The woman cocked her head with a frown. "And having Queens as hostages helps your revenge how exactly?" She asked, not really seeing the connection. "The previous queen got her throne, by inheriting it from her grandmother - after the old queen died from old age." She shrugged. "They did not fight for the throne, because of the age difference. The queen was around twenty when she took the throne, while her sister was ten years younger. Any motion of nobles trying to push rebellion ended quickly and bloodily... besides, her sister was not the main contender at the time. Through, the other person was quite quickly dealt with." She explained.
“Like I said, bait.” Crystal repeated what she had said earlier, without clarifying further. “I see. Sounds like fighting over the throne is rather common on this planet, only this time things did not end so quickly and so well...” Crystal mused after the brief history lesson. “Anyway, is there anything else you want to ask me?”
Reri opened her mouth to speak, then closed it. "No." She shook her head. "My apologies..." She paused. "Maybe... no. I wish you good night." She turned and left Crystal alone.
“Good night, Reri, see you tomorrow.” Crystal watched Reri walk away before moving on. She instructed her guards to keep an eye on Reri and not let her leave the ship, then went to sleep, curious if she will get another dream about the strange temple.
As she slowly came to sleep, a familiar vision folded her mind again. The woman... the one she saw before, was walking through the room... it was covered in shadows. She moved her hand over the... was it machinery? A statue? It was hard to tell. Her body shivered with pleasure. She smiled greedily/happily/arrogantly/lustfully as she looked at the - she snapped to look back. Hurriedly, she made her way back to the door and started closing it. As the heavy door closed, she turned the keys, and turned around - only to freeze, as someone stood in front of her... Crystal shivered as she felt the vision becoming weaker... feadeing. She was loosing it.
Instinctively Crystal tried to focus and keep the vision going, wanting to learn as much as she could about the two women, and about the place – temple? - from the vision.
Spoiler: Force 50+10 vs 60 - success Crystal concentrated, managing to stay attuned to the vision, if even barely. The two bare-chested women looked at each other. "What are you doing here?" The one with keys asked. "That's what I was supposed to ask. The place was forbidden. And this key, should be in hands of high priestess." The woman with whips answered. "Return the key." "I am the Queen-" "Especially, since you are the queen. Your succession is secured." "You go to far priestess-" Crack! The whip struck blond's hand, making one of the keys fall on the ground. The blond extended her hand throwing the brunette back with Force. Then she pushed two fingers together, making the brunette choke. "Now your place, you curl!" She raised her hand making priestess levitate in the air. "The punishment for disobidience is one-ahgg!" The brunette thrust her hand, a small electrical discharge of force shock paralyzing the queen for a moment. She quickly run up to her, and started smacking her with whips, that started cracking with electricity. The queen screamed as her breasts were hit, then her ass, then her back - one after the other, the other, The blond fell on the ground, unable to resist the assault. Finally, the priestess stopped. She leaned forward and grabbed queen by throat with one hand and the key with other. "Maybe, it's better you hold to one of the keys... while your daughters will hold the other~" With malicious smile she slowly slid the large key into Queen's pussy, making her moan - then protest, then plead. Finally, when the entire key disapered inside her, the brunette lifted her to her feet. "Keep it, guard it for eternity." Priestess extended her hand - the queen screamed as Force Pushed her out of the bridge, into darkness below. The scream lasted a few seconds, before it cut of. The priestess walked up to the remaining key, and picked it up.
Interesting... I should describe the women from the dream to Reri and see if she has any idea who they might be... or where the temple might be... Crystal thought as she tried to remain focused on the dream for as long as she could before finally falling asleep.
Crystal tried to get more of the vision... Spoiler: force +11 And managed to hold but a few moments longer... just enough for the priestess to be approached... by her exact copies... not siblings... but clones. Then she lost the vission, as she fell into sleep. She woke some time later, rested.
Crystal took a few minutes to fully wake up and to get ready for the day, then went looking for Reri. She wanted to ask her about the women from the dream, as well as the temple, before doing anything else.
Crystal found woman in her cabin. She was naked and exercising, sweat covering her body. As she saw Crystal, Reri stopped. "Sorry, I have no change for clothes." She explained as she started swiping sweat from her body.
“Don't worry about it, you're hardly the first naked woman I see.” Crystal replied as she openly enjoyed the view of Reri's naked body. She did not let that distract her, though. “I am going to describe two women to you, and I want you to tell me if you recognize either one.” The former thief proceeded to describe the queen and priestess from her dream in as much detail as she could recall.
Reri frowned at the description ot the queen. "I am not sure about the blond woman? I know not about someone who would wear that style of clothes... and looked like that. Have you heard about one of old legends? In ancient times, people were wearing such clothes, from what I had heard, but that was millenia ago." At the description of priestess she nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like one of those priestesses of Xiar. They are rather isolated from rest of planet. They have a monastery in Valley of Rhom."
“Interesting...” Crystal frowned as she went over what she had just learned. She then proceeded to describe the temple from her dream. “Does that sound similar to that monastery you mentioned?”
Reri shook her head. "No, I am not familiar with the place. I can't tell if it is monastery. I was never there. They are quite isolationist group and barely go out. The place they occupy is in mountains, so no one ever wanted to take their worthless piece of land..." Reri hummed as she thought about it then frowned. "Come to think about it, they are said to have once been allies of Royal family, and their warrior priestesses were said to be savage on battlefields..."
“Interesting... I take it you have seen no indication they are in any way involved in the current fight for the throne?” Crystal could guess what the answer would be, but wanted to make sure, just in case.
Reri frowned, but shook her head. "I did't hear of them being involved on any of sides... and the monastery doesn't carry that much of an influence...
“I see... might be worth investigating later, but for now I have more important things to worry about.” While Crystal was curious, the civil war took priority over a cult she knew almost nothing about. “Thank you for your time, Reri. Is there anything I can do for you before I go?”
"Some more clothes would be nice." She hummed as she stretched, her naked body arching in delightful way. "Maybe inclusion in your planning?" She added hesitating... "Come to think about it, Since we practically finished our deal, I am not sure what I am to do..."
“Well, if it is clothes you need, how about we go shopping?” Crystal suggested as she continued to enjoy the sight of Reri's naked body. “It will be nice to visit a town or city that isn't one of the capitals. I need some more time to decide what to do next, might as well do something else in the mean time. I'll even help you pick some new clothes, if you want.” Or you can stay naked – I certainly won't object...