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[Grace Zann]

Vjun | 1300 Hours
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Grace had never traveled to the dirt-covered world of Vjun before, but she had heard the stories. It was a resting place for many dead sith and users of the dark side, and more than likely where an academy or two once stood. Where there were dead sith, there would be powerful darkside artifacts. This thought process was exactly what brought Grace to the planet's atmosphere, soaring above in her Skippray Blast Boat. The woman wasn't alone however, she had brought a fellow member of the syndicates, one of the most deadly warriors around.

Whether he decided to fly with Grace or come in a separate craft, the woman would speak to him, "Vuankei. Thanks for taking up my offer on such short notice. Moraband is a planet with a strong Sith presence. While this ship is small enough to go undetected by the fleet, I can imagine we may have a run in with their ground forces... The plan is to grab a couple of expensive artifacts and get out. They're either bound to make us very rich or very powerful."

Her relatively small ship would begin to lower itself to the planet's surface. The sandy world would be hot as ever with a small dust storm as her ship landed a couple hundred meters away from a pyramid covered up by decaying moss and dirt... Her gunship's door would hiss open, and a mercenary would sit down in the captain's seat while Grace walked outside. The woman always kept a few of her mercs around to pilot while she was away. "Would you look at that... I hear the ancient sith use to bury their dead in those things..."

The planet's floor was covered in a thick mist, disguising the ground that was covered by dead withered grass.

@Vuankei Thau'ja

 

[Vuankei Thau'ja]

Much like Grace, Vuankei had never been to Vjun, but he had heard the stories. A big desolated rock which had quite a connection with the dark side and the sith, there could be more to the planet than it meets the eye, and so Grace Zann herself had asked for his assistance into finding some artifacts that she believed were on the planet. Now, Vuankei usually was more into tradition hunting rather than artifact hunting, but he couldn't say that claiming an artifact as a trophy would be an impressive and interesting task to achieve.

The Yautkan had decided to come aboard the human's ship, mask currently off as he nodded at Grace as she thanked him for coming. A small, but guttural growl escaped his mouth before he turned on the translator collar he carried he had put on "<The Imperials will probably be the least of our concerns, if the artifacts are somewhere in here it's because they failed to retrieve them>" Vuankei simply stated before following Grace outside of the ship, putting his mask on as he put his foot outside the ship "<And whatever protects their dead...>" Vuankei continued. Another big reason he had come to Vjun today was because he had heard that strange creatures protected sith burial sites. The artifacts would be theirs, but Vuankei's real goal was to make a trophy out of the dark guardians of the planet.

@Where

 

[Grace Zann]

Vuankei made a pretty good point, if there were any artifacts left, it was because the empire had lost a lot of people trying to find them. Of course, this was why she brought the yautkan to assist her. A being of his brawn and stature would be more than capable of tearing apart any imperial they encountered. Additionally, if they encountered any sith he would be the best one to back her up in a fight... Next to Rafe of course.

The woman would begin walking across the surface of the foggy would, heading directly toward a large stone door built into the stone pyramid. "Yes... Whatever protects their dead could be troublesome. These places were built to deter graverobbers."

She would eventually walk up a small flight of stone steps, and find herself staring down a door covered in both moss and carvings. She could not read ancient sith, but the lettering on the door was just that. Pressing her hand against the wall, it would feel cold and unwelcoming.

Giving the door a harder push, it would begin to budge slightly, but it was clear more physical strength was needed. "Uh... Could I get a hand here?" She would ask Vuankei.

@Versok k

 

[Vuankei Thau'ja]

Following Grace, Vuankei simply looked at the pyramid as they approached, with the architecture of the temple being similar to that of the Yautkan's own pyramids, the hunter couldn't help but wonder if his species had more in common with the sith of old. He had heard of the ritualistic tendencies of the sith, which were even more prominent back then, strange magicks and force rituals performed in temples and funeral sites such as this one, strange, yet similar in some ways to what his ancestors did after hunting other species down, it was quite curious.

As they reached the big stone door, Vuankei put his hand on it, clearing a bit of the moss that had grown on it to see the carving and the symbols of the old sith, which he obviously didn't understand but still found quite interesting. However, while he was doing that his colleague would be struggling with the door so, the moment she asked him for a hand, the Yautkan quickly obliged, giving her a nod before putting both hands on the door and slowly but surely pushing it open, leaving the path clear for them to go inside.

@Where

 

[Grace Zann]

The door would be pushed to the side, revealing a very dark and dusty hallway. It seemed to be built in a similar manner to outside of the building, with the same grey stones making up the walls. Thanks to the light coming in the building, Grace would tell there were a couple torches lining the walls.

She would reach out with her right hand, and suddenly the nearest torch to the door would burst with flames. The shapers of Kro Var had trained her well, but there was still much more to learn about the force. She would make her way over to the object and lift it from it's perch.

The light of the torch would reveal a number of cobwebs and dust that lined the walls, but not much else could be seen for the time being. She would turn to Vuankei and give him a nod, "Lets get exploring then. Maybe we'll find something valuable."

@Versok

 

[Vuankei Thau'ja]

Vuankei would follow Grace as she entered inside the building and ignited a torch, the inside of the temple being iluminated by it as Vuankei grabbed another one and used Grace's torch to ignite it as well. The deeper they went, the darker it would get so it made sense to have two of them illuminating the path ahead. The Yautkan would also turn his thermal vision on if only for a brief moment to confirm that there were no guardian creatures coming after them right now, which was a good sign.

As they walked alongside each other, Grace would eventually feel Vuankei's gaze on her even behind his helmet, staring at the smaller sentient for a bit before finally speaking up again "<I am curious about you...Never heard of a crime boss carrying a lightsaber and the force until now>" He commented as he walked besides her, it was rumored that the last Zaa Fenn leader wielded the force, which was the reason he had otherwordly strength and speed, but Grace was certainly a confirmed case "<Were you once a sith?...Or perhaps an exiled jedi?"> the Yautkan asked, force sensitives were fascinating to him, his species had very few of them and their customs were usually quite mystic when they formed groups...They were both worthy hunters and prey, having the chance to talk to one that was also quite influential was nice.

 

[Grace Zann]

Grace would raise her torch to assist in igniting Vuankei's, and the room would soon get much brighter. The pair would begin walking forward through the dark tomb. Only the grey brick of the walls and floors would be visible, but a more open area would be coming soon. Grace could sense it.

As they walked the enforcer's curiosity seemed to be piqued by Grace, as she was asked about her origins. That was a long story, but it was one she didn't mind repeating. "Quiet observant. I was sent to the jedi temple as toddler and trained in the ways of the force for over thirteen years. I was eventually banished for something stupid and childish I did in my youth... They sent me back to where I came from. My father that I never knew turned out to be a Zann. He was running the Zann Consortium into the ground, gambling away all their assets, I knew I had to step in and take things over... So I did."

Eventually, the pair would reach a large room that looked like a box. Around were various skeletons and the floor was covered in holes. It was obvious that there was some kind of spike trap in the area. The pair would need to watch their step. Grace would hover her foot above a tile in front of her, and then place a foot on the ground... There was no response. For now.

"I never stopped practicing with my lightsaber, and I eventually found new teachers. Now, I am a Shaper of Kro Var... Well, I'm not from Kro Var, but you could call me a Shaper."

@Versok