[OPEN] Feeling Better Today

[TweedPawn]

Della stared blankly at Ryloss. She was sure that he was talking to her, but Della couldn't tell. Then she had turned to try to speak to Yuunda.

Suddenly, she felt giddy. She wasn't sure why, but she felt as if she could run. It was the same happy feeling she felt when she was running or spending time with the boy back home that she had a crush on. She wasn't logically attracted to Ryloss, yet she felt the symptoms of that strange kind of joy. She face turned nearly as pink as Ryloss's as she tried to fight a smile that wanted to spread from ear to ear. She looked down at the ground and bit her lip in embarrassment.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss grinned. "Should I stop now?" He laughed again at Del's blush. It wasn't like anything could happen, he was with Atreia after all.

 

[Black Noise]

Lain, joining the conversation once again, grinned and shoved Ryloss playfully. Though, she may have shoved him too hard. For a small girl, Lain was quite strong, much stronger than she thought herself to be. She replied to his question.
"Yes, you should, you Zeltron, she can feel happiness on her own. Besides, you don't just affect her-"
She couldn't help but to redden up and smile herself. Although, the feeling of happiness that came forth was unlike anything Lain had ever felt before. Her happiness came from a sense of accomplishment, or the strength to startle and meet new people. Never before had she felt something like this.

She liked it.

 

[The Derp of Hooves]

Although he enjoyed the sensation greatly, he knew it could end up in a wrong way. He knew from the one time he met one, it was a father with his daughter who seemed to be around his age at the time. Byte and Droid had learned that he was in town for a short while and were hanging out with him at the shop where his father was buying the fixtures, when a small family of Zeltrons came in, though he didn’t know what they were at the time. The young girl seemed to like Yuunda for some reason and tried to seduce him with her pheromones. This elucidated a spark of jealousy from Byte and a roar of laughter from Droid at the confusion on Yuundas face as he was caught in between the two.

‘Perhaps,’ Yuunda said with a smile on his scared face now, something of an accomplishment really, he had been devoid of such emotions ever since he was rescued from the sand people. He would have to find some way to thank the young Zeltron for that, ‘I don’t think we would want anyone to do anything stupid now would we?' he stated, noticing how Lain and Della were reacting.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss cut the pheromones.

"See why it's so hard to get off Zeltros? The whole planets like that. It get's... addictive after a while. Their is a whole government sector dedicated to getting people off when the alien population get's too big."

 

[TweedPawn]

Della suddenly noticed the feeling slipping away. She was confused by the sudden change in emotion. Was it one of those Jedi tricks? She was still learning about the capabilities of what Jedi can actually do. She didn't know that emotions could be tinkered with like that. She grew fearful at the the thought that she might have been emotionally manipulated to compliantly come with the Jedi to Tython. Then she grew angry. She gave Ryloss an hard stare. He seemed the one who made it happen.

"Jedi trick? Common trick? I do not like this trick." she said.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss smiled softly. "Not Jedi trick. My trick. Zeltron trick. Only Zeltron." Ryloss spoke as simply as he could. He didn't want to make her angryor, more likely, cry.

"I can do it again. Do you want me to do it again?"

 

[The Derp of Hooves]

'Yes, and very dangerous too,' Yuunda added with a sly smile as he still fondly remembered his last encounter with Ryloss's kind, 'I don't think you should be doing it too often though, especially around those who don't know what a Zeltron can do.'

Still though he felt better then he had in a while and let out a content sigh as he said, 'Hey, I want to thank you for that though Ryloss, I haven't felt that good in a long time. If you ever need help with anything let me know and I'll assist as best I can.'

He felt calmer and more at peace with himself than he had since the attack on his farm, which only reasserted his earlier claim to himself. He wasn't just going to like it here he was going to love it.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss shrugged. "Sometimes I can't help it. It just... comes. I don't like it when people are sad, so... Yeah. That happens." Ryloss laughed quietly. "It makes it hard to argue right."

 

[Fusion]

Atreia had come out for a stroll along the plains. Being stuck in her room made it almost inexorably claustrophobic, and she was starting to suffer from cabin fever. As such, taking a stroll around Tython was a refreshing experience. As she walked along, she spotted a group of Padawans, one of whom was her boyfriend Ryloss. Seeing an opportunity, she got in a sprinting position before bolting towards the group, stopping as she reached her boyfriend's side.

Hey, Ryloss...

 

[TweedPawn]

When Ryloss asked if he should use his trick again, Della became even more cross. Didn't he see how angry Della was at the first time he used his trick? Della was about to let loose a string of insults about the man's wits when she realized that she didn't know any good ones in Basic. She knew plenty in Nemreg, her native language. She would have called him dimmer than a burnt lightbulb at the bottom of a lake. He was probably slowfooted too. From the way he looked, he couldn't out-run a house.

Instead, she gave him a hard stare and said nothing.

Suddenly, her attention was captured by a new girl running towards the group. Della's heart jumped with joy at the sight of another runner. She seemed pretty quick too! Della then realized that she hadn't worked on her own sprints since she was taken from Sacul. Even after feeling much safer on Tython, her heart had not felt light enough to allow her feet to move swiftly.

But this new girl brought back those happy memories of Della trying out for the international games, then those happy thoughts vanished. The games were supposed to have been three months after she was kidnapped. How long had she been away? Della's sense of time had been completely thrown off and she had yet to recover it.

Still, there was no reason to not be friends with this other sprinter.

" I am Dell Frey. How do you do? You run fast? I run fast."

 

[Black Noise]

Lain stepped back as Atreia came running up. Her Guard Shotos flipped into a ready position, though she kept enough control to not ignite them. That girl, something was off about her, something was wrong. She felt familiar to Lain, but not the kind of familiar she enjoyed. The same kind of familiar one feels when meeting a grave danger twice, or a hated enemy.

"Hello, Sith."

 

[Fusion]

Atreia turned and smiled at Della.

Pleased to meet you, Della. My name is Atreia. Yes, I run fast. Comes from my species having been made to hunt. You would be fun to run with.

Atreia then turned her gaze to the younger girl. She had heard about her... Sogar's daughter. She had heard the story of how Sogar had killed Lamia many times from her holographic image. Now was probably the best time to mention something...

You know, it's kind of interesting, Miss Derisma... I never thought I'd be standing next to the daughter of the man who killed my last incarnation.

 

[The Derp of Hooves]

Just then a newcomer appeared out of the foliage. She was different than the others, she had the same sort of red skin as Ryloss, though it was deeper and darker. That and her eyes were also red. Yuunda had never seen someone like her before. His first impression was that she might be a Zelron like Ryloss then, she started talking about something being an incarnation of something. So was she a clone then? His curiosity won out and he had to ask what she was.

‘Hi there, I’m Yuunda Cloudchaser, though people at home call me ‘D’. I’m curious, are you a Zeltron perhaps?’

 

[TweedPawn]

Another girl arrived. This time, she also had red skin. Della wondered the same thing as Yunnda until she heard a familiar word. Where had she had heard 'sith' before? She wasn't sure. She knew enough Basic to ask now. The other youth were talking, but Della didn't understand any of the words. The parts she did understand, only confused her more.

"What mean Sith?" she asked.

 

[Black Noise]

"Forgive me if I am unsympathetic."
Looking to Della, she crooked her head in Atreia's direction.
"She is a Sith."

So, her Father had killed this girl sometime ago. Lain didn't really know for sure, her father had killed a lot of people, he didn't tell her about them. Lain simply kept her Guard Shotos down and ready, ever cautious.

 

[Fusion]

Almost forgetting about the others, Atreia turned to Yuunda.

Actually, Yuunda, I'm a Sith Pureblood. Hence the cheek tendrils and eyebrow stalks. Not to mention the red eyes... But no, I'm not related to the Emperor.

She chuckled a bit before turning back to Della. This was a perfect time to rectify a mistake before it began.

Sith are a species of humanoids from a planet called Korriban. Dark Jedi interbred with them and purged them before falsely taking the name Sith. Real Sith like me use the title Pureblood to seperate ourselves from the fakes running the Empire.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss snaked his hand around Atreia's waist.

"She had no idea what you just said At. I will translate:

Sith lords are people you don't want to see. Sith Purebloods are like Atreia here. They can be... Nice or not nice. Atreia is nice. They came from a place called Korriban, where the lords are today. Sith lords had children with Purebloods, then killed a lot of them. Got it?"

 

[TweedPawn]

Della had no clue what either of them said. She stared blankly at the couple. It was a race? Like a Wookie or a human?

"Soooo, You Sith. Sith like...How do you say...different human? Sith have home? Draw?" she asked. She was really confused now. Maybe watching the person draw would clarify.

 

[Ush]

Ryloss pursed his lips. "I don't know if you could draw Korriban, but I have this." He reached into hi pants and took out a small device. "Korriban" He said clearly. A small spinning planet appeared, floating. "There it is."