Terri sat on the edge of the chamber messing with the stone cracks, she was worried after everything that had changed in the last few weeks. It was all so confusing but she knew she was doing what was right, but sill all this covert from the shadows stuff was making her doubt their purpose. She had been waiting for the ritual to be completed for a while now, Lusari seemed like she knew what she was doing Terri probably shouldn't get involved. Lusi had had a lot more contact with the holocron though so she understood why she was being trusted to do this. Terri wasn't really jealous Lusari and her did everything together she wouldn't get upset at her embracing her destiny. Still she was so overwhelmed by everything in the past few weeks, Terri wasn't used to this level of change and it didn't sit well with her. Hopefully after a bit longer she would get used to it and these nervous jitters would go away, maybe once the rituals were completed they could take a break, just for a bit. It felt good to no longer be working for the sith though they were so cruel and Terri did count herself lucky for being able to get out. Maybe she was being ridiculous doubting things maybe it was just her brain being paranoid she should probably show a little more faith.
She put the thoughts behind her and got up, she made her way over to the main chamber where Lusari was performing the ritual. She sat in the middle of the chamber long blonde hair cascading down to the floor as she sat cross legged focussing on the holocron in front of her. She was so pretty Terri was insanely jealous of her looks, they had been friends ever since the first week in the academy and Lusi had helped her survive. Terri would be the first to admit she wasn't the strongest or most courageous individual but she was at least a little smart so there was a common interest in being friends. "hey Lusi how is the ritual going everything ok?" hopefully she wasn't bothering her by asking she didn't want to ruin the ritual
she turned showing her teeth as she grinned at Terri "all good here Tairs but i did sense a rather strong presence on the edge of the perimeter" that was odd hopefully the temple owner wasn't back but their intel said they hadn't been there in months she was hoping they could just secretly do it without being spotted "could you go check it out for me sweetie" Terris face went bright green
"uh- yeah sure I ca-can do that no problem i'll ta-take a couple of the mercenaries" Lusi was always so friendly it sometimes caught Terri off guard due to her reserved nature.
a voice emanated and echoed around the room coming from the holocron "I sense it too it seems familiar take more that just a couple mercenaries and be careful we may need to make a quick escape" oh god if the Lady was worried these were probably some bad sith. Terri hoped she was ready for a fight of this magnitude she really didn't want to let the Lady down.
"Yes my Lady right away" Terri said bowing she wasn't sure if bowing was necessary she wasn't ever sure if she wanted to be called my lady but better safe than sorry.
she felt Lusari's hand on her leg "be careful Terri" she looked really concerned Terri felt bad. It made sense though this was their first fight since escaping the academy Terri didn't want to blow it.
Terri nodded her head and gestured to some of the mercenaries to follow her and headed out the chamber. She still felt weird about hiring the mercenaries but understood the need for it. Still it felt weird to be commanding them as Lusi had handled the paying of them, briefing them and generally interacting with them. Honestly they probably would do better if they just used their instincts rather than following her commands. She made her way out of the temple and was met with the scents of the dense jungle and the bright light of morning air. She quickly told the guards to get into a defensive position before climbing up a bit of the temple to get a better vantage point as she climbed she nearly slipped on the decaying rock, the owner of this temple could definitely be better at upkeep.
She still couldn't sense any strong presence but she wasn't very strong in the force so she wasn't surprised. She put her macrobinoculars up to her eyes and gave a quick scan of the area, oh look trees lots of them this was going to require more than just a regular scan. She quickly changed the setting to infra-red immediately yellow silhouettes of all sorts of creatures appeared on the binoculars. However after a quick scan two specific silhouettes stood out to her they were humanoid, female and about average size, one clearly a Togruta with those big u shaped Lekku and the other could be any type of humanoid. She flicked the setting back to the normal mode to see if she could see anything more, she could make out flashes of purple and yellow light so they were clearly well armed. Terri felt a pit in her stomach as they came nearer these two were the real deal what was she going to do…