Star Wars RP: Dark Council of Resurgence Sith Empire

The vechicle moved for a few moments before stopping near a downed creature.

"Well, there are some national parks, with waterfalls and beautiful wonders of nature... those places are not interesting for the military, so they are usually left alone." The man said as he moved to a back part of the vehicle and started manipulating it - a small crane came to life.

 

“And any old ruins, or other old places that might be worth visiting?” Crystal asked as she watched with curiosity. She considered offering to help, but realized that she would likely be of no real help.

 

The crane extended, slowly picking up the creature and moving it on the free space on the hover craft.

"Hmm... There are old castles - but they are probably occupied. Mansions and museum would be a nice place to check." The man said with a nod of his head.

 

“I see... I have no desire to deal with whatever armed people might have occupied the old castles, so mansions and museums it is.” Crystal nodded. She spent some more time chatting with her new friend about the planet and the people before eventually saying goodbye to him, leaving him to his hunt, and heading back to her ship. On the way back she kept an eye out for any sort of danger or anyone trying to follow her. Her plan was to check on Reri, then get some rest and see if she would get another dream about the strange temple...

(Can't think of anything else Crystal would want to ask or do here, so decided to say goodbye.)

 

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As she chatted some more with the man, he did mention that there were older ruins, from different times... but he knew little about them.

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Thankfully, she arrived at the ship without a problem and without meeting anyone. Crystal found Reri chatting with one of the slaves - as Crystal showed herself, the slave immediately fell to his knees.

 

Crystal made a mental note to try and learn more about the old ruins. Maybe ask Reri about them, too.

Crystal rolled her eyes and gave the slave a sign to get up, then focused on her guest. “Hey, Reri, how are you? Everything alright? Anything happen while I was gone?”

 

Reri nodded her head, as slave silently got on his feet, his head bowed, his entire body showing sign of submission.

"Yes." Reri nodded her head. "Thankfully nothing of note happened. How about you? Have you seen the queen?"

 

Crystal shook her head 'no'. “The city is closed to tourists, boats are not allowed to travel to the city without special permission, and there are armed patrols searching for suspicious people... or random people they can arrest for fun. Overall the security here is better than in the other sister's city, so I decided not to push my luck. I'll have to come up with another way inside... or a way to get the queen out. But that's for tomorrow.”

 

Reri frowned.

`You still intend on going on with this?` She shook her head. `And how exactly would you have the queen come out?` She asked, curiously.

 

“I have a couple of ideas, but I need to think about them some more. For now I'm going to get some rest.” And see if I get another dream. Crystal kept the thought to herself. “Need anything from me while I'm here?”

(Sorry for the delay.)

 

(No problem - I myself am rather busy lately)

Reri frowned... she paused for a moment then sighed.

"Can you at least tell me what to prepare, for your next try? Will we need weapons? A team to break through?" She asked, trying to get a better idea of what Crystal wanted.

 

“Well, the best way to get either sister out of the safety of her base would be to offer her something she really wants. They both want the throne, which means each of them wants to get rid of the other one. So, with the right message, it should be possible to lure both of them out to a suitable location, have their guards fight each other, then step in and capture both of them once they have weakened each other.” Crystal explained. “The hard part is finding a suitable location and coming up with a good enough story that would justify each of them bringing only a small force instead of a large one.”

 

Reri blinked.

"Wait, you want to take them out? I thought you intended only to infiltrate the city to see the Queen..." The woman said in wonder. "And you want to take out both of them? Not support one of them?"

 

“I wanted to get a better idea what sort of would-be queens I was dealing with, in order to decide whether to support one of them, or remove both of them and support someone else.” Crystal clarified. “Based on what I saw in Shaani's city I highly doubt she will make a good queen in the long term. As for Carisele, I did not get to see her, but the patrols outside her capital seem all too willing to arrest people without a reason, just because they can. Either she can't control them properly, or she doesn't care what her soldiers are doing. Both options do not inspire confidence. Which led to my decision to take both of them out and help someone else take the throne. Unless one of them can somehow convince me to support her bid for the throne, but so far that seems unlikely...”

 

Reri blinked. She sighed, and shook her head. It looked like she disagreed, but decided to keep her words to herself.

"Very well." She nodded her head. "But..." She frowned. "Where does this leave us? Our deal was only to help you see the pretenders to the throne..."

 

“Well, technically our deal is not yet done, since I have seen only one of the pretenders. But when it is done... you are free to go, as long as you don't try to turn against me right away. You are not a prisoner, so I am not going to force you to stay against your will.” Crystal replied with a shrug.

 

"How generous." Reri narrowed her eyes. "And once they are... captured? What then? Will you declare yourself a new queen? Will you execute them?" She cocked her head, her arms crossing under her bountiful bust, as she looked at Crystal sharply.

 

“Me, a queen? Why would I want that?” Crystal looked at Reri, visibly confused. The possibility had never occurred to her. “Being the ruler of a country is a lot of work, very little free time for fun... thanks, but no, thanks. I'd rather let someone else take the throne, while I support and assist them from the shadows. Possibly asking for a favor on occasion, if such a thing becomes necessary.” She explained. “As for your other question, no, I am not going to execute them. Two former princesses and would-be queens should make for a fine bait for a certain bastard I want to destroy...”

 

Reri frowned.

"Some other then the two? The only other person of the royal lineage would be the late queen's sister, but in her middle thirties, she still doesn't have a kid - from what I heard, she has no intention of having one. Not to mention, she is not naive enough to agree to be a puppet..."

She paused.

"You want to use royal queens as decoys? For whom?" She ask partially terrified at the notion, partially fascinated on whom she would want to lure.

 

“Good thing I don't need a puppet, then. Puppets are too high maintenance and tend to not do so well without the puppet master there to pull their strings. I'd rather have a secret ally, or at worst a secret servant who can think for themselves, instead of a puppet.”

“As for your other question, long story short, a certain bastard killed his first trophy wife so that he could marry his second trophy wife. And guess who got framed for the murder? I don't like ti when people frame me for crimes I did not commit, so intend to pay the bastard back.” Crystal explained, her expression dark. “But that's for the future. Since you mentioned the dead queen's sister... tell me more about how the late queen got the throne, and about her sister. I'm curious how the two avoided fighting over the throne, unlike what is happening currently...”