she was going to have to. Kalanda was starting to doubt her own sensing abilities now, as it was clear that whatever she was trying to do, it wasn't working. Was the force somehow affected differently here? Was something blocking her senses? It could very well be possible.

Just as Kalanda was debating these things, a shadow emerged from the trees and began to speak, causing her to lower her weapon towards the figure, though she couldn't see it. "What are you?!?" She shouted, stepping away from the shadow, believing it to be one of those creatures that took human form, only to devour those who were foolish enough to trust it. The silhouette would begin to grow more detail, as the woman before her moved closer, her details starting to slowly come into view, as Kalanda lowered her weapon more and more. "You're not a monster..." She muttered, as if it was a revelation of some sort. The girl was young, far too young to be running around her on her own. How had she gotten here anyways? This whole planet was a maze of mist and confusion. Kalanda sensed no malice from the girl, but that didn't explain how she hadn't sensed the woman earlier. Maybe the mist was affecting her senses, perhaps some sort of swamp gas was giving her hallucinations. "Yes, I'm...alright. I just thought I saw a monster in the fog, it had green eyes and this singing...." Kalanda started, but soon stopped herself, not wanting to retell her most awesome story of cowardice or how she nearly pissed herself in terror. "Who are you, and how did you find me?" She asked, shutting her weapon off and putting it onto her belt. Perhaps her luck was starting to change, perhaps not. If anything, finding this woman was no coincidence. Seeing as how she had already asked for a name, Kalanda gave hers in kind. "My name is Kalanda, and I was trying to find these women called the 'Nightsisters'. Have you heard of them?" If this was day one, the acolyte would have lashed out at the woman and tried to acquire the information out of her by force, but given it was day three and the events that had just occurred, it was clear to Kalanda she had no clue what she was doing and she desperately needed help.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

The young girl before Kalanda tilted her head to the side "a monster? Oh no, I'm just little ol' me" replied Eithni every so honey-sweet. The fog moved around them, almost unnaturally ways, or maybe that was just the jungle playing tricks? "Who am I? Well, Eithni of course" introduced the girl herself proudly and then looked around as if to check that they were alone, before looking back at Kalanda. "Oh you were terribly loud and I was just passing by doing my usual walk" explained Eithni rather vague and cryptic as she looked Kalanda over with her bright ruby-coloured eyes.

[color=]"Uhhh, a green-eyed monster?"[/color] Asked the girl in front of the Sith suddenly very curious, maybe even a bit excited? "Singing? I've heard of them, the singing dead. Those that were killed by a Sith Emperor a long time ago, some say they're singing about him hunting them down and killing them" Explained Eithni, giving Kalanda a sweet smile as if she just told her something innocently. "I've even heard that if the green eyes see you, that it means you're marked... But that could just be purely fabricated stories I guess" commented Eithni and shrugged her shoulders.

Taking a few steps closer to Kalanda, the Sith were now able to fully see the girl that came out of the fog and even get a full view of EIthni's face as she pulled down her hood. "Nightsisters? Why are you looking for the witches of Dathomir?" Asked Eithni innocently yet curious as she walked over to a fallen tree and sat down. Standing from where Kalanda stood, it looked like Eithni was sitting on air, because of how thick the fog had grown into. "Don't you know what they do with unwanting guess' on their planet?" Asked the young girl curiously, tilting her head to the side again.

In truth? Eithni had way too much fun with this Kalanda. She decided to play a bit on the Sith's fright for the unknown, while still get answers to her quests and if she could leave the girl to her frightened state of maddening and doubtfulness. Of course, there was also the possibility that the Sith proved too dangerous and Eithni would have to kill the girl in front of her. Then, there was the chance that Kalanda was here not out of ill intent towards the Nightsisters, but that was often not the case with the Sith.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

The girl appeared harmless enough, but clearly this wasn't some innocent girl. This place was twisted by some unseen force, so while this cute girl in front of her might have seemed to be harmless, Kalanda tried to keep her mind on the fact that this place wasn't as it seemed; which meant the same could apply to her new friend here. This 'Eithni' came off as a little too nice, but Kalanda could only get the sense that the girl was looking for excitment. Maybe that's what really brought her here.

Of course, Eithni's claim of angry spirits who wanted to kill the Sith did little to ease the acolyte's mind. "M-marked?" She muttered, wondering if that was indeed what happened to her. Not to mention the fact that Eithni basically confirmed she had been listening to actual ghosts singing; which struck the young woman with a certain sort of fear, she couldn't quite describe it. Kalanda was starting to look a tad pale, but she wouldn't let herself be scared away; she needed to learn this power. Eithni asked why she had come seeking the night sisters, which gave Kalanda a drive for her to snap out of her fear induced daze. "I need to learn their ways, to make myself stronger so that I can keep someone I care about with me." She reaffirmed, though she started to feel rather foolish for saying such a thing aloud. Within asked if she knew what happened to trespassers, and honestly she wasn't too sure other than a few rumors she had heard. "No, but it can't be any worse than returning home and knowing I let me fear get in the way of my goal." She said, trying to battle the growing terror in her heart, which wasn't exactly helped by the creeping fog.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

A faint smile formed for just a few seconds, when Kalanda muttered about being marked by vengeful spirits. Though the next thing the Sith said, caught her curiosity, "Oh? Somebody dear to you?" Asked Eithni and rose from her place on the fallen tree. Walking over to Kalanda, she stopped before getting within the area where it would get intimate between them and tilted her head to the side a bit. A weirdly smiled formed on the girl in front of Kalanda, a sort of humoristic smile, before turning around and walked away from the Sith. Eithni stopped further away and would start to lose details for Kalanda, if Eithni continued to walk further away and into the fog.

The young girl turned around and looked at Kalanda, "I'll suggest you turn back Kalanda, Sith of the Empire. If you continue to seek out the Nightsister, it would most certainly bring unfortunately demiss to you, if the spirit won't get you first~" told Eithni Kalanda rather seriously, having a grim look to her face and then completely breaking the seriousness with a big bubbly and cheerful goodbye, "BYE!" and just began to walk away from Kalanda, slowly being devoured by the thick fog, showing less and less form the further away Eithni got from Kalanda.

Eithni wanted to see what Kalanda would do with this information and if she would actually dare to continue. She found her goal of keeping someone she care about with her, really sweet. The Sith reminded Eithni of her she herself would go the same length to keep somebody with her if it would mean she would have to get stronger. However, teaching the Sith Nightsister magick? That was an entirely different thing and if Kalanda would actually figure out that Eithni was indeed a Nightsister, would the Sith really need to convince Eithni.

Eithni didn't really try to hide after walking through the thick fog and Kalanda would be able to catch up to Eithni rather quickly without much trouble, to question would be, was she too afraid to venture into the unknown fog and for all the Sith knew, deeper into the witches den.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Eithni gave Kalanda a weird smile, something that made the acolyte tilt her head at the woman before her. There was just something...off about her, but what that was Kalanda couldn't exactly figure out. Then Eithni moved closer, and closer, until they were only a few inches apart. Kalanda pulled her head back a tad, unsure as to what the woman was up to. Then the woman turned away, marching into the fog as her voice began to fade as the distance between the two only grew. She said that the nightsisters would do nothing for her, only scorn her, but as her silhouette disappeared, Kalanda realized she was letting the one lead she had slip away. Eithni knew more than she was letting on, Kalanda knew that much, so despite the stupidity of the idea the acolyte would chase after the woman.

It was a stupid move, Kalanda knew that, but the alternative was sitting around stumbling through the fog like an idiot. "Wait, come back!" She called out, her saber smacking against her hip as she ran, nearly tripping over a fallen log she had failed to notice, but she soon regained visual on Eithni. "You, you know about the nightsisters don't you?" She asked, moving to make sure the woman didn't disappear once again. "Could you show me to them? Please?" Kalanda winced as that horrid word 'please' came from her mouth. It left an acidic taste on her tongue, putting her pride to the side to show she truly wanted to learn. It was a wound of the spirit, but she could learn to live with it in time; especially if she got what she needed from it. Eithni could get a good feeling that the woman before her was rather desperate; if only she knew what three days of being lost did to Kalanda.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

As Eithni walked down an invisible path due to the fog surrounding them like a blanket, she heard the Sith woman call out to her as she got up beside Eithni. The Nightsister pondered whether she should reveal her true identity or keeping up the facade for a bit longer. However, when she asked if Eithni knew about the Nightsisters, she decided she had enough fun pretending.

She looked over her shoulder and a smirk formed on her lips, "of course I know about the Nightsisters, Kalanda. I am one" replied Eithni and just to mess a tiny bit more with the scared Sith, she flared up her magick, releasing the concealment she has had over herself, showing Kalanda some very familiar glowing green mist eyes for such a brief enough time for Kalanda to see. Just as easily she flared up her magick, just as easily she stopped using it and the green colour disappeared and Eithni's ruby-coloured eyes returned again.

Eithni expected the Sith would have so many questions, in truth this was kind of fun for her. As they've been walking some small tiny drops of water began to fall, hitting both girls with a few long seconds delay. The few long seconds delay started slowly to turn into rapid-fire of rain from the blackened clouds above them. *Great~ it just had to start raining* thought EIthni a bit annoyed and looked from left to right, trying to figure out where the closest cave or just area to get under cover from the sky.

It didn't take long for Eithni to find a smaller cave in the jungle and entered it, to get out of the now pouring rain outside and moved over to one of the sides to sit down. Eithni removed her ragged hooded coat, showing her very minimal clothing under the coat. A tight ragged top showing off her feminine features, though the bottom of her clothes was a long ragged skirt, ending around her shins. What Kalanda would notice though, now that they were out of the fog, was that the Nightsister didn't wear any shoes or other kinds of footwear, but instead,

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda should have expected the young girl to have been a nightsister, but it frankly never crossed her mind; why would it? Someone as young as this was a nightsister? Of course, Eithni scared the hell out of the acolyte as that familiar pair of green eyes lashed out at her, prompting the acolyte to gasp and recoil in sudden shock. Of course, this was soon followed up with a glare by Kalanda aimed at Eithni, not that the younger girl would care. "Could have fooled me." Kalanda muttered, slightly annoyed that the girl had been the one screwing with her earlier today. There was just something about those eyes that was...alluring to her, what was it that gave Eithni such a gift? She could only speculate at the nature of such things.

Kalanda did have many questions, namely if the girl had been aware of her for the length of her stay, or how long the girl was planning on screwing with her before being upfront. Fortunately, Eithni was spared these questions, as a downpour soon took up Kalanda's attention. Eithni of course took off for the nearest cave, to which Kalanda gave chase. "I'm not done with you!" She hollered, thinking the woman was trying to make a break for it, though she soon learned this wasn't the case. The acolyte's robe took most of the moisture from the downpour, as she stood at the mouth of the cave, damp and kinda annoyed at the goose chase she had been lead on. It took only a moment for Kalanda to realize the girl had been running around barefoot this entire time. Kalanda exhaled, knowing that losing her cool wouldn't help things. It wasn't Eithni's fault she had wasted three days on this world. Instead, Kalanda took off her robe and offered it to the girl, knowing she was probably freezing, before sitting against the cave wall, wincing as the rocky surface hit in just the right spot on her spine. Kalanda was adorned in her tunic and trousers, still perfectly warm from her robes; which Eithni would find were still quite warm. "Is there something off about this world?" Kalanda asked, partly curious what the girl would say. "It feels strange, like...it's hidden even from the force. Like it's true nature is submerged." Korriban wasn't like this. It's nature was right there, a dead world for a dead race. Boom, in your face. But this place? It....felt wrong, sick even.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Sitting with her legs crossed and ragged hooded coatless, she looked up Kalanda resting her eyes on the female Sith before. Then she would look at the robe that she was offered and accepted it as she gave Kalanda a thankful grin. "Thanks!" thanked the Dathomirian girl sweetly as she wrapped it around her body, It was quite large, compared to Eithni. Feeling the warmth of the robe, she just wrapped her side in it, so only her head was visible and grinning bubbly to kalanda, "sooo waaarm~" commented the young witch.

Turning her head towards the pouring rain, Eithni listened to the rain for a bit, before the Sith asked her a question. Turning her attention back to the Sith, she rose her eyebrow, "off about this world? No, not really. However, the spirit ichor is the strongest on Dathomir, as the Fanged Goddess watch us all" replied Eithni and shrug a bit.

Eithni suddenly got an idea for something fun as they had no real idea when the rain would stop and the thought in her mind began to make her giggle and turn her head to Kalanda. She pulled up the hood over her head, got up and moved her hands up as if she was about to shoot lightning and tried to do her best Sith lord impression. Turning to face Kalanda, Eithni tried to lower her voice, "You have failed me for the last time Kalanda, I'm a big mean Sith lord zap zap!" began, actually saying tap, in the end, motioning her hands as if she was electrocuting Kalanda.

Within five seconds after her little imitation of a very typical image of a Sith lord throughout history, couldn't Eithni hold her mask anymore and just started to giggle which quickly turned into a heartful guffaw. After that Kalanda would quickly be able to realize the much more childish persona from the Nightsister. And before the Sith could stop her, she started to spin around himself as to get the robe to spin, "ihhh this is so much funnier doing with your robe, than my own" commented Eithni excited. That was another thing Kalanda would either already notice about the witch or would very soon. Eithni got very easily excited about what other people saw and generic or boring.

After Eithni has had her bit of fun, she sat down beside Kalanda again, wrapping the sith's robe around her again like a blanket and looked at Kalanda with her ruby-coloured eyes. "So, who are you trying to impress? Uh, is there someone you like?!" Asked Eithni innocent smile making her self excited by her own question and turned completely to Kalanda to see if she was correct.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda only raised an eyebrow at the girl's reaction to being given the robe. How old was she anyways? Watching as the girl was nearly swallowed by the robes, only to giggle at the acolyte caused Kalanda to tilt her head. Clearly this was some sort of head game, no? "I suppose so." She commented, not sure what else to say, but not wanting to press the girl for fear she would take off running; which meant Kalanda would now lost and without any way of finding the nightsisters.

The rain seemed to take up the girls attention, as she stared out at the rain, seemingly entranced by it maybe, though Kalanda could only guess. When the girl spoke about spirit ichors and fanged deities watching them all, it would be made rather clear that Kalanda was totally lost as how to respond to that. "I see....very...very interesting." Kalanda muttered, turning her head and rubber her temple as she wasn't sure where to go from there. What the hell was a fanged goddess? Some metaphor for poison? And spirit ichors?

Before Kalanda could come up with a way to address the rancor in the room, she was being 'zapped' by Darth Eithni who was clad in her own robes no less. "That....that isn't how they do that." Kalanda muttered, her eyes squinting as she was very, very confused at what she had gotten into. The girl was sweet, adorable even, so Kalanda couldn't muster the strength needed to actively be mad at the girl; on top of her being her one hope at learning that elusive magick. Then, it was gone, Darth Eithni was no more as Eithni emerged from the robes, giggling up a storm in the process. This girl was nothing like what Kalanda had read about in the terminals, maybe they weren't that bad after all. Only time would tell really. As Eithni spun around, the robes following in the motion, sending a cyclone of fabric around the rather small cave, as little droplets of water briefly broke free and impacted against Kalanda. "Well, at least one of us is enjoying themselves." Kalanda said rather plainly, wiping away the water as she was at a mix between annoyed and amused at the girls antics.

Then, with the fun had, Eithni sat down beside Kalanda, using the robe like a blanket and snuggling up like this was some sort of campfire gather round. Kalanda shrugged her shoulders, not minding the proximity of the girl; that bubbly persona was probably infectious, that might be the cause. Those ruby eyes were bearing into Kalanda, as those damnable words were spoke by the younger girl, as Kalanda's bored expression was shattered by those simple words: "Is there someone you like?"

Kalanda tried her damnedest to suppress it, but she failed utterly, as her face turned about as red as Eithni's eyes. "No. Whatever gave you that idea?" She stammered, putting up a tough front but it was rather clear that Eithni had gotten her good. "I'm just doing this for my own reasons, clearly not to woe someone of higher stature. Absolutely not." Eithni would have her answer clear as day.
@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni released a squeal and crawled on hands and knees as to get closer to the Sith, "it is, I see you blush!" pointed the witch out with a giggle. "I see through you, ihhh who is it? Is it a he or her? No wait, are they cool? They have to be cool!" Began Eithni as she talked faster and faster, asking her questions. "Is it a bet? I bet it is a lord! Uh, maybe I could get you two to meet! Though it is a bit time ago since I talked with Valravus... Iwonderwhatshe'supto?MaybeMid,uhmaybeIcouldgetMidtosetyouupwithwhoeveritisyoulike!" suggested Eithni, within her rambled of squealing like a teenage girl making it very hard to get much out of the rambling, if nothing at all.

"Wait, is it from that Jedi order place? Hm~ I could see if I could ask Sakadi, but I haven't seen her for a bit and don't know where she is right now" continued Eithni on with her ramble of just keep adding more and more questions to herself as she tried to answer them herself.

Eithni gasped and looked at Kalanda with the biggest doe eyes and she loved her voice to a whisper, "is it your empress-what-her-name? No... don't be silly Eithni" answered Eithni her own question again and turned her gaze towards the rain, "oh hey, the rain slowed down" commented he Dathomirian girl and looked back at Kalanda, seeing her bloodred cheeks and Eithni remembered what they were doing. "Right, you had a big crush on someone! Who is it?!" Asked the young witch finally, sitting on her legs with her hands on her knees, waiting for a name, so she could react.

The rain had actually slowed down and didn't sound like thunder slamming into the ground with thousand mini drops of lightning. Even the fog was slowly thinning out, but all that wasn't important, what was important was finding out who Kalanda was head over heels in love with. Funnily enough, this was started to turn into a girl's night, talking about boys, who they liked, had crushes on and everything in between. Well almost a girl's night, if you wouldn't count the creepy nature of Dathomir, girls with abilities and skill that could murder a lot of people.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda's worse nightmare had come true, as the girl called her out; but how did she know? Kalanda gave an angry glare, as the girl began going off, rambling out random names, but she kept saying Mid. Why was she saying Mid? Did she know Mid? How could she know Mid? That didn't make any sense! "No, no, no, no, no!" Kalanda tried to argue against the girl, but she wasn't winning that fight. This was so embarrassing. Kalanda never had a little sister, but she would imagine this is what that would be like. Kalanda shook her head as the girl went on listing out names, as Kalanda was trying to keep the tide of war equal, though it began to go in the favor of Eithni. "No, it's none of them! YouDon'tKnowThemBecauseIDon'tLikeAnyoneAndItHasNothingToDoWithAnything!" Kalanda was getting flustered, in fact if she could have died from embarrassment she would have. Her head sunk into her knees as the tips of her ears were glowing red; not to mention the rest of her face.

Eithni asked if it was the empresses, which got her a quick 'are you kidding?' glance from Kalanda, before she sunk back into her orb of defense. Kalanda thought she was saved as Eithni was distracted by the fact it stopped raining, she began to come out of her shell as she believed herself to be safe. Then Eithni hit her with the surprise attack, as that damn question came back at her. "NOONE!" Kalanda announced, retreating back into her cocoon, she wasn't going to tell, nope, absolutely not. There was nothing Eithni could do to make her say it, because she didn't like anyone nor was she trying to impress anyone. Totally not. That was here story and she's sticking to it.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

The fact that Kalanda just denied everything, kept Eithni to just push even harder against kalanda's weak attempt to hide her blood-red blushing. "It is! Is it~ Oh wait, there's Hask too, Is it Hask?! No wait, don't be silly, he's not in the Sith Empire!" Said Eithni and thought a bit more over who it could be, kneeling beside the furiously hiding Kalanda.

Something suddenly started to move under her leg and where she had hidden her head. If she had her eye's closed she would feel something push and turn between her thigh and shin, however, if she had her eye opened, she would see a bubbly and smiling head of Eithni slowly make its way between her legs. It wasn't even something sexually, not at all, but by doing it this way, she would continue to ask. Laying with her head no more than a few inches from Kalanda's and then the question came, "is it Mid?!" Asked Eithni finally, ready to burst in a scream of squealing, if she got it right.

Just the fact that she had managed to sneak her head in between her legs and just laid there with the biggest grin on her overexcited face, was crazy, yet Eithni did it anyways. The rain had even settled now to only small drops every now and then, and yet Kalanda's crush was so~ much more interestingly fun for Eithni to explore. It was actually really nice to do this with one close to her age that wasn't one of her sisters. Don't get Eithni wrong, she love all her sisters to the death, but their view on the galaxy and other people was still the same. having someone new close to her own age made everything so much more fun.

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[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda clamped down harder and harder, shaking her head, hoping the girl would go back to pretending to be a sith lord or something. Anything that got her out of this situation. Still, here she was safe, Eithni couldn't get in. She could stay like this for a while. She didn't even know who Hask was, but apparently he wasn't in the Sith Empire. Wait, how many people did she know from the empire? Had everyone come here at some point? Who was this girl? Just when Kalanda began to feel she was safe, her gaze burning into the floor, only to find Eithni had breached her defenses, her ruby red eyes locking onto Kalanda as she landed a solid blow. "Is it Mid?"

Kalanda's eyes widened, as it all but confirmed Eithni's guess. "HOWDOYOUKNOWMID?" Kalanda started, falling against the wall and out of her defensive posture. Damn this girl was persistent. She had gotten to her at last. Eithni no doubt would be squealing, as Kalanda was pressed against the wall like she had nearly died. This had to be what it was like to have a sister. This girl was here to cause her living hell, tormenting her every moment, and trying to murder her with embarrassment. Kalanda wasn't going to hurt the girl, obviously not, but she really, really, really, really, wanted her to stop. She couldn't even recall what she was doing here now. All she did know was she wanted this girl to stop squealing like Kalanda wasn't dying from being exposed like this. Kalanda covered her face with her hands, unable to recall the last time she had been humiliated like this. This girl was ruthless.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

Crawling up from laying down, Eithni sat on her legs with her hands on her knees and just grinned like a silly goose. She had cracked the secret and was so proud of figuring it out. Getting up, she bounces with small steps, almost dancing she hops over to Kalanda and kneel down beside her, "ihhhh you like Mid! Silly question, Mid is cool!" expressed Eithni cheerfully, moving with her knees all the way up to Kalanda, so they would be able to touch knees.

However, the question still stands, how did she know Mid? "I've done some fun missions with him! I've tended a party with Darth Valravus when held a party for being titled a Darth and Mid was there!" explained Eithni excited. An idea suddenly hit Eithni. If Kalanda learned some new cool powers, she could totally swoop Mid! "Uh uh uh! You should learn to levitate! Then you could totally make a move on him!" suggested Eithni overexcited by her own idea, which had, funnily enough, had been exactly what Kalanda, to begin with, sought after by coming here.

Jumping up on her feet, she pulled the very flustered Sith girl on her feet with a bubbly smile on Eithni's lips. "Come! I'll take you to my mom!" Said Eithni, not really giving Kalanda a chance to give input or even complain about anything as she got pulled out of the cave. They looked rather silly as they ran out the small cave with Kalanda's large black robe around Eithni and they got out a few meters away from the cave when Eithni stopped instantly. "Wait! I forgot something" exclaimed Eithni surprised and dashed back to the cave, leaving Kalanda standing in the jungle again. The rain had stopped and the fog was almost no more, however it was not really dark and without any light source, stood Kalanda in complete darkness.

"Found it!" Yelled the little energetic witch as she returned with her hooded coat in her hand. Standing in front of Kalanda again, she was given her robe back, "thanks! But I got my own" explained Eithni thankfully and equipped her own hooded coat. She then looked at Kalanda with sudden curious eyes, as if the Sith had said something really interesting and as Eithni stood right in front of Kalanda, almost a little too close. She leaned in, coming even closer to Kalanda's ear and she whispered "Race you" and then Kalanda felt an invisible force push her back to land on her bum.

Eithni was already in full sprint laughing a lighthearted but bubbly laugh, "I'm am so gonna win!" yelled Eithni as she continued to run further and further away from Kalanda and there actually was a chance of losing Eithni in the jungle and her chance to find the Nightsisters again. Not to mention, Eithni had an unfair advantage of knowing where exactly her clan was and where to run, but it didn't stop Eithni from making a race out of it.

Eithni looked with a smile over her shoulder and if Kalanda gained in on her, she would just squeal excited and proceeded to push her running speed even more as so Kalanda would manage to get beside her.

After maybe half an hour of straight-up racing through the jungle, a small village began to appear before them. Unfortunately, they didn't get further as Eithni stopped abruptly, looking at two of her sisters, all drawn same type of energy bows as Eithni used. What first was three sisters with arrows pointed at Kalanda, soon became to seven sisters, surrounding the Sith and Eithni. However, Kalanda would quickly get the feeling that she was the one that was really being surrounded by hunters.

"Why have you brought this woman to our village?!" Demanded an older sister to Eithni, not removing her locked eyes on Kalanda. "She's seeking to learn. I'm taking her to my mom" explained Eithni with a serious tone showing no sign of playfulness.

The older Nightsister looked at Kalanda with a suspicious stare and Eithni actually stood in front of Kalanda as a sort of a protective shield. "Move, I will take responsibility for her and kill her myself if she tries anything" stated the young white-haired witch with a cold and rather scare voice, completely opposite of her carefree bubbly nature.

The older Nightsister narrowed her eyes at Eithni and then Kalanda, "I'll be watching you Sith, if you do anything I'll be the last thing you see" threaten the woman and stood to the side, to let Eithni guide Kalanda enter the village. Following Kalanda with her eyes for a bit, before disappearing again but Kalanda would quickly get the feeling of being watched.

As they entered the village, stopping at the centre of the village, she turned around and faced Kalanda with the familiar cheerful smile, "I'm gonna go get the matriarch, just wait here meanwhile" explained Eithni cheerfully and just left Kalanda to stand by herself in a village. The other Dathomirians both young and older had already begun to whisper around Kalanda and that this was the second Sith Eithni had brought into their village.

@Algarus

 

[Kalanda Tishire]

Kalanda let out a groan as Eithni only continued to dig at her. She might have asked how Eithni knew Mid, if she wasn't currently dying inside. This had to be what death felt like, there was no other way of knowing, this was how she was going to die; death by embarrassment from this bubbly witch on a swamp world. The girl kept going on, and on, and on. She didn't seem to have an off button, and was a sadistic little thing, watching Kalanda die and only adding to her torment? Despicable. "Ugh." Kalanda grumbled, wanting to be left to die in peace. That was until the girl mentioned teaching her.

That brought some life back into the acolyte, as Kalanda lowered the blast shields encompassing her face, to find her torturer kneeling just before her. "What?" She said, catching something about making a move on Mid. Was she going to get to learn, and from this girl no less? Maybe she wasn't dying after all. Before she knew it, the girl had already hoisted Kalanda up, going on about meeting her mother and all manner of things, and dragging her out of the cave. Then, without warning, Eithni stopped, ran back inside, just to come running back out and toss Kalanda's robe in her face. Kalanda had just started to put her robe on, when Eithni got close, maybe a little too close, and offered to race. "Race you?" Kalanda asked, before being thrown back onto her ass as the girl sprinted off giggling. That was it, that was the line. "WHY YOU!" Kalanda bellowed, stumbling up and giving chase, but damn this girl was quick! Kalanda could feel herself losing the girl, as her baggy robes were getting in the way, so she let the robes fall off, leaving them behind. That still wasn't enough, so she began to pull energy into her legs, increasing her running speed as she started to catch up. "I GOT YOU!" Kalanda panted, reaching out to take hold of the girl, only for Eithni to giggle at her and speed out of her reach. What the hell was this girl made of?

The rest of the run, Kalanda wasn't able to catch up, though most of the frustration she had pent up to the girl had been burnt up on the way over here. Arriving at the outskirts of the village, Kalanda was winded to say the least, as she bent over, panting as her pants legs were caked in mud, her face drenched in sweat and a few scratches, not to mention the humidity didn't make this an ideal running environment. "Why...did...we...have...to...run..." She wheezed, just starting to catch her breath when the sisters appeared with weapons drawn. Kalanda knew she was screwed. The acolyte froze like a womprat in the headlights, trying to think of how not to die here and now. Kalanda looked to Eithni, wondering if the girl had lured her for some sick purpose. Before she could find out for herself, a woman called out to Eithni, demanding to know why the Sith was here. Though Kalanda felt all manner of eyes on her, the glare she got from the older woman speaking to Eithni was particularly...concerning. For a brief moment she debated on trying to make a run for it, but that was stupid, there was no way she'd make it back to her ship now. Maybe she was wrong, this is how she was going to die. Just as she was certain her demise was to be imitate, Eithni stepped in front to shield her. Kalanda raised an eyebrow, as did the woman before her, as Eithni vouched for the acolyte. Kalanda didn't know what to say to that, other than it felt weird to hear someone say such a thing. Yea, Eithni promised to kill her if it came to that, but...why put herself at risk over a stranger?

After being given a threat from the sisters, and feeling as if several people were looking over her shoulder, Kalanda didn't know what else to do. She wanted the nightsisters, it was time to pay the price for the power she desired. As Eithni lead her into the village, Kalanda leaned forward to whisper to the girl, starting to appreciate the fact she hadn't dismissed the girl outright during their initial encounter. "Thank you." She muttered, hoping that it wasn't heard by the others, though it probably was. Then, before she knew it, Eithni was already going to leave her, again. "Matriach? Are you going to-" Before she could finish, Eithni was already gone, as the whispers fell upon her soon after. Kalanda looked around at the other woman, taking note of the lack of men in the village. Did they really eat the men here? It certainly seemed that way. Hopefully Eithni wouldn't be too long. Kalanda put her hands down to her side, only to notice a lack of a certain item on her belt. Where was her lightsaber?

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Kalanda would see an elderly woman descending a few stairs from the largest hut in the village along with the Dathomirian girl named Eithni. The elderly woman used a wooden cane that came up to her chest, but Kalanda would quickly get the feeling that the elderly had a "don't judge a book by its cover" type of aura over her and that she held powers hidden for the naked eye.

"This is Kalanda, she's a Si~ ouch!" Began Eithni but was interrupted and hit on her head by the Matriarch with the cane. "I'm not blind girl, now hush" commented the Matriarch with an almost cranky zone and walked closer to Kalanda, narrowing her eyes. Eithni stood behind the Matriarch and rubbed the sore spot on the top of her head, after being hit by the cane. The Matriarch stood in front of Kalanda as if the Sith was on some kind of top model holonet reality show and the judge was going to judge her performance. "hm, a little fat around the edges. Unfocus and weak" commented the Matriarch to herself not caring if Kalanda would hear her or not as the elderly woman began to circle the Sith for a bit.

When the Matriarch stood in front of Kalanda again, the Sith girl felt the elderly woman's bony fingers grab her chin as Kalanda's head was turned and tilted. "hm... Eithni tells me you're called Kalanda, is that correct girl?" Asked the Matriarch, "no matter, I've seen everything I need to see. This one looks undefined and looks more like a young confused pup than anything else. There is nothing here for you Sith girl, turn back and leave" stated the Matriarch emotionless before Kalanda got to answer or defend herself and saw how the elderly woman turned around and began to head back to the hut she came out of.

Eithni Looked from the Matriarch to Kalanda, still rubbing the spot on her head, though the Dathomirian girl still looked a bit disappointed that Kalanda got refused instantly. Then again, she didn't blame or curse her mom for doing it, she was very stubborn and was the Matriarch, so she called the shots. "Awh~ and I've just gotten to like you" pouted Eithni and nodded for Kalanda to follow her, so Eithni could lead the Sith girl back to her ship. At least she could have some more time before who knew how long before she would meet Kalanda again. "Unless you do something really incredible for her or the clan, there's no chance you're going to convince her" explained Eithni as she was leading Kalanda out of the village.

Eithni jumped in front of Kalanda, "at least I can lead you back to your ship and we can have fun along the way at least!" suggested Eithni excited with a giddy look to her ruby-coloured eyes.

@Algarus