A Surprise Reunion

[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Two figures sat in the expensively decorated studyroom. A man in his early 50s sat behind the desk, flanked by a protocol droid. Opposite of this man sat a young Sephi woman. Neither of them said anything, as the gentle night rain slowly ticked against the window. Neither of them seemed phased by either the rain or the late hour, as the light of the chandeliers fell upon their determined expressions.

"So, master Jedi.. What do you think of this proposition?"

The woman leaned back in her chair and stared straight at the man in front of her. Sakadi had come here to strike a deal with an Alderaanian noble family. They had hinted at having an interest in funding and backing the Galactic Alliance, as they weren't fond of the Imperials on Alderaan. In return however, they had quite a few demands. Demands the Galactic Alliance wasn't willing to comply with. Atleast, not all of them.

She pondered for a moment. How could she best bring this? If she angered the man in front of her, she might not be able to get out of this mess. The noble was known for his short temper and illegal bussiness. It had made his family rich, which was clearly visible to anyone who saw the villa from a distance. It was well guarded too, hounds, sentries, cameras, droids, this family really tried to keep outsiders, well, outside.

Sakadi gestured again, she knew that the head of the family didn't understand sign language, so that's why she urged him to bring a protocol droid.

"According to Knight Sinvala, our demands are quite.. excessive." The droid stated, much to the dislike of it's owner. She wasn't looking forward to the discussion that was going to follow. The Alliance wanted this funding and it was up to her to make it happen. It was going to be a long night.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni had never been to Alderaan before, as far as she knew and walked around in a very rich neighbourhood, however, the crazy part was that this wasn't even where the insanely rich Alderaanian lived. Further away some of the richest people lived in enormous mansions, fenced and very well guarded, so of course, that was where the little witch was headed. In truth, she wasn't really doing it to steal or even meet any of those insanely rich Alderaanian homeowners, she was more curious to explore the inside of their house. In all honesty, she didn't really like the Alderaanian people, those she met acted like they were better than her, some even whispered loud enough so Eithni would hear them.

It had turned dark pretty quickly, or maybe she just got to the area late, just to make matters worse, it started to rain, as in, a lot of rain. After half an hour of walking, she stood in front of a large gate, manned with armed guards. Noway she would be able to sneak past them... if only she had Water of Life, she could pretty much just walk past them, but right now she had to use the traditional way of getting in, by being stealthy.

After waiting for the right moment, she levitated over the wall and landed in a very enormous garden, pretty though if you were into flowers and such. Eithni however, had a new problem, guards patrolling the garden and one had just seen Eithni and immediately called for backup as he chased after the young Witch. In the room where Sakadi sat along with the Alderaanian lord of the house, the door suddenly opened as a captain of the guard entered. He leaned down and whispered something Sakadi couldn't hear.

The owner looked at first surprised at his guard and then immediately returned to his stoic facial expression as he rose from his chair. "Miss Sinvala, if you would excuse me, it seems I am needed elsewhere. How about we continue our negotiations tomorrow? Until then, you are a guest here, my protocol droid will guide you to your chamber" explained the politician with a friendly smile plastered on his face.

"If you would be so kind as to follow me, Master Jedi," said the protocol droid as it began to lead Sakadi out of the study room and through a mass of corridors and halls until she stood in what was to be her room for her stay at the mansion. "The master has asked you to stay in your room and not roam the mansion at this hour of the evening. When dinner is ready, a staff member will come and guide you to the dining room" explained the protocol droid and closed the single door behind it, not even giving Sakadi a chance to really ask any questions or if she asked them, not really getting an answer.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Just as she expected a response that would ignite the heated discussion, an armed guard entered the room. Sakadi's attention shifted from the noble in front of her to the guard and back, catching a glimpse of the surprise on the host's face. Now that was interesting. But was it a good or a bad sign? Either way no one was allowed to know that she was here and she knew that her host would take care of that.

The politician kindly explained to her that something interfered with their meeting. What could possibly be more important than their current discussion? Sakadi shook her head slowly in disappointment, as her host left the studyroom. It was an intentional move; if he knew that the Galactic Alliance wasn't pleased, he would have to make up for it. It would make her work a lot easier. Sakadi rose from her comfy chair and strolled after the protocol droid. The halls and corridors of the villa were just as expensively decorated as the studyroom, paintings, chandeliers, frescos, what was this family compensating for, she wondered.

Sakadi almost bumped into the protocol droid as it suddenly stopped, opening a door to his left. The rain ticked against the large windows to her right and echoed through the hall. She hoped that the sound wouldn't be as notable in her room as in the corridor.

Having lived in mansions and villas herself, the bedroom didn't impress the Sephi. It reminded her of home, although the ceiling was a bit too high for her taste. Not that she had the right to complain though, her assigned quarters in the Jedi temples were nothing compared to this bedroom. But still, she would've liked something a little smaller.

The protocol droid was already gone before she could thank it. That wasn't exactly proper etiquette now, was it? Something had to be really wrong if even the droids were this quick to dismiss her. Her hand reached for the trusty hilt of her lightsaber. If it was going to get violent, she would have to interfere as a Jedi knight, whether she wanted it or not. Sometimes pacifism required violence, much to her regret. With that in mind, the Jedi sat down in one of the chairs facing the door. She wasn't planning to stay her for the entire night and she would make sure that her host knew. First however, she had to wait for the dinner.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

She was quite happy with having her hooded coat on as she otherwise would have been completely soaking wet by now. Her feet, however, was pretty wet from running through that huge garden by the mansion. her long skirt kept her lower body mostly dry, though her very tight ragged shirt was pretty much soaked, sticking to the body of the witch's petite body. She has managed to keep the hood up at least, so that was something as she temporary got away from all the guards outside that most likely rushed inside to find Eithni.

Finally being inside the enormous mansion, Eithni could finally look around and she was taken back by how much stuff there was inside the room. Everything from a chandelier, two in fact, to a large among of what Eithni have come to learn, called paintings. A lot of pelt carpets and a bed so large that four or maybe five people could sleep in it. As much as Eithni wanted to explore everything in the room, see what everything did, she had to get out, if she wanted to explore the rest of the mansion before the guards found her. So that was what she did.

Opening the door of the room, she looked out in the long corridor, no guards, but a lot of footsteps rushed at her direction. Quick as wind and silently like a cat, she sneaked the opposite direction of where the footsteps came from. Before she knew it, she entered a walkway in a huge hall which she realised was the main entrance and got discovered again by a bunch of guards. Eithni only just got out of a guard's clutches by jumping over the railing and floating down and rushed for the first door she saw. She ran down yet another corridor and heard voices come in her direction and behind her... kriff.

Without thinking, she bashed into a room with a single door and closed it as quick as she could. She placed her ear to the door, earing the guards discussing where Eithni could have gone. *phew, that was close* thought Eithni to herself and slowly backed away from the door. As she turned around she froze when her red ruby eyes fell upon the one person she never expected to see again. Eithni just stood there with wide eyes and half-open mouth, soaking wet shirt and feet and really wet skirt and hooded coat.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

The Sephi's ears stood upright as she heard someone approaching. Whoever was coming, he or she was in a hurry. Now she knew for a fact that the member of staff who was supposed to go fetch her wouldn't be in such a hurry. All things considered, this person wasn't part of the household.

Sakadi stood up as some rag-tag swamp witch opened the door and barged through, closing it right behind her. She didn't even notice the person standing in the room, did she? Not that it mattered though, for Sakadi was already instinctively reaching for her lightsaber. Just as she stretched her arm and ignited the lightsaber did the vagrant back away and turn around, only to be met by the sapphire tip of her lightsaber inches away from her throat. The womand was hooded, but still soaking wet. The Knight wouldn't have recognized the person in front of her, had she not felt the familliar yet odd presence of the nightsister.

How come... How was it possible that, from the millions of planets in the galaxy, the mischievous swamp witch HAD to be here. At this time and place. Why? Did someone set her up? What was this cruel joke? Sakadi gritted her teeth as she heard the sound of more footsteps approaching. It would only be a matter of minutes before they found the nightsister. Did she not understand that stealth or hiding made no difference, if she was soaking wet in a perfectly clean house? She had left a trail. A trail that lead her to Sakadi's room. Great.

She considered her options. For one, she really wanted the woman to be taken away by the guards. She could not let the nightsister get in the way of her mission. And yet, she couldn't just abandon the girl, could she? Kriff it all.. she thought as she extinguished her lightsaber. She swiftly grabbed her cloak, which she had draped around her chair and offered it to Eithni. Wear this. And don't you dare refuse. She had quite a few reasons to be angry with the girl. But she'd take care of that later. She had to save her first.

If Eithni would accept the cloak and put it on, Sakadi would grab her by the shoulder and place her in the chair. Sakadi was not in the mood for any games, which was painted all across her face.

Sakadi kept standing herself as she waited for the guards. After a minute or so, the door swung open and seven armed men entered the room. The Knight calmly stood between the guards and the nightsister, as she waited for them to make a move.

"Knight Sinvala, the woman behind you is an intruder. Please step aside and let us do our work." one of the security officers said. A statement to which Sakadi only shook her head. That apparently did not sit well with the officer. "It wasn't a question Master Jedi." The Knight however, still refused to move.

"Tsk." The security officer signaled and the guard on Sakadi's right raised his blaster. The Sephi however, would not give him the time he needed to pull the trigger. Sakadi bursted into motion, her movements a blur to the guards and the nightsister as she, enhanced by the Force, ignited her lightsaber and cut straight through the guard's rifle. The smoldering remains fell to the ground, prompting the other guards to take a step back. Fighting a Jedi was not exactly on their bucket list, that she could tell.

Just as the guard pondered whether he should apprehend the Jedi and the Nightsister, the head of the family entered with his protocol droid. "What's all this about? Have you taken care of the intruder yet capt-" he paused as he saw the scenario they were in. Seven guards, one unarmed now, confronting his lightsaber wielding guest.

Sakadi rapidly gestured towards the protocol droid with her free hand, who was also taken back by the scene. "It appears that the intruder is the... consort of Knight Sinvala?" She felt humiliated and ashamed by having to put it that way, but it was the best way she could put it. Now all she could do was hope that this stupid plan would somehow get them off Eithni's back..

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni had completely forgotten about everything else going on, being chased or the fact that she was actually kind of getting cold feet and chest. Even the blade of Sakadi's lightsaber at her throat almost seemed like it didn't excited. Standing frozen on the floor, her mind was screaming, clawing for Eithni to said something, anything! Maybe a "hey!" or a "what are you doing here?!", but sadly Eithni only managed to form only a word "Y-you~!" Said the witch with a mix of surprise and shock and most certainly happiness. Wait, did she just said 'you' to the woman she's missed for so long...? Nice, real nice you moran. Behind Eithni got the voices louder and it was for certain that the guards who barge into the room any minutes now. Just one problem, Eithni could move, as in not at all. First time for everything, right?

Luckily for Eithni that she had her knight in shining armour, so to speak, come to the witch's rescue. As soon as Eithni heard the very familiar voice, the voice that in the beginning freaked her out, funnily enough, now snaped Eithni out of her frozen state. She wanted to hug and kiss the woman in front of her so bad but the tone in her voice, got Eithni to just wear the clock. This was such a weird feeling for Eithni, just letting another person control her like that, even when it came to Sakadi. Maybe EIthni's mother, Skuld, but even she got difficult to control the young witch.

As Sakadi placed Eithni in the same chair she herself had sitten in earlier, got Eithni to shake herself out of the weird frozen state and was just about to jump hug the woman from behind, when the doors slammed open. Seven armed guards, here to grab Eithni and that would mean a lot of trouble... Oh no, that's not good, her mom would so scold her if they called her. WIth only Sakadi as a shield to stand in the way of the security officers to get the little intruder and that seemed to be more than enough, which made Eithni smile a little, biting her lower lip. The way that Sakadi moved and took out the guards, made the Jedi even more attractive to the girl, now even more so than ever before, wanting to kiss the woman.

It all seemed to calm a little when some guy came into the room as he looked from Sakadi, his security officers and Eithni. "What is the meaning of this?! I bring you into MY home and this is how you repay my hospitality?! By attacking my men, keeping them from doing their job!" Roared at the top of his lungs almost bursting a blood vessel in his neck. "I DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE..." the mention of the intruder being the Jedi's consort from his protocol droid suddenly made all the gears work on how to spin this news to his advantage. He knew about the Jedi's strict rule about love and forming a romantic relationship. A plan started to form in his head as he stood looking from Sakadi and the little intruder, who apparently was the Jedi's consort, secret wife? No both too young, more like a partner in some way.

He then suddenly smiled mischievously with a devious glance in his eye, "men, both are guest of mine, return to your posts" explained the head of the family. The security officers gave Sakadi and the young girl a glance, before nodding and left the room. The owner placed his hands behind his back and turned to his droid, "it would appear we are having another to dine with us" said the head of the house, as he looked Eithni over, who now stood oblique to Sakadi. "Notice the staff to bring our guests some more... proper attire for dinner" told the lord of the mansion his protocol droid. "Hope you don't mind Master Jedi, but my staff will find you and your... consort some more fitting clothes for your both, you'll understand, I'm sure" explained the politician with a plastered smile, not really asking her permission, but just for the act of being polite. In truth, Sakadi had no choice, if she wanted to continue their deal. Besides, it would look very bad if guests didn't dressed correctly for the events, even something so mundane as dinner.

Just behind the head of the household left Sakadi's room, he turned his gaze at Sakadi with a fake smile, "oh and since she's your consort Master Jedi, I won't split you up with two different rooms" told he Sakadi and left the room with the protocol closing the door behind him.

"Consort? What's a consort?" Asked Eithni confused out loud, the word had been on her mind, ever since the droid told the mean man. Then her mind caught up, she stood in the same room as her lover and shared a room with! "I've missed you so much Sakadi!" Said Eithni now suddenly overexcited and jumped to Sakadi, throwing her arms around the Jedi's neck kissing Sakadi on the lips while embracing the woman dearly. Sakadi would quickly feel how soaked Eithni actually was on her upper body as the cold wet ragged clothes pressed against her chest, however, Eithni didn't care, she was with Sakadi again.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Sakadi's expression did not change one bit as their host raised his voice. Neither did she so much as blink when he taunted her with his statements. Only after she left the room did she dare to breathe. She extinguished her lightsaber and turned around again, only to be jumped by the overjoyed nightsister.

Sakadi gently grabbed the girl by her shoulders and ended their embrace. Eithni. Why are you here. She asked, her tone cold and devoid of any emotion but a slightly building anger. You are jeopardizing my mission. And yes, it is really important that this mission ends up being a succes. She really wanted to think of a proper strategy to make her a mission a succes, but she had to deal with the matter at hand first. That was, the bubbly and cheerly girl who stood in front of her. She understood why Eithni was happy to see her. She hated to admit it, but so was she. The mission however, was always her first and foremost priority. She had explained that the best she could to the witch before, how she deeply cared about the Jedi cause. Today was no acception to that rule.

She had to find someway to deal with the nightsister. She could reflect upon her own emotions later, but she had to prevent this from getting out of hand first. For that to happen, she had to make a small sacrifice. I'll be honest with you. Right now, we can't be together like we were in the jungle. Her hands slid down Eithni's shoulders and arms, until they found the wet hands of the witch. She firmly held them, in a loving yet serious grip. Please Eithni. This is really important to me. Promise me you won't stand in the way of my mission today. I'll go with you anywhere you like afterwards. Just.. don't mess this up for me okay? The Knight's honesty was written all over her face, as she pleaded for Eithni to not screw her over.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Despite Sakadi's attempt at a cold tone and devoid of any emotions or even the building anger, it didn't affect the bubbly girl in front of the Jedi. No, not in the slightest as she giddy stood, almost bouncing, just waiting to embrace Sakadi again. One thing Sakadi quickly would notice was the pure happiness that screamed from the eyes of the young witch. "I can't believe we meet here, of all places, I'm just happy to see you again! I've missed you so much Sakadi!" replied Eithni and wanted to hug Sakadi again and most certainly kiss the Sephi, kiss her full and soft lips again.

However, she didn't get to hug her a second time because of those damn strong arms and hands, holding Eithni back, let go! Then she in a way snapped out of her overexcited mood and just went down to excited and gave Sakadi one of the famous sheepish smiles she often gave when she wanted to get away with something and not be in trouble. "Well, I was in the area and got curious about this big house... So I kinda sneaked inside" explained the young witch, still with a sheepish smile.

Her eyes went wide, "I am? Uh, what kind of mission is that?!" Asked Eithni with a curious twinkle in her eyes. "awwh... why not? You were so much fun back in the jungle!" commented biting her lower lip as she remembered their little adventure, especially the excited and madly fun sex together. Eithni didn't hide what she was thinking about and Eithni doubted Sakadi wouldn't know what she was thinking about.

When the Sephi actually pleaded, telling the Nightsister she would go with Eithni after her mission. Go anyways Eithni chose... oh boy, that was dangerous things the Jedi promised her little lover from the jungle. Eithni looked up and into the eyes of Sakadi, "will we go back, like we were in the jungle if your mission is succesful?" Asked Eithni now suddenly very serious, showing a rather different side to the bubbly girl Sakadi knew.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Her pleading actually worked. The attitude of the witch shifted from all bubbly and cheery to very serious in a heartbeat. That was the moment the Sephi knew she had made a mistake. Not that she could go back on her word now though. If my mission is succesful, yes. If you want to go back, wel'll go back. I'll go with you wherever you want to go.... Yup, she had to sacrifice herself for the greater good... She had to be wary of her emotions though. If someone would be able to sway her to the Dark side, it was Eithni Vala.

She took a deep breath. So, do we have a deal? she asked her question carefully. She didn't want to upset the girl by acting as if this was a business deal. And yet, that's what it felt like to her.

If Eithni would accept, Sakadi would continue. Alright, do you know proper etiquette? The Knightess honestly doubted it. What about table manners? Please tell me you know about table manners.. If she didn't, Sakadi had a problem. The head of the family expected his guests to act properly and behave. Sakadi didn't want to disappoint him, for she needed him to be in a good mood if she wanted to broker a deal.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni narrowing her eyes a bit looking at the Knight. The deal was tempting, very tempting and the thoughts of having Sakadi back as hers and hers alone made her heart beat with excitement. A hint of a mischievous glint showed in her eyes, "We got a deal, but then you're mine and mine alone" agreed the Nightsister, added the 'mine alone' part just to emphasize what Sakadi promised in their deal.

With that out of the way shifted the witch right back giving Sakadi a big bubbly and gleeful grin. "So what should I do? Do those weird kneeling things or shake hands?" asked the young girl jokingly, not really realizing what she had agreed to herself. The mention of etiquette made the witch scrunched her nose, giving Sakadi a confused look. "table manners? Like, don't steal the other's food?" Asked Eithni even more confused. Etiquette was a weird word to Eithni, something she's never heard before, so she guessed it hasn't been an important thing for her to learn when growing.

Before both Sakadi could continue asking questions, sounded a feminine knock and a young gorgeous maid entered the room, bowing before Sakadi and Eithni. "I've come to take your measures for the dresses, by orders from the master of the house. Oh and have a towel for your consort to dry up" explained the maid with a very gracefully and distinguished voice.

There was the word again, consort, Eithni hadn't gotten an answer for what the word meant. The new girl approached Sakadi and gave the witch the towel, which now remembered she was actually pretty cold and just started to strip. Eithni gave absolutely no thoughts to the fact that there were other people around her, she just stripped down her wet clothes. The maid's eyes when wide with shock and quickly turned around, bright red and apologizing furiously to Sakadi for having seen anything of her consort.

Eithni didn't give the flustered maid any thoughts as the last bit of clothing dropped to the floor, making her stand completely naked, drying herself with the large towel. Eithni's eyebrow rose in confusion, not understanding why the maid apologized or acted so weirdly around Sakadi and Eithni. The maid took a deep breath and without looking at the Jedi's consort, started to measure Sakadi for the dress.

When it came to Eithni to be measured the maid begged the young girl to cover herself up with the towel, so she could measure Eithni as well. Eithni looked from the maid to Sakadi with a questioning look mixed with 'help me, what do I do?'. The Nightsister really wanted to tease and maybe prank the young maid a bit, but she also knew her deal with the Knight entailed her not do anything that give Sakadi problems with that mean man.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Oh by the Force... what had she gotten herself into... Mentioning table manners and etiquette resulted in confusion and snarky comments. She could've figured that Eithni knew nothing, but Sakadi still had her mouth slightly open in disbelief. Before the Sephi could respond however, she was interrupted by the arrival of a young maid. The Knightess eyed her up and made no effort to hide it. The wealthy and slightly arrogant celebrity she had once been still had some influence on her thoughts and mannerisms. Especially in a villa like this, did that part of her personality dominate.

Sakadi could tell that the young maid was still inexperienced and perhaps even a little nervous. Her guess was that their host had taken this maid in employment more for her looks than her skill. Not that it mattered to Sakadi though. She was used to the presence of maids. Therefore, she paid little heed to the nervous maid. That was, until she handed Eithni the towel. The scene unfolded before her eyes.

The Sephi let out a deep sigh, placing a hand on the maids shoulder to soothe the apologizing girl. Sakadi turned to Eithni. Next time, inform the servant that you wish to strip please. I introduced you as my consort, so I can't have them spreading rumors about my choice and taste.

Sakadi stretched out her arms and allowed the maid to take the appropriate measurements she had done this so many times in the past, heck, she didn't know how to dress herself before she turned fourteen. She had relied solely on maids and servants during her youth and it felt nice to revisit that part of her life again. Except she had to constantly worry about Eithni.

As the maid finished measuring Sakadi, the girl turned to Eithni. Understandably, she begged the nightsister to cover her naked body. Eithni looked at the maid for a moment, before she turned to Sakadi. The Sephi saw what the witch's attentions were and the expression of the Knight gave her a clear answer; do as the maid says, or our deal will be broken. Sakadi didn't mind Eithni wanting to stay naked, but she wouldn't allow the nightsister to tease the maid.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni started to pout a bit, placing her hands behind her back, giving Sakadi some big puppy dog eyes, but the Knightess seemed determined in her stand. "Fiiine~" said the witch finally, not wanting the deal to be off and wrapped the towel around her body, covering the intimate parts of her body. The maid gave Sakadi a thankful look and turned her gaze back to Eithni in order to take measurements. Eithni tried to act offended at the Sephi by trying to cross her arms with a huff, which turned out being rather difficult when the maid's touch made her ticklish. Eithni furiously tried to hold a heartful laugh back, by holding a chortle back, atlas to no avail as let out a heartful but bubbly laugh. "S-stop that tickles!" begged the witch and tried to hide behind her lover.

"Please miss, let me finish measuring you" begged the young maid and with a bit of convincing from the maid and lots of convincing from Sakadi, agreed Eithni with standing straight and let the maid measure the young witch. After getting the measurements of both guessed, left the maid after she had bowed and thanked them for letting her measure them.

Eithni looked after the girl, even after she closed the door and made them be alone again. Turning her gaze to the Sephi, Eithni's ruby-coloured eyes locked with Sakadi, "you keep saying consort... but you never said what consort meant. What's a consort?" Asked Eithni, placing her hands behind her back, which gave her a very innocent look, even more so than normal.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

The Sephi tilted her head as the nightsister asked her what a consort was. Getting her to understand etiquette and manners was an art in itself, but her vocabulary? That wasn't something Sakadi even remotely wanted to touch. Nevertheless she yielded to the innocent curiosity of Eithni.

Fancy term for wife. Congratulations on our marriage. Sakadi had already given up on the whole manners and etiquette thing by now. While Eithni had so far done nothing provoking yet, apart from barging into this villa, the Sephi deemed it useless to try and learn her anything new now. Alright... After our dresses arrive, we'll be dining with the owner of this Villa. In case you didn't know yet, his name is Rallond Ast, but we'll adress him as Lord Ast. I suspect that his wife and/or sons and daughters will be present as well.

Sakadi started to pace up and down as she relayed her train of thoughts to Eithni. They are likely going to ask you why you are here. When we got married, I suspect they'll ask us where you and I live too. They are still under the impression that the Jedi Order does not allow love, so that may work to our advantage. Also, don't mention rancors. She stopped to look straight at Eithni. Don't. Mention. Rancors.

What else.. what else.. It felt almost like the Knightess was giving Eithni the last few pieces of advice before she entered a professional sports game. Because that was what it felt like to her. The moment they would set foot into that dining hall, the battle would begin. Not a physical battle, not one of the Force, but the worst kind. Negotiating with a stubborn Lord.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni followed Sakadi with her eyes as the Jedi walked back and forth in the room. Eithni was opened her mouth to say something, but Sakadi interrupted the witch with continuously naming things after things she needed to remember that she was almost dizzy. Rallond what? Wait we're going to have what on?! ugh am I gonna have to remember everyone's name? How does he know about the Jedi Order? I thought they were secret? thought Eithni overwhelmed, just getting more dizzy by all the things she had to remember.

Then Rancors came up, "I wasn't even going to bring up Rancors up!" protested the witch looking very surprised over Sakadi would even bring something like that up, though deep down she was totally going to mention Rancors. Damn, Sakadi knew her better than the witch had expected. Another problem that they most likely would meet at dinner, was where Eithni was from and probably who her parents were.

Then her thoughts suddenly went back to the consort thing. Wife? She had heard the word before, from Skuld... wait~ Sakadi saw Eithni as her wife?! When the thought clicked in, she squealed gleefully and before the knightess could react or think of more to say, got Sakadi jump hugged by the witch to the ground. Eithni pressed her lips to the knightess' own. Eithni kept on kissing the Jedi deeply, before breaking their kiss. Ginning from ear to ear, she laid on the Sephi with only a towel from being completely naked.

The grin on Eithni suddenly turned to a very mischievously smirk, "this reminds me a lot of our first meeting" said Eithni as she sat up on Sakadi, exactly like she did when she got to jump on the Jedi in the jungle. Though this time Sakadi weren't laying in mud or was outside, but inside a warm fancy room, which was inside a mansion. Licking her lower lip as she looked Sakadi's body and her face over it was very clear what she wanted to do and would only be a matter of time.

A knock at their door followed by a voice, "Master Sinvala, we have arrived with you and your consort's dresses, may we enter?" Asked a man's voice. "Go away, we're busy!" Replied Eithni, completely forgetting why they were here before Sakadi could say anything without removing her eyes from Sakadi's own blue eyes. Of course, if it came to Eithni they would just spend all their time alone in the room with only each other. If Sakadi didn't intervene and gave the staff of the mansion permission to enter, would the staff leave and come back later and most likely tell the master of the house that master Sinvala and her consort wouldn't be joining them.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Was she not herself today or something? She should've been able to predict Eithni's assault from miles away and yet, it caught her off guard. The Sephi was still deep in her thoughts the moment jumped on top of her. Again. Sakadi was still a little dazed by the sudden assault and took no effort to break away from Eithni's kiss.

The mention of their first meeting got Sakadi to smile. She was right, this felt awfully similar, apart from the comfortable woolen carpet that had cushioned her landing.

Her flashback to the girls' jungle adventure was short lived though, as she heard a knock at the door again. She would have gotten up to open the door, had the nightsister not been on top of her. What was even worse, was Eithni's answer. She dismissed the maid. Dismissed. The. Maid. The shock was visible in her expression, quickly followed by frustration. Rapidly drawing on her connection with the Force, Sakadi took a hold of the door handle and opened the door. She followed up with a quick motion targeted at Eithni, slightly pushing the nightsister back with a telekinetic wave of energy. She jumped to her feet, grabbing a hold of Eithni's arm to prevent her from falling backwards, as the telekinetic energy forced her back.

The maid saw the scene unfold only partially, only catching a glimpse of Sakadi jumping to her feet and grabbing Eithni's hand. Good, she had managed to avoid a scandal. For now.

The young maid entered, carrying two piled up and neatly folded white dresses under her arm. She walked straight to one of the side tables and placed the two dresses on the table. "Shall I help you first, Lady Sinvala?" The maid asked, to which Sakadi shook her head and pointed at Eithni. The maid nodded, took one of the folded dresses and moved toward the scantily clad nightsister.

You nearly messed it up, so you go first. The voice resonated through Eithni's head. It was partly meant as punishment, but Sakadi also wanted to see Eithni struggle with the dress. This was going to be fun.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Everything happened so fast, one moment she was seated comfortably on her lovely Sephi "wife", enjoying the feeling of rubbing her crotch teasingly at her lover and then the next moment she's flying through the air. As the Knightess caught Eithni's arm, stood the witch and blinked a few seconds confused with a look that asked; "what just happened?".

before Eithni knew it, was she presented with a beautiful golden-white dress with royal design in mind, yet without going off with overdoing it. Eithni rose her eyebrow at the maid and the dress in the maid's hand, why was she given new clothes? Wait... she would have to wear THAT?! No. No way she was going to wear that contraption of clothes! Eithni's eyes turned extremely fast to the very familiar glowing green mist that completely devoured the girl's eyes. Even Eithni's hair started to float a bit and what before had been this very bubbly carefree being of a teenage, had turned into something from a horrific horror holovid. Of course, Eithni stopped rather quickly in showing her more scary and horrific nature when the sudden thought of her promise she gave her Sephi lover.

A sudden bump beside Eithni and Sakadi came from the floor, which made Eithni turn her head to the sound and saw the maid had fainted. Eithni looked down at the maid and back at Sakadi with a sheepish smile, rubbing the back of her head with her hand, "upsy" said the young witch. Eithni turned and kneeled down by the pretty maid, and started to poke the girl's cheek, "do you think she died?" Asked Eithni as if that was something normal for a teenager to ask.

The butler suddenly arrived and saw the scene, "what's going on?!" Asked the very surprised butler, quickly walking over to the aid of the fainted maid. "Don't look at me, I didn't do anything! She just fainted" lied Eithni innocently. In truth, she kind of was the whole reason for the maid's fainting, but the butler didn't need to know that and Sakadi wasn't able to tell on the little nightsister's mischievous deed.

The butler apologized furiously over the maids sudden fainting and told both guests that another maid would be there quickly. "See, nothing happened, the maid just suddenly fainted" repeated Eithni to Sakadi with a very innocently and cheeky smile, rocking back and forth on the carpet with her hands behind her back. It didn't take long before not one but two maids arrived and took over the first one who fainted.

Despite Eithni's complaints and comments of not being able to fight in so tight clothes or even be able to run or move around fairly much, she went along with going through the horrors of having a dress on. Although, she did think a lot of ways to get back at her Knightess at some point in the future. After five to ten minutes, stood Eithni in a very beautiful golden-white dress and actually managed to look the part of someone from a high society community. However, the headpiece of the dress was removed and the hood was pulled down so her almost blond/white hair could be shown at the dinner. Her hair was gathered in the back while some of it was braided in a long ponytail-like braid.

Eithni turned around and looked herself in the mirror, taking herself in fully, twirling a bit from side to side, giving off that whole fairytale princess look. Both maids smiled proudly of themselves for making Eithni look so distinct and beautiful and started to clap, "I look weird... no, I look stupid. why so many layers? And what if something or someone were to attack or I would have to run?" complaint the young girl as she pulled a bit in the fabric of the dress, looking very much like a lady to be.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

Sakadi just stood there, staring at Eithni as she made the maid faint. There were a thousands things she wanted to say. A thousand things she would have said, if she had her voice. Instead, she had to restrain herself from violently clawing Eithni's eyes out. Especially after the "upsy" she so innocently said. The Knightess had to keep on reciting "There is no Emotion, there is peace", in her head. She would let Eithni handle this. It was her mistake after all.

The Knightess kept her mouth shut and heads at her side, as the two new maids arrived at the scene. She had chosen to ignore Eithni's comments for now, angry as she was. She simply observed how the maids went about their job, and made the nightsister look quite presentable.

"You don't look stupid, you look beautiful wearing that dress. And no one is going to attack us tonight. This isn't a war-torn planet or a jungle. This is a highly secure villa on Alderaan." she stated, as the maids approached her with a second golden-white dress. Like the ideals and philosophy of the Jedi Order, the theme of her dress was simplicity. Sakadi quite liked it, compared to what else she had worn during her extravagant years as a singer.

Because of Sakadi's experience, the maids managed to dress Sakadi in record time. The Knightess had strapped her lightsaber around her left thigh, under her dress, like she often did during undercover missions. The weapon symbolized her life as a Jedi Knight after all.

"Without further ado, would you follow us to the dining hall please?" The eldest of the two maids asked. Sakadi glanced at Eithni. She was ready, but was the witch? There was only one way to find out. With a nod, Sakadi approved, ready to follow the maids to the dining hall.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni got a bit flustered as her cheeks redden when Sakadi complimented her and made her bite the lower lip shyly. However, she quickly shook it off and tried to hide that her lover was able to get to her. Walking beside her Sephi lover, followed they both the two maids out of the room and down the corridor towards the great hall and where the main entrance is. What everyone, including Eithni herself, realized at that moment, was the fact that Eithni couldn't walk in high heels.

As in, she was really bad, walking wobbling down the corridor extremely slowly. She kept on requiring her Lover for support for a good half an hour until she had enough and took them off with a huff and walked barefooted after the maid along with Sakadi. Fortunately, with how long her dress was, would no one be able to see her walk barefooted around and whether Sakadi was against it or not, she couldn't really protest.

And where did Eithni hide the shoes? by a potted plant, which she managed to hide without anyone noticing, well at least the maids, Sakadi would probably have seen it. "No, I look stupid... why do I have to have so many layers on?" Whispered Eithni questioning so the maids wouldn't hear her. The concept of dressing like this was still very foreign to her as to her mind, it served no functions.

As they entered the great hall with the main entrance to the right and the massive marble staircase on the left. They continued across the hall and towards a thick pair of double doors painted to look like wood. By the door stood the same butler and waited for Sakadi and her consort and led both girls into the dining hall. The maids left to do other work around the house as the butler took over by leading them to a large dark brown wooden looking table.

Rallond Ast sat at the end like a spearhead, having a big overview of it all and wore a very expensive tailored suit. To his right side, sat a woman looking to be just a few years younger than the head of the house and wore a very revealing golden dress. To the left side of Rallond sat a boy, seventeen of age by the looks of it and he wore an extremely expensive tailor suit. Beside him, sat a young very beautiful girl in a white short dress with gold tailored into the fabric. Rallond rose from his seat with open arms and a business smile on his lips.

"Ah, welcome to my humble dining hall" welcomed Rallond as the rest of the family got up as well and greeted Sakadi and her consort welcome with a bow. The butler guided Sakadi to sit beside Rallond's wife and Eithni to sit beside Sakadi, before bowing and left to check up on the food.

"Let me introduce my beautiful wife, Claria Ast" started Rallond mentioning to his wife beside him, "welcome, so glad of you to be joining us," said Claria attentive. Rallond continued, "And this is my son, Malos Ast," said Rallond, mentioning Malos to his left as she placed a hand on the shoulder of Malos. "A pleasure. Read much of your Order" commented Malos and bowed for Sakadi and Eithni. "And last but not least, the diamond of my life, my dear daughter, Rina Ast" introduced Rallond, "Greetings," said Rina in an almost whisper and gave Sakadi and Eithni a quick bow, before sitting down again.

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[Sakadi Marathi Sinvala]

At moments like this did the Sakadi of the past take over. With her former elegance and experience, did she guide Eithni through the building, until they reached the large dinner room. She wasn't happy with Eithni walking barefoot, but she wouldn't argue against it. In a way, it was understandable. The Sephi was already glad that Eithni wore her dress, she couldn't expect her to suddenly act all lady-like. Heck, the girl had grown up on some swamp planet, sacrificing animals and whatnot.

Sakadi slightly bowed to each member of the Ast family, as Rallond introduced them. Whether it was on purpose or not, the protocol droid was absent. The Knightess presumed it was on purpose. Rallond likely realized that Eithni was the weak link here and by taking away Sakadi's ability to communicate, he'd be able to exploit it. Force a deal out of the Jedi by either humiliating her or by making Eithni do the talking. Yeah, little did he know about her telepathic abilities.

"So, Lady?...." Rallond looked at Eithni in a questioning manner, implying that he wanted her to introduce herself. "How did you meet Knight Sinvala?" The man's eyes shot to Sakadi for a moment, receiving an ice cold stare before he turned back to Eithni. "Tell him we met in a park or something. For the Force's sake, don't mention the forest" Sakadi conveyed to her.

Rallond's question was quickly followed up by his son who turned to Sakadi instead. "Master Jedi, I understand that you came all this way to broker a deal. If you don't mind, may I ask you some questions about your Order as well? My sources concerning your code are quite vague." A question to which Sakadi simply nodded. Sure, she didn't mind shedding some light on her Order. Althoug it depended on how well Eithni could handle herself in the conversation Rallond started.

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

As the lovely couple, namely Eithni and Sakadi got introduced to Rallond's family, could Eithni only think to herself, *where's the food at?*. When she saw Sakadi bow before the family as they got introduced, gave the young witch Sakadi a questing look. But, before she could get an answer got they both placed by the table and... what was it Sakadi wanted her to do again? Damn, and now that lord-owner of the house talked to her.

With Rallond asking Eithni while the young girl was in the middle of trying to remember what the heck her lover wanted her to do and not do, took the Rallond Eithni by surprise. And just to make it worse, heard Eithni suddenly the Sephi's voice in her mind, automatically turning her attention from Rallond to Sakadi, "we met at a park?" Asked Eithni now even more confused and by mistake, asking Sakadi it out loud.

"Really, you two met at a park, lady~," Asked Rallond a bit surprised while still waiting for Eithni's name, though Eithni apparently made it sound like a response than a question. Not that he needed it but his innocently questions seemed to make the lady nervous somehow and he wondered what the reason could be for. To Rallond's disappointment, was Eithni quick to recover her confusion, "Eithni Vala Stark!" Introduced Eithni herself proudly with a grin, remembering her mom telling EIthni some time ago in how to introduce herself in distinguished companies.

The name Stark suddenly sparked a great interest as the name had great pull in the Blackwell Independent Technology corporation. And this young girl is part of the Stark family? Most interesting. It was quite visible that Rallond suddenly paid much more attention and actually seemed a lot more eager in talking with Eithni, for very different reasons now.

"Lady Stark, if you don't mind me asking. But, do you mean the Stark family, as in ruled by Eva Stark?" Asked Rallond, just to be completely sure. But, if it was really Eva Stark, there might be a good chance for him to expand his business to the Blackwell Independent Technology.

Eithni thought the owner of the house was weird, who else had a name like Stark? None she knew of, "Of course? She's my mom~" responded Eithni with a bit of cheekiness to her tone, as if she was telling him, duh who else?. Before Rallond could ask any more questions, were they all interrupted by a soft voice, "dinner, is served". In from the side, through a pair of double doors, came a sea of dishes in all manners of sizes and smell.

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