In the still of the morning, only one man can walk out alive

[the_revanchist]

Characters: Revan and Yusanis; open for spectators
Location: Echani Training Grounds
Planet: Coruscant
When: End of the week at dawn
What: Narrative. Revan and Yusanis duel for honor and death.
Rating: PG-13

Comments

[lily_schlaflied]

Shiori stood stock still during the entire fight, one hand over her heart and one hand over her mouth. She forced herself to take all of it in, barley blinking. She felt that she owed it to the General; talk about town hadn't favored a victorious outcome for him. She flinched at every clang, her breath caught at every near miss, and when it was finally over, she exhaled quickly. She thought she would feel numb, be frozen in place, but she didn't.

"Wait," she said quietly, mostly to herself, as squeezed through the crowd in an attempt to approach Revan. "Wait! Wait!"

But he was already gone.

[pathtosacrifice]

The fight had gone as Catty thought it would, not that telling herself that made her feel any better, to be perfectly honest. A sinking feeling rolled around in her stomach, twisting it until she thought she would get physically sick. Her eyes were on Revan the entire time, feeling him through the Force like a bright light glaring into her eyes.

And finally the Senator was dead, and Catty felt hollow. The Fates had some sense of humor, trading in one ancient evil for a competent force of violence.

Numbly, she followed Shiori, grabbing onto the woman's elbow to pull her back. "See? He wasn't going to stick around for us."

And yet, knowing everything about him, knowing that the sight of him revolted her, why did she want so desperately for him to stay and help her, help them all?

[lily_schlaflied]

Shiori quieted down as soon as she felt Catty's hand on her shoulder, shrinking under the puzzled looks she was getting from those around them. "I wasn't sure he would...but I had to try." She sighed, looking over at the medical personnel already swarming the General's body. "What happens now?"

[pathtosacrifice]

Catty gently pulled on Shiori's arm, indicating that she wanted to move back. There was no telling who was in the crowd, if they were friendly or not, and she honestly didn't want to chance if maybe they were surrounded by the small group of anti-Revanites.

"I don't know. He's killed two senators from this place, Eshan. That can't be good. It's almost like... targeting." She mulled that over, tossing it around her head a little. "I don't understand anything that happens here."

[lily_schlaflied]

Shiori followed Catty's direction, moving back through the crowd. She hadn't been thinking when she had called out. She only wanted Revan to hear her, to acknowledge her, to somehow take responsibility for his actions. It was, like many of her notions, unreasonably idealistic.

"You're right, it is strange...but why would he be targeting them specifically? To provoke them? Or..." Shiori shook her head. "I need to find out more about these Eshani. Maybe there's something in the Jedi archives that would help it make sense."

[pathtosacrifice]

Taking a moment of time, Catty let the walls in her mind down, casting out around them. It almost made her feel paranoid, doing this, but it was better to know if they were going to be attacked than to actually be attacked. Fear, shock, appreciation. But Shiori's incident seemed to have gone unnoticed, and Catty pulled back out of the crowd's minds, swaying a bit.

"To prove a point? The Echani are meant to be a warrior race. You have heard what they call Yusanis. They say 'General' more than they say 'Senator'." She frowned, not liking that she was beginning to involve herself in these politics, in Revan's games. "If he can kill a powerful leader on their terms, Revan's strength is proven. Right?"

[lily_schlaflied]

Shiori put a hand on Catty's shoulder. "Are you all right? Here, we should find somewhere to sit down."

Shiori began leading the way to a small park nearby where they could sit comfortably. "I suppose...maybe he felt they needed to recover some of their image after Telos. Revan was against what was done there..." She shook her head. "But they were comrades...ah, what am I thinking. There's probably nothing beyond what we saw on the network."

[pathtosacrifice]

"Fine. Just stretched myself a little too thin."

Catty followed behind Shiori, keeping an eye out on people they passed by, but nobody seemed interested in them at all. She smiled, breathing a silent sigh of relief. Sitting down on the bench, she ran her fingers through her dark hair, biting down on her lip. "Against it or not, the fact that the Sith blew up Telos is still there... And maybe... Well... I don't know! Maybe he was lying about not being behind it. He is the one leading this war, the one killing these people. He could have lied to us all to get us to believe in him."