15 Talisman (1/2)

Tobias Rune seemed to be hopeless when it came to flirting, at least with the Queen of Naboo. A combination of cliche lines and flattery, at most he was able to make her giggle when they were alone. He spent a good time of a day on the planet surface. In general this meant that Sloane was waiting for several hours for his return while she waited in his private quarters on board the Guardian.

She looked over his desk in his office, it looked mundane. Nothing really stood out except for a handful of strange gems and crystals. One of them was a Barab Ingot from the planet of Barab I, it was a pale green color.

It reminded her of a pale emerald, an item she never really saw all that much.

As her fingers caressed above the crystals, the strange warmth that came from them made her think back to the girl Kraytia she had met earlier. Had the Empire started recruiting forceful children?

Her eyes narrowed on a Krayt Dragon's pearl which was blue and black, surrounded by a translucent ocean green shell. It was beautiful and yet it had an alluring feeling. Out of all of them, it was circular and about the same dimensions as her index finger.

She picked it up in her gloved hands and held it up towards the light. Just for a moment there, it was as if she could see energy seeping off of the object. She was completely mesmerized by it. What was this? She knew that it was a cut dragon's pearl, but they normally didn't do this.

Placing it down on the desk, she would pick up the ingot from before and do the same thing. There was an aura seeping off of it, it looked like fire, but it only felt lukewarm. Putting it back where she found it, she stared at the other crystals. She had little knowledge about how lightsabers worked, but she knew that the crystals the Empire were guarding during its infancy were used for the creation of lightsabers.

Did this mean that Jedi were able to make their own sabers, as long as they had other crystals? To her it didn't seem all that right. Pinching her chin with her thumb and index finger, she walked over to the window of his office and looked out into space.

She saw the Theta shuttle leave the planet surface and head towards the dreadnought. She could only assume this was the Grand Moff of the so-called Imperium and commanding officer of this destroyer.

Turning her head, Sloane would narrow her sights on a golden talisman that could be effortlessly put on one's forearm. It had this unnatural glow to it, but its warmth was just as welcoming as the crystals.

Walking over to it, she went to pick it up before pausing, hearing incoherent voices in the back of her head. However as she cleared her intent of picking it up, the voices disappeared. Blinking a few times, she frowned and looked towards the doorway.

Leaning against the door frame was Kaytia who had probably been watching her the entire time. ”It's rather rude to go through someone else's things,” the girl murmured quietly as she had one foot crossed over the other and her arms crossed as she leaned there on the frame.

”What are these?” Sloane asked as she nonchalantly ignored what the girl said and gestured towards the crystals on his desk.

”They're focusing crystals that my Master attuned to the force.” Kraytia said with a shake of her head, looking over the woman for a few moments before walking into the room. Hopping over the desk with ease, she flatly sat in the office chair, leaning back and placing her feet up on the desk.

'And here she was talking about manners,' Sloane thought to herself and chuckled inward.

”So you're telling me... Tobias, Grand Moff Rune, is like Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader?” Sloane then recalled the fact that Kraytia had said that Tobias wanted to destroy everything that was related to the Sith. She paused, he was more like the Jedi? No, that wasn't the right impression.

Kraytia simply shook her head, but didn't say anything more until Sloane pointed at the Talisman which looked similar to a bracelet to fit on one's arm.

”What is that?”

The Disciple looked at the item for a few moments before furrowing her brows. The talisman seemed to be emanating with force energy. ”It's been imbued with force energy. I've never felt anything like it before..” She muttered her second sentence to herself with a lower volume. ”It's not something a Jedi can create.”

That's when Tobias entered the room, wearing his typical black uniform with his Grand Moff rank insignia on the chest with the inverted Imperial symbol placed above it at his collar. ”Grand Admiral Rae Sloane,” he spoke up as he folded his hands behind his back. A small smirk across his lips as he looked her over.

”I'm sorry about your assistant.” Tobias said sarcastically as he walked over to his desk and watched her as she raised a brow and looked at him. ”Adea, Rax's spy.”

Rae blinked a few times, her eyes widening. Her assistant had been a spy? She thought they got along well, but she didn't know that was all part of Rax's plan. She could only grow curious of what he was planning now.

Since she was 'out of the way' does that mean he was going to try and get some real power over the remnant? ”What is your plan?” She asked as she stared at the man for a few moments, before averting her gaze and looking back out the window.