Waking Nightmares: Bruxism

[Mie]

Coronet City, Corellia
21:02 Local Time
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Tonight was going to be interesting for a litany of reasons, and not just because Mie was standing in an alleyway in the middle of the night all alone. The time had come, Mie had been training, preparing, studying, and connecting for this one, specific mission. Granted she wasn't sure if holonet tutorial videos, a good night's sleep, the local library, and a few rag-tag friends counted as any of those things, but she wasn't going to wait any longer. She was going back to Felucia, her friends at her side, to try and discern what she could from that dark and foreboding laboratory where she had been turned into a monster. She still saw it in her dreams, the dark confines of that lab, the twisted features she saw in the reflective pool of kolto and broken glass on the floor, the shapeless horrors that crawled in the shadows around her. Her nightmares had not gone away, in fact they had gotten worse in some ways, for a litany of potential reasons. Mie's research into Exile alchemy and science had proven to be...disturbing to say the least, offering far more questions than it did answers. It was not just her knowledge that had expanded, but her worldview as well, with Mie learning that some people simply needed to be put down, and that killing in self-defense was a far cry from murder. The introduction of M-14, 'Mia', was no doubt fueling some of these nightmares, although finding out a deranged mutant with access to other abominations was secretly watching you was nightmare fuel in any context. But perhaps the strangest change of all was in how she saw her own condition. She, and many of her friends, saw her features as grotesque to an existential degree, fearing her for the visage forced on her by the Exiles. How strange it was then that her Exile friends stood so closely by her in spite of, and sometimes because of, her condition. She had always feared acceptance of her mutations, but it was empowering in a way to be told that they made her stronger, better. Beautiful, even. Mie had come to see her mutations not as an abhorrent curse, but as something unique to her. How fitting it was then that two Exiles were coming along with her on this escapade, including the one that saw her as attractive. Of course, a Jedi friend of hers had also come along for the ride, choosing to join in her mission to discover her past and understand her condition.

Cregan, that Jedi whom she had first met in her encounter with Mia's mutant Vornskr. He was kind, he was bright, he had saved her life from that terrible beast sent to kill her. But above all of that he had offered her a home and his aide, without asking for compensation or even hesitating. He cared about her. Kano Taes was her next ally on this venture, a mutant like herself although far more advanced in condition. Despite his grotesquerie, Kano had taught Mie to accept herself as she was, to be confident in her condition and to take strength from it. Not to mention giving her inside knowledge about the dark art of Darkside mutations. And then there was Serie Fond, somehow the strangest addition to this team. She had started out as an enemy, a blackmailer who extorted favors from her for aid. But one encounter on Tattooine, and two near-death experiences, turned Serie into a dear friend, perhaps even more than a friend as she was the one that found Mie's features beautiful. Hell, Mie had even kissed Serie on the cheek after their last encounter ended, a memory that reddened her cheeks, or what little remained of them. Serie cared about her, deeply it seemed, and Mie would be lying if she said that Serie wasn't a beauty in her own right. The others would be here soon, so Mie tried to calm herself, not wanting to be blushing like a schoolgirl with a crush when these hardened warriors arrived.

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@Nefieslab, @Versok, @anzat17

 

[Darth Evandrus]

Mie had reached out to him and, as he had said he would, Cregan was here.

He wasn’t much of a good person most of the time but there was something about Mie that made him want to be a better person when he was around her. Not like love or anything – he knew what that felt like and he was enjoying it with someone else. But there was some kind of connection there… like… was he really just that protective over people that managed to endear themselves to him? Because that was what it felt like.

It felt like he wanted her to reach the potential they both knew was beneath the surface of her and to be happy with herself and her place in the Galaxy. He had offered her a Home in the Galaxy but he respected her decision to look for answers before she could bring herself to settle back down. She likely felt that she had to know before she could allow herself to relax.

Wandering on into the alleyway dressed in the same Jedi Stealth armour he had met her in before, Cregan caught sight of Mie waiting and smiled easily, brightly, at seeing her again. Sure, she looked to be under quite a lot of stress but that didn’t mean that it wasn’t damn good to see her again. He didn’t bother with his hood so she could see that it was him,

“Mie.”

Grinning a little bit, he crossed the distance between them and gave her a brief hug in greeting. She likely didn’t want a longer hug because of how tense she was but he hugged her briefly to show that he was, indeed, here for her,

“As requested – here I am in all my glory.” He told her with a wink and a softer smile, “I said I’d be here if you called and so I am… are we waiting on anyone else?”

He was eager to get started after all - this was something that would shape her future and he wanted to make sure that she was happy with whatever came of it.

@Versok @anzat17 @The Captain

 

[Kano Taes]

There he was again, in the planet known as Corellia, Kano wouldn't have usually come back to the same planet after leaving it unless it was totally sure to do so, knowing how he used to be easily recognized by people that saw him. However, this ocasion was special to say, Kano didn't usually help the people he knew, be it because he didn't have time to do so or because they didn't trust him or feared him, however, there was a girl in the planet, a girl that shared his condition but didn't want to keep it like him, someone who got scared by the Kaleesh abomination at first, but didn't end up trying to run away from him or trying to fight him off, which was unique to say the least, nobody had even done that before unless they were members of the exiles, not only that, but Mie seemed to trust Kano in some way, after all, she did ask for his help, and while the man was rotten inside, he still had a sense of honor, Kano told her that he would help her, and that's what he was going to do.

However, when Kano finally arrived, he got surprised by the presence of a jedi just besides Mie, Cregan Drast. Kano grabbed four of the five lightsabers he brought along with him, but stopped himself before activating them, his first instinct was to attack the jedi, not only because he was a main target of the exiles, a threat that had to be stopped in order to keep their expansion going. Not only that, but knowing how violent jedi were against abominations, the first thing the Kaleesh thought was happening was that the jedi was threatening Mie. However, while the Kaleesh was vicious, he was also intelligent and cunning, which prevented him from attacking him, making him realize he was there for the same reason Kano was.

Of course, Kano first thought was why the girl didn't tell him about the jedi joining them, but Kano soon understood it, it was unlikely that Kano would have come here to ally himself with a jedi at first, and he didn't think Cregan would have found the idea of fighting alongside a dark side abomination too appealing either. So, the exile decided to step in, a cloak hiding his armor and body, but his head totally uncovered so she could recognize him at first glance "Nice to see you again, Mie" He said, looking at her while smiling, his smile would fade away after gazing at Cregan, however "Master Cregan, it is a surprise to see you here of all places, lets try not to kill each other here for Mie, shall we?" Kano eyed back at Mie again while getting closer to the two of them "I am not going to question your choice of companions, Mie, but I think a warning would have been in order, take that into account next time, all right?" He added, while he was slightly annoyed by Cregan's presence at the moment, his voice was as calm as it could be, which wasn't much considering it was as terrifying as the rest of Kano.

 

[Serie Fond]

Serie walked along the corellian streets in her trademark leather jacket and pants and boots combo. She had just gotten back from manaan when her friend had called her. It appeared Mie was ready to begin their trip and Serie was quite excited. This would give her the chance to further her studies of dark side magic, something she was more than a little curious about. Rounding a corner, she entered the alleyway she had been told to meet Mie in.

She was surprised to see two other life forms joining her in the dimly lite allyway. Another human, strong in the light side of the force, dressed in a typical Jedi garb. And then there was the other thing. Serie didn't know what sort of creature it was, but it was obviously touched by the dark side in a similar way Mie had. Serie curiosity piqued for a moment, before deciding to do the polite thing and introduce herself. Walking up she said her greetings to Mie first.

Hey there, I came as soon as I got your message. I had just gotten back from manaan so good timing. She then turned her attention to the other two and introduced herself. The names Serie. Its a pleasure. She said to the two. She felt slightly intimidated standing next to the massive abomination and an apparent Jedi master. Not to mention the height advantage that all members had on her, a foot at least from Mie who was the closest to her height. She blinked rapidly and tried not to look self conscious.

 

[Mie]

At the mention of her name, Mie wheeled around to see Cregan standing there in his armor, the same charming grin spread from ear to ear. As he closed the distance between them, she met the Jedi halfway in a brief hug, placing her hands on his shoulders as beamed on in his comical fashion about what the rest of the mission might entail. She had been prepared to answer that question when a familiar smell of decay hit her nose, as did the sound of chitin and bone scrapping against the pavement. She looked over Cregan's shoulders to find Kano looming there in his cloak, his already strange features twisted up in a scowl at the appearance of the Jedi. Mie had worried that such an...eclectic gathering might cause some tension among those involved, but it seemed that Kano at least was willing to cooperate with Cregan. In fact, he seemed to know Cregan, addressing him by his name and title.

"S-Sorry Kano, I sort of pulled this whole thing together last minute with whoever signed up. I'll try to warn you all next time." She turned back to Cregan, hoping that the friendliness of their encounter so far would tell him that he didn't need to fear Kano. "Well, this is-uh-Kano Taes. B-But I guess you two already know each other so that doesn't matter...this is so awkward."

Mie was indescribably thankful that Serie soon arrived after Kano did, giving her a way to escape the brief strangeness of their present situation. To be honest, Mie would be glad to have the pretty young Exile around any time, company or not, but for now she needed to focus on business over pipe-dreams of pleasure.

"Thank goodness you're here Serie, I really missed you." The implications of that statement soon caught up to her. "Not that I'm especially happy to see you or anything, or I don't like you guys or...it's just...you know...wow I suck at talking..."

 

[Darth Evandrus]

She met him halfway for the hug and it was nice to see that she was still willing to be open around him. He'd started to get a bit of a reputation and some of it was nasty - deserved - but nasty none the less. Honestly, he didn't want her to suddenly start seeing him differently, considering how much he liked her himself. She was a lovely little ball of energy and happiness just waiting to happen he could tell.

When she was happy with herself, when her past was put to rest, he could see Mie enjoying a great deal of happiness in her life.

Grinning a little bit despite himself, Cregan turned to look up at the Kaleesh abomination without a trace of fear. When they had first met, on Ryloth, Cregan would admit to having been slightly intimidated. But now? Well he was still rather scary to look at but Cregan had much more experience with dealing with things that the Dark Side could throw at him since there. He chuckled a little bit, nodding slightly to Mie,

"We met but we didn't come to blows." he explained to Mie before turning back to the taller abomination, "Nice to meet you again Kano Taes - and to finally put a name to the face. Our initial meeting wasn't really civil enough for an introduction, was it?"

Seeing the next young woman arrive, Cregan raised an eyebrow slightly as he felt the Dark Side clinging to her as well. Well this was rather unfair at this point wasn't it? Two Dark Siders, one Light Sider and one confused young woman in the middle? Not only did it sound like a plot from a late-night holo but he was rather lopsided he felt! Still, he was polite and smiled brightly in greeting to Serie, giving her a little wave with one hand,

"Nice to meet you as well Serie!" he noted in a bright, friendly, tone before adding, a touch more soberly, "Like Kano here said - let's all make sure we get along for Mie's sake, yeah?"

Listening to Mie stumble over her words in regards to Serie, Cregan, who was stood next to Kano, leaned in closer to the abomination and stage-whispered,

"Suppose even betting a credit would be a sucker's bet, right?"

@Versok @anzat17 @The Captain

 

[Kano Taes]

Kano nodded at Mie after hearing that she would take it into account next time, observing Cregan's reactions to having to work with him, surprisingly, the man didn't seem to take it too bad, so far, every time he tried to talk to a jedi it ended up coming to blows, but Cregan seemed to be friendly so far, that was a good sign for now. Kano doubted the man would be as friendly in any other occasion, but at least he cared about Mie enough to not ruin her plan. "Yes, I guess that night both of us had other things in mind besides being civil" He said in response, remembering the battle of Ryloth and how everything went wrong yet right at the same time, to be honest, Kano didn't care much about the warlord that died that day, in fact, like many other exiles that joined the battle, they were acting as a bait to draw the jedi away from their precious temple.

Kano's attention got drawn by the fourth member of the team, Serie, he didn't know the girl, but the Kaleesh abomination could guess she was an exile just from her dark side presence, which made it pleasant for him, Cregan was in an awkward situation with two exiles and he being the only jedi, but Kano would have been in an even worse situation the other way around. "Pleased to meet you, Serie" He said in response to the exile woman before listening Mie's poor choice of words. Kano nodded to Cregan when he whispered to him, smiling slightly.

Kano walked towards Mie, reaching for something from his cloak, one of the five lightsabers he brought along with him "Before starting this operation, Mie, I want you to take this" Kano pulled the lightsaber out of his cloak, dropping it on Mie's hand "You can use this until we are done here. I guess that since I only have four arms you will put this to a better use than me" It was not usually wise to give someone a lightsaber just like that, however, Kano knew that she was at least capable enough to not cut her own limbs with it

 

[Serie Fond]

Serie nodded in response to cregans reply, he seemed rather pleasant given the situation. Serie smiled back at him and even returned his one handed wave. She looked to the abomination and nodded as well, smoking softly at the huge creature. She watched intensively as he gave Mie a lightsaber. Quite the trusting act Serie thought to herself. She looked back to the Jedi for a moment. He must feel a bit offset, being outnumbered by exiles she considered for the time being.

She giggled slightly as Mie had stumbled over her words, apparently she had become a little bit flustered upon her arrival. Serie gave her a thin smile while slightly narrowing her eyes, giving quite the sultry look. Well it's good to see you too, I'm especially happy to see you even if you don't return the favor. She said teasingly to the woman. She gave her a quick wink at the end of her statement before adopting a bit of a more serious tone.

So I assume were going to felucia? I'm excited already, what's the plan? She said inquisitively. She really was curious what they were hoping to accomplish, she assumed of course that it was to return Mie to how she looked before. Given her natural affinity to dark side magic she could also only assume that was the reason she was here. She turned her head slightly to the side as she waited for Mie to reply.

 

[Mie]

Mie was oh, so thankful that everyone seemed to be getting along enough not to kill each other despite being on opposite sides of the war. It was kind of comforting, in fact, to see both sides willing to set aside their differences for a common goal, namely her common goal of fixing her farked-up mug. And then Cregan just had to go and be a smartass, muttering to Kano about Mie's odds of doing...what? Speaking coherently? Getting cured? Landing Serie? In any event, it was most certainly not called for.

"H-Hey!" She snapped sheepishly at Cregan, hoping her less-than-aggressive pout and reddened ears would be enough to dissuade any more comments. Honestly, the last thing she needed right now was to know that Cregan was going to profit off of her discomfort and frustration in some way. At least Kano was being helpful, stepping forward to offer her the last of his five lightsabers, a personal weapon that she was sure he'd prefer not to lose. Even if the blade was just a loan it still meant something both to him and to Mie, who never had a lightsaber to call her own, clenching it close in her hands as she beamed up at her fellow mutant. In a quick burst she threw her arms around his neck for a quick, if slightly unpleasant hug, as Kano was somehow both bony and squishy under his cloak.

"Thank you Kano, I'll take good care of it." Taking a step back to ensure she wouldn't hurt anyone, she activated the glowing red blade, and even despite the taint of darkness on the weapon it still felt right in her hands. Abeos had taught her the mechanics of a lightsaber so she was able to adjust the length to one more suited to her height and style, an almost short-sword-sized blade.

And then there was Serie. That girl was going to give Mie a heart attack at this rate if she kept up with her antics. First, she took a tone and expression that seemed to scream 'do me', while teasing Mie for not liking her enough and ending her comments with a wink. Mie had no clue if Serie was being serious, flirty, or just trying to get a rise out of Mie. She was getting something out of her, and it certainly wasn't laughter, more like flustered embarrassment.

"Old gods damn it all Serie...A-Anyway, my plan is to trace my steps back across Felucia to the laboratory where I woke up in. The place still had some power in it a year ago, and even if the power is out maybe there is physical evidence of what was going on in there. I mean, it can't hurt to poke around right? B-But in any case, we need to get to Felucia, and from there we can head out to the lab on the equator. But...I wasn't the only thing that might have crawled out of that lab..."

 

[Darth Evandrus]

Was it so surprising that he didn't hold any ill-will towards Kano? He supposed it might be, considering what sides of the war they were on but while Cregan wouldn't hesitate to cut the abomination down should he stand in his way... they weren't exactly in each other's way right now were they? Indeed, Kano and Serie were assets that could be used to better help Mie reach the end goal that they all wanted.

Plus he worked well with Exiles, as evidenced by his time with Kal... and Andraste... and Dennys... okay, so maybe he probably spent too much time in the presence of Exiles? Eh, whatever.

"Just about you and young Serie is all!" he teased her with a wink, "I'm thinking the ship name should be 'Ser-Mie' or something like that? I don't know - but I do know that I ship you two!"

He chuckled a little bit, tapping the lightsaber on his other side,

"If you want green I can swap you." he teased a little bit, winking at Kano, "I think I'm going to start feeling left out if we bring out our sabers... think I should use the red one too?"

Cregan grew slightly more serious when it came down to the actual briefing. He grimaced a little bit as he thought about the other things that had 'crawled out' as it were. Running a hand through his hair, he nodded,

"Yes... Mia, someone I would very much like a meeting with regards to keeping people's secrets, well, secret." he agreed before adding, "Alongside some rather eager hound-like creatures as well. They were... well, there were themes and similarities. I wasn't able to trace the signal very well either, Mie, too many relays for it to be calculated with any degree of real accuracy. So I'm more than happy to retrace your steps and get you some answers!"

He paused after his passionate declaration to point at both Kano and Serie,

"No crazy ideas about starting up the project again, alright?" he mock glared at them for a moment before his gaze softened and he looked at Mie, "Not after what they took from Mie... if we find any of them alive... we find out why. We get them to give her back whatever she wants. And we make sure they can't ever do it to anyone, ever again."

@Versok @anzat17 @The Captain

 

[Kano Taes]

Kano looked surprised at Mie the moment she hugged him, the Kaleesh mutant didn't expect such a reaction from her, or from anyone, not many even dared to get close to the abomination, and no one even showed him any kind of affection since he transformed into what he was today, while Kano wouldn't probably never admit it, it somehow managed to warm his heart, Kano smiled softly, without even realizing, for a moment before trying to come back to his normal self, hoping no one noticed it.

Kano stepped back a little after giving Mie the lightsaber, looking at Cregan after doing so "Well, if she wants to, she can swap lightsabers, but in my opinion, red looks good on her" Kano said, grinning a little "However, if you want a red one, Cregan, I still have another four red lightsabers, or I can make one of yours red if you really want to" He said joking, both the exile and the jedi knew the implication of making a lightsaber red, the whole kyber crystal bleeding process, and Kano guessed Cregan didn't want any of that.

The Kaleesh abomination listened with attention to the fellow mutant, there were some details he didn't know about, probably because Mie discovered them after meeting him, however, the Kaleesh was able to understand what was going on just from hearing Mie and Cregan talk "So, Mia...M-14, another one from your batch? I take she is sentient like us both but has more...ill intentions, yes?" He said, looking at Mie after hearing how her alongside other creatures before gazing back at Mie "Well, we will make sure it doesn't bother you after this, Mie"

Of course, Cregan pointed his finger at Kano and the other exile, Kano couldn't blame him, after all, recreating the abomination project that they were going to shut down was an exile thing to do, but Kano didn't plan to do that, at least not for now or not that way "Don't worry Cregan, I am not a fan of the scientific method of creating abominations, would I want to do what other exiles did before me, I would try to find a more...natural approach" The Kaleesh paused for a moment, gazing at Mie "Besides, I do not like the way they recruit volunteers, well, the way they do not recruit volunteers..."

 

[Serie Fond]

Serie listened as Mie explained what she was wanting to do. She mentioned the one they had discussed before, Mia. Serie wondered just what exactly the creature was, and could not wait to find out. She watched as the other dark sider had given her one of his lightsabers. Serie thought that was pretty nice. She had to agree with kano the red blade did seem to go well with Mie aesthetic.

She smiled softly at cregan when he pointed at her and declared that there would be no upstarting the experiments again. Series eyes wondered down for a moment. While she didn't want to outright create more just like Mie and Mia, she did want to study whatever it was they had been doing in that lab. So she simply nodded to his statement. She wasn't lying afterall. Just not being entirely truthful. The while reason she came along was to get a first hand account of what science and the dark side could create together. She wouldn't be obvious about it, but she planned on getting her hands on as much info as she could while she was there.

I agree, no starting up the project. I give you my word. She said looking at the Jedi then back to Mie. She felt like they would be mad at her if she told them about wanting to study their research so she decided to keep it to herself for now. She again justified it to herself by telling herself she wasn't lying. She wasn't going to do anything with the information that she could think of. And there was always the possibility that they might need her to study what they did so she could reverse it.

I'm ready whenever you are. We all can take my ship if you want? She asked Mie.

 

[Mie]

Cregan was taking years off her lifespan, decades perhaps, based on how hard it hurt Mie every time the Jedi Master opened his mouth. She had half a mind to march over there and slap him one, but A) didn't want to offend him, B) didn't want to drive him off, and C) didn't want to make someone as powerful as he was mad at her. So, if only by virtue of the fact that he could snap her into quarters with a thought, she let Cregan keep mocking her strange little crush on Serie. At least Serie didn't seem to notice or care, staying relatively stoic in the face of the Jedi's teasing. Cregan offered to swap blades with her, but in all honesty green wasn't her color, she rather liked the strange glow of this red blade. Granted it wasn't as much of a perfect fit as Kano said, but red was just more familiar to her than green was. She found it slightly condescending that Cregan made Kano and Serie pledge not to start the experiments over again, as Mie knew that neither of them had any interest in creating more mini-Mie. They were Exiles, not monsters. Well, Kano was technically a monster in a way, but only on the outside. On the inside he had the mind of a Jedi master as far as Mie was concerned. Deactivating the blade and sticking it on her belt under her hoodie, she turned back to the rest of the group to finish her debriefing.

"You're right Kano, Mia is M-13, and if I had to guess she's whatever I was supposed to be, but perfected, or at least more advanced than I am. So, I guess look out for someone who looks like they need orthodontic surgery even more than me." She chuckled at her own, slightly self-directed joke. "My evil twin isn't the only thing that crawled out of the base, however, there were other things down in that lab when I escaped, big, mean, ugly things. So we just need to watch out for each other down there if we want to make it. So, if we're all ready we can get going in Serie's ship."

 

[Darth Evandrus]

She didn't seem to like the idea of swapping for the Green lightsaber and he couldn't really blame her in terms of colour - Green wasn't exactly his favourite either. What he was slightly more worried about was that she felt an affinity for a red blade. Anyone with some sense of the Force could feel how the crystal had been bled, been perverted by the will of the creator so to feel some affinity for that was a little bit alarming.

At Kano's offer he flashed a grin as he pulled back some of his clothing to show his two extra lightsabers strapped to his waist,

"Oh no need my friend." he assured Kano with a chuckle, "I already have a red one."

He didn't mention that he had had to kill to get the red blade and he didn't think he really had to. There were only so many ways for someone to end up with an Exile's lightsaber on their waist and none of them were all that nice when you were a Jedi. He didn't dwell on the subject and hopefully neither would anyone else.

Cregan smiled a touch more genuinely at both Serie and Kano,

"Thank you guys - I knew Mie wouldn't be friends with you if you weren't good people but I had to ask, you know? Glad I didn't offend anyone." he spoke softly, "But hey - let's get going to we can do the mission. I'd offer my own ship but it practically screams 'Jedi' so I think taking Serie's ship is the best option."

He grinned back at Mie,

"We can handle big, mean, ugly things. And once we have? You'll get your answers."

@Versok @anzat17 @The Captain

 

[Kano Taes]

Kano nodded at Cregan after he showed him his red lightsabers, he wasn't surprised, after all, they were in a war, and the easiest way to get a lightsaber was to take it from the enemy, after all, that was how Kano got four out of his five lightsabers, after all. The Kaleesh abomination listened to Mie once more, it seemed like Kano guessed right, there were more sentient beings besides Mie coming out of that laboratory, and they were going to shut them down, this Mia, he didn't know her, but Kano had a bit on interest on her, not simply because she was a sentient abomination, but because her goal seemed to be to simply harass Mie as far as he was concerned, he had curiosity about the being and it's intentions, so far, Kano had learned that every single mutant was different in one way and another, and they all had their different goals, he would try to discover what was hers, try to discover what moved her, perhaps Kano could learn something new in this trip after all.

"I doubt any of those things can be bigger, uglier or meaner that I can be" Kano said, joking for the first time in a long time "This Mia seems to take interest on abominations, so I wonder how will she react to me" The Kaleesh abomination wondered, there were so many ways she could react to him, maybe she would admire him, being an "original" abomination, maybe she would think that he is antiquated, maybe she would think of him as a failure because he was helping Mie, but what Kano really wondered about was how she would react to the Kaleesh abomination coming to her "Let's get to the ship then and start your search for answers, Mie" He concluded, waiting for the other exile to guide them to her ship

 

[Serie Fond]

Serie listened as Mie explained what Mia was and how there might be even worse things down there. Serie scarred the back of her head as she thought about it. She always felt confident in herself, but even she knew that there were things in the galaxy that were allot more dangerous than she was. She breathed deeply for a moment and tried to relax a bit. There were three other beings here that were very strong, along with her. She felt like they could handle anything this lab could throw at them.

Sounds good to me, I feel like we can handle it Mie. My ships not far from here, I docked pretty close, should only be a quick walk from here. She said as she started leading the group towards the docking area her ship was at. It would only take them about five minutes to get there.

Once they had arrived she quickly hit the exterior button to lower the boarding ramp and made her way inside. Stopping once she was in the doorway to address everyone. Everyone please make yourselves at home. I'll just be heading up to the cockpit to get the coordinates for felucia put in. Feel free to join me up there. She said pulling her hood off and pointing to the ladder that led to the cockpit to the ship.

 

[Mie]

The assurance of her friends lit a fire in Mie's eyes, a flash of deep confidence and determination that told her that her journey was about to begin and that her destination wasn't so far away. She had a team, she had knowledge, she had weapons, and she had a plan, everything she needed to get her memory back and to figure out who she was. Sure, there were a litany of other obstacles in her way, including this strange stalker Mia and whatever monsters she might have, but Mie had her own monsters now, her own friends and allies. The galaxy could throw anything it wanted at her, she was ready.

"Then let's get going!" Igniting her new loaner blade triumphantly, she gestured down the alley and began to march. After the group turned her around to walk in the proper direction, and the color drained from her face, she was ready to take off and fly to Felucia.

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