jacen's newly perfected art of vanishing into the Force was strange enough to those who knew him - and highly disturbing to all those who hadn't ever experienced it before when he first returned from his sojourn and surprised them all with his unheralded appearance. but other signs arose as well, both in the changes to his manner, the focused, hard determination that drained his smiles of any mirth, and the cold way in which the solutions he proposed to the revan situation became more... cutthroat.
none of them knew, of course, of the burden that haunted caedus now, ripped as he was from the war he had brought to the galaxy of his own time, the war on chaos and enemies to the peace. his desperation to return to his time, his battle, his destiny. his daughter.
there was little point in mincing words with his 'friends' from his past here, so it was easier to pretend nothing had changed. to force the smiles and make his moves in the shadows.
but one of his apprentices had ruined the balance of the game, and his options had been taken from him. she became a risk, and for the good of the galaxy's future, she could not be allowed to survive, to potentially compromise his acquisition of power that would allow him to learn revan's secrets and use them to return to his own time.
this place, this ancient sith temple buried deep in the jungles of a remote world, pulsed so strongly with the force that in his single minded pursuit of catty, caedus failed entirely to sense the presence of his other apprentice.
she'd had plenty of cause for suspicion, enough to follow him stealthily... but as she came around the corner of the cave, she heard the other apprentice give her final cry, as with the hum of a lightsaber her life is cut short. caedus stands incriminatingly over her body, shoulders hunched, dark hair hanging down to mask his expression, beside from his tightly clenched jaw as he stares at the body.
the red blade paints his face in ominous shadows as he suddenly looks up slowly, directly towards her. his expression is pained but resigned to all this moment means. he does not look surprised, but he has the wherewithal to look... disappointed. ]
no but my heart tho
jacen's newly perfected art of vanishing into the Force was strange enough to those who knew him - and highly disturbing to all those who hadn't ever experienced it before when he first returned from his sojourn and surprised them all with his unheralded appearance. but other signs arose as well, both in the changes to his manner, the focused, hard determination that drained his smiles of any mirth, and the cold way in which the solutions he proposed to the revan situation became more... cutthroat.
none of them knew, of course, of the burden that haunted caedus now, ripped as he was from the war he had brought to the galaxy of his own time, the war on chaos and enemies to the peace. his desperation to return to his time, his battle, his destiny. his daughter.
there was little point in mincing words with his 'friends' from his past here, so it was easier to pretend nothing had changed. to force the smiles and make his moves in the shadows.
but one of his apprentices had ruined the balance of the game, and his options had been taken from him. she became a risk, and for the good of the galaxy's future, she could not be allowed to survive, to potentially compromise his acquisition of power that would allow him to learn revan's secrets and use them to return to his own time.
this place, this ancient sith temple buried deep in the jungles of a remote world, pulsed so strongly with the force that in his single minded pursuit of catty, caedus failed entirely to sense the presence of his other apprentice.
she'd had plenty of cause for suspicion, enough to follow him stealthily... but as she came around the corner of the cave, she heard the other apprentice give her final cry, as with the hum of a lightsaber her life is cut short. caedus stands incriminatingly over her body, shoulders hunched, dark hair hanging down to mask his expression, beside from his tightly clenched jaw as he stares at the body.
the red blade paints his face in ominous shadows as he suddenly looks up slowly, directly towards her. his expression is pained but resigned to all this moment means. he does not look surprised, but he has the wherewithal to look... disappointed. ]
You shouldn't have come here.