But Kavaraa didn't as much as she wanted to be the hero to stop Zoyin she had never been close to Zoyin's skill in combat and not only that she was outclassed by Zoyin before and now she seemed to be even more powerful. She shuddered as she felt her stomach, the scar where Zoyin had stabbed her was still quite prominent, not even Voss healing could stop it leaving a lasting mark through her stomach.
They arrived at the room Shassa had given to them and Theron folded his arms "so what now?" it was a pretty valid question but Kavaraa didn't know the answer
She shrugged "I'm not really sure as much as I'd love to go down there and take Zoyin down it's pretty clear I'm not up to the task on my own, we may have got lucky there but you know" she gestured to where she'd been stabbed, it all seemed so far away now but her part in it even the stabbing had been necessary so Kyradia could destroy Valkorion.
Theron walked over to her and put his arm around her "yeah I know I remember, believe me the last thing I want us to do is go in alone unprepared but we don't have a lot of options at the moment" Kavaraa leaned her head against him
She anxiously played with the end of her montral "we need to wait like Shassa said an archivist may be able to offer some assistance even if it's just details on the planet, in the meantime we should find out what we can from the archives" Theron seemed to agree reluctantly, Kavaraa was fully aware his style didn't usually include waiting and was more reckless abandon but they had to do what was safe when it came to someone as powerful as Zoyin.
Theron turned to her "I've been meaning to ask you about that do you find this whole thing a little weird" Kavaraa frowned not quite understanding "just the three of them in this big ancient Jedi Archive and now a Sith arrives it just seems a little sketchy this place is so empty considering all of what your ancestor said" Kavaraa considered it she hadn't thought about it til now but Theron made a good point maybe it was a little sketchy
She frowned "I mean I guess but Shassa says that's fairly common and she said it'll probably only be a few days before an archivist returns" she rubbed her chin "maybe if no one turns up I'll give your idea more weight but I think it's just because it's a secretive organisation" Theron nodded Kavaraa was at least glad it made some sense
He seemed to ponder it "I guess you're right maybe I'm looking for a problem that isn't there, I'll do a little snooping around and if no archivist returns I'll start to look more specifically" Kavaraa thought that sounded good she'd rather be slightly rude than get caught in some form of trap
Kavaraa smiled "that sounds ok maybe just a little while trying to find details on why Zoyin is on Vallereth" Theron seemed more than pleased to get permission to snoop
Theron nodded "what are you going to do, I assume you have an idea" Kavaraa nodded it wasn't an amazing idea but it may help
She looked away "for now I'm going to set up an area to meditate so I can maybe get a greater understanding of the force energy surrounding the planet" Theron nodded he never understood what Kavaraa meant but he seemed to trust she knew what she was on about
Theron stood up "alright well I'm itching to investigate this place I'm going to find Kormel and ask him for his notes on this place" Kavaraa smiled Kormel was bound to have an extensive list to put even Theron to shame
Theron headed out leaving Kavaraa to set up her meditation area, she'd found comfort helped her meditate so set down a backpack with many cushions and soft carpets. The room they'd been given was quite nice Shassa had been clearly impressed at her Bysh heritage, it was nice to know she didn't come from nothing but with Zoyin still out there it could all fall apart if she wasn't careful. She could still sense her even now just on the corner of her force sense, a small familiar dot in the sea of force energy on Vallereth, the one thing she was sure of is that Zoyin was here to harness it.
Zoyin seemingly had started to succeed; Kavaraa had never seen someone teleport through the mist like Zoyin she clearly was even more powerful and that rightly scared Kavaraa, as of currently to her knowledge two people had managed to beat the Wrath one was Kyradia and too close to this. Kavaraa had no idea what happened between them but it was deeply personal on both ends, she hoped Zoyin was in the wrong on that one Kyradia had already done enough wrong. Either way getting her involved would be incredibly messy in so many ways so she was off the table, the other person who'd defeated her was Vaylin and well given the conversation Zoyin had with Kavaraa in the throne room Zoyin may have even thrown that fight. It was a useless train of thought anyway because Vaylin was completely off the table Kyradia had fought her on Odessen and from what she heard Vaylin had given her no other option than to kill her.
She sighed, shaking her head, it didn't matter anyway Zoyin was more powerful than she had been at that time and that was very dangerous she'd need backup she hoped these Archivists were also combat proficient. Kavaraa also did just really want to meet them clearly; some of her distant relatives were Archivists first of all and either way they were guardians of knowledge she bet they had endless wisdom, something she could really do with right now.
The Meditation area was nearly finished now with pillows and cushions surrounding a carpet just the incense sticks left to go, she got increasingly frustrated as they were stuck at the bottom of the bag, she shook them out but as she did her eyes widened a cube shaped holocron fell out as well. Kavaraa gasped she'd picked this up back when she arrived and had meant to give it back to Shassa, she tutted at herself in all the commotion she'd forgotten to give it back.
Kavaraa picked it up and frowned, it still seemed vaguely familiar, not like something you know well, just the slightest hint of something she'd seen before. She decided to give it the once over before giving it back, just to check if it was all intact, that was fair enough right? Especially if it was familiar to her even a little. She put it in front of her, sat on the carpet and began to focus on it closing her eyes, it all seemed normal to her but oh so potent this was more than just something to store data. Kavaraa felt the energy wash over as she made sure it wasn't too potent but the familiar feeling only grew as she inspected it.
When Kavaraa opened her eyes she gasped she wasn't in the same place this holocron had its own environment, she looked around though she couldn't see much there was dark blue storm clouds all around her. The ground was rocky and ancient as she began to stumble around she saw sunken rubbled, maybe once a statue but now just fallen stone, whose vision was this it certainly wasn't like anything she'd ever seen?
Kavaraa began to walk forward seemingly incapable of forcing herself out of this place, she was so stupid she should've just given it back she was too curious for her own good. As she walked forward she spotted glimpses of ships she recognised, Eternal fleet ships, Sith ships and even Republic was she in a battle? This couldn't be her vision so it was someone else's, either that person was here or this was the aftermath of something bad and the Archivists just chose to leave it alone. The wind around Kavaraa started to pick up as she tried to pinch herself out of this bad dream, it of course didn't work and she walked forward unsure what to do. The familiar presence was stronger now, still not so familiar to her but clearly she was close to the source of whatever had called out to her. She felt her foot give way as she tripped over the edge of something just catching herself before the hit the ground, but as she looked down she saw the sith emblem cracked in half.
She quickly stumbled up, she had to get out of here something was very wrong, she rushed forward the winds picking up even more around her as she could vaguely make out a silhouette in the fog.
She didn't know who it was but she sensed it would give her answers to what was going on, she headed towards it "hello?" she yelled "I'm a little lost do you need some help, my name is Master Kavaraa Bysh" there was little to no response as she walked closer towards the silhouette. It was knelt down and still she didn't know if it was the source of the crazy wind but it seemed pretty likely, as she got closer her familiar feeling returned but it was accompanied by a sense of fear, one she hadn't felt in a while.
Suddenly the fog dissipated and the wind stopped causing Kavaraa to stumble forward to the floor, she looked up now she was in a forest, wait no this was indoors some form of garden? It was very chilly and the air was very dry, she spun around to get up but gasped when she was met with the burning end of a yellow lightsaber pointed at her.
Kavaraa's eyes widened as she looked up and above her she saw the figure, brown hair, pale skin, yellow eyes and black robes the furious form of the former empress Vaylin beared down on her looking ready to use that saber. Kavaraa's lip trembled as she looked up at her, how was this possible? What holocron was this? She had one million questions but for now they'd have to wait as the former Empress sneered at her "what are you doing here Jedi"...