Temple of the Forgotten One, Moraband
Ashla had learned that Sith, in general, were not easy to track down. And the higher up the ladder of power you climbed, the harder it became. She had been seeking an audience with this particular Sith for some time now, and a great deal of effort, luck, and stubborn refusal to take no for an answer had finally brought her here. The Marauder she had bribed, with almost half a year's worth of her stipend, had finally come through. She pitied the man, reduced to begging for scraps, a poor imitation of what a Sith should be. But that didn't mean that she wouldn't use him to get what she wanted.
She walked with purpose through the halls of the Temple. They had told her he was inside, but no had technically told her to leave him alone, and she wasn't letting this chance slip by. They said fortune favored the bold, and she was about to put it to the test. Round a corner she spotted the man she had been searching for, a smile coming unbidden to her face at finally achieving that goal. She was sure he already sensed her presence, even if she had tried to she was unlikely to succeed in hiding herself from one such as him. So she continued walking, coming to a stop a dozen or so feet from him.
"Lord Stolas," when she didn't feel herself suffocating to death for the intrusion she continued, "I learned that you were seeking the Orb of the Forgotten One." She reached back to the bag hanging at her waist, and pulled out a metallic orb from within. She had heard a story from long ago about the Sith Lord putting acolytes to the test, sending them out to seek artifacts for him. And from there he had chosen his last apprentice. So she had taken the initiative to seek out something else he might want, in the hopes of getting what she wanted.
Stepping forward she knelt before him, offering the orb to him as she did. "I won't waste your time, I didn't find the orb out of my own interest." She looked up then, locking gazes with him. "I have neither the knowledge to know what secrets it holds, nor the strength to unlock them. But what I do have is the desire to learn, and the determination to not give up. Teach me, and I will not disappoint you."
The cadre had taught her a lot, but being tactful or eloquent wasn't one of them. Blunt and to the point was the only way how she knew how to do this, and having spent half her saving hunting down that orb, and the rest on bribes, this was probably going to be her only shot. No point half-assing it at this point, she just had play to her strengths, which in this matter meant being frank about why she was here.
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