A Failure's Tale - Chapter Two
Newsbreak
I sat back in the co-pilots seat and waited for Rivu's reply as I put my second Cigarra butt out on the panel seperating the both of us. "It sounds good. Unfortunate that you stole it from your Cigarra packet though." She told me, I just smiled.
"But does it sound good enough to get away with and not be recognised?" I asked her, Rivu nodded in my direction.
"Yeah, but I'd cut your hair just a little bit shorter." Rivu replied to me, my hand went up to my head and I started to rub it. I decided that my hair could go a little bit shorter. "You're going grey too." She added. I raised my eyebrow at her.
"I am?" I asked, she smiled and gave a little nod.
"Poor Human males." She said. I watched as Rivu thumbed out some darkened shades out her pocket, she got to her feet and I shook my hand at her.
"Oh no sister. I'm not wearing them." I told her. Rivu smiled and placed the shades on me anyway. She placed one hand on her hip and one hand on her chin as she regarded me carefully.
"Yep. Just as I thought." I looked at her puzzledly. "Don't worry, they suit you Carth. Or should I say.. Jaro?" I smiled at her and decided to take her word for it. She gave me one long stare. "Now you have to fulfill your part of the deal." She told me, I groaned.
"So soon?" I asked, she nodded. I suppose I'd have to keep my end of the deal up.
"When did you meet Revan?" She asked me, I sighed and rested far back in my chair.
"I was the Endar Spire's advisor, a Commander in the Republic Fleet. I met Revan in the onboard Cantina one night, she went by the name of Nima D'Graven back then." I told her, I'd play Rivu's game of twenty questions. She'd be damned if I'd add more than that however.
"What did she look like back then?" Rivu said as she sat back down and shifted around in her seat filling her glass up with more Caffa.
"Curly auborn hair, emerald green eyes, pale.. Avid smoker.. Heh. Nice legs, big-" I was interrupted.
"I'm female, I didn't want to know that much." Rivu said with a chuckle, I coughed.
"Uh. Yes of course. What's next?" I asked her as I blushed.
"How many times did you meet her before the attack on the Endar Spire?" Rivu asked me, I fingered another Cigarra out the packet. "Geeeeeeze. Another one? That's three in half an hour!" She exclaimed, I ignored her and lit it.
"I'm feelin' edgy." I told her. Rivu kept her eyes fixed on me though wanting me to continue. "Oh right.. Well four times." I looked up to the ceiling and puffed a bit of my Cigarra. "Five if you include the time we hopped into the life pod together." I added.
"Describe the four times." Rivu asked of me.
"First time, in the cantina. Second time, she was in a fight. Third time, I was disciplining her. Fourth time, she was on the bridge working on navigation. Fifth time, she dived into a life pod with me which knocked her unconcious for a couple of days after the crash landing on Taris." I said to Rivu as I took another long puff on my Cigarra. I gazed at her through the shades.
"Revan was a navigator?" Rivu asked. I started to laugh.
"She reaked like a Rancor at it. She kept making too many miscalculations, she'd come up to me with them and show me them and I'd be like. "No they're completely off course." Naturally, I made her go back several times until she got it right.. I failed to notice one thing however.... Like I fail to notice everything" I sighed and took the Cigarra away from my lips.
"What was that?" Rivu enquired as she turned her whole seat to face me now.
"On her final attempt she made one slight miscalculation, I punched them in and ended up right ontop of the Sith at Taris. It's completely unlike me to make a mistake like that." I told her. I sighed softly and scratched my head nervously.
"Maybe it was the force." Rivu said to me with a grin, I grinned back. Now that I look back, yeah, maybe it *was* the force. "What was she like for the most part?" Rivu asked.
"On the light side.. Bastila corrupted her though." I told her. Rivu frowned and took a sip of Caffa. I extinguished my third butt.
Thank the force she didn't ask many questions after that.
Instead she flicked a switch and the holo vid came on.
"And now for some breaking news." The news caster announced, now *that* got my attention. It wasn't everyday you heard some breaking news.
"Apprentice of the Dark Lord Revan is dead. Two days ago a fierce battle took place between Apprentice and Master, the Master bested her." I smiled, I knew Revan would do it somehow.
"But here is the best part. Dark Lord Revan is dead, her robes and lightsabre were found at the scene."
No..
No.
This can't be. My mind raced, the Cigarra packet dropped from my hand and clattered on the floor. Rivu looked at me.
"That's great news!" She exclaimed, "Maybe they can take down that bloody Star Forge now!" She cried.
I stood there, watching the man's face on the holovid. I looked at the scene they filmed, her robes, her lightsabre.
Lying there.
Revan was dead? It wasn't sinking in. "Carth, are you ok?" Rivu asked me. I kept staring in amazement.
"She can't be dead Rivu." I told her, she looked at me quizically.
"She is.." Rivu replied.
"No.." I answered back shaking my head back and forth in confusion.
"She's gone."
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Newsbreak
I sat back in the co-pilots seat and waited for Rivu's reply as I put my second Cigarra butt out on the panel seperating the both of us. "It sounds good. Unfortunate that you stole it from your Cigarra packet though." She told me, I just smiled.
"But does it sound good enough to get away with and not be recognised?" I asked her, Rivu nodded in my direction.
"Yeah, but I'd cut your hair just a little bit shorter." Rivu replied to me, my hand went up to my head and I started to rub it. I decided that my hair could go a little bit shorter. "You're going grey too." She added. I raised my eyebrow at her.
"I am?" I asked, she smiled and gave a little nod.
"Poor Human males." She said. I watched as Rivu thumbed out some darkened shades out her pocket, she got to her feet and I shook my hand at her.
"Oh no sister. I'm not wearing them." I told her. Rivu smiled and placed the shades on me anyway. She placed one hand on her hip and one hand on her chin as she regarded me carefully.
"Yep. Just as I thought." I looked at her puzzledly. "Don't worry, they suit you Carth. Or should I say.. Jaro?" I smiled at her and decided to take her word for it. She gave me one long stare. "Now you have to fulfill your part of the deal." She told me, I groaned.
"So soon?" I asked, she nodded. I suppose I'd have to keep my end of the deal up.
"When did you meet Revan?" She asked me, I sighed and rested far back in my chair.
"I was the Endar Spire's advisor, a Commander in the Republic Fleet. I met Revan in the onboard Cantina one night, she went by the name of Nima D'Graven back then." I told her, I'd play Rivu's game of twenty questions. She'd be damned if I'd add more than that however.
"What did she look like back then?" Rivu said as she sat back down and shifted around in her seat filling her glass up with more Caffa.
"Curly auborn hair, emerald green eyes, pale.. Avid smoker.. Heh. Nice legs, big-" I was interrupted.
"I'm female, I didn't want to know that much." Rivu said with a chuckle, I coughed.
"Uh. Yes of course. What's next?" I asked her as I blushed.
"How many times did you meet her before the attack on the Endar Spire?" Rivu asked me, I fingered another Cigarra out the packet. "Geeeeeeze. Another one? That's three in half an hour!" She exclaimed, I ignored her and lit it.
"I'm feelin' edgy." I told her. Rivu kept her eyes fixed on me though wanting me to continue. "Oh right.. Well four times." I looked up to the ceiling and puffed a bit of my Cigarra. "Five if you include the time we hopped into the life pod together." I added.
"Describe the four times." Rivu asked of me.
"First time, in the cantina. Second time, she was in a fight. Third time, I was disciplining her. Fourth time, she was on the bridge working on navigation. Fifth time, she dived into a life pod with me which knocked her unconcious for a couple of days after the crash landing on Taris." I said to Rivu as I took another long puff on my Cigarra. I gazed at her through the shades.
"Revan was a navigator?" Rivu asked. I started to laugh.
"She reaked like a Rancor at it. She kept making too many miscalculations, she'd come up to me with them and show me them and I'd be like. "No they're completely off course." Naturally, I made her go back several times until she got it right.. I failed to notice one thing however.... Like I fail to notice everything" I sighed and took the Cigarra away from my lips.
"What was that?" Rivu enquired as she turned her whole seat to face me now.
"On her final attempt she made one slight miscalculation, I punched them in and ended up right ontop of the Sith at Taris. It's completely unlike me to make a mistake like that." I told her. I sighed softly and scratched my head nervously.
"Maybe it was the force." Rivu said to me with a grin, I grinned back. Now that I look back, yeah, maybe it *was* the force. "What was she like for the most part?" Rivu asked.
"On the light side.. Bastila corrupted her though." I told her. Rivu frowned and took a sip of Caffa. I extinguished my third butt.
Thank the force she didn't ask many questions after that.
Instead she flicked a switch and the holo vid came on.
"And now for some breaking news." The news caster announced, now *that* got my attention. It wasn't everyday you heard some breaking news.
"Apprentice of the Dark Lord Revan is dead. Two days ago a fierce battle took place between Apprentice and Master, the Master bested her." I smiled, I knew Revan would do it somehow.
"But here is the best part. Dark Lord Revan is dead, her robes and lightsabre were found at the scene."
No..
No.
This can't be. My mind raced, the Cigarra packet dropped from my hand and clattered on the floor. Rivu looked at me.
"That's great news!" She exclaimed, "Maybe they can take down that bloody Star Forge now!" She cried.
I stood there, watching the man's face on the holovid. I looked at the scene they filmed, her robes, her lightsabre.
Lying there.
Revan was dead? It wasn't sinking in. "Carth, are you ok?" Rivu asked me. I kept staring in amazement.
"She can't be dead Rivu." I told her, she looked at me quizically.
"She is.." Rivu replied.
"No.." I answered back shaking my head back and forth in confusion.
"She's gone."
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Vivid Scripts: hah Thanks for reviewing.. Welcome to the party! I'm glad you made it in time to join us crazy kotorians! Well, I hope you enjoy the rest of the story.. It's coming along pretty nicely at the moment.. well.. if their's anything else review or e-mail.. Same goes for everyone :).