Tali Quinn's particular hatred of K'lor'slugs led her and her young Sith friend on a small detour as they made their way back to the Sith Academy and by the time they finally returned, Avrria's new weapon had been well and truly drenched in blood. The two Sith had cleared several corridors within the tomb, and some vast areas of sand.

The elder Sith had demonstrated multiple saber moves and how to choke the life out of something that doesn't even have a neck. Avrria, for her part, had practiced the Sith lightning her mother favoured.

Now that the area was, for now, empty of things Tali wanted to murder and it was roughly lunchtime, the Emperor's Wrath scurried back to her quarters with her mischievous relative right behind her.

"Lunchtime!" The Dark Lady cheered as she threw open her door. "What shall we have today?...I fancy grilled Alderaanian!" She grinned. Avie wasn't quite sure if Tali meant grilled Alderaanian food or grilled Alderaanian people, but whatever Vette prepared tasted fine, so she didn't bother asking.

During lunch, Tali contemplated whether or not she should take Avrria back to class, or on another killing spree. For a Sith Lady with a grudge against K'lor'slugs, no wish to see Harkun and a love of choking things, it wasn't a difficult decision and after their meal, she led an expedition back to an area of sand that was only inhabited by K'lor'slugs. The two Sith spent the rest of their day cheerfully clearing thousands of the creatures, while loudly discussing killing methods.

At the end of the day, after Tali had decided that, because her stomach was full and there wasn't anyone she currently wanted to kill, it must be bedtime, Avrria headed to her quarters, positioned her Warblade beside her bed and settled down to sleep, reflecting quietly on a successful day of slaughter. She was starting to enjoy this Sith business.

Tali also settled into her bed, smugly decided that she had got more 'training' of Avie done today than anyone had during the first week of the Academy, then drifted off into dreams of causing chaos.

Neither Sith moved until the morning, but Tali was first to wake up. She brushed the sleep out of her eyes and met the new day with a grin. If the day had been sentient, it would have backed away, but instead, she just startled a sleepy Malavai. The Sith laughed at his reaction, playfully patted his head, and bounced out of bed.

"Oh dear...She's in a good mood..." The Imperial muttered at the back of his disappearing wife.

The Sith arrived in the kitchen and grinned at Vette, who came to the same realisation as Malavai and backed off, moving to stand the other side of Jaesa, who looked uncomfortable. "Okay...What are you planning this time?" She muttered.

Before Tali could answer, a small Sith wandered in, pinched a slice of toast right out of Vette's hands, and turned her questioning gaze on the older Sith. "What's going on here then?" Avrria asked curiously.

The Sith grinned and revised her previous answer to deal with both questions. "I have an idea." She told Avie. "And I'll have you know it's a good one!" She added, glaring pointedly at Jaesa.

"Oh yeah?" The other two Sith answered in unison, though, after putting up with Tali for years, Jaesa's tone was a little warier.

"Y'know those K'lor'slugs we...played with yesterday?" Tali asked with a smirk. "Well...There's this little thing called Force control, and with certain nasty, weak little critters, it works on the dead." She explained.

Jaesa's eyes widened. "Are you suggesting K'lor'slug zombies in the Sith Academy?"

Vette backed off further. "That is a crazy idea, think I'll go and get a job or something...Offworld." She commented.

But Jaesa just laughed. "It's a very good idea...I always thought this place needed livening up."

Avie's input to the conversation was an evil cackle taught to her by Tali, whose grin widened as she spoke. "What are we waiting for, then? Time for some real fun!"

The three Sith women ran down the sands towards the K'lor'slug corpses, with a cackling Tali leading the way. "Okay, This is how we have some fun..." She grinned, demonstrating on one of the dead creatures. The animal sprang into life, flailing its rotting claws and, as it gained control of its body and Tali gained control of its mind, it began to shuffle towards the Academy.

There was a delighted outburst of demented laughter from the other two Sith, and they joined in with Tali's antics. Soon, an army of undead K'lor'slugs was heading for the Academy. Tali knew they would be easy for the Sith inside to defeat, and she didn't actually want the other Sith dead right now, but it would be fun to watch, and she could introduce the younger Sith in her care to the art of Force controlling and Sith Warfare.

She giggled inanely at her thoughts as she and the other Sith strolled casually along the sand after their army. Ahead of them, they could already see, hear, and sense chaos ensuing, much to their pleasure. The Academy's guards would normally deal with it, but it would appear that, by some coincidence that Tali found most pleasing, today was the day Harkun had decided to take his newly combat-trained class on a 'field trip' of sorts.

When he heard distant but worrying laughter, he looked up from yelling at a student who tried to point out the army behind him, only to see the Broodmother of the formerly slaughtered K'lor'slugs, still under Tali's control, looming over him. He usually avoided going outside the Academy and hadn't seen, let alone fought, a K'lor'slug in years. "What in Emperor's name is-" He stared in shock as the beast swiped at him.

As he ducked down, he spotted the approaching army. "K'lor'slugs, up here? What the Force is...?" He trailed off as he caught a glimpse of the grinning Emperor's Wrath walking towards him. "I should have known...AGGHHH!" The K'lor'slug Broodmother had scooped him up in her claws and was dragging the flailing Overseer towards her mouth, watched by three smirking Sith, and a number of mildly amused, if slightly terrified students.

After a few minutes, he managed to use the Force to free himself, just as the Imperial guards saw the K'lor'slugs coming up the sand dunes and began shooting them down. Their army had soon fallen, but the Sith weren't overly bothered. As Tali later said, they could easily have fun with them again in the future.

No doubt they would have the motive to do so, since Harkun's disapproval amused Tali, and made her seriously consider the idea of a prank Kaggath.